Groton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Groton, NY)

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TABLE of CCDNTENTS Introductory Section --- - i Foreword .o....... --- 2 Dedication .......c -- 4 Board ot Education --- --- 5 The Nebbislfm Speaks --- --- 6 Administration ,c,,. --- 8 Classes ewfve- --- IO Juniors ssss -- 12 Sophomores -- --- 16 Freshmen --- --- I8 8th Grade --- --- 20 7th Grade -- ee.. - 22 Academic -- ------ 24 Sports .--- - --- 38 Activities ---- -- 63 Off the Cuff -- --- 77 Seniors ------ --- 83 Advertisers --- --- 99 3 It U

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FOREWO RD The Nebbish - What is he? Commonly we think of him as a sweet but oh so lonely little creature, wandering in society lost because of his failure to under- stand our conventions, and making often pitiable, often very funny remarks about his predicaments. He is, as his Hebrew name im- plies, a lost soul. He is the personification of two spirits in present day society. First, he is a manifestation of the defeatism and procrastina- tion prominent today. You just think you're happy , C'est la vie , Que sera, sera , says the defeatist, Next week we've got to get organized, says the procrastinator. This is the negative, the immature, the possibly dangerous side of his personality. His harmless side is a personification of our silly mistakes. The nebbish locks his keys in the car, he is constantly putting his foot in his mouth, he always forgets important things, he never spills things, but things seem to spill on him. This is a general definition of the nebbish. But to the year- book staff he is something more. He personifies the feelings and ideas of high school students as they mature. Early in their career, students are apt to be procrastinators, even defeatists. They do only what they are told to do, they do nothing until they are forced to do something. They are the nebbish in his most negative mood. But this feeling does not last. As they mature, students lose the idea the longer something is postponed the better, and they begin to see that they can influence their environment. They submerge the negative nebbish, and finally all that remains in them is his harmless side. Because the maturing of high school students can be likened to the change from one side of the nebbish to the other, the staff of the i959 In Retrospect has chosen this little creature to tell our story. The book is not a treatise on high school psychology, it is a history of Groton Central, i958-l959. The nebbish is therefore in the background but if you search care- fully, he is - everywhere. lit?

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DEDICATIO Sincerity, human understanding, self-sacrifice and dedication in every sense of the word - these are only a few of the many phrases that may be used to describe a truly great man, Dr. Hans Seligman. Dr. Seligman was born August 27, l9l2, in Krefeld, Germany. He studied medicine and graduated from the Munich and Berne Universities. During Hitler's regime, Dr. Se- ligman and his wife were forced to flee Ger- many. They arrived in the United States via Russia, Japan and the Pacific Ocean. After practicing medicine in Indiana, New York City, and Syracuse, he brought his family to Groton. Apart from his practice, Dr. Se- ligman was the Groton school physician for the duration of ten years. On September2, i958 the people of Groton learned with great sorrow of the sudden death of their beloved doctor. Dr. Seligman was part of Groton, he will be missed and ever remembered with pro- found respect and deep admiration. 4