Classic newspaper Volume 21 Issue no. 1

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VoL 21, No. 1 November2004

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Townsend Harris High School at Queens College

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Classical language teacher Andrew Hagerty, Principal Thomas Cunningham, Assistant Principal of Foreign I.:anguages and Fine Arts Lisa Mars, and Assistant Pr incipal of Pupil Personal Ser vices Janet Solomon enjoy the gala celebrating the centennial anniversary of the school's founding and the 20th anniversary of its reopening. The event was held November 5 in the Grand Hyatt Ballroom at Grand Central Station." Full story on p. 3

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Freshmen recite the Ephebic Oath, fulfilling the tradition of initiation into the school community.

by J em'tifer Park and Alyssa Chase The phrase on the cover of the Founder's Day program, "Memoria antiquitatis semper maneat," Latin for "He always holds the memory of the old," concisely embodied the pur-

pose of this annual, longawaited event. This year's Founder's Day Ceremony, held October 29 at Queens College Colden Center, embraced both the traditions and history of the school. Students and faculty

Remembering our past

dressed in semi-formal attire to ered introductory speeches that celebrate the centennial of the stressed the importance of comschool's opening, the 20th an- munity and the values embedniversary since its rebirth, and ded in the Ephebic Oath, the an' the 200th birthday of Townsend cient Greek pledge taken by stud~nts to leave their city Harris himself. The long-awaited "taking of greater than they found it. attendance," or the ritual noiseSenior AnikaAnam enjoyed making contest among the dif- the speeches, saying, " T he ferent grades, was initiated by Ephebic Oath is defin itely a Howard Kwait, Assistant Prin- part of student life here, and I cipal of Organization, and the think it's important for us toreseniors upheld the tradition of member the ideals." In a speech emphasizing the having the most strident and prolonged shouting session . school's familial atmosphere, Professor Helen Gaudette, the Principal Thomas Cunningham new Liaison between remarked, "This day really be·. Townsend Harris and Queens longs to you freshmen and new College; Elizabeth Schnee, the sophomores. It is the occasion president of the PTA; and Craig · the whole school community Slutzkin, '91, Co-president of has set aside to recognize forthe Alumni Association, deliv- mally your acceptance into the

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Townsend Harris fam ily and to witness your promise to honor the ideals of the Ephebic Oath." Martine Gue rr ier of the Class of 1989 p resented a lengthy but entertaining speech filled with humorous anecdotes. One of them vividly described an incident in which she and her best friend narrowly escaped getting referrals from Dean Wanda Nix, who coyly smiled in the back of the auditorium throughout Martine's speech as students glanced backwards to see her.reaction. Violinist Foster Wang, j unior, played Wieniawski's Polonaise in A, and s.en ior Sharon Lim perfo rmed Fritz Kreisler's Praeludium and Continued on p. 3

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