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

Text from Pages 1 - 216 of the 1976 volume:

— 1 'X Things change. In a literal sense, the past is not the present, nor is it the future. But the present evolves from the past and is meaningless when out of this context. A realization of what the past was, and what the present is, makes the mystery of what is to follow more tangible. What occurs will no longer be a matter of chance; the future will be malleable, adaptable into whatever form we choose to make it. r'-j Uv, Will this be a solemn occasion for rededication, the commemoration of accomplishments, a reassessment of where we are and where we are going; or will it be marked 'by frying chickens, firing away damaged powder or fuddling our noses over tavern wine’? Robert Hartje Human history is in essence a history of ideas. Do we really appreciate the ideas of the Revolution of 1776? Or is the cynicism of Voltaire a more accurate description of what we learn? Two hundred years hence, students may be taught only of our lackings and our prejudices. But hopefully, education in history can H. G. Wells incorporate both the progression and retrogression of society. To understand the ideas of the past and not the mistakes, or vice versa, is useless. Taken together, however, the two offer invaluable insights into the unchanging qualities of human nature. 10 11 Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. Celebrating a Bicentennial In the United States of America In the seventies Is much like attacking A two-headed leviathan Breathing fire from two sets of nostrils facing in opposite directions — Left and Right. Enlightenment and achievement Meet challenges and hopes Head-on! But even in the exalted moments Of praise and thanksgiving The joys of celebration Must be tempered By the realities of the possible — Which are always changing. Robert Hartje 15 In CONGRESS, 4, i77n. 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JsryUX � . ° Zt6 7t4s-, u i r £ § Xrf,jJth C.- J e.rtAntt Uu nut ao ff i pt o tottXoMt 0 M -o toti, t a rUntat fiff JrtX %Jta L jr X 1 nJ-Yt at ctf? f---+ -4?' yrarv,yf ry t 74—- .47-7 fle 702 t as. psr ttstia—i JrtZifea Z J. 4 s M..,,. .J ,ry, f XL.. 6t -t Jiotr .Ut -i SSt. Vista '76 Introduction ........................... 1 Faculty ............................... 18 Activities .............................46 Seniors ................................66 Underclassmen ........................ 114 History .............................. 118 Sports ............................... 120 Clubs ................................ 154 Acknowledgements ..................... 172 Parting Shots ........................ 176 Advertisements ....................... 180 FACULTY Mortimer Abramowitz Superintendent June 1976 Dear Graduates, Our nation is two hundred years old - or young. Compared to the countries of Europe or the East, we are newcomers; compared to the emerging nations of Africa, we are middle-aged. Perhaps, therefore, we are better described as maturing. Such a word implies continuing growth, not necessarily in numbers but in wisdom and moral strength. We have the resources to espouse and defend our ideals, yet the chastening by recent international developments has made us realize that real strength lies within the power of our democratic principles. Muscle alone, important as it is, must be accompanied by commitment to ideas. Just a short time before the Bicentennial Year, Americans came to recognize that Watergate presented a microcosm of the twin dangers of ruthlessness and complacency. Perhaps the tragic lessons of Watergate have helped us to realize how precious are our freedoms and how zealously we must continue to guard a democratic government of laws not men. There is joy too in our Bicentennial. As a country, we have not only survived but thrived. We can be proud of our accomplish- ments in the arts, science, technology and education. There is much yet to be done as we strive to fulfill our stated ideals. We hope that you will continue to help our nation to lead the world in principle and action. Sincerely yours, Mwfawvv, )Xv UlUlA Mortimer J. Abramowitz Superintendent of Schools 20 (L. To R.): Mr. Michael S. Zarin, Dr. Marilyn M. Kritchman, Mr. M. Frank Phillips (Pres.), Mrs. Claire J. Speciner (V.P.), Dr. J. Robert Rosenthal. ( Dr. Bernard Seiderman Director Of Secondary Education Gilbert Blum Principal Class of 1976 This bicentennial year our thoughts have been focused on our founding fathers and the men and women who contributed to the establishment of our country and society. They have provided us with the opportunity to enjoy a free education which has too often been taken for granted and which still remains beyond the reach of millions of people throughout the world. John F. Kennedy said, “Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.” 1976 is a time to reflect and to appreciate. Benjamin Franklin expressed it vividly when he said, “Wise and good men (women) are the strength of a state much more so than riches.” He also was quite prophetic in referring to the lack of education by stating, “It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.” Our country and our revolution have made slow but steady progress toward the ideals expressed in the documents signed by our founding fathers. We all realize that the attempt to wipe out racial discrimination has been slow paced and still far from being fully attained. We also recognize the general acceptance of sexism and the very late understanding of what this is doing to and for the women in our nation. Our country has made great strides in a technical sense as demonstrated by our placing people on the moon, creating instant entertainment and communica- tion through television, and all sorts of other electronic, scientific, and computerized wonders. However, we still have not found the answer to a lasting peace, nor have we made much progress in having people understand and accept each other’s differences, each other’s needs, each other’s wants, and each other’s feelings. In spite of this we take heart because we are a free nation and as Thomas Jefferson said, “Where the press is free and every man (woman) able to read, all is safe ...” “Enlighten the people generally and tyranny and oppressions of both mind and body will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.” The hope of all of us is that the young such as those in the Class of 1976. will take up the torch and continue and perhaps accelerate our revolution. It is a charge which we give to the young that they follow the guidelines of whose who came before and move us toward a society where all men and women are created equal and truly free of anxiety and restrictions in their pursuit of happiness. Adlai Stevenson said of Eleanor Roosevelt what we would hope would be the motto of all our youth — “She would rather light candles than curse the darkness. To the Class of 1976 may I offer the wish for a future with very little darkness and the hope that you will have the strength, the wisdom, and the desire to light candles throughout your life and thereby create a better world for us all. 22 Edward Sinrich Assistant Principal 23 Dr. Paul Rupff Assistant Principal 24 25 The Inglisch Dapartmint Richard Dorfman Laraine Banka William Biel Adele Borden 26 Arlette Sanders 27 Martha Alinder Hindsights in History Dr. Marc Ross David Parker Gilbert Cohen 28 Harry Horne 29 You think you’ve got problems?! 30 Phyllis Makovsky James Kaelin Susan Frey James Econ Brigitte Saunders Robert Silverstone Where the only constant is CHANGE 33 Gregory Ingalls The Foreign Follies Samuel Ziskind Frances Healey Janet Mealy 34 Dr. Louise Scheer, Department Head (Retired Jan. 1976) Jumping Jacks and Jills Robert Baratta John McMahon Milton Hess, Department Head S’ , ofleghentr , Mina Maish Crash Courses Harry Lee Richard Sadlo 37 Ye Olde Shoppe Sew what’s cooking? The Stacks 4AI Shirley Hourges Jean Gurinoff Edith Hyman, Department Head Cecile Saretsky Josephine Goldberg Robert Johnson How to succeed in BUSINESS . . . Catherine Hayden, Department Head Linda Bracken Marian Siewko Audio Visual Donald Barry, Department Head Pauline Lipeles Gerald Davis, Department Head Jane Piotrowski Jacob Julius, Special Class Ana Rosell Sylvia Levin, Nurse Prep Robert Howell, Prep. Program Reading Center Harriet Shindler, Reading Center Gayle Monaster, Reading Center Dr. Phyllis Steiner, Psychologist Shirley Sarachek 4J I)r. Nunzio Cumato 44 Standing (L. To R.) Donald Perry, Marion Firedman, Thomasina Staples, Hazel Donahue. Laine Suld, Rose Willis. Sitting: Augusta Isaccson, Elizabeth Desiervo. 45 Mr. Sinrich and Mrs. M. Ingham ACTIVITIES BUSINESS Lori Balter Barbara Burton Joanne Fassler Stacy Futterman Joanne Garfinkel Mindy Greenberg Tracy Greenwald Leona Hedaya Bev Heimberg Debbie Ranter Barbara Miller Sharon Pisetzner Joyce Rosenberg Doug Schoninger Gail Schwat Bonnie Spitalnick Janie Stern Barry Wittlin ART Hillary Egna Amy Karpel April Lippet Don Wilkes PHOTOGRAPHY Peter Aufrichtig Mike Barnathan Alan Belonsky Maris Burton Erik Engelson Harlan Kirsch Jason Mann Eric Markus Nirit Muhlbaum Zach Richter Billy Sahn Bruce Todd Jon White SENIOR SECTION Carol Bomengo Diane Goodman Leslye Ravkin Anne Stracquatanio Nicole Vomacka COPY AND LAYOUT Saralyn Bass Irene Fortgang Alex Kapotes Allison King Jim Kurtz Jodi Maron Karen Piligian Laura Post Ginger Sun Meryl Weintraub Lillian Wright CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES Ed Abrahams Ronnie Goldberg Seth Jacobson Elena Nachmanoff Jennifer Streisand Marcia Tanur Editor-in-Chief Russel Bernard. Allison King and Caroline Kurtz pasting up the Vista collage. VISTA EDITORS — Standing (L. To R ): Russel Bernard. Pete deSeve. Lesly Gottel, -Jeff Tabak. Ricky Diamond and Louis Teitelbaum. Seated Stephen Wilkes, Phyllis Cohen, Caroline Kurtz, Robbin Itzler and Ellen Edelson. NOT SHOWN: Curtis Kendrick 48 Mr. Zannos and Ellen Edelson at a meeting. Bob Pravder goes over sports pictures with Editor Ricky Diamond. Vista WE the Vista Editors, in order to insure lasting; memories of Great Neck South, do ordain and establish this 1976 yearbook. Article I — Editors Section 1 As Editor-in-Chief, Russel Bernard has faithfully organized and kept the sanity of all who have worked this year. Section 2 — Senior portraits and quotes comprise the Senior Section of Vista and Editors Phyllis Cohen and Curtis Kendrick supplied many hours collecting these from Seniors '76. Section 3 — While bringing aesthetic value to the book. Art Editor Peter deSeve’s creations delighted and amused everyone. Section 4 — Reporting on South’s male athletic activities was the job well done by Ricky Diamond. Boys Sports Editor. Section 5 Keeping track of all the happenings at GNS was the duty of Ellen Edelson. Clubs and Activities Editor. Section 6 — Female sports were given the coverage they deserve through their own Sports Editor, Lesly Gottel. Section 7 — After all the copy, photos and art were collected, it was the job of Robbin Itzler, Layout Editor, to coordinate the pages. Section 8 — As Copy Editor, Caroline Kurtz had her hands (and eyes) full, composing and proof-reading all the articles in the book. Section 9 — Selling ads and yearbooks was the job of Business Editor, Jeff Tabak, who worked especially hard to keep Vista “in the money . Section 10 A yearbook is not a yearbook without pictures, and Stephen Wilkes and Louis Teitelbaum did tremendous jobs as Photography Editors. Article II — Faculty Advisors Section 1 — Mr. John Zannos (alias Mr. Z) dedicated himself far beyond the call of duty in the formulation of this book. Section 2 — As business advisor. Mr. Jerald Levine (alias Flash) devoted time and effort to the management of Vista '76. Article III — Staff Section 1 — The entire staff of Vista '76 worked closely and continuously to produce a “more perfect” yearbook. Working together are Lesly Gottel, Nicole Vomacka, and Bonnie Spitalnick. Don Wilkes and Seth Jacobson completing a layout. Front Row (L. To R ): Bev Heimberg. Erik Engelson, Jon White, Jeff Landsberg, Barry Witthn.Second Row: Joanne Garfinkel. Barbara Burton. Robbin Itzler. Phyllis Cohen, Caroline Kurtz. N.nt Muhlbaum. Diane Goodman, Mr. Zannos. Third Row: Ellen Edelson, Karen Piligian. Allison King. Fourth Row: Mr. Levine. Jeff Tabak. Irene Fortgang. Barbara Miller, Mindy Greenberg, Russel Bernard. Bonnie Spital- nick, Louis Teitelbaum. 49 (•real Neck South Senior High School 341 l.akr ville Road tireat Neck. New York Kditor� -in-Chief Kicky Diamond Scott I� . Mo� � , (.ail Wechsler Sc � Muon Richard Fos. Marcia Tanur Feature Kditor Dean Abramson Sport� Kditor� Bryan Bloom. Stephen llall ( opy Kditor Alan Minkoff Photography Kditor Zachary Richter Artwork Jill Rosenthal A� � ociate Kditor Steve Owen Avvitlanl-to-the-Kditor� Laurel Axinn Faculty Advisor Philip Heh Bmiactt cUie Southerner Kditor� Daniel Fer leger Ad� l� or John Zanno The Southerner I� a member of the Columbia Scholastic Pre� � Association and the Nassau-Suffolk SchoiasUc Press Association Published by the student� of Great Neck South Senior High School. Gathered around the typewriter are dill Rosenthal, Zach Richter, Alan Min- koff, Gail Wechsler, Dean Abramson and Scott Moss. Pointing out South’s highlights are Stephen Hall, Ricky Diamond. Bryan Bloom and Steve Owen. Standing (L. To R ): Bryan Bloom. Stephen Hall, Steve Owen, Dean Abramson, Zac Richter, Ricky Diamond and Richard Fox. Seated: Alan Minkoff, dill Rosenthal, Ga Wechsler and Scott Moss. Bryan Bloom and Stephen Hall pasting up th sports page. Many students at South are not aware of how much time and effort goes into the formulation of The Southerner, our student- run newspaper. Under the guidance of faculty advisor Phil Weis, the staff has attained an exceptional level of excellence. The production proceedings are very professional in nature, with individuals concentrating on their specific areas of interest. Work begins with the establishment of deadlines and the assign- ment of articles, continues with editing and paste-up, and does not finish until the paper is delivered to the student body. Then the process repeats itself. Aside from the satisfaction that results from their accomplishments, the work is rewarding because of a special respect generated between senior editors, editors, and reporters. Checking out the finished product are Steve Owen, Stephen Hail and Jill Rosenthal. Ricky Diamond typing last minute copy. The January Graduates Mr. Blum congratulates Alex Greene. Laurie Krauth and David Katz — A joyous occasion. Great Neck has one of the few school systems on Long Island that offers its seniors the opportunity to graduate early. Even more importantly, South is one of the few schools that holds a ceremony in January for the graduates. This year’s ceremony, held in the Girls’ Gymnasium, was informal, and the ambience relaxed. Refreshments were served to the graduates and their friends and relatives by the Senior Class Planning Committee. Speeches were given by faculty members Lewis Love and Annette Stern, both of whom had been asked by the graduates to speak. The long-awaited moment arrived as Mr. Blum, assisted by Dr. Rupff and Mr. Sinrich, distributed diplomas to each of the fifty-eight graduates. Happy Graduates: Ken Leboff, Rena Koozman, Janet Kershaw, Michelle Jones, and Donna Bianco. Mr. Blum hands Andrea Abramson her diploma. Mr. Blum and Gary Silverstein 53 Cast Brindsley Miller Carol Melkett Miss Furnival Colonel Melkett Harold Gorringe Schuppanzigh Clea Georg Bamberger Black Comedy •lames Tornatore Roberta Bozeman Debbie Bauman Peter Rogoff •Ion Bass David Yourman Liz Wiener Barry Fishman PLACE: Brindsley Miller’s apartment in South Kensington TIME: Nine-Thirty on a Sunday night. Black Comedy is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. Bad Habits Dunelawn Ruth Benson, R.N. Miriam Bensman Becky Hedges. R.N. Debby Karpel Bruno Michael McLellan Mr. Ponce Joel Baird Dr. Toynbee Craig Rosen Mr. Blum David Hessekiel Mr. Yamadoro Robert Kahan Hugh Gumbs Ricky Goldberg Ravenswood Otto Bruce Todd April Pitt I-esly Taft Roy Pitt Ron Goldberg Jason Pepper, M.D. Rob Landergren Dolly Scupp Joanne Cohen Hiram Spane Chuck Blasius Francis Tear Barry Fishman Harry Scupp Eric Marx Bad Habits is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc. Joel Baird, Bob Kahan. Miriam Bensman, Debby Karpel. S4 Miriam Bensman and Ricky Goldberg. Roberta Bozeman and Debbie Bauman Debbie Bauman 55 The Great Neck South Chorus (in dark robes) performs with the Uniondale High School Chorus. 