Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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MEMORIAM mln I N Diff FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 3lsT President of The UniTed Sfntes i933 - I945 From all walks oT liTe men have paid TribuTe To our beloved laTe presidenT. We aT KensingTon dedicaTe This page To The memory oT Franklin Delano RoosevelT. Cur school may be ciTed as a symbol oT The new era in progressive democ- racy ThaT RoosevelT broughT To The UniTed STaTes. For iT was one oT The agencies oT his recovery program ThaT consTrucTed This building. Franklin Delano RoosevelT was a greaT sTaTesman and a greaT humaniTarian. l-lis undying love Tor his counTry and Tirm deTerminaTion To bring iT from The depThs oT economic despair Took Their Toll oi his already Trail consTiTuTion. l-lis deep concern ThaT oThers should noT be handicapped as he was and his sTub- born TighT Tor The righTs oT The working man mark him as one oT The greaTesT humaniTarians oT all Time. Now, sTaggered by The blow Thar has beTallen our naTion, leT us uniTe and renew our resolve To win boTh The war and The peace so as To carry on The ideals Tor which Franklin Delano l2oosevelT and oTher greaT Americans beTore him lived and died!

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FGREWORD As fhe war moves foward a successful conclusion, fhe edifors of fhe Compass feel fhaf if is an appropriafe fime fo furn our affen- fion fo our own home cify, Buffalo: fhe cify fo which many of fhe Kensingfon boys now in foreign lands will soon be refurning. Our division pages will fell fhe sfory of Buffalo's parf in fhe war and of our own aspirafions 'l'o help creafe an even beffer cify when peace has come. Our arfisfs have clepicfed fhe com- merce, indusfry, culfural and recreafional cenfers, and all fhe assefs fhaf make Buffalo worfhy of her fifle-Queen Cify of fhe Lakes. I 41722522 if Z -mmm 41 y ,I -.., , ga . ' Z A 41 Uunq , ' '- , .,., fi -1 , -if , ff! ,l A '- ..'I 4' f ...,. I 'qgna 1 I I .I 'lr' .,52 X ., -A ,... z :Zh J ..4..-,.., :hy A, '.-. Z 5: X ' --W..,i , 4' ,,,, , ff: -' ..ii-'A W ' I'1ff11:21zs212:f:211 '-'--A iii '2- ' 41,7 WMM s. ....: A .. 'jififil-s ffiiiiiff vu, , u,. li us.isls,. . si1,.s.' i ii4.i v f f01ffffwfffffffff1f, - ,. . -3.,:.'.44:WE5.i5?E:?' iw . M . . f f ' , I - f . f ' f f f f f

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ADMINISTRATION As sfudenfs of Kensingfon High School, we have been guided fhrough our formafive years by an experienced and capable faculfy. They have helped in fhe developmenf of a sfrong foundafion on which each sfudenf can build his orvher fufure. Likewise, as cifizens of Buffalo, we have been under fhe influence of an exceIIenf adminisfrafion operaI'ing from fhe civic cenfer depicfed on fhe opposife page. The concenfrafion of civic, sfafe, and federal agencies in one cenfral local- ify has made possible fhe efficienf governmenf 'rhaf adminisfers BuffaIo's civic affairs.