Jamaica High School - Folio Yearbook (Jamaica, NY)

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IRA LICHT JUDY HART 5 PREFACE With feelings of joy and pride and a sense of accomplishment we come to the end of a year's work. The product of that year is FOLIO, your yearbook. We've tried to make this yearbook a souvenir of four important years. We've tried to record the events of those years and to picture the faces of those with whom you've worked and laughed. We've tried to present a full picture of your years as a Jamaican. We hope that in future years FOLIO will be taken from its shelf, laughed at, discussed, then replaced again, like the family photograph album. We hope that F OLIO will help you to remember. F OLIO, the name we have chosen for our year- book, is particularly appropriate for this issue since our theme is trees and FOLIO is derived from the Latin word for leaf. But the name has other associations too which will make it suitable for future yearbooks. It may mean a book of large size or a leaf of a manuscript. Above all, it in- evitably suggests the earliest important print- ing of Shakespeare's works, the famous FIRST FOLIO, put out by the jaggard Press in 1623. Inspired by this great tradition, we offer you our first F OLIO. Sincerely, JUDY HART, IRA LIGHT Co-Editors L i . fl -1, x me , -. 9 - iq. bl i 15 ' I It-34- ,ff - fr' vt ,, 5 fsffi . Q..-gt' ss' n

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il V .Trl x 4 Q , gifiii to :X , gf .7 froducfmu S7 ' In every living organism there is a stage of development and enlargement called growth, which occurs during the early part of its life, and when that is com- pleted, we say the organism has reached maturity. We who are graduating have just completed a period of growth in our lives, which began four years ago. This growth which we have just experienced can be likened to that of a tree. When we first came to Jamaica, we were comparable to young saplings, frail and tender, swaying freely with the breeze. Fresh from the completion of grammar school, we were eagerly looking forward to a period of vast development. As a young tree draws materials from the earth in order to become sturdier, so we drew upon the resources of Jamaica to develop ourselves. We broadened our knowledge in many fields as we received from our teachers instruction and personal attention. We also had the opportunity to join teams and clubs. The growing tree sprouts new branches as it continues its life cycle. In this same manner we acquired much knowledge previously unknown to us in fields we had barely heard of. We also met many persons whose influence will remain with us as we seek our fortune in the world. Aside from the mere acquisition of knowledge, our characters have been nourished and developed through these contacts. Whether we now enter the world of business, or continue our education, we will in any case utilize the acquired traits which have become an integral part of us during the years at Jamaica: the aspiration of the poplar, the suppleness of the willow, the constancy of the yew, the courage of the plum that puts forth buds while snow is still on the ground, the strength of the oak. Like trees whose roots have been firmly entrenched in the rich life-giving soil, we shall now attempt to bear fruit. Our years of deep development will assure a higher, a more mature growth. Our years of nurture give promise of more pro- ductive citizenship, which will help to keep our country strong and great. Because of the close similarity between our development and growth and the development and growth of trees, we have chosen TREES as the theme of our yearbook. We hope that as you turn the leaves of F OLIO you will rejoice in the happy memories of four fruitful years at Jamaica High School. HERBERT STEINDLER 4 ...- '4-