56 Pinocchio Melissa Morse Curtain calls after a splendid performance. Melissa Morse. Nancy (linslwrg, David Hessekiel. Cassey Kavanagh. Tom Gergora. Charles Blasius. Ken Goodman, Carol Hoffman. Casey Kavanagh. Mike McLellan, Lynn Shapiro. Steve Crowley and Ms. Peggy Daly. Ms. Peggy Daly, Peter Rogoff, and Mr. James Martin- dale. Nancy Ginsberg. Karen Finucan. Nikki Orlian. Clilly Castiglia. Nikki Orlian and Clilly Castiglia. •Jim Tornatore, Nancy Ginsberg, Ronnie Goldberg, and Karen Finucan. The Chamlier Singers during the “Wedding Scene . Joanne ('ohen Robert Kahan. Ron C.oldi erg. .Ion Bass. Barry Fishman. David Hessekiel. Chuck Blasius and Mark Kirsch Jim Tornatore lFli5ir AmoreS OpERA Ay Gaetano Donizetti Dancers Tricia Henrv, Eric Marx. Maria LaSala. and Steve Crowley. David Yourman Cabaret Nikki Orlian and David Yourman •Jim Tornatore and Clilly Castiglia Ronnie Goldberg Nikki Orlian. Clilly Castiglia. Melissa Morse Nikki Orlian and Ronnie Goldberg •Janet Schlossberg, Debbie Bauman. Phyllis Cohen. Ronnie Goldberg. Maria LaSala. Liz Wiener and Sylvia Lee. Nikki Orlian Melissa Morse and David Hessekiel Liz Wiener, Chuck Blasius, Claire Gergora Building Curriculum Group Standing (I. To H .) Wendy Garber, Steven Potolsky, Mr. Levine, Mr. Barry, Miss McNamara. Mr. Wheeler. Steven Owen. Seated Liz Kaplow, Mrs. Martindale. Miss Rosado. Mrs. Saunders. Ms. Alinder. I)r. Steiner. Student Faculty Executive Board Mr. Wheeler. Steve Owen and Wendy Garber. Standing (L. To R.) Mr. Levitt, Marcia Tanur. Mr. Rice. Mrs. Curcio. Jill Rosenthal. Eric Markus, Lori Hyman, Barbara Kallen. Miss Piotrowski. Mrs. Muller. Mrs. Menage. Seated: Howie Friedner, Larry Zuckerman, Amy Hertz. Marine Science Research These students are engaged in an independent study program and venture out to the Long Island Sound to study the physical, chemical and biological factors of the area. Allison King Paul Shpuntoff. Mr. Abrams. Allison King, Jed Laderman, Mr. Cave. (L. To R.): Russ Bernard, Mr. Cave, Tami Schneider, Mr. Abrams, Allison King, Hillary Egna, Mr. Zannos, Billy Sahn. Hillary Egna Russel Bernard. Mr. Abrams Satori Ducky The old duck sits with a coffee-house line of faded slime along her lip; her yellow eyes are chipped. Feathers have flown and flecked through wet skies speckled by seeds, towels, clouds, swirled in brown and misspelt dust. She came with the house, both new somehow, and weathered wisely: withered feathers, freckled neck, bulging bust, seashelled kickers; oystered on the mantel, warming us. — Molly McQuade Satori, South’s literary and art magazine, publishes student and teacher creative efforts several times during the year. Standing (L. To H.) Ben Kaplan, Barbara Michaelson. Lisa Rotskv. Alan Min- koff. Ronnie Berke. Ms. Alinder. Kneeling: Cindy Howes, Cynthia Zarin. Molly McQuade. Womens Day International Women’s Year Day was a day of speakers, panelists and seminars on various issues celebrating women, their contributions and their roles. The day was an awakening for all who participated. 64 Donkey Basketball is always riotous entertainment. This year the game was sponsored by the Senior Class Planning Commit- tee. Faculty and students, mounted on donkeys, attempted to play a serious, skilled game, but the evening turned out to be more of a challenge to stay atop the animals than anything else. Mitch Tobol rides again. Junior Carnival Finally a basket! Refreshments being sold by Amy Hertz and Mr. Paddock to David Zuckerman, Kathy Rayn, and Marie Bell. The Junior Class Planning Committee orga- nized and ran a fund raising carnival for the enjoyment of the entire school. Booths ranged from “shave the balloon” to “pitch the penny” to a demonstration of card tricks. The carefree amusement provided a much-needed relief from the tedium of the class schedule at the same time that it raised money for their senior prom and various charities. Mr. Zanchelli takes a shot at a carnival booth. 65 66 SENIORS Andrea Abramson: Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. — Langston Hughes ANDREA ABRAMSON Dean Abramson: The sheep are hap- pier of themselves, than under the care of the wolves. — Thomas Jef- ferson Doreen Ammirati: You know what the difference between you and me is? Everything! Cathy Arpino: Stars, I have seen them fall. But when they drop and die no star is lost at all. — A. E. Houseman Peter Aufrichtig: There are three classes of intellect: one which com- prehends by itself; another which ap- preciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither compre- hends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excel- lent, the second is good, the third is useless. — Nicolo Machiavelli. The Prince Michael Barnathan: Then he waited, marshaling his thoughts and brood- ing over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of some- thing. — Arthur C. Clarke JOHN AMEDO DOREEN AMMIRATI Deborah Bauman: —for nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura — and so good-bye ■ • ■ ■ — Tennessee Williams Saralyn Bass: Time it was and what a time it was. It was a time of inno- cence A time of confidences — Paul Simon Alan Belonsky: You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves. — Stanislaw J. Lee MIRIAM ANGEL ROBERT ARKUS SCOTT ARONSON SCOTT BALESTRAS MICHAEL BARNATHAN ROBERT BAROCAS PETER AUFRICHTIG CATHERINE ARPINO m DEBRA AVELLINO BRUCE BABITZ KENNETH BAKST 69 ROBERT DONNA BERG BENVENUTO Victoria Benjamin: I can't promise you forever but I can promise you today with the hope and belief that there is a beautiful tomorrow in store for us. — Unknown Wendy Bergstein: Let the traces linger on. Many years have come and gone ... — Seals and Crofts Ronni Berke: How dull it is to pause, to make an end. To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use! As tho' to breathe were life. — Alfred, Lord Tennyson Russel Bernard: The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There's far less competition. — Harold Nichol- . so!fl Brett Berrie: Within all of us there are two sides — one reaches for the stars; the other descends to the level of beasts. — Eleanor Roosevelt MIRIAM BENSMAN ALAN BERGER ROBERT BERGER SUSAN BERGER 70 RONNI BERKE ANN BERLSTEIN RUSSEL BERNARD BRIAN BERTAN DONNA BIANCO BRETT BERRIE STANLEY BLAUT BRIAN BLOCH Jeff Tabak _________________ SUSAN BERNSTEIN LUCILLE BONERBA Bryan Bloom: For the want of thirty seconds, a goal was lost. For the want of a goal, a game was lost. Carol Bomengo: Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vi- sion of hope. — From the Sanskrit Lucille Bonerba: People need People, but more so People need Love. Amy Brakarsh: Who reflects too much will accomplish little. — Johann C.F. Schiller Dana Braun: As the World Turns, the Edge of Night makes us all Young and Restless ... — Ben Singer Laura Briamonte: The brain is an exo- genous zone. — Judy Garland Nancy Brill: There will come a time, I know, when people will take delight in one another, when each will be a star to the other, and each will listen to his fellow as to music. —Maxim Gorky Judy Brooks: I don’t need a reason to be happy. I don’t have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now. — Hugh Prather Maris Burton: “The time has come.” the Walrus said, “to talk of many things: of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — of cabbages — and kings — And whether pigs have wings.'’ — Lewis Carroll Chris Busillo: May your beards never grow thin. — Bilbo Baggins Marci Chasnow: I remember a time when our fears could be named and courage meant not refusing dares I remember when we took such cares to step never on the cracks and only in the squares — Carly Simon w m m. i 72 DANA BRAUN LAURA BRIAMONTE NANCY BRILL JUDITH BROOKS 1 MICHAEL BURG THOMAS BURNS MARIS BURTON SUSAN BRUSTIEN KENNETH BYK LEANDRA CANIZALES CHRISTOPHER BUSILLO STEWARD CARTER CHARLES CESPEDES MARCI CHASNOW JOSE CHAVEZ 73 SUSAN CHRISTIE MARK COHEN PHYLLIS COHEN KATHRYN COLLESTER HARRY COHEN 74 Mark Cohen: Yes Phyllis Cohen: Time is ... Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who re- joice, But for those who love ... Time is Eternity. Kathy Cordier:rlf a man seeks great- ness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth and he will find both. K — Mann Alice Cromer: Friends are the most valuable possession I ever had. In any language, that priceless friend- ship helps me, momentarily, to for- get I was ever sad. Just to see you, to know you’re keeping in touch. My friends whom I trust in a crutch--- Con’t on Laurie Nadler VAUGHN CURRY SUSAN CUSHING Vaughn Curry: One’s face was of that doubtful kind that wins the eye. but not the mind. KENNETH CURRY MARY CUTROFELLO Susan Cushing: The only reward of vir- tue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. — Emerson CAROLYN DERKAZARiAN RICHARD DIAMOND CHERYL DOMATO STEPHEN DOS REMEDIOS MICHAEL DEPRIMO BETH DIAMOND JEFFREY DOSKOW 76 NANCY DYMOND Philip deSeve: Last in a Roman Wilder- ness of Pain, and all the children are insane. — Jim Morrison Beth Diamond: Take a look at an open book. Let it cook. That's what I said Do what you like. Ricky Diamond: Iron rusts from disuse. Stagnant water loses its purity; Even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. — Leonardo Da Vinci Nancy Dymond: There is no such thing as least in a world of individuals. — Hugh Prather Ellen Edelson: And oh, I love the life within me, I feel a part of everything I see. And oh, I love the life around me, a part of everything is here in me. — John Denver Hillary Egna: I'll tell them all what kind of world lies beyond the trees. I’ll tell them all of the times I’ve had while hiking the highway and sailing the seas. — Rod McKuen Julie Eigenberg: Young blood doth not obey an old decree. — William Shakespeare Emily Eiten: The curtain is rising, it's time to get on. Scott Eliasoph: I'm taking time for a number of things that weren't impor- tant yesterday. — Lennon and McCartney Marshall Ellis: Don't think about what you left behind. The way you come or the way you go. Let your tracks be lost in the dark and snow. — J. Garcia and R. Hunter Joanne Esposito: Most things aren't appreciated until they aren't any- more. MARSHALL ELLIS ELLEN EDELSON HILLARY EGNA EMILY EITEN SCOTT ELIASOPH BRENDA ESPOSITO JOANNE ESPOSITO 77 ROBERT FEINERMAN KARL FERCHAU DANIEL FERLEGER n ELY FEINERMAN ANTHONY FALBO JAMES FEASTER LYNN FEE JAN FINE Lynn Fee: Friendship is really just a lit- tle word, but it's those close friends that make it big. Ely Feinerman: Happiness is the key to the future. We all hold the key. Let us all give it a good turn now and then. For peace rules the day, where rea- son rules our minds. We all have in- teresting thoughts, let them be our guiding lights. Daniel Ferleger: We must not regard what the many say of us: but what he. the one man who has under- standing of just and unjust, will say, and what the truth wil say. — Socra- Jan Fine: Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have gov- erned my life; the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and un- bearable pity for the suffering of mankind. Barry Fishman: Everything I really like to do is either illegal, immoral, or fat- tening! — Alexander Wolcott Lauren Flores: The many sounds that meet our ears. The sights our eyes behold. Will open up our merging hearts. And feed our empty souls. — Stevie Wonder Elaine Fondiller: — When people lose faith in themselves or in each other, they are lost. — John Lovejoy Elliott Michael Gallagher: When you're young and strong, they can throw you down and the harder you hit the higher you bounce. — Frederick Lamg RICHARD FRANKEL MICHAEL GALLAGHER WENDY GARBER JOHNNY GERALDS Wendy Garber: Just turn yourself onto yourself. Then the freedom we seek will show. Don't ever doubt what your heart says. When everything 'round you says no. Just the pace of the game could drive you insane. So relax and let everything flow. — Dave Mason Johnny Geralds: Give all of your best, give it to the master. Give him the strength of your youth, give it to the master. Give him your HEART. Give him your SOUL. Give him your entire life, let him take control. Give all of your best, give it to the master. Why don't you STOP making him LAST, put him first place in your life. Some- day you'll pass. Give all of your best, give it to the MASTER. Larry Gesner: The longest trip starts with just one step. Ron Goldberg: Auf Wiedersehen, a bientot ... — Cabaret rene Goldstien: A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine. Just remember, there's a lot of Bad and Beware. Diane Goodman: You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. — Ralph Waldo Emerson .arry Goodman: If a man amongst you. Has got no sin upon his hands, Let him cast a stone at me, For playin’ in the band. — Bob Weir and Robert Hunter Lesly Gottel: Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Any- one who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. — Frank Kafka Steve Greenman: Till I reach my high- est ground. No one's gonna bring me down. — S. Wonder RONALD GOLDBERG EDWARD GIBSTEIN IRENE GOLDSTEIN DIANE GOODMAN JOAN GLASER Janet Gross: There's something