Kenmore High School - Kenitorial Yearbook (Kenmore, NY)

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lSENIOR OFFICERS Under The guidance of Mr. C. Sherwood Miller and The oTTicers, The senior class of I939 compleTed a successTul year wiTh The annual senior class banqueT and dance, and The June com- mencemenT exercises whose Theme was democracy in American secondary schools. In November a Senior Carnival was held aT which The seniors perTormed Tor The enioymenT oT Themselves and oThers. In The spring, a sprighTIy gay comedy called The Charm School was presenTed under The direcTion oT Miss Eve STrong. Leading a large casT were Warren Weller and Marion Woller. The pIoT cenTered abouT a young man who inheriTed a girls' school and concerned The Trouble This group oT girls caused him. The class was led by RoberT Maier, presidenTg David CarTer, vice president Allyn Kimball, secreTary: Julius Yakapovich, Treasurer: and Carol Gilchrist represenTaTive To The STudenT Council. SENIOR OFFICERS Firsf row: Gilchrish sIudenT council repre-senTaTiveg Yalcapovich, secre- Tary: Maier, president CarTer, vice president Kimball, Tieasurerg Mr. Miller, adviser.

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ln preparalion for becoming infelligenl ci+izens of fomorrow, +he sfudenfs of Kenmore High School are given an op- porfunify 'ro develop leadership and a belief in democrafic ideals by being given a chance in class meefings +o gain experience in self-governmenl' and +o pu'r 'rhese ideals 'in+o praclice. DRAWING BY INEZ CIMADOR

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POEM Maker oT heaven and earTh, GranT us The sTrengTh To endure, The power To remain pure. The desire, The will To cure, To resisT TempTaTion's lure. Help us To prove our worTh. The world we enTer is a complex, moving Thing, Urging, spurring, ever challenging us To wing Our TlighT upward beyond The close conTining bonds Of man's achievemenTs. YouTh surges forward and responds To The eTernal call oT advenTure. ConTesT Brings eager hearTs, youThTul aspiraTions To breasT The Tide oT liTe. Who will e'er heed or noTe or care. While naTions seeThe wifh war and shrill TrumpeTs blare Whefher inexperienced youTh will Tind iTs place Among The working ciTizens oT The race? l-low can we aTTain securiTy or peace When men Torsake wriTTen promises and cease To exercise courTesy? Where has virTue Tied? Where paTience? DuTy? Why rampanT vice in Their sTead? We have leTT childhood joys behind. WiTh eager, upTurned Taces we seek The lighT. Open our eyes, closed. blind ThaT we may go ouT, help The weak. We would as youTh beTore Conquer liTe's golden sTore. No hard Task diTTiculT enough, No uncharTed seas Too rough. GranT us The desire To know, T-lumble, To live and grow. Jean lvlassucci Class PoeT I Y