Great Neck South High School - Vista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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DEDICATION HETHER striding purposefully to the closet to get her lexicon, or planting her- self in front of a map to trace the route to Troy, Mrs. Anita Seligson exudes vitality. Her resolute blue eyes look out from under tousled blond hair. Her words, which through the ever-present life- saver come out slightly Brooklyn, express knowl- edge and imagination, while her tone confirms her intentness and energy, She can by turns be ironic, sentimental, or witty, but always elevating and with purpose. She stimulates her students, as they find them- selves trying to satisfy her insatiable quest for facts and ideas. Through her inspiration more and more people have come to take Latin. Mrs. Selig- son, still known to some as Miss Lilenfeld, firmly believes that a sound knowledge of Latin and Greek, the expression of the thoughts, beliefs, and actions of important civilizations, is a good background for any future. , At hrst sophomores are stunned by hearing

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EOREWORD OHN Kennedy gave all of us faith in ourselves and in our ability to build a future. The demands which he made on his own resources made it impossible to refuse to answer the challenge which he gave to youth: to develop our potential. The President's assassination increased our responsibilities: to form the future and to use our actions to reinforce the standards, goals, and unfinished work of John Kennedy. In accepting this dual task, we recognize that the means to our ends lie in education. Lack of education breeds poverty, material poverty and intellectual destitution. Education should develop a rational attitude toward life and toward oneself. Our success will depend upon the foundation which we have received, intellectually and emotionally, individually and collectively, That foundation will not consist of one or several isolated elements, pointing toward disparate goals. It will consist of parallel pillars, Pillars of Wisdoin, each supporting the superstructure of our lives. We cannot erect these bases in one day. They are the result of a life's experience. We must build, keeping the capital in sight as the culmination of our efforts. As john Kennedy said, All this will not be finished in the first hundred days ,... But let us beginf' TABLE OE CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION PRACTICAL ARTS p 42 Business Department p 44 LANGUAGE ARTS I Home Economics p 46 English Department Audio Visual p 46 Library Industrial Arts p 48 Language Department Dflvef Education P 49 Cooperative Education p 49 PERFORMING ARTS ATHLETIC SCIENCES p 50 Speech Department I n Boys' Physical Education p 52 Art Depaffmfnf Girls, Physical Education p 72 Music Department SOCIAL SCIENCES P 78 ' I d' D NATURAL SCIENCES Socia Stu ies epartment p 80 Guidance Department p 82 Science Department Sophomore Class p. 92 Math Department Junior Class P 98 Health Department Senior Class p. 104

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Give me the third person plural, pluperfect passive of ducoi' reeled out at them every Friday. But after the initial weeks of drill, her formidable mien disappears. Then she becomes our favorite Latin teacher, as she humanizes the Ancients or searches to find the grain of truth around which a myth has been fabricated. Her influence does not end with Cicerols ora- tions or 3Virgil's pastorals. She frequently takes her Latin IV classes to the theater or the opera, has her jfuniors write to colleges, and interests her students in archaeology to the point where they have gathered a fine collection of Roman nails and a lyre for her. Her love of logical argument led her to be a sponsor of the Debate Club. In these many ways a strong bond is formed between her and her students, many of whom even after years in college, come back to visit her. In the minds of those influenced by Mrs. Seligson, Latin is a labor of love, and so is living. To her we dedicate Vim: 1964. I