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

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f it N A Message from the Skipper

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hi 9 Manlfes COLUMBIA MEDALIST -wi ll pg 1948 fam., 5,-Qs FICTION ARTICLES FEATURES COLUMNS The Fighting Heart Phantom Frigate The Curse of Maligua Wet Wash Willie Ma Levy Thats Pedro' Subway Encounter A F oi angeLs S1tt1ng Pretty Pinch Hltter Why Momma? Cupid s Penny Of Gllbert and Sulllvan Seeing Red No Circus The Quest Curtain T1me All Hall Macbeth Eternal Poet Me age from the Skxpper Dedlcation Cap and Gown Senior Mentors tPhotographsJ In Memoriam Pictures Around Adams Pubhcatrons Inc fPhotographsJ Stardust Last Will and Testament Shovmg Off Senior Class Officers Senior Pictures Glearungs Brooklyn Ballads Ye terday s Beauty New Dawn Holiday T01 Lost Child This n That Watch the Blrdie' Books on Board Fashion Isle Pit n Podium O 1 POETRY Chimera .i..... A., ..,....t.....,...,,., . .1 fir' 'I in ' ' . jfs fi .

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WE .JO ccnrs n emert w en we spe k o' tn n scftcol w rk The man ho t stu ent o e er c gueen ty e d st kn tn t ea tron lS a conttnuous pr ce en er' nt se ves to pl ce proper emphasrs upon the unendtr auest for kncffledae and wtsdom We are thus rerrmded of the ns neea keepma our eyes hfted t the ever new and htgher goals o tne ar hor1zon that beckons us on At the same ttme htgh school ommencement marks the success ul c rrpletron of an tmportant stage tn our educatlonal progress As th1s part cf the school plan butlds upon th b src NO k of the prtm r chc l 1t ts rtself an mtroductlon to further edu atton We sornetrrnes call the h1an school a preparatory school or an 1ntermed1ate or mrddle sch l to emphas1ze ts funchon as the entrance to contrnued educattor Thts aadrttoral educatton may be formal 1n college or specral sch l or 1t rray tnvolve drrect entry rnto the ltfe long school of exper1ence rn wmch we are all eventually enrolled ln etther case the tmportance of domg well the preparatory work of the hrgh school staae of our educatron can hardly be stressed too much The mastery of the tools of learnrng begun wrth the three Rs tn the prrmary school s a malor responstblltty of the secondary school lvfathemahcs fore1gn languages and the sctences play thetr part here Wtth these tools the development of loglcal habtts of thought and of sound standards of Judgment takes tn rncreastngly wtde areas of knowledge The growth of mmd and character even tn the hght of modern c1ence reta1ns much of tts orrgtnal mystery but tn some strange fashron these elements go to form a body of pr1nc1ples to govern thouaht and conduct ln these tragtc tlmes thrs prtme objecttve of all educatlon has taken on rncreased stgntftcance Thts ts no placd pertod of hlstory tn whrch most men and women could pass sheltered ltves undtsturbed by war and rts attendant ev1ls As the vents of our day gallop on at break neck speed we need more than ever a ftrm hold upon a bastc frame of reference by whtch to mea ure the worth of the plans and proposals offered as the solutton of our prob lems As commencement remlnds us of the need of looktng forward, rt should serve no less to rmpress upon us the 1mportance of ustng to full advantage the opportuntty for arowth 1n destrable ways that IS offered us durma hrgh school years For many thts w1ll be a last chance for formal schoolma For every one 1l1S a crttlcal per.od of development tn htghly crtttcal trmes Let us hope that our latest group of araduates have used the1r ttme well TN - Y T' N- ' ' .1 ' - ' ' T to dee the term tr ..e c . no a t . e 5 , . . J . . . . , . . , Y .ormal cornpetro o. nrgn r o o . . . 4 sol o 'd can KCZK9 nts own the mott o. tn h ci a ., rn .t n ts my be- amnng, For he ow' a uca ' oc ss . . , , . , . , . ,. . tn wntcn each staae ends ons to mark a new DG lnntna. the word o , comm c ne. r V A ta 2 ' 1. lg A . t ' 4 . 4. . . .. co tant . , . . , ot . 4 . o . T I ' Y . , F J . . , c . wr I 4 - ' o .. . ., 4 o. , e a. ' r. f t a y s ot, c . oo 1 A o . r oo , o . , , . , . .1 ' I ' , A , . X . . . . . . , D , . , . , . . 4 F O