IDhe<!tlail!iit IDownsenb Jlarris Jligq §cqool at <&,ueens QIollege Vol. 2, No.4 75-40 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, New York 11366 Ju ne 1986 Arista Members Installed By Karen Greenberger is ended, for education ends only The first Installation of Arista 'with life." members took place at Queens Each inductee of the National College on June 2. This specialoc­ Honor Society received a .cer­ casion was to honor the students tificate and a pin distributed' by who retained a 90-plus average Howard Wagner and Mrs. Bernice during the fall and spring terms Horowitz, Assistan t Pr incipal, of.the 1984-85 school year. Supervision. Kevin Kim and Joseph Bawar, In addition to performing the President and Vice President of p ro cessio na l, " H uIdigungs­ Arista, led the 55 Arista members marsch, " and "The Star into the Little Theatre . Lorna Spangled Banner," the band Chan, Treasurer, and Teresa also performed " Stars and Stripes \\ Lazar, Secretary, followed. Each Forever," with a piccolo 0010 by officer of Arista held an unlit can­ Maria Alexander. " dle which he or she placed on the The Townsend Harris Alma A _ . ~. Harriel1e ~/e~'" stage around the burning Cand le Mater, written by Ervin Drake, • IPhoto: of Knowledge. Class of 1935, was sung by the school chorus, directed by Chorus Arista Secretary Lorna Chan lights candle as President Kevin Kum looks 'on. Kevin Kim led the audience in Master David Briskin. the Pledge of Allegiance and the At the conclusion of the Alma National Anthem, which was per­ Arista Members - 1986 Mater, the leaders of Arista con­ formed by the school band. ducted the members out of the Sharon Albert Debra Dermack Zorayda Lopez Lauren Nussbaum The honorable Kenneth auditorium while the band, under Maria Alexander . M'artha Dougoviannis Robin Machado Suzanne Offerman Shorter,Townsend Harris Class the direct ion of Robert Nelson, Jennifer Antoszewski Sharon Dreyer Bradley Mayer Faria Pereira of 1930, Principal Malcolm played " Miss Liberty March" by Linda Anzalone Michelle Drossman Christine McGrath Yasmin Qazi Largma nn , Arisfa ' Advisor John Edmondson . Joseph Bawar Karen Greenberger Edward McMahon Rose Quiles Howard Wagner, and Dean The Arista Senate established Heather Berman Suman Gupta Sophia Menakis Vadim Rubinstein Robert Haan of Queens College Lynda Carroll Sabina Hirshfield Robyn Mendelsohn Cheryl Schustack addressed the students and the following criteria for students Regina Cavaioli Melissa Hoffman Robert Mendoza who hope to be -inducted into Felicia Shpall parents. Arista next year: Julie Chan Stephanie 'Joseph Joseph Merino Donria Socano In order to become a member of Lorna Chan Kevin Kim Michelle Miller Julie Tromberg Judge Shorter explained to the Linda Cheung . Jennifer Kroman Marjorie Momplaisir students that scholarship is one the National Honor Society, each Bernadette Van Huy student must have a minimum Ji Yeon Choi Shanita Lawrence ­ Joanne Muntzner Heather Wacht facet of the choosing process. Richard Chung Teresa Lazar Sumati Nagpal "The most important aftereffect cumulative average of 90 for the Gregory Warnke year prior to induction. Russell De Castro Dana Levine Heather Nash Hyun-Su Yi of scholarship," he added, "is the rendering of service." There may be no N or U in Each Arista officer made a character on the permanent record short speech and lit the candle he card and the student may not have Students Quiz Quinones or she symbolized: Scholarship, any record of a dean's offense . By Michelle Gnyp positive feelings toward higher The city went over its budget for Leadership, Service , and The studen t must exhibit leader­ Na'han Quinones, New York teachers' salaries. He said he repairs and Mr. Quinones explain­ Character. Arista president Kim ship qualities and have performed City Schools Chancellor, held a hopes to make education a more ed, "We have a lot of catching up stated, " We should continue to either school or community ser­ news conference for high school appetizing profession so that the to do." learn even when formal education vice in the year prior to induction. students at the Board of Educa- -, city may attract many new, bright tion on April 28 to discuss dif­ people to.enter the school system. Tree Planted'at Queens College ferent aspects and actions of the Mr. Quinones discussed the school system. Regents Action Plan, a new state Before responding to questions, wide plan requiring new regents To Remember Seven Astronauts t he chancellor encouraged requiremen ts. He feels that New By Renata Kobetts adventure in order to expand our everybody and it was really nice to students to remain in school and York City will benefit from the' Townsend Harris students and horizons." see everyone participating. " She discouraged those who may be plan because it will provide a fair faculty gathered