Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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PRESENTING THE SENIORS, WHO THIS YEAR WILL LEAVE LAFAYETTE, BUT EN- DEAVOR T0 CARRY ON HER IDEALS if ll

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T0 THE SENf0RS or l93s:. After four years of more or less eager anticipation, you are now almost readygto embark upon a voyage, each into a different and hitherto unexplored future. Some of you have clearly mapped itineraries for the years immediately aheadMothers have definite ports in mind with courses only vaguely charted. All of you, I sincerely trust, will travel well equipped not only for the clear, bright weather but the stormy days you must inevitably face. Every good sailor believes that he should be strong and of a good couragew thus holding fast to his faith. Those years of preparation at Lafayette should help you to meet the supreme tests of life and prove the abiding worth of all her traditions. No one can be more interested than I in your journeyings. For this reason I am sending a boat letter to every member of the class to be read when your ship of life seems more particularly to be in need of a trustworthy anchor. Probably you have long been aware that one of frequent comments from those who have preceded you in that alumni group, now more than seven thousand strong, is, The years I spent at Lafayette were among the happiest in my life. How I covet for you the same reaction and feeling as you depart! LOYALTY to Lafayette will carry over to a higher loyalty to all that is worthy and will find you highly honored citizens of a great republic no matter where you go. The same spirit which follows the members of our teams in victory or defeat will carry your earnest sup- port for the right no matter what opposition you may meet. HONOR, that virtue we prize in every path of privilege or duty, will make you scorn to do or think any- thing less than the best of which you are capableg to thine own self be trueg thou canst not then be false to any man. We can be happy only when actively engaged for the benefit of others, Lafayetteis proud heritage rests in the many who have gone from her portals to find places of satisfying SERVICE in a great world. As the years unfold before you, I trust that you will never have occasion to regret that Lafayette is your Alma Materg that she may discover you always to be her worthy sons and daughters. On behalf of the alumni I beckon you to a share in their achievements. The light at the Old Plant will always be shining to cheer you on your way or to welcome you home. Your counselor and friend, 16 QLUW1.