Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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Senior Class Officers: Left to Right: Barhara Jabour, Sec- retary; George Revis, Vice President; Paul Tava, President; Maty' Helen Armstrong, Treasurer. JAxee Ifewtt of the Jtaot As we look back upon our history, we can remember many significant events. The Class of 1963 has a record to be proud of and a history to be cherished. We can recall the excitement that prevaded the halls the first day we entered Hicksville High . . . the un- dercurrent of joie de vivre at the Sophomore Hop . . . and the great expectations of former Seniors, the ex- pectations that we all yearned to have when we would finally reach their plateau. After the passage of a successful sophomore year and the beginning of a new one, we adopted a new atti- tude toward education in Hicksville. No longer the youngest in the school, we began to look forward to a fun- filled junior year. Remember the bomb scares dur- ing the cold days accompanied by nipping winds that screamed by our legs and through our coats . . . the joviality that filled the halls on Junior Day and the am- usement ‘ Superman” Kramer, our class president, brought us . . . the cries of joy and the floods of tears that accompanied the championship basketball game against Calhoun and again this year when Port Wash- ington knocked us from the county championships by one basket . . . the unavoidable accidents in the con- veniently located chemistry labs, the result of which filled the halls daily . . . the idol of the girls, Mr. Muratore, our class advisor . . . and the unforget- table festivity at the Junior Prom, “Carribean Cruise”? As we entered school for our last year, our minds turned toward more serious things . . . college and job applications . . . college boards . . . and the pride the high-ranking seniors brought to Hicksville, but it didn’t take long for “Senioritis” to fill the air. Our senior year was resplendent with joy and reward the Senior Play, She Stoops to Conquer, with its anti- quated splendor . . . the spirited Christmas parties that nearly lost us the Senior Privileges Dance . . . the struggle that finally won us Senior Privileges . . . the faux pas in misspelling “Gaie La Paris”, the Senior Ball, a ball in the true sense of the word . . . and the culmination of the senior year . . . something we’ve looked forward to for three years — the Senior Trip — the undescribable fun of invading Washington four hundred strong, en masse ... an experience truly de- manding mixed memories. No one will be able to forget the look of Mr. Jones’ azure blue eyes when wTe faced him trying to explain the abundance of cut slips, or Mr. Goldberg’s puns. Finally, our high school days began to drawr to a close: first Class Night, with its rollicking- good activities, then the whirls of delight at the grad- uation dance and finally the fulfillment of our fondest dreams — graduation — met with tears of sadness and joy mixed with radiant smiles. Now, Hicksville High School is only part of a soon to be vast past, but we will never forget the things we learned and the wonderful experiences we had.

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PERSEUS, THE CHAMPION The wicked grandfather of Perseus once locked him in a chest and cast him into the sea. Some fisherman rescued him and brought him to King Polydectes of Seriphus, who raised Perseus as a favorite. To prove his gratitude, Perseus took it upon himself to fetch the head of the monster Medusa, whose hair was a mass of slithering snakes and whose glance turned men into stone. Perseus succeeded in beheading Medusa, whose blood produced the winged horse Pegasus. Triumphantly Perseus flew home and presented King Polydectes with the monster s head. Thus did Perseus win immortality. Let the Seniors follow the grand course of Perseus; let them soar to ever greater horizons. Who knows how high they can reach through honor and achievement? Perhaps a few will attain immortality. it

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ALAN AKER IS Angle Lane Assembly Committee; Booster Club; Debate Club; JV Football; Latin Club; Leaders Club; Local Honor Society; Service Squad; Student Council; Track; Varsity Club; Wrestling; Lacrosse Captain. JANET ALFANO 11 Clarissa Drive Sportsnight, Black; Softball. ROBERT ALBERTSON 27 Nevada Street JV Football; Prom Committees; Student Council ; Track. 2S LAURA ADAMS 24 Bishop Lane Booster Club; Prom Committee; Sports- night, Orange; Tennis; Volleyball; Tumbling. PAULINE ALBERS 77 Kuhl Avenue Homeroom, Vice Pres.; Softball.