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

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. . . sfudenls operaling various machines This was lhe Commercial Deparimenl, fhe success of which depends upon 'rhe class relalionship de- veloped befween fhe school and home. As l leil 'rhe Commercial Deparlmenf l over- heard a group of girls discussing a peculiar looking obiecl hanging in one of fhe Maih rooms. l decided lo see whal if was. Going info fhe room I inslanily recognized if as a gianf slide-rule Used for class demonsiralions. ln malh- emalics you learn ,facis and a maihemafical approach io solve problems. To achieve a goal in fhis course if lakes hard work and ones con- sfanf applicaiion, My research has convinced me 'lhai l am one of ihe many sludenl' children foriunale enough fo belong fo a unifed, cooperaiive, and com- prehensive insliiulion. Fronf Row: Florence Frederick, Lillian Gallimore, Gladys Reed, Waller Thompson lDeparlmenf Headl, Doroihy Hilkemier, Frances Kodera, Helen Thorner. Back Row: Slewarf Davis, Olive Dowler, Wendell Davis, ldwal Jones, Frederick Brown, Julia Fisfer, Margaref Dunn, Beily Hickey, Daniel Pfanner, Kafherine Tucker, Worlhing- lon Gregory, Wilson Borklwis. Seafed: Charles Tobias, Mark Abels, Carl Eklund lDeparlmen0 Headl, Ora Walkers, Walker Elson. Slanding: Wallace Purdy. George Green, Mercer Williams, Alan Brown, William Brooks, Gilberl Hoffman.

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. . . As many sfudenfs wall: by fhe fhird floor Home Economics Deparfmenf, you hear such exclamafions as, M-m-rn, whaf an aroma! and Doesn'f fhaf smell dee . , liciousI I fhoughf all fhe Home Economic classes did was fo coolc. I discovered differenfly: fha? deparfrnenf feaches sfudenfs how fo clofhe fhe family inexpensively. proper care and feeding of children, good fam- ily relafionships, fhe imporfanf nufrienfs for all members of fhe family, mefhods of coolcing and how fo help mainfain a healfhier, happier family. Farfher down fhe hall I came fo fhe Chemisfry Laborafory, Science courses being difficulf, progress slips are senf fo parenfs. The responses are cordial and beneficial in creafing a beffer relafionship and undersfanding among parenfs and feachers. As an admirer of fhe fine arfs, I wallced fo- ward fhe Arf Deparfmenf and discovered fhaf if offers fo all sfudenfs, one half fo four years of a rounded arf fraining program, for fhe modern boy and girl who selecf for 'rhemselves fhe role ,gf jx.- ps of consumer, appreciafor, draffsman, or fufure arfisf. A cliclcing noise affracfed my affenfion. Turning around I found myself facing a class- room wifh . . . Froni Rav: Pafricia Handrich, Marfha Russo, Carmen Srnirh, Anna Sniffen, Ira Wilder IDeparfmen1 Headl Anne Grabowsii, Olive Bucks. Back Row: Joseph Brown, Jr., Francis Russo, Wesley Long, Dr. Jerome Sheri, John Mcilderry, Richard Spooner, Nicolas Carella, Leon Cooper, Jerome Niosi.

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hui' xfx, ,A- PHYSICAL EDUCATION Top Raw lL. fo R.l: Ralph Rolselh, Edward Carfer, Cuyler Cross, Allred Kurne- row, Sal Mirabifo, Reber? Tlhomases. Silfing lL. fo RJ: Jane Baden, Virginia Luckey, Carol Havens, Louis Pelligreno, Virginia Gill, Emily Smifh, Anne Mc- Williams. TEACHERS' READING ROOM Leff fo Right Alfred Anderson, Wilson Slocombo. Dr. Jerome Slwerl, Mis: Jane Baden.