Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 100 of the 1955 volume:

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N FACULTY Contents Our teachers support Lafayette just as surely as the trunk of an elm supports the branches of the tree CLASSES Students develop from saplmg freshmen to mature senrors The record of the1IaCh16V6lT16I1IS 1S here proudly drsplayed ORGANIZATIONS Extra curricular acuv1t1es are as necessary to Lafayette as branches are to an elm S stately beauty ATHLETICS Each athlete contrlbutes to the team s suc cess as each leaf branch and root contnbutes to the elm S beauty un nb' 51'..l'o N U 1 W Q, s E L4 'I f-45 H 1 EE 23 S1 PAGE 'gif' A I to I s I ' xl ct ' .. 3 : I FQANCES WELLS 1' - W' ' Y 'I 'is .WVR f , 'Q . 1.44 W 3 - cu., F1 . . 4 I In Ah 'gg' Q In an 4 '1 x , I W 'K ggiv gr. I 'lk 4 .YI ' I s 1 TTT 1 I 5. I ,ggi im f 55 ww 1 - Q? gl: P YI lux... Love Naught Can Sever N 1903 small elms clustered protectrvely around a new burldmg 1n 1955 mature trees surround a worthy school dearly loved by many If they could speak these trees would doubtless tell of three respected prrncrpals M Arther Detmers Captam Calvert K Mellen and Mr Frank R Gott devoted teachers and numberless students who have grven Lafayette her rrch tradrtrons In May 1953 hundreds of alumnr retumed to pay trrbute to Lafayette on her frftreth brrthday These graduates en joyed remrmscrng over occurrences of therr student days Some remembered athletrc contests at Lafayette Freld or the Harvard Cup team that scored 200 to 0 for the oppo nents or the state champronshrp basketball teams Others spoke of debatrng clubs candy sales rn the audrtonum or the 1923 24 school year when 2400 students were en rolled All recalled the senror boys Arbor Day programs rnaugurated ln 1904 and many the senlor grrls Mem orral Day programs begun ln 1913 Present students wrll remember the band leadmg JUIIIOIS and sen1ors as they marched to the john A Boechat monument at Colonlal Clrcle for memorral exercrses each Veterans and Memorral Day They w1ll also retarn the memory of the day the Yale cup was placed rn the large case rn center hall Lafayette s champronshrp crew th junror Senror prom and the annual fun packed Varrety Show They wrll remember therr classmates who were choxces for the All I-hgh football and basketball teams But most of all they w1ll remember the frrendshrps and good txmes that four years of hrgh school grve to every student Through the years Lafayette students have been urged to follow the school s motto of Loyalty Honor and Servxce and to Be strong and of a good courage Gott has often read the West Pomt prayer askmg strength to Make us to choose the harder rrght mstead of the easrer wrong Each student body has been guarded agamst the seeds of prejudrce or mtolerance and has grown to usefulness through experrences at Lafayette the elms protected also from dread Jrsease have grown to even greater beauty Constancy to lrfe s best purposes wrll brrng contmued growth to our Alma Mater guarded by stately elms OMPARABLE to the very heart tif an elin is Lafayettefs faculty. just as the trunk carries nutrition to the branches and leaves of the tree, the faculty imparts knuwledge to students. Ex- perienced teachers strengthen youths' desire tu learn. Many times in the future students will be reminded of the wise guidance of a teacher. f CHARLES E. ANDE RsoN FACUHY gk! 5579 The Principal's Message To the Seniors VERY nlce old lady once saxd that, throughout her long l1fe, she had never faxled to leam somethmg worthwh1le from every person wrth whom she had come xnto contact Her accumulatlon of knowledge was great It IS my eamest hope thatyour hxgh school years, through the process of your contacts w1th teachers and PUPIIS, fsS'ffy'1 Jw' 10 Mr Gott have provided you wrth a groundwork of educatron which w1ll be of good use to you m the years to come Only so can your future lrfe be one frlled wrth HONOR because your LOYALTY to h1gh1deals has made your SERVICE to humanxty srgrufxcant amiga .,y,fg ggNVrs,, i A V 5,4 , t ff .Q f K . vi, ,ia K '41 ,. 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They Directed HEN the 1954 fall term opened, students mrssed the fuendly faces of several teachers Among those who left was Mlss Adalene Hall, who spent the f1rst semester at the Umversxty of Ch1CagO, contmumg her work for her doctorate m languages As the result of a fellowsh1p she left rn january for several months resldence 1n Mexrco Crty When M1ss Hall V1S1I6d Lafayettejust before Chr1stmas, she spoke enfhugjast rcally about the prospect of speakmg nothmg but Span rsh for weeks and weeks M1ss jamce Sm1th who acted as ORACLE art adv1ser for two years, was trans ferred to School 857 Mrss Dorothea McDonald was ass1gned to South Park and MISS jesse Shepard to East H1gh School Meetmg old students from Hutch and Masten must have made Mrss Shepard s change more pleasant Mr R1chard Temlrtz one of Lafayette s shop teachers, accepted a pos1t1on rn Kenmore Semor I-hgh School and Mr Arthur Flueckmger of the chem1s try department went to Bennett Also, we mxssed Dr Isobel Nagel who msulled 1n the grrls of her gym classes an mterest 1n folk dancmg Lafayette also welcomed some teachers thxs year The grrls mthe busmess courses were pleased by Mrs Mr Joseph Corcoran fcommerclalj MISS Marguerlte IU1gfSC18l'lC6, Miss Edna Berwald fcommercmaly Mr Arthur Whalley Qphyslcal ed ucauonj Mlss Mlldred Kam fFrench and lustoryp Miss Margaret Doran qmathemaucsy Mxss Mabel Merle fsocxal srudxesj Mrs Catharme Huntley flingltshj Miss Ernestme McDonald fmarhematxcsy Mxss Norma MacKen 218 fsuencey Mr Thomu Woods fphyslcal educauonj Mlss Mary Dougherty Mr Edward McNamara Mlss Marte Schroeder Mrs Kathenne Knoll all of the commercral department . . , 1 ' 1 - v . . , . . , . f . - ' . v . - ' - , . . - . I - 1 . Student Growth Katherrne Knoll s retum after a year of absence We were also glad to see Mrs Margaret Wenzel whenever she returned to substrtute for a few days Mr Matthew Baranskr came from Eastl-lrgh School to use Room 103 Have you notrced the attractrve masks there? He has recently wrrtten a book MASQUE MAKING, whrch demonstrates the art of mask makrng to all ages by rllustratrons and text Many from paper bag masks to more complrcated plaster mold face masks rnvolvurg the use of chrcken wrre, are shown Bennett s loss was our garn when Mr Alvrn Rutstern came to Lafayette He trres rn hrs rnformal manner to rndrvrdualrze hrs teachrng, thus makrng sure that each of hrs students understands chemrstry Another addrtron to the Lafayette faculty was Mrs Irene Mar qurs The grrls enjoyed both her rnformal gym classes and her drrectron of grrls sports Mr Vrncent Caruana of the rndustrral arts department, rs also new to La fayette We hope that he and all the new members of the faculty enjoyed becomrng a part of Lafayette and her rrch tradrtrons Mrss Mabel Schulz Qsecretaryy Mrss Katherrne Rerf fadmrnrstra trve assrstantj Mr Frank R Gott fprrncrpalj Marre Wechter fEnglrsh and publrc speakrngy Mus Corrnne Hartzell flinglrshj Miss Margaret Rarns fsecretaryj Mr CarmLn Caluzzr fcounsel lory Mr Frank Kelly fassrstant prrncrpalp Mrs Cathcrrne Baker fswrmmrngp Mrs Irene Marqurs fphysrcal educarronj Mrss Helen Rregel Qphysrcal educatronj 'S 4 ,Alf -f I ! 1 I V ' l Miss Esther Link fEnglishj, Mrs. Ella Hawkins flrbrarianj, Miss 1 1 - - Av r ir. lf . 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Faculty Notes HE faculty members as well as students of Lafa ye tte enjoy extra currlcular act1v1t1es One of therr annual events IS Parents Nrght Thrs year the parents were mvrted frrst to the aud1tor1um where Mr Gott spoke about the operat1on of a school l1ke Lafayette Then, wh1le some students warted at home w1th fmgers crossed, the teachers returned to their rooms to greet the parents Lafayette s football team had an enthusrastlc root er thrs year rn Mr Kelly Furthermore, he attended the jun1or Senror Prom whrch mtroduced many of the students to the very lovely Mrs Kelly The ORACLE Tag Day was heartrly supported by the faculty they not only bought tags, they wore them too Again ID connectron wrth the ORACLE, several teachers, rncludxng Mrss Howell Mrss Dougherty Mlss Prtt Mrss Croll Mr Gott Mr Baranskr, and Mrs Helen Brennan fcafeterra drrectorp Mus Mary Loulse Nice fcounsellorj Mlss Theresa Hertkorn fnursey Mr Henry Jocoyfmustcj George Brshop Mr and Mrs Pecora Mr Gott Mr V Tontrllo Joseph Tonullo fon Parents Nrghtj MISS Marjorxe Wlllxams fsocral SlUd16S, Mxss Julra Stall Qsoclal studlesy, Mxss Alberta Wanenmacher fmathemaucsj, Mrss Helen Hed- den fsocial studiesy Mr. Robert Johnston Qcommercialy, Mr. Wilber Unger fsciencej, Mr, Alvin Rutstein fsciencej, Mr, Jerome Scherer fmathemalicsy v- ' 7--f Mr Slate, attended the money raising dances They positively refused, however, to have the1r waists measured Another event which has become a pleasantyearly tradition is the birthday party held by the faculty on Apnl 8 for Mr Gott Everyone is pleased to have Mrs Gott present for this occasion While the teachers sing Happy Birthday Mr Gott makes a wish and blows out the lighted candles The very warmest best wishes of the ent1re school went to Miss Catharine Hall on Thanksgiving Day when she became Mrs james Huntley A familiar face to students around examination time is that of Mrs Grayden Monroe who volunteers her as srstance in the bookroom when hundreds of students seem all to try to retum five books atthe same time We regret that all members of the faculty are not pictured in the ORACLE M1ss Eleanor Dushane fFrench and social studiesj, Miss Margaret Dushane fEngl1shJ Mr Sylvester Kolassa fmdustrial artsj Mr G1lbert Rogers fsw1mm1ngJ, and Mr Clyde Slate fatty are a very active part of the teaching