to be learned from all this ..... if you figure out what it is, let me know. LAWRENCE GOODMAN NANCY GOODRIDGE RICHARD GORDON JILL GOTTLIEB MERRICK GOULD LAURA GRANT STEVEN GREENMAN ELAINE GREENWALD PETER GRECO ALEXANDER GREENE LESLY GOTTEL TRACY GREENWALD JULIE GREIFER JANET GROSS KEVIN GROSS DIANE GUERRINGUE GARY GUTENSTEIN Gary Gutenstein: Bodily excercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is ac- quired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. — Plato MICHAEL HABER BRUCE HAIMS Michael Haber: You're only as pretty as you feel. — Jefferson Airplane Stephen Hall: And yet — it moves! — Galileo Mary Hallenius: Happy are those who dream; they are so happy that they are ready to pay the price to make them come true. Betty Harounian: ”... and miles to go before I sleep.” — R Frost Leona Hedaya: If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better. — Hugh Prather Patricia Henry: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when? — Hillel David J. Herman: This above all: to thine own self be true. And it follows as the night, the day. Thou canst not then be false to any man. — William Shakespeare MIRNA GUZMAN GARY HALITZER Michelle Hoffman: Why must you al- ways try to make me over? Take me as I am or let me go_— George Thompson Cindy Howes: Life was meant to be lived, not to be understood. — San- tayana Jeff Hysen: Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. — Abraham Lincoln 82 STEPHEN HALL MARY HALLENIUS PATRICIA HANS BETTY HAROUNIAN CYNTHIA HOWES LEONA HEDAYA BRUCE HARPER PATRICIA HENRY NANCY HIRSCHMANN MICHELLE HOFFMAN Ronnie Kellermueller, John Boesch ROBBIN ITZLER KATHY KAHN MICHELLE JONES JULIANA KACPRZYK EDWARD KAMINSKY DEBORAH KANTER our of the eet. Not in the shouts of the throng, But in are triumph and defeat. How ichelle Jones: To a liberal society: You may have taught us right ... but now the question stands, were the right things taught? Kahn: We dance round in a ring pose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows. — Robert Frost Debbie Kanter: Love when you can. Cry when you have to who you must. That's a part of the plan. — Dan Fogelberg Matthew Kaplan: DICE, n. — Small pol- ka-dotted cubes of ivory, construct- ed like a lawyer to lie on any side, but commonly on the wrong one. — Am- brose Bierce David Katz: Adventure is not in the guide-book and beauty is not on the map. Seek and ye shall find. Russell iigiiii Deette Kearns: Learn to increase your perception; you've all missed alot. MATTHEW KAPLAN RISE KAPLAN AMY KARPEL Sharon Keller: With love you are every- one; Without love you are no one; To feel love is the warmth of the sun; Love all as one. Curtis Kendrick: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredu- lity ... — Charles Dickens 84 HOWARD KATES ALAN KATZ DANIEL KATZ iiflfe.. DAVID KATZ GLORIA KAZLOW DEETTE KEARNS KATHLEEN KEARNS ADAM KATZ BRIAN KELLER CHARLES KELLER SHARON KELLER CURTIS KENDRICK 85 HILARY KLEIN JANET KERSHAW JOSEPH KESSELMAN MICHAEL KESSLER i DEBRA KLEIN MICHELE KLAR EDWARD KLEBANOW ALLISON KING Laurie Nadler, Alice Cromer MICHELE KLEINICK PATTI KLEINMAN DENISE KLETT Joseph Kesselman: Vel de gustibus, Vel Pionibus, Vel Ceterae nucleonibus Et sub-atomic particulis. Non desputan- tum est. Mike Kessler: If life ain't worth living And time ain't no fun, you better jump out your window and run. — Jorma Kaukonen Michele Klar: We've only just begun ... — The Carpenters Hilary Klein: Be cheerful, sir. our revels now are ended. — Shakespeare Michele Kleinick: Memories; an impor tant part of life It was fun while it lasted, but it ain’t Brooklyn. Rena Koozman: I am not afraid of to- morrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. — William Allen White V l i 'Yril Justine Korman: Can we actually know the universe, my God it's hard enough finding your way around Chinatown. — Woody Allen, Getting Even Vincent Kowalski: Live as freemen, yet not using your freedom as a cloak for malice but as servants of God. — Peter 2.16 JUSTINE KORMAN ANTHONY KOSTANTINIDIS RENA KOOZMAN VINCENT KOWALSKI William Krause: The time has come, the Walrus said, “to talk of many things; Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and Kings — And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings. — Lewis Carroll Laurie Krauth: Women are awakening; revolution is near! EMILY KRAUS WILLIAM KRAUSE LAURIE KRAUTH 87 LINAS KUDZMA I JONATHAN LAUTER STEVEN LANDSBERG KENNETH LEBOFF GERALD LEE JED LADERMAN 88 ROBERT LEIGHTON ROBERT LEVIN LAWRENCE LEVINE LISA LEVINE CHERIE LEWIS BONNIE LIPELES Caroline Kurtz: . for the great ma- jority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influ- enced by things that seem than by those that are.” — Machiavelli Jed Laderman: Clever beyond all dreams ... man can always help himself. — Sophocles Steven Landsberg: I would like to dedi- cate this to Annette Stern: Listen to what your parents say. when they’re around.” — Mark Twain Jonathan Lauter: One step’s done, and another’s begun. — Robert Hunter David Laxer: One thing for certain can be said about the nature of light: it gets here too early in the morning! Ken Leboff: I confess to pride in this coming generation. You are working out your own salvation: you are more in love with life: you play with fire openly, where we did in secret, and few of you are burned. — Franklin Delano Roosevelt Gerald Lee: . the wise man looks into space, and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too big: for he knows that there is no limit to dimensions. — Lao-tse Robert Levin: Transcend, let your Eye See. If you look closely, in between there is the Love, the Light, and the Music. This is the only way to truly be born in the Beauty. Larry Levine: With the power of soul, anything is possible. With the power of you, anything you want to do. — Jimi Hendrix Lisa Levine: I live from one tentative conclusion to the next, thinking each one is final. The only thing I know for sure is that I am confused. — Hugh Prather DANIEL LEVY JOAN LEWIS HELENE LIALIOS Daniel Levy: So let's get going, there's no other choice. God willing, we shall prevail in peace and freedom, from fear and in true health through purity and essence of our natural bodily fluids. — Gen. Jack Ripper Daniel Lewin: Aspiration, in its simplest definition, is a lovely flame climbing Heavenward. — Sri Chinmoy Cherie Lewis: Peace comes not from the absence of conflict in life, but from the ability to cope with it. — Anonymous Joan Lewis: Everything that lives, lives not alone, nor for itself. — Blake Helene Lialios: If only you believe like I believe, we’ll get by. — Jefferson Starship Bonnie Lipeles: Human feelings are frail: the ways of the world are rug- ged. — Zen APRIL LIPPET JONATHAN LOBDELL April Lynn Lippet: One for all; and all for one! 89 JASON MANN GRACE MARINO KIRK MARTAKIS JOELLE MATSIL LAURENCE MARGOLIN 90 JOHN MCGRATH SAMUEL MCNICHOL CAROL MAZZOCCHI NATALIE MERKUR CHARLES MERINOFF CRAIG MELTZER Sharon Lowenthal: Too much confu- sion. glad to get out. Meredith Maher: To wisdom he’s a fool that will not yield. — Shakespeare Jason Mann: The sun's gonna shine in my back door someday. — Sonny Terry Larry Margolin: You can determine the caliber of a man by ascertaining the amount of opposition it takes to dis- courage him. Joelle Matsil: We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelli- gence and skill. We can be free! We can learn to fly! — Richard Bach. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Molly McQuade: Fried shoes. Like it means nothing. Don’t shoot the warthog. — Gregory Corso Charlie Merinoff: The sun’s gonna shine in my back door someday. — Sonny Terry Daniel Merson: Never do today what can be put off until tomorrow. Jonathan Meyer: Dreams have been dreamed. Lovers have loved. Now reality faces us all. Helene Miller: You taught me how to laugh and how to live and how to love, you taught me how to be me. Thanks .......... DANIEL MERSON JONATHAN MEYER HELENE MILLER Scott Moss: I'll set my sail for a new horizon. Set me adrift in a sea of hope. — an optimist Laurie Nadler: con't from Alice Cromer — To support me when I need them most and when that crutch ever breaks, I can not longer stand like a delicate bird with a fractured knee — a natural reaction is my plea — to repair that crutch, to repair that knee. — Karen Goetze Valerie Negron: The world is like a puz- zle, with a little peace missing. Alan Minkoff: Always be happy. — Bozo Danita Otruba: My life was a song, the music and the words arranged all wrong. Out of style but everytime I think of you I smile, you were mine for a little while, to love, to hold, and to let go. 5teve Owen: The trouble with reality is that it doesn't live up to my best fan- tasies. — Morgan -aurette Pagano: Thanks to all of you who made high school so enjoyable for me: You don't realize how good it is until it's over Miriam Peretsman: Seek and ye shall find. LAURIE NADLER Clifford Perlman: If you get confused, Listen to the music play .. Richard Perrot: The quality of life can be unique. Laren Piligian: Ask and it shall be given you; Seek and ye shall find; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you — St. Luke 11:9 DANITA OTRUBA RICHARD PERROTT KAREN PILIGIAN CAROLINE PINCUS CLIFFORD PERLMAN 93 SHARON PISETZNER DENNIS PITTO STEVEN POTOLSKY ROBERT PRAVDER LAURIE PRESSMAN JOY RABINOWITZ Laura Post: When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence. — Kahlil Gibran LAURA POST Laurie Pressman: You who are on the road, must have a code that you can live by. And so become yourself, be- cause the past is just a good-bye. — Graham Nash Leslye Ravkind: Loving some makes it easier ., Therese Rice: People hand in hand, Have I lived to see the milk and hon- ey land? Where hate's a dream and love forever stands Or is this a vision in my mind? — Stevie Wonder Eleanor Rose: Nothing is forever gone. Jill Rosenberg: I know love is the an- swer that keeps holdin’ this world to- gether. —Jefferson Starship Jill Rosenthal: This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. — Shakespeare DONALD PRESS DEBORAH RAMSAY 94 ELEANOR ROSE DEBRA ROSENBAUM LESLYE RAVKIND GERALD ROBERTS JILL ROSENBERG I i Mr. Knapp and? JILL ROSENTHAL JEFFREY ROTHMAN Richard Ross: The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle Laura Rothstein: Grow and learn to ac- cept others. Sean Ruppel: You get out of life what you put into it. Sharon Sacks: Live the Life you Love. Love the Life you Live And never be afraid To need the Love You Give. Rhonda Samet: Forgiveness is a gift that’s more divine than any other. — Betsey Clark Julie Sanders: The noontide is upon us and our half-waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part. If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again to- gether, and you shall sing to me a deeper song. — Kahlil Gibran Lauren SanMiguel: The best kind of love is the love of life! EVAN RUPFF SEAN RUPPEL JENI RYMER % SCOTT SACHS RHONDA SAMET LAUREN SANMIGUEL RITA SANCHEZ ROBERTO SANTOS MICHAEL SCARINGI JOSEPH SCAUZILLO 97 WENDY SCHNUR VALERIE SCHIFF RICHARD SCHONINGER MARJORIE SEAMAN JULIE SEGAL NANCY SEID JKL llene Schachter: To give real service you must ad 1 something which can- not be bought or measured with money, antf that is sincerity and ip- tegrity — LJnknown v y • v' Vv, •VAVAV ' i Valerie Schiff: The only thing that doesn't change is change itself , , - ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ■. vV Wendy Schnur: Take your time Think alot. Think of everything you've got For you will still be'here tomorrow But your dreams may not —'-Cat Stevens V� V V 'AS � Paul Schwartz: We know what we are. but know not what we may be • V V , jVy «,V s : Gail Schwat: May your wishes all come true. May you always do for others. And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the sky. And climb on every rung, And may you stay for- ever young. — B. Dylan Renee Seamon: Dream delivers us dream, and there is no end to illu- sion. — Ralph Waldo Emerson vV V«V vVaVaV Julie Segal: And strange how fate has whirled us to a new and different time and place. — Bar Mark Segall: I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than as a puppet slave. — Jimmy Cliff Nancy Seid: When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs, I am com- pelled to conclude that man is the superior animal. When I consider the curious habits of men, I confess, my friend I am puzzled. — Ezra Pound Rony Shimony: What makes a man tick? What keeps a man ticking? To love. To be loved. And competition. RENEE SEAMON ANA SEGURA MARK SEGALL SETH SEVIN KATHLEEN SHARKEY RONY SHIMONY 99 JOSEPH SIEGEL ROBERT SIMON CINDY SILVER FRAN SILVERMAN ANDREW SINGER SCOTT SMALL GARY SILVERSTEIN JUNE SMITH EILEEN SOBOL MARJORIE SOLETSKY MARC SOLOMON CHERYL SOMEKH 100 DREW SOUTHARD GALE SPURZEM HOWARD STURIM Joey Siegel: Don't worry about the past! Be a part of the future. Cindy Silver: Even though our lives meet, we'll always run parallel. Fran Silverman: And it's a fair wind. DAVID SPANGENTHAL ELLIOT SPIVACK blowin’ warm out of the south over my shoulder. Guess I'll set a course and go. — Crosby. Stills and Nash Gary Silverstein: A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty high ho silver. The Lone Rang- er rides again. Robert Simon: Cave, adsum. — Wilhelm II of Germany rfff Andy Singer: To be is to do: Socrates. To do is to be: Plato. Therefore: Do be Do be Do: Sinatra. June Smith: People who need people are the luckiest people.in the world. Margie Soletsky: Heaven may be be- yond our reach, but not beyond,our grasp. — Unknown’ Elliot Spivack: All sights of nature are beautiful That is-a formidable fact Our business is not to question it] but tjj see me beauty if and when we can. — Sir Martin Conway ei I gpt friends by with a littl Gale Spurzei ffom my ■L. I Barbara Stober: Nature is to screen, the glory of God through everywhere! yr Anne Stracquatanio: If you smile at me ’ T will understand because that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language. — Cros- by, Stills and Nash Howard Sturim: Btit today, well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vi- sion of hope. — The Sanskrit 1 1 _ ■ftr BARBARA STOBER ANNE STRACQUATANIO STEVEN SUTTER MUNJA SUNOO 101 MIRIAM TANENBAUM 51 ' j v4 oft RACHEL TANUR JEFFREY TABAK KAREN TENSER JAMES TERLIZZI RICHARD THOMPSON MITCHELL TOBOL LOUIS TEITELBAUM 102 BRUCE TODD CAROLINE TONETTI TEDDY TONG JAMES TORNATORE DENISE UNGAR Jeff Tabak: And each day I learn just a little bit more, I don’t know why but I know what for________—Bernie Taupin Rachel Tanur: Strong, I am; unfulfilled willpower. Able, because I believe to move those mountains Of my own apathy and their lack of faith in me. I know where I want to go, but take my hand. For between mountains I need to lean on a shoulder and cry. — D.S. Louis Teitelbaum: A hero lives every day as though it is his last. Karen Tenser: Just Hope Bruce Todd: One useless man is called a disgrace, two become a law firm, and three or more become a con- gress ... — John Adams Caroline Tonetti: Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. — Sanskrit Proverb James Tornatore: If one plays good music people don’t listen, and if one plays bad music, people don't talk. —from The Importance of Being Earnest Barbara Tutino: There is only one suc- cess — to be able to spend your life in your own way. — Christopher Morley Denise Ungar: Upon three things, the world stands, on truth, on judgement and on peace. — Sayings of The Fa- thers Chris Vincent: Later Much. Nicole Vomacka: I get by with a little help from my friends ... Robin Voutsas: Hey look at the people sometimes we forget that we’re just people and we’re falling head over heels cause most of us forget quite how to feel. — N.R.P.S. Marc Warner: Survival in the seventies depends upon your being informed. I — Anonymous Nelson 0. Wax: .. Till there was you. Gail Wechsler: The great thing in this world is not so much where we are. but in what direction we are moving. