Miller Great Neck North High School - Arista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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Preface HE history of civilization, as Charles A, Beard says, if intelligently conceived. may be an instrument of civilization. So may the history of a school life, if properly executed, be an aid to the student as he passes from youth to manhood. The purpose of the editors in compiling this book, therefore, is not merely to create a medium through which the memories of an almost forgotten youth may be recalled, but to symbolize a certain coming to maturity in the lives of those who are now bidding farewell to their high school. The student is often inclined to belittle the importance of his graduation from high school. This should be one of the two greatest events in his life. A human lives but twice-once in his youth, again in his manhood. Commence- ment is the culmination of the first life and the beginning of the new. It should be a time of joy, of pride. The annual not only should bring to him a realization of the greatness of this moment, but it should be an aid to him as he passes from this,'his first life, into the next, his final. H VVhen, in later years, he glances over the following pages, let him penetrate their gilted praises, let him remember the truer life he led, with its multifold mistakes. He should use these errors of his youth as guides for future action. Thus, by recalling the memories of his boyhood, with its blunders, the annual may give new direction to self-criticism and creative energy, and help in establishing the sovereignty of high plan, design, and ideal. lt is with this purpose in mind that the editors have compiled The Jrisra. -BERT LINDER. IX

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The Patrons HE Arista Board acknowledges with gratitude its debt to the following donors whose generosity has so largely made possible the publication of this book NIR. EDWARD E. ALKER MR. I. H. BANDER MR. AND MRS. W. S. BARSTOW MR. BENNETT BOSKEY MR. AND MRS. FRANK A. BOWER MR. RICHARD N. L. CHURCH MR. AND MRS. H. L. CRYSTAL MR AND MRS. DEUPREE J. FRIEDELL MR. AND MRS. J. HASKELL MRS. NATHAN S. JONAS MR. AND MRS. ALBERT A. LINDER MR. AND MRS. JOHN MANGE MR AND MRS. M. H. NIINKIN MR EGBERT MOXHAM MR FREDERICK W. RITTER MR. H. F. SINCLAIR MR. HARRY HALE SMITH MRS. JAMES E. UNDERWOOD X