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

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DR. RIDGLEY BOGG. SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS DR. BERNARD SEIDERMAN. DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCA- TION BOARD OF EDUCATION (L - R): MRS. CLAIRE SPECINER. DR. J. ROBERT ROSENTHAL. MRS. CONSTANCE MCNICHOLS. MRS. PAULA SHARF. MR. LAZARUS WEINER 19

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Great Neck Public Schools Great Neck. New York 11020 PHONE 316 482-8650 Phipps Administration Buildino 343 Lakeville Road MORTIMER J ABRAMOWITZ Superintendent or Schools As I write this piece in March, I can't help reflect upon the glories and follies of humankind. We have just succeeded in sending an interplanetary vehicle which has approached Jupiter and sent back to us data, including pictures, which tell us more about our largest planetary neighbor than we have learned since the dawn of history. The methematics, the science, the technology and the cooperation which were melded to produce this stunning achievement are mind- boggling. Yet at the same time, there is a war blazing between China and Viet Nam, and the peace of the world hangs precariously on the not-yet-won peace in the Middle East. We go extraordinary lengths to save a few persons trapped in a flooded cave in Georgia but the world's nations spend billions in precious resources in dollars and services on the maintenance of armaments. We have developed extraordinary knowledge which increases geometrically but our growth in cooperation, self-understanding and economic control either stagnates or regresses! It is not an easy world we adults have made for you to enter. But you have the potential to improve the directions while preserving the good. I wish you well in this challenge of being human. Sincerely, Mortimer J Superintendent of Schools 1 Abramowitz MJA:jm 18

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VISTA MESSAGE 1979 Dear Seniors ---- This is a very exciting time in your lives. Graduation is a milestone that is not simply achieved chronologically, but earned by your efforts. The faculty at South Senior has expended energies to help you reach your potential. Their deep wish is that you will be able to live happy and useful lives. Most of us can say, about our high school experience, that it was a time that we could have done better. The passing of years permits us the wisdom to reevaluate and realize that it was a time of finding oneself socially as well as academically; it was a time when we were searching to be free but still relying on parental support; it was a time when we were examining all new experiences and interests and letting other obligations have a lower priority; it was a time when we tried to surpress fears of, Will I be successful? , or Will I be able to achieve my aspirations? , or What will become of me? In retrospect it is surprising that we achieved as well as we did in high school. We hope that at the very least you experienced relationships with adults who were caring and that you were able to meet with people who appreciated your problems and tried to help you over the hurdles. For some it may be too soon to make this assessment. However, I hope that someday you may look back at South Senior and express these feelings with pride. We, the faculty and staff at South Senior, will not forget you. We remain ready to assist you in the years to come. We are richer for having known you. 20