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

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THOMAS SMITH DOROTHY KATES Presiclenl' Vice-Presidenf kk 1 K 'T 'fs EILEEN TESSMANN ,ff :Rvws WUNDERRK-C Secre+ary ,ML Treasurer K GILBERT BASS HOWARD BEER Poei' Valediciorian ALBERT BOOKBINDER EDWARD GESE Chief Marshall Assis+an+ Marshall CASIMIR SLASKI Assisfani Marshall

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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

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ISABELLE M. AHERN HARRY ALPER Honor Baseball Alpha Kappa Office Monifor Home Economics Club VICTOR ALECK Library Monifor Office Monifor Dramafics Sfar Roll Chronicle CHARLES ANDREW ROBERT C. ARBER JAMES ANNACCONE LEROY A ARCH MARJORY BAILEY Office Monifor Chorus Honor Roll Alpha lola Chi Track ROBERT M. BAER Office Monifor Honor Roll Baseball EVELYN M. BAMBERG JEAN M. BARTH Orchesfra Bela Sigma L- X' JOHN R. BARNARD 5' Hockey J ill . Foofball l I Science Club fi Honor Roll ff Rifle Club 6 RICHARD W. BARTSCH RUTH M. BASTIAN Cheer Leader Chorus Pi Kappa Lambda -H4 11 4 ., Dramafics n '15 .V 'Y ' B seball Manager v 4!g:af!f , cience Club 'j V14 - , GILBERT R. BASS Debafe Team Big Broadcas'l Swimming Public Speaking Hill Topics HOWARD M. BECKER GERALDINE BEHM Alpha lofa Chi Dramafics HOWARD BEER Slar Roll All-High Oraforical Winner Debafe 3 Hill Topics My Delia Gamma Lambda ARLINE INEZ BEIER RUTH E. BENZ Chronicle Chorus Humane Posfer Prize EDNA BEISWANGER Horseback Riding EARL C. BERGENDAHL FLORENCE BlLlTZKl Dramafics Horseback Riding Sfar Roll LEO F. BERNBECK .- J Baseball ' Baskefball Dramafics Public Speaking Siege Crew