James Monroe High School - Monrovian Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Dear Graduates: There is something about the theme of this yearbook, Around JIonroe in 180 Daysf' that makes your senior year at school sound like a great adventure. I hope that for you all the years which you have spent at Jlonroe have been exactly that-years in wlzich you en- countered new evperiences and envisioned fresh horizons. Perhaps the most characteristic quality of youth is its spirit of adventure-the faith that there nzay be something new under the sun if one is willing to make the effort to searclz. Surely a world in which man is striving to reach the moon, a world where technology and industry are constantly changing, is not a static one. On the contrary, it is a world filled with great challenges and great e.z'pectations. However, discovery whether it be in the field of science, art, industry or human relations comes only if one is willing to take risks and to search hard and long for it. As I look about fine, I know that the future is not for little men with little minds. It is not for men without vision who fear progress. It is for those of you who dare to have great evpectations and who are willing to study, to learn and to persist in the search for new horizons. Wherever you go, whatever you do, we know that you, like the thousands of Jfonrovians before you, will fulfill yourselves and make us proud of you and your achievements. Cordially, Principal fi

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our way every day: they gave us a cheery, meaningful Good morning, it's 7:00 A..M. to contest the unhappy groans of an amorphous mass under a white sheet, they urged an egg into our mouths for breakfast- It's good for you! , they said,' they gave us a daily check-up- Tissues? Pen? Comb? Lunch? While traveling for three years, we always felt the spirit of our parents with us, consoling us for our 65's and encouraging us on to 9O's, commending us for our 9O's, but warning us against their swelling effect. Our parents helped us to march on! Under the leadership of Mrs. Mary Wisotsky, the Parents Association, too, marched on-to Albany-and came back with the promise of a remodeled athletic field for lllonroe. With Beatrice Thompson, President, they came back from a Board of Estimate meeting enthusiastic about a new curtain for the school auditorium, funds for the expansion and rehabil- itation of our Music Department, remodeled machines for our machine shops. Whether we see the presentation of a P.T.A. scholarship, read a P.T.A. bulletin, a memorial to the efforts of the late lllrs. Esther Hecht, or attend a bargain book fair directed by lllr. Irving Waissar, we are observing the products of our parents' inexhaustible generosity and vitality, mani- fested in activities such as these in which parents such as Mrs. Lena Reich have been so instrumental. Although we sometimes may have taken our three years' journey for granted, we should remember that to our parents it is the culmination of living through periods of their chil- dren's crises, of coaxing, of waiting for the cloud of a heavy heart to pass away, it is a manifestation of our joy and achieve- ment in which they can share. To show our humble appreciation for them, whose policy has always been March on! , whose deep concern has always b67'L6fl6d our cause, it is our hope that in perusing these pages they will be gratified to see their worries dissolved, their hopes confirmed, and their labors fulfilled. To our parents we dedicate this book. EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE PARENTS ASSOCIATION p I B ft l.. to R.: Mrs. Mildred Gurven, Mr. Henry Schainhollz, Mrs. Lillian h M N lle Raeler, Mrs. Jean Bassman, Mr. Leo Galefz, Mrs. Evelyn Rochen, W Ell , Mr. William Thompson, Mrs. Mollie Bloomenfelcl, Mrs. Lena Reich, J I g T hman, Mrs. Beatrice Thompson-President 1958-1959, Mrs. Mary f ky P dent T956-58, Mrs. Gertrude Myers, Mrs. Claire Raizner.

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