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Nancy Weiner: If I never try anything. I never learn anything. If I never take a risk. I stay where I am. — Hugh Prather Meryl Weintraub: ’Twixt optimist and pessimist the difference is droll: The optimist sees the doughnut. The pes- simist. the hole. — McL Wilson Tedd Weisman: Beware of the young doctor and the old barber. — Ben Franklin Robert Wenig: Generosity is giving more than you can. and pride is tak- ing less than you need. — Anonymous Karen Wiedman: What is truth? Less than nothing. What is beauty? No one knows yet. since it is too obvi- ous. — Salvador Dali Liz Wiener: I’m tired of playing ze game ... — Mel Brooks NICOLE VOMACKA JILL WALTERS NELSON WAX GAIL WECHSLER NANCY WEINER MERYL WEINTRAUB TEDD WEISMAN VANESSA WELCH ROBERT WENIG JONATHAN WHITE KAREN WIEDMAN ELIZABETH WIENER DONALD WILKES STEPHEN WILKES 105 MICHAEL WILLEMIN BRUCE WILLNER GARY WIRTH BARRY WITTLIN RANDY WOOD LILLIAN WRIGHT MICHAEL YETNIKOFF JUDITH ZACHARIUS JONATHAN ZAND JOANN ZIMBALIST Lillian Wright: The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before 11 sleep, and miles to go before I sleep — Robert Frost Judy Zacharius: One thing has become quite clear: all acquaintances are passing. Therefore I want to make the most of every contact. I want to quickly get close to the people I meetflcause experience has shown that we won’t be together long. — Unknown ALAN YAGLOM STRATIS ZAFERIOU MARTIN ZIPPERT 106 PAUL ZISSER SCOTT ZOBA CAMERA SHY SENIORS JOEL M. BAIRD GLENN R. BASLOW FELIX BASSON JODI S. BUDIN KEVIN CONLON HOLNESS CUNNINGHAM EDILBERTO J. EVERTS ROBERT FEIVISH NANCY L. GERSHENSON JEFFREY N. GOLDBERG EZRA GREENBERG MARK HABERSHAM GENNIFER HOUCK JANET JAWORSKI RONALD P. KELLERMUELLER DONNA B. LANDAN JOSEPH M. LEVIN RICHARD LEVINE JAMES D. MCMORROW PAUL H. MCNAB MOLLY E. MCQUADE SHAHROUZ PETRI JOHN W. PURCELL JOHN L. REINHART EDWARD R. SHERMAN ERIC A. WEISBROT ROBIN H. WEISMAN DEBORAH D. WILLIAMS EARLY ADMISSIONS GABRIELLE CARLSON MARY CUTROFELLO BETH DALIS DANA S. FRIED JULIE GREIFER JOANNE HANDELSMAN KATHERINE KARLIN HELANE LUBOV GRACE MARINO JOY RABINOWITZ JODY REVENSON SHARON SCHMACK MARJORIE SEAMAN TEDDY TONG JILL H. WALTERS CARY GETTELSON LINDA PULKOWSKI 107 SCHOOL Ricky Diamond Dr. Mogul. Eliot Spivack. and Alan Berger Ronnie Goldberg Deette Kearns t David Katz and Mr. O’Toole 108 Ellen Edelson Russ Bernard 109 Billy Sahn Susan Cushing 110 Ed Klebanow Danny Levy Kenny Bakst Howard Kates and Ginger Sun Stephen Wilkes Brian Bloch and Barry Wittlin 113 Juniors Sil sduouioydog Traci Parks 116 Beth Klatter Melissa Morse 117 Our Years At South Senior Our Sophomore Year (1973-74) — It was an exceptionally promising, productive, and generally untroubled year. The beginnings of the unrest that would blossom the following year, however, were clearly evident. It was a year in which . . . 1. There occurred a resurgence of interest in extracurricu- lar activites. Gone were the days when student apathy nearly brought many clubs and organizations to a para- lyzing standstill. 2. Great Neck teachers maintained their status as the highest paid public school teachers in the state. There were also a record number of new teachers and course offerings at South. 3. Alternative education opportunities were numerous. Students could choose from regular courses, A.P. courses, Honors courses, Open courses, Independent Study, SWAS, the Village School, and even Early Ad- mission to college. 4. The fall sports season was the most successful in South’s history. Boys’ Tennis won a county title, girls’ Field Hockey and boys’ Soccer a division title, and Cross-Country Track shut out its opponents in every dual meet. 5. A furor resulted from the discontinuation of Honors course offerings in Chemistry and Physics. They were later reinstituted. 6. Theatre South produced Marat Sade, ignoring admin- istrative pressure to present entertainment that would appeal to a larger audience. 7. The JJA abandoned its veil of secrecy. 8. Students crowded the front mall during second period to view rumored female streakers. 9. Rationalists won out over sentimentalists, and gradu- ation ceremonies were held in the C.W. Post Audito- rium. It is a tradition that has been upheld in succeed- ing years. 10. Emanuel Rubin was defeated by Claire Speciner in the race for the empty Board of Education seat. Subse- quently, he protested that the vote was registered im- properly, and claimed that Mortimer Abramowitz had withheld certain statistics that would have aided his campaign position. 11. Board members fought among themselves when a con- troversy arose over alleged involvement of political mo- tives in selecting the school staff. 12. Some Long Island students stole the answer key to Regents examinations, thereby relieving appreciative students of the onerous task of taking these tests. Our Junior Year (1974-75) — It was a year characterized most notably by polarization of the Great Neck communi- ty. For a time it seemed that concern over the quality of education had been subordinated to political sensational- ism. On this note, it was the year that ... 1. Superintendent Mortimer Abramowitz was formally charged by the Board majority with “insubordina- tion, incompetence, and neglect of duty.” 2. A hearing was held in which the Board, hiring a lawyer at $100 per hour, acted as prosecutor, judge and jury. During the proceedings, the conservative Board major- ity often acted spitefully and antagonistically. Similar- ly, the generally liberal audience often conducted themselves in an unruly, hostile, and imprudent fash- ion. 3. Abramowitz was dismissed by a vote of 3-2, and upon appeal of the decision, State Education Commissioner Ewald Nyquist reinstated Abramowitz. He ruled that the Board’s method had been legal, but the verdict wrong. The Board’s appeal of this ruling was later dropped. 4. Great Neck high school students implemented a day- long strike to protest the Board’s treatment of student delegates. 118 V 5. The June election fully revealed the majority opinion in the community. Zarin and Rosenthal defeated in- cumbent Board majority members Taft and Rose by a landslide vote. Further protest was registered as the voters defeated the budget proposed by the Board that sought to save money by eliminating teaching posi- tions, maximizing class size, and minimizing the num- ber of electives offered. It was also the year that....... 6. The SFEB reorganized so that it was strictly a policy- making body. A separate committee was established for student activities. A cutting policy revision that permitted four “free” cuts per yearly course was reject- ed. 7. The Fuma Flyer, a wagon used in Physics experiments, was kidnapped and held for ransom. Upon payment of the $5,000 in “Monopoly” money, the wagon was re- turned unharmed, and the pranksters. The Fuma Flyer Five, were granted amnesty. 8. Theatre South produced a multi-media version of West Side Story that was a smashing success. The huge cast that included many newcomers to the stage cooperated to create an unforgettable combination of talents that led the audience from laughter to apprehension to tears. Our Senior Year (1975-76) — This year our class has en- joyed the carefree attitude of schoolwork that “senioritis” normally induces. Activities in and around the school, though, continue to proliferate. It has been a year in which .. . 1. Open Campus has encountered serious trouble. With a decrease in supervision, there has been an alarming increase in the number of fights and broken windows, and in the amount of noise, littering and graffiti around South. Principal Gilbert Blum and the SFEB have initiated a three-step plan to prevent further abuses. Step 1 entails a campaign to increase awareness of the problem. Step 2, if the first step fails, would disallow passage through the halls during class time. As a last resort, Step 3 would abolish the Open Campus privilege entirely, and study halls would be assigned during stu- dents’ free periods. 2. The school has begun preparing for a Middle States Association Evaluation that will take place next Octo- ber. South will be judged not in relation to other schools, but on the basis of its own capacities. 3. One day was devoted to the celebration of Internation- al Women’s Year. Assemblies were held each period on different aspects of women in society. 4. A damaging fire in the boys’ bathroom forced a curtail- ment of student freedom during the last period of the day, a time when trouble occurred most frequently. 5. Weighting of marks in Honors and A.P. courses has once more been proposed. 6. In the face of steadily declining school enrollment and rising costs, a Task Force was formed to study possible consolidation of schools. One of the most controversial plans would have closed the aged, rather run-down North Senior and created a 9-12 complex at South that would serve all of Great Neck. This plan was rejected largely because of community opposition. Instead, all of the K-3 schools will be shut down over the next two years, and the school district will be rearranged into a K-5, 6-8, 9-12 system. Both North and South High Schools will be retained. Although as graduating sen- iors these changes will not personally affect us, we may be proud that we are leaving a dynamic school system, and a unified community that is concerned more with the upkeep of educational excellence than with the cost involved in doing so. 119 SPORTS Wayne Bradley pursues a galloping defender. Football Wins While Rebuilding In many ways 1975-76 was a very successful season for the varsity football team. The team finished with a 4-3-1 record, a significant improvement over last year’s 2-6 record. The prospects for next year are even better. The main reason for the bright hopes are junior run- ning backs Randy McCarthy and Sam Brown, both starters, and junior Artie Pastore who saw considerable action as backup quarterback. This year’s team was led by seniors Joe Scauzillo, Scott Balestras, Jerry Roberts, Bob Benvenuto, and Don Wilkes. Scauzillo, a co-captain, displayed both an accu- rate passing arm and good running ability. Balestras, the other co-captain, and Roberts started on defense and offense, and excelled at both. Head Coach Sal Serpe and an able group of assistants emphasized defense, and it was this facet of their play that kept the Rebels within striking distance in all but twp of their games. Sam Brown punting away. Joe Scauzillo sounding off. v Front Row (L. To R): Gary VVirth. Orlando Garcia. Steve Smith. Mike Schwartz. Wayne Bradley. Everton Wallace. Bob Thompson. Seth Oriol, Steward Carter. Coach Serpe. Middle Rou- Vaughn Curry. Joe Scauzillo. Jon Meyer, Handy McCarthy. Bob Benvenuto, Max Gonzalez, Isaac Ray. Don Wilkes. Back Row: Asst. Coaches Martens and Sadlo, Ron Goldman. Sam Brown. Artie Pastore. Gerry Roberts. Ed Makela, Tony Maggiore. Scott Balestras, Larry Levine. Steve Paveglio. Walt Salowski. Greg Raines, Asst. Coach Lahaney. MISSING: Keith Lipsitz. Mitch Tobol. Steve Crowley. Salute to the graduating seniors. Steve Crowley and Sam Brown escort Joe Scauzillo upfield. Coach Sal Serpe with assistant Bill Martens. ALMOST! For almost any other soccer team in Nassau County, a 7-4-1 record and a berth in the play-offs would be con- sidered a very successful season. This year’s varsity soc- cer team, however, was in the unfortunate position of being the defending county champions. Although the Rebels bowed out in the second round of the play-offs, their comeback after a 2-3 start would be considered exceptional on any scale. The team was led by a pair of all-North Shore selec- tions, halfback Gerald Lee and center forward Scott Bliasoph. Lee, who played a position that requires great endurance and skill, but is little appreciated by the fans, controlled the midfield and set up numerous scoring opportunities. Bliasoph was usually on the receiving end of Lee’s passes. His eighteen goals made him the North Shore Division III scoring champion. On three separate occasions, Bliasoph scored a hat trick, most notably in the first play-off game against Plainview-Kennedy. South won that game 3-2 in sudden-death overtime. The Rebels will be graduating eighteen seniors, so the outlook for Coach Paul Meyer seems bleak. Next year only sophomore Christopher John and junior Dave Tyler will return with experience. Kicky Diamond and Harry Flamm Front Row (L. To R): Mgr. Ellen Edelson, Kenny Leboff, Adam Solomon. Gerald Lee. Scott Eliasoph, Gordon Charlop. Ricky Diamond. Bobby Pravder. Middle Row: Dave Tyler. Harry Flamm. Roberto Santos. Nelson Wax. Howie Friedner. Stephen Hall. Rich Schoninger. Holness Cunningham. Rack Row: Coach Meyer. Ed Klebanow. Chris John. Ron Shimony, Jason Mann. Jose Chavez. Bryan Bloom. 125 Rebels pressure opponents' net. .Jason Mann heads upfield. Rich Schoninger and Ed Klebanow carry the ball Bryan Bloom waits for the oncoming ball, toward the goal. Harry Flamm leads the Rebel attack. Bryan Bloom makes a brilliant save while the entire team watches. j.v. Front Row (L. To R.): Mike Gershenson, Steve Praver, Mike Zeller. Ricky Weston, Robbie Polner. Nelson Offner, Joe Sbroli. Middle Row: Coach Sabatelli, Frank Venezia. Harlan Kirsch, Rich Murad, Harvey Moscot, Bruce Altman. Don Bernard. Jon Shapiro. Back Row: Adam Cohen, Mark Meyer, Andy Matson. Joe Stellato, Don Berger, Mike Sugarman, Jerry Lack. Missing: Steve Krauthamer. 