Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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N CE AGAIN, the time has come for another graduation class to take its place in the ranks of those who have left Lafayette. Surely we must feel a sense of gratification for a task well done. All is not felicity, however, for we also realize some pangs of sadness as we remember that the day of perhaps final departure from ever-helping friends and teachers draws near. The aspects of the civilization in which we live are admittedly not very bright. One cannot blind himself to the slaughtering of innocents in a world which claims to be at the pinnacle of progress. Even though we comprehend the magnitude of the task which lies ahead of us, we, as the youth of today, must take courage and have faith in our destiny. However minute a cog we may be in the wheel of life, we feel that we may in some way influence its course. It is this faith, born of determination, that gives us the ability to face life without dubiousness or diffidence. As we turn to survey our achievements, we see what we have acquired during our all too brief sojourn here at Lafayette. Although some of us will go on to higher institutions of learning, it is the basic training in character and intellect which we have received here that will sustain us in the more trying hardships of life. VVe must be ever grateful for a land as magnificent as ours which has given us so many opportun- ities, and we must be willing tof sacrifice to ever maintain our country and its high ideals. It is for us, with our youthful enthusiasm, to try to instill in others the same sense of responsibility and love that has been embedded in our very being by that magic symbol, DENIOCRACY. And now, we hesitate a moment to express our gratitude to you, the faculty, who have ever aided us in the paths of right endeavor 3 and to you, Mr. Gott, for your untiring efforts in our behalf, we give our deep honor and our fullest appreciation. Let us pause to utter a silent prayer that we, the Class of 41, shall live up to the high standard of achievement established for us. alevlicto y

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LASS NIGHT - eagerly anticipated by every senior - has at last arrived. We of the Class of 1941 extend to you a most cordial welcome this evening. We hope that our careful planning has not been in vain and that you find pleasure in this program. Together as a class for the first time, it is with mingled emotions of joy and sorrow that we launch into this program, the last in which we shall take part here in the Old Plant. As we prepare to go our separate ways, this troubled world challenges us with a multitude of problems yet to be solved. Soon we shall be facing the world, no longer as high school students, but as responsible individuals. Perhaps the road ahead is not a smooth one for all of us. Yet Lafayette has, to a large extent, prepared us for our coming lives. YVhatever the courses we may choose to take, however divergent our paths may be, the training given us by our competent faculty and the kindly advice of lllr. Gott will always be of enduring worth. ln these four happy years, we have gained more than our required units, more than that visible semblance of our achieve- ment, our diploma. Though unconscious of it, we have been endowed with a certain amount of self-reliance, respect for authority, willingness to cooperate, and, most important, tolerance for the views of others. VVhat greater stimulus could be given us for higher achievement, what better preparation for our future lives as citizens? Aside from this character training, Lafayette's fine old traditions will forever be an integral part of us. Though our kinships here will soon be ended, Loyalty, Honor and Service, cherished in all our hearts, will bind us together in a common desire to observe this fine old Lafayette tradition in our chosen fields of endeavor and thus, to win added laurels for the high school of our hearts always. alutatory ir fk 13 'k 'k

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CASPER ABULONE How happy the life unem- barrassed by srlzolarly cares. Basketball squad 3 Basketball team 4 Springfield College CPhysical Educationl HELENE ADLER In the twinkling of an eye. History Forum 3, 4 French Club 3 Oracle Salesman 2 Ohio State University fMerchandisingj EDGAR ALEXANDER Content to follow when we lead' the way. Undecided DORA ANDREWS Wise to resolve and patient to performf Honor Roll One Year Monitor 4 Bryant and Stratton Business College JOHN ARMESTO I only beg for once, just once, to not he in a jam. Honor Roll Two Years French Club 3 Orchestra 3 Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Institute SYLVIA BAILEY All the hazards life implies Puzzle those who would be wise. Oracle Literary Staff 4 Sketch Club 4 Girl Reserves 4 Library Club 4 State Teachers College QArt Educationl DORIS BARTLETT Simple and sweet. Monitor 4 Oracle Salesman 3 Bryant and Stratton Business College JAMES ADER ln this fool's paradise he drank delight. Chairman Senior Gift Com- mittee, Monitor 45 Hi-Y 3,45 Football squad 2g VVest Side Rowing Club 3, 43 Varsity Crew 3, 4 Rutgers Vniversity fMedicinel PHYLLIS ADLER 'Ever fair yet never proud. Oracle 3, Triangle 2, 35 History Forum 45 Monitor 4g French Club 3 Riding Club, 3 Northwestern University tSocial Servicej FLORENCE ALLARD The mildest manners with the bravest mind. Thespian Club, Hutchinson High School, Girl Reserves, Hutchinson High School, Manager Girl's Swimming team, Hutchinson High School Y. VV. C. A. Business School ROBERT ANDREWS How pleasant the studies aesthetiz But leave the earth to the strong and athletic. Honor Roll Four Years Assistant Treasurer Senior Classg Chairman Ticket - Committee, Junior Promg Monitor 25 Squad Leader 3, 43 Football 3, 43 VVest Side Rowing Club 2, 3, 4 Rutgers University flingineeringj LENA BADAME Does her work from day to day. Honor Roll Two Years, Grover Clevelandg History Forum 1, 2, Grover Cleve- landg Home Economics Club 2, Grover Cleveland: Girl Reserves 45 Basketball team 2 Grover Cleveland School of Fine Arts fCommercial Artj HARRY P. BARLOW Five foot t-wo and eyes of blue. junior Prom Decoration Committee Monitor 43 Ski Club 33 Track squad 3 Curtiss-VVright Aeronautical Institute THEODORE BALLIETT He was fresh and full of faith that something would turn up. Undecided tjournalisml 'ki' 20 'kt