Burgard Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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vu-K WILLIA M B. KAMPRATH

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rw pf-7 J c rf V ye rr: llblflffbi OIXIE OF us on thc faculty have lived near you. VVe as teachers come from all parts of Buffalo and the suburban area. Likewise, you come from every school district in this city and from thirty-one nearby towns. The geography of your home locations represents a slice across the map of Buffalo and Erie County. Four years ago you were numbered among those who entered Burgard and sought education in various vocational fields. z'Xnd the great inflow of Freshmen each year continues unabated. This is an indication of the high regard which you and your parents hold this comparatively new form of high school training. Now you are graduating. Most of you will stay in Buffalo and become a part of the business and industrial life of the city of your birth. Perhaps some of you will do as others before you have done-seek what may seem like greater opportuni' ties or richer rewards elsewhere. But whatever you do here or elsewhere, you'll find your Hfootingn sure. Youll find friendly employers and neighbors intent on helping you to mold finer futures out of happier, brighter days. Your opportunities for suc- cess are not limited. They're of every kind. You have been taught the 'ipractical know how combined with academic knowledge, ideals of good citizenship, personality development, and moral and spiritual values which will stand you in good stead wherever you are. No matter what your trade, your business, your craft or your pro- fession, you should find your niche. You as enterprising young men can carve as brilliant futures as you will. We have lived with you. You have been a part of our lives, and we hope you will return to Burgarcl and visit us often. VVc sincerely hope for your success. Ever your friend, X Principal

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S... 99 511' 56199 0,1 f ow vnoun we are of all you members ol the 1955 graduating class. Your youth, vigor ancl enthusiasm are worthy armor in a challenging world. We, your instructors, never cease to he amazed as we view you on Commencement Night in the lull llower ol' your atloleseent manhood and then review in our mincl's eye the early weelys ancl months ol your all too hricl stay at Burgarcl. We like to thinly that we may take pardonablc pride in your mental and physical development. yVe hope that some of our technical know-how, our cultural pursuits anal haeltgrountls have ruhhed oll on you so that you leave enriched hy associations and environment as well as hy the more formal classroom instruction. Try to avoid the stagnation ol lethargy, Pierce the logs of the luture so that cleatlfencl streets do not harass you and eventually leave you dry and bitter. Crow with your joh, your lrientls, your associations that mean increased ltnowleclge. ,Xll these are our silent aclmonitions that we pray will be the ever-present urgings to hetter lix ing, hetter citizenship and hetter Americanism. : . ,gil Assistant Principal