force Mr V1ncentCaruana qxndustrralartsj Mr Grayden Monroefscxencej Mxss Florence Tehan fEl'lg1lSh, Miss Helen Howell fEngltsh and Spanishj, Miss Edith Rogers fhome economxcsj, Miss Francls Pitt fsoctal studiesj Mr. Matthew Baranski fartj, Miss Dorothy Croll fEng1ishy, Mr. Ej nar Svensson fatty Mrs. Helen Albright fhome economicsj, Miss Marion Clark fGerman and Latiny, Miss Margaret Coonly fEnglish and Latinj, Miss Phyllis Gilray fsocial studiesj S long as the twig is gentle and pliantwith small force and strength it may be bent Seniors show how they have been directed through high school days. As freshmen they had the pliancy of sap- lings, but in high school, their grow- ing was directed by friends and by ed- ucation, until they achieved senior maturity. Trees and students share in growth, bending together with the un- predictable tides of life. Y 4 lo .4 I 1 CLASKES ll CAROL RIZZO Vlce President SALLY PA NT ANO Secretary ff The Class of 1955 EDWIN RETZER Presrdenr SALUTATORY E the graduates of 195: have reached the fxnal sketch of our h1gh school career The plcture IS pamted we are ready to vrew the world of tomorrow We are pleased that our parents and friends have come tonlght to help us celebrate our suc cess We remember wlth joy the help and msprratron of our teachers and prmcxpals The power to express ourselves, growmg for these past four years, would have been rmpossrble wlthout the pat1ence and understandmg of our teachers They have acted as artlsts who have worked Wllh the mexpeuenced UUI11 he IS able toproduceabeau t1ful pamtmg We cannot, of course, remember our years at Lafayette wrthout re calltng our prmcrpal, Mr Gott He has ever been apprecratrve of our endeavors and has grven us many words of encouragement When we look at our p1cture, we see a varxed group, It 1ncludes students from Masten and Hutch1nsonH1ghSchools who jomed us as Junlors as well as those who shared four years rn Lafayette wrth us In the background for all of us now are the cherished tradltlons of Lafayette The p1cture shows a v1ew of thrs great group 1n frlendly HSSOCIHIIOH, sharmg rdeas Workmg together has made our l1ves at Lafa yette happler and th1s harmony has enabled us to gam more from lrfe Because we have all lxved together, we have produced a Jomt p1cture ofour Alma Mater More than 250 of us are pleased to sxgn the p1cture yours wlth Loyalty Honor, and Servrce Now that the doors of Lafayette stand open, we realrze new adventures and experrences awart us much dlfferent from those encountered 1n our hrgh school years We wrap our PICIUIC carefully take rt w1th us lovrngly, and step forth prepared and eager to meet whatever tomorrow may brmg fima MARIE CURRO JOHN CRINZI ORACLE Edrtor Treasurer Valedrctorxan 1-1 gr 7' 18 1- 41 GERALDINE CLARK GEORGE BISHOP Girls Historian Boys Historian VALEDICTORY Like leaves on trees the race of man is found Now green in youth now withering on the ground Another race the followmg spring supplies They fall successive and successive rise The graduates of the class of 1955 are the leaves of which Homer speaks in these lines When we entered Lafayette, we knew nothing of the ways of high school We looked upon seniors with admiration, awe, and even envy Tonight however we do not feel awe inspiring, instead our hearts are filled with gratitude and humility During our four years at Lafayette our teachers have guided us over innumerable obstacles Through them we have gained more than academic knowledge, we have attained maturity strength and idealism Mr Gott is a living example of our school motto He has been loyal to Lafayette, he has honored her he has served her and through his actions he has inspired others to do the same We, the class of 1955, spent our days at Lafayette in much the same way as did those before us We attended classes we Joined clubs and took part in extra curricular activities we proudly carried on traditions established by our predecessors we made sincere and lasting friendships generat1onofLafayette students And so, we in our turn, say good bye lt is a good bye of reminiscent sadness We whisperit with happiness for the pastand hope for the future As each lcaf falls to the ground, it is no longer bound to the common center so it is with us, but each of us, in his own heart pledges that never our hearts shall forget Lafayette' Lafayette' Lafayette' WMC QXMJULU MARIL GPNCJO ELEANIOR VASTOLA Salutalorian TRIXNGLI: Editor ,. wtf' 19 BARBARA LEAVERS Girls Marshal 'Nxt' CHARLES CALA Boys Marshal 7 it . it ' . ' l, -Q Now it is time for us to move on, leaving the opportunity forleadership to another f - V I ,B K4 XR J. D 1 2 If ' ' ' ' A 7 Vg:- f ,V ' ' V ahh A ,,,,:,' r . Q4 Qs? .:,,x 'fY BARBARA ADAMS Thcy an only grcat who arc truly good Honor Roll 1 2 NlLr1t Roll 4 Grrls COLlI'lCll 1 ' llc Iota Plc l 0 X 4 Vantty Show 4 300 POIHI L Chccrleadcr 2 JOSEPH ADINOLF L I lrve 1n the crowd of Jolhty Nlcnr Roll 3 Band 4 LINIDA AIINSWORTII To know htr 15 a suffrtlcnt mauw ro lrkc hcr ,gf lafayctrt b1l'lS Ill X 4 'i --of rl IK' 9 '4 ? XJ ,M V, RUSS! LL M All SSI Crcat mcn gum doubly wncn lhq make, foce thcrr frrcntk Honor Roll l Mem Roll 2 Band 1 ANITA L ANDFRSON To draw and draw well was her dclxght Honor R011 1 'J 3 4 Camera Club 4 Oracle staff 4 Student Councrl 4 Y Teens 1 2 3 4 500 Po1nt Gold L C HARLES E ANDERSON fret, of care and fond of fun Oracle Art Staff 4 Swlmmmg 2 LS'I Ill R ANDI RSCN Sllcnu. rs morc Lloquenr than words Honor Roll 1 IRVING ANDLRSON Hc IS .1 man ofscnse xx ho does not gnevc for what he has not but rcJo1ccs 1n what ht has Honor Roll 1 Nlnfll Roll 4 1 lllll 1 lub 3 Oracle Salesman 3 farrety Show 3 Crew 3 4 MARIE l ANGILELLA Paradrac stood formed 1 hcreyu Grrls Councrl 1 2 Monrtor 1 FRANCINE ANZALONE The love lrght 1n her cycs Thcta Nu H1 Y l 0 SHIRLEY BAIA For when wrrh bcauty we can v1rtuc Jom We pa1nt the scmblance, ofa form dcvlne Lafayette G s H1 Y 3 4 EULA BAILLY Qtucr talk sht lrkcth best PC' 3 ,r- 'i T41 mv-'f lag lc, 0 3 I - I CRA! Il: BARBLR Deeds are srlent Ilonor Roll 'xlerlt Roll 2 Baton Twtrlers 3 orus 1 Lnrls I ounul 1 Nlonttor 4 FO Polnt L Cheerleader LILELIN BARKLR A sunny smrle a carefree may And you ll flnd out ttwlllalnays pay Camera C lub 4 Jumor Red Cross 3 Monltor 4 a00 Polnt Gold L DOL ORES BARN LR A merry hcart doeth good llkc l'TlL.dlLlHL Nlent Roll l 2 3 4 I horus 1 Monltor X Trranglc Salesman UEORCE BARNES A quret man has qui Honor Roll l lN1Cl'lI Roll 2 Student Counctl 4 Baseball 2 'K 4 football 3 4 ANNIE BARNWELL Modesty 15 a vtrtue BARBARA BATEMAN The smile that won Honor Roll 2 Girls' Council 1,2 Junior Red Cross 1,2, et secrets not often found t come off 3 BASILIO J BATTAGLIA I have more zeal than wrt Honor Roll 1 Mem Roll 2 Camera Club 4 Monrtor '2 Baseball 1 cnnls 3 JLAN BAT TAGLIA She srnlled and shadows departed Skatlng Club 1 2 Varlety Show 1 ALBERTA BELL There rs mrschref rn ose eyes Honor Roll l Merrt Roll 2 'K 4 Chorus l 2 Y Teens 1 2 Glrls Councrl 1 Hc Iota Pfe 2 3 Vanety Show 4 300 Potnt l DOMINIC J BELLANTI The busy bee has no tlme for sorrow Mem Roll 1 2 Baseball 1 2 4 MATTIE BENNETT The only way to have a fnend rs to be ons. Mcrrt Roll 1 2 8 Chorusl 2 J 4 Grrls Councrl l 2 Student C ouncxl 4 Varrety Show 3 4 Y Teens 2 Cheerleader 2 JOSEPH G BILLITERE Laughter holdtng both hrs srdes Merrt Roll 1 Hutch Herald Salesman 2 Track 4 WEP' 'W' 'SS' EJ Carol Rizzo Jeanette Kirkland Joan Ricciardelli Joe Billitere purchase supplies from clerks Eleanor Vastola and Gracie Barber When the store is jammed with gossipers Mr Svensson bellows Q40 sf lk GEORGE A BISHOP Joy Joy forever my task is done Semor Historian Oracle Salesman 1 2 3 Student Council 1 Variety Show 4 Crew 1 2 Football 3 4 LENA BODAMI Laugh and the world laughs with you Merit Roll l Juruor Red Cross 2 Monitor 3 Oracle Salesman 3 150 Point L JULIA H BOGAR It s nice to be natural When you re naturally nice Variety Show 3 ROBERT BOLING He is gentle, he is kind- you will never never find a better friend. CLARA MAY BONDA Always laughing always friendly Lafayette Girls Hr Y 2 3 4 Monitor 2 3 500 Point Gold L ANGELA BONGIOVANNI I m just as big for me as you are big for you Honor Roll 4 Forensic Club 2 Junior Red Cross 1 Oracle Salesman 3 Skating Club l Triangle Salesman Triangle Staff 2 3 4 MARILEE BORMAN As merry as the day is long MYRA BOYER Good words are worth much and cost llttle Honor Roll 1 3 4 Merit Roll 2 Junior Red Cross 3 Monitor 2 3 4 Oracle Salesman 1 Oracle Staff 4 Triangle Salesman l PATRICIA BRADLEY Great souls care only for what is great Honor Roll I Merit Roll 2 3 4 Debate 4 Forensic Club 2 4 Junior Red Cross 2 Latin Club 3 Oracle Literary Editor 4 Variety Show 2 3 4 MARGARET I. BRA KENBURY Rather quiet she s very nice She s a girl you ll notice twice. Merit Roll 1 2 3 Band 1 2 'FD' l Tw' P2-4. Y-Q5 may ,- f 'iQ -s tlxgv Y' A fs .gan- CAROL BRESSETTE Truth needs no flowers of speech. Lafayette Girls' Hi-Y 1 BARBARA BREWER The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. Baton Twirlers 4 Chorus 3 4 Momtor 4 Variety Show 4 ALAN BRIGGS In quietness and confidence shall be your strength Merit Roll 1 3 NINA BRODOSE Friends are born ot made Merit Roll 1 4 junior Red Cross 3 Triangle Salesman l 500 Point Gold L ROSALIE M BROWN ln faith lady youhaveamerryheart Nlcru Roll 2 Chorus 1 2 3 4 Glrlg f'OUl'lCl11 Junior Red Cross 2 Monitor 2 KAREN M BUNDT A Jest breaks no bones ANN M. BURGIO She was never much given to literature Lafayette Girls' Hi-Y l Monitor 2, 3 Skating Club 2 Variety Show 1,2,4 NANCY BUTTS Love is a sickness full of woes all remedies refusing. Triangle Staff 4 CHARLES CALA A smile with a lunt of mlscluef Senior Boys Marshal Junior Social Chairman Triangle Salesman 4 Track 3 Cheerleader 4 GRACE CALANDRA Angel of the backward look Lafayette