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

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has been an adviser on the Clipper for 15 years and has found his associa- tion with people on the Clipper very gratifying and stimulating to him as a teacher. He feels it is a real pleasure to have worked with so many boys and girls in publication work over the years. Mr. Clarke likes the way the school is run and the atmosphere in the school. He is very happy to be a faculty mem- ber of Iohn Adams and he feels as if this is his second home. The second person we would like to interview is Mrs. Maxine Stem, the faculty adviser of the Campus. Mrs. Stem was born in New York City. She attended Iohn Adams, received her B.A. from Queens College and her M.A. from Teachers College at Columbia University. Mrs. Stem taught in an ele- mentary school in Brooklyn and then came to Adams. Her favorite sports are tennis and baseball. Her favorite ball team is the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mrs. Stem likes traveling, and has seen much of the United States. She would like to see the rest of the world some day. She also likes foreign films, read- ing, listening to all kinds of music. driving a car, and taking long walks. Her pet peeve is holding the door open and then having the other person leave her with the door in hmid. She also dis- likes discourteous drivers on the road. Her chief hobby is reading. Her favor- ite performers are Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx, and Ray Bolger on television. The first thing Mrs. Stem looks at a menu for is whipped cream desserts. mid won't turn down a good steak or roast chicken. She always wanted to be a teacher. Her ambitions are to play the piano for her own pleasure and for the pleasure of those immedi- ately around her, and to own a good radio-phonograph and a record col- lection. She would like to be fluent in French and Spanish, and to have the time to read half the things she would like to. The attitude of students means a lot in the classroom-if they are earnest, make an effort, and want to cooperate. That means more than if they are able to grasp the work. She dislikes the student who hands copy in after the deadline mid comes in the next day and asks what is to be done. Mrs. Stern has been the adviser of the Campus for almost five years. The only regrets being an English time she teacher is when she is swamped with papers to mark. The art Clipper and Campus is Mr. Robert Steed. He was born in New Iersey. He has attended New York University, State Teachers' College in Buffalo, Art Students League, National Academy of Design, and Cape Cod School of Paint- ing. He was always interested in art and it is his main hobby. He also likes ice skating and tennis. His favorite museum is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Steed's favorite performers are Aline MacMahone, Ethel Barrymore, L i o n e l Barrymore, mid Frederick March. He eats everything under the sun from octopus to squid. Mr. Steed has been in lndia and thinks that the people are friendly, warmhearted, beautiful to look at, like people all over the world, and generous. The country has exotic color mid is roman- tic in architecture. His favorite gripe is the motorcycle jackets or l'Marlon Brando jackets. faculty adviser of both the The photography adviser of both the Clipper and Campus is Mr. Richard Blazej. He was born in New York and he received his degree from Columbia University. He always wanted to be a teacher of math and has always been interested in photography. He enjoys walking outdoors and books on travel. His favorite food is broiled lobster. He is married, has two children and three grandchildren. He dislikes chewing gum. He lives in Canada in the sum- mer. Between Toronto and North Bay is where Mr. Blazej makes his sum- mer home. Well, here they are. The little inti- mate facts about our faculty advisers of the publications. We hope you en- joyed their likes, dislikes and ambitions. Why don't you get to know them? Nine

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BEHIND THE SCENES Selma German Helen Kvstenbaum Eight IN THIS issue of the Clipper, We would like to introduce to you the people behind the school publications. Mr. E. I. Clarke, the faculty adviser of the Clipper, is the first on our list. Mr. Clarke was born in Brooklyn. He was graduated from St. Francis Prep and received his B.A. from St. Francis College and his M.A. from Fordham University. He got the idea that he wanted to be a teacher when he was in college. He taught at Bishop Lough- lin Memorial High School and Brooklyn College in both the evening and sum- mer sessions. In 1938. he came to Adams. Mr. Clarke enjoys good con- versation cmd good books of which he has read many. He is very fond of paintings especially in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Art Gallery in Washington. He likes every member of the Clipper staff past and present. His hobbies are raising his family, doing some painting, and writ- ing. Mr. C1arke's favorite performers are Helen Hayes, Katherine Cornell. Katherine Hepburn, Walter Hampden, Iose Ferrar, Greer Garson, and Debo- rah Kerr. His favorite foods include apple pie, rice pudding and home- made chocolate layer cake. 'Soccer and boxing are among his favorite sports. Mr. Clarke dislikes students who give lame duck excuses for not handing in their homework. He thinks that 3-D. Cinemascope and the other new in- ventions are too exaggerated and pro- vide an excuse for not giving much of a story. He feels that there is too much overemphasis on spectacles, tricks, and gadgets. Mr. Clarke still thinks that in a movie a good story is needed. His ambition is to play the piano better than he does at present. Mr. Clarke has three children, two girls and one boy. His older daughter is graduating next term from Queens College and is planning to be a high school English teacher. His other daughter is attend- ing Mary Louis Academy and his son is going to St. Iohns Prep. Mr. Clarke lives in Hollis and is interested in the possibilities of writing for television. He

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