Jamaica High School - Folio Yearbook (Jamaica, NY)

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Dear Members oT The Class oT June, l948. The pleasures and saTisTacTions oT The mind are The Truly lasTing ones. TT is my hope ThaT your Tour years in high school have awakened in you The desire To acquire knowl- edge raTher Than To possess Things. Through conTinued sTudy and acTiviTy in The years ahead may you develop your inTeresTs and TalenTs as Tully as possible and in so doing Tind genuine success and happiness. May your guesT Tor insighT and undersTanding be long and ioyous. Sincerely, Ellen SlaTTery Dean oT Girls The graduaTes oT June, l948, wish To Take This opporTuniTy To Thank Mr. EainsberT Tor serving as our grade advisor during our Tour years in Jamaica T-ligh School. We appreciaTe The generous eTTorTs puT TorTh by him in our behalT. A graduaTe oT BosTon English High School, Mr. EainsberT aTTended The MassachuseTTs lnsTiTuTe oT Technology, where he was awarded a B. S. degree in Chemical Engineering. l-le is also a graduaTe oT The T-larvard UniversiTy oT Business AdminisTraTion, Trom which he obTained a MasTer's degree in Business AdminisTraTion. DespiTe The need Tor consTanT sTudy, he was a sTar player on a BosTon baskeTball Team. I-Tis versaTile career has included engineering and accounTing, as well as his presenT proTession. ln addiTion To grade advising, he has sponsored The Radio and AccounTing Clubs. ViTally inTeresTed in com- muniTy welTare, he has been engaged in The acTiviTies oT The Boy ScouTs and oT oTher youTh movemenTs. The TaTher oT Two boys. The oldesT oT whom is capTain oT his cross- counTry Team, Mr. FainsberT is a leading ciTi- zen in The Jamaica communiTy. T-le has played a maior parT in our school careers, Tor which l - l we are indeed graTeTul To him. QQ.

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MEMBERS OF Tl-IE CLASS OE JUNE, I948 Dear Friends: IT won'T be long now beTore you E will be able, diploma in hand, To say, Well, ThaT's ThaT! Your Tour years oT workw and Tun Tooe eare nearly over and you have probably long since planned The nexT big obiecTive Tor your life. I wanT you To consider This leTTer my own warm personal congraTulaTions To each oT you. LeT me also express The hope ThaT your plans Tor your TuTure are worThy oT you and worThy oT The TaiTh in you which your STaTe and CiTy indi- caTed by providing Tor your educaTion up To This poinT. An educaTion is vasTIy more Than The preparaTion Tor The making oT money. Some oT your work in high school will help you in earning your liv- ing and iT is my hope ThaT you may be successTul in This very necessary pursuiT. BuT beside acquiring some oT The skills necessary Tor making ThaT living I hope ThaT, here in Jamaica I-ligh School, you have made many acquainTances. You have meT many oT The masTerpieces oT our liTeraTure, OT our arT, and oT our music. IT is my hope ThaT acquainTances oT This Type may be TroguenTly renewed and exTended. You have meT many oT The greaT Tigures in our CounTry's hisTory and have sTudied Their achieve- menTs. IT is your privilege To assume The responsibiliTies oT your American heriTage and become an acTive parT oT ThaT glorious hisTory. I-lere in school you have lived and worked TogeTher wiTh Triends oT oTher naTionaliTies, oTher races. and oTher TaiThs. Now iT is your privilege To exTend your Triendships inTo broader spheres, Tor surely Triendships and undersTanding are sorelv needed in The world Today. To be graduaTed Tromi a high school is a real honor buT wiTh ThaT honor goes The responsibiIiTy To build upon The ToundaTions provided in high school To The end ThaT you may become a Truly educaTed person, worThy oT The comfidence which your school in- dicaTes in you by granTing you your diploma. dgfy youfs, aurice D. Hopkins Principal 5 I LLL

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To The GraduaTes oT The Class oT June. I948: To all oT you my besT wishes Tor your TuTure success and happiness. To Those oT you who have assisTed in The oTTice OT The Dean, and by This alTruisTic school service conTrib- uTed, To a very greaT degree, in helping some oT your Tellow sTudenTs, and also To Those oT you who have parTicipaTed in our conTer- ences, in which we soughT To solve our problems cooperaTively, The Dean oT Boys wishes To express his special Thanks and graTi- Tude. IT has been a deeply saTisTying human experience To puT The TaciliTies OT This oTTice aT The service oT The sTudenTs oT The school. To all oT you may l wish: Viel Gluck im Leben und Mehr Freude am Leben! Sincerely, Alexander Caro Dean oT Boys We poinT wiTh pride To our Senior Advisor, Mr. Geller, wiThouT whose able assisTance and guidance many oT our Senior acTiviTies would noT have been possible. When his high school days ended aT Boys' High in Broolclyn, Mr. Geller sTudied aT C.C.N.Y. where he received his B. A. degree. BeTore he was appoinTed To Jamaica l-ligh School in l927, Mr. Geller had a varied ,business experience in accounTing and selling. This has proved To be valu- able in managing The 6.0. STore, in addiTion To The l-lillTopper. l-le is The auThor oT a TexT in business ariThmeTic and expecTs To have a worlc-boolc in The same subiecT published laTer This year. Tennis seems To be a TavoriTe sporT wiTh Mr. Geller. ln Tormer years, he coached The Tennis Team: he once com- peTed in The NaTional Indoor Singles. Mr. Geller is The proud TaTher oT Two children, DoroThy, a Treshman aT Far Rockaway l-ligh School. and ArThur, eleven. boTh ardenT sTamp collecTors. Once again we wish To exTend our sin- ceresT Thanks To you. Mr. Geller, Tor malcing all our acTiviTies boTh enjoyable and well worTh remembering. We'll always Treasure Them.