Girls H1 Y 2 3 4 Monitor 2 4 Variety Show 1 4 150 Point L Tom Rich Lyle Keen William Hrlliker Roger McIntosh and Richard Teetsel surrolmd Mr Svensson as he explains a drafting prob lem lnvartably an avid drscussxon of sports past and present results ,- -i 5' 9--, is YF' ig 1 we v4 Q V-'mv X556 -use rv-ffl 'vis 'K'-1 '09 yd' ROBERT A CAMPANELLA Full of Joke and jest MARY K CAPOZZI Zounds' I hase been frve mtnutes too late all my lrfetxme Lafayette Grrls Hr Y 1 2 3 4 Monltor 3 Oracle Staff 4 Trranglc Staff 4 JAMES M CAPUTI Good manners and knowledge maketh a man Honor Roll 1 2 3 4 Baseball 2 3 4 IOANN CARRICK The quret mrnd rs rlcher than a crown DOUGLAS G CARROLL A cheery lad who s well recerved .TUDITH M E CHESLEY Thy face 1Sf31l' and thy greeung warm Baton Twrrlers 3 4 Jumor Red Cross 3 Monrtor 3 4 Oracle Salesman 2 Vanety Show 3 4 CHRISTINE CHIAPPONE A great deal IS often done quretly Merrt Roll 1 2 Oracle Crrculatlon Manager Oracle Salesman 2 NANCY CHIAPPONE Patrence and gentleness rs power Honor Roll 1 Ment Roll 2 4 Vlomtor 2 4 Oracle Crrculatron Manager Tnangle Salesman 2 ANGIE B CIAMPA Sparklrng eyes and dancmg feet Honor Roll 1 2 3 Chorus 1 Girls Councll 1 2 Student Councll 4 ELAINE CLARK And her dark eyes how eloquent' Jr Councrl on World Affarrs 1 2 Junror Red Cross 1 Momtor 3 4 Skatrng Club 1 Vanety Show 1 GERALDINE A CLARK A wrtty woman rs atreasure awrtty bcauty rs a power Semor Hrstonan Honor Roll 1 2 Gtrls Councrl 1 2 He Iota Pfe 1 2 3 Jumor Red Cross 2 300 Pomt L PATRICIA CLARK The woman that delxberates rs lost Lafayette Girls H1 Y 3 4 150 Pomt L ,v IDL KK 2 hiv 15:1-r' 1312 pan, i -A- l kv l infix-1-5 'Vx fx ilu' iff' B. FRANK COLLURA Wrrhout musxc ltf would be a mrstake Honor Roll 1 'VICIII Roll 3 Band 4 Orchestra 2 Vanety Show 3 JAMES CONCIALDI A lxttle work a llttle play Mem Roll l Oracle Salesman Baseball 4 Tennrs 1 2 3 ELSIE CONNER As beautrful as woman s blush As evanescent too Baton Twlrlers 2 Masten Semor G1rls H1 Y 1 JOHN CRINZI Who does not love wxne women and song Remaxns a fool his whole lrfe long Senror Treasurer Iunxor Program Chalrman Cheerleader 4 ROBERT CRIPPEN He sa fr1endly chap andaswell guy IA MES H CROOM Always cheerful always glad Here s a fellow who s never sad Calendar Salesman 1 Football 1 Tennts 2 VERA CROOME Vxrtue IS llke a nch stone best pla1n set MARIE CURRO The soul s supenor lnstants Occur to her alone Oracle Edrtor tn Chlef Valedlctorxan Honor Roll l 2 3 4 Lafayette Glrls H1 Y 3 Momror 2 3 Trlangle Salesman 2 4 500 Poxnt Gold L TERESA CZORNOBAJ As pure as a pearl Cnrls Councl12 lnternatronal Relauon Club 2 MIC HA EL D AMICO Wrth pauent lnattennon hear h1n prate Forenslc Club 3 SONIA DANILLS The pursult of the perfect then rs the pursult of sweetness and llght 'L ,L aq- 09' sgf Ji' Alia kiss' Mem Roll l 'I 3 4 rg? ,, lumor Red Cross Sk txng Club 2 Tnangle Staff 4 150 Polnt L PATRICIA A DAVIS A wonderful glrl a wonderful Smile And a glfl well worth whrle Baton Twlrlers 4 Chorus l 2 Laun Club 2 1 'Q ,, . , ' . e .. , . . . -A .2 A . 'K 2 ' -' A ' I iv I .' I 14 A 1 AH 4 , K '3'5z., L - - - - '- ,2 V 2..,,,,,.f 'lg ' A b ,,!,FE!kki ,M .sl - Il A . I fl A I 'hr N I 25 u Q-Q.-f ,ini di 5' 5 4 ..lgE,..,.. . .-., ,. 3.5, 'K' fa tri X' i' X i K' , iii' A 222' 35:12 .- ' I Er ' I IU' pw f n Q,-W. 1, . .W PATRICIA A. DAWSON How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward. Monitor 1,2,3,4 300 Point L GLORIA DE CARLO There's mischief in those eyes. Triangle Salesman 1 Variety Show 1,2 ANNETTE DE COLLIBUS Thy modesty'sa candle to thy merit. Junior Red Cross 3 Monitor 4 Triangle Salesman 2, 3 Triangle Staff 4 PAUL DE DOMENICO The man of sense, of grace, of ac- complishment, of social power-- the gentleman. Honor Roll1,2,3,4 Latin Club 3 MARY A. DEL GATTO She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone, or despise. Merit Roll l Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Junior Red Cross 2 Monitor 3 Variety Show 2,3 RUTH DELPRIORE Here is a true and industrious friend. Honor Roll 1,4 Merit Roll 2 He lota Pfe 3,4 Oracle Staff 4 Triangle Salesman 3 Variety Show 4 Y-Teens 1 150 Point L 5 : LINDA E. DEL VECCHIO How far that little candle throws her beams! Honor Roll 1 Merit Roll 2,4 He lota Pfe 3,4 Variety Show 4 YP- ,I Y-Teens 1, 2 ELLEN DENNING She must be seen to be appreciated. Merit Roll 1, 2,3,4 Skating Club 2 K .gi Y-Teens 2 -P V MARIANN DE PASOUALE Joy of youth, her eyes display. Honor Roll 1, 2,4 . Merit Roll 3 Lafayette Girls' Hi-Y 1,2,3,4 Monitor 2, 3,4 Oracle Circulation Manager 4 Oracle Salesman 1 Student Council 1 SYLVIA DE SALVO True to her work, word, friends. 150 Point L Patricia Martin, Clara Bonda, Susan Provenzano, Maybe1leMunter, ,Ioan Manhardt, Christine Chiappone measure carefully so that at com- mencement a six footer won't a four foot gown. Z6 s-1-uv VU' hiv-f gg 'lf'-eff sw,-Y --ff EDNA DIAMOND Her magrc password Honor Roll 1 Mem Roll 2 3 4 Student Counctl 1 ANGELINE DI BLASI IS a smrle To create alrttle flower rs the labour of ages Merrt Roll 2 Oracle Crrculatlon Manager 4 Skatmg Club 2 THOMAS DIXON The man that blushes rs not qurte a brute Merrt Roll 1 2 3 4 Tnangle Salesman 4 Basketball 4 Cross Cotmtry 1 2 3 Swrmmrng 1 Track 1 2 3 4 PATRICIA A DOBBINS We meet thee like a pleasant thought Jumor Program Charrman Honor Roll 2 Merrt Roll 1 Ban 1 2 3 4 Chorus I 2 Tnangle Staff 4 Varrety Show 2 500 Pornt Gold L Francrne Anzalone 'viarron Tousey Glorra DeCarlo Dorothy Perkrns Vera Croome Janet Smtth lmed up wrth 'vlrss Pttt for as sembly gne no Idea of the usual rush JOHN W DCC KERY He trred the luxury of domg good Football l 3 4 Track 3 4 KAREN LEE DOTY Necessity s sharp prnch' Beta H1 Y 2 3 Chorus 1 Y Teens 2 ANTHONY M DRAKE Actors are the only honest hypo cntes Honor Roll I 2 3 4 Debate 3 4 Forenslc Club l 2 3 4 Oracle Staff 4 Varlety Show 4 Amerrcan Legron Contest W1nner4 Vorce of Democracy Wmner 4 Boys Oratorrcal Wmner 3 THOMAS I DRONEY The world s great men have not commonly been great scholars nor rts scholars great men Crew 1 2 3 4 Cross Country 4 Swrmmrng 1 IOY B EDIE Well trmed silence hath more eloquence than speech Honor Roll 4 Merrt Roll 3 Lafayette Guls H1 Y 1 2 Oracle Salesman 4 SYLVIA EMMONS lf a good face rs a letter of recom mendatron a good heart rs a letter of credrt Merlt Roll 3 4 Chorus 1 2 150 Pom! L ws :cus -'Rim In ic... L .3144- Q:-:r N... rfb? sf VIZ' 1' 1:3 Vs QR 90x ine- , 'Q'--'af JEEP DAVID ERICKSON Much learning doth make thee mad. RICHARD EVANCHO O, selfless man and stainless gentle- man! Football 2 DOLORES S FERRARO Young in limbs in Judgment old Honor Roll 1 2 3 4 Chorus 1 2 3 Girls Council 1 2 He Iota Pfe 2 3 4 Monitor 1 2 4 Oracle Staff 4 Student Council 4 Variety Show 4 IEAN FLEMING Hope and be happy that all s for the best Chorus 1 Junior Red Cross 3 Monitor 1 Oracle Salesman 4 GLORIA FORTI Here s a heart for any fate Girls Council 1 2 Hutch Herald Salesman 2 Monitor 2 Y Teens 3 DONALD A FRASER I never think of the future It comes soon enough Oracle Salesman Crew 1 Cross Country 4 Swimming 1 2 3 4 Tennis 2 3 4 JANICE FUNK Now sparkling, now bedimmed, but always seen. Merit Roll 1 Lafayette Girls' Hi-Y l,2, 3,4 Monitor 3, 4 Oracle Circulation Manager 4 ELIZABETH GAGGIANO Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low--an excellent thing in woman KATHLEEN GALLAGHER Her eyes as stars of twilight fair Like twilight too her dusky hair Lafayette Girls Hi Y 3 DOROTHY L GAYLE I shall laugh myself to death Merit Roll 1 Chorus 1 2 Monitor 4 MARIE K GENGO None knew thee but to love thee Nor named thee but to praise Salutatorian Honor Roll 1 2 3 Chorus 1 Monitor 2 Oracle Art Editor 4 Oracle staff 4 Student Council 4 Art Contest Winner DONNA GERKIN Sweet and friendly to a Honor Roll 1 2 Merit Roll 3 4 Masten Senior Girls Hi Y Variety Show 2 ., ,...,, me V, -Wei I-1:, f-as if QE' -v lf W'-NH' C K ad? 'Shah Q. tvs g vb, BETTY LOU GILBERT Srncenty IS the key t Honor Roll I 2 3 4 Oracle Staff 4 Y Teens 2 3 500 Polnt Gold MARY GILMET Mernly memly shal Merlt Roll 1 Grtls Councll I 2 He Iota Pfe 4 Momtor 1 2 Y Teens 1 2 ROBERTA ANN GIPPLE Nothlng 15 so popular Honor Roll 1 2 3 4 Camera Club 4 Oracle Art Staff 4 Oracle Staff 4 Y Teens 1 2 Att Contest Wrnner 3 EUNYCE GOULETTE We are not hypocrttes Lafayette Gtrls H1 Y 2 Momtor 2 WILLIE MAE GRAHAM WILFRED GRAY frrendshlp 1 dare do all that may become a man Basketball 3 -l Track 3 4 BARBARA GRAYSON 1 I 11ve now Blessmgs ever watt on urtuous deeds a kmdness 1 our sleep 3 It ts better to lrve r1ch than to dte nch EDNA HILLER GRAY Tts vlrtue and not bxrth that makes us noble Honor Roll I 2 3 4 Momtot 2 IOSEPHINE GRECO Of such the best are Ment Roll 1 Oracle Salesman 2 Trrangle Salesman Y Teens 1 2 300 Pomt L THOMAb GRECO Obey that xmpulse MARILYN GRIMALDI Deep rn a dream Ment Roll 1 Grrls Marshal 3 Junxor Red Cross 2 Lafayette Glrls Ht Monltot 2 3 4 THOMAS E GROFF Once a gentleman gentleman Iunror Red Cross 2 Tenms 2 3 4 madc QL. 9. We 1 Kiwi' fi always 'tw-R' Al.. 