Levittown Memorial High School - Echoes Yearbook (Levittown, NY)

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MESSAGE FOR THE LEVITTOWN MEMORIAL YEARBOOK As our nation was carved out of wilderness of North America, the symbol of progress could be observed by the building to be seen in the cities and on the farms, on the shores and in the highlands. Yet, the construction by men and materials merely represented the efforts of dedicated people to building an ideal. They were building a land of freedom and human dignity for themselves and the genera- tions to come. As auditoriums, printing plants, and houses of worship emerged on the horizon across the length and breadth of the country, as living proof of man’s desire for freedom to speak his thoughts, to write that which he be- lieved and to pray according to his dictates, one sees that the building of creative and imaginative minds in- spired this progress. The trowel and mortar merely implemented the desire; the saw and the log only under- scored the idea. These lofty ideas and ideals, these worthy desires and objectives, are fashioned by educated minds in healthy bodies. They are the fundamental tools which produce all that follows. Mortar turns rock-like unless some thought is given to its final form and shape and human energy fulfills the plan; a log may rot unless thought has been given to its utilization as a finished board, and only after individual initiative makes the thought a reality. Your education should have provided you with the basic tools with which to build better lives for your- selves, better communities for your neighbors, a better nation for all citizens and a better world for the future. You are the builders of a better tomorrow. Louis Blumberg Superintendent oj Schools 8

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: L-R: Mr. Harold WoodhuU, Mr. Eli H. Mellan, Mr. Robert Hoshino, Mr. Salvatore Gangi, Mr. Victor Buck, and Mr. Frank Wallace. The responsibility of a member of the Board of Education of District No. 5 is a burdensome one. We admire the dedication of these individuals who strive to improve the educational standards of the Com- munity. 9