Weldon E Howitt High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Farmingdale, NY)

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PROLOGUE Lights' Action! Camera! I lowitt High presents its candidate for the Academy Award, “Graduation 1961. Starring a cast of four hundred, this production promises to be a “co- lossal picture especially suited for high school students. The administration and faculty wrote the script, produced, and directed the movie production. Their superior guidance has aided the performance of the members of the cast, the students of Weldon Hewitt I ligh. in their daily endeavors; thev have helped to direct each person along a suitable path which will make him a star in the world. The seniors are the production’s stars, for in their final year of high school they have been in the limelight as they have busily been preparing themselves for the future. The underclass men, the “supporting actors, must wait until this production is finished to move up to the exalted position of stardom since the seniors' memorable performance in Graduaton of 1961,' will be their last. Die activities and sports, the highlights of the movie, are the year's scenes in which the cast comes alive. We of the yearbook staff have had a sneak preview and know you will agree that this production deserves an “Oscar. Special credit is given to the directors of Graduation 1961 as well as to the staff: Mr. Louis Freeman, the producer, and Mr. Arthur James and Mrs. Regina Monahan, the associate producers. Thanks also go to the cameramen of Dclma Studios who diligently photographed the various scenes in the book and to the printers, Bradburv Saylcs, who worked hard to get this book out on time. 4

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PROLOGUE DEDICATION ADMINISTRATION SENIORS UNDERCLASSMEN ACTIVITIES SPORTS ADVERTISEMENTS WELDON E. HOWITT HIGH SCHOOL FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK

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DEDICATION With the graduation of the Class of '61, Pomp and Circumstance” will never again resound through the halls of Weldon E. Howitt High. After eight short years as a high school, Weldon E. I lowitt will become a junior high school. With the advent of the new term, the parents and students of District 22 will see a dream come true—the new lux- urious Farmingdale High School will comfortably house the high school students. Familiarity breeds warmth and love; therefore, it is with reluctance that the students leave your halls through which they hate walked so often. Your crowded cafeteria, marked up desks, gym transformed into night club for proms, and auditorium at assembly time will all lx- missed. It will be hard for the students to adjust to the surroundings of the new- high sch x)l; a new home must be lived in a while for it to he appreciated. The happy times all the high school students have had in your classrooms acquiring both subject matter and social and moral conduct will always be treasured. To the administration, to the faculty, to the students — to all those who have been a part of vour history, Weldon E. Howitt High, we dedicate this 1961 HI FIFE. Our dedi- cation is therefore a token of appreciation to all those who hate given Weldon E. Howitt I ligh the prestige it so richly deserves. 5