'rr :nib Q---v pv- 19' IOHN I GUGINO He has achteved success who as 11VCd well Iumor Class Pres1dent Honor Roll 1 2 Melll Roll 3 4 Student Counctl 4 Cheerleader 4 JOHN GULLO Honesty needs no d1Sgll.lSE nor Omamenl SHIRLEY M GUNSALUS She who walks 1n beauty has no need to fear Mer1t Roll I 2 Chorus 1 2 3 G1rls COUIICII 1 2 He Iota Pfe 1 2 3 Jumor Red Cross 2 3 Tnangle Salesman 4 Varrety Show 4 300 Po1nt L MARJORIE HAGER She that was ever fa1 Band 1 2 3 4 Jumor Red Cross 2 Orchestra 1 Theta H1 Y 1 Vanety Show 1 2 r and never proud PATRINIA HAMMOND Her heart does k1nd1y glow Mer1t Roll 4 Chorus 4 G1rls COUIICII 1 2 Monttor 3 4 Tnangle Salesman Vanety Show 3 RAYMOND HARGRO I am free as nature f1rst made man VICTORIA HARLAND The better part ofvalour IS d1scret1on Honor Roll 1 Mer1t Roll 2 3 Chorus 2 3 4 LOUISE HARPER Cheerful and w1se Wllh m1sch1ef 1n her eyes -M' YCS 1' I favs' MARTHA ELAINE HARRINGTON Sugar and sptce and everythtng DICE Honor Roll 1 2 If Mertt Roll 3 Oracle Salesman 1 Student Counctl 1 Theta Nu H1 Y 3 Y Teens 1 2 500 Potnt L ALEX HARRIS Steady of hear and stout of hand Merit Roll 1 2 Basketball 3 Football 4 Track 1 2 3 4 Joseph Po11to Joseph Tont1llo Rosal1e Prnto John Cr1nz1 Carol R1zzo Edw1n Retzer Mane Gengo Sally Pantano acknowledge hap p1ly the results of elecuon for sen1or class offtcers .,.f ..,... As Sammy s for Sally so everyone s for someone Ellen Dennrng strom pomt out campalgn SIgl1S that peppered the walls ROBERT HARRISON Above man s arms hrs nature rose EVA ANN HAVAS Honest labour bears a lovely face 3 lonor Roll 1 2 3 4 Oracle Crrculauon Manager 4 Varxety Show 3 Voxce of Democracy Wlnner 2 LAYTON HEY Quret but not xdle Cross Country 1 2 Q sv Track 1 2 3 4 ef' Nu... IJ n-N' 9 J' ts PATRICIA HICKS She was a form of lrfe and lxght sms DOLORES HIERL I wlll wear my heart upon my sleeve Mon1tor 1 2 3 4 DOROTHY A L ,---. Unhampered by 11 e s cares Ba Merlt Roll 1 Debate 3 Iuruor Red Cross 3 Momtor 2 Skatmg Club 1 150 pomt L NORMA I HILL Dlplomacy rs to do and say the nrcest thlng rn the nrcest way Honor Roll 1 2 4 Mem Roll 3 Chorus 1 Forensxc Club 3 4 Iumor Red Cross 2 Trrangle Salesman 3 Y Teens 1 2 150 Polnt L WILLIAM H HILLI KER Lrfe rs my college May I graduate and earn some honours' Latrn Club 3 Projecuon Crew 4 Skatrng Club 1 Vanety Show 3 Swrmmrng 3 Track 2 3 4 MONNIE HODGES A good nature an a long way Honor Roll 1 2 Baton Club 3 4 Monltor 1 2 3 4 d a sweet smrle goes Oracle Salesman 1 Oracle Staff 4 Vanety Show 3 4 Y Teens 1 2 500 Polnt L RICHARD HONSB ERGER The force of lus own me wa Crew 1, 3, 4 Football 3,4 r1t makes lus Swrmmrng 1, 2,3, 4 Track 2 w..s ,Mm- 'gule S E' pv- fav. 'W-.., wk Ibm. 1 ii We I A V. ff A frrt I 4 , -LM V ? , , ' X' . HIL I Z ., 4 7 WN Shirley Gunsalus, Gil Verrastro, Tom Groff, Ellen Watson, Sandra Over-I y 'Su .I '2 g . . .4 f ' fr- . ' - . . . . , '3,4 3, 2' . , sr A T y . n p X ,, K , A 1 41 A , ' y- ' A 31 BETTY HORN Love sought IS good but glven un sought IS better Merlt Roll 1 2 3 Chorus 3 4 BARBARA L HOWARD From her shall read the perfect ways of honour Honor Roll 1 2 Merlt Roll 3 4 Baton Twlrlers Chorus 1 2 3 4 Glrls Councll 1 Y Teens 3 4 500 Point L Cheerleaders 2 HOWARD T HUMPHREY Energy and determlnatron have done W0l'ldCl'S lTl3l'ly 3 tlme Honor Roll 1 2 3 4 Debate 3 Oracle Salesman 4 Orchestra 1 MARJORIE HUMPHREY The marrow of all courtesy GRANT ISRAEL I would sooner farl than not be among the greatest Mer1tRoll 1 2 3 Debate 3 Forenslc Club 1 2 3 4 Latm Club 3 Amerlcanrsm Contest Wlnner 3 Volce of Democracy 2 Boys Oratoncal Contest 2 EMIL T KARASH Progress IS made by work alone LYLE w KEEN The laughter of man the content ment of God Merlt Roll l Basketball 3 Swrmmrng 1 ARNOLD E KEITH As uprrght as a cedar Oracle Salesman 4 BARBARA ANN KELLAM Her presence gladdens all Honor Roll l 2 Merlt Roll 3 Triangle Staff 4 Vanety Show 3 Y Teens 1 2 CAROLYN KELLER When she had passed II seemed like the ceasmg of exquxsxte muslc Merit Roll 1 Momtor 1 Trlangle Salesman 3 CAROL KIRK The secret of success IS constancy of purpose Merrt Roll 1 4 Chorus 1 2 Momtor 4 Trlangle Staff 4 Vanety Show 1 2 500 Point L IEANETTE KIRKLAND A good heart s worth gold Honor Roll l 2 3 Merit Roll 4 Baton Twlrlers 3 Chorus 1 2 3 4 Girls Councll 1 2 Momtor 4 300 Polnt L Cheerleader 2 vu - ' . - -v is - 1 ' 3 ' ' . .-. .2 s 1 ' X4 32 L41 P-'L qt.-r H ,ff-' 'Z C' r S' A J SHIRLEY KLINE Happiness 15 not to be prescribed but enjoyed Honor Roll 1 2 Girls Council 1 2 He Iota Pfe H1 Y 3 Herald Salesman 2 Monitor 2 Y Teens 1 2 ROBERT KOMREK Worries not for what s the use Band 2 3 MERTIS KOZLOWSKI The highest of distinctions is service to others Merlt Roll 4 Chorus 1 2 3 Monitor 4 Vanety Show 1 JOAN KRUMHEUER Happiness seems made to be shared Honor Roll 2 4 Merrt Roll 1 3 Oracle Crrculatton Manager 4 Monitor 2 3 4 Oracle Staff 4 WALTER KUCHTA Ambition has no risk NANCY I. KUGLER I lift my dreamy eyes and see. Merit R011 1,2,3,4 IEANETTE LACHINA Her smile is vrvacrous Her giggle s contagious Forensic Club 4 Lafayette Girls Hr Y 3 4 150 Point L Cheerleader 4 SEBASTIAN I LAPERUTO What should a man do but be merry2 BARBARA LEAVERS Softly speaks and sweetly smiles Senior Girls Marshal Honor Roll l 2 Merit Roll 3 Junior Red Cross 3 Oracle Circulation Manager 4 Oracle Salesman 1 3 Variety Show 2 DOROTHY LEE Friendly tn a quiet way friendly way Honor Roll 1 2 4 Merit Roll 3 Grrls Council 1 2 He Iota Pfe H1 Y 1 2 Herald Salesman 2 Oracle Staff 4 Variety Show 4 300 Point L SALVATORE 1 LIOfl'TA Wtthout a wink of sleep Junior Boys Marshal Band 1 2 Orchestra 1 2 Track 1 IOANNE A. LOPES Five feet of sweetness. Girls' Council 1,2 Herald Staff 2 Monitor 2 quiet u-1 a rf' JU' :QQ it af-......R' ,E Y 4 ev X '27 NORMA JEAN LOTT Why worry'7 Be full of fun Baton Twrrlers 4 Chorus 1 2 4 Jr Councrl on World Affaxrs 4 Momtor 1 2 +-,g 400 Potnt L THERESA J LOVETRO Sllence rs a v1rtue whtch few possess Merrt Roll 1 quo- wr Ear- ss 1,35-wa 2 'WW if-. 1'-.-1. 'uv TQQ kr- Chorus 1 Glrls Counc1l2 BARBARAJ LYONS Calm quiet and contented Baton Twxrlers 4 Variety Show 4 500 Pomt L ANNE MAC DONALD Her every tone IS mustc s own Honor Roll 1 2 4 Merlt Roll 3 Chorus 1 3 Debate 3 4 Forensxc Club 3 4 Monltor 3 Oracle Salesman 2 Vanety Show 3 4 DOLORES A MAKOSKY She has a flashmg eye and smrle Mertt Roll 4 Momtor 1 2 3 JOAN MANHARDT Vlrtue IS the truest nobxltty Are yougo1ngtoWestPo1nt Barbara Grayson Lots Wllson Mary Ann Thomas VICIOIIS Harland Nancy Butts ponder college catalogs for fees courses and scholarshxp poss1b1l1t1es MARY C MANTIONE A sense of humor a good mtnd A combmauon hard to fmd Honor Roll 4 Merlt Roll 1 2 3 G1r1s Counctl 1 2 He Iota Pfe 2 3 4 Ir Councll on World Affalrs 4 qty' Monttor 1 2 4 Oracle Staff 4 500 Pomt L LOUIS MANZ ELL A Oh that my words were now wntten' Oh that they were prmted m a book Forenslc Club 4 ANN MARIE MARRANCA The m1nd has a thousand eyes And the heart but one Honor Roll 1 2 3 4 Glrls Cotmcxl 1 2 He Iota Pfe 1 2 3 4 Oracle Classes Edxtor Trxangle Salesman 3 Varlety Show 4 500 Polnt Gold L Cheerleader 2 4 PATRICIA MARTIN A good sport and a good companron 500 Point Gold L '4 ROGER MC INTOSH No legacy rs so r1ch as honesty Honor Roll 1 Merrt Roll 2 Crew 3 BEVERLY MC LAUGHLXN She ts good as she rs fan' A if? -K ,xv After seruor electrons tellers avotded frrst hour classes as they tabulated votes The fortunate srx were George Barnes Beverly Smrth Tom Droney Mary DelGatto Annette DeColl1bus Mary Manuone gr'- ii he- Q ,pw all 'QV' w it-A Q VICTORIA MARTINO PEGGY MELCHER Gtrls have curtous mlnds And fam would know the end of everythtng Her very frowns are farrer Chorus 1 2 Grrls Councrl 1 Monltor l 2 150 Pornt L IOSEPH MC CONKEY MARIANNE MELLOTT Pauence and shuffle e cards She shuns all ostentattous show Iumor Treasurer Chorus l Merrt Roll 2 Football 3 4 Track 2 3 4 fs: THOMAS MC FAUL ELAINE MICELI For courage mounteth wlth occasxon Beauty berng the best ofall we know Football 2 3 4 Ir Councrl on World Affarrs 1 Oracle Salesman 1 Q 1 Vanety Show 1 ' QT PATRICIA R. MC GOWAN ARLENE MILES Trustworthtness rs ncher than gold Little frlends may prove great fnends Ment Roll 1 Baton Twlrlers 3 4 Jumor Red Cross 3 vi' Variety Show 3 4 35 Y 'X , - ,, fsgy-ww rl 4 Y I 1 ' I 1 . i We Q' A ' Q- C ' ' lf N. 2 1 . 'U A . m : : : 4 ' -P l .to ' . 1 u U PV K - V D' n ,J xy 'A A fc, ff 4 rl- A ff- .Y ' 2 X., in-f -.41 an'-X Plasi- rva., ,wx q 'T We! 4 19 Dm 1.25, 3.2.1 rv GLORIA MILTON If you do not rhrnk about the future you cannot have one Baton TWIIICIS 3 Chorus 1 2 Monrtor 2 3 4 Orchestra l Trrangle Salesman Varrety Show 3 Y Teens l 2 150 Pornt L IOSEPH MIRANDA r rs the path of the creator hrs work Oracle Art Staff 4 Swrmmrng l 2 3 4 Track 3 VIRGINIA MORGAN How beautrful she looked' Oracle Salesman 1 Student Councrl 1 Trrangle Staff 2 Varlety Show 1 IANICE MOGAVERO A poor lrfe thrs rf full of care We have no trme to stand and stare Honor Roll 1 Merrt Roll 2 3 LYNN MOREE Cornrng words rn a qurck m1nt of o DONNA MORRONE Her thoughtful sllence rs often broken by her tmmrstakable laughter Merrt Roll 2 Grrls' Councrl 1,2 WILLIAM MORSE Oh Bllly perhaps could be a sarnt but he rs what he LS and he am t what he am t Band 1 2 3 4 Orchestra l Vanety Show 2 Swrmmrng 1 2 Track 1 2 ROGER 'VIULFORD Oh why should lrfe all labor be Camera Club 4 Oracle Art Staff 4 Tnangle Staff 4 Varrety Show 3 MAEBELLE MUNTER Refreshrng lass blonde and farr She and sunshme make a pau Trrangle Salesman 1 Trrangle Staff 2 3 Varrety Show 1 DOROTHY NEWMAN Good humor makes all thrngs tolerable Baton Twrrlers 2 3 4 Chorus l Jr Councrl on World Affarrs 4 Monrtor 2 3 Varrety Show 2 3 4 500 Point Gold L NORA NEWTON Heard melodres are sweet u those unheard are sweeter Trrangle Salesman 2 Y Teens 2 PHYLLIS NOAH A pleasmg smrle a wrnnrng way Merlt Roll 1 L 421 ga' sl' r' 09 T7 ,ev- ,4-n is C as-:Viz JANE C NOBLE Smcertty hath a charm of tts own Mertt Roll 2 Iunror Red Cross 3 Trtangle Salesman 3 Y Teens 1 500 Potnt Gold L GRACE E NOTARO Good acttons crown themselves wtth lastmg bay Who well deserves needs not another s pratse Mertt Roll 1 2 Lafayette Grrls H1 Y 2 3 4 Monttor 4 MOIRA O DEA Few thmgs are xmposstble to drltgence and sktll Monxtor 4 Trrangle Staff 4 CAROLE A OLMSTEAD She ts ambttlous naturally Baton Tw1rlers 2 3 4 Monttor 2 3 Vartety Show 3 4 Y Teens 3 500 Pomt Gold L MARY ELLEN O NEIL S e g1gg18S tn glee SONDRA LOUISE OVERSTROM The reward of a thtng well done ts to have done rt Honor Roll 1 2 Masten Beta H1 Y 2 3 4 Paladtum Ltterary Soctety 2 JOYCE PALERMO Take tt easy have your fun Mertt Roll 1 ,.. 