Palm Beach Private School - Islander Yearbook (Palm Beach, FL)

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THE IIEADMASTEITS MESSAGE: The message from the I-leadmaster that is traditionally found in yearbooks is never a simple thing to write, and this year in particular I find it a somewhat difficult task. I shall be leaving Palm Beach Private on July lst, and this message therefore becomes one of farewell. After twelve years of association with the School, it is not easy to say goodbye. Perhaps I can best begin by expressing the pleasure I have derived from my work at the school during my two years as a teacher of English and Latin and my ten years as Headmaster. It has been a happy and rewarding experience, and in leaving I take with me a host of heart-warming and soul satisfying memories. It is naturally gratifying to view the growth and development of the School during the past ten years, including the increase in enrollment from 156 to 302 and the expansion of facilities through the interest and generosity of the parents. It is even more gratifying, however, to know that, through the inspiration and hard work of a dedicated faculty and staff and the enthusiasm of the student body, the high academic standards of the School have been maintained and even improved. This has been accompanied by a steady improvement in the athletic program and in the extra-curricular activities, of which The Islander is a significant part. To those of you who are leaving Palm Beach Private for prep school and college, I extend my best wishes for much happiness and success in the years ahead. It is my hope that through your academic work and your activities you will make an important contribution to the schools and colleges that have accepted you. It is also my hope that you will retain your ties with Palm Beach Private, returning to the School during your vacation periods and continuing your interest in its development during the coming years. To those of you who will be returning to the School in September, I express the hope that you will work together, with enthusiasm and seriousness of purpose, to make Palm Beach Private a school of which you, your parents, and the community can be proud. The good name of the School is in your hands. Treat it with the respect and devotion that it deserves. A word or two of congratulations should certainly go to the staff of TI-IE ISLANDEB and to Mr. Layton, their faculty advisor, for their efforts to maintain the high quality of previous yearbooks and to place this year's edition in the hands of the students before the close of the school year. And now it is time for Mrs. Niemann and myself to say goodbye - - to all those parents who have shown such a deep interest in the School and who have contributed to its growth through their generosity and their services, to all those loyal alumni and alumnae whom it has been our pleasure to greet as they returned to visit us year after yearg to the loyal and devoted members of the faculty and staff who have made our work so much easier and who are, indeed, the pillars to the Schoolg and finally to you, the students, who have filled our years in Palm Beach with a delightfully stimulating combination of enjoyment and exasperation and who, when all is said and done, will truly determine the future of the Palm Beach Private School. 5 D onald E. Niemann

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I Mr. Donald E. W. Niemann, Headmaster, with Lady Boots

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PALM BEACH PRIVATE SCHOOL BOARD OE TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Wlr Wiley R. Reynolds, Jr., President Vlr Byron L. Ramsing, First Vice President Nlrs ,I Spencer Love, Second Vice President 'Nlr O Frank Woodward, Treasurer Mr Henry F. Richardson, Jr., Secretary 'Wr A Atwater Kent, jr. Class of 1963 Mrs. Ricardo C. Gonzales Mr. Walter S. Gubelmann Mrs. P. Peter Prudden, Jr. Mr. Wiley R. Reynolds, jr. Mr. Robert L. Terry Mr. O. Frank Woodward Class of 1964 Mr. William W. Atterbury, jr. Captain Loren Fletcher Cole Mr. Amory L. Haskell Mr. Page Hufty Mr. A. Atwater Kent, Jr. Mr. Byron L. Ramsing Class of 1965 Mrs. Vincent R. Bailey Mr. .Joseph A. Frates, III Mrs. J. Spencer Love Mr- George S. Rasmussen Mr. Henry F. Richardson, jr. Mr. R. J. Wean, jr.