Sewanhaka High School - Totem Yearbook (Floral Park, NY)

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ACIKNUWILIEIDGMIENTS USKIN once said, HA composition for cheapness and not for excellence of worlcmanship is the most frequent and certain cause of the rapid decay and entire destruction of arts and manufacture. In compiling this hoolc the Staff has aimed to achieve excellence of worlcman- ship and in spite of prohlems and discouragement, presents the result ol its efforts and of those who have co-operated in the taslcs of composition with the sincere hope that here is a hoolc which will he a worthy memorial to the Junior Class. It is just and proper that in recognizing those who have helped to produce this yearhoolc we gratefully aclmowledge the help of those faculty advisers with- out whose assistance and suggestions the Staff would have heen sorely tried. To Mr. Nyweide, General Adviser: Mr. Flaherty, Director ol Publication, Mr. Aungst, Literary Adviserg Mr. Miller and Mr. Martin, Sales and Advertising Advisers: Miss Downs, Art Adviser: John Vvittschen, Layout and Design: we express our sincere appreciation for their aid and co-operation. Let us not forget, however, the untiring efforts ol those on the Stall who never wavered in their responsibilities hut stuclc to the taslc of producing a uworthy memorial to the Junior Class. John Bellamente for his fine leadership as Editor- in-Chiefg lrwin Harlcavy and his Literary Stallg Beulah Peterson and John O'Hare for their admirable sports reporting: John Quell and his stall of artists, Betty Burrows and Walter Floclcen for their photographyg Stanley Grodslci and John Henry for advertising and sales, all gave their time, their energy, to malce this hoolc possihle. J Ours has been a taslc of responsibility, a taslc ol honor, a taslc of joy. We hope the following pages will give you some measure ol the joy we had in producing them.

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1 L I I 1 1 Eacti generation is ttie Custoctian oi the Arts anct Sciences tiavingf tiie ctuty to acivance, preserve anct ttirougii Education pass on to posterity ttxe ineritage ot Civilization.

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I IE I II CAT IIUN IVEN a tew statistics in almost any subject one can develop a fairly accurate picture ot the subject to be presented. This we shall attempt to do in a briet biography ot Mr. Thompson from the outline ot facts we have. Nestled in the iastness ot Vermonfs beautiful mountains is the town of Saxton,s River. Mr. Thompson made his appearance in this pleasant location not so many years ago that he has torgotten his first classes at school. After he had finished the grammar and high school at Saxton's River, his next step was to prep school. New England is lcnown for its many good preparatory schools ot which Vermont Academy is one. Upon graduation from this institution Mr. Thompson entered Nliddlebury College, Vermont. Four years later, with a Bachelor ot Arts degree in his possession, he left the confines of his native state and began his teaching career at Collinsville, Connecticut, a small town not far from Hartford. This school offered the varied experience necessary to the develop- ment ot a good teacher. Small high schools frequently require the ability to teach not one but several subjects. This was true at Collinsville. Mr. Thompson taught both English and French. Now comes an abrupt shift in this biography to Rome, New Yorlc, where three years of teaching experience were accumulated. And then Mr. Thompson decided that he might improve his knowledge and teaching technique by going to school himself. Once more we find him baclc in Vermont, this time talcing his Master of Arts degree at Middlebury. The final curtain rises and we see our subject taking up his duties at the newly opened Sewanhalca High School ot six years ago. It is hoped that after reading this brief slcetch Sewanhalcans will feel better acquainted with their friend and teacher.