Sewanhaka High School - Totem Yearbook (Floral Park, NY)

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0 , N Harold W WrIght ln a hIstorIc year marked by Important changes at Sewanhaka the one event that has had the most personal meannng to those connected wIth Sewan haka IS the retIrement of our beloved prIncIpal Mr Harold W WrIght ln a dlSflnQUIShed career that has closely paralleled the growth of Sewanhaka Itself Mr WrIght has served as an outstandIng educator He came to SHS In 1930 as a member of the SCIENCE department In 1931 he was appoInted to the POSITION of assIstant prIncIpal Eleven years ago In 1947 he became prIncIpal and has dlrected Sewanhakas course durIng the last decade of arowth and adlustment Top Mr Harold W WrIght retIrIng Sewanhaka PrIncIpal greets Dr Alva T Stanforth retIred Sewanhaka PrIncIpal Bottom Mr Harold W WrIght receuves the bowlIng trophy at traduhonal faculty bowlmg league banquet SINCE 1954 hIs patlent leadershIp and InspIrIng devotlon to S6fVICe have proved Instrumental In the dIstrIctwIde program of expanslon Through hlS dIrectIon he has sought constantly to Insure the qualIty of a Sewanhaka educatIon SympathetIc at all tImes to the needs of both the students and the communIty he has earned the admIratIon of all Mr WrIght wIII be remembered by both faculty and students Therefore wIth deep affectIon and Wlfh our best wIshes for many happy years of retIre ment the Totem dedIC01eS the 1958 edItIon to our former prIncIpal Mr Harold W Wflghf , 1' .Wg,. X 'I ,y I I , I ,H ,, H, tk If, 1 1 ,I-A 1 1 I . . , I I I ' I I ' I ' ' - . . . . , ' I I I ' ' ' I 1 1 o , . . .

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,Q ax . Q X .. ' ,wk W .4fi ,xxx District I6 If Z 1 fs I1 WE 15' S5 M SIP' is - o. 0 'K Z 7' qs. E. N1 3? 95' 2:5 FE 3 Z I' 9? 'im 5-6 : -.lr bln E :' Q W .4 . Z Q Y' P 3 U: E0 53 8. wg' No ff 3 T513 2 .3 3 fi ng, Us. ES- T :.: fl , H- ..' had NU o 'i 0 , X .,zV., . ,,,ovFv.: K 5, A Board ol Education ,fi S. Southern District 5 Mr. Alfred J. Loew Attorney Mr. Russell F. Thomas Jr. The education of every child in America should be everybody's business. The evolutionary processes contained in education are not something reserved solely for the educators, but a trust that must be shared by Americans in all walks of life. As High School Graduates, you too will be asked to share this serious re- sponsibility. The new and spacious schools of the Central District are the result of much preparation and planning on the part of school administrators, and, of much sacrifice on the part of the taxpayers of our community. We know that you are grateful to your parents and neighbors who have so unstintingly ex- pressed their trust in our public school system by authorizing construction of our beautiful high schools. As you approach adulthood, however, you will soon realize that in order for America to have the most excellently trained minds in the world, it will be necessary to continually appraise and evaluate the educational system in your community. lt would be the height of folly to assume that any school, regard- less of its academic reputation, is performing perfectly and without problems. Therefore, it will be your solemn duty to take an active interest in all school mat- ters so that you may be better qualified to evaluate and to offer constructive criticism, when necessary. By supporting your public school system, you will be performing one of the highest functions of citizenship, and by honest and un- biased evaluation of your schools, you are assuring a system of education which truly reflects the integrity of this nation. Daniel Webster wrote, lf we work upon marble, it will perish, if we work upon brass, time will eflace it, if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust, but if we work upon immortal minds, if we imbuse them with principles, with the iust fear of God, and love of our fellow man, we engrave on these tablets some- thing which will brighten to all eternity. Congratulations to each of you and may God bless you. Viola S. Southern President, Board of Education Central High School District No. 2 MF- 50f U9l Nddler Mr. Clyde M. Alston District District Disfrid 5 I - f Mrs. Viola President, Mr. Alfred G. Kiefer District Treasurer W A kd 1 tif' 55 mis T lhh at -'4':A' l Aqgi 4 -tl 4 vi.. -awtfigl 'H HPSR 'A -xlib-. ' 1 .