127 Tennis has an atypical season Great Neck South tennis, which could always be counted on for a winning season, finished up the fall with a disappointing record. Although the raquetmen posted a 5-2 record in league competition, they were winless (0-8) in conference play. The league is organized according to the school enrollment while the conference is made up of teams of equal ability. Obviously someone misjudged South's ability, because the Rebels posed little threat within the conference. Great Neck was not without its complement of fine players, however, among them Gary Silverstein, Captain Ken Bakst, and Marc Solomon. These three seniors occupied the first three singles positions and were joined by senior Sean Ruppel in fourth singles. It was the double teams in particular that gave Coach Jerry Levine problems, as he was unable to decide which players would perform well together. Post-season honors went to Silverstein (all-North Shore), Bakst (all-Conference), and Solomon (all- Conference). Ken Bakst strokes a backhand. Howard Kates awaits the return. Larry Gesner shows his form. Front Row (L. To R.): Gary Silverstein, Coach Jerry Levine. Rack Row Larry Gesner, Marc Solomon. Ken Bakst, Ben Gorbaty, Howard Kates, Scott Sachs, Lisa Silverstein, Ken Williams. Cross Country streak broken For a team so used to winning, 1975 proved to be a rude awakening for the varsity cross-country team. After winning the Nassau County title three out of the last four years, the Harriers fell to a fourth place finish in the country race. Moreover, the team had not lost a dual meet since October of 1969. The winning streak was stretched to thirty-six this year before Great Neck North upset the Rebels. Dual meet losses followed to Levittown Division and Roslyn. South was without a division title for the first time in seven years. Coach Bob Baratta managed to raise up his troops for some of the big meets. South captured first place in the Teddy Roosevelt Meet and finished second in the North Shores. Senior captains Evan Rupff and Charlie Merinoff performed admirably despite a variety of injuries. South’s top runner was junior Jon Coron who will be returning with several other underclassmen to form the nucleus of a strong team for next year. Charlie Merinoff displays his all-division talents. All-county runner, Jon Coron. Front Row (L. To R): Matt Gesner. Jack Grumet, Don Chaisson. Tom Thompson, Rich Perrott, Larry Margolin. Nadeem Bitar, Loren Shuman, Mario Graham. Back Row: Coach Bob Baratta, John Kowalski, Ray Pica, Jon Coron, Charlie Merinoff, Evan Rupff, Phil White, Ed Alves, Art Anik, Chris Stadler. Three miles to go! 129 Nadeem Bitar, Sean McDermott, Dan Shanahan, Hack Row (L. To R.): Ray Pica. Jack Grumet, Nadeem Bitar, Chris Stadler, Jon Coron, Chris Tschinkel, Jon Kowalski, Chris John, Bob Fagen, Mike Zeller, Cornell Greene. Evan Rupff, Dan Shanahan, Mark Meyers, Art Anik, Vaughn Curry, Ellen Edelson (mgr.), Coach Baratta, Dave Tyler. Front Row: Matt Gesner, Adam Sternglass, Rich Forman, Russ Willner, Dave Neumann. Larry Margolin, Warren Reecks, Sean McDermott, Holness Cunningham, Jason Mann, Charlie Merinoff, Ron Kellermueller, Rich Perrott. Mr. Baratta talks to Vaughn Curry, Chris Tschinkel and Jason Mann. 130 Winter Track captures Shores In Suffolk County this year, there was a motion to disregard team scores in “individual” sports such as Track. Luckily such proposals have not entered Nas- sau where Winter Track Coach Bob Baratta turns out winning teams with uncanny regularity. This year was no exception, with the trackmen capturing both the Divisions and the North Shores. Contributions to the success of the team came from all grade levels. Seniors Evan Rupff and Charlie Mer- inoff were very reliable in the middle and longer dis- tances while Holness Cunningham and Jason Mann dominated the sprints and hurdles. The latter two coupled with Vaughn Curry and Dave Tyler consti- tuted South’s 880-yard relay team which won the North Shore Meet. Junior Jon Coron, a standout cross-country runner as well, added to the team depth as a miler and two-miler. Sam Brown, only in his second year of competition, showed tremendous promise as a shot-putter by finishing second on the North Shore. Finally the most spectacular single per- formance for South this year was turned in by Vaughn Curry. In the Nassau Relays, Curry shattered school records with a triple jump covering 46’ 10”. This mark was the fifth best ever by a high school student in the United States. Jason Mann over the hurdles. Jon Coron runs the two mile. Chris John, Larry Margolin, Evan Rupff and Jon Coron practicing. Holness Cunningham hands off to Jason Mann. Ron Kellermueller at the pole vault. 131 Grapplers lack depth Unlike last year when the wrestling team possessed the overall depth necessary to win a conference title, this year’s squad was very vulnerable in the lower and heavy weights. The strength of the team lay in the middle weights between 132 pounds and 167 pounds. Of these five weight classes, four were occupied by juniors. Seth Oriol combined hard work with talent and strength to have an outstanding season. He lost only one match before the post-season tournaments began. Steve Smith and Randy McCarthy went through the regular season unbeaten. Great efforts were also turned in by Everton Wallce and senior Wayne Bradley. In the division meet, McCarthy and Bradley both won to become Division Champions. McCarthy then went on to make the North Shore finals, which he lost to an extremely tough wrestler. Smith and Oriol both made the Division finals before bowing out. If the team can attain some much needed depth in the lower weights next year, South wrestling should return to its superior form. Seth Oriol tangles his opposition. 132 Everton Wallace on the attack. Wayne Bradley shows his strength. Kneeling (L. To R): Phil White, Lou Ravkind. Nick Guzman, Harlan Kirsch, Michael Olsen. Robert Regan. Adam Cohen. Steve Koerner Rack Row: Assistant Coach Maddock, Carl Yancey, Paul Farrell. Randy McCarthy, Steve Smith, Everton Wallace. Wayne Bradley, Seth Oriol, Coach Biondi. Front Row (L. To R.): Sue Kiltie, Rich Ross (co-capt.), Rob Wenig (co-capt.), Jody Ellant. Second Row: Michael Reines, David Zuckerman, Michael Sesan, Larry Reines, Billy Sahn, Rich Anfang. Third Row: Coach Brecht. Randy Lenchner, Jon Lenchner, Charlie Sherman, Peter Chuchul, Chet Waldman. Fourth Row: David Webb, Charlie Shapiro, David Gerstein, Ali Homayuni, Bobby Flam, Larry Stefan, Danny Ferleger. The rowdy Rebels in an unusually subdued mood. 134 Charlie Shapiro doing the butterfly. Aquamen show promise The swim team lost a great many swimmers due to graduation last year so 1975-76 was expected to be a rebuilding year. Such was not the case in the mind of Coach Ray Brecht, who managed to win while at the same time to rebuild. The aquamen compiled a very im- pressive 11-6 record with four of the losses coming to established Nassau County powers. The victories included a hair-raising 87-85 win over Great Neck North with the Rebels capturing first and second place in the meet’s final event (400-yard freestyle relay). The team was led by a pair of seniors, co-captains Rob Wenig and Rich Ross, as well as sopho- more sensation Larry Stefan. Stefan estab- lished personal bests in several events while shattering the school record in the 500-yard freestyle. In addition to having a winning season this year, the next several teams seem to be able to carry on the winning tradition built up by Coach Brecht. With Stefan, juniors Peter Chuchul, Charlie Shapiro, Ali Homayuni, and an undefeated freshman team returning, the future for South swimming looks bright. Bobby Flam heads for the finish. 135 Rob Wenig gets off to a flying start. Janice Hoffman goes head over heels. Hoopsters peak for North Danny Katz and Mike Gallagher battle for a rebound. Scott Eliasoph shoots over Roslyn defenders. At times this year the Varsity Basketball team looked and played like a finely tuned machine. In other instances there appeared to be defective parts. Through all of it, the Rebels undoubtedly had a highly successful season. In run- ning up a 7-5 league record, (10-8 overall), the Hoopsters polished off crosstown rival Great Neck North twice, the first time that feat has been accomplished in nine years. An assortment of injuries during the year prevented the team from reaching its full potential. The team was led by a pair of seniors, Mike Gallagher and Danny Katz. Both were named to the Division III All- League team while leading the Rebels in scoring. Seniors Vince Kowalski ancd Ed Gibstein were as capable as any- one of making the all-league team but illnesses kept them out of the lineup for prolonged periods of time. Rich Schoninger and Scott Eliasoph, playing their second and third years of varsity respectively, made outstanding con- tributions leading to the Rebels success. Bryan Bloom, who was perhaps the team’s finest defensive player, scored a crucial basket against Levittown Division on a nearly im- possible shot which sent the game into overtime. Other seniors on the team were Stu Carter and Ricky Diamond. There were no juniors on the team but sophomores Bentley Mays and Brett Habersham gained valuable playing time which should help them considerably in the seasons to come. After qualifying for the Nassau County play-offs, the Rebels faced a powerful Glen Cove team and were defeated by the score of 76-59. Front Row (L. To R ): Stu Carter, Bentley Mays, Scott Eliasoph, Rich Schon- inger, Bryan Bloom. Back Row: Mike Gallagher, Ed Gibstein, Ricky Diamond. Vince Kowalski, Danny Katz. Brett Habersham. Coach Hess. 1% Mike Gallagher goes up for a lay-up against North. Brett Habersham throws one up. Ed Gibstein prepares to unload a jump shot. Coach Hess confers with the team. Front Row (L. To R): Steve Brustien. Frank Venezia, Jackson Thompson, Isaac Hay, Lenny D'Aquila, Leroy Houston. Rack Rou: Mgr. Joe Stellato, Jerry Lack. Ron Fried, Dennis Laveist. Brad Goldman. Averil Looney, Bruce Altman, Coach Meyer. Bryan Bloom displays some aggressive defense. Danny Katz hoop. j.v. heads for the 137 Keglers take Diuison Crown Led by senior co-captains Johnny Purcell and Larry Gesner, the South bowling team nailed down the division title while enjoying a highly success- ful season. Purcell was the Keglers best performer throughout the season finishing with a 184.5 average. For his efforts, Purcell was rewarded by being named to the All-County team. Gesner, who compiled an impressive average of 172.0 was named to the All-Division team. Aside from Purcell and Gesner, The Keglers amassed a 30-12 record on the talents of several other strong bowlers. Among them was junior Dave Littauer who set a school record of high series with a 666 total in three games. His mark was the highest recorded in the division this year and it included South’s high game of the year, a 258. The other key varsity bowlers were Rocco Toscano, Dave Hoffman and Fred Lineal. In post-season tournaments the Keglers finished second in the North Shore meet, just 16 pins from first, and placed sixth in the Nassau County finals. Johnny Purcell goes for a spare. Larry Gesner shows his professional release. 138 Rocco Toscano; a study in concentration. Clary VVirth strides into one Scott Kliasoph and doe Scauzillo Third baseman Bryan Bloom Baseball Looks Bright Never before at South has there been so much enthusiam and optimism entering the baseball season. After last year’s solid season in which the batmen were 10-8 and qualified for the play-offs, the Rebels are looking above and beyond — possibly to a division title. Coach Greene senses that these hopes are well founded. For the first time in years he has been walking around with a huge grin on his face. The major reason for such smirking is the return of seniors Joe Scauzillo (All-League), Scott Eliasoph, Mike Gallagher, Gary Wirth, Mike DePrimo and junior Art Pastore. All have at least a full year of varsity experience under his belt, Eliasoph and Gallagher a year and a half. Unlike past years when South has relied on pitching and timely batting, this season should feature heavy artillery hitting. To break into the starting lineup will require a heavy bat as well as sturdy defense. If the pitching comes through as expected, the Rebels could be in for a very memorable season. Artie Pastore: Will he or won’t he? Seated (I.. To H ): Bryan BNn m. Rich Sablesack. Art Anik. Mike DePrimo. Larry Gesner. Jeff Doskow. Gary Wirth, Lenny D’Aquila. Standing: Coach Greene. Steve Wilkes. Don Berger. Jon Lobdell. Joe Scauzillo. Scott Kliasoph. Artie Pastore, Jon Meyer. Missing: Bob Messina and Mike Gallagher. 139 Harriers aim Front Row (L. To R.): Ron Kellermueller, Ellen Edelson (mgr.), Holness Cunningham. Rich Schoninger, Kenny Curry, Randy Wood, Evan Rupff, Larry Margolin. Second Row: Charlie Merinoff, Vaughn Curry, Vince Kowalski. William Lee. Chris Stadler, Milch Perrott, Rich Perrott. Third Row: Rebecca Ray, Joyce Schneider, Phil While. Dave Neumann, Seth Oriol, Max Gonzalez, Mike Reines, Greg Raines. Fourth Row: Marie Bell. Don Stewart, Ed Alves, Sam Brown, Dave Penn, David Tyler, Sean McDermott, Jon Coron, Rich Forman, Chris Tschinkel, Matt Gesner, Brian Curry, John Kowalski, Coach Baratta, Harold Moran, Assistant Coach Biel. Fifth Rou Mark Meyers, Dan Shanahan, Robbi Schweigert, Rich Rifkin. Warren Reecks, Doug Laveist. Chris John, Beth Browdy (mgr.), Helene Plotkin (mgr.), Joe Stellato, Frank Venezia, Cornell Green. for Counties Under the outstanding leadership of Coach Baratta and his able assistant, Coach Biel, the Spring Track team has the talent and depth to match any team in Nassau County. Most of the attention this spring will be focused on senior Vaughn Curry, the State Indoor Triple Jump Champion. Other strong contri- butions in the field events will come from seniors Ron Kellermueller, Vince Kowalski, Ken Curry, Mitch Tobol, and junior Sam Brown. Leading the way on the track will be seniors Jason Mann, Holness Cunningham, Evan Rupff, Charlie Merinoff and juniors Dave Tyler, Jon Coron, Phil White and Ray Pica. With a cast like that it would ap- pear that the Harriers are in for a very rewarding year. Mitch Tobol lets go of the shot while Max Gonzalez, Brian Curry and Coach Biel watch. A perfect hurdle by Jason Mann. Pat Bova — It must have been funny! HL Vk Alley Talk This year the girls’ bowling team performed admirably despite the fact that the squad consisted only of five girls. These were senior Lucille Bonerba, juniors Pat Bova and Joanne Lipton, and sophomores Janet Enzel and Janet Monnier. The team came one point away from entering the county play-offs. Joanne Lipton, a great asset to the team, was the high scorer for the second year in a row, averaging 140 in league games. Out of seventeen schools, Joanne ended her season with the highest series of 494. The objective for next year is to better their third place in the division. Their chance for success seems great, as only one member of the team will be graduating. Varsity Bowling. Top Row (L. To R.): Janet Monnier, Coach Ester Prince, Lucille Bonerba. Bottom Row: Pat Bova, Joanne Lipton. Janet Monnier j.v. Junior Varsity Bowling. Top Row (L. To R ): Mary Rice, Coach Ester Prince, Mary Reinhart. Bottom Row: Linda Dima. Ronni Kessler. 