Walt Whitman Junior High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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7 eS7'7'm0nia fs Joseph O.Loretan, Associate Superintendent Junior High Schools Maurice Wbllin, Assistant Superintendent, School Districts 53 and 54 Runa M.Isaacs, former teacher under MrgGo1ding now retired. Julian Bronstein,teacher of mathematics, recently retired, Walt Whitman J.H.S. Bernice Nonas,teacher of Health Education, Walt whirman J.H.S. Marion W.Parkhill, retired teacher and loyal friend. Harry Gerver, former teacher of Hebrew who taught under Mr.Goldin at J.H.S. 1093 now teacher of mathematics at Walt Whitman J.H.S. Helen H.Weir, long-time and teacher under friend, Mr.Goldin's supervision, now retired. HMyron Goldin is highly re- spected and loved for the posi- tive quality of his warm and un- derstanding relationship with the teachers, parents, and pupils of his fine schoo1s.U HI have always appreciated Myron Goldin as a neighbor, good companion, and sincere profession al co11eague.U - UMr.Go1din has been the most liberal and humane principal I have worked under and for.H UThe few years I've spent un- der the supervision of Mr.Goldin have proved him to be a most con- siderate person -- a gentleman of the highest order.n NA good friend who will be long-remembered.H NMay God richly bless his leisure years. His life has been filled with the dispensing of human kindness.n UA humanitarian, a man of heart, and a man with such a keen sense of humor is rarely encoun- tered among administrators. A diamond in a coal field would not stand out more than Mr.Goldin in the public school system.n UAS a principal, he is respec- ted for his intelligent leader- ship and sincere dedicationg as a man, he is loved for his warm understanding and never-failing kindness.H

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old in Q nnive r-so :- HGOODBYB MR.CHIPSn---TESTIMONIALS TO MR.MYRON GOLDIN PRINCIPAL OP WALT WHITMAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL H 1 In response to a modest request from the editors of the Walt Whitman Pioneer to friends and colleagues of Mr,Myron Goldin on the occasion of Mr.Goldin's completion of a half century as an educator has come a barrage of testimonials. These reveal the high esteem with which Mr.Goldin is re- garded. As a tribute to Mr.Goldin in this commemorative issue 9 we quote from these testimonials. If the many tributes place Mr,G01din on an unusually high pedestal,it is because of Mr. Goldin's unusually high qualifications. John J. Theobald Superintendent of Schools of the City of New York Charles H. Silver President of Board of Education of the City of New York Elizabeth C. O'Daly Assistant Superintendent Division of Junior High Schools 'ki k'kk'k UI am happy to extend my warm congratulations to Myron R.Goldin for the fifty years he has dedicated to the happiness and growth of our boys and girls. He has really been with us ever since 1898 when he en- tered the first grade of an elemen- tary school in Manhattan as a pupil, so that his career might be summed up in the phrase Upupil to principa1.n It is my hope that some who read this issue ofNThe Pioneern will seek to emulate him, gaining as he has done, the affection and respect of so many.U UMr.GoIdin's contribution to the welfare of thousands of children in our city cannot be estimated too highly.U UI have known him personally and professionally for many years. He is not only a creative and imaginative principal and an educa- tional pioneer, but one of the warmest and kindest of men. His dedication to the children and to his teachers is the moving force in his life.H

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Arthur Hughson, Assistant Superintendent of School Districts 35 and 40, who has known Mr. Goldin for many years, as a teacher, assistant prin- cipal, principal of elemen tary schools, and later as principal of junior high schools. John P. McNeill, 'H ' Principal Erasmus Hall High School. Carl Cherkis, . Principal, Prospect Heights High School Maxwell Littwin, Principal, Emeritus J.H.S. 240, Brooklyn I UDuring all the years' service, Mr.Goldin has expressed most ef- fectively a transcending interest in furthering the welfare of his pupils. Many of these pupils, now past middle age, have returned to him for advice and counsel that they have learned to value highly. Mr.Go1din's youthful appearance and buoyant spirit have remained with him. His close contact and keen in- terest in young people have kept him perennially young.n UHeartiest congratulations to Myron Goldin on the completion of - a half century of devoted skillful and self-sacrificing service in the schools of our great city. We can ill afford to lose men of his high intelligence, his lofty profession- al ideals, and his dedicated service far above and beyond the call of duty. The city and our schools are deeply indebted to him. May there be many happy years of leisure ahead for him, each full of all his generous heart desires. Hearti- est greetings and best wishes. I shall miss him keen1y.u NI can think of no better name for a publication that honors Mr. Myron Goldin than the PIONEER, for Mr.Goldin himself was a pioneer in junior high school education, a pioneer in audio-visual education, a pioneer in the field of teaching, a pioneer in educational methodology But most of all Mr.Myron Goldin shbuld be honored for his pioneer spirit in human relations, for this is a man who recognized the value of the individual as distinct from the mass as the target for educa- tional effort, and for this I honor him!! NMyron is a man of many parts: schoolman, philanthropist, author, D06t: and through all these incarna- tions runs the Goldin thread of ver- satility, verse, and vision. Long may he waveln ,