Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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A ONIGHT 'rhe class of l945 vs prepared +o relunqulsh 'rhe pleasures of school work and varned 6C'l'IlIlI9S fo enfer a world of chaos and confusnon We shall noi' forgel We shall be remanded oflen of our alma mafer as we allow her moHo Be s+rong and of a good courage +o guxde and slrengfhen us as we work or +7gh+ Sunce we enlered LafayeH'e as freshmen fhe members of 'the faculfy have endeavored 'ro prepare us +o be our besf The essenhals of gocd cuhzenshnp loya +y honor and service have ever been kep+ before us by Mr Goff wno has guided assnsfed and encouraged us and by Caplaun Mellen who has mspured us wurh Lafay elle s hugh Ideals We feel lndebled fo every member of fhe facul+y for hus unhrlng lnlrelllgenf oplnlons and lay fhe foundahon for a new llfe advenfure We hope +o prove fhaf Lafayeffe has msfrucfed us well We have been +augh+ In hlsfory fhe causes of war and nfs ummedlale resulfs As we enfer a world s+rugglmg agamsf 'rofal collapse of freedom mio furmoll and deslruchon can we apply fhese feachlngs and make a beffer world7 Our nnslrucfors have helped us lhlnk concermng problems which musr be solved befo e lhe world can have permanenl peac Some of us wlll enler higher mshfuhons fo search for furlher knowledge ofhers wall learn from lufe fhrough mnngllng wafh lhe general public In war work or on +he baHle fronfs Somewhere we shall loan fhose who hope fo mold an enllghfened public oplnvon and esfablush furmly sound plans for peace The LafayeH'e spxrsl has been demons+ra+ed fo us oflen +hese pasl' years We have +ha'r sparsl foo We hope +o achueve some +hmg whuch wnll make our school proud of us fo serve as a reward for fhe perseverlng efforfs of fhose who have gunded us during our years a+ Lafayeffe MADELYN SHRADLEY . l .. I . I .. 2 I services fo us. All have guided our inferesls and helped us 'rraln our minds, form 29

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O ITH +he hope an our hea 'rs of a new and peaceful world we +he class of l945 welcome ou V lory will so n be o s vlcfory we deeply hope over The udeologses and elhsh amouhons of lhose who sow d 'rhe dragon s +ee+h of hafred and vuolence Le? us sfruvc lo dug oul lhe :Her ools o lhese ev and deslruchve planls wh ch poison lhe soul of freedom so +l'a'r by fhemr exhrpahon we may pu? an end lo man s lnhurnanaly lo man of whuch we hav had so norrzble an example rn fhus war May +has campaign for he wlnnung of a new world enlnsl 'rhe hearls of every hugh school graduafe of loday For If ns our duly and prnvnlege lo re educafe lhe duslorled mnnds of our enemues 'ro +he poun+ where fhey wvll be able +o live amlcably wn+h o+her nahons We musf grasp lhe opporfumly which will be furnished af fhe end of fhls war and never abandon 1+ We musf pul all our slrengfh behind a plan whuch would banish halred le-alousy and preluduce among nahons If we fall un lhls now 1+ IS more fhan lulcely we may never survuve a lhord world war New :ns+rumen+s of dea+h whvch would be un +ne hands of aggressive powers could brmg a nahon +0 'folal chaos In a shorler hme Than ever previously dreamed of by man Lel us loolc forward +o a worldwide brofherhood where we are no+ merely v:c+or nous over a rrwe buf 'rrlumphanl over wrong where we are nol' merely successful rn deslroyung buf an burldnng Lei' us loolc forward and plan for a period of reconversnon which shall mean nol' merely deslroymg +he war machrnery un our planfs bu+ a recon versuon of hearls and minds lo 'rhe new worlc of bunldrng a world where we may Lave an harmony and unlly wn+n all +he powers of lhe earlh LOUISE CRAWFORD Ze SALUTAT R

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