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

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THE CHRONICLE SCHOOL-A SOLILOQUY A genile breeze frips fhru 'rhe leaves of 'I'he free-laden earfhg The lulling hymn of morning noises greefs +he rising sun: The rays serene, +hey venf 'lheir spleen upon fhe somber dark of nighi: A world of quief, now awake. A rusfle, 'lhen a siir is felf, The Clickefy-Clump of heel and foe, low murmurs of expecfanf voices, The movemeni' spreads un+il all aboui' is sound! A void of empiiness becomes alive wifhin. Whife marble is all-embracing. The shriek of 'roriured meial pierces everywhere: Tenacious iumulf assumes command once more, Time passes, and fhe realm of +hough+ is renf by hubbub, clash, clamor! Where silence reigned, bedlam holds sway! Then quief ..... af infervals, fhe piercing shriek, Once more +he rusfle, now, +oo, ihe sfir. The seas of knowledge cease fo flow, The Cliclrefy-Clump of heel and foe. And all is sfill. A genfle breeze frips ihru +he leaves of ihe free-laden earfhg The lulling hymn of evening noises is soff blended music: The void wi'rhin whi+e marbled walls conceals a bea+ing hearfg This hear+ 'l'ha1' bears, +his hearf +ha+ lives, This hear? fhaf draws me back. Anoiher day, is if nor io be? GILBERT R. BASS page rhirfeen

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page fwelve I I I THE CHRONICLE To the Class of l936 A favorife expression of some years ago was The voice wifh fhe smile wins . This sfafemenf of fhe value of cheerfulness and good nafure-in fhe fones of fhe spoken word and in fhe fhoughf behind fhe words-has special significance for young people who have before fhem a life which fhey can make kindly, useful and suc- cessful if fhey will. So, wifh all fhe ofher good wishes for healfh, happiness and real success which l sincerely hope may come fo every member of fhis graduafing class, l frusf fhaf you will have fhaf poise of mind fo enable you fo rise above disappoinfmenfs, iealousies, or g crificisms and fo preserve a kindness of word and deed and a cheerfulness of spirif which nofhing can conquer. C. BROOKS HERSEY. C. Brooks Hersey, A.B., A.M. To the Class of l936 While we live in fhe presenf, we confinually plan for , V fhe fufure. This year of I936 wifnesses our nafion emerging from a long confinued economic depression which has affecfed every phase of ifs exisfence. In fhis awakened acfivify fhere are very posifive signs fhaf youfh will be needed fo acquire fhe fechniques and skills of an advancing indusfry. Perhaps your class has been forfunafe fo have been in school during years when many high school graduafes have been faced wifh fhe seeming uselessness of an educafion. l frusf fhaf fhis will nof be your experience, ' buf fhaf you may go ouf from our school eifher fo con- l finue fhe educafion which you have so well begun or fo l find a place in fhe world of frade and indusfry which will amply reward you for your services. Garneff F. Roberfs, B.S. Furfher, may fhe culfural value of your educafion be as fundamenfal fo you as ifs ufilify value and may you combine fhe fwo in such a way fhaf will make leisure a reward for accepfance of responsibilify rafher fhan freedom from if. G. F. ROBERTS.

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page fourfeen YEARS WITHOUT END A VALEDICTORY FOR THE CLASS OF I936 A valedicfory is a farewell. To us, fhe graduafing class of l936, if means nof only a farewell 'lo our school, our feachers, and our friends, buf a farewell fo a life fhaf we shall never know again. On cerfain imporfanf days in fhe lives of all of us, fhere comes a fime when we are forced fo meef ourselves, face our accomplishmenfs and failures squarely, and look af fhe fufure unafraid. This Class Day marks fhaf day for us and fhis valedicfory, which bids goodby fo fhe pasf, musf herald fhe coming of fhe new as well. Four years ago we enfered fhis school as boys and girls: now we are ready fo leave if as men and women. The responsibilify of earning a living resfs upon our shoulders. To a large exfenf, fhese 'Four years have moulded our characfers and our lives. Whaf we are fo be depends upon whaf we have gained here. For some of us, fhis marks fhe conclusion of our formal educafion. For ofhers, if marks an impressive milesfone on a iourney fhaf will include more years of school work. Buf all of us owe fo Fosdick a deep debf of grafifude for fhe imporfanf parf if has played in our lives. lf is here, in fhis school, fhaf we have gained fhe equip- menf wifh which fo carry on. Buf fine as are fhe fools we are equipped wifh, if nof used and applied, fhe significance of fhe mere winning of fhem is losf. We, fhe class of I936, foday are faced wifh fhis vifal quesfion. Whaf kind of men and women do we wish fo meef fhirfy years from now? Some of us shall see ourselves as calm philosophers, who have found joy in serenify and whose quief eyes reveal fhaf we have escaped fhe foil of a feverish career. Joy, aside from ambifion and gain! Buf mosf of us shall meef-old men and women, sfill acfive, alerf, sfrained, exulfing in our few accom- plishmenfs ancl ever wishing fhaf we mighf have done more. By fhinking of whom we wanf fo see when we meef ourselves, we defermine whefher we wish fo fravel fasf or slowly. Those of us who fravel fasf-our life shall be invigorafing and acfive. We will gain fhe fhrill of accomplishmenf, or fhe equally sfrengfhening clisappoinfmenf of failure. Those of us who fravel slowly-for us fhe zesf of life will be less keen, buf fhe joy of living will be greafer. Buf no maffer how we fravel, whefher life be 'lense or calm, because of fhe influence of our school fo whom we pay 'lribufe foday, fhere are some fhings fhe faces of all of us will show. Because of our school, our feachers, and our friends, we musf show undersfanding, sympafhy, and a vifal inferesf in ofher men of all nafions and creeds. We will show characfer, fhe price of which, like fhaf of liberfy, is unceasing vigilence. Soon we meef for fhe lasf fime as fhe Class of I936. Thaf June graduafion day is no'l' far disfanf. And when we walk down fhe aisle wifh our diplomas fighfly clenched in our hands, we realize fhaf fhey do nof mean 'lhaf we have graduafed from high school alone: 'lhey mean fhaf we have affained fhe years, fhe knowledge, and fhe ambifion fo enfer fhe fireless world abouf us, fhe world whose desfiny we shall help fo shape. And on fhis Class Day fhere is one phrase l fhink we should recall fo mincl. For four years we have enfered fhis assembly and in one of our besf known songs have sung fhis phrase: And pledge our devofion, fhrough years wifhouf end. And in fhaf single line is fhe whole significance of fhis valedicfory. For years wifhouf end fhe knowledge we have gained af Masfen and fhe associafions formed and fhe experiences accomplished, shall form a precious gem in fhe crown of a golden you'I'h. And in fhaf sense, fhere is no acfual good-by, for Masfen goes wifh us. Masfen and all fhaf if means lives in our lives for years wifhouf end. And cerfainly, our memory will linger in fhe halls and in fhe common herifage of our school. So in going fhe devious ways life holds before us, we fake Fosdick wifh us, and par'l' of us remains wifh if. HOWARD BEER