[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 160 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1958-E1959]
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  TRIBUTE TO ``GLORY GRADS,'' JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1935

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                        HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 17, 1995

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to one of the most 
distinguished groups of students ever to attend New York City high 
school. They are members of the class of 1935 of James Madison School 
in Brooklyn who are coming from all parts of this land to mark the 60th 
anniversary of their commencement. The celebration will take place at 
the Stanley Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center on November 12. The 
members of the class were named the ``Glory Grads'' by their teachers 
because of their outstanding achievements. The school was named after 
the fourth President of the United States, whose words are carved in 
stone above the entrance: ``Education is the true foundation for civil 
liberty.''
  The Glory Grads attained the highest scholastic average in New York 
State that year and fielded a football team that won the city 
championship. ``You are the cream and you will rise to the top,'' their 
grad advisor told them at graduation and they have fulfilled that 
prediction in a spectacular manner. Over the many years, they have 
achieved honors and 

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national distinctions in the fields of medicine and surgery, 
engineering, mathematics, journalism, business, and the arts. They were 
children of the Great Depression, who came mostly from poor families 
and had to struggle to get on the first rung of the ladder of 
achievement. But, they were inspired by family tradition to study and 
work hard and, therefore, to go on to self-made success.
  These Glory Grads never forgot the opportunities they were given by 
the country to which their parents came as immigrants. They have paid 
their dues many times over. The great majority of male class members 
served in World War II. They made their way up in professional and 
business careers. They also became leaders in community and civic 
organizations and have been unusually generous in their philanthropies.
  I wish to extend special congratulations and felicitations to the 
chairman of the reunion committee, Stanley H. Kaplan, a friend of long 
standing and founder of the international chain of test-prep centers 
that bears his name. I congratulate, too, the members of the reunion 
committee, including Marty Glickman, famed sportscaster and hero of the 
Madison Gridiron and track oval; Martin Abramson, prize-winning author 
and war correspondent; businessmen Winn Heimer and Sidney Thomsahower, 
and travel consultant Anita Forian Fine.
  I salute ``Mr. Basketball Coach,'' Jammy Moskowitz, a spry 92, who 
will be making the trip from Florida to New York to attend the reunion. 
I also salute Principal Wendy Karp and director of alumni relations, 
Sonya Lerner, without whose cooperation, this return to James Madison 
would not have been successful.
  I salute the Glory Grads. May they have many years of good health, 
happiness, and continued friendship.

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