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

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achrevement 'GRC L! 'x In this picture we see a group of Chelsea students talking to Dr Jansen Richard Mullane our G O President and Richard Tua on the extreme left our Senlor President listen attentlvely to John Farragher Presrdent of the Honor Society showmg Dr Jansen a crtatron makmg hum a member of the Chelsea Honor Society Edward Kruty grves Dr Jansen a prevnew of Chelsea s outstandmg 1958 yearbook whnch wrll be dedlcated thus year to Dr Jansen for hrs tremendous 'ob rn supervrsmg New York Cnty Schools Mrchael Torre IS about to snap a plcture of Dr Jansen with Myron Hewskl and Donald Carreras co edrtors O Q f- Rf 4 'C 4 , . xf 5- - ix C ' I ' ' I I . I I I I , . 1 ' l - 5

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as ron aCflOn, dCflYlfl6S, 3 Here we see Angel Velez presentnng Dr Jansen with a bowl made by boy In Chelsea s woodworking shop Angel pomts out the dlfferent woods used In making the bowl He also pomts out that many of the bowls are made and sold by the students for reasonable prlces 4 Mr Driscoll fcenter rearl wlth four Chelsea ron Hewskn and Donald Carreras ll to rl All watch as Dr Jansen enloys the 1957 Chelsean whnch took flrst place In the Columbxa Press Assocuatlon National Year book Competltlon Dr Jansen has been elected to Chelsea s Hall of Fame ln thus picture Myron Hewskl and Donald Carreras llsten wnth Mr John Lewis year book advisor while Edward Kruty shows Dr Jansen where the pictures will be placed and some of the captions that will be wrltten The flmshed Illustration can be seen on the preceding page if A I O l O it' ' , l 6 1 ' :tj 'V 1 ' Iii pl ' Q 0' ,. J A at Y . , I 4 ' 1 ' 1 . 31, il 1 A Y xf x I . . R : students: Edward Kruty, Michael Torre, My- I . X . ' ' ' i, ' - l . . A a l . ' . . . ' xv X . 3 . . . ,tx - F ' .1 . 3 5 ll X .'. 4 , J

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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