147 SWISH A time-honored convention at South has been broken in that for the first time in this school’s eighteen- year history, a male is coaching a girls’ athletic team. Richard Sadlo, a determined “go-getter”, has taken on the girls’ Basketball Team, and is striving to form an aggressive, well- trained squad. The girls are equally dedicated and enthusiastic, and with the help of returning players, senior Amy (“I’m soooo psyched”) Roth and junior Pat Bova, the Rebels are sure to be tough competitors in their Divi- sion. (L. To R.): Debbie Diamond. I-esly Gottel, Susan Christie, Karen Finucan, Amy Roth. Nicole Vomacka, Rebecca Ray. Marie Bell, Pat Bova. Marcia Tanur, Jodi Maron. CENTER: Coach Sadlo. Lesly Gottel looks for an open teammate. Go South! Pat Bova, Lesly Gottel Top Row (L. To R ): Coach Janet Bartunek, Marlene Gill, Nancy Feldberg, Linda Bozsnyak. Aileen Finucan, April Lippet. Liz Davis. Bottom Row: Sandy Christie, Nives Barulic, Dina Schiffer, Debbie Green, Tina Geralds. 148 Bulls-Eye Coming into its second sea- son, the co-ed Archery Team is looking forward to a productive season. Coach Janet Graham will be emphasizing that the competition will provide the op- portunity to learn from others and to gain the experience the team lacks. Expectations run high for returning archer Bob Berger, one of the three top scorers last year. (L. To R): Susan Cohen, Cindy Stone, Don Gormly, Coach Graham, Karl Ferchau, Edna DeCastro, Eileen Siok. NOT SHOWN: Bob Berger. Gymnastics This is the first year that a girls’ gymnastic team has been formed at Great Neck South. Under the direction of Janet Graham, the team has been working out vigorously and is hoping to have a rewarding sea- son. Some highly talented gym- nasts on the team are juniors Sheryl Brummer and Janice Kleinick, and sophomores Gail Belonsky and Suzi Kurz. Sue Kurz and Janice Kleinick held by Lisa Schreibman. (L. To R): Karl Ferchau, Susan Cohen, Eileen Siok, Cindy Stone, Edna DeCastro, and Don Gormly. Top Row (L. To R ): Lynn Tartak, Linda Owen. Coach Graham, Janice Hoffman. Middle Row: Miriam Schneider, Cindy Stone. Susan Steinberg, Gail Belonsky, Sheryl Brummer. Bottom Row: Janice Kleinick, Ix ri Balter, Sue Kurz, Lisa Schreibman, Pam Baron. 149 Lesly Gottel Standing (L. To R.): Liz Davis, Coach Robin Greenberg, Liz Field, Nirit Muhl- baum, Kandi Anderson, Bottom: Tina Geralds, Jodi Maron, Bonnie Spitalnick, Cathy Shore. j.v. Susan Christie for the spike. Volleyball bumps off the opposition The goal of this year’s team was to perfect bump-set- spike play, a key to successful volleyball. The team played with a 4-2 rotation, leaving senior Lesly Gottel and sophomore Marie Bell continually rotating as the setters. They were aided by two strong spikers, senior Captain Laura Briamonte and junior Keiko Maki. Additional help came from backline players, seniors Susan Christie and Joan Lewis. The most challenging game this season occurred at home against Port Washington. Losing the first game 15-9, the Rebels came back to win the second game 15-12. It was a battle to the finish with South losing 15-13. Port Washington, second in their division, also felt the match to be an extremely close one. The Rebels ended by winning four out of the nine matches played. However, this will not dampen the spirit of next year’s team. The increased training from this year’s squad should result in an improvement in next year’s win-loss record. Top Row (L. To R ): Susan Christie, Laura Briamonte, Joan Lewis, and Marcia Tanur. Bottom Row: Linda Bozsnyak, Marie Bell, Lesly Gottel, and Laurie Krauth. Keiko Maki 151 (L. To R.) Marie Bell. Susan Christie, Joan Lewis, and Laura Briamonte. Rocket Racquets Fifteen-love, Thirty-love, Forty-love, Game! This is the pattern the girls’ Tennis Team hopes to perpetuate throughout the upcoming season. Unlike many girls’ teams, this one is not lacking in veterans. Especially outstanding returning players are Laura Bria- monte and Emily Tansky. This year Section VIII will hold league championships as well as county championships. Coach Doris McMa- hon hopes that some of South’s players will have the opportunity to participate in these highly competitive matches. Standing (L. To R ): Dara Levine. Liz Field. Marilyn Steinlieb, Barbara Kallen, Amy Roth, Leslye Ravkind. Sitting: Laura Neiman, Laura Briamonte, Lisa Keller, Lori Balter. Standing (L. To R Janice Coyle, Joyce Rosenberg, Laurie Kurtz, Karen Leff, Jan Fine, Judy Harrison. Kneeling: Michele Klar, Stacy Futterman, Cathy Diamond, Lisa Schreibman, Lisa Posner. Laura Briamonte 152 Standing (L. To R): Bonnie Zepnick, Pat Bova, Joan Lewis. Jodi Maron. Anice Washington. Karen Finucan. Kneeling: Janet Monnier, Lynn Freeman. Debbie Diamond, Susan Meyer. Janice Hoffman. Softball The 1975 girls’ softball season end- ed in a Division title for the Rebels. This year, however, there are only three returning players, all of whom are juniors. They are left fielder Pat Bova, second baseman Jodi Maron, and right fielder Jenny Randazzo. Since this team must now be basically composed of rookies, Coach Mina Maish intends to work the girls to their full potential, and to train them rigorously so that they may become as successful as the team that preced- ed them. If this strategy works, the team can look forward to another year as Division Champs. The ’76 Stick Chicks The girls’ Lacrosse Team antici- pates a winning season with their re- turning coach, Diane Totura. With the exceptions of seniors Susan Christie, Lesly Gottel, Miriam Per- etsman, and Nicole Vomacka, most of the players learned how to play La- crosse only last year. Because of this inexperience, the team has been en- tered in a junior varsity league. With the combined talents of juniors Gina Dosso, Mary Pick, and Jennifer Sa- mit, and the aforementioned seniors, the team should have a victorious season. Safe at second! Standing (L. To R ): Gina Dosso, Anne Stracquatanio, Lesly Gottel, Vicky Johnnides. Susan Chris- tie. Barbara Cesiro. Irene Grefe. 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TY HL P • HL P DSKB CXI PJSJ CQNTB4TS OF D3(B THE CON TW TS OF DSKB AR§ I SY STEM DIRECTORIES AND FILES DIRECTORIES ML FILES OF SY STEM S DIRECTORIES ML FILES OF SOME C END OF DSKB.HLPJ CURRBJ T VE CLUBS Band South’s own “band” sound of entertainment is brought to us by Mr. Joseph and his minstrels. First Row (L. To R ): Meryl Weintraub. Tina Korman, Debbie Greene, Lisette Ellis, Tanya Lipkowitz, Eve Keller, Marci Chasnow. Second Row: Norman Hogue, Naomi Weidman, Nikki Orlian, Clilly Castiglia, Julie Dobrow, David Weintraub, Larry Batz, Ron Heber, Ed LeWand. Third Row: Joanne Cohen, Evan Albaum, Elaine Ziavras, Margaret Weiss, Vicki Johnnides, Ellen Rabiner, Teddy Rosenthal. Tricia Henry, Nancy Dean. Miriam Bensman. David Forman, Robert Polner. Billy Forman, Denise Johnson. Fourth Row: Mr. Joseph, Brian Bertan, Andy Singer, Ricky Goldberg, Alan Belonsky. Mike Zeller, Joel Goldstein, Barry Reiner, David Saunders, Stratis Zaferiou, John Kowalski, David Schwartz, Vince Kowalski. Chorus South’s distinctive sound of harmony is furnished for us courtesy of Mrs. Martindale and her chorus. They appear in the Spring and Winter Concerts as well as the Opera and at the June Graduation Ceremony. First Row (L. To R): Jill Rosenthal, Robert Polner, Evan Albaum, Craig Rosen, David Weintraub, Barry Fishman, Norman Hogue, David Yourman, William Forman, Andrew Lavin, Charles Blasius. Second Row: Nancy Ginsberg, Susan Koch, Debra Gangi, Peter Goldberg, David Saunders, Mark Kirsch, Ricky Goldberg, Robert Landergren. Nikki Orlian. Lisa Rotsky, Ann Berlstein. Barbara Stober, Karen Schweitzer. Third Row: Tom Gergora, Peter Rogoff, Jenny Rymer, Erica Romaine, Irene Grefe, Karen Finucan, Linda Bozsnyak, Jamie Goodbinder, Vicki Johnnides, Marci Chasnow, Alice Dobrow, Rich Simon. Fourth Row: Janet Fry, Suzanne Keppler, Sylvia Lee, Miriam Bensman, Vicki Salta, Elaine Ziavras, Margie Strelzyn, Maria LaSala, Brenda Esposito, Julie Dobrow, Linda Brzustowicz. debbie Greene, claire Gergora. Fifth Row: Keith Gordon, Steven Crowley, Tina Korman, Clilly Castiglia, Joanne Cohen, Ellen Rabiner, Teddy Rosenthal, Meri Maher, Tricia Henry, Jodi Guze, Jenny Krimizis, Sheila Small, Jon Bass, Peter Winston. Sixth Row: Scott Furman, Andy Cohen, Rich Furman, Ron Goldberg, Eric Marx, Nancy Seid, Jim Tornatore. Side Aisle: Mark Fried, Bob Kahan, Harold Weidman, Lillian Wright, Heather Stahl, Pam Baron, Nean-Yua Shih, Leslie Schreibman. Billy Forman, Warren Ausabel, and Ricky Goldberg. Nicki Orlian and David Saunders. First Row (L. To R ): Clilly Castiglia, Nicki Orlian. Barry Reiner, Norman Hogue, Ricky Goldberg, Rich Furman. Second Row: Mr. Joseph, Scott Furman. Claire Gregora, I eslie Dalis. Michelle Schmidt. Naomi Weidman. Maria LaSala, Vicki Johnnides, Julie Dobrow, David Weintraub, Ron Arams. Mike Reines. Third Row: Mark Laxer. Sue Christie, Nancy Dean, Laurel Axinn, Margaret Weiss, Debbie Lewis, Mindy Greenberg. Dave Saunders, Billy Forman, Stratis Zaferiou, Teddy Rosenthal, David Schwartz, Warren Ausabel, Peter Goldberg. Orchestra South’s fine blend of woods, percussion, and strings are brought together for our enjoyment by the orchestra and their director Mr. Joseph. Mike Zeller, Brian Bertan, and Vince Kowalski. 157 Theater South “Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue, but if you mouth it as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines. Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand thus, but use all gently, for in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.” Hamlet, Act III, Sc II Jenny Rymer and Nancy Seid First Row (L. To R.) Jenny Rymer, Jim Tornatore, Brian Nadel. Second Row: Karen Schweitzer, Lynn Shapiro, Ron Goldberg, Liz Wiener, Charles Blasius, Barry Fishman, Mike McLellan, Barbara Burton. Peter Rogoff, Mrs. Martindale, Miss Bell. Third Row: Bruce Todd. Julie Dobrow, Nancy Ginsberg, I esly Taft, David Hessekiel, Maris Burton, Naomi Hernandez, Bob Kahan, Sylvia Lee, Miriam Bensman. Fourth Row: Bob Landergren, Eric Marx, David Yourman, Jordana Roteman. Roberta Bozeman, Adam Schlagman, Deborah Karpel, Jeff Landsberg, Craig Rosen, Ed Abrahams. Jon Bass, Mr. Wolfe. 158 Stage Crew Promising ballerinas, aspiring choreographers, or just girls who enjoy dancing — everyone is welcome in the Dance Club. Major performances are given in the fall and spring with all staging and dancing done by members of the club. First Row (L. To R.): Barbara Tutino, Phyllis Cohen, Gail Wechsler. Michelle Schmidt. Second Row: Lynn Shapiro, Karen Schweitzer, Nancy Brill, Adrianne Davis, Margie Strelzyn, Claire Gergora. Third Row: Lesly Taft, Tricia Henry. Laura Post, Helene Plotkin, Vicki Johnnides, Maria LaSala, Elaine Ziavras. Members of Stage Crew are responsible for the technical aspects of South’s theater productions. Although audiences usually do not realize how much work is involved in building the sets and arranging the lighting for a production, this is as necessary to a successful show as good acting is. Dance Ensemble From boy on elbow (Clockwise) (R To L ): Bruce Todd. Kathy Kahn, Maris Burton, Erica Romaine, Ed. Abrahams. Brian Nadel. Naomi Hernandez. Barbara Burton. Mindy Greenberg, Jeff Landsberg, Eve Keller. Adam Schlagman. Lynn Shapiro, Karen Schweitzer, Deborah Karpel. B.A.A One of the largest student organizations in our school is the Boy’s Athletic Association. Starting in September, the members of the B.A.A. raise money for the purpose of serving students, athletes, and the community. Some of the money comes from membership dues and concessions sold at various games. Money and time are also spent on charitable organizations. The conclusion of the activities comes in June when the B.A.A. hosts its annual awards dinner. First Row (L. To R.): Art Anik. Evan Rupff. .Jon Coron. Larry Gesner. Rich Ross. Scott Balestras, Ken Bakst. Nelson Wax. Don Wilkes, Michael Gallagher. Second Row: Rich Schoninger. Phil White. .Jackson Thompson. Nicky Guzman. Dave Shapiro, Dan Shanahan, Steve Zide, Perry Kritchmar, Jon Meyer. Eric Greenman, Joe Scauzillo. Third Rou Mark Meyer, Chris John, Ed Klebanow. Jeff Doskow, Billy Sahn. Larry Margolin. Steve Prager, Rich Perrott, Scott Eliasoph. Fourth Row: Alan Katz. Vince Kowalski, Len D’Aquila, Alex Greene. Jeff Tabak, Mike Burg. Fifth Row: Chris Stadler. Ed Makela, Rob Thompson. Brian Curry, Issac Ray. Debate 160 Communication is the basis of a civilized existence. Speaking — the world’s form of communication. Debating — a highly organized form of speech. The Debate Team gives students an opportunity to learn to express themselves clearly in front of others as well as to listen to and discuss what others have to say. Front (L. To R ): Amy Hertz. Rich Anfang, Jim Geoly. Rack Row: Ms. Stem, Elaine Fondiller, Bennett Rudorfer, Rich Leder, Eric Marcus. Seth Swirsky. Missing: Ann Berlstein. Marine Biology Standing (L. To R.): John Rosati, Barry Green, Ted Prager, Dave Honey, Robbi Schweigert, Rudy Karvay. Seated: Ms. Elizabeth Baehler, Larry Murstein, Davida Chavis, Jon Tunis, Elise Sutter. Hillary Egna. Missing: Bruce Haims, Michelle Murrain. Jon Stillman. Membership in this club is diverse, with interests that include salt water aquaria and collecting, underwater photography and scuba diving, fishing and fish tagging, and malacology (shell collecting). Activities include films, speakers, field trips, and membership in the American Littoral Society. Special Services Ms. Baehler and Bruce Haims on bluefishing and tagging trip. Special Services is not an ordinary club. It consists of a group of seniors who each week visit the Community Drive Nursing Home during school hours. While there, the students discuss current events, the entertainment world, politics and anything else that anyone suggests. Most importantly, these visits provide the students with an opportunity to do some beneficial volunteer work, while the residents of the nursing home delight in the joy and happiness that the students bring. Liz Wiener and Steve Potolsky perform at the Community Drive Nursing Home. Others in group are: Alex Greene, Ilene Schacter, Dan Katz, Eileen Sobol, Vicki Benjaman, and Caro- line Pincus. Table Tennis (L To R ): Barry Wittlin, Gary Guttenstein, Theo Zaferiou, Stratis Zaferiou, Fred Paprin, Seth Jacobson, Scott Sachs, Steve Ganz. Adam Hasher, Larry Batz, Ezra Greenberg. Only in its second year and steadily growing! After school the G.P. room is transformed into a ping-pong arena, where twenty-one is a golden number and a singles game is a luxury. Trail Guides If great satisfaction is derived from teaching, the trail guides must certainly have met with a great deal