Chelsea Vocational High School - Chelsean Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Let me ask that you rorn me rn trrbute to one of the youngest men who ever celebrated hrs seventreth brrthday anniversary He not only does not look rt but I know that he has the youth strength and admrnrstratrve grfts for many more years of frurtful servrce rn educatron He has brought skrll determrnatron and trreless energy to a decade of unrelenting pressure and unpredictable crrsrs Dr Jansen s drstrngurshed career has been more than a good rob well done It has been a constant crusade under the most tryrng condr trons to brrng about the best possible system of schoolrng for more than a mrllron chrldren each year rn the brggest educatronal prolect rn the world I thrnk that hrs has been a magnrficent accomplishment Durrng these crrtrcal years he steered our schools, wrth confidence and serenrty to the highest level of progress He wrll be sorely mrssed and never forgot en New Yorks number one teacher Brll Jansen CHARLES H SILVER President Board of Education Naam E E K 'B it like Wwilwlwr us' N X W Chelsea. Amex .S Chelsea Marn Burldrng I can state brrefly and definrtely why we selected Dr Jansen to be Superrntendent We selected hrm because he knows the schools of New York We selected hrm because he rs cr professronal educator of the hrghest standrng Above all we selected hrm because of hrs sterlrng character hrs frankness hrs even drspo srtron hrs humane outlook I am convrnced that rf the Superrntendency had been an electrve office Dr Jansen would have been selected by popular vote In trmes such as these rt has been com fortrng to know that a man of Dr Jansens stature rs responsrble for our chrldren He has grven of hrs abrlrty hrs talents hrs energy rn school and out And as I look back I feel that New York Crty schools have rndeed been blessed wrth a very specral krnd of leader one who rs stable steady rn crrses strong to the pornt of stubbornness where the welfare of chrldren rs concerned gentle wrth all krnds of people tolerant and finally a leader wrth a hrgh sprrrtually based optrmrsm I know that you rorn wrth me rn most hearty congratulatron upon hrs many years of the hrghest type of service to the youth of New York City. May the coming years see the fulfillment of all his dreams and may his life be enriched with the honor and acclaim that he so fully deserves. ANDREW G. CLAUSON, JR.

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Mr Driscoll IS congratulated by Dr Jansen on recelvmg first prlze certificate from the Columbia Scholastic Press Assoclatlon In Its national yearbook compe- ton OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DR WILLIAM JANSEN Perhaps the most difficult 'ob In this Cnty IS dlrectmg the destmles of a mlllaon school children Moreover the man responsible for thus tremendous task must utlllze efficiently a professlonal staff of forty five thousand teachers and administrative employees Ob vnously many complex problems present themselves for solution In such a cosmopolitan cnty as New York The leader therefore must be an administrator of sound ludgment informed courageous and firm and an educator of mtegrlty vlslon and devotion Above all he needs to be a statesman and a diplomat possessing a hugh degree of tact and wisdom He must unsplre In persons of diverse Interests and conflicting philosophies a desire to cooperate with each other to achieve a common goal the development of the young to their maximum ablllty The children of this Cnty are indeed fortunate that In T947 Dr Wllllam Jansen was elected by the Board of Education as the Superintendent of Schools During his eleven years nn office--and even before that for thirty seven years he dedicated hlmself with unselfish devotion to serving all the pupils the able and the handicapped the bright and the slow the well behaved and the maladlusted Mindful of the lngunctlon See that ye despise not one of these little ones he has made the least of them has prime concern We take considerable pride that the Class of June T958 has dedicated thas book to Dr Jansen The students and teachers of Chelsea Vocational Hugh School appreciate the effective assistance which the Superintendent of Schools has given them In providing a sound and practical educational program We pay tnbute to hum for hrs able leadership has understanding and his genuine interest un every pupil and teacher nn thus vast school system We pray that on thus day of his graduation summa cum laude from the New York Cnty Schools God will shower Dr Jansen and hrs family with abundant blessings JOSEPH C DRISCOLL Principal , . . . .- . . - 'l . ' I I ' I I I I I I ' I I . . s. . . . . . I I . - .- . 1, I - I . . H . . I . . . - 1 I . . . . I ' I

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