3 SALLY PANTANO lt ts a fnendly heart at has plenty of frtends Sentor Secretary Honor Roll 1 Mertt Roll 2 3 Forenstc Club 4 Lafayette Gxrls Ht Y 2 Student Counctl 4 Trtangle Staff 4 500 Pornt Gold L ROBERTA PATTERSON Sweets to the sweet Chorus 1 ,G Vartety Show 1 9' JOSEPH PEPERONE A l1tt1e nonsense now and then Is relxshed by the best of men Mem Roll 2 DOROTHY PERKINS A happy smxle and twtnklmg eyes Full of vrm and very wtse Chorus 3 4 Chrontcle Salesman 2 Momtor 1 2 3 4 Y Teens 2 3 RALPH PERRY The Gods see the deeds ofthe rtghteous Honor Roll 1 2 3 4 Laun Club 3 Cross Country 3 5 37 is -rv T Q-A'-hh KD X S? f' tw- CHARLENE PIERINU JOSEPH POLITO Beauty rs but a dxamond rn the settmg Go and catch a fallmg star of personallty Forensrc Club 4 Juruor Red Cross 2 Lafayette Grrls Hr Y 2 3 Monrtor 3 4 Skatlng Club 2 Student Councrl 4 Trtangle Salesman Tnangle Staff 4 ROSALIE PINTO A constant fnend IS a thmg rare a hard to fmd Honor Roll 1 Mem Roll 2 Chorus 1 Forensxc Club 4 Jumot Red Cross 3 Monnor 2 Oracle Crrculauon Manager Trlangle Salesman 3 IENNIE PIRRO Extends frrendshrp to all Mem Roll 1 Lafayette Grrls H1 Y 2 3 IEANETTE POLITO Just let a smlle be your umbrella Honor Roll 1 2 Merlt Roll 3 4 Lafayette Grrls H1 Y 1 2 3 4 Momtor 4 Oracle Clrculatlon Manager 4 Early to bed early to use has these glrls 1n school on tlme Effxe Walton Frances Zanghl Jennie Puro Elame Mrcelr Joyce Zehler watch Mrss Coonly open the door Football 2 3 4 SUSAN PROVENZANO H Delrghtful to know 38 Merlt Roll 1 2 DOLORES PUMA Slze IS not grandeur Grrls Councxl 1 2 Momtor 2 Student Councrl 4 PAULA RECORDS Farr as a star EDWIN RETZER Great wide beautlful world Semor Presrdent Iumor Red Cross 2 Skatrng Club 2 Student Councxl 1 4 Varxety Show 3 Tennrs 1 2 3 4 Cheerleader 4 GERHARD REUSSWIG wonderful The gentle mlnd by gentle deeds IS known Honor Roll 4 Merxt Roll 2 3 'Q-4 inn' 15 1---f I S-nf' me TH' F' ,ff .pm 'Q .tp-f E W 0-. 'E-'Ji Qs.: if i W HTH 2 9 JOANNE RICCIARDELLI Nothing great was ever achieved with- out enthusiasm. Lafayette Girls' I-li-Y 3,4 150 Point L THOMAS R. RICH I'd rather be right than President. CAROL RIZZO Be yourself and you cannot fail to be of value Senior Vice President Junror Secretary Honor Roll 3 Merit Roll 2 4 Monitor 2 3 4 Triangle Salesman 4 Triangle Staff 4 Cheerleader 4 DOMINIC ROSSITTO Music rs sald to be the speech of angels Merit Roll l 2 Ban 1 2 3 4 Orchestra 1 DONALD P ROTT Men of few words are the best men VINCENT H RUSSO Learn to live and live to learn RAYMOND SAC K Wit makes its own welcome , and levels all distinctions. Triangle Salesman 4 -S' 4. WILLIAM SALANSKY The world knows nothing of its great- est men Forensic Club 3 4 Track 1 2 3 Football Manager 2 3 DARLENE SCI-IAFFER But all in good time 'i tr l BARBARA E SC HOPP They are never alone that are accom panied with noble thoughts Theta Nu H1 Y 1 2 J? 2HgO 521-ig + O2 said Joseph Pnestley William Hrlliker Marjorie Humphrey Richard Honsberger Mary Grlmet Mr Unger bring rt up to date by preparing oxygen according to the equation 2KC1O3 + 2Kc1 4 302 5-. Ox Yi ,f wax' '7 Q .,-4. 1... fi? uf 1-f GEORGE SC HWARTZ Gentle rn manner strong rn performance Honor Roll 1 Merxt Roll 2 Basketball 2 3 Football 2 3 Track 1 2 3 4 JO ANN SCILLIA Promise 15 most glven when the least xs sald Honor Roll 1 Merxt Roll 2 Grrls Councrl 1 2 DANIEL E SHARP The man that loves and laughs must sure do well Forens1c Club 8 IEFF SHELTON There rs a history rn all men s ltves Ban 1 2 3 Orchestra 1 Baseball 1 2 Swrmmrng 1 2 GERALD SIMON The worst rs stxll behmd Chess Club 1 2 Chronrcle Staff 2 Iunror Red Cross Stage Crew 1 2 Tenms 1 2 3 4 ROBERT SMAL DINO It rs pleasant at txmes to madman play the BEVERLY SMITH A fau extenor 15 a srlent recommend 3U0l'l Jumor Vrce Presxdent Honor Roll 1 2 Merlt Roll 3 4 Chorus 2 Monitor 2 4 Oracle Salesman 3 Trrangle Staff 3 4 JANET SMITH A halo of golden harr Forens1c Club 4 He Iota Pfe 3 4 AUDREY L SNELL V1rtue 15 the performa actions Baton Twrrlers 3 4 Chorus 3 4 Junxor Red Cross 3 Momtor 4 Oracle Staff 4 Vanety Show 3 4 FRANCES L SNYDER nce of pleasant Myself and the lucky moment Honor Roll 2 Merrt Roll 1 Jumor Red Cross Tnangle Staff 4 Y Teens 1 2 SANDRA SPERLING Q-P Wiz.. as gk.. I f? we 3 X is ,vi I laugh for hope hath happy place wrth me Chorus 1 Gtrls Councrl 1 2 Monrtor 1 2 JOYCE E STANLEY My heart IS lrke a stngmg b1rd Baton Twlrlers 2 4 Chorus 2 Jumor Red Cross 2 Momtor 2 4 Skatrng Club 1 Varrety Show 2 Y Teens 2 500 Pomt Gold L YF? 'cf' 'i Q...- '-C T ' Rh AUDREY C STEEVES A face wlth gladness overspreadl Merrt Roll 1 2 3 4 Momtor 4 SUZANNE STERRY The young farr matdeu w1th quiet eyes HELEN SULLIVAN A good heart IS better than all the heads rn the world Merlt Roll 4 Jr Councll on World Affalrs 2 IESSIE TAYLOR Lrfe rs a jest and all thmgs show ll Debate 2 Baseball 2 Football 1 2 3 RIC HARD F TEETSEL Quxemess and srncerlty are assets to any man Honor Roll 4 Merit Roll 1 2 3 Oracle Staff 4 Baseball 3 4 FRED THOMAS Tlme thrown elaborately away HOWARD A THOMAS H6 WHS CVCI' PKCCISC In ID Merxt Roll l 2 Ban 1 2 3 Jumor Red Cross l Swzmmmg 1 MARY ANN THOMAS promxse keep Young gay and fancy free Merlt Roll 1 2 Chorus 1 2 3 4 Grrls Councrl 1 2 Hutch Herald Salesman 1 2 Junlor Red Cross 1 2 Momtor 1 2 CHARLES S TIFFANY Truth rs the hrghest thmg that man may keep Honor Roll 2 3 Merrt Roll l Vanety Show 2 3 JOSEPH A TONTILLO Arm hlgh and belreve capable of great thlngs Honor Roll 1 Merlt Roll 2 Oracle Salesman 3 Student Councrl 3 4 Vanety Show 3 Baseball 2 3 4 Basketball 2 3 4 JEAN TORRISI yourself Fashroned so slenderly young and al! Glrls Councrl l 2 Momtor 1 MARION TOUSEY Smooth and attractrve and hlghly drstractlve Honor Roll 1 2 Mertt Roll 3 Oracle Salesman 1 Student Councrl 1 Trlangle Salesman 2 Trlangle Staff 3 4 fbs ff R' W -i. if 'Q'-'Y' kv' vi' If j 0- 'yl XR IT-- 'IH as 4' an 41 1 1 MARCIA TRAUN too lovely to be grey Honor Roll 4 Merlt Roll 1 3 Camera Club 4 Oracle Staff 4 150 Pomt L HEL EN H VAIL Punty of m1nd and conduct rs the f1rst glory of a woman Honor Roll 1 Merlt Roll 2 3 4 Chorus 1 2 Debate 4 150 Pomt L SHIRLEY VALLON I w1ll sxt quret as a lamb Merrt Roll l Grrls Councll 1 ELEANOR C VASTOLA Wlth words we govern men Tnangle Edltor rn Chref Jumor Socxal Chauman Honor Roll 1 2 3 4 Morutor 2 3 4 Oracle Salesman 3 Oracle staff 4 Tnangle Staff 3 4 300 Pomt L EFFIE MAE WALTON Eyes too expresslve to be blue True happmess flf understoody Consrsts alone In domg good Men! Roll 1 2 Masten Talent Show 1 2 DAVID A WARD A gentleman from Cross Country 1 Football 2 3 Track 1 2 3 4 ELLEN WATSON S0 6 IO CIOWH A frlend IS a person w1th whom I may be smcere Before her I may thlnk aloud Honor Roll 1 Merlt Roll 3 4 Oracle Ctrculauon Manager 4 Y Teens 1 500 Potnt Gold L RAMSEY WATTLES When not Smlhng f smlles just for fun BARBARA VOLZ CAROL WEBBER or a reason she Fnendllness IS but one of her vrrtues An even dtsposmon and quxet charm Honor Roll 1 Mem Roll '3 Oracle CIICUIBIIOH Manager 4 Tnangle Salesman 3 4 DAVID WALLACE FRANCES WELLS 1 11 not budge an Inch She loves art ln a seemmg way Honor Roll 2 Mem Roll 1 3 Oracle Salesman 2 Oracle Staff 4 Trrangle Staff 4 Varlety Show 4 Camera Club 4 Lafayette Grrls H1 Y 1 Skatlng Club 1, 2 sr 3 Q, w 'L 41' wa Q' J P ff ac. . - -4 ti I 'Q I I . ' ' ' ' ' A . R3 . Q L7 fi I ' ' 'L 1 ' A '. , A04 . , . fr 42 Nient Roll 1 2 nift- v '7 .Z PEARL WILLIAMS The best of healers is good eheer. Baton Twirlers 4 150 Point L RUTH WILLIAMS Lrttle body wrrh mrghty heart Chorus 1 Momtor l VINCENT D. YARMEL The only trouble with work is that I never get it done. Forensic Club 3, 4 Hutch Herald Staff 2 Monitor 2 ANTHONY T YATES Gentle to others to hxmself severe Basketball 1 2 3 WILLIE RAY WILLIAMS JOAN YOUNG Content IS wealth the rrches of the Light ln Step and heart IS she mmd And happy he who can that treasure Band 1 2 ln Chorus 1 2 Baseball 1 Basketball 1 Swrmmrng 1 JUNE A WILSON Always ready for a good ume Ment Roll 1 Debate 3 4 Monitor 4 LOIS A WILSON We are the muslc makers We are the dreamers of dreams FRANCES ZANGHI She rs never too busy for a laugh her frlendshrp rs a treasure Honor Roll 2 Merlt Roll 1 3 4 Grrls Councrl 1 2 He Iota Pfe 2 3 4 Hutch Herald Salesman 1 Monrtor 2 Oracle Clrculatlon Manager Varrety Show 4 IOYCE C ZEHLER The trme to be happy IS now The place to be happy IS here Honor Roll 4 Band 1 2 Mem Roll 1 2 3 Chorus 1 2 IAN WRIGHT CAROLE ZIMMERMAN Growth 15 the Onll' evidence of life Mxschlef rs about when I am on the scene Band 2 I., 3 vii 0' Forensic Club 3 4 MO,-mo, UYCIICSUH 1 Varlety Show 3 C' 43 U Cne Corridor 0F A GOOD COURAGE p f ., , f, N iQ vmqfg. VY 'W 44 LWAYS ready tolendahelp1nghand1sM1Ss Howell Here She IS undoubtedly explamlng some of the higher laws of physlcs whrch seem to fascrnate james Conciald1 john Dockerw Russell Alessr Howard Hum phrey, and Thomas DIXOH The boys however were not always so ser1ous On each Monday followrng a football game the senlor boys may have awakened rest dents for blocks around wtth a Rah football rah team rah rah football team' Seconds later an echo a ra ther shrlll echo floated down to them from the sen1or girls on the second floor On Parents Nlght Mr Baranskr had an opportunity not only to speak Wlth parents but also to d1splay some of the fme art work done by hrs pupxls Thex created modem desrgns ougmated posters many of which were entered Ln poster contests and planned THE ORACLE cover and d1v1s1on pages Here Mr Baranskx shows a puprl s work to Mrs Vallon Shrrl ey Vallon Nma Brodose and Mrs j Brodose Though now typ1cal Lafayette students former Hutch1nson pup1ls Mary Mantlone Ann Mar1e Mar ranca and Delores Ferraro shown here sewtng on thc ftrst service flag of Hutch helped to make the 100th anmversary a memorable one The celebratton tn cluded a pageant whtch dep1cted the growth of