North Shore High School - Taliesin Yearbook (Glen Head, NY)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION ......................................... FACULTY ...... SENIORS ...... UNDERCLASSMEN ...... . , . ORGANIZATIONS ...... .... SPORTS ....... ADVERTISERS Y? 'X ' I 21' 'a If 'pi'

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Q. 1 if -Y FOREWORD Today people are constantly on the move, as a result of the changing times and increasing demands that exist in the world in which we live, hence, the ever-pressing need to keep up with new ideas that emanate from automation, industralization, mass media, communication and transportation, To keep up with these demands requires an unflinching immediacy to act upon them, do something about them and to have something to show for it. Too often in the process people are overcome by the sweep- ing pressures of the fast-moving world. ln order not to be as particles of dust sucked into a vacuum we must pursue ruthless personal standards of excellence, as one of our English teachers so aptly phrased it. It is not only necessary to come to grips with ourselves, but in so doing to also cast aside some of the strict social patterns and codes that once ruled a world, less susceptible to change and re-organization. Within today's educational patterns lat North Shore High Schooll teenagers are allowed to formulate their own opinions and personalities at their own pace, thus, tradition is often left to the wind and we tend to lean toward informality. It is only natural, therefore, for us to select as our style, an informal layout, and, for the theme of Taliesin l964, to best reflect a world in which we are unsparingly integrated- Time and Motion.

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IN FILNORIAH . . . WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES A victim of the dissident extremism he strove so hard to re- move from America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, Nov. 22, 1963. Already the four dark days between the assassination and the burial in Arlington have begun to fade into memory as the exigencies, real or other- wise, of everyday life take precedence in our thoughts. As long as the memory of those days is kept alive, the danger of ignoring their import is lessened. The afternoon of Nov. 22 is a difficult one to forget, ner- vous rumors, sad afhrmations, wild speculations, and finally Dr. French's announcement over the public address system that the President was dead. Confirmation of Kennedy's death was met with silence and shock-what can be said about the assassination of the President, Students realized the futility of speech, and said nothing. But the memory of John F. Kennedy is not silent, it is some- thing almost tangible, it seems to speak. The Peace Corps exists as a memorial to his vision and his faith in man's ability to help his fellow man. The nuclear test ban treaty that he worked so diligently to achieve is a tribute to his belief in a better world, a world removed from fear and destruction. There is necessarily much unfinished business left in Congress and the White House, but John Fitzgerald Kennedy's torch has been passed and its new bearer is faced with the task of perpetuation. The statement Kennedy made famous in his ln- augural address is still applicable: Let the word go forth . . . to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans. John Fitzgerald Kennedy strove to build a better world, Dallas taught us that we have not yet attained it. But perhaps, in time,'we will be able to realize the world he envisioned, characterized by the words of Isaiah, They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. A IN MEMORIAM Memory . . . ls Not Silent, It Is Something Almost Tangible, It Seems to Speak. sip? XX C23 4