Long Island City High School - Plaza Yearbook (Long Island City, NY)

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I feel that youth today have had the advantage of an affluent society, and that it is only the minority who have indicated a sense of rebellion. I feel those without responsibility to parents and the communi- ties will modify their rebellious attitude with increased maturity as they assume, for one, family respon- sibilities. %, %, Tfy I do not see any contradiction between a student who strives for high marks and a student who is seek- ing the best of education. riethmg sychol- lember Jepies- ■ration, k back Is and I, rt. You inning limit inding ling a Some The perfect senior is one who is working as hard as his ability permits, and has been doing so all his stay at L.I.C. He should be a person who is thoughtful where his fellow students are concerned, who is co- operative with teachers and one who has participated in the extra-curricular activities in the school. V 7- Of f V v x 3 to be ;hool. Students should try to read as widely as possible n order to improve themselves and gain cultural jackground. Of

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November 30, 1966 PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE Dear Graduates, Each generation of high school graduates seems to have something distinctive about it. My own generation was marked by a depression psychol- ogy. I was graduated from high school in 1932. You don ' t have to remember much economics to recall that this was the year in which the Great Depres- sion was at its height (or should I say depth). Graduates of my generation, even during the two post World War II decades of prosperity, still think back to those depression days. We find it difficult to get used to high rents and high prices, typical these days, even though our incomes have soared. Your generation, the class of 1967, is a forward looking generation. You are ascending a ladder that reaches to the moon. You are at the beginning of a period of space exploration when the expression the sky is the limit is musty with age. In selecting ladders for the theme of your yearbook you are looking not only forward but upward. You are too sophisticated a group to need reminding that you are nowhere near the top of your personal ladder. Yet, in winning a high school diploma, you have shown a capacity for getting things done. Some of you have reasons for feeling proud of your record at L.I.C. Others, on reflec- tion, may feel that you might have achieved more. This is a healthy feeling. It is the kind of feeling that holds the promise that you will be moving up the ladder. Even if you have to step down a rung or two on your upward climb, it is the capacity for self-criticism that can move you closer to the top. I have been on something of a ladder myself since 1932. And I am glad that the rung reached (the top, insofar as I am concerned) permits me to be your principal during this happy year of your graduation from high school. My best wishes for a successful climb go with you. Sincerely, J«J« «ja J 5 . « ; j$c c T2A7

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