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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Principal ' s Message Faculty Activities Sports Seniors page 3 page 8 page 10 page 48 page 70 page 88

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1967 Long Island City High School 28-01 41 Avenue Long Island City, New York Dr. Howard Hurwitz, Principal

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FOREWORD The ladder is high — The rungs grow wider, thicker, A little harder to reach With each successive effort — each neic endeavor. Once we looked upward and wondered — Then took a step. i ' otv we look downtvard and know — The ladder can he, has been, climbed. There is time now to reflect on the journey — The long, tedious, ultimately rewarding ascent upward. Hotv many of us would have fallen long ago, If not for those along the way who stood to guide and encourage Hotv many would have stumbled on the rungs If the hands strong and firm, had not reached down And gripped our own — seeing us safely onward On our steady climb. •A The journey ivas long. In the beginning — looking at the towering spiral above us — The top could hardly be seen And yet, it teas a top all of us felt we must reach. It hung above us like a dream And each of us knew The challenge it presented could not be ignored. The gift if offered was priceless. And now? Now, the final pinacle has been achieved — The guiding hands reluctantly given up — for The last rung in the ladder has been reached, The gift most valued — . finally ours. Yet, our packs must stay upon our backs, Our eyes may dtvell for just a moment on the sun, For even as our task is finished There are other ladders to be begun. And so our top becomes a bottom And our end — a neiv beginning. For a moment, our eyes again search upward, and wonder And then, firmly, we begin the climb. by Linda Ganon I