Fosdick Masten Park High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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The CHRONICLE An Appreciation of Dr. Fosdick O the teachers of Masten Park High School, Dr. Fosdick has filled for these many years a place far more exalted than that of oflicial head of the school. It is true that as an Si' administrator and leader in education he has made a record equalled by few men of his generation, but in addition to this success in the technique of the school executive he has been in a larger way a father and friend to every teacher who has been privileged to work in Masten Park. Endowed by nature with a personality overflowing with good will for his fellows, a genial faculty for making friends, and imbued with the ideal of unselfish service to teachers, pupils and community, he has devoted his life to the best interests of those with whom he has come in contact. If he had chosen to be a physician or a minister instead of a teacher, his scholarly attainrnents, his broad knowledge of human nature, his keen penetration and ready sympathy would have placed him in the front rank of either of those professions, and these same qualities have so endeared him to his teachers that every one has looked to Dr. Fosdick for counsel, advice and sympathy in all of the joys and sorrows of life. To us all he has been guide, philosopher and friendg' Now that he is giving up the busy routine of a lifetime and is retir- ing full of years and honors we bid him Godspeed. Our love and devotion go with him. May he live long and prosper. In the name of the Faculty, C. Brooks Hersey. 8

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The CHRONICLE An Appreciation of Dr. Fosdick 9,5 some time or other during the course of every Mastenite's life 1q??gA3x',fj at the school on the hill, they come in contact with their youth- ful leader, Pop, Of his career little need be said, as it speaks for itself. However his ideals and fatherly interest in each of his chil- dren's problems command the respect, love and devotion of every Masten graduate and undergraduate alike. Service has been the keynote of Dr. Fosdick's career and it has been his desire to see every student make this ideal of benefiting others, the foremost in his thoughts. Pop's life is a living example of what service has accomplished not only for himself but for others. You will find that Dr. Fosdick's secret knowledge of that fountain of perpetual youth which Ponce de Leon failed to find, lies in this one fact, his perscnal contact with boys and girls. Students have come and gone, doctors, teachers, journalists, musi- cians and others, all of whom at some time or other went to Pop for advice, which they knew would be given only after careful thought. Untold problems have been solved for many, but the class of '26 realizes more fully the depth of his magnetic personality, for he is a member of their class. All honor and glory be to him, who through twenty-nine years has guided the ship Master Park through the uncharted seas and in good condition has turned the ship over to the new pilot. . Your rest is well earned, Dr. Fosdick, and your numerous children rejoice in their com- panionship with you through all the years. In the name of the Student Body Helen Bell. 9