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

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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

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THE CHRONICLE Courses Offered at Fosdick-Maslzen ANY and various are the courses offered to the aspiring freshmen who enter the portals of FosdickfMasten. The light of knowledge is burning eternally in the fair corridors and one has but to have initiative and willingness to learn, in order to bask in its warm glow. For those who intend to pursue their education further after finishing high school, the college entrance course with rays which symbolize arts, science and engineering, offers opportunity to prepare for entering any college or university in the land. The beam of its light is cast most brightly upon the languages, but reveals also opportunity for a general preparation in other essentials for those wishing to enjoy the sun of success. For those who are undecided whether to continue their education or to go forth into the world at the conclusion of their high school career, the general course ray sheds an inviting light. It provides preparation sufficient for entering college or any walk of life with the utmost confidence. The broad rays of this curriculum shed light on specialized courses known as general language, general mathematics, general. history and general normal. One of the most popular rays is that cast by the commercial course. More students of FosdickfMasten follow the light shed on this path to knowledge than that shed on any other. Its beam seeks out the most intriguing lines of business endeavor and leads to full preparation for the embryo business man or woman. Another guiding light is that course offered by the homemaking division. For many who follow this ray of learning, a general knowledge of the making of a happy home is the essential feature. Others, after benehting by the course, go on into other lines of accomplishment well prepared. For those whose talents run to the artistic, the beam of the art course sheds its entrancing light. The art curriculum embodies history and appreciation of the beautiful as well as actual practice in the many types of drawing. Those people who are musically inclined are enabled to pursue this line of endeavor through the various rays offered in the music course. In connection with all these courses, the physical department offers chance for physical development to every boy and girl. Each pupil is required to take two periods of physical training a week. At these classes they go through various calisthenics or apparatus work, and this regular class work is followed by some game. In the spring the entire period is devoted to indoor and outdoor baseball and other outdoor work, This is true during the winter, at which time the chief sport is basketball. These are the many beams which shower their welcome light upon the fortunate freshman who enters upon the threshold of knowledge and guide him that he may evade the rocks of the sea of ignorance. page twenty-three