after school at told students, "Do the ' best you examination that everyone will considering qu ittin g . Mr. Queens College on April 18 to The Townsend Harris band, can and always reach higher." take and thus, everyone may be Quinones also made a request for plant a pear tree in honor of the conducted by Robert Nelson . Queens College Dean of Educa­ judged on one test. students to consider an occupa­ seven brave men and women who opened the ceremony with "The tion Susanna W. Pflaum wrote to However, he said, there are tion within the school system. died in the .Challenger explosion Star Spangled Banner" and later Garcia, "Whenever I pass the negative aspects of the plan, too . January 28. played several other selections as tree; I think a bit about the A majo r topic of discussion was Each student will be taking the Money was raised through a well. Classic Editor-in-Chief astronauts and about the students the question of schools not dosing same test and thus must learn the collection from the student body Heather Nash, read her poem at the high school. Although not over the Passover holidays, and in same material. He does not wish during lunch bands, organized by " The Hidden Warrior." yet on campus , they have already general, schools closing fo r the entire school system to work Mrs. Odile Garcia. ' Principal Garcia later commented, " It made a very positive Townsend religious reasons. Mr. Quinones from the same lesson plan, since Malcolm Largmann, who spoke at was a nice experience for- Harris mark here. " insisted that the schools were not he feels that creativity is an impor­ the ceremony, observed, " I think .. _......~ dangerous at any time for either tant' facet in learning. Not every it is an indication of the kind of students or teachers during the teacher has the same teaching sentiment that a school like ours first two days of the Passover Il)ethod. Every student does not tries to foster. Mrs. Garcia, who holiday, a time when many have the same learning capacity. originated the idea, was really teachers and students did not at­ He hopes that these differences right on target with the kind ofac­ tend school. will not be affected by this new tivity commemorating the destruc ­ Mr. Quinones stated , "We plan. tion of the Challenger." must get off the kick of Students questio ned the state of At the ceremony, Largmann celebrating holidays by closing some of New York City's high compared the tree to , schools." He said that if any child schools, making reference to their ' Shakespeare's lines from As You is celebrating a religious holiday, own schools as "cramped, " fall­ Like It. " In life we often find he shouldnot be required to at­ ing down" and "absymal." Mr. ' tongues in trees and books in run­ .tend school that day if it interferes Quinones explained that there had ning brooks." He continued, with his religious beliefs, but his been little need for repair on " The tree speaks of our belief in religious beliefs should not require schools for many years, and then . the indomitable spirit of man and '.~_ ...._ . __~..., . ~ , . __.. ~ ~ Ph o to .' G iiJ Mal!iE- theschoolj o close. suddenly many schools began the awe with which welook upon The Chance llo r · expressed deteriorating at the same' time. those who have -the .courage ' to Dr . Largmann speaks at tree planting ceremony. Page 2 Nobel Winner and Alumnus Visits: News Briefs Hauptman Offers Advice Lana Khodosh received the School Art League's Haney Medal at By Danlelle Frons Salk. Hauptman said, " I never programming the bulk of work the Metro politan Museum of Art on June 3. She was selected as Townsend Harris alumnus Dr. really learned much in school. I that needed to be stored. the most outstanding sophomore art student. Herbert Hauptman, winner of the learned on my own, in the library The structure of crystals is a 1985 Nobel Prize in chemistry, ... until. I got to ' Townsend very complex topic and it took the Doreen adorn, Alec Pollac k, Natasha Tilkaran, Lana Khodosh, spoke to students during Enrich­ ' Harris." ' Nobel judges years to understand Elizabeth Ronai, Gisela Rivera, Steve Kargman and Ji Yeon Choi ment on May 6 in the library. its significance. represented Townsend Har ris at the Queens High School Festival Hauptman was awarded the Hauptman's real interest was of the Arts Exhibit at Queensborough Community College on prize for developing direct mathematics. He was not that in­ For a portion of his life, Haupt­ April 29 and 30. methods for the determination of terested in chemistry until he look­ man lectured on the extension of crystal structures of molecules. ed into x-ray crystallography. He his methods to determine the Fifty Townsend Harrisites, accompanied by Ms. Harriette Without the mathematical equa­ said that the scientists and structure of big molecules and en­ Blechman and Ms.