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

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C9 ' olirolzme szozriii oimtelii-zu To The memory oT Caroline Zorn CanTelin, a Teacher aT Fosdick-MasTen Trom SepTember l9I9 unTil June I944. The inspiraTion oT her quieT modesTy and pleasanT disposi- Tion will long remain wiTh Those who worked wiTh her. l-ler happiness as a moTher was reTlecTed in her personal inTeresT in individual pupils, many of whom have expressed appreciaTion oT her kindliness and inTeresT. Always devoTed To duTy, uncomplaining in The Tace oT Trouble, she was noT one To seek recogniTion or praise. Members oT The Chronicle sTaTT regreT +ha+ no recenT phoTo- graph oT Mrs. CanTelin is available Tor publicaTion. lfred 5. c eellvacli And remember, win or lose, play a clean game. These words express The creed of The laTe Allie Seelbach. ThroughouT his enTire career as an aThleTic leader he endeavored To insTill in American youTh The necessiTy Tor Tair play. From The Time he enTered Fosdick in l92O as insTrucTor of physical educaTion unfil his deparTure in I942, Mr. Seelbach served in varied capaciTies. WheTher coaching The baskeTball squad or The Track and cross counTry Teams, he represenTed The ideal in leadership. Many of our besT Teams were Trained and developed under his supervision and. sTrengThened by his inspiraTion and conTiclence, were led To vicTory. On Ten diTTerenT occasions The Yale Cup was awarded To baskeTball Teams which he coached. This cherished Trophy remained in our school for six consecuTive years, from l928 To I933. Under Mr. Seelbach's direcTion Fosdick Twice earned The cross counTry award, The Track Team received The Scalp and Blade award on Three occasions, and The Tennis Team Twice won The Clark Trophy. 6

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Looking Forward Beyond This TiTanic conTlicT lies a beTTer, more ToleranT world. Several million out our men are parTicipaTing in The biggesT gamble They have ever known - wiTh IiTe and limb as The TorTeiTs, and The chance oT a decenT world as The prize. On The parT of The UniTed NfaTions, There has been a consTanT eHorT, a deTermined spiriT, and a uniTied purpose To accomplish a righTeous peace. l-lere aT Fosdick-'Iv1asTen, There is no deviaTion Trom The purpose aT hand. Our Alma lvlaTer has given us The Tools oT democracy. our unshakable belieuf in Hue principles oT equaliTy and iusTice, and a sincere love oT humaniTy. To win The kind oT world we wanT requires sTudy, discussion, and diligence over a period oT years. Upon us leans The heavy burden oT winning an ulTimaTe vicTory and a permanenT, imparTial peace. IT we are noT To Tail in our obligaTions, we musT TirsT TIT ourselves To cope wiTh The problems which will ineviTably conTronT us. EducaTion has faced This challenge and has meT iT squarely. We need no exTerior Torce To sTimulaTe our paTrioTic eTTorTs, Tor The supreme sacriTice of our boys shames The very ThoughT of relaxing our endeavors. Above all, we are working Tor vicTory, ThaT prime incenTive behind our purchase out bonds and sTamps. The combined eTTorTs oT an enThusiasTic American people are succeeding in placing our naTion on The road To vicTory. We hereby pledge our sacred honor as a guaranTee To The peoples oT The world, ThaT The sweeT bells out liberTy will soon herald a new era oT universal peace and broTherhood. 5

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Noi only was Mr. Seelbach successful a+ Fosdiclc. buf in his len years as baslcefball coach af Canisius College he developed leams lhal arlracied nalional recognirion. To honor his aciivify in baske-Tball coaching, a Seelbach Memorial Trophy will be awarded annually +o ihe besl' college 'ream in upper New York Srale. His abilily as physical direcior and sporis leader prompied Mr. Seelbach's appoinfmenl in l942 as Co-ordinalor of Physical Fifness for Jrhe New York Siafe War Council. In 'rhis capacify, he planned and direcled helpful programs for schools and war planis. His in+eres+s were many-sided1 one of his grealesl pleasures was music. l'le was well-known in Buffalo as a member of lhe Ceniury Orchesfra and was an accom- plished player of saxophone and violin. Mr. Seelloach's unlimely passing in I944 was a grave loss To our school and +o 'the communify a+ large, and caused deep sorrow +o 'rhose wiih whom he associafed. The inspiralion of his characier and example in +he hearls of The young people +o whom he devofed his life will always be his finesr memorial. 7