Riverhead High School - Blue Peconic Yearbook (Riverhead, NY)

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ministration BOARD OF EDUCATION L. to R.—Mr. George Hildreth, Dr. Francis Menendez, Mr. John B. Thomas, Mr. Ulick Bell, Mr. H. Dick- son Turnbull, Mrs. Amy Tooker, pres. Not pictured: Mrs. John North- ridge, who has this year replaced Mr. Hildreth. SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL John B. Thomas JUDGE GEORGE E. HILDRETH The Judge retired in June 1955 from the Board of Education after serving as a member for 36 years, 25 of them as president.

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 As this great tower is symbolic of a strong and exemplary community so, at Riverhead High School, it might stand for the fine and competent teachers who guide our educa- tion. The students regard teachers as towers to look up to for guidance and advice. Under their tutelage, they learn skills that will aid them throughout life. For instance, in their history classes, they learn the background of their country that will help them better understand the present duties they, as future voters, must realize. In English, they master fundamentals of parliamentary procedure which will be useful to them as members of various organizations. Sports- manship, taught in the gym classes, teaches them to get along with other people. An undecided future may very well be solved by seeking consultation from any of the teachers or principals. Furthermore, teachers are one group of people which has the honor of influencing the lives of young people, traveling the uneven road to adulthood. Many are the people who, looking back, can say that they owe their happiness and success in life to the inspiration or the example given them by a teacher. 9

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erA LANGUAGES Left to right, sitting: Elaine Healy, Alice Spann, Lizette Hand. Stand- ing: Morris Diamond, Sally Growall, Elsie West, Robert Stevens. OUR LIBRARIAN Delia Brown HISTORY Nathaniel Shaffran, Elizabeth M. Blue, Robert Tormey. 11