Long Beach High School - Echo Yearbook (Long Beach, NY)

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CREATIVE WRITING CLUB Creative writing We publish FragmenTs as we wriTe one word? as greaT wriTers buT as people more able To cope wiTh problems of IiTe rnaTurely. There is Tor us The reward oT gaining greaTer accuracy and precision as we creaTe, as Through This clariTicaTion more undersTandin of The wa in which each oT us 9 Y y direcT our TalenT and abiliTy. Many words condense To a Tew-many ThoughTs converge To a cenTral Theme. FragmenTary pieces seem suddenly parTs of a whole ... Precision ...The righT word-The phrase ThaT besT conveys To The reader our own inner ThoughTs . . . ThoughTs . . . nc' longer incoherenT . . . WriTing , . .a perspecTive . . .glance aT all manlcind.

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TIDE TIDE EDITORS 'Eg Our lives are similar To a lypewriler in lhal algeys we slrilce may nol always be The righl' ones. Thus, we find Tha? we have made misfalces or are faced wifh failure. Bul, wilhoul lhese mislorlunes, success and much valuable experi- ence would nof be ours. Such is +he case wilh The TIDE, 'rhe Long Beach l-ligh School newspaper. If is a bi-monlhly publicalion pul oul by The sfafl members in fhe inleresf of lhe school and communily. The TIDE aims To inlerprel The news of The school +o 'rhe sludenl' body and lo presenl if in an un-biased and accurale manner. Slafl members musf al all limes exemplify and abide by lhe principles of True iournalism. The TIDE is a member of The Columbia Scholaslic Press Associalion and fhe Nassau Scholasfic Press Associafion. Working hand and hand wi'rh 'rhis publicafion is The local chapler of Quill and Scroll, The lnlernalional Honorary Sociefy for high school iournalisls. All members of 'rhe TlDE sfaff musf sludy a year of journalism under Mrs. lrm Zillessen, publicalion adviser. before They can be elecled an edilorship. Thus, lhrough +his media of freedom of +he press, 'rhe school is lcepl informed on all currenl' evenls ol inleresl and imporfance. TIDE STAFF

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,xy we-W LIBRARY STAFF lmagine lhe confusion if The spoken word suddenly lorgollen, no means of communicalion lell buf lranlic panlomime. Our use of speech is a blessing which we musf use lo lhe besl possible end. To aid lhe developmenl of proper speaking, and lo leach poise ancl expression. special classes in speech and drama are available fo LBHS sfudenfs. llhose wifh almosl laulfless cliclion may join lhe pub- lic announcemenl squad.l Afler all, one musl speak clearly +o be presenled lo The queen. pooch library tall A wrillen record . ..+he dream of 'rhe firsf caveman, carving on 'rhe wall: lhe medieval monks, copying records: The invenlor of fhe lirsl prinling press: fhe oper- alor of +oday's gianf printing presses. And now a variegaled library of books is available in school. Mr. J. McDonough and Mrs. G. Hand are in charge of keeping lhe royal library upefo- dafe, books in good repair and in lhe righf place. The library sfalf aids in all Tasks from checking books oul +o pulling Them back on 'rhe proper shelf: so when our maieslies demand we know iusf where To look for 'rhose off-facls. ,J N N. Ml ,fc 3 lfl ii SPEECH CLUB i Xi. MW st