Valley Stream Central High School - Cadet Yearbook (Valley Stream, NY)

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Guidance The Guidance Department arranges our programs, sets up our schedules, and gives advice on college and career plans. The direction, sympathetic understanding, and en- couragement always shown have inspired us to try to attain higher and higher goals. Our future life, as well as our present, is dependent upon the help we have received. We the Senior Class are very grateful to the Central High Guidance Department for their inspiring work. ,, r , ..c. l p pl i I ' ' I of . t.' - , .. ff Row I, left to right at desk: Mr. Coppola, Miss Allen. Row 2. Mr Hansen, Mr. Dicks. '

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In Memoriam EDWARD CLEAR 1932-1959 Although Mr. Clear taught at Central for only one year, he left a lasting impression upon faculty and students alike for his charming smile, friendly manner, and ready greeting. His evenness of disposition and patient manner with his students won them completely. His interest in people was genuine, his concern for members of the teams he coached, serious and constant. He graduated from Central High School where he was captain of the basketball team in his senior year. He went to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on a basketball scholarship. As a post-graduate student at Lehigh he coached freshman basketball. The army called him for two years. In the army he made the rank of first lieutenant. While stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, he coached the post basketball and softball teams. In September of 1958 he came to Central to teach history and to coach the basketball team. His death in September of 1959 was a tragic shock to all who recognized his worth as a worker among young people, his promise as a teacher, and his fine character as a young man with a future. He is survived by his young daughter, Maryanne, and his wife, Anita.

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fs- N-Y X x N K SR ...fx 4 'a f' English Row 1, left to right: Miss Amberman, Miss Weih, Miss Thompson Mrs. Stearn, Mrs. Moffatt, Miss Munro. Row 2: Mr. Stillman, Dr Allen, Mr. Eldridge, Mr. Swift, Mr. Knoerzer. All Centralites take four years of English to learn to express themselves clearly and concisely and to gain a background which will enable them to enjoy and appreciate the literature of many nations. The English Department, under the direction of Mrs. Stearn, has devised curricula to benefit different types of students. Enriched courses in English II and English IV are offered to those capable of more advanced literary work, and an English IV course in composition is offered to those who wish to improve their writing techniques. Our English Departments most im- portant accomplishment is aiding us to appreciate life itself through reading, discussion, and written expression. 17