of satisfaction. They lead young school children on expeditions through the woods, teaching them the intriguing facts of nature and the environment. i Kneeling (L. To R): Sue Keppler. Marci Chasnow, Maris Burton, Kathy Kahn, Tami Schneider, Rob Polner. Standing: Mr. Julius, Andy Doktofsky, Miriam Per- etsman, Linda Fink, Linda Brzustowicz, Nancy Dean, Rich Leder, Mr. Abrams. The A.V. Club is not a highly organized group which comes together to discuss its constitution, argue about points of order, or decide when the next meeting will be held. In fact, the active members work during their free periods in the A.V. department almost every day. In addition to the delivering of projectors, members cut electronic and thermal stencils, laminate, dry mount pictures, make thermal and photocopy transparencies and paper copies, and produce thermal spirit masters. They also run off mimeo and spirit copies, videotape live and broadcast programs, take 8 and 16mm films of the football games, set up public address equipment for special meetings and assemblies, audiotape outside speakers, and assist students with media- related projects. Audio-Visual Services Front (L. To R.): Larry Batz, Jack Schulman, Jeff Landsberg, Terry Schiffer, Dan Fass. Back: Jim Tornatore, Linas Kudzma. W.G.N.S. First Row (L. To R.): Jon Paradise, Morey Weinstein, Jon Lobdell, Cliff Feiner, Jon Stillman. Second Row: Nicki Farrante, Steve Greenman, Nicki Clekis, Beth Diamond, Ben Gorbaty, Sharon Sachs, Jon Geralds, Jeff Hysen. This group makes waves — radio waves to be exact. Each period of each day, young D.J.s learn the ropes of actual broadcasting in our own radio studio. Programs are aired in the General Purpose room for the enjoyment of students with free periods. '0 0 tnrrtrrnrrn Government The Government in Aetion Club provides interested students with the opportunity to study a wide range of governments and governmental practices. In addition to study, discussion, and observation of governments, the club participates in “mock” sessions of either High School Model Congresses or High School Model United Nations. (t. To R ): Dan Fass. Seth Jacobson, Ethan Burger, Jeremy Carlson, Mr. Cohen. Law The Law Club is largely composed of students in the Business Law classes. Aside from discussing major fields of interest concerning law within the United States, this group arranges monthly forums — discussions or lectures from prominent people ranging from Principal Gilbert Blum to Attorney Ron Beckoff. First Row (L. To R): Steven Landsberg, Diane Guerringue. Rich Anfang, Phyllis Cohen, Ellen Edelson. Mike Burg, Larry Gesner, Ed Kaminsky, Craig Meltzer. Second Row: Kathy Kahn, Paul Schwartz, Rich Ross. Jeff Doskow, Scott Sachs, Bob Pravder, Stratis Zaferiou, Ed Klebanow, Scott Balestras, Scott Aronson, Judy Harrison. Third Row: Peter Aufrichtig, Jeff Hysen, Alan Minkoff, Charlie Merinoff, Mr. 164 Bicycle Members of the Bicycle Club enjoy bicycling to points of interest all over Long Island. In addition to the knowledge they gain about the surrounding countryside, they learn various biking techniques and different safety procedures. (L. To R.): Gay Guttman, Jennifer Streisand, Bruce Willner, Russ Willner, Rich Gordon, Jack Grumet, Glenn Minkoff, Mark Laxer, Mike Lumish, Mr. Sabatelli. G.A.S.P. The GASP Organizing Committee. Standing (L. To R.): Mark Fried, Larry Batz, Jeff Hysen, Ted Weisman. Sitting: Rhoda Nichter (American Lung Association Representative), Mrs. Sylvia Levin (School Nurse). G.A.S.P. (Group Against Smoking Pollution) is one of South’s newest clubs. Membership is rapidly growing as more people are becoming aware of the need for such a group. It was designed to protect the right of the non-smoker to breathe clean air and to inform the public of new laws concerning these rights. Si 165 Akron The Akron Society, also known as the Biology Club, consists of a group of students interested in doing research on cancer. Radiation treatments are used to stunt the growth of the cancerous cells in mice. There are also occasional field trips to nearby hospitals and research centers. Cliff Feiner and Brett Berrie. First Row (L. To R): Ken Wodiska, Amy Rutman, Caroline Kurtz. Laura Post, Bill Krause. Alan Belonsky. Second Row: Steve Potolsky, Barry Wittlin, Dan Ferleger, Denise Unger. Kathy Kahn. Allison King. Brian Bloch, Scott Sachs. Third Row: Rob Jellinger, Ethan Burger, Joe Siegel. Fourth Row: Bruce Willner, Sue Cushing. Marci Chasnow, Linda Fink, Linda Brzustowicz. Joan Lewis. Fifth Row: Ken Bancheck, Rob Simon, Jill Rosenthal. Standing: Brian Bertan. Ben Kaplan. Mike Barnathan, Billy Sahn. Dan Shapiro, David Zuckerman. Bruce Willner, Alan Minkoff, David Lazer, Ken Byk, Peter Aufrichtig, Dan Pass, Mr. Powell, Evan Rupff. (L. To R.): Ed Kaminsky, Bruce Willner, Joe Siegel, Mr. Abrams, Abby Boxenbaum, Steven Kravitz, Toby Greenberg, Cliff Feiner. Brett Berrie, Gail Belonsky. The JJA (Jell-0 Jewels Association) was formed as a parody satirizing South’s overabundance of acronymically labeled clubs, ie. the BAA, GAA, and SFEB. The club has since enlarged, becoming one of South’s top organizations in membership. As a member of the club, students and some faculty members are issued membership cards for use in unique situations, and everyone has the opportunity to “exalt the elegant physical properties of Jell-0.” 166 Astronomy Activities include observations and photography of the planets, the moon, the sun, and stellar phenomena through the newly purchased celestron 14-inch reflecting telescope. The club also presents programs and observations for elementary schools in the district. First Row (L. To R): Stephen Wilkes, Matt Kaplan. David Laxer, Tom Gergora, Glenn Minkoff. Second Row: Andrea Brady, Cammy Game, Miriam Peretsman, Stan Blaut, Jed Laderman, Mr. Cave. Third Row Mark Laxer, Dan Merson, Bill Krause, Robert Simon, Charlie Merinoff, Ed Kaminsky. Missing: Zack Richter, and Alan Yaglom. E c 0 I 0 g y After school on Mondays in Mr. Cave’s room, the members of the Ecology Club are hard at work trying to solve the ecological problems both around South and in the community. Among their projects this year, are an awareness campaign for endangered species and an investigation into state laws concerning depositable bottles and cans. Standing (L. To R): Mark Laxer, Andy Doktofsky, Mr. Cave, Tami Schneider, Marcia Tanur. Kneeling: Russ Willner, Billy Sahn. 167 Rob Simon instructs his fellow club mem- bers. Math Team The Math Team is one of the most successful teams in the school. Competing with schools throughout Nassau County, these mathematical geniuses solve problems in geometry, algebra and number theory. This is the first year that South has had two teams participating in meets, and our first team is once again number one in Nassau County. First Row (L. To R.): Jim Berlstein, Linda Fink. Jill Rosenthal, Andrea Brady, Glenn Minkoff. Second Row: Beth Klafter, Cammy Gaine, Peter Rosenthal, Gail Belonsky, Dan Levy, Bennett Rudorfer, Mr. Minionis. Third Row: Dave Gerstein, Ethan Burger, Peter Aufrichtig, Mark Stenzler, Alan Minkoff, Brian Bertan. Fourth Row: Rob Jellinger, Spencer King, Alan Belonsky, Dan Shapiro, Rob Simon, Bill Krause. Tony Aiuto. Missing: Seth Jacobson. Computer Club Each week future computer experts gather in the computer room to learn Fortran, the complicated computer language, to practice using the machines, and to devise their own programs. 168 (L. To R ): Joe Kesselman, Ken Wodiska, Tony Aiuto, Mark Stenzler, Mr. Silverstone, Linda Brzustowicz, Jeff Kesselman, Matt Kaplan. Black Student Union The members of the Black Student Union are busy collecting money to donate to the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund. Money is raised through dances, bake sales, and other various functions held during the school year. Standing (L. To R.): Maura Cox, Tina Geralds (Treasurer), Walter Swingearn (Vice President). Sam Brown. Carol Hughs. Anice Washington. Liz Davis. Debra Lewis. Marie Bell. Seated: Shandy Garr. Debbie Williams (President), Arlene Roberts. Missing: Sheila Small (Secretary). Rebecca Ray. Johnny Geralds. Fred Williams. Leroy Houston. Senior Class The Senior Class Planning Committee is made up of about twenty interested students working towards a Senior Prom in June. The committee has hosted a Donkey Basketball Game, has sold coffee and cake at various meetings and has sold class T-shirts and candy to raise money. Front Row (L. To R ): Mrs. Bracken. Diane Guerringue. Bryan Bloom (Treas.), Jeff Tabak. Alissa Tranis (Pres.). Standing Susan Christie. Laura Briamonte. Joan Lewis, Anne Stracquatanio (VP), Carol Bomengo. Kathy Sharky, Mrs. Merten. Missing: Laurette Pagona (Sec.). 169 The Junior Class Planning Committee This group of enthusiastic juniors organized a suc- cessful Christmas carnival and is planning a tennis tournament for the spring. Throughout the year, the members of this club can be spotted selling baked goods in order to finance their plans. Sitting (L. To R.): Amy Hertz. Nirit Muhlbaum, Howie Friedner. Standing: Karen Leff, Irene Fortgang, Ginger Sun, Marcia Tanur, and Mr. Paddock. Hebrew Culture Club The Hebrew Culture Club has parti- capated in a variety of cultural activities this year. Speakers, such as Barry Starr, have come to discuss current mid-east- ern issues and movies dealing with the hebrew culture have been shown. The club has also participated in various ral- lies and parades and a button campaign to raise money for Jewish charities. It is also hoped that a group of students can plan a trip to Israel this summer. Standing (L To R.) Ed Klebanow, Sharon Pisetzner, Matt Kaplan. Seth Rudman, Julie Harris. Mr. Gold. Kneeling: Alan Belonsky and Marilyn Henkus. Fencing Club This years’ fencing club made an excellent showing by taking second place in the First Annual Nassau County Fencing Tournament. Doug Brum won the Individual Nas- sau Championship while David Seidman took fourth place in the beginner class at the Mamaroneck Tri-State Invita- tional Tournament. This was accomplished with the aid of devoted sponsors Mrs. Halpert and Mr. Levitt as well as instructor Lynn Schanejans. The club has high hopes for next year as none of its members will graduate in June. Front Ron• (I. To R ): Ron Aramis, Cindy Stone. Pam Harper, Coach Lynn Schoonajans. Rack Nassau County Champion I)oug Brum and opponent. Row: Sponsor Ms. Phyllis Halpert, Doug Brum. David Seidman. Rich Simon. Rich Sterling. Sitting L. To R ): Randy White and Jon Lenchner. Standing: Donald Berger, Donald Freid. Rob Jellinger. Matt Gesner, Dan Shapiro. Chess Team The Great Neck South Chess Team has met with overwhelming success this year. The team, con- sisting of six juniors, two sopho- mores, and one freshman, placed second in the United States High School Team Championships as well as in the Greater New York High School Chess Champion- ships. Jon Lenchner was a second place individual winner in the lat- ter. South also defeated its two op- ponents in dual meets against Great Neck North, (by a score of 19-11), and Manhasset, (by a score of 26-4). 171 MY PAGE . . Simultaneously with the publication of VISTA ’76, 350 seniors will assemble together with their families and friends in order to receive their high school diplomas from Great Neck South. For all, it will mark the conclusion of twelve years of formal educa- tion. Many graduates will further this learning in college. Others will do so in the world of business. We are an extraordinary class in many ways. We have come through the ravages of Vietnam and we have survived unprecedented political upheavals. We are now witness to the two hundredth birth- day of this country. We are confident that our graduating class will make their distinct imprint on the next two hundred years. On a personal note, the job of producing a yearbook is an enormous one. It is a task done not by one person but by many. Writers, photographers, artists, layout people and proofreaders. All of them contribute to the success or failure of a yearbook. Many staff members gave up nights, weekend pursuits and even their vacations in order to meet our publishing deadlines. It is these people I would like to thank for an unparalleled job, one that took many hours and endless energy: John Zannos, the “worrier” for all of us, for his patience and enlightenment. Jerry Levine, for his valued guidance. Gilbert Blum, our leader, who kept us all together. Phil St. Pierre, for his yearbook creativity. Vitori Studios, for their time and craftsmanship. Ellen Edelson, for her encouragement and never-ending effort when most needed. Jeffrey Taback, for his superb accomplishment and the ability to put up with this year’s Dictator. Peter deSeve, for his unequaled art work and effort. Steve Wilkes and Louis Teitelbaum, for their outstanding photo- graphy and cooperation. Robbin Itzler, for her concerned effort and cooperation. Caroline Kurtz, who checked the P’s and Q’s with diligence. Curtis Kendrick and Phyllis Cohen, for the cooperation and help. Lesly Gottel and Ricky Diamond, for their hard work. Hillary Egna, for her cover art work. Donald Wilkes, for his dividers. Nirt Mulhbaum, for her valuable help in many different ways. Ginger Sun and Seth Jacobson, for being in the right places at the needed times. And, finally, to the unnamed dozens more who pitched in all along the way. To all of you, my deep thanks and appreciation, Russel S. Bernard Editor-in-Chief VISTA 1976 172 Howard Kates and Danny Laurie Pressman, Judy Zacharius and Kirk Martakis Katz 175 Vicki Benjamin and Ed Gibstein 176 177 179 r t fa mui j y n® h mw Z 4 SPIRIT ov Tama The Parent-Teacher Association of Great Neck South Senior High School wishes the graduating class of 1976 much happiness and success. We hope that your future brings fulfillment of all your dreams and hopes. BEST WISHES AND CONGRATULATIONS Great Neck South Parent-Teacher Association Congratulations and best wishes to our son Jeff, and the class of 1976. Marian and Sheldon Tabak In Honor of our 2 Graduates Congratulations and best wishes Bonnie Klebanow to a great class. University of Buffalo June 1976 Mr. Mrs. Franklin Schacter Eddie Klebanow Great Neck South H.S. June 1976 Best wishes From The Braun Family 183 516-487-4797 212-357-6141 FOUR SEASONS GIFTS ____ n ICI CREAM SHIRLEY AND STAN LEWIN TEDLEWIN 35 SO. MIDDLE NECK RD. GREAT NECK. NEW YORK ICE CREAM CAKES CARVELOGSn PARTY VARIETIES FOR ALL OCCASIONS ON HAND AT All TIMES OR CUSTOM DESIGNED COMPLETE LINE OF TAKE HOME ITEMS Special Discount� Foe Club� . School� . Synagogue� and Churches 829-9199 Gauze and Effect 23 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck, N.Y. 11020 From all of us at Gauze and Effect: After our first year of success, may you all have a lifetime of success. Great Neck: 105 Middle Neck Rd. 516 466-6752-3 128 Middle Neck Road Great Heck, L.I., N.Y. 11021 Ro8lyn: 6 Main Street at Clock Tower 516 621-6750-1 Forest Hills: 72-02 Austin Street 212 793-1275-6 Cedarhurst: 419 Central Ave. 516 569-6664-5 F.