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

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Foreword ,f The 2Oth century has been marked by srgm flcant progress rn all areas of human endeavor ln no field has this progress been more notable than rn the realm of science Wuthln the brref span of fifty years sclentlflc achlevements have trans formed our socrety Even the era of unprece dented prosperrty n whuch w Irve today IS dwarfed by vlslons of a future reapmg the beneflts of coming sclentlflc achlevement Thousands of sclentlsts from all countries of the world have worked to uncover the mysterres of the earth Known as the International Geophysncal Year or I G Y thus great cooperative undertak mg has had many dlversufied facets from such relatnvely unpubllclzed protects as the study of mmute sea lnfe to the dramatic launchlngs of space satellutes For many people these launch ings have come to symbolize the l G Y and progress In scrence The base upon whnch screntnflc progress In Amerlca rests IS our democratlc educational sys tem At Sewanhaka thus fact has been realrzed and the rapud advances of science have been met wrth corrsepondmg changes In our school lrfe Wlth the successful completuon of the new schools we are once agaun workmg under the snngle ses slon system Wrthout a Freshman class for the flrst time In its history Sewanhaka now a true sensor hugh school caters to both vocatuonal and academrc students Amerucan schools are faced wrth the problem of educating the scnentrst to hrs role as cltuzen whale teaching the non sclentlst the part he plays rn an mcreasmgly more technical soclety To correlate these two oblectnves and to teach the newly revealed prunrrples of sclence wrth the older herrtage of western thought are the goals of educatlon rn SHS today 4 The Orbit Cham Reaction Research and Development Stages Futurama Mllestones Payload 0 X . .I X ' f . . F .. . 1 I . . . - f l . 1 l f l . i . e . . , 1 X .. . f I . . , . u . , , F H H YHWHMW 8 . . ' ' ' . g,,ggg, t ss,s,, 24 l - A Released Energy M ,.,,,,.,..,,.. A.s.-- 7 2 .. . . . . . iigiu V --iifgiAA- Yrlikzr givin g D . I . n a . '----'i-Y-A-'-B' -gA'Y---!-,- 9 6 ' -' ' s -Vffpf-----fir-vii,Yffviii- - - v,-vg,-gw,,7V, ,,,, , s ,,,s.,.... 138

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0 , N Harold W WrIght ln a hIstorIc year marked by Important changes at Sewanhaka the one event that has had the most personal meannng to those connected wIth Sewan haka IS the retIrement of our beloved prIncIpal Mr Harold W WrIght ln a dlSflnQUIShed career that has closely paralleled the growth of Sewanhaka Itself Mr WrIght has served as an outstandIng educator He came to SHS In 1930 as a member of the SCIENCE department In 1931 he was appoInted to the POSITION of assIstant prIncIpal Eleven years ago In 1947 he became prIncIpal and has dlrected Sewanhakas course durIng the last decade of arowth and adlustment Top Mr Harold W WrIght retIrIng Sewanhaka PrIncIpal greets Dr Alva T Stanforth retIred Sewanhaka PrIncIpal Bottom Mr Harold W WrIght receuves the bowlIng trophy at traduhonal faculty bowlmg league banquet SINCE 1954 hIs patlent leadershIp and InspIrIng devotlon to S6fVICe have proved Instrumental In the dIstrIctwIde program of expanslon Through hlS dIrectIon he has sought constantly to Insure the qualIty of a Sewanhaka educatIon SympathetIc at all tImes to the needs of both the students and the communIty he has earned the admIratIon of all Mr WrIght wIII be remembered by both faculty and students Therefore wIth deep affectIon and Wlfh our best wIshes for many happy years of retIre ment the Totem dedIC01eS the 1958 edItIon to our former prIncIpal Mr Harold W Wflghf , 1' .Wg,. X 'I ,y I I , I ,H ,, H, tk If, 1 1 ,I-A 1 1 I . . , I I I ' I I ' I ' ' - . . . . , ' I I I ' ' ' I 1 1 o , . . .