Schreiber High School - Port Light Yearbook (Port Washington, NY)

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Social Studies The time of the textbook” teacher is in the past, and the Social Studies Department especially illus- trates the new progressive methods of teaching, with the advent of several unconventional courses and topics of study. “Did Custer Die For Your Sins?”, an American History elective, explored “how the West was won, as seen through the eyes of the American Indian. Sex, Love, and Marriage and Humanistic Educa- tion, two of the wealth of free electives offered to seniors and juniors, gave students a chance to define and defend their values as members of contemporary society. Revolution, a European Culture elective, went beyond names, dates and places, exploring causes and personalities behind the well-known revo- lutions in Europe’s history. Tom Coletti: If you could feel the way that I do today, we could find a better way to get through. (T. Schmidt) Dan Biro: Green 27 slant on two. Robert Kovach: Love is a many splen- dored thing. Joan Mills: “Best be yourself, imperial, kind and true.” (Robert Browning) Sheldon Drey fuss: Never remove a fly from a friend’s head with a hatchet. (Ancient Chinese Proverb) 22

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William Fish: Success breeds success. Richard Rusack: Dei forma virtus patrisque sophia. Jerald Stone (Performing Arts Department Chairman)

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Frank Banta (Social Studies Department Chairman): “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible . his inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. (Reinhold Niebuhr) John Cahill: The opposite of love is not hate; the oppo- site of love is indifference. Eric Begun: One can acquire everything in solitude ex- cept character. (Henri Beyle) Carol Travis: Few good things come easily. Mark Rothman: Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to lead.