Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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LVERT K NG MELL 864 I PRINCIPAL OF LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL 9 6 I O he passed over and all fhe frumpefs sounded for hum on fhe ofher sude No doubl' exusfs un fhe mund of any one who knew and loved Capfaun Mellen 'rhaf fhe frumpefs dud sound on fhal' fuffh day of July Hus generosufy of spuruf had earned for hum fhe confndence fhe respecf and love whuch when each of us comes fo due consfufufe hus mosf endurung assef As we realuzed fhaf hus work on earfh had ended ou hearfs were heavy un fhe realuzafuon Ihaf we could no Ionger relouce un hus presence despule our sorrow however we were deeply grafeful fhaf we had been permuffed fo know hum and we were proud as we remembered Ihe regard un whuch he had always held Lafayeffe Hugh School We were confudenf foo fhaf un anofher world he had found fhe peace whuch musf follow so ruch a Iufe Capfaun Mellen s lufe was a ruch full one If uf us 'rrue fhaf an unduvudual s real wealfh us measured by whaf he has guven of humself hus sfore was decudedly greaf For eughfy years he gave fully never conscuous of humself knowung only 'uhaf he loved hus fellow men hus counfry and hus God Thus us frue greafness fhe greafness whuch wull endure As a fruend Capfaun Mellen never fauled un hus confidence un fhose abouf hum Boys and gurls men and women all knew 'uhaf he cared deeply for fhem and fhaf he could always duscounf fheur weaknesses fhunkung only of fheur sfrengfh He loved people loved fhem so ardenfly fhaf he unspured each one of us fo fhunk more hughly of fhose wufh whom we work and play Hus unnafe courfesy and genfleness of spuruf never fauled fo fund a response un fhose abouf hum As fume wenl on as hundreds of new sfudenfs became a parf of hus school as fhe numbers of faculfy members and graduafes uncreased hus spuruf grew foo for uf Included un uls genfle and courfeous regard all fhos whom he knew Thus was one greaf qualufy of hus Ieadershup Who could faul fo respond? CA I EN 1 -945 10-934 66

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Ano+her greaf facior un Capfam Mellen s personalny was has deep respecl for honor and loyalfy He never needed fo discuss fhese quallhes nor +o urge olhers fo culhvafe lhem for he lived +hem I+ IS ll+fle wonder +ha+ 'rhe +eachers wlfh whom he worked fhe s+uden+s whom he guided and 'rhe graduafes for whom he had bullf a home an Lafayeffe Hugh School realized +ha+ honorable service ns lhe magmfucenl prrvllege of men and women rn fhls world Perhaps 'rhe mos+ endearing qualify of Capfann Mellens lovmg heari was llS apprecnahon of every+hang fnne and noble He loved goodness courage and 'rrufh fhose who worked wufh hum all fhose who had even me+ hum cherlshed has regard and were gladdened by hus approval lnshnchvely he remembered all fhose he had ever known and nnshnchvely he cherished every ac+ of goodness and merui' Now fhaf hrs work us done has Influence shll gundes us The grea+ g:f+s whlch made hum loved by fhousands of people form a cherished memory and a deep lnspnrahon Cerfamly +he +rumpe+s dnd sound we can hear +helr echo now Ius+ as we can see Cap+aln Mellen s smrle and hear fhe work of encouragemenf he s+nll offers us The world ns be++er because he lnved yes, even fhe honesf pursuif of a humble +ask. As a consequence his friends, all