Stuyvesant High School - Indicator Yearbook (New York, NY)

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SAMUEL H ELLNER STUYVESANT

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INDICATOR STAFF Following the trend of the other school publications this term, the Indicator, under the co-editorship of Mortimer and Richard Bader, in- troduced several new features and innovations in the Stuyvesant year- book. Outstanding among the changes is the two column page makefup which according to the editors not only makes the book more pleasing to the eye, but adds to its legibility. The review of the athletic highlights of the term has been enhanced by the addition of vivid action pic- tures and interesting sports chatter. Throughout the years since its founding in l907, the lndicator has served as a remembrance to boys leaving the portals of Stuyvesant. lt has always been eagerly awaited by the Seniors as a momento: some- thing which in future times would recall for them the years they spent on lower l5th Street. While the same is true of the lndicator to- day, the efforts of the Editors and Staff have been directed towards making the yearbook appealing to the rest of the school as well as the graduating class. This has been accomplished through the use of a varied assortment of interesting and candid photos depicting all the branches of school life from the shops to Mr. Wilson's office. The use of short accounts to describe school functions has also aided this program. With this as its theme, the Indi- cator staff, aided by the patient and untiring efforts of its faculty adviser Mr. Mostow, has endeavored to lift this term's book to the zenith of stu- dent approval. And thus we give you, the Indicator of lanuary l94U. INDICATOR Five

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0 Cllflllle A gffnef No man's life is limited to one endeavour. All men extend their efforts to more than one activity, and in Dr. Samuel Ellner's case this is especially true. Those who know him cannot think of him in but one light, but are influenced by him in a number of respects. He cannot be considered merely as a student and teacher, or only as an athlete or coach, or solely as a friend. Each of these is but a component part of his character. All his life every fiber of him has been bent toward the execution of his activities and has developed a spirit that has bound him firmly in the memory of those who have known him. Doc, as Samuel Ellner is affectionately known to all, is firm-willed and energetic, a fact that evidenced itself while he was still young. His driving ambition carried him from public school to Townsend Harris High School and subsequently to City College, Columbia, The State College of Teachers at Albany and New York University. Because of his excellent work he has gained several degrees, one of them qualifying him to practice law Cwhich he manages to do in his meagre spare timel. His boundless vigor did not allow him to remain static, and he entered the teaching field. As a teacher, he has imparted to his students not only the banal, everyday subject matter, but the will and vigor to consummate their ambitions. When Doc Ellner came to Stuyvesant High School to teach, he unselfishly pitched into the extra-curricular work which plays such an important part in the school life of the students. Before taking charge of the basketball squad, he coached the cross-country team and the track team. There are many highly rated ball players with national reputations who have been developed by him. As a coach, Doc does not demand that all of his players be experts. He only asks that they devote all their energy to the competition in which they are engaged. lt is not the excellent training that his players received that has endeared Doctor Ellner to them. lt is the spirit of fair play and clean living which he has imbued in them, that stands as a monument to his work. For years, Doc has spent countless afternoons and Saturdays to inculcate in his players the spirit that motivated him in his remarkably active career. He is more than a teacher or a coach. He is a true friend, not a transient one, but one in whom all can find solace and advice. lt is in the capacity of friend and confidant that we like to think of Doctor Ellner. He has achieved and influenced others to realize the happy medium of scholarship and athletics. His mail is full of letters of appreciation from the hundreds of students whom he has befriended, and to whom he remains a friend. Indeed, Doc must find satisfaction in what he has done. He does not need the praise and laudation accorded him, to spur him further in his unceasing efforts to aid those who stand in need of it. What he has accomplished may well become the goal of all students, and his character stands as a model for our generation. It is, therefore, a sincere pleasure to dedicate this issue of the Indicator to a teacher, a coach, and above all, a friend, Doctor Samuel Harrison Ellner. INDICATOR Seven