East High School - Orient Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Principal's Message to the Seniors This has been a memorable year! For you, the members of the Senior Class, it has been an exciting series of first events: new traditions and old, in a beautiful new school, the first dance in ,the Commons Room, the 'hrst Carnival, the first as- sembly, the first play in our auditorium, and finally the first athletic events in our gyms and pool. The climax will give you the distinction of being the first graduates of the new East High School. To all the students these fine facilities provide a challenge to grow in respon- sibility and knowledge to achieve the highest possible goals of education. Pupils and teachers demonstrate each day that the hope of the future lies in classrooms, shops, and laboratories such as these, where to learn is to explore, to probe, to conclude, and to discuss those problems that demand solution. Such an education, once it is successfully initiated, never ends. Rather, it grows in power with the individual. That you have dedicated this Orient to William C. Wolgast is fitting, for it was he, as principal of East High School from 1938 to 1958, who helped the dream. of' 1940 become the reality of 1960. Through the years of planning and construction his vision of a school in which high achievement and learning were fostered reflected an abiding faith in young people. This, the first ORIENT of the new East High School, rightfully marks the culmination of the hopes, plans, and the labor of many years. To you, the graduates, my best wishes for a rich life that carries ever higher the search for knowledge, the quest for beauty, the passion for truth, and the willing- ness to serve that any education worth its salt must demand. PZ Uwe 15

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E As the third principal of East High and the first principal of our new school, Mr. Clark has had the task of helping the students to construct new traditions within the frame- work of the old. The organization of a ded- icated group of corridor monitors, the Christ- mas tree in the lunchroom, the Wolgast Chap- ter of the National Honor Society, and the use of the Commons Room by Seniors have all contributed to a great pride in our new East High. Mr. Myers Mr. Clark Our vice-principal, Mr. Myers, works with Mr. Clark in carrying out administrative duties essen- tial to the successful conduct of the school. Turn- ing from his usual duties, Mr. Myers proved his versatility by giving a splendid performance on the piano at the faculty show of this year's Car- nival. 12

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Miss Bassett Mr. DiClemente Mr- Waide ADVI ER Standing: E. Lawrence, G. Roller, T. Guglin, J. Tacci. Seated: A. Nolfi, E. Davis. 14