Weldon E Howitt High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Farmingdale, NY)

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Dr. Thomas W. Guilford Superintendent of Schools My Dear Graduates: We live in an age of astonishing rapid change. All of you were born into a world which had not yet achieved atomic energy. When you graduate in June, man will be regarding as commonplace the miracle of experimental animals in the instrumented satellites whirling around the earth in outer space. Only ideas are imperishable in this all changing world. The greatest of these ideas relate to man's adventurous spirit, his ardent love of freedom and justice, his feelings of fellowship and sympathy for every living creature. In a few weeks, our formal work with you will come to an end and you will begin to carry on by yourselves. No longer will there be teachers to raise the problems; problems will arise and you will have to meet them. You will have to face the situation, arrive at your solution, and abide by the results. From what I have observed during the one year that I have been with you, I am convinced that the class of '59 has the ability, the patience and the perseverance to meet successfully the challenges of the future. Congratulations and best wishes to you and your parents. Dr. Thomas W. Guilford Mr. William Kinzler Assistant Superintendent

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WHAT YOU LEARN THROUGHOUT YOUR SCHOOL YEARS DEPENDS UPON YOU. BUT WHAT TYPE OF EDUCATION YOU ARE OFFERED DEPENDS UPON THE HOARD OF EDUCATION!!! Mr. Edwin F. Hoffman President The Board of Education is a non-salaried, elected body composed of seven members. It establishes school policy and provides a system of education in accordance with the com- munity’s needs. The Board works to implement policies to improve curriculum and provide capable teaching personnel and administrative staff. In order to establish the best policies and to improve the school curriculum of District 22, the Board members work in committees. Working with these committees are the carefully selected teaching personnel, administrative staff. Superin- tendent of Schools, District Clerk, School Board Lawyer, and School Board Treasurer. This brings a diversified cross-section of people into the work of our educational system. The problem confronting the Board this year has been the great classroom shortage in our schools. Through the news- letters issued by the Public Relations Committee, the public has become aware of the need for more rooms. The referendum for a high school, passed on November 15, will alleviate this problem in 1961. As a stop-gap measure, a district reorganization plan was adopted this year. This plan put the upper grades on single sessions for the first time in many years. Board of Education Seofed—Mr». Florence DeHoon, Mr. Edwin F. Hoffman, Mr . Ethel Rocchio Standing—Or. Thomas W. Guilford, Mr. Bernard Lang, Mr. Joseph Kenney, Mr. John Gillies, Mr. A. Terry Weathers

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The Most Important Vocation in America, - - HOMEMAKING! A Challenge for Your Future Dear Member» of the CUuls of '59 and all other Classes who will read this message: During the course of the current school year considerable attention has been focused on vocational choice of young people presently in High School and the contribution that the choice of vocation can make toward the survival of a free world. We assume, of course, that during this era of “moon shots and projected interplanetary space travel,” that an in- dividual not only has a responsibility to himself and his family to be happy and to enjoy success commensurate with his effort, but we also believe that it is God’s will that each human being serve mankind in a manner for which he is best suited. Therefore, of course, the choice of a vocation that will provide a life work opportunity, satisfaction and personal ful- fillment is one of the prime responsibilities that young people and particularly high school upper classmen must face up to. High School graduates must immediately, or within the next few years, embark on a venture of higher scholastic training or other preparation for their vocation or professional future. As your High School Principal, I earnestly urge and encourage each graduate to make the greatest use of his present and potential abilities in connection with preparation for immedi- ate, future and later life. However, regardless of what your future scholastic prepara- tion or vocational choice may be, each member of the Class of 59 and, as a matter of fact, each human has the responsibility to contribute to the establishment and support of a real “home situation.” One of the basic differences between the “ ree world and the “slave world is that according to the American concept, we establish, maintain and develop “home life,” whereas in the “slave world” there appears to be greater concern for house rather than home and where subservience to the State is a prime requisite for personal survival. Now, in the immediate and also in the foreseeable future, all young people have a responsibility to contribute to proper home establishment and to constantly prepare themselves for the eventual roll of full or shared responsibility for “proper home life.” A home is a place where love, consideration and respect abide and where there is a deep and abiding moral and spiritual undergirding. Probably not all young people will marry, or marry and raise children. Some people choose, in a free society, to remain single people and it is my belief that whether a person is single or married, he still has the responsibility for con- tributing, to his fullest ability, toward the establishment and proper maintenance of a “home” situation, even if it is only for himself. I repeat, —the basic difference between a “free world” and a “slave world” is the American home in its finest tradition, for the home is the rock upon which we build for success in the world outside, —including service to our fellow men! Responsible home membership requires that we give atten- tion at all times to fundamental concepts such as love of God, personal freedom and responsibility, dignity of the individual, love of one’s family and fellow man at least equal to love of one’s self, and desire toward service to others in an endless variety of ways. It is my belief, therefore, that all young people must face up to the responsibility of fully developing their abilities for achievement and happiness in two vocational areas: 1. “Home- making” in its most beautiful and broadest sense and 2. The area of vocational or professional choice for a life work. Dr. Richard C. Burau Principal To better prepare for the ever increasing responsibilities which lie ahead for all young people, all present High School students and graduates are urged to ask themselves the follow- ing questions and to analyze their answers very carefully— “Where do I stand today as far as the full development ano utilization of my ‘abilities are concerned?” “Where am I headed, —and how fast will I get there?” AJso, as an assistance toward future happiness, achievement and service; students are urged to take a personal inventory of self and analyze their findings honestly and then take cor- rective action where improvement is indicated: “It isn’t your father or mother or wife, whose judgment upon you must pass, the fellow whose verdict counts most in this life is the one staring back from the glass.” (Author unknown). On Friday, March 13, 1959, thirty-nine senior students were inducted into the Farmingdale Chapter of the National Honor Society because they had demonstrated on the basis of their High School record; oustanding personal characteristics with regard to CHARACTER, SCHOLARSHIP. LEADERSHIP and SERVICE. It is my feeling that each graduate of the Howitt High School needs to qualify for the honor of being considered a worthwhile person, by developing, to the highest possible level, personal abilities and characteristics which will result in worthy home membership and worthy membership in society outside of the home. I am convinced that through determina- tion and unreserved effort, each graduate of the Class of 59 and of the Classes that follow—can qualify for honorable