Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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f e Q VALEDICTORY June, while it is the lovliest month of the year and reechoes nature's exuberance, nevertheless heralds a commencement - one which is replete with a feeling of sadness at the farewell that we must make. Presently, we shall have departed from Lafayette, but in spirit we shall remain, cherishing always her ideals, her spirit, and her aims. We look forward, as we step into the unknown, to what the future may hold for us, but our anticipation can never quite overcome our realization of what the last four years have meant to us. A singular privilege has been accorded us - that of being graduated during the celebration of Captain Mellen's silver anniversary as principal of this school. Because we have been thus privileged and because our associa- tion with Captain has imbued us with the sense of right and the nobility of spirit which is his, the Class of 1951 bids him a fond farewell. Our gratitude goes to the teachers who have prepared us in out en- deavors to take our places in life and who have given enthusiastically of their time and efforts that we might progress. To the underclassmen, we dedicate our position and all the privileges which it entails, exhorting them to uphold the traditions of Lafayette and to support Captain Mellen and the faculty in all that they may do. May they always remember with Browning: Ah, but a man's teach should exceed his grasp Or what's a heaven for P We, as a class, have been enriched by our matriculation here, and it is with a sense of regret that we pause upon the attainment of our goal to say farewell to our Alma Mater. Eleanor Marie Krull

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. A 0.10.05 , I . ? 0 . A . V v .O if fy 'ft TI-IE FACULTY OF LAFAYETTE I-IIGI-I SCHOOL Principal - - Assistant Prizzciprzl Secretary - - C.xl.vxc1:'r K. NIELLEN Fluxli R. G0'l l' Jl4:NN1r: C. DAVIS .ftssislczrzt secretaries lXLxRGA1m'r FRASER MARY C. SISIALLENBURG flrz' Dcjrartvvzcnit Elizabeth Weiffenbach, Hemi Ethel M. Davis Adele J. Josyln Ejnar Svensson Elizabeth M. Yates Classical Defiartmcnt Marjorie Williams, Head Geneva O. Bellinger Marian L. Clark Margaret M. Coonly Caroline H. Divins Rose Kent Hall Helen M. Hedden n.gl'i.s'I1. D vparl me nl' Dela K. Hllfinger, Head Janette Beach Nellie Burke Effie F. Burns Kathryn L. Carlton Ella H. Chamberlain Mary E. Clary Julia A. Cotter Dorothy Croll Kathrine I-I. Doyle Corinne I-Iartzellu Kathryn Kauffman Clara Kneubuehl Mabel C. Merle Katherine C. Reif Clara M. Taylor Home ECO!!-0l1LlC.S' D8f7lI7'fIl1.6llf Edith A. Rogers, Head Estelle C. Emerson Lena IYBIIIDDGI' Helen K. Neis Helen Tillou Library Ella B01'cha1'd llfaillcnzrzlics Dr'jiav fme71l Hallie C. Poole, Head Ruth M. Allen Katharine L. Barcalo TlLirt66n