Jamaica High School - Folio Yearbook (Jamaica, NY)

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Top, left to right WILLIAM SEATON ESTHER DOCTORVITZ REBECCA NAHMIAS Bottom, left to right HELEN SALTZ MARTIN MARKOWITZ FOREWORD Culminating six years of publication this, the twelfth issue of the Senior Year Book of Jamaica High School, has been compiled with the primary purpose of remaining, in the future years, as the principal means of perpetuating those memories of friendships and pleasures enjoyed by the Senior Class during their school career at jamaica. If our aim has been successful it is due to the indispensable and unceasing efforts of Mr. Harold A. Brown, Senior Class Adviser, and members of the Year Book Staff, who have given invaluable assistance. We present this year book to the senior class with the sincere hope that the reaching of their First major goal in life will be only a spur to further ambition and success. Publication Staff of Senior Year Book EDITQR'IN'CI'IIEF ESTHER DOCTORVITZ ASSOCIATE EDITORS MARTIN MARKOWITZ, Chairman of Circulation Committee WILLIAM B. SEATON, Chairman of Prophecy Committee HELEN SALZ, Chairman of Who's XVho Committee REBECCA NAHMIAS, Chairman of Year Book Collection Committee ADVERTISING STAFF: Irving Rosenbush, Chairman, Hilda Lieberman, Raymond Slinker. CIRCULATION STAFF: Martin Markowitz, Chairman, Irwin Kirschner, Henry Goldsmith, Rita Nesdill, Jean Rimoldi, Murray Arbeitman, Jerome Berger, Ruth Humphreys. ART STAFF: William Russell, Chairman, Joseph Cloughen, Robert Grace, Doris Carolan, Louise Smith. SECRETARIAL STAFF: Florence Lake, Chairman, Virginia Cornelius, Lucy Krausen.

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Dedication to Dr. Chickering In grateful appreciation upon the completion of 40 years of service to Iamaica High School and its Seniors This term, Dr, Edward C. Chickering, distinguished head of the Classical Language Department of Jamaica High School, is completing his fortieth year as a teacher in jamaica High. Dr. Chickering was horn in New Hampshire, attended Phillips Academy, was graduated and entered the University of Vermont, which he attended for one year. There he won his Hrst prize in Latin which was prohahly the incentive which started him oil' on a career as a classical scholar and teacher. He received his B. A. and his M. A. degrees at Yale and Harvard Universities respectively. Before coming to jamaica High School in 1898 the Chairman of the Classical Department taught lviathematics, Latin, and Creek at a private school in Concord, Under his direction the Latin and Greek Department has grown with leaps and hounds, Largely through his efforts jamaica today boasts the largest Creek department in the New York City High Schools, Several memhers of the present faculty have heen students under him. His chief diversions are stamp collecting and golf. He is a devoted philatelist, having collected stamps since hc was a very young man, He also is a rahid sports fan. He played hoth foothall and hasehall while at college and during his first six years at jamaica High he guided the fortunes ofthe hasehall team. Among his many outside activities, he has written several hooks on Latin and Creek, has held the olhce of Vice- President of the N. Y. Classical Cluh, in which he is particularly active, and has received the degree of the Ph, D. at Columhia University. He has served in the capacity of college adviser for Senior hoys lor many years.

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