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

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languages Fi' DR- PIZZINGER MR. AMATRIAIN Chairman 2 Y S1 as a- . , Miss JURAN ,f'6,'fN'2::g , are '12 .1 , 4 , .Max L if 'ti' il , .E .V Mas. Lsvov 11.5 X MRS. RISKIN va - g 12. 1:-r ,,,. W xv 'il' DR. SAMUELS MR, RlTACClO Language is more fhan iusf verbal communication, if represenfs an enfire people-fheir way of life, and fheir confribufions +0 Civili- zafion. In fhis manner, each language is a sign posf and a means of confacf wifh a new world. We are sfrangers fo fhis world if our knowledge of ifs culfure is resfricfed fo franslafionsq a simple example of fhis is fhe facf fhaf an idiom peculiar fo one fongue cannof be exacfly reproduced in anofher. To one who has never heard fhe expression. if will, of course. malce no sense af all. Alice found herself in a similar posifion upon firsf hearing fhe words of Carroll's famous Jabberwoclcy poem. Affer her inifial bewildermenf fhey seemed so ridiculous, fhaf she found if difficulf fo resfrain her laughfer. However, if is possible fhaf fhe aufhor infended fo provoke more fhan iusf amusemenf--perhaps a parallel can be drawn in our failure fo respecf fhe iabberwoclcy of currenf immigranf groups, or on a larger scale, reconcile our differences af fhe Geneva summif conference. Having had fhe opporfunify fo explore differenf culfures in our language classes. we are now much beffer equipped fo cope wifh fhe challenge which human relafions always presenf, whelher on a local or infernafional level.

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forum club Today when sTress on science and Tec seriously compeTes wiTh inTeresT in The hu and human relaTlons an organlzahon which To promoTe an undersTandlng of oTher nahons an nnsughT inTo The currenT poliTical or social problems is making a valuable conTribuTion To socieTy The Forum Club a group which has This end as :Ts goal TuncTions Through discussion and debaTe. Topics such as SEGREGRATION THE MIDDLE EAST and CAPITOL PUNISHMENT are among Those analyzed by iTs members. Thus This orqanizaTion aTTempTs To balance Todays Technically inclined civilizaTion and helps To mold a well-inTormed and culTured individual. FORUM CLUB DEBATTNG SOCIETY l debating

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a message from the chairman WiTh The inauguraTion of The Teaching of Russian and German This Tall, The Long Beach High School oTTers iTs sTudenT body a choice of seven of The world's chief languages. The oTher Tive include French, Spanish, lTalian, LaTin and Hebrew. TwenTy-Three sTudenTs are now sTudying Russian, and sixTy are enrolled in The Two beginning German classes. In his earnesT desire To encourage The beTTer sTudenTs To conTinue Their sTudy oT a foreign language ThroughouT Their high school career, The Principal of The High School, Mr. Joseph Borzilleri, esTablished TourTh year classes in French. Spanish, LaTin, and Hebrew a few years ago. AddiTional TourTh year classes will be oTTered wiThin The nexT Tew years Tor The oTher languages recenTly included in The curriculum. For The pasT many years The various Foreign Language Honor SocieTies aT The school have given The sTudenTs The opporTuniTy To express Themselves creaTively ouTside of The regular classroom procedure. ln addiTion To The culTural and social values oTiered by These Honor SocieTies, The sTudenTs are kepT in consTanT Touch wiTh The besT vocaTional and occupaTional opporTuniTies by The High School's Guidance DeparTmenT. hebrew Unlike mosT languages, Hebrew is boTh classic and modern, IT ' combines The TradiTions of The pasT lT has been a medium oi hisTory over several Thousand years and iT is now a naTive Tongue Tor a modern naTion. There is beauTy in The words . . . simpliciTy in The phrases . . . sTrong images in iTs poeTry . . . sincere emoTion in iTs prose. IT has survived The decay of civiIizaTions and iT has enriched The lives of The culTure. undersTanding and speaking iTs Tongue. More Than This, Hebrew has imbibed scholars and high school sTudenTs alike wiTh a deep love and respecT Tor knowledge. 23 HEBREW HQNQR SQCIETY and The innovaTions of The presenT. l I I - f . ran-mv'