--- title: High School Graduation 1958 as Seen in LIFE Magazine description: In 1958, LIFE Magazine created its own high school yearbook for the graduating class at Hempstead High. canonical: https://time.com/3912835/high-school-yearbook-1958/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-18T12:00:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:09.559Z og:title: How the Class of 1958 Celebrated ‘Gay Schooltime Memories’ og:description: In 1958, LIFE Magazine created its own high school yearbook for the graduating class at Hempstead High. og:url: https://time.com/3912835/high-school-yearbook-1958/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ae0321bfa20e46f/6988536f5f570f593ab1bdd2/150608-highschool-yearbook-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: Hempstead High School class of 1958. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How the Class of 1958 Celebrated ‘Gay Schooltime Memories’ twitter:description: In 1958, LIFE Magazine created its own high school yearbook for the graduating class at Hempstead High. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ae0321bfa20e46f/6988536f5f570f593ab1bdd2/150608-highschool-yearbook-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How the Class of 1958 Celebrated ‘Gay Schooltime Memories’ > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 18, 2015 12:00 PM UTC  Caption from LIFE. Gay school time memories: LIFE's own yearbook for a senior class. Caption from LIFE. Gay school time memories: LIFE's own yearbook for a senior class. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 18, 2015 12:00 PM UTC The haircuts are different and the hemlines are shorter, but the 1958 graduating class at Long Island’s Hempstead High was as ready for a taste of freedom as today’s outgoing high school seniors are. To commemorate graduation season that year, LIFE’s Gordon Parks photographed the students for a mini-yearbook the magazine ran in that year’s June 23 issue. LIFE’s yearbook assigned senior superlatives, such as most popular girl (Jeanette Duggan), most talkative girl (Judy Krug) and best student (Jimmy Edwards). It recognized the students’ favorite teachers, like foreign language teacher Helen Ignelzi (“a fanatic on irregular verbs!”) and English teacher Mary Church (“she did a mean Charleston, but she really dug the cha-cha-cha”). And it recounted the students’ fondest memories of their final year in high school, “like the time Mr. Zara came to school in a red nightgown.” Despite LIFE’s yearbook’s similarities to the ones hot off the presses this year, perhaps the most striking difference between those students and today’s is one that’s not visible in the photographs: their future plans. In 1960, just a couple of years later, fewer than half of high school graduates enrolled in college. Nearly 50 years later, the number is approaching 70%.  June 23, 1958 cover of LIFE magazine. Gordon Parks—LIFE Magazine _Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter_ [_@lizabethronk_](https://twitter.com/LizabethRonk)_._  Caption from LIFE. Gay school time memories: LIFE's own yearbook for a senior class. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Gloria Grant. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. At Connie's Drugstore, Hedy (left) and Harriet display sacks during Old Clothes Day. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Twirler Eileen Seale. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Yells from the Bleachers over a Hempstead touchdown. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Hempstead High School class of 1958. GORDON PARKSGordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Gail Zoll and Larry Adamo. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. High-stepper Linda Kufe and friend. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Jimmy Grismer. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. During student council election campaign Jerry McAndrews, dressed '20s-style, gestures at poster of her candidate, Linda Sileo, who was elected vice president. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Juri Toomre, Jimmy Edwards, Mary Lou Albright and Lynda Drum try graduation gowns. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Students at Hempstead High School, on Long Island, pose for candids signing yearbooks for LIFE's school yearbook. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  June 23, 1958 issue of LIFE magazine. Gordon Parks—LIFE Magazine  June 23, 1958 issue of LIFE magazine. Gordon Parks—LIFE Magazine  June 23, 1958 issue of LIFE magazine. Gordon Parks—LIFE Magazine  June 23, 1958 issue of LIFE magazine. Gordon Parks—LIFE Magazine  June 23, 1958 issue of LIFE magazine. 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