Oceanside High School - Spindrift Yearbook (Oceanside, NY)

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Research Department Oliver Wendell Holmes once said that the human mind is like a checking account. As long as you keep putting money in the bank, your checkbook is the most wonderful book in the world. Dip your pen in the ink, make a few flourishes, and you may have all that your heart desires. Rut once you stop making deposits the magic evaporates. Education is the guarantee against intellectual bankruptcy. Ideas rule the world or lead it to chaos. The good life makes tremendous demands upon the world supply of trained minds, soOceanside continues her oldest business, Education. Our scientific world of today requires many people who understand the composition of the earth, the air, and the water. They must know first, how to analyze and second, how to synthesize the abundant materials that make up our physical nd atmospheric environment. Whether we are to become professional mathematicians and scientists or not, we all live in an age in which a certain amount of this information is necessary. To safe-guard our lives we have to be familiar with the physical laws that govern electricity, certain protective devices to check common-occurrence mishaps, general nutrient information which will make our food habits healthy ones, and finally, we must have that certain degree of scientific knowledge which will enable us to better perform our daily work, for science enters into all phases of living. In the past, men of science did not always have to possess the knowledge that they so earnestly desired. However, we of today find the door to scientific knowledge left wide open, and here in Ocean-side, as well, we need only the desire in order to enter. Our Oceanside Plant provides us with laboratories, equipment, and tool subjects needed to acquire scientific knowledge essential to life today. Waiting for the result in a physic experiment. Ge ot%t 18

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FOREMEN While our Plant forerren are primarily concerned with imparting specific information and the nurturing and developing of those important intangibles in us, they are also interested in their own cultural advancement. Most of them take courses in the nearby colleges and universities, and all avail themselves of the opportunities offered by the city of New York. They contribute, alongwith the faculties of the other schools in the system, to the Bed Cross, Boy and Girl Scouts, Needle Work Guild, Oceanside Library, Youth Center. They are members of the National Education Association, New York State Education,Oceanside Junior- Senior P.T. A. ,H.S. Faculty Club, the Nassau County Classroom Teachers' Association. They are active in their respective subject associations in the county. Mr. Pearson English is his domain... is an avid reader and tries to broaden his pupils' horizons through books.... up on everything...gives sound advice.......natural humorist Miss Pederson Tall and blond...very informal and pleasant...sweet and lovely...makes Junior history very interesting... has an understanding nature . .subscribes to ‘Seventeen ..Nordic features. Mr. Pieper Biology and physics instructor ... possesses a dry humor..laughing eyes..this genial fellow can always be found snapping pictures... good sport-----Latin pre- viously was his subject. Miss Papp Lots of fun..very friendly. .mathematics instructor ...pet peeve is hearing the word transpore ‘.....good sport... trains the mathematical whirs of O.H.S... Advisor of Math Club. Miss Raynor Spanish instructor...... sympathetic .. .can always be counted on for help...very thorough and exact...quiet disposition...largely responsible for success of the Service Club. Miss Sanger Charm and friendliness make our art teacher nice to know.. .clever, she makes many of her own earrings... always has a million things to do yet even when things go wrong she can laugh. Mrs. Short Keeper of the ‘peaceful cafeteria homeroom...regular friend...versed on the subjects of l.atin and geometry.. .pleasant and talkative... good sense of humor. ..pleasant and busy. Mrs. .Smith .School nurse is this sweet and gracious lady. Success in keeping Miss Measles and Mr. Scarlet Fever from the threshold of Oceanside High is a result of her efforts. -Interesting conversationalist. Mr. Sodemann Ckir new basketball coach and gym instructor...very easy going and friendly... will do anything for you... likes almost all sports that you can name... is a great family man. Miss Sullivan New at O.H.S....dramatic coach and teacher of Junior English and speech...small and forceful..genial..very much interested in drama... a great helper in plays that the students put on. Miss Sullivan Genial...tall anddark... a cheery smile for all... knows the answers to anything pertaining to salesmanship, typewriting .shorthand or business management ...helping hand to all. Miss Vollmer Teacher of junior health ... kindly..sweet personality; ..fair features... jolly laugh...shows an interest in her students ...a source of wise advice. Mrs. Heinley Here’s the teacher that shows the Seniors the a,b, c s of writing good compositions.. .Broadway calls as she dramatically plays the ‘Three Witches in Macbeth'. Both dynamic and witty.

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THE LIBERAL ARTS SCIENCES Ruth shows then how in Latin III class minus Mrs. Short. The great war from which we are emerging was not caused by a lack of scientific facts, or lack of production or men to produce, or to poor workmen in the various occupations. It was due to the lack of understanding in mankind of the basic principles of life. What makes life worthwhile? Individuals have found the answer thousands of times in every century, in lands all over the world, but so far we have not been able to unify our thinking sufficiently to form policies to determine action. We need to continue our search for the unity of idea and action that will make possible the good life for all. We must return with renewed vigor to the study of LIFE through the medium of literature--our own and others; through the study of events of our own times and other times. Fecause we and our institutions are the result of all that has gone before, we cannot solve our problems or prevent future disasters without a knowledge and understanding of actions and events long since passed. To sweep aside the confusions of the present day, we must remove, at least partially, the barriers of language. Words are but symbols of ideas and we must delve beneath the surface of meaning. We must not fear other men or other nations, because we do not understand the words they use. Miss Moe ler settles s problem in senior history 19