Great Neck North High School - Arista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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Art Department: We're with It Mrs. Greta Armstrong, head of department The Art Department at North Senior is for- ever new and always growing. It is constantly responding to current changes in the art world and offers unlimited opportunities in art and design. A relatively new course, DESIGNING WITH MATERIALS, stimulates the student to react to a variety of media. This and other courses follow suit with the current trend aw’ay from conventional, two dimensional art. As Mrs. Armstrong, head of the department, says, Any material is an art material.” The four teachers in this department encour- age individuality in students' work. When a problem is posed, there are usually as many responses as there are students in the course. Various pieces of art work posted around the school also reflect some of the new trends and exceptional personal growth emphasized in class. In the art exhibit sponsored by the department at the end of the year, individual creativity is again a major theme. North Senior provides a climate for individual development and exploration in the ever chang- ing field of art. To quote Mrs. Armstrong again, We’re with it.” L. Miller R. Printz R. Shields 26

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ii In his first address to the G. O. Legislative Assembly, Mr. Noyes professed the goals of the administration to be the development in the student body of love, wisdom, compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice for those who suffered within our country, whether they be black or white.” In an attempt to at- tain them, the administration, in conjunction with the General Organization, proposed seven- teen recommendations in the beginning of the year. Among these were a senior Values Semi- nar and a student court to review offenses normally referred to the administration. The ad- ministration has also reinstated conversation study halls, given permanent principal’s passes to qual- ified students, and instituted open end schedul- ing. With these changes accomplished and others being developed, students were able to start the school year with greater expectations, feeling that expediency is being replaced by the meaningful LEFT: Mr. Henry Borovicka, assistant prin- concern of those who determine trends within ■ » ; BELOW: Mr. Edmund Fontanella, Great Neck North Senior High School. assistant principal 25

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Industrial Arts Goes Co-ed Industrial arts is a department that often goes unnoticed at North. Many students falsely as- sume that it is merely an extension of ele- mentary school shop, and that it is a field lim- ited to boys. The presence of a female student in a wood- working class this year disproves the latter as- sumption while the former is based on ignor- ance alone. Industrial Arts extends over a broad field of subjects and is generally taken by stu- dents for vocational purposes. Most of the stu- dents enrolled in these courses hope to use their skills later in life. Specific courses, such as mechanical drawing, are often taken by stu- dents who hope to make engineering their col- lege major. Others simply take industrial arts courses out of pure interest. Whatever his rea- son for enrolling, the industrial arts student knows that his course has as much practical value, if not more, than any other course at North. Mr. George Petrakis, bead of department G. Denzer 27