� . Tel. HU 7 1598 Designers Creators of Fine Furs 184 20', Evans Catting Cottage 179 Middle Neck Rd., Great Neck, N.Y. (516) 466-2868 Unisex Haircuts Discount on cuts and blows from staff for students — Mon., Tues., Wed., Virginia Variety Stores 187 Middle Neck Rd Great Neck, N.Y. 11021 482-4190 252-26 Nortern Blvd. Little Neck, N.Y. BA4-6040 If you need it we have it. Acrylic Nails Body Waxing Paper Nails Electrolysis Great Neck Coin Exchange Dealers in U.S. and Foreign coins and Stamps Immediate Cash for your coins and stamps Free Appraisals, Member ANA 107 Middle Neck Road Great Neck, New York 11021 (S16) 482-4680 MIDDLE NECK PHARMACY. INC. PRESCRIPTIONS - VITAMINS - APPLIANCES 489 MIDDLE NECK ROAD GREAT NECK. N. Y. 11023 Tel. hunter 7-7150 we Deliver POULTRY MART £3ar-£Q-Que l and (Salertng 31 MIDDLE NECK ROAO GREAT NECK. N. Y. 11021 WALL S MUSIC CENTER RECORDS. MUSIC. STEREO. RADIOS. TAPE RECORDERS. RECORD PLAYERS 84 MIDDLE NECK RD GREAT NECK. N. Y Best Wishes to the class of 76 185 516 HU 7-3878 FASHION SUBURBIA 91 MIDDLE NECK ROAD GREAT NECK. N. Y 1102 1 MYERS E. BAKER REAL ESTATE, INC. 160 MIDDLE NECK ROAD GREAT NECK. N Y. 11021 516-HUNTER 2-5252 407-2410-241 1 Free Delivery GERTRUDE YUSEN PARTY SHOP 85 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck, NY- Jhe Kensincjton Kosher Restaurant 8e Delicatessen CATERERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS 27A MIDDLE NECK ROAD. GREAT NECK. N.Y. 236 MIDDLE NECK ROAD GREAT NECK N Y 11021 466 3636 407-2070 J l Left EXCELSIOR! to Russel Samuel Bernard Editor-in-chief, Vista ’76 Jeremy, Rachel, Sheila, Marvin Sylvia, Nana, Don, Mom and Dad IS MIDDLE NECK ROAD GREAT NECK. N. Y. 110 1 Best Wishes From For Fine Jewelry CIO |hes'n{hings A. Antor and Sons Best Wishes Best Wishes to the Class of ’76 Great Neck, Long Island 72 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck, N.Y. Best Wishes T«l MU. 7-6575 ■ 6576 Dtlivary Union Federal Savings Bank 41 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck, N.Y. PRIME MEATS 66 Middleneck Road Great Neck, N. Y. 11021 Your Community involved Bank juue PHONE (5161 629 6161 STANLEY (516) 487-5464 Qreat 71 eck cflonst GREAT NECK digYSle CENTER SALES «SERVICE • ACCESSORIES MATHEW KAKIS 173 M'ODl f- NECK ROAO JOHN J FORSTER G � fcAi NECK N Y I 10? 1 717 MIDDLE NECK ROAD GREAT NECK. N.Y. 11024 JAMES VIDAL 187 1286 Flalbush Avenue 736 Hempstead Turnpike Brooklyn, N. Y. 11226 Elmont, L. I., N. Y. UL 9-0224 (516) 437-2377 Dinettes at Discount GLENMORE CHROME CO.. INC. MANUFACTURERS AND DESIGNERS JuL WanJef Dincrama 387 Bridge Street 157-16 Northern Blvd. Brooklyn, N. Y. 11201 Flushing, N. Y. - 359-4141 MA 5-6441 Frank Matteo Landscape Edward J. Cromer Inc. 212 — H04-3121 219-45 Jamaica Ave. Queens Village, New York 11428 Fine Restaurants Supplied Prime Meats for Home Freezers FUNGICIDE — INSECTICIDE — SHRUBBERY TREE SPRAY Contractors and Maintenance 530 Lakeville Rd. New Hyde Park, N.Y. fr f 7r r a t rz s Ys rsi Fil European-American Bank ■ 4-iusiCc W o--; 1 C The Zacharius’s congratulate the Class of ’76 212 — 454-0320 186-14 Union Tpke. Flushing 188 Just Published STOPPING OUT: A guide to leaving college getting back in by Judi R. Kesselman In hard cover and paper back; M. Evans Publisher At last here’s all the information you need to know to make a wise decision on whether taking time out is for you. 9 North Stotion Plaza, Great Neck, NY 11021 HU 2-3330 FINE SILVER JEWELRY CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 76 LENNY NICK JOE LOMBARDO SHOE REPAIR SHOE DYING SPECIALISTS GE7-2626 1643 HILLSIDE AVE. NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. 177 MIDDLE NECK RD. GREAT NECK, N.Y. (516) 775-7333 OPP ALAN THEATRE 'iPa.t'iician iiei T!td. BRIDES a BRIOAL PARTIES 1639 HILLSIDE AVENUE 10 A M TO 6 P M nr. New Hyoe Park Road Tmurs. ft Fri Until 9PM NEW HYDE PARK. N Y 11040 EXPERT ALTERATIONS WITH EVERY GOWN PURCHASE FOR THE PROM $1 will be contributed to the SENIOR CLASS PLANNING COM- MITTEE. COMPLIMENTS OF PLAZA FAST COPY 8 South Station Plaza Great Neck, New York 487-8644 XEROX HILLSIDE —-formal I We Do It Right wearco. 1631 Hillside Ave. New Hyde Park, • 352-1544 ALL THE LATEST TUXEDOS Windsor, Woodstock, Tuxtail, Edwardians, etc. 189 Congratulations TO THE CLASS OF ’76 Ben and Lillian Blum Congratulations class of ’76 Congratulations to Richard Schoninger From the AND OUR FAVORITE GRADUATE TRICIA Schoninger Family Edward and Sondra Henry Best Wishes to our son Gerry, and the graduating class of 1976 From Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Roberts 190 Hello from Israel David Katz A Friend, In Honor of Saralyn Bass From her Parents THE VISTA EDITORS THE VISTA EDITORS WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF ’76 AND WISH EVERYONE THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE RUSSEL BERNARD PHYLLIS COHEN PETER DESEVE RICKY DIAMOND ELLEN EDELSON LESLY GOTTEL ROBBIN ITZLER CURTIS KENDRICK CAROLINE KURTZ JEFF TABAK LOUIS TEITELBAUM STEVE WILKES 191 CHOP MEAT CHARLIE COFFEE SHOP 9 Cuttermill Rd. Hu2-9427-5692 Now Open For Breakfast, Lunch Dinner 5 Days 7a.m. to 8p.m. Sat. 8a.m. to 5p.m. Closed Sun. Daily Luncheon. Dinner Specials Office Home Deliveries lla.m. to 3p.m. Magic Circle Book Shop Est. 1925 Congratulations to the graduating class and their parents, from your friends at HUNTER 2-7S7S-6 RES. HU 7-5473 H. G. SIMON REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE A LIVE WIRE OFFICE Magic Circle. 10 Grace Avenue 2 0 Grace avenue H. B. SIMON GREAT NCCK. L. 1.. N. Y. 212 - 895-7369 516 - 482-0540 3 GRACE AVENUE JEFFREY A. KANE GREAT NECK. N. Y. 11021 Brass Buttons SCOBEE Great Neck 516 — 482-7899 105 Northern Blvd. Great Neck, New York 11021 Open 24 Hours All Baking on Premises All Imported Car Parts khe JeweUy gallery northern blvd. 2100 Northern Blvd Americana Shopping Center Manhas et N Y 1 030 (516) 365-8932 diamonds are together at the jewelry gallery sculptured jewelry—custom designing front ; . • mall • ewelry gallery • 1 1.1.1. ult J6 Sutherland’s Backpacking Emporium 252-22 Northern Blvd. Little Neck, New York 11362 212 — 482-5388 Guy Monti Citgo Towing Snow Plowing N.Y. State inspection Station 220 Northern Blvd. Great Neck, N.Y. 11020 Tel: 516 — 482-5020 482-9466 The Cheese Shop Americana Shopping Center 2116 Northern Blvd. Manhasset 627-0141 The Finest Cheese And Gourmet Foods From around the world. 193 Auto Torino Ltd. LANCIA — FIAT — AUTHORIZED DEALER 240 Northern Blvd. Great Neck, N.Y. 11021 829-6020 Great Neck Card Party 30 B. Great Neck Rd. Great Neck, N.Y. Good Wishes to the Class of ’76 STATIONERY — CARDS — PARTY GOODS — STERLING SILVER JEWELRY — TOYS CROSSMAN CADILLAC. INC. 51 Great Neck Road Great Neck. New York (516) 482-9100 Good Luck Sunshine Shoes SUNSHINE SHOES 25W� Nocth � n Blvd.. Lilt I Mack N.Y. (212)423-3665 Sebastians Hairstylists has added a UNISEX HAIRCUTTING SALON open 6 days — Thur. and Fri. til 9 482-9016 482-9183 1 Great Neck Rd., Great Neck CHINESE-POLYNESIAN AMERICAN CUISINE BANQUET ROOM COCKTAIL LOUNGE ORDERS TO TAKE OUT WfNCr HO RESTAURANT (516) 466-8950-1 44 GREAT NECK ROAD GREAT NECK. L.I., N.Y. 194 N.R. Drilling Co. Jewelers to the class of ’77 97-45 Queens Blvd. Rego Park, N.Y. 11374 ( 316 HUNTER 7-3973 Expert Repairs Knowledge and Service DAN RE IS HER WILLIAMS MEP1S’ onJ BOY’S WEAR 14 GREAT NECK ROAD NEXT DOOR TO OERTZ Great Neck. N. Y. KEN-MAR CAMERA CORPORATION Cameras • Projectors • Enlargers Film • Quality Developing 27 Great Neck Road Great Neck, N.Y., 11021 516 - HU 2-1025 S BOM) STREET GREAT NECK 11021 • (Sift) «82-0821 195 Gold «Silver • Stones House of Color and Decoration ' JIL LAVEN-STOCK, Inc. Jewelry by Josef Tatar 8 Bond Street Great Neck, New York 11021 (516) 829-9454 5 BOND STREET • GREAT NECK, N.Y. 11021 HUnter 2-7130 and 8131 Wallpaper —Paints Artists And Sculpture Supplies The Open Door To Stitchery operated by Nassau Center for Emotionally Disturbed Children Needlepoint - Supplies Special Stitchery Classes 4 Bond Street Great Neck, N. Y. 11021 516 482-9595 516 487-9442 CAMP CAMPUS “GOOD LUCK” 11 Bond St. Great Neck, N.Y. HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES AIDES, LPNS, RNS 487-8307 ALLEN AIDES AGENCY 51 CUTTERMILL RD. GREAT NECK, N.Y. 829-6630 516-482-9155 482-9385 Cion - Andre Hair Stylists — Hair Cutters Hair Colorists 4 Bond Street Greot Neck, N. Y. 11021 5 CHEERS FOR GREAT NECK SOUTH We like the way you taught them Dr. Robin Post Ernest Post Elisabeth Miller Post Amy Post Laura Post Herman and Blanche Post Congratulations and Much Success Class of ‘76’! THE BERRIE’S Congratulations Class of ‘76’ Best wishes to our Favorite Graduate Barry Dr. and Mrs. Melvin I. Fishman GREETINGS TO THE GRADUATES FROM MR. AND MRS. NORMAN HIRSCH CONGRATULATIONS ELLEN EDELSON AND BEST WISHES TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF ’76 197 GREAT NECK ELECTRIC, INC. LICENSED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS RESIDENTIAL. INDUSTRIAL. COMMERCIAL COOL SYSTEMS, INC. REFRIGERATION O AIR CONDITIONING SALES ANO SERVICE ARTHUR KIRSHNER PRESIDENT COMMUNICATION DEVICES CO., INC. 245 EAST SHORE ROAD GREAT NECK. NEW YORK I 1023 SI 6-462-3030 212-229 6457 269 East Shore Road Great Neck, New York 11022 � AIITO BFPA AUTO REPAIR CO. Inc. Compliments of GREGORY HARDWARE Qc LUMBER 231 EAST SHORE ROAD GREAT NECK, N. Y. 1 1023 1816) 487.1400 219 EAST SHORE ROAO GREAT NECK. N Y 11023 • T«l (516) 466 3400 Congratulations to all Students Best of Luck Great Neck Service Station 265 East Shore Road Manhasset, N.Y. UNISEX MAI «CUTTERS AnD STYUST5 30 miodleneck Road, g«eat neck ------------------------------------- compliments of: on no Company, PRIVATE AND MUNICIPAL GARBAGE AND 300 EAST SHORE ROAD • GREAT NECK. N. Y. 11023 TEL. 516 627 0711 1% Compliments of J.C. PENNEY CO. New Hyde Park, N.Y. CARUSO PRECISION HAIRCUTTERS FOR TODAYS MAN AT LAKE SUCCESS SHOPPING CENTER 1566 UNION TURNPIKE. NEW HYDE PARK (516) PR 5 - 9793 Unlimited FREE Parking No Appointment Necessary OPEN LATE for your convenience Monday thru Friday 9am to 9pm, Saturday 8:30am to 6:30pm For FOR ALL YOUR SEWING NEEDS SEE US AT: SINGER Aue atque Vale Class of ’76 Lake Success Sewing Center 1570 Union Turnpike New Hyde park. N.Y. 11040 (516)437-1160 199 CONGRATULATIONS MATH TEAM A Salute to the Graduating members: Linda Fink Peter Aufrichtig Brian Bertan Billy Krause Alan Minkoff And to the Coach: Roger Minionis Jill Rosenthal Alan Belonsky Matt Kaplan Danny Levy Robert Simon Congratulations to the Graduating Class of 1976 Boy's Athletic Association 200 WHITE MOUNTAIN SKI SHOP SPORTING GOODS Congratulations to the Graduating Class of ’76 215 Middle neck road Mr. Mrs. Richard Miller HUNTER 7-5030 Lori, Helene Howard Congratulations Graduates Congratulations to the Graduating Class of ’76 from 31 S. Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck, N.Y. Hu7-2932 Great Neck Dept. Store LAMONTS RESTAURANT 73 Middle Neck Rd Great Neck. N.Y PATRONS AAA EXPRESS PRESS INC. GIL ELLYN COHEN A FRIEND COMMERCIAL INTERIORS DUBARRY FRENCH CLEANERS MR. MRS. .JOSEPH D. FLAMM THE GLASERS GREAT NECK FLOOR COVERING JERRY’S ARTARAMA LAKEVILLE OPTICIAN LAKEVILLE T.V. SAL LOMONACO MARIONS BEAUTY PARLOUR MONK GUITAR SCHOOL NELSONS CATERERS RESTAURANT AND DELICATESSEN OMNI-EYE PARKLANE HOSIERY INC. ROGERS SERVICE STATION THELMA AND JACK SAHN POODLES BY SIGRID S.R. WINDOWS. 201 Congratulations to the 1976 Graduating Class from your YEARBOOK PHOTOGRAPHER VITORI STUDIOS (516) 488-7640 1619 Jericho Tpke. New Hyde Park New York, 11040 Professional Sponsers Dr. S. Bednoff Dr. B. Garfinkel Dr. H. Belkin Dr. W. Hecht Dr. S. Brznstowicz Dr. S. Holtzman Dr. S. Doskow Dr. G. Piccione Dr. G. Gemson Dr. E. Schwartz Dr. M. Stillerman Boosters Mr. and Mrs. Peter Benjamin Mrs. Annette Bergman Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bertan and David Mr. and Mrs. Bill Biel Adele Borden Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Byk The Darvin Family The DePrimo Family Nathan Epstein The Ferchau Family OLIVER — PENELOPE FINK Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Fishman Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Gangi Mr. and Mrs. Gottel Mr. and Mrs. Howell JUSTICE Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Kowalski Kowalski Children Dr. and Mrs. A. LaMastro The Landsbergs Lisa and Marian Mahler Paint and Wallpaper Ethel S. Mark Vicki Merten Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Michaelson Mr. and Mrs. Joel Moscot Mr. and Mrs. A. Muhlbaum Nelle Nit The Omeltchenkonian Family Pagano Family David Parker The Pulkowski Family Joyce Rankin Mr. and Mrs. B. Reines Dr. and Mrs. Rogoff Dr. and Mrs. Marc Ross Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Roth The Sharkey Family Mr. and Mrs. H. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Sinrich Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stahl and Daughters The Sterling Family Janie Stern Dr. and Mrs. L. Tunis The Vomacka Family Margaret Voutsos Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Weintraub Ted L. Weisman Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Zarin riendship of someone with the others was ever present; his bravery hed more in his shortlife than most is eighteen years. His endeavors are ver to hold the office of chairperson on this board for three years. Scott Great Neck community for his efforjs as also served as editor of our school ving his articles printed ip The New TRIBUTE TO A FRIE Seldom do we have the qualities of Scott Moss. Hi in his last days was monu In addition to being a good friend. Scott accom of us can hope to achieve given many multiples o legendary in our school; Scott was the first junior of the Student-Faculty Executive Board. He sei was also well known and respected by the who, an elected delegate to the Board of Education, newspaper, the Southerner. Scott wrote beauttfully, and was honored by York Times and Newsday. Throughout his last few months Scott remained an actjve participant in the things ich interested him. During the month of February he worked in Washington, D. C., as ssistant to Congressman Lester Wolff. As in ail of his endeavors, Scott excelled academically. He was admitted to five Ivy League colleges and planned to attend Yale University. What we will remember most about Scott are his selfless concern for others, his great humility, and his ability to get things done on behalf on those in need. We are all richer for having known Scott, and poorer for having lost him. We express these feelings with the knowledge that they are shared by the entire community of Great Neck South Senior Higl School. h % I h3ill Rosenthal Nancy Seid Gilbert Blum , • • .'i • ' fi.'-