Mepham High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Bellmore, NY)

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jo 34650 W0l'l'lLel'5 . 'l'o these eight members goes a cheer of approval for the splendid work they have done in running so efficiently the complex machine that is lVIepham High School. On the first Monday evening of every month during the school year, a group of men and women may be found seated in the roomy leather chairs around the long table in lllr. Calhoun's office. These are the eight members of the Board of Education and their aides in the act of directing the destinies of the 1200 lylephamites, who many times are already comfortably asleep in their beds as the meetings finally adjourn. Advised by its administrative assistants, the Board of Education decides the more important questions of school policy. lt prepares a budget of suggested expenditures, later to be submitted to the taxpayers for approvalg it awards contracts when supplies are to be ordered or some project is to be completed. These services the Board renders without compensation that We may receive the benefits of a well-planned education. Kean! Wyemderd Bf'll111fn'v A1'I!'I'I'il'd' KIR. BILLINGS lXIR. HYDE IXIR. HOFRIANN KIR. REHNIS, I,l'f'XfI1't'lIf Norllz Bellmore Norlli fllerrifl' lXlR. SHORT KIR. IVES MR. SWENSUN RIR. lXflE'l'ZGER .fdclminidfrafiue .xduidfanfd MR. RIULCAHY, Counl-el MRS. BALDWIN, 7l!'t'!lSIl!'l'!' MRS. 'llRONCOSO, Clerk Sitting, left to right: Mrs. Baldwin, Mr. Reims, Mr. Mulcahy, Mrs. Tr0n:oso. Standing: Mr. Short, Mr. Ives, Mr. Billings, Mr. Swenson, Mr. Metzger, Mr. Hofmann, Mr. Hyde. ful

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jorfg ears! o .szruice Climaxing a career of forty years of public service, Mr. lNIepham this spring announced his resignation from the superintendency of District 7952, Nassau County. He was appointed to that position when it was established in 1912, and has been re- appointed every five years since then. lVIr. Mephaiti has been recognized as one of the outstanding educators in New York State, and many of the advances in education in the state and district are credited to him. lt is to his ingenuity that we owe the formation of the central high school district, for under his direction legislation was passed making possible the formation of that type of school district. The credit for popularizing the idea in Nassau County also rests with our namesake. There are at present five central high school districts in the state, three of them under lVIr. lWepham,s jurisdiction in Nassau County. The first to be organized under his supervision was Valley Stream, then Sewanhaka, and finally llc-pham High School in 1934. These central high schools are a splendid monument to hir. lWepham's long service and vision. iI2l

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N4 , 7 ' .V I 3' ff ff, ,ff V c ,fl , , X 170 fda grailafilig 664.45 0!f94f IJ:-3 ua fiR.XI7l' vrlis: l As you prepare to enter a new and most important stage of life, the entire world isi'l1:4lII'lblltll'4l in unprecedented warfare with all of its hideous and disastrous aspects. VVith even our demo- cratic form 1llgjUYl'l'l1lUCl1T threatened, a limited horizon. darkened hy clouds of confusion and un- certaintx, forhids a prediction as to what the future holds in store. XVhether you elect to follow a professional career, to take a position in the fields of trade or husiness, or to enter the service of your country, sound advice recommends the complete utilization of ahility and training that a worthfwhile contrihution to society' may result. Someone has said that success is oo'i perspiration and 1'i inspiration. Although without inspiration the rest is without tlaxor, the victory of success is more than half won when one gains the habit of work. lie it ever rememhered that a good name is rather to he chosen than great riches. The thing that counts for most in the individual, as in the nation, is character-the sum of those qualities which make a man a good man, and a woman a good woman. lfxceptional student leadership was the essential factor in the splendid record established hy the Class of 1941. The enthusiastic ellorts of class leaders LIlli4lC'1l hy an eflicient sponsor and aug- mented hy the cooperative support of class memhers, culminated in a series of remarkahle accom- plislunents-hoth academic and extra-curricular. May continued success he yours throughout the years. SiIIl'!'I'l'l-Y, SllfT!'IAT'i.ViI1g Prillrifmf U41