Batavia High School - Batavian Yearbook (Batavia, NY)

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Mr Cofran March 12 1948 Senlor Class Batavla Hlgh School Batavxa N Y Deal 5611101 s The staff of the Batavlan for 1948 has extended to me the opportumty and prlvllege of expresslng a few thoughts to you Your progress and achlevements 1n regular classes as well as extra curr1cular act1v1t1es have been follovx ed vxlth mterest and pleasure It has been my deslre to do all pos s1ble for your hlgh school educa t1on that WIII help you to become c tlzenshlp IS noxx extended to lnclude the vsorld and you W1ll be expected to do your part 1n our vxolld communlty It IS my hope xou xx1ll reflect the tfallllflg that xou have recelved 1n the fulfill ment of that duty One mark of a good c1t1zen IS an mdlxlduals xxllllngness to accept the respons1b1l1ty of help 1ng to solve problems of general xx elfare Fhls FGQUIIGS 1ntell1 gent and unblased thlnkmg and study on your part Many tlmes pe1 sonal prejudlces xxlll lnterfere xx 1th 1 just concluslon unless you use your h1gh school exper1 ence as a remmder and a gulde ln youl thmkmg F1 equently It IS adx 1S3bl6 to put youlself 1n the othel felloxx s place and ask yourself How xxould I feel about tI'llS p1 oblem 1f I were he? A falr ansvx er to thls questlon IS the best evldence of tolerance and understandmg and these tvxo characterlstlce xx ould prevent a lot of the confllct xxhlch novx exlsts May I extend to you my personal congratulatlons upon graduatlon and best WISIIQS for your future success Slncerely yours Walden S Cofran Superlntendent of Schools l U v . 'w , I . ' 97 ' I v . I . i O 1 n 0 , . I , I .C v . . V C , I 0 I L. Y I 4, ks S I l U U 4, , K . at l n Q I . K 1 v' Y 11 I n 1. I kv 1 kv, . . . . L I I - . . . . I . , I . I 1 ' 1 - . . K - . . good c1t1zens. The role of good L A A. ' . v , ' ' 1 D .W . I Y ' U . . . , . - . . . , V. . y K w ' - l I x v , . .4 . . a L - I . I I C x AI , L . , . , I I . . I . 4 V, 1 I I I , y 5

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Mr Usborn March 29 1948 Senlor Llass Batavla Hlgh School Batavla New York Dear Semors You are about to graduate from hlgh school The event whlch seemed so remote 19 here and the attentlon of the communlty IS upon you and vour school vnth part1cular 1nterest It IQ a frlendly mterest wh1ch your com apprec1at1on of the opportumtles 1n our schools The opportunltles to ex cel would not exlst lf the cltlzens of our commun1ty d1d not realme the 1m portance of good schools 1n vxhlch to learn and achleve I hope that as you take your places 1n the commumty you vull do your part ln sustalnlng and developlng the relat1onsh1p betvu een the commun1ty and your schools vxhlch novu arouses pr1de and enthuslasm 1n us all munlty has an lnterest Whlch 1nclude0 Slncerelv yours pride sat1sfact1on and Ehope for the future It IQ the same mterest Wh1ch has made poss1ble all of the advantages vxhlch you have emoved durlng your school years and vxhlch IS makmg poss1ble p1 OQFQSSIVG plans for those vvho follow you We are fortunate to be l1V1Dg Ill a communlty IH whlch the ln te est of 1ts cltlzens covers all of ou1 schools act1v1t1es The w1n nlng of a scholarshlp by a gradu ate IQ xecogmzed wx 1th enthuslasm and so 1s a br1ll1ant performance on the athletxc field There IS the sfzme degree of mterest shown 1n a team completmg an undefeated season as 1n a cho1r Slllglllg on a natlonal netvsork Thls conslst ently broad and mtense mterest bv your fellow students your facultv and your communlty glV6Q you everv reason to be proud that you vxlll graduate from BdtdV13 Hlgh School I hope you vxlll alvxays re membe1 that It IQ not Just good fortune that produces the fine 1elat1onsh1p that emsts between our schools and our communlty Oul communlty 1s enthus1ast1c over excellence 1n any field Our 1JUlJ1lS excel 1n QIOUIJB and 1nd udually through hard work and Edu ard L Osborn I . . .. . v ' 'M ' N . L 1' xx s o so 1 n ' L . ' 4 r , v 1 L L pf ' . 1 ' 7 v , . . .. .- , . L L , . . . v. v L . . . . . . v A Q . , L L, L . . . . . x L - . . . . . v 1 , 'ey 7' 7 . L L , L . . 1 L L, v .. . . . 1 1 1 L N' 4 1 . LL L L . v- .L ... . 1 7 v - L L L. - l 1 . . . . f . v L L , L L AL A . . . . . . L L L . . . ' - . ,V U 9 f .9 L L . . 1 v - L 1 . v v - . . . Q L L .L 1 I I . L TLL 1 I . 5 o . . . 1 , ' L L L . 4 I . . . -J, .. w. - L . y L , ,- . V . .7 L l