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

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CHIEFTAIN STAFF gy.- Emma O'Brien, Kay Vorbach, John Powers, Tom Hollingshead Whaf fales Room II2, as +he headquarfers of fhe number one school newspaper in +he Unifed Sfafes, could fell if if could only fallc. Jusf before prinfing fime, whaf a conglomerafion of shoufs and orders and people, in and ouf. always in a hurry, and iusf when one heaves a sigh of relief over one prize winning issue, in fhey come, fhe sfaff and advisors dreaming up fheir wonderful ideas for The nexf big issue. Never a dull momenf. Buf seriously, 'rhe Chieffain has rolled up a won- derful and impressive lis+ of honors and awards. Besides being considered fhe besf high school pub- licafion in +he Unifed Sfafes, 'rhe paper has cap- fured, for fhe sevenfh consecufive 'rime 'rhe Na- fional Scholasfic Press Associa+ion's all American Pacemaker Award, fhe Columbia Scholasfic Press Associal'ion's Firsf Place Medalisf, fhe lnhernafional Honor Award of fhe Quill and Scroll Sociefy, fhe George H. Galleys Award. Perhaps one of fhe greafesf fribufes 'rhaf can be paid fo fhe paper was 'rhe commenf of 'rhe judges af fhe Syracuse Convenfion, a commenf fhaf sums up in a single sen+ence +he excellence of fhe paper: The Chief- fain is nof only very readable buf an excepfionally significanf paper in fhe field of scholasfic iour- nalism. The sfaff, as a group. were delegafes ai fhe N. Y. U. Press Convenfion where 'rhey were ad- dressed by Dale Carnegie and fhere affended dis- cussion sessions on various aspecfs of publishing. The edifors and Mr. Sluzlca also affended fhe con- venfion af Syracuse. This year's sfaff has done an excellenf iob in mainfaining fhe high sfandards of 'rhe paper and in helping fo carry ouf ifs purpose, 'rhaf of provid- ing a means fhrough which school evenfs may be published as well as acfing as an ouflef for +he creafive abilify of s+u'den+s and as a medium fhrough which fhey may express fheir opinions and beliefs. ' The members of 'rhe sfafi were: Kay Vorbaclc and Jack Powers, Co-Edifors: Margarel' Cacioppo. News Ediforp Burgess Jamieson, Assisfanf News Ediforg Emma O'Brien. Copy Edifort Tom Hollingshead. Sporfs Eclifor: Harry Transky and Francis Coverg, Sporfs Ediforg Harry Sandgren and James Michael. Makeup Ediforg Diana Webber, Girls Sporfs Edifor: Paf Winslow, Sfaff Secrefary: Mary Millin, Exchange Edifory Lyn Applegif, Feaiure Edifor: Lillian Bur- gess, Adverfisemenf Manager: Ina Sullivan, Circu- lafion and Eleanor Jones, Business Manager. The advisors were: Dr. Hugh Flaherfy, Mr. Sluzlca Mr. Aungsf, Miss Sfaffel, Miss Briff and Mr: Thompson.

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NANCY ToTEM Seple ber '45 and anolher Toiem was slarled. No mor guns, no more bombs, no more gold slars 'ro make our work seem lrivial alongside of lhem. We coulbl once more worry over 'rhe lheme, argue aboul' lhb dedicalion, slruggle wilh 'rhe layoul and feel lheyl were im-por+an'r in This our life. Our ap- preciaiidn is great l Wilh llhe aid of our ever-helping advisors, Mr. Anaslasib and Miss Kruger, we have Turned ou? a yearboo we are proud of and hope you are loo. Our de icalion is an unsual one. nol lo one person bu+ a roup whom we feel nor only have a love and respecl for our high school bul' also are will- ing lo devole much lime and work foward i+s progress. We owe much 'ro lhem. When il came lo pickihg a lheme, we 'rhoughl- Why nol make lhe whole book represenlalive of an expanding field? lSo we used 'rhe radio plan lhroughoul. TOTEM STAFF 4 The I946 slalil, like every other slaff, was dis- couraged a+ 'rimes and worried when all did nol go smoolhly buf fun wenl hand-in-hand wilh lhis and we are glad we made up 'rhe slaflz Nancy Brinkman, Carol Havens, l-lerla Juli, Gloria Rees. Elvira Crevaux, Eric Kraemer, Karl Ellefson, Rober+ Romeril, Joan Jordan, Alberl Kahr, Charles Wood- ward, Thelma Levilf, Gary l-lollman, Grace Boegli, Thelma Kessler. Eleanor Fiederlein, Tommy Hagan. Anne Calalano, Laura Crevaux, Lois Doring, l-lenry Bahr, Sieve Prusik, Jane Grey, Gilda Sokolwsky, Joanne Walsh, Jean Reuler, Mabel Harding, Clair Uhl, Audrey Pelkonen, Joan Palmer, Belly l-lunke, Lois Berensman, Eva Kerzne, Berl Miller, lvy Weis- man. Melvin Bramlell, 'Dorolhy Kissling, Kalherine De++lei'i, Virginia Hoffman, Ellen Hansen, l'-lelen Zelinski, Theresa Cenafiempo, Barbara MacEwan. Barbara Beaudine, Mary Allen, Howard Dixon, Audrey Drews, Donald Rosenberg, Belly Rowland, Bob Cannova, Jean Candelora, Kalhleen McGee, JoAnn Pauley, Grace Rosmussen, Dianne Egan, Anna Echandia, Joan Dunne, Barbara Zaun, Bar- bara Curliss, Anfoinelle Free, Joan l-lammarslrom, and Esler Zielinski. So here you are Sewanxhakans. The Junior Class has done ils besl. We give you our yearbook wilh a fervenl prayer lhar il may always see peace, happiness and love among all peoples. 5

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