Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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TI-IIE SIENIO OW Iullle any of us appreclale whal we have nol experuenced' The Lafay elle boy who IS servung hrs counlry In lhus cruelesl of all wars looks back on has hugh school omnssnons wslh keen regrel when ul us almosl loo lale lo correcl lhem He realrzes al Iasl how much easuer he could have done lhen whal he wanls so desperalely lo do now One needs lo read buf a few of lhe many Iellers lo sense lhns predommanl nole You have almosl reached lhe lop of lhe school and wnll soon face lhe mevllable facl lhal you are going lo be calapulled shorlly lo lhe bollom of a new Isle advenlure where agam you musl begun lhe slruggle upward Thus does Ilfe lake lhe concerf ouf of us and hu'nble us pernoducally These have been carefree years lhose lo come are Inkely lo be carefull years If you do nol differ from lhose who have preceded you you wull also have your momenls of regrel No maller how hard we may lry we can never caplure lhe pasl In :ls enlurely because we are no longer lhe people we were Bul I am very sure lhal I also feel an exullanl nole runnmg lhrough lhose Iellers from lhe boys In lhe dark and lonesome hours lhey musl endure when homesrckness almosl overwhelms fhem lhlnkung back lo Lafayelle and lhe days spenl here seems lo buoy lhem up and give lhem renewed fallh lhal lhere lo and longing for lhal grand alumn reumon day when lhey wlll once more be home lo slay If lhe leachers of lhns school have nol already conlrnbuled somelhnng very posu lively good lo your hrgh school experlence and so added lo your slalure If you have nol grown lnlo beller young manhood and womanhood because of your slay al Lafayelle If somelhlng has nol happened deep wllhln you so lhal you can never forgel your hugh school days lhen we have been derelucl In our duly and lhe few remavmng days cannol alone for our negligence Bul If we frnd In lhe years lo come lhal you are LOYAL In your SERVICE lo mankmd and carry your Infe work wllh HONOR before all men lhen we shall know lhal we have succeeded as leachers and lhal lhe grealesl reward a leacher may ever receuve has once more fallen lo our lol Our earnesl prayers go wrlh you Your friend and prunclpal M Sf 7 afotffg, MN I9 is so much worlh living and figh+ing for. Wilh one accord lhey are looking forward ,f-sf f if f I K P so X, J - cdr r wr

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T MBROILED in +he cafasfrophe of a greai war we are occupied in seeking fhe means for our viciory ln addifion we mus+ creafe new efforfs for +he purpose of ehlechng fhe soluhon of fhose problems which will confrnue lo exns+ in a peaceful sociefy lnvesflgahon ndenhfies +hese grea+ problems as how +o achieve a conshucfuve peace which is secure and lashng and how +o solve fhe perplexing social queshons which will shll confronf us Peace brings opporfunufy which suggesis consfrucilveness and his+ory proves man s ceaseless endeavor io progress We all desire a pacific world wulh i+s rahonal aihlude which again encourage our unnale p ogressive iendencics A consum na+ed cons+ruc+ive peace can more easily be made secure and lasfmg wisdom in mamiainlng +ranquulll+y and prevenllng rash achons oiherwuse possible The day of nahonalism prachcally has passed +he day of unfernafuonalusm celebra+es Hrs adven+ One of fhe mos+ effechve means remaining even in a harmonious social order 1s+ha+ ofexiendlng a liberal educahon fo every Individual lrrespechve of his previous rank or means An educa+ed populahon can develop nfs +alen+s and make l+s su sequeni confribuflons +o cnvillzahon s advance Our own America is af presenl' 'lhe besf example of a people who have aHemp+ed fo achieve 'rrue democracy fhrough +he educahon of :is masses Envy and aclmirahon are accorded us everywhere by fhose who less forfunafe neverfheless grasp The impori of our 'fhoughfs and policies When af las+ we shall have eliminafed 'rhls and o+her equally grea+ problems we shall have close af hard as an ac'ruali+y an almosf :deal accompllshmenf ROBERT MacDONALD 20 When a genuine friendliness finally has been cul+iva+ed, sympaihy will aid fime and fr 1 ff