Hutch through her 100 years The st1rr1ng fmale brought the aud1ence to tts feet m the darkened room as 100 bells were chxmed and the assembly sang the Alma Mater Dur1ng the prolonged roll call perrods 1n M1ss Howell S room Frank Collura Dommxc Rossxtto J seph Pollto Thomas McFaul Wtllte Ray W1ll1ams and Grant Israel often formed a small Jam sess1on Down Anolher It drdn t take long for the varrous beats to engulf the entrre class 1n rhythm Second year Spanrsh students admrre las pmatas made by the creatrve hands ofSh1rley Lucas and Stella D1Paolo At Chrrstmas trme rn many South Amer1can countrres la prnata IS broken and the chrldren scram ble for the goodres thatfall These sentrmental senrors Mattre Bennett Marre Curro Eula Barley joan Young andPatr1c1a Bradley agreed however that las prffatas were too pretty to be broken Sam Lrotta surrounded here by abevy ofjunror Day beautres has a very sheeprsh grrn on hrs face Do you blame hmm? The lovely grrls are Annette DeColl1bus Eleanor Vastola Mo1ra O Dea Marllee Lrnton and Nora Newton Robert Bolmg Anthony Yates LovelyP1erce fol lowed by Wllfred Gray Gerald Srmon Arnold Kerth jesse Taylor looked extremely handsome rn the1r Na tronal Guard unrforms on Veterans Day They led the Junlors rnto the audxtorrum and to the monument As they marched down the a1sle they held every eye cludmg the eye of a Buffalo EVENING NEWS camera' After see1ngjul1aBogar and Eva Havas tum twlst Jump and twrrl rn a dance of therr nat1ve Hungary we wonder how they ever managed to pose calm cool and collec ted 'QR ff il: W' wannnawka 45 See How They ve Grown UNIORS the creatures between full grown trees and saplmgs remember specral thrngs about school lrfe Of course these experrences may mean l1ttle or nothmg to others to a member of the Class of 56 they represent everyday occurrences and so become happy memor1es for h1m Unless the Junror comes to school bl1ndfolded he IS conscrous of the lovelrness of the tree framed tower rn the quremess of the momlng Inslde the hustle bustle of a crowded locker room IS fam1l1ar to h1m as 1S the slght of George sawlng a lock from an unfortunate classmate s locker Every Lafayette student holds center hall a valued memory Schoolmates laughmg callmg to one another greeting late comets and xgnormg a poor Soul A trymg to cram rn last nrght s homework ass1gnment are fam1l1ar srghts at thrs spot It IS usually a place of meetmg pandemonrum and somet1mes excxtement as when class electron results are posted cheerleaders chosen or specral announce ments made Between classes the corrrdors sound w1th vorces somet1mes shrxll now deep or laughmg as students passed from one class to another In sprmg when ORACLES are dlsmbuted t1me flutters faster than usual as everyone trres to cram 15 s1gnatures mto four mmutes place 1n happy memor1es Who can forget the rousmg sp1r1t of pep assemblxes before football or basketball games or the sedateness and thoughtfulness of the Jun 1ors on Veterans Day for the exerclses 1n the aud1tor1um and at the monument? ln May how does one suppress the seemmgly endless flow of talk about the junxor Senlor Prom'7 Judy Kompson preslded at the Veterans Day assembly B Bates J Sala uno L Moree P Butts P Relatron P McCorkinda1e S Balone R Mott A Drake A Ward B Bauer F Cogdell W Salansky D Bender took part VETERANS DAY ASS EMB LY Wllh the free tops wavmg about her 46 qw ir-, 736.- -is Mlchelrna C Alello Santlna Alloto Martha Anderhalt JoAnn Annabale jacquelme Anthony Thomas Anzelone Francxne Aqullma Rose Aromca 1 ' ' 1 . . ' . . i Y . , . Q 1 ' i f x 1 1 sk- I , I an 1 - ' l ' . I , - . . . . I . GL 6 ' A NO' s Mt, . , . , . , . - Y . . VG . , . . . 7 . , . . Y . 7 , D - as ,.. 1' Q. , . . . y . . y . 1 ' I 1 , r TZ Of course, a few extra-special events during the year command an extra-special A - 4 9 D . ' - b I . . , . ' N-1,1 K ' ,' . ', . ', '. . . . , . sei lbs. 8 4 cr 6? gvZ?'l! 4E'lt31,,,,.,f . A ,la ,x . 0 Nancy Barley Salvatore I Balorle Lorrarne Balsdon Drann Barker Bruce Bauer RoseMar1e Bodaml Darlene Borzrllerl Sally Bova Roger Brannan The Class of 1956 EMEMBERING school days both boys and grrls take pleasure rn recallmg gym classes full of fun and frol1c Then too the lovely v1ew of the tower from the upper gym w1ndows stands out ln memorles along wxth embarrassmg moments when frre drrll IS called durmg class jumors are pleased,too that Kay Burke was chosen by the board of managers of the Y M C A for a trlp to France She wrll be one of seven fromBuffa1o and more than 400 ln the country They w1ll fly on August 12 The january 1955 Junlor honor roll lS worthy of note JQIIICE Swan Sherla Scmta Ruth Ward 5-... jo Ann Anmbale Ph1l1p Gelse Patr1c1a Relatlon Sue Churchrll JCSSIC Conley Nxcholas Lagattuta Shlrley Lucas Joanne Salatmo Denms McHenry Gary Cogdell M1ldred Zatorskr Vxrgrma Seabom joan Amr Curto Too soon school days end but memorxes keep them forever near At the closmg of a school day everyone has rushed off center hall rs srlent the com dors are st1ll agam the rooms are hushed and darkened ln the gym there IS no S, slgn of a bustling act1v1ty There lS only the tower frlnged by the treetops b1d dmg a sllent farewell to the students trudgmg homeward ROW ONE Janet D Arrrgo fVlC8 presrdentj John Schulz fpresldenly Mary Svensson fsecretaryj John Reld ftreasurery ROW TWO Parncla Lucore Qgrrls marshall Dennls McHenry fboys pro gram chalrmanj James O Connell fboys socxal chalrmany Pamcxa Butts fgrrls soclal charrmanj Gordon Hrpple fboys marshall Joseph1neQuadrone if qgxrls program charrmany 'Vt-19' vf JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Slffefh the Queen whose praise our llps confess 47 ally fig ' 96.3 ' ' 91.1 9 93 .6 ' 91.1 ' 93.3 ' ' A 91.07 b ' 93.2 ' ' ' 90.9 r ' 92.8 ' 90.8 'A 2. 92.6 ' 90.7 Q3 ' ' 92.5 ' 90.1 janet D'Arrigo 92 .0 Santina Alioto 90.0 ' ' ' 91.5 90.0 is 7-1 .ce ' ' , , , , 1 A x, J . . . . . . 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Freshmen Begin to Bend To LafayeTfe's Ways EPTEMBER may not be the ideal time for planting trees but this has been a tradition at Lafayette for fifty-two years. These young trees, or seedlings, are, of course, our freshmen. Planted into a new routine, they are guided through various growths. From the faculty they acquire knowledge and all- round advice. From association with classmates and parti- cipation in school activities, theyleam respect for each other. And through guidance and friendship of both teachers and stu- dents they develop characterg they mature to become sturdy and admired full-grown trees. Freshmen in their new school world consider knowledge of the universe. The economic world class includes Qstand- ingj Sandra Shepherd, Judith Jones, Tina Merlo, Patricia Rainero, Carol Frew, Jill Jones, Julie Ellis, Priscilla Walker Charles Carlisi, William Schmidt, Qseatedj Florence Van Dusen, Sue Ann Sage. Where's Timbuktu? Could students escape homework there'? If not there is no altemative but to pick up that trusty floor plan, go in search of the general science classroom, and hope that the bell will ring before Miss MacKenzie or Miss Iulg can give their assignments . ln general science Carol Doherty, Marcia Anderson, Richard Diamond, Jane Alair, Ralph Scloli, Marjorie Wright, 1 Joseph Buscemi, Odell Davis, Carol Voas, John Augustine, Sally Concardi, Pasquale Bonito seek a scientifically plaus- ible reason for sudden showers. What a break if they could safely plan just what to wear to school. Probably, however, they will be caught in an unexpected and very wet shower on their way to school . lf so, a movie would be just the thing to sweeten thoroughly sour disposi- tions. Here Robert Galvin, Michael Payne, Richard Swarts, Carolyn Morris, Julius DiPaolo, Ann Iacono, Carmel Talluto, Mary Grace Maley, Judith Anderson are enroute to watch a film. Visual education provides painless leaming. As pleasant as it may be to spend classtime watching a movie in 113, why does the next class always seem to be on the third floor? Has anybody got a compass? lt's easy to get lost in a new school and Qfirst rowj James Peasland, Michael Killilee, Richard Lee, Daryl Dobrindt, Elsie Mae Merrifield, Maria Zuffoletto, Qbehindj Roberta O'Neil, Crystal Crawford, Bette Lou Joseph take no chances as they ponder floor maps . For a little while students can forget all about their room-searching problems as they willingly hand out their last dime Qwhich was to be milk moneyl for a copy of the school paper. 