Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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ONIGHT we fhe class of I946 greef you Affer four years of comraderue we gafher here as frnends As we relouce upon fhe complehon of four years of sfudy our +hough+s mus'f assume a more sober nofe We are aboul' +o en+er a world so long engaged nn war fhal' I+ has forgoH'en rhe ways of peace lf IS 'rhe 'rask of our generahon fo rediscover fhls roacl Peace IS much more dlfflcull' fo uphold fhan wars are fo provoke We musl proceed wlfh cauhon and face +he world wlrh a self confldence based on fhe knowledge we have acquired here Lei' no demagogue arlse 'ro cloud our minds Wllh lues allow no man +o sow dlssenslon among fhe achueve fhe only farm basls for peace We who will soon hold fhe reuns of +hus governmenf musi' never lose slgh'r of fhose :deals upon whach fhus democracy IS based Raiher we musf furfher 'rhe cause for whuch our counfry has foughf and make sure Thai a liberal educahon IS provided for all Only ws+h a well rounded prachcal knowledge can we dlshngulsh fhe fine lme dlvldlng fad from falsehood As we face 'lhe world lei' us always remember fhose prmclples upon which our LafayeHe fradlhon has been buulf If we Be Sfrong and of Good Courage uf we follow fhe precepfs of our Alma Maier we can noi help buf prove ourselves 'lo fhe world LOUIS J GERSTMAN S A L U T A T O R Y various facfions. Always wel musi' champion l'ru+h and seek fhe fads, fo

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Thus world was made by God s s+rong hands And broken Info separafe lands ln every land a dlflerenf race Had many problems hard +o face Our counfry shll was very new When we had sev ral problems loo For flrsf we wanfed fo be free Whuch made us frghf for llberly Our fa+hers worked and dad 'rheur bes+ To make our land surpass lhe res'r There were ba++les fo wm and wars +o hgh+ We ve lusf complefed one more war And now fheres peace on every shore Bu+ wull fhe peace remam wnih us7 We say nf wull we say 11' musl' Well worlc wrfh all our hear? and soul Tull we achneve our final goal TIII fhrough man s love and educahon We ve broughf fhus peace 'ro every nahon VERA E CROPP C l. A S P E M To give us 'rhe freedoms we lhoughl' were our righl.