Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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BOARD OF EDUCATION Seated, left to right: Walter W. Schreiber, secretary: Allen S. Carpenter, president: Jerome G. Zettler vice president. Standing, left to right: Cornelius J. McCormack, Robert D. P. Eaton, David Hurwltt, Herbert H. Johnsen. nr. Wallace E. Lamb Donald F- Abt Superintendent of Schools Assistant superintendent for Instruction 7

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-.-----,H ---nxf . -- To The Seniors Of The Class 0f 1961 How will you go? 'Iwo roads diverge - three roads, four, five - many roads diverge for you and for each, only one can be taken. How will you go? Already some of you have found the answer and have aimed your course in a definite direction, but for most of you there are still many roads - there are still many questions - there are still many answers to seek. Turn your eyes on each of the several roads and view them carefully. How will you go? Will it be through a desire to help others by service of the hands in manual jobs? Will it be through train- ing on the job for the crafts, or through Uncle Sam to the armed services? Will it be through training for the business world or through college to the professions? Be glad that you are living in an age when you may look down these interesting roads and have a choice of the one you may travel. Take courage in the examples of those who, with vision and deter- mination have gone before you down these very same roads, and remember that when you find the answer to your question, How will you go? , their spirits will be with you - that you'll never walk alone . Assistant Principal rv, V H' 5je,fg.fv---fi. aj A To The Class Of 1961 It has been written that, It is only the igno- rant who despise education. Many of you entered high school determined to work diligently. To you have come the rewards of a good high school ed- ucation. Others followed, as do sheep, doing only what was required, and that sometimes reluc- tantly. Their reward was proportional. A few had completely negative feelings about education, and they lost the way. We all have the opportunity for self improve- ment, inherited from our forefathers, in the form of a system of public education available to all who seek it. Today, we find ourselves in a world pregnant with new and ambitious nations. The un- informed, but not inorant, striving dynamically for their rightful place, seek our aid. Can we afford ignorance? As a nation, can we shirk our responsibility to educate ourselves? Are we not failing in our duty when we do not do all we can to help others help themselves? Your answers to these questions, and the at- titudes and actions that must follow, hold the key to your future. The new crusade is already under- way. Join it! With more positive thinking, using as your guidepost the converse of the original thought, It is only the educated who despise ig- norance, you will prosper. Assistant Principal

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dedication ,s 4. Our entire school community, students, teachers and alumni, have been recently saddened by the untimely passing on of Mildred E. Clark, teacher of home making. Miss Clark came to Hicksville High School thirty-three years ago. She served the school faithfully and well for many happy years. Her many students respected and admired her as teacher and friend. All will remember her devotion to our school, h-er quiet, unassuming and friendly manner, the sterling qualities of her character. All deeply mourn her loss. In token of her high esteem and admiration, we the mem- bers of the class of 1961, affectionately dedicate this volume to the memory of Mildred E. Clark.