56 Smiles light the faces of Qseatedj Mary Thomas, Johnetta Abrams, Ann Bews, jean Maiorca, Catherine Cummings, Qstandingb Faye Buseck, Janis Dobbins, Rebecca Caylor, Raymond Duke, Sandra Claxton, jean Scinta, amusedby car- toons in the farewell issue of THE TRIANGLE . All fresh- men were delighted also with the freshman poll . From leisurely leafing through THE TRIANGLE to finding the diameter of a circle is a big jump but freshmen leam to take it in their stride . Is the square of the hypotenuse equal to the sum of the squares of the sides? This is only one of the many problems Mary jane Popielarski and Angelo De Rossi will solve. Watching in the row near the board are Margaret Bowles, Pa- tricia Lord, Emestine Hill, Mary Lott and in the nearer row James Biers, Joann Ivey, Rosella Scalzo, Judith Parker. Freshmen hurry from all classes to buy tickets, Annette Puj, john Moree, Paulette Hemphill, Leo Rine, George Moss, Barbara Schaum, Donna Prince, Ethelyn Taylor, jan- ice Sheer, Nancy Reichert show how quick the freshmen were to gain enthusiasm for their alma mater's fall and winter sports schedule. These students, eager to support their school, are just as likely to arrive at school very early in the morning--at least 8:32 . Don Adair, Robert Boncore followed by Marjorie Caputo, Sharon Heirl, Salvatrice Aliberti, Eleanor Kuzma, SharOI1 COI1Stabl6, johnFrittita, Frank Sauberan, Salvatore Sucato, look eager to start their day's work. Or are they leaving for religious education or after school activities? They may be late the second day, but the first day our eager freshmen arrive with a shine on their shoes and butter- flies in their stomachs. ls it the first day of school when they tum out with bright faces and new suits. QFirst rowj Robert Petersen, William Tirone, Qsecond row, David Clark, Daniel Hoch- vert, Emest Hardesty, Dennis Pulisi, Qthird rowj joseph Bongi, Carol Wright, Gail Emmanuelson, Donna Genung, Michael Di Pirro listen attentively to Latin ---or for the bell? Unbelievable as it may seem at times, the bell does ring at the end of fifty minutes and then Lafayette's rising artists lose themselves in a world of charcoal and water colors . .LLM ..: T 'S' QSeatedJ RudolphBrooks, Frank Cirrito, Dolores Lwetsch, Jerry Agen, Qstandingj Johnetta Abrams, Catherine Faso, Joan Morrison, Betty Jane Salvati, Robert Vanderwalker, Nesby Robertson, Anthony Andolino are engaged ir1 creating a variety of colored designs . Their determined looks show their interest. That determination, that interest, plus creative ability will some day bring their rewards . But now, these fresh- men look through THE ORACLE and wait for the day when they, too, can hold positions on the art staff. Leafing through old ORACLES can prove quite a sport, especially for freshmen. The fashions of the Dark Ages and pictures of friends are revealed to Qseatedj Helen Mar- tin, Dolores Durant, Judith Reed, Octavia Thomas, fstand- ingj Philip McCanno, Philip James, Malinda Gay, Elaine Grant, Dorothy Young, Doris Williams, Sarah Watson. Seeing THE ORACLES of past years ignited the spark of enthusiasm about our yearbook, for the freshmen were staunch supporters of THE ORACLE Tag Day. Here lookl I'm for the yearbook was the slogan con- tained within the O on THE ORACLE tags. Innumerable freshmen, including Judith Schulz, Sarah Perla, Phyllis Arrigo, Jo Anne Russo, Edith Whiteside, Beverly Marable, Robert Nicoali, Thomas Ricotta, Peter Maggio, Nelson Duke, Richard Cleague, helped make the sale a success. That enthusiasm may wane for some students when re- port cards appear, for some the results are entirely satis- factory. Do the smiles of Qfirst rowj Rosalind Comell, Sheila Flett, Gayle Fitzgerald, Judy Pepin, Mary Jane Dire, Csecond rowj Alberta Perkins, Barbara Schierstein, Kirby Snyder, Philip Hammond, Nesby Robertson, Qthird rowj James Harrington result from 99 in English, 95 in econ- omic world, 98 in general science? Anyway freshmen provide a larger proportion on the honor roll than any other class. The October 1954 list included Sally Jane Concardi 95 .2 Robert Petersen 90 .8 Sheila Flett 94 .9 Sandra Shepherd 90 .6 Daniel Hochvert 94 .6 Rebecca Behr 90.2 Joyce Hopper 92 .4 Emestine Hill 90 .2 Eleanor Kuzma 92 .4 Florence Van Dusen 90 .2 Alice D'Auria 91 .8 Maria Zuffoletto 90 .1 Carmel Talluto 91 .1 Rosemary Annibale 90.0 Jill Jones 91.0 Joann L . Ivey 90 .0 Helen Martin 91 .0 Mary Grace Maley 90 .0 Janis Dobbins 90.8 There is a secret formula in being able to wear a smile on that day of reckoning --hit those booksl QSeatedJ Carol Doherty, Joseph Lepore, Lucinda Bentley Richard Randazzo, Peter Dima io Leota Lucas standm ss . . 4 ' sb Francis Crocker, Fred Gadley, Carl Smiraglia seem absorbed in expanding their knowledge or perhaps following the ex- ploits of a favorite character. 58 9 A girl is at a disadvantage when it comes to acquiring knowledge . Can she concentrate on the adventures ofOdys- seus when her lipstick is on crooked or that one strand of hair won't curl? Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all, Patricia Bossert, Sandra Canty, Marion Quinney, Rose Mary Annibale, Loretta Pursel, Dolores Foster, Diane Heintzman, Grace Prime, Katherine Titterington, Patricia Walker? The girls are freshening up for the boys, class- mates, and teachers? Approximately thirty seconds before the class bell rings these students trudge upstairs to enter the brisk and effi- cient business office . Do you know how to write a check for a million? Can you add a skyscraper of numbers? In introduction to busi- ness fnearest rowj Diane O'Connor, Mary Mac Leod, Diane Dixon, Rita Galvin, Qsecond rowj Barbara Runfola, Louise Messel, Joseph Anzalone, Tina Drapanas, fthird rowj Robert Ralston, Gloria Barr, Joarme Falzone, Julie Chesley leam even more . From the world of checks and drafts, freshmen step in- to the world of Johnny Tremain and iambic pentameter and then what? Miss Wechter's students become critics of others' charts, graphing the action of THE ODYSSEY . Presently fseatedj Jacqueline Crittsinger, Joyce Nellis, joan Lyons, Joan Morrison, Glenda Clark, Qstandingj Norman Gannon, Sharon Frandson, Anthony Andolino, Anne Beckstein, Jean Ko Keny may step forward to read. The ordeal of reading aloud to the class may seem like nothing compared to the next test--the test of one's cook- ing ability . The way to a man's heart is through his stomach QSeatedJ Frances Moon, Patricia Nayler, Phyllis Granato, Marlene Rizzo, Qstandingj Donna Leman, Ellen Ryan, Rebecca Behr, Beverly Gutschow, Ann Iacono prepare for the future when all the tricks will be beneficial. Students all nish from their sixth hour classes to con- gregate once more in center hall or in the locker room, and then with stacks of books, they wind their weary ways home. Ray Lo Tempio, Curtis Kuykendall, Joyce Hopper, Paul Garretson, Jean Reeves, Ellen Hogg, Arlene Figlia, Ann Maggiore, Alice D'Auria, Patricia Noah, Nancy Crane give no idea of the usual rush to leave school at 2:45. Perhaps they pause to remember a happy day or a happy year. Members of the class of 1958 regret that death pre- vented Norman Gannon from completing the year with them. They will remember his pleasant smile and his earnestness . 59 i 1-J CD 3 Sv-'N L+ - lun. Thank of all The Happy Hours N Parents Nlght Mr Monroe explarns to Mrs Fred Vxgnerr a phase of the work her daughter Mrldred IS learnmg Mrs V1gner1 w11l then more fully appre crate the complexrty of her daughter s course A very wet but refreshmg swrmmmg team takes t1me out from practrce to pose The boys Qfrrst rowj Donald Flessa Charles Card Donald Fraser Qsec ond rowy Gary Cogdell Joseph Mrranda Monte Hart sell Rrchard l-lonsberger Qthxrd rowj Frank Cogdell Denn1s Borden Pat Dolan Charles McHugh Arthur Ward and Qfourth row, john Peplmskr deserve an extra large letter for venturxng 1nto the pool on cold wmter days The snow and near zero weather couldn t stop jackre Shanahan Sherla Sc1nta Barbara Volz and Colleen Chorey from attendmg school They couldn even keep cheerful smlles from the gms faces The Vrncent Catanzaro Monte Hartsell PeterMacEwan Charles Arnold Denms Hergert Gary Cogdell Marcra Traun Howard Humphrey are deeply engrossed m M1ss Clark s readmg 1n the orxglnal German Maybe she IS relatmg the tale of the TANNENBAUM or readmg from TYLL EULENSPEIGEL The pep talks made 1n homerooms by nervous staff members apparently created the desrred effect Dav1d Wallace Irvmg Anderson Roger Mulford andAnn Mac Donald look posmvely gleeful to part w1th a nrckel for an ORACLE tag o , , . . I , . Y ! y - 2 I 7 v 1 ' I Y ' ! Y ! 1 ! . ' I ' . ! ! ' . 't school day must go on. I I i D I I 7 I I I 2 I r 1 ' A i -d N ' A Eff, xp i 'o Y i J 114 Think of The Happy Days Equxpped w1th cameras tnpods masks and count less small treasures Mr Baranskx s art room IS a fas c1nat1ng place Roberta G1pple must hearuly agree for she could be found there very frequently She even gave up her mld year vacatlon to work on ORACLE d1v1s1on pages and was often seen leavmg school wlth mater1als for adverusmg posters for dances Takmg t1me out from Wxllram Shakespeare and Eu gene O Nelll for a Chr1stmas party are V1ncentYarmel Patr1c1a McCorkmdale Louts Manzella Robert Mott Mrss Wechter Eleanor Vastola Denn1sMcI-lenry janet Smxth Norma I-l1ll and Patr1c1a Relatron of the publlc speakxng class Lafayette would hardly seem the same w1thout the fr1endly sm1le and jaunty hat of Mr Re1lly as seen 1n the locker rooms any hour of the day We regret that at th1s moment the Smlle seems to be m1ss1ng Though Lnformal1ty relgns 1n an art class rt IS not all play These people Mane Gengo Edwm Retzer Roger Mulford Vmcenza Battaglla Robert G1pple Anlta Anderson Frances Wells Audrey Snell Dorothy Newman joseph Mlranda andCharles Anderson may be formmg such styles as Roman or Goth1c letters or they may be rllustratmg words xn much the same way that monks lllustrated early manuscr1pts For mstance 1f the word sprmg were to be wr1tten flowers mlght be used to form the letters your S a leaf supplies nourishment to a tree, so organ- izations supply diversion from study for their members. Activities refresh the minds of young people while they associate pleasantly in social gatherings, strive to reach some useful goal, or simply display school loyalty. Leaves are essential to the life of a tree and organizations to a complete school life. X! 1 X X 5 4 ! I' V' f .