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

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OBERT KELLY, publisher of the Arima since its inception, died at the age of fifty- eight early this year. Born in Chicago, Mr. Kelly grew up in Ohio, and received his bachelor's degree from New York University. His com- panies, the Robert W. Kelly Publishing Co. and the Hampshire Engraving Co., have been publish- ing programs and yearbooks for over thirty years. Although Mr. Kelly printed programs for schools such as Harvard, Yale, West Point, and New York University, he especially enjoyed working with the high school books. Great Neck North students who had the privilege of working with him remember the experience with great warmth, David Ben- jamin, the editor-in-chief of Amie: 1962, was moved to write this tribute to Mr. Kelly, which we feel expresses the spirit of working with himg In all senses of the word, Robert Kelly was a colossal man. His mere physical presence was overwhelming. Although a highly Celebrated figure in the publishing world, he had a unique MR. ROBERT W. KELLY gift of humility and directness which enabled him to communicate with high school students on an excitingly personal relationship. He stimulated our ideas without either Hourish- ing or submerging his own. Inspiration seemed his constant companion, under his artful touch, editors' whims were transformed into striking realities. Yet behind this prestidigitation, there lay ceaseless hard work, for Mr. Kelly was a pains- taking perfectionist. He took great personal pride in Arirtfzg and regardless of a staggering am0l1l1f of obligations, he always found some extra time for polishing our dummy. Mr, Kelly once remarked. only half-humor- ously, that the greatest, if least appreciated. servife of the Arixffz was as a practical education WY those who worked on it. lt was characteristic that he overlooked the fact that the most inspifllltf part of this education was experiencing the in- genuity, the creativity, and the patience Ol' Sllfh a man as himself.

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DEDICA TI ON FTER thirty-four years in our school system, john Daly, the prin- cipal of Great Neck North for the last five years, has mixed feelings about retiring. All of us know him as a kind but firm admini- strator, those of us who have worked with him know him as a dedi- cated, sympathetic man with a keen sense of humor. Mr. Dalyis intense interest in athletics dates back to his high school years in Massachusetts, where he also attended the State Teachers College. Mr. Daly began his professional career in Warren, Massa- chusetts, teaching mechanical drawing, woodworking, and mathematics. The basketball and baseball teams he coached won their divisional championships. In 1931 Mr. Daly relinquished his ideas of a coaching career to accept a position teaching industrial arts in the Great Neck school system. In addition to his heavy program in and out of school, he continued his education, taking his Masters at New York Univer- sity and more graduate work at Columbia. Between 1933 and 1955 Mr. Daly was an active athletics official, especially in football, and at one time he was president of the Long Island Association of Football Officials. In 1938, when the school administration consisted of a prin- cipal, a Boys' Dean, and a Girls' Dean, Mr. Daly was appointed the Dean of Boys. In 1949 he was made an Assistant Principal. Mr. Daly has a right to claim many accomplishments in the field of education. He helped initiate and direct the successful Great Neck program of Adult Education. He was also instrumental in forming the Long Island chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, an educational fraternity for research. In 1950 he was their first treasurer, in 1952 their second president. For the past three years he has been a member of the Nassau County Athletic Council, and the treasurer for two. -In 1952 Mr. Daly began to experiment with automatic program scheduling. Now an advisor to the Automatic Program Scheduling Company, he has watched the number of schools participating in this program increase each year. Although he had planned to work with this company on retirement in 1966, the sudden death of the com- pany's president has forced Mr. Daly to advance his retirement date one year. Having observed the Great Neck secondary school system grow from one school to four, he feels an overwhelming sense of loss in detaching himself. We, the students and faculty, also feel a sin- cere loss in seeing him go. 5

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i him in an Jrish- emed ouch, i king there ains- pride ount time mor- rvice for that irirlg . in- such MR. MILTON C. MEYERS N 1929 Great Neck was a haven of winding tree-lined streets where lived many prominent leaders, interested in nourshing the spirit of fine public education. It was then that Milton Meyers, from Lynbrook and Flushing and educated at N. Y. U. and Columbia, came to this high school to teach. He taught history in the building which then held seven hundred students Cgrades seven- twelve combinedj. From the tranquil community of the past, to the bustling one of today, Mr. Meyers has always admired the students he has taught, and always enjoyed working with them and the faculty. He speaks of Great Neck as an attrac- tive community with a highly respected school system, and a tradition of turnover. With this turnover came a growing recognition of the im- portance of education and advancement, which he cites as one of the enviable qualities of teachi ing here. Always active and interested, Mr. Meyers was the man who opened assemblies, planned school events, tended to sundry behind-the-scene func- tions as. assistant principal, as well as teaching his social studies class. At flrst he taught history and worked with the G. O., helped produce the school variety shows, and assisted in coaching the foot- ball team. When the high school was divided, he coordinated student activity between the North and South schools. Mr. Meyers, more than any- one else, helped develop the Senior Prom. And he has always been the dedicated and interested teacher, with the wry sense of humor that his students remember. All who have come into contact with him possess a genuine respect for his knowledge, skill, devotion, and interest. All are sorry to have North say good-bye to a man of his caliber. As he departs with Mrs. Meyers at the close of school for a trip around the world, we wish him health and happiness, and bid him a fond fare- well.