Tenafly High School - Tenakin Yearbook (Tenafly, NJ)

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THE PRINCIPAL Dreams, Drives, Directs lirfvkflki - fq'f5V57 DYNAMIC PRINCIPAL A beaming Mr. Van Vliet surveys annual report of the many curriculum improvements made this year at Tenafly High School DECREE EUGENE H. VAN VLIET A.B,, New York University M.A., Montclair BOSS'S RIGHT ARM Members of the Class of 1959: As I think of the time when the Class of 1959 graduates, I realize how much a principal looks to the senior class for .student leadership. When you are graduated, there will be varied areas of our school society devoid temporarily of student executives. Not Olllg are the subjects studied by seniors so outstanding in cl' iculty, depth, and scope that they insure academic leadership, but socially, from an or- ganizational viewpoint, from the standpoint of maturity, character, citizenship, the senior class is a vital force in setting and in maintaining high school standards. Striking a trial balance for the Class of 1959, I consider our successes in three areas: academic, activities, citizenship! Academics. As the class has buckled down to hard wor this year with both intensive and extensive study and reading, you have given us hope that you are ready to follow in the footsteps of former graduates who were merit scholars lCongratulationsl You have one, tooli, scholarship winners, Rotary Fellows, Woodrow Wilson Fe ows, winners of national, state and county awards and prizes, members of T.B. II and P.B.K. W D Activities. In all kinds of school activities, the members of your class have shown leadership in student organization, in class organization, on athletic teams, on the taffs of the Unicorn, the Echo, and the Tenakin, with our musical and dramatic groups. You have found avenues for service in faculty basketball games, with a most erudite and cultured jazz concert, with the first Student Organization County Conference and County Class Officers' Conference held in our school. The tremendous success of all aspects of' your magazine campaign is evidence of the spontaneous enthu- siasm, intense motivation and leadership of the Class of 1959. Citizenship. A principal centers Va great deal of his thoughts and most of his prayers about t e development of student character and of functionally appropriate citizenship. As the first class to spend its complete senior year in our new building yours has been a crucial class in buildin respect for and expressing appreciation for this beautifis new plant. Future classes can thank you for your concern for the building, the grounds, the egui ment. In a much larger sense, you have provided lea erslzip in the area of moral and spiritual values: high ideals, lofty aspirations, courage to stand for what is right rather than for what is ex edien' t. 'llllith the congratulations of the principal faculty, and school go our fervent prayers and our fondest hopes for the kind of success which brings with it both satisfaction and happiness. Sincerely yours, EUGENE I-I. VAN VLIET Busy Mrs. Borenius prepares to answer the day's mail. P'in iP l I

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OLD TRADITIONS SURVIVE NEW PEDAGOGICAL METHODS gf 'bf '?-

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Every September the faculty includes a few new faces, and every February three new members replace three old on the Board of Education. But this school year also marked another change, a new superintendent of schools, Dr. John B. Geissinger. First suspected as a football scout, and then formally introduced to the students atan assembly program, Dr. Ceissinger is now a welcome figure seen frequently in the halls and classes. Through Dr. Ceissinger the Board of Education administers what is known to all students as Board Policy. An elected body of citizens, the Board proposes the annual school budget to the Tenafly voters. EFFICIENCY WITH A SMILE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION The Big Ten NEW FACE Helpful Mrs. Teagno switches on an outside telephone line. Immediately popular among students and faculty.alilce was the new Superlntendent of Schools Dr. Ceissmger. THE BIG TEN Board of Education: Donald Zulauf, Russell M. Sanderson, Church, Robert V. Gamer, Mrs. Charlotte Rappolt, Dr. john William W. Palmer, Mrs. Lucy B. Redfield, Emerson C. B. Ceissinger, George R. Macalister, Ir., William j. Hegelein