Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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' .ff MISS MARY LOU NICE GUIDANCE tudents at Lafayette High School have always received guidance in their choice of courses and vocations. Home- room and classroom teachers have assist- ed them in selecting suitable courses to prepare them for their chosen careers. The work of the guidance counselors is to coordinate the guidance services available at Lafayette. The counselors offer individual counseling when students need or wish it. The guidance offices here are pleas ant and attractive. Several girls com- prise an office staff that renders compe '-1-.,,,., T6

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.iss Katherine Reif, Admininstrative Assistant of this school, illected the news items concerning members of the Lafayette faculty. pain it is true that if quick service is desired, the busy person is ie one most likely to get it done. We thank Miss Reif for the in- nrmation which she so graciously furnished. e BXICDO our sincere best wishes to Mrs. Mary K. McDermott ark and Mrs. Thelma lmbusch Harnack, Jr., Cafeteria Manager, on ielr recent marriages. We are very happy that Mrs. Clark has de- ded to continue her teaching at Lafayette, and we regret that, nce Mrs. Harnack expects to make her home in Pittsburgh, she will l longer D6 with us. n January of this year Miss Geneva Bellinger retired and we sh her man ears of continued ood health in which to enjoy her new- Y Y 0 und leisure. Miss Bellinger came to Lafayette as teacher of Latin ortly after her graduation from Mount Holyoke College, and she has en a tireless worker in the interest of her students and of the school er since. We miss her quiet and efficient manner, her sincere under- anding OT the problems of her students. r. RODCTI McGowan, our popular teacher or Math- ematics, has accepted a position as guidance counselor for boys at East High School. He has always worked tire- lessly to promote every Lafayette project and we miss his quiet efficiency and cheerful smile. We wish him every success in his new work. rs. Brldie 0'Day and Miss Ruth Hoffman who were with us for only one year have been transferred - Mrs. 0'Day to Kensington High School and Miss Hoffman to direct the cafeteria at Technical High School. MR. ARTHUR HHALLEY Coach 15 MISS KATHERINE REIF Administrative Assistant MISS FRANCES PITT Room I0 MR. GRAYDON MONROE Book Room

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tent assistance in filing, typing, cata loging and taking care of the many de- tails that make for an efficiently run office. Counselors assist students in making the transition from grade school to high school, in securing part-time employment, choosing colleges and selecting vocations, and in tailoring the curricula to fit the needs of the individual students. The administration, counselors and faculty hope that guidance serv- ices at Lafayette will expand and oecome more effective to help make life here for students pleasant and MR. LOUIS GITIN worthwhile.