Curtis High School - Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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, f lqfllpe When we analyze history, we tend to disparage the of our ancestors. When we consider that one day people will amused by our civilization when it too becomes antiquated, we stop to ask ourselves, How important is progress in the field of art? One might answer, Just as the wheel made the automobile possible, so cave wall paintings became modern art. There is little difference between primitive art and our modern impressionistic work. During the Renaissance, art reached a degree of perfection which today is rarely equaled and was much appreciated by the majority of the people. This does not mean that today art is not important. In our 4' ,fr in X V i-:Rf-fm, generation, we use the well established forms of art such as painting, if f il: Yimi . ,ixtgv-, scul ture, and architecture to form a backdro for our modern lively 1 .- Hxixxlk P P 511-1 if mls, arts, most of us would much rather view a television program than go 5 ,,,f--A X, 'X to an art exhibit. V . H X . . . . 5 Km' X x XXX However, we must not minimize the importance of art. Although the ' R nations of the world speak different tongues, art is one area which X X they all understand. f X K rl of-T .. Z, S Y,-4 5- 2 fd it ss . x it k gf 4 15 . ,A df ff X,-.4-V----V Y 5 4 f 'Z ,HRKX X , 'mute fi is N X Wg ? U, x t'-i' Q JW F . XX NIRMN X x X, liz,-X ? GCC 9 t it 'W ,fg Lf 4 X Nt will 5 --f I tg. ff NJN 'algal X till will , M' ' -b X 'tw 1 7 gizzj 'mglxf 3 e1 J! fs. e - ' 115: e . i .. S, isfg flz'fgr-kf'1'lfTX 'libs -we -,ff -as 1. I 'Ill IS S Q 'f ir' s 'V i , f X XV LQQQT. W t y X Gt y lil ,I ng QE,

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so THE PRINCIPAL ...... DEDICATION ....... ADMINISTRATION AND GUIDANCE FACULTY ........ ACTIVITIES . . SERVICE .... BABY MONTAGE . SPORTS . . . CLUBS . SENIORS . . . CLASS HISTORY . . SENIOR CELEBRITIES . CLASS OF '60 . . . CLASS OF '6I . . . CLASS OF '62 .... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . KEY TO BABY MONTAGE . . ADVERTISEMENTS .... XZ ,319 . 6 . 9 . IO . II . I9 . 33 . 44 . 45 . 55 . 65 YA- A . 68 4, 'V 70 if 1' ' I ' ,HX ' 1 . II4 ,Iggy , X . II5 I ' . II6 ,ff 6,1 . 117 Wg' .9 A 0 1 N . T18 7,43 X . 119 Fi 5' N' wmv ,Af A E LZ Z 'I ff' XX af 1' ,J ' ff tx- 2 l 3 N . , -M Z' 7 I 14 R' X 'K X4 - f N I Aw V I QL I CT if gy f I ,f ,j 51 f If I kv ,4 rv? f J AQ. ' 1 ,I . ,I ,' fy 'ff jf? 1, 4 - Y ' -- ,., -X fn! Liss -, X .r -L ik W, , ' fr' ' -j 4 i - 'GK 1-Fivwbgkxgiff jg A A ,:'.,:rlg!s-:gg V Y Lf? 'Ti.4iXfjV' V -jug ,Qff.'!71AF55q-Q2 ' ,L , f, f f T. 'izbsififgfgi-2'7'7 14 7 .1 in J i?6'l T:-2iZ54zeg+s+L+f' ' ' .-.. A A +- Atwif A 1 X A f ,V , X My F D Z A. I ' U QC 3 .IX 'i.Q I fy . 41 - If 1, . , , 1 I .1 1 xA. ' uf Iv-

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J ,Q N Xgff . p 4' I am thoroughly delighted that you have chosen Art Through the Ages as your theme for this year- book. It is gratifying ta believe that your interest in the history of the creative genius of man has been inspired to some degree by what you have been taught in Curtis. It has been truly said that Art hath no enemy but ignorance. There are few enioyments in this life which are more soul-satisfying than the pleasure derived from a whole-hearted appreciation of the true and the beautiful. Great writers have sought to define great art in a variety of ways. Ralph Waldo Emerson calls it The path of the creator to his worlr g James Huneker says that it is an instant arrested in eternity g Henry James maintains that it is nothing more than the shadow of humanity. Certainly its quality is imperishable and its inspiration everlasting, The following lines of Theophile Gautier have been quoted often: All passes. Art alone Enduring stays to us. The Bust outlasts the throne,- The coin, Tiberius. I wish the members of the Class ot T959 every success and source of happiness. In doing so, I cannot resist the impulse to paraphrase a remark - of George Jean Nathan and urge you to reach out into the world for vagrant beauty and strive to imprison it in a tangible dream. Q