Weehawken High School - Zenith Yearbook (Weehawken, NJ)

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Upon graduating from Weehawken High School, we, the class of 1959, will take with us memories of many people; those who have guided us in the search for the realization of our ideal. Teachers, friends, advisors ... all have contributed a stone to the foundation of our lives. In our search we have met with some who possess the qualities that we ourselves strive to attain. Such a man is Mr. William Henry. A graduate of Saint Peter’s College and Columbia University, Mr. Henry has been teaching in Weehawken High School for eight- een years. His sincere interest in the students has been displayed through his work with the debating club and the technicians. He is, per- haps, best noted for his searching queries de- signed primarily to provoke thought, but some- how injected with subtle humor. Both as guide and friend, he has constantly endeavored to give of himself to benefit others. Mr. Henry's humility and dedication to his work have made him a leader among his associates, and in- spired in others the esteem which he so highly deserves. It is with deep respect that we dedicate the 1959 Zenith to a man who has earned our high- est tribute as an outstanding teacher.

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 The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. — Diogenes The true face of knowledge is not a gift freely given; we ourselves must seek it. Home, family, and friends; our seeing, reading, and hearing, all have left their imprint on us. Public education has given us a brief glimpse of man- is not the true face of knowledge; concepts and ideas are a nucleus to which all other data is supplementary. We have been given a mere taste. In the selves can pursue. Our teachers have concluded their assigned work; we are now aware of what has past behind us. The burden of creating will fall upon our shoulders. As products of education in a free democratic nation we will not be stagnant, but will think freely and creatively. Our ideas will only be bound by the limit of our initiative. The wealth and variety of human character we, the class of 1959, have witnessed develop has been a constant source of contemporary knowledge. Exchange of ideas and mutual endeavor have combined to form a picture of our senior year which we will long remember. Faces and thoughts have passed before us through these years. The thoughts we will try to remember. The faces we hope to preserve in this volume, perhaps to be remembered not only as faces, but in a larger sense for the ideas they represent. kind's thoughts through thousands of years. But merely remembering specifics future, cultivating individual appetites remains an undertaking only we our-