Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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HE VVELCCME exfenoed To you of lh ass ol 943 Truy earl lelf and s ncere We Fully realize flaal no sl people 1nd Irl+le hnne or relaxahon n lhelr busy llves ul shll we lrusl haf you cur duesls e a s venmiz ac neo: en JG e o worlh w e Class nzghf In 'rhe pasl has been 'rhe happy and rafher rnlormal oc asuon To whuch every sensor hopefully loolfs lorwaro Thls fear w lnd an our exercises a more solemn nole have referred Hr IS nol a 'rhreal or an umpendzng shadow buf an awful reallly Our nahon s ballle us our own' Mnllnons have lalqen up lhe cry mulluons have changed Theur way of lvfe rnllllons have vuewed lhe resulhng changes and have accepled lhem as parl ol our Jrolal war agalnsl lhe loes ol Democracy 'Xlor are we as hugh school senuors oblnvuous lo fhe changes laklng place nmmedlalely around us lor many boys from Lalayelle yes lrorn our senmor class have gone lo lhe lronl lanes of baffle We leel hal lhey ha e lell Lalayelle a llllle beller prepared lo nneel The demands made upon lhem unlelleclually morally and spnrllually even as we who are shll here are beller prepared lor lhose duhes lhal le al' ad We leel loo lhal lhey have lalfen wllh lhem our lraduhon Loya +y l-lonor Servlce and have found ID 1+ a cerlaln s+reng+h + erve lhern whe ever 'rhey mlghl e Qhll you may say youlh loo-cs upon 'rhus grav snluahon loo hopeful on lCl96llSl'ICdllf e haps so bu our sl eng lS no+ ln ourse ves When we have come lo 'rhe end of our resources a hlgher power wll d recl our ends Truly Man s exfrernfly s God s opporlunlly PATRICIA M BlCKEL zo X l l Q V l I l 5 e cl ' l fs ll h - l l ' l. A 1 lf ll , ly 'l, Jr l A - J J -wlll r g rd rhl e ' 4, s l sl ,l FC bl an l V- lall . C . . . ,t . X V Q l ' ' . No longer is war lhe ominous lhreal lo vvhEch prevlous salulalorlans l V l : , . . I c s r f ' b . g . y V M , y . S . . 'yy + r ' ' ' X, P f W- + - fr lh ' ' I .

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O HIS Year Boolx brmgs +0 a cllmax +he experuences of a four year adven+ure In Lafayeffe Hugh School So many changes have come info your lnfe +ha1' uf us duFFlcul+ fo belueve you can really be 'the same person who enlered fresh from +he elemen+ary school Probably no o+her four consecuhve years ln your lnfe wall produce so greaf an evoluhon By +alung sfoclc of yourself you may discover whefher or no+ Lafayefre has really prepared you for 'rhe nex+ sfep The +es+ wull soon come and we have every reason 'ro belueve fha? when you are draffed or volun+eer you wall no+ be found wanhng In abll1+y fo serve your counrry +o fhe besf of your abnlnfy Truly you are leavung school for a froubled world which wall challenge all fhe knowledge mgenuufy courage and endurance whxch you possess lf you are fo come fhrough wnfh faufh undaunfed and colors flymg You have had a 'rasfe ihas year of fhe many demands and sa rnfnces war can malce on undnvlduals You wall plunge fo new depfhs of appreclafuon and undersiandmg of fhe meanung of fhe calls +o servlce Giving fo and for ones counfry us one of +he noblesf pruvnleges of man Everyfhmg Ih lufe us earned wnfh a prace you may no+ evade +hls law of nafure buf fhe undyung sa+ns'Fac+lon of a democracy saved IS lmmeasurable A +ruly as day follows fhe mghf peac wall follow war In a beHer world You musf belueve fhus wu'rh all your hear+ You musf fry desperafely +o lreep your vusuon clear and your sugh+ framed on rhaf goal LeHers from many Lafayeffe boys and gurls nn servnce carry a nofe of appre crahon for 'Phe abudung spurs? +hey caughf and fel+ whsle ln school which ihey now hold as such a precnous herlfage I+ us my earnesl' hope fha? you 'foo wlll follow Them 'lo carry Lafayefles colors hugh wherever you may go and an wha+ever you may do Be of Good Courage because Lafayeffe means Loyalfy hugh ns her degree of Honor a school for Service Cheerno' vL6Z4fC I9 TO THE SEN: RS :7 s,

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L O ONKST-ll we sTand aT The TermInaTuon oT a happy pasT aT The begun nmg oT an unlcnown TuTure To us LaTayeTTe as noT an ordmary bunld mg buT a lnvmg msTnTuTron For TorTy years now boys and gurls have been annually enTerrng remaznung Tor a Tew years relucTanTly deparTlng and Tor a long Tnme remembering Pruceless TraduTuons have been buulT up Through The years by each succeedmg sTudenT body As The end oT our lasT year approaches we The class oT I943 hope ThaT we have bualT someThmg oT ourselves mTo our Alma MaTer To provide Tor our successors an even Tuner LaTayeTTe Graduahon wull mean dnTTerenT Things To each oT us To many enTrance nnTo The armed Torces To some The commencemenT oT higher educaTuon and To oThers The begnnnung oT busmess lrTe or home cares The success or Tanlure oT our new luves wall depend largely upon The ToundaTlons we have been buvldlng Tor Them IH our years aT hrgh school We musT rely more and more on our own eTTorTs By always remembering The moTTo oT our school LoyalTy l-lonor and Servlce by lceepung our Thxnlcmg sTraughT and never allowing ourselves To be governed by haTe and lnToler ance by exercusmg selT conTrol and perseverance we The builders OT a new world can help To malce :T one oT peace and securlTy Tor all We musT say Tarewell To LaTayeTTe The rooms The gyms The aud1Torlum where we spenT many a happy hour TogeTher we musT bud good bye To The some llghThearTed some serious assocuaTes who may conTnnue To enloy hugh school yeT Tor a year or Two To The mernbers oT The TaculTy and To Mr GOTT our pranclpal and leader whose mTeresT In us and encouragemenT have been consTanT we wish To express our deepesT appreclahon Our lnsTrucTors have been preparxng us These Tour years To conducT our own lxves wuTh rndlvudual lnrTuaTuve and undependenT ludg menT We hope To lusT1Ty Their TauTh an us We are abouT To exchange The problems oT The school room Tor The deeply perplexing problems oT lrTe We shall deparT w1Th regreT Trom These Tamuluar surroundings yeT wrTh TondesT hopes Tor The TuTure The world mTo whuch we sTep ns one acTrvely engaged n war T rs a world whuch expecTs much oT our generahon We are eager To and In The sTruggle and malce our conTrlbuTuons To The bulldnng oT a beTTer world And now we The class of l943 bud you Tarewell AUDREY lv1acNAl.L 2I VA EDICT RY