John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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fain imma Semen Wwe CLIPPER IOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OZ-ONE PARK. NEW YORK WILLIAM A. CLARKE, Principal IUNE, 1946 VOL. VI NO. 4 ----, ff '-'1-: -? ff 5 Q :L'. '.-... EDITORIAL Patricia Lynch ,.....,.,......... ,........,., ....,..,,.....,.......,...... , E ditor Rosalie Sherman .,....,,.....,.......,..,..,........,....,...... Associate Editor Eleanor Riebau ..........,.,....,.........,................. Composing Editor Helen Schlereth ......,,...,.,.... Associate Composing Editor Dolores Canosa, Charles Carter, Madeline Cavoli, Mary Egan, Chester Ferguson, Anna Marie Frees, Gilbert Laclair, Bob Leibrnan, Phyllis Osgyani AIDS Gloria Beck, Sophie Beliakow, Alice Canfield, Ethel Connolly, lean Cornelius, Lorraine Garzina, Rose Giglio, Edith Holland, Anne Labianca, Rosalie Seizinger, Dorothy Schroeder, lean Stocker, Warren Story ART Mary Ann Wackenhutt, Nicholas Carlucci, Ieanne Esposito, Salvatore LiPu1'na, Fred Cook, Virginia Yarkin, Sam Vizza, Mildred Holt, Philip Fusco, Mary Damiano, Margaret Francis, Fred Salchli, Teresa Trasco, Fred Zinna, Beverly Connor PHOTOGRAPHY Rodney DiGirolano, Donald Gucker FACULTY Literary .,......... .,.,......,... M r. Edward I. Clarke Art ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,, ..,,..,..... M r. Robert Goldfield Photography .........,... .,...,...,.,., M r. Richard Blazei

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X X f ' i i 12+ X f .,f?q K I xx N SQ XSS X. R 1 MANY YEARS ago an American writer of distinction thought it necessary to note the condescension of certain foreigners with respect to our land, our people, our institutions. Today unfortunately that Writer, were he still alive, might find no less reason to comment upon the attitude of certain influential Americans who in their enthusiasm for the real or fancied suc- cess of foreign experiments seem to look upon the things and persons and ideals about them in a manner that is always belittling . These very vocal critics see next to nothing at home that they regard with satisfaction and, in defiance of Washington's manly counsel, they are ever eager in the realm of ideas to quit their own to stand upon foreign ground . While one cannot but pity the distorted vision and the perverted sense of values of these easily won propagandists for ideas and measures sin- gularly lacking in appeal to most Americans, the prestige of their position in our national life often commands for their views a respect that they otherwise would lack. They profess to set very little value upon our tradi- tional freedoms, of which they make abundant use, as they utter the cheap sneer that you cannot eat the bill of rights . We must not permit, however, any pardonctble resentment that we may feel over the endless fault-finding of these partisan critics to blind us to the need of correcting those abuses or injustices that are unhappily never far to seek under any system. We shall turn to advantage, let us hope, suggestions from any source that appear to offer help toward adapting. our living constitution to the new demands of the new problems of a new age. At the same time, we shall never share, if we are wise, the stupid eager- ness with which these tireless critics would trade the dearly bought liberty that we prize and enjoy for the security that they worship,-a security of contented slaves. lt is devoutly to be wished that our latest group of graduates have won through their schooling a clear and broad vision of the spiritual advantages that are theirs as sharers in our American heritage of freedom under law. May they assume in a spirit of humble gratitude the respon- sibilities that go with these blessings in these tragic days. May they find in answer to the demands of these challenging times a formula of balanced civic liberty and economic security that will ensure life-long happiness and the opportunity of helpful service to those less fortunate. But, as they seek to secure the realities behind such phrases as the right to work and freedom from want , let them give no encouragement to the critics who would belittle those older and no less fundamental rights and freedoms bequeathed to us by earlier generations of Americans. Let them understand that there is no necessary conflict here.

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ifffg-2-E 6222? -E 5: Q' 'Q i'-if-f'ES4 To Robert Frost . . . Who sings of the soil cmd elemental things To Stephen Vincent Benet . . . Who liked to curl his tongue around American names To Carl Sandburg . . . Whose rough, masculine poetry only halt succeeds in hiding his tender heart. To Emily Dickinson . . . The irreducible poet To Edna St. Vincent Millay . . Who was born again To Ioyce Kilmer . . . Who saw God in a tree To Walt Whitman . . . Who loved his fellowmen, almost too much To all poets, known and unknown Who, for a brief moment, help us see more clearly the beauty oi everyday life, we dedicate our Senior Clipper. If- '1 f'gl 7.t , ,jf T.. 'Fl Medalist '45