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

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THE CHRONICLE MIss CTMEARA, MISS LEVITAN, MISS KINNIUS, Mlss HELEN SMITH MR. PENNIMAN, MISS SWANNIE, MISS REED, MR. SMITH X MISS LINK, MISS STENGEL, ISS DIEFENBACH, MISS COLBURN W page twenty 'Q Q. -f A - V 3,5 In A VB

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THE CHRONICLE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL GARNETT F. ROBERTS To The Class of I93I G. F. ROBERTS URING your school life, progress in every branch .of human endeavor has' been so vasi and rapid fhaf if is difficulf fo realize how 'rhese changes have affecied your lives and environmeni. As a result new and higher sfandards of inlelligence, culfure and cilizenship are needed To keep 'rhis greai' na'rion in fhe posifion of world leadership which if has so lafely assumed. Thus far your rraining has been a general one. covering fundamenfal facls and requiring cer+ain minimum sfandards of achievemeni. Bu+ now you are looking for- ward 'lo individual eliforr and leadership in some chosen field for which you have a naiural inclinafion. To obfain recognilion you should be able fo perform or build belier lhan your compe+i'rors so Jrhai your 'rechnique will be lhal' of a masier. l-lowever, individualism means freedom of lhoughl and acfion. Emerson wriles, So far as a man fhinlcs he is free. Your abilify +o meel a sifuafion as ii' arises will, demand cons+ruc+ive rhinlcing, srrong will power and characier based on 'rhe highesl' efhics. ln olher words, only as you are able lo command yourselves will you be able To lead ofhers. page nineteen

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THE CHRONICLE The Faculty By George Morgan HE members of the faculty of FosdickfMasten Park High School are indeed among those who pass their lamps of knowledge on to others. The past year has noticed many changes in this worthy group who guide the students and light candles of understanding in their hearts which shall not be put out. With the beginning of the year the school suffered a loss of several of its honored teachers who were called to service at the new Riverside high school. Those who left were the Misses Bear, Culp, Drullard, Hoyler, Kinsley, O'Reil1y, Snell, Curry, Mrs. Stapleton and Mr. Costello. They left with the best wishes of all for continued success. Miss Katharine Maher, a member of the English department, and Mr. Frank Coffran, head of the Classical department, tendered their resignations in June, 19710 and thus the new school year was begun without their valuable services. Miss Maher served many years in the Buffalo school department, the last eleven of which were spent at FosdickfMasten Park. Her hundreds of pupils remember her as a faithful teacher who with kindliness and understanding was always ready to help with any of their problems. Mr. Coffran, who had a long and honorable record of service as a member of the Fosdick-Masten classical language department resigned at the end of the year 1929f193O. He served faithfully and well for thirtyfthree years and it was with sincere regret that faculty and students alike learned of his resignation. Mr. Coffran was directly responsible for the publishing of the first Chronicle and it is with a great deal of pleasure that we dedicate this 1931 issue of the. 'lChronicle to Mr. Frank Coffran. Only two new teachers were added to the staff this year. In September, Miss Alice Eiss became an honored member of the English department and in February Miss Dorothy Dinsmore joined the faculty. She, too, is a teacher of English. Early in the second term, March 5, 1931, th-e faculty suffered a painful loss in the accidental death of Mr. Julius Hayn, head of the mathematics department. His passing was keenly regretted by the faculty and student body alike. Mr. Coffran, in his tribute to Mr. Hayn appearing on the preceding pages, voices the sentiment of the school. On April 2, another of our beloved teachers, Miss Etta Cohen, passed on. She leaves behind her, years of memorable service at FosdickfMasten having only two years before her death been made head of the English department following the resig- nation of Miss Ada Fox. At the memorial assembly for Miss Cohen, glowing tributes to her character were paid by Principal Hersey and oth-er friends who had been associated with her in various ields of endeavor. Miss Fox outlined Miss Cohen's remarkable career as an English teacher. Miss Dorothy Hill, representative of the League of Women Voters praised her indomitable spirit and her keen sense of humor. Miss Lillias MacDonald, Dean of Women, University of Buffalo, stressed her friend's appreciation of the beau- tiful. Miss Mary Hahn paid her tribute by reading poems selected from Miss Cohen's bestfloved verses among which were lines from Browning's Asolando. page twcntyone