- i f i ,1 71, l Z QO6ERxMUlF X K ACTIVITIES -x wi TE xf HEQCEJ X f 'N' . SEATED: M,Curro fediror in chiefj, M.Gengo, M.Hodges STANDING: R. Delpriore, D.Ferraro, M.Mant1one, R.Gip- ple A.Anderson LITERARY STAFF ,X ffvs... SEATEDg F. Wells, J.Miranda, M,Gengo fart editory, C. Anderson, A.Sne11 STANDING: V.Battag1ia, E.Retzer, R.Gipple, D. Newman, R. Mulford, A. Anderson ART STAFF The Oracle EFORE the close of school last june, while students were just beginning to read the 1954 'ORACLE, anew staff was organized, an elm theme was decided upon, and picture layouts were submitted. The ORACLE of 1955 had begun to materialize. How little it had really materialized, however, we did notrealize until we retumed to Lafayette in Septem- ber and the work and fun really began. The literary staff scoured books upon books upon books to find ap- propriate quotations for 268 seniors . Students planned picture arrangements and layouts, collected schedule cards, pasted dummy sheets, workedoutpicture sched- ules, wrote organization and athletic write-ups and con- sidered hundreds of other small but necessary details . The ORACLE art staff created the cover and all the art work of the book. The business staff, headed by thir- teen senior girl circulation managers, sold books to 725 students. The ORACLE hit a snag this year--a money snag. The solving of this, however, resulted in a lot of fun for the staff, the plarming of several dances, including the penny-an-inch dance, and Tag Day when everyone LITERARY STAFF SEATED: B.Gi1bert, R.Teetsel STANDING: M.Boyer, R.Aronica, D.Lee, A.Drake, A,M. Marranca fclasses editory rf sf SEATE D: I. Krumheuer, P. Bradley fliterary editorj STANDING: M,Capozzi, E.Vasto1a, D. Wallace, M.Traun 'ibg .Z f walked through the halls with tags hanging from buttons, purses, pock- ets, and even ears . If the ORACLE could be com- pared to one of the stately elms surrounding Lafayette, our faculty assistance might be represented by the leaves, very necessary and pleasant to have . In room 117, the center of ORACLE activities, it was constantly, Miss Croll, is this appropriate? or Miss Croll, is fifth hour all right for that pic- ture? She worked endlessly with the staff for the best ORACLE possible. Mr. Baranski acted as the yearbook's adviser in guiding the art staff in their work. Mr. Slate worked on projects by supply- ing both ideas and materials. Mr. Svensson gave inestimable help in mounting all the individual pic- tures . The business activities of the ORACLE, circulation mana- gers and salesmen, were directed by Mr. Gott. The staff enjoyed working with Mr. Ted Fremy, our skillful and friendly photographer, and with the Williamj . Keller Company, printers. The ORACLE staff worked many hours both during and after school with a single purpose in mind, a purpose which we hope has been accomplished- -to give Lafayette High School a yearbook of which all can be proud. SALESMEN SEATEDg C.Crawford, I.B1oom, C.Lawson, C.Nab1o, J.Ho1der, K. Kolz, P. Meredith STANDING: P. Dimaggio, K. Snyder, S.DiPaolo, I.Augustine, S. Territo, I.A1ongi C7 is :Ng ff .xg CIRCULATION MANAGE RS SEATED: I.Krumheuer, A.DiB1asi, I.Po1ito, R.Pinto, E.I-Iavas, E. Watson STANDING: M,DePasqua1e, B.Leavers, J.Funk, F.Zanghi, B.Vo1z, N.Chiappone, C.Chiappone C7 - SALESMEN SEATEDg S.Churchi1l, A.MacDona1d, J.Zappia, L.Moree, D.Hlerl, E.Miceli, D.Gayle, I.F1eming P.Relarion STANDING: E. Hill, A.Be11, M.Svensson, F.Cogdel1, H.Humphrey, A. Keith, J.Concia1di, S. Balone, J. D'Arrigo, I. Edie 65 SEATED S Danrels P Dobblns B Smith E Vastola fedrror rn chiefj M ODea A DeCo1l1bus C Rrzzo STANDING R Brannan I Brown S Panrano A Bongrovannr P Marcoru C Grrfasl L Balsdon R Mulford ROW ONE A D Aurra C Prerxno F Snyder B Kellam C Chorey E DeCo1l1bus R Frorella ROW TWO T Riley A LLPome C Klrk D McHenry M Capozzr G Durham D Sugarman D Wallace The Triangle HE student body cannot rmagme the hard work and respons1b1lrty that makes the TRIANGLE possrble Thrs year the thrrty member staff, Wlfh Mrss Iulg as adviser, has strrven to produce a popular publrcatron Student reporters have commented on the hap penmgs wrthrn Lafayette as well as student actrvr tres outsrde the school All wrll remember the arncle Don Kmg Excels and the prcture taken at the coke party rn honor OfJOhI1l'116 Ray to whrch staff members were mvrted The staff rs drvrded mto several sectrons The play THE FARMER S DAUGHTER was presented by the publrcrty sectron to strmulate sales Ofcourse, the burden IS carrred prrmarrly by the lrterary staff but there would be no paperwrthout the assrstance of the busmess, photography, and art departments Much of the TRIANGLE S success IS attrrbuted to the effxcrency of the salesmen and rherr co opera twn with the c1rculat1on manager TRIANGLE SALESMEN ROW ONE ffronr ro back begmnmg from leftj C Rrzzo R Sack I Moore S Sucato R Castrglrone ROW TWO JCatan1a P Butts N Robertson C Molaro M Curro ROW THREE P Dolan V Seabom J Scmta S Gunsalus I Funk ROW FOUR J Mangano T Drxon R Tomlllo JCr1tt.s1nger D Leman ROW FIVE C Cala E Killran D Lost M MacLeod B Volz ROW SIX R Boncore W Hemphrll R Sacco B DeMarco S Gray M Hughes 66 ROW ONE P Bradley J Lachina C Piermo fsecretaryy A MacDon A Drake L Manzella T Reilly V Yarmel fvice presldentj D McHenry ald P Relation R Aronica J Smith J Annlbale R Pinto N H111 fpresidentj ROW TWO R Mott ftreasurerj P McCorkmdale S Pantano l Wright C on tes 'r GIRLS DECLAMATION BSHIICS Bates won first place at Lafayette and placed Weldon johnson VOICE OF DEMOCRACY Anthony Drake won at Lafayette on I Speak for Democracy AMERICAN LEGION ORATORICAL Anthony Drake was first at Lafayette f1rst 1n the City preliminaries and second in the Erie County finals with The Rights Which We Defend F ever you arrived at school very early in the moming you may have seen energetic members of the Foren sic Club rehearsing speeches in the auditorium with Miss Wechter They have tried during the year to pro mote an interest in public speaking The members enlisted students to speak made decorations for the stage formulated an idea for the Variety Show and sponsored contests B Bates I Annibale R Mott Miss Wechter R Aronica A Drake N Hill P McCorkrndale Some members actually had experience in radio work Bemice Bates was heard over WEBR discussing her personal interest in public speaking Nonna Hill Vincent Yarmel Anthony Drake and jo Ann Anmbale talked about school interests on WBEN and Norma H111 Anthony Drake Charlene Pierino and Vincent Yarmel discussed Curfews for Teenagers on WBEN s High School Forum of the Air Anthony Drake was privlleged to appear on television after performing in the American Legion sponsored Oratorical Contest Lafayette was the only public high school in Buffalo whose contestant made the Erie County finals in the American Legion Contest Forensic Club members may not have been terri bly enthusiastic about the early rising but there is no question that they did enjoy their pleasant asso ciations and hope that future years will bring as much pleasure to other members 67 J I V Q I H T 3 . 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Fo n S I C C I u b second in the city finals with The Creation byjames OFFICE MONITORS ROW ONE IBandin6l11 B Brewer E Clark P Hammond IStan ROW THREE D Ferraro M Mantrone P Carter G Notaro C Rrz ley D Gayle G Mllton F Aqtulina I Moore M Webster N Jones zo A DeCollrbus M DePasqua1e C Premo R Frorella lPolrto I ROW TWO E Barker M Boyer M Grlmaldr R Bodaml I Krum Brown P McCorkmdale heuer C Krrk B Smith M O Dea D Perkins A Campanella Recrulrecl To ASSIST Office Monitors ELLO Lafayette Hrgh School or One mo These are fam1l1ar words to our busy offrce mom tors The glrls worked not only m the mam offrce but also helped Mr Kelly M1ssN1ce Mlss Qua lander and Mr Catuzzr Always on the1r toes D Zwwch L Menon M Hodges these grrls answered the telephone delrvered mes sages transported absence slips and tn general helped keep pandemonlum ata mlnrmum In addr CAFETER113 MONITORS t1on to these thrngs the glrls volunteered durrngex ammatron week to come to school and work the swrtchboard for M1ss Rerf Even after fuushmg all th1s the g1rls had enough pep to feel real satrs factron from therrwork Furthermore they mrght do therr homework on the Job Only Just as they began to work the swxtchboard set up a terr1f1c buzz N Brodose D Harvey E Belcher B Farrell I Moore C Webb C Walker D Clark P Trotter P Menno M Kozlowski C Edholm A Campanella J Funk B Mason C Hodges D Hrerl D Petersen W Davrs Cafererla Monitors CMF T means Lafayette cafeterra monltors feel nred, and after the noon day rush who can blame them? The monrtors served everythmg from soup to nuts to the herd of famrshed students every day These grrls may not have sweated over ahot stove but they dld have to clean trays and stack drshes Of course not all the grrls served food some of the luckler ones acted as cashrers 68 O ' o wif is ' ll ll ment, please, or Yes, Mr. Kelly, right away. f W . , . . , . - 1 l ' t , . .. . ' I Llbrary Monitors IBRARY momtors perform thelr dutxes w1th such zeal and z1p that therr act1v1ty leaves one speechless Thxs IS all very well because one must be qu1et H1 the lrbrary Durmg the perlod wh1ch each g1rl was on duty she gathered lrbrary sllps and checked them off the enrollment book One Job that they performed wrth great gusto was collecung overdue books and extracung fmes from unwxllmg students Prolechon Crew HESE boys who provlded us w1th an mterestmg and almost pamless method ofleammg enjoyed the1r work a great deal They put the f1lm on the camera flrcked the swrtch sat down and relaxed w1th the class watchmg the mov1e and then re wound the fllm In add1t1on to thls strenuous ex ertron the boys also mlssed thexr own classl Sel dom d1d they make a mrs take 1n runnmg the projector but mlstakes can easlly occur when usrng l1ghts slxdes or records 1n the aud1tor1um One boy recalls an embarrassmg lncxdent that took place In assembly LIBRARY MONITORS SEATED I Chesley N Chiappone A Alston S Gray I Bnggs STANDING JGug1no A Trosr C Hodges C Kirk One day he flashed the Alma Mater on the screen PROJECTION CREW and the student body rose en masse to smg The ROW ONE F Cogdell L Glassner M Hansell C Pezzlno R Cxprtano band however struck up wrth Lafayette sotherAlma T Reilly Mater causmg the PIOJCCUOHISIS to perform aqulck ROW TWO G Cosdell W Himke' D Hagel' C McHugh P Hammond I Billrtere double take' Row THