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

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LEFT: Rick Reibstein, SO Vico President: BELOW LEFT: Marc Rosenwasser. SO Treasurer; BELOW: Reuben Cohen, and Marc Machiz, SO Parliamentarian. Schedule Cards to many students. Although the emphasis of its work was on intra-school affairs, the SO did involve itself in national and community problems. It played a role in organizing activities for Great Neck's October 15th Vietnam War Moratorium. It also sought to obtain greater recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday by making that date a school holiday, and worked with the Human Relations Club in raising money for the Martin Luther King Educational Fund, an organization which helps local disadvantaged children obtain enriching learning experiences. In addition, it sold calendars in order to aid farm workers on strike. 1969-70 was a busy, sometimes-rewarding, sometimes-frustrating year for the SO. Those who chose to become active found that the process of making changes in the educational system is a complex one involving, scores of interesting people, a lot of grief, and a lot of satisfaction. 27