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

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I 0 he rnwluufQa.- his month of Iune marks the close of the 46th year of Burgarcl's history. We are rapidly approaching the fifty year mark. You graduates now join a great company of alumni of this school, and it's predecessors - Old Elm C1914 - 19301 The Vocational School of Printing C1912- 1914D, and the Broadway Vocational School C1910-19121 Fortunate indeed have you been to have inherited the choice things in Vocational Education that have resulted in nearly a half century of progress. In checking over the archives of this school and delving into the records of olden days, I found that the first graduates numbered four and the exercises were held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. 'These were the first alumni and they were from the Printing Department. It is well to note that this year, 1956, is the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin-universally hailed as the Patron of the Printing lndustry in America. He was a printer, an author, an inventor, and a diplomat. He taught himself to read French, Spanish, Italian, and Latin. He wrote an autobiography which is still a classic. He printed Poor Richards Almanac. He is one of many great Americans about whom this world should know more. We, at Burgard, always have celebrated his birthday with an appropriate assembly program. This year our Printing Department is marking a special milestone because of the retirement of Mr. john Heinike,-for over forty years-teacher, counsellor, guide, and like Franklin, patron of the Printing Arts. We pay tribute to him with this issue of the CRAFTSMAN. Yes, indeed, you graduates of '56 are to be congratulated. May you ever remember with thankful hearts and real gratitude your years at Burgard and your prized opportunities for the Ugrowth in wisdom and stature and favour at your Alma Mater. Our best wishes go with you.

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W1'ffiam B. Kampratffl, Principa