Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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YEAR BEGINS WELL the mneteen year old Marqurs de Lafayette gave up a l1fe of luxury to come to Amerlca and frght rn the Revolutlon ary War w1th an untrarned and unorgamzed army Thus a lastrng fnendshlp began between the Unxted States and France Roy Langenbach 1957 read h1s honorable mentlon essay on the Marquls de Lafayette tn the Amerrcan Revo lutron Mr Grove McClellan executrve drrector of the Old Fort Nragara ASSOCIGIIOH and a Lafayette graduate noted that rn the 54 years of the school s ex1stence a por tra1t of Lafayette had never been hung Mr LOUIS L Berger was rnstrumental 1n rnterestmg Mr Grosz rn pre sentrng the portralt Such a prcture IS gxven each year to the outstandmg 1nst1tut1on beanng the name of Lafayette The portralt now hangs ln the mam corrrdor between Rooms lll and 112 Thus the school year was approprrately started Mr Axlerod conducts assembly The curtam w111 part to reveal a skrt or an mforrnauve dexnonstratron Mr Axlerod Dr Manch K Snyder nu: 7

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R Dugan Mr Grosz Dr Ha yes NEW FACES APPEAR Dr Joseph Manch long known to students for h1s work w1th local student counc1ls was welcomed at Lafayette Frlday September 6 as Buffalo s new superlntendent of educauon In h1s assembly speech he declared h1s belref ln young people He asserted that glven an opportun1ty they accept respons1b1l1ty and set hrgh standards He spoke of the accomplrshment of our appropr1ate dress campargn whrch has garned natronwlde approval Lafayette students were honored to have Dr Manch present for the f1rst assembly of the 1957 1958 school year The portrart of Lafayette unverled by Mr Zoltan Grosz 1n assembly September 30 was greeted wrth prolonged ap plause The V1ce Presrdent of the French Commrssxon for Perpetuatmg the Name of Lafayette presented the grft to Bob Dugan pres1dent of the Student COUIICII Mr Axlerod accepted lt for the school The Honorable George S F1eSCh1 deputy French Con sul General of New York C1ty remmded the school that Mr McClellan Mrs Grosz Mrs Mr Grosz Mr F1esch1 Mr Axle McClellan Dr Hrmmele Dr Wilcox Mr Mr letter R Dugan Mr Radwan rod Mr Bayer Mr Speyser Gott R Langenbach Mr Klonke Mr Dressler 6

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