New Dorp High School - Argonaut Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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! Diane Ordes, Marietta Corso, Louis Palladino, Jay Strausser and Elaine Newman, members of ARISTA, at work in the office of the Staten Island Tuberculosis and Health Center, St. George, Staten Island. Mrs. Winsch distributes seals to Charles Di Giacomo, George Harshberger, Audrey Johnston, Judith Powers, Louis Ghibaudo, and Marie Pasculli. Fixing the New Box for Mail are Marie Trapani, Gail Tedesco, William Sharpley, Nat Goren, Pat Roughan, and Joanne Rizzo. Marion Fiorello, Barbara Kivlehan, Philip Corso, Margo Binsack, and Monica Golia oct as library proctors during mid-term examinations. 14 Kala Kagatha reflects the scnoifmsnupi cHARActER1 snavice Zealous campaigners tor the Tuberculosis Drive and postmen at Christmas time have been recruited trom Arista ranlis. The tutoring that has boosted many a student over the Regents hurdles is con- ducted by Arista members. Arista, a city wide honor society with chapters in all New Yorlc City . x in s ss. MQ' J AQ,-4

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Diane Ordes represents New Dorp at the American Legion Oratorical Contest, held in the fall term in the New Dorp High School Auditorium. Diane placed third. 7 Z Inspired by the democratic torm ot government. as personitied by the General Organization, the New Dorp student body engages actively in varied civic minded activities. Louis Palladino, chairman of English 67, leads the discussion on the qualifications desired in the student who will be voted the winner of the Theodore Roosevelt Medal in October. Members of English Ill and 6 classes voted. At an assembly following the election, Miss Mary C. McGinnis presents the Medal to Jay Strausser, latest of a long line of carefully chosen recipients of the honor. our BES?I1GVfF0R?EAiE is UN PLUS YOU 1- Philip Corso, one of the boys chosen as delegates to Empire Boys' State, acquaints the assembly with his experiences there. Leslie Bellows, William Sharpley, Miss Mary C. McGinnis, Ray- mond Long, and Lawrence Johansen are the sharers of this experience. New Dorp's Town Hall of the Air presents a forum during United Nations Week: Nancy Dorner, Lawrence Johansen, Beth TraHord, William Sharpley, Jane Ryan, Diane Ordes, and Sal Scuderi participate.

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Aristcfs interest in the humanities.. high schools. selects a mere two and one-halt per cent ot our student body to pertorm the above mentioned tasks. Semi-annually the Arista conducts an assembly. to honor its newly elected members. Atter the in- spiration ot a guest speaker and ot a candle-lighting ceremony, the group conducts a theatre and dinner party, this year to The King And l and Caesar and Cleopatra. Elizabeth Trafford newly elected Arista member lghts the candle for service in the fall term during the tradi tional candlelight service Gail Mulcahy, Fall Girl Leader, presents an Honorary Arista Membership to the guest speaker Dr. Jay T. Wright, Educational Director of the New York Region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews Miss Mary C. McGinnis, Dr. Wright, Gail Mulcahy and John Pitarresi, Fall Boy Leader, listen to the musical portion of the Arista assembly program. Julienne Le Bras, Margaret Pellicani, Joseph Coccoli, June Groves, and Cynthia Scaiano, with Leslie Bellows, Lawrence Johansen, Ray Long, standing, check newspapers and telephone directories to select a restaurant for their Arista dinner.