Martin Van Buren High School - Futura Yearbook (Queens Village, NY)

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' '- '-- The Human Relations Club, lust formed last year under the counsel of Mr. Widaen, has taken on new dimension this year. The first maior event promoted by the club was a school-wide election for the recip- ient of the Van Buren Brotherhood Award, given to that figure in civil rights who has done the most to initiate a feeling of harmony among men, and Theodore Bikel won. He came in early March to receive it from Steve Nagler, the club's chairman. When Mr. Widaen left Van Buren to work in the Human Relations division of the Board of Ed., Mr. Auerbach became G.O. advisor and thus became counselor to this group. Under him, the group con- tinues to send delegates to brotherhood confer- ences and forums. 1 ri-4,1

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GENERAL RGANIZATIUN t . .4 F-ff' as W- fiv' 4 1 f 5 1, 4 -, 17 ft X fi il 1 ' l l l ' 4' i A 7 W9 y l The 1963-1964 G.O. season was highlighted with several innovations. Some of the first year pro- posals were a season basketball pass which resulted in sellout games, annual dues and G.O. elections which strengthened the continuity of our student gov- ernment, and a Van Buren Brotherhood Award was given to Theodore Bikel. Perhaps more important than its physical and material accomplishments are the G.O.'s primary goals, which are to teach partic- ipation in responsible student government, to help make student extra-curricular life more attractive, and to give students experience in areas of govern- mental responsibility. Mr. Widaen left Van Buren in February to assume a position in the Human Rela- tions division of the Board of Education, and while the student government keenly felt this loss, they enjoyed resuming work under the able leadership of Mr. Auerbach. '11 e ll Q1 ...-1 V ' f f. Y jig.

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'-'l -' Currents, under the direction of Mrs. Patricia Santor, is our award-winning art and literary magazine. Each year, under the auspices of its editorial board, it has had a specific theme which is carried throughout the entire issue. This year's theme was transition and flux. Currents also sponsors a liter- ary contest each year with the winning entries optionally appearing in the forthcoming issue. The magazine is published annually and is distributed through the G.O. Store and English classes. The graduating editors of 1963-1964 were Alyson Roberts, Stev- en Glazer, Candy Garter, Michael Sie- gal, and Laura Selub, E LINE The Bee Line, under the direction of Mr. Raymond Marcus, is the Medalist winner of the Columbia Scholastic Press Award. lt is the prime function of this four page newspaper to inform the high school students of pertinent events at Van Buren while also binding the Annex to the main building. Through the years, the Bee Line and its staff of reporters have served as informants to the entire student body in the fields of sports, school functions and honors, critiques, creative writing and has voiced the opinions of the students and columnists of Van Buren. ln addition, a press release system has been organized which gives news of Van Buren's activities to community and city newspapers. This year the graduating editors were Geri Blitzman, editor-in-chief, Mark Kashen, Stuart Greene, Emily Boykoff, Ida Baron, Leonard Huber, and Seth Goldschlager.