Jamaica High School - Folio Yearbook (Jamaica, NY)

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Y 1' ' We wish fo dedicafe fhis Yearbook fo fhe memory of lvlarfin E. I-loh an, a feacher and friend fo whom our welfare wasa maffer of deep concern. We ealize fha' in doing so we cannof add fo fhe sfafure of Mr. Hoffman for, because of ' -' .wn per- sonalify and deeds, The memory he leff is a glowing one, incapable of be. ,a -red or enhanced by mere words. We only hope we can secure fhaf memory in The hearf of everyone who looks upon fhis Yearbook as a small bir of Jamaica l-ligh School. lvlarfin Hoffman was a science feacher. l-le dealf wifh cold facfs and mefhodiral experimenfafion. I-lis primary iob was fo provoke our minds fo clear scienfific fhoughl. Yef few of us, siffing before him in his classes, could fail 'ro perceive fhe warm-hearif ness and friendly affifude fhaf he made as much a parf of his feaching as he e laws of science. He was fhoroughly undersfanding and human, and endowed, af rfi samefime, wifh more pafience fhan is usually found in fhe ordinary human being.. e gained The respecf of all, fhe friendship of many, iusf as he freafed all wifh respecf and graced many wifh his very real friendship. Surely fhe humor, fhe friendly spirif, and fhe opfimism of youfh expressed wifhin fhe covers of fhis Yearbook were inherenf in fhe characfer and presenf in fhe every-f 1v acfions of lvlarfin E. Hoffman. 4

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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