Nyack High School - Tower Yearbook (Nyack, NY)

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fl QTQJJ 'lbw' As the Romans and Greeks of old found in exploring the unknown, so we hope to End adventure in exploring the new world which lies before us. During our past years at Nyack High School we have received the knowledge and guidance necessary to prepare us for this journey. In this year of 1955 we invite you to travel with us into the realm of mythology. On the following pages we shall see somc of the similarities between our school life and the days of myths and legends. Q I 'Q bq'SLmGDfs M l l li l ll i 4 .A l lx il in il Ali

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DEDTCATTON STANTON CALLAHAN To the man who has helped so many of us to en- joy our journeys into the past and to be prepared for our journey into the future, we, the class of 1953, dedicate our TOWER. Stanton Callahan, who has taught in private and public schools. since 1932, has been pouring ger- unds and gerundives into the receptive minds of Nyack Latin students for the past seven years. According to Mr. Callahan, empty barrels that make the most noise fill up most of his Latin classes. Besides the time he spends in his famous ninth periods, he is Latin Club advisor and chap- erone on school trips such as Jive Tribe buses. When he first came to Nyack, he was assistant soc- cer coach. Born in Yonkers, he attended Manhattan Col- lege and then took his M.A. at Columbia. While in college he participated in tennis, baseball, soc- cer, boxing, and broke his wrist playing volleyball. He remembers with delight a sociology course where the professor frequently neglected the dis- missal bell. To overcome this obstacle the students purchased two alarm clocks, which they conven- iently set at live minute intervals after the bell had rung, to offer a subtle reminder. The professor, however, ignored all interruptions and continued to lecture two hours longer. Summers Mr. Callahan does surveying and has helped map such roads as the Saw Mill River Park- way in Westchester County and the New York State Thruway. He enjoys, hshing and traveling. So far his journeys have led him through Canada and the Mid-West. His other major interest and occupation is his family. Tim nearly three, Mike, six, john, nine, Gail, fourteen, and Richard, seventeen are enough to keep him busy. The devoted members of Mr. Callahan's Latin classes will refer to him by his nickname Caesar, but we shall all remember him as the fine qua non to our school life.