East Aurora High School - Auroran Yearbook (East Aurora, NY)

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zhonl guard Seated Mrs Standeven, Mr Graves, Mrs Brewer Standlng Mr Potter Mr Howell, Mr Bean, Mr Caln Mlsslng Mrs Shumway Mr Wechter r Wlllert the scenes who have played such a large part 1n dxrectxng the 11l'e our school provldlng us with the best lnstructors and iac1l1t1es They ar the people of the communxty who have devoted the tlme and effort to the cause of educat1on e wish to extend our appre c1at1on to the members of the school board for the part they have played ln making our school a school to be proud of M u . . . . X These are the people behind Nl-40-10-dist' I ffjgr . . . . of X f . . . . . e 5 I , w ' - ,- 6

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lffdmlnlstrahnn I should like to speak to you about begmnmngs The xmportant thmg about sports l1ves and c1v1l1zat1ons 15 that they actually began We span a long perlod from the tzrne when some savage crouchmg 1n a cave lmag med how useful a hollowed stone could be for scoopxng earth and water to the present day when we are speculatxng about tr1ps to Venus and Mars Thxs has been accomphshed because two thxngs happened an xndxvxdual be gan to thmk and he began to do somethxng about the thxngs whxch made hxm thmk At the begmnmg of the next hfty years we now stand Some of us wxll stand as mdxvxduals some as groups It becomes qulte necessary that we all stand for somethxng as we attempt to take our places IH the new f1elds whxch progress has opened for us the mechamcal opportumtxes plastlcs electromcs We thought these were the ultxmate 1n challenges We have a newer greater challenge today As you walk wlth wonder and wlth prxde among the thxngs that mankmd has made xts own go not wlth fear but wxth the certam courage of the free man who knows that out of atom1c energy he can create peace or perxl health or hysterla Behold xt as a dream 1f you wxll but catch the mate rxals at hand explore the possxbxlxtxes of your world and never fall to face the fact that we must always protect the prlvxlege that 11fe and democracy has always gxven us the possxbxlxty of begxnnxng agam' Q-SENMJ-AN The members of East Aurora I-hgh School's mxd century graduating class should carefully revxew our natxon s progress as a free self dxrected and self d1sc1pl1ned people Wxthxn each of us rests the personal responsx b1l1ty of strengthen1ng ourselves and our country 1n freedom self rehance and self government Each of us must be wxse enough to bu11d upon the contr1but1ons of the great men and women who lxved wlth us or before us Wxth such patterns and wxth such zdeals we can shape our future toward abundant and satnsfylng l1ves We wxsh the class of 1950 great success mn lxvxng fully and we hope your Alma Mater w1ll long be remembered for her contrxbutxons to your ex per1ence xn the half century awaxtxng you KM,-f-.rg Graduatxng marks your entrance to an excxtxng and challenglng experl ence your future The success and happiness of this experlence wxll de pend almost entxrely upon your own xmagxnatlon xngenuxty and effort Day by day applxcatlon of these factors 15 essentlal, for the future IS a product of the past and present Congratulatxons' 5 46 9 Cp..

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wwf? W f I should llke to take thls opportunxty to congratulate you on your grad uatxon at the half century mark Most of you started school 1n 1937 I these past thmrteen years whxle you were 1n school great soclal upheaval has taken place You have come through xt very admxrably Wxll you try hard to keep the same open m1nd unconquerable Splflt and ethxcal and moral prxncxples mn years to come that you have dxsplayed whxle w1th us Often when lxfe gets too confusxng we may lose our perspectxve th1s should happen to you I W1Sh you would pull out your old yearbook and look at th1s quotatlon by Margaret Fuller It may help you 1n years t come Drudgery 15 as necessary to call out the treasures of the mxnd as harrowlng and plantlng those of the earth The fxrst half of th1s century has been a confused mlxture. Sc1ent1f1 cally we have progressed more rap1dly than ever before Thxs progres however has not been of use m prevent1ng world conflxcts You as he fxrst graduatmg class of the mld century w1l1 be confronted by many prob lems May your exper1ences here 1n East Aurora I-hgh School help you to meet and solve these problems May we have 1nst1l1ed 1n you xdeals anf bel1efs that wxll help you to lead a happy useful lxfe The best of luck to each of you fllaM..,.-,145 Heartlest congratulatxons on your graduatxon You are very fortunate to be on the threshold of the best years of your llfe Have the courage to do your own thxnkmg Face your problem squarely llke a craftsman and let the chxps fall where they may Take t1me to lxve more harmonxously wxth others and together learn to harne the mventxons of our day for the common good of mankxnd Thus you w1ll make the next fxfty years even better than the fzrst half of thx century Very best wxshes to all of you ff! , -, X ' fr 'S ' X T lk ,. -Al. ,lf 'il 1 - . Q - . ,I ' - , ' . Ii ' ' , . ' o