Hempstead High School - Colonial Yearbook (Hempstead, NY)

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The Bug Top Director OR many people thrrteen rs an unlucky num ber However for those of us rn Hempstead rt rs an extremely lucky one srnce Dr Klncald has now been our Supcrrntendent of Schools tor Many of us thrnkof Dr Krncard as the man who closes school when rt snows However Dr Kun card has done much more tor Hempstead stu dents than merely closrng rt doors for a day For example our excellent Gundance Depart ment got nts start because of Dr Krncard The Athletrc Department also owes ham a debt of gratrtude for bemg Instrumental rn the burldrng of the bleachers out on the field and for the enlargement of the gurls field Hempstead s now famous Musrc Department was revrtalrzed by Dr Krncard Indeed we can pornt to many bene fits that the Hempstead Publrc Schools have derived from Dr Krncard our Superintendent of Schools fl! 'of' 5561! he DR W AMOS KINCAID thirteen years. . , , I ' ,f . Q . . I . I y v I l

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BOARD OF EDUCATION Left to right Row l Margaret E Doty District Clerk Robert .l Hartnett President Dr Hyman Geller Row ll Leonard S Welslng Superintendent of Buildings John J Feldis Russell G Booth Secretary Emllj Belsovec Treasurer C H Tunnrcllfle Jones School Attorney Dr W A Kincard Superintendent of Schools Board ol Directors OT very many of us realize the Important duties performed by the Board of Education It IS this Board that IS the governing body of the schools In our district The Board is also responsible for the adult education courses oftered here In Hempstead The Board of Educatuons main duty is to make decisions and solve the problems concernlng the schools as they arise The Board takes care of all Important matters that have to do with education The members are concerned with the school budget the purchase of school land erectlon and maintenance of buildings and the complete policy making of the school district Together with Dr W Amos Kincaid Superintendent of Schools and Margaret E Doty District Clerk the Board meets once a month The five members who make up the Board are elected by the tax payers from our school district for a term of flve years A new member as chosen each year for this term Our thanks to the Board of Education for the fine work it has done for our school our school district and the education of our students. 10

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Dr Thomas D Sheldon Our Rung Master HENEVER theres a warm day wuth clear skues uts never an unusual sught to see Dr Sheldon out front greetung hus new students as they enter school Dr Sheldon as you all should know by now us Mr Beddow s successor as pruncupal of our school and greetung the stu dents thus way us only one example of the many ways un whuch he gauns the fruendshup and confl dence of Hempstead Hugh students Dr Sheldons educatuonal background has been exceptuonally varued After graduatung from Munoa Hugh he entered Syracuse Unuversuty ma uorung un scuences Shortly after graduatung from Syracuse he started teachung scuence and phys ucal education at Splut Rock Hugh School and he also coached the schools basketball and soccer teams Dr Sheldon then sugned up wuth the U S Army Durung hrs two years of servuce he served as an electronucs technucuan and su pervused raduoteletype traunung Afterwards he returned to teachung scuence and druver educa tuon at hus Alma Mater Munoa Hugh After school he coached theur football baseball and basket ball teams Wuth luttle tume left for humself Dr Sheldon always managed to partucupate un communuty clubs and orgcunuzatuons Included un hus long lust ae Presudent of the Onondaga County League Durector of Health Physucal Educatuon and Recreatuon un Munoa and an actuve member of Hempstead s Luon Club Dr Sheldon worked very hard before beung elected Vuce Pruncupal and Durector of Adult Edu catuon at Munoa Hugh In 1953 he became the Pruncupal of Munoas Junuor and Senuor Hugh School and held that posutuon up to the tume he was appounted the new pruncupal of Hempstead Hugh For the short tume he has been here Dr Shel don has done much for the umprovement of our school As far as hus Iukes and duslukes are con cerned Dr Sheldon lukes all kunds of sports a clean well run school and walkung to and from school Among hus duslukes are poor sportsmcun shup and dusorderly conduct un classes and halls We all welcome Dr Sheldon as our new prun cupal and hope that the future wull brung many more successful years for hum at Hempstead Hugh School , . . ., . 1 . . I - u , . I . u . I . I - ' u , . I 1 ' .. . , . . rl . -. r I 1 , . . .. . , . . . 1 ' ' I ' I u ' 1