Mattituck High School - Reflector Yearbook (Mattituck, NY)

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TE OLIDE C O TOTE The theme of our 1962 yearbook is “Ye Olde Court”. We will take a look into the educational practices of the medieval days, and then frankly tell by pictures and words the story of our own twentieth century education. In the days of “Ye Olde Court”, education was not highly advanced. The only men who re- ceived any sort of education were the very rich or men entering the monasteries. The world’s library was small, and the only way that the great works of the early Greek and Roman schol- ars could be preserved was by the hand copying of them by the monks. This took years, and be- cause of the shortage of books, few people were educated. However, some of the great kings of this time, like Alfred the Great of England and Charlemagne of France, realized the need for education, and they set up schools in their castles. The great scholars of the day were em- ployed to teach in these schools. The members of the kings’ court were now offered an education. The start of these kings towards education, laid the foundation for the development of it. Our system of education has come a great way since then, and everyone now is offered an edu- cation. Students are given a chance to enlighten their minds with the enormous library of books collected down through the ages of man. A per- son’s education can be advanced as far as he wishes, in the many great schools of the world. Education has progressed a great deal, but the basic steps of early education are still followed. The “education pyramid” has advanced upward, built only on a sound, sure base. REFLECTOR

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Perhaps one of the strongest words in the language of man- kind is faithfulness. This word typifies the nature and character of the man to whom we unhesitatingly dedicate our book, Mr. Norman J. Seaver. The teacher approaches the mastery of his art when he is able to impart of himself unselfish service to the profit of his pupils. No teacher becomes a true master of his art, however, unless, with this rare talent, he has cultivated wis- dom, efficiency, insight and the ability to understand the diffi- culties that those he teaches can face during the process of their learning. How gracious is the humanness of Mr. Seaver’s in-the- class attitude; there is no touch of the professional pedagogue about him, but rather he is naively human and sympathetic toward student problems. What a privilege it becomes to sit at the feet of a man whose only ambition has been to give un- interrupted and unselfish service for the sake of this school and for the lives of those students who have passed through her corridors in quest of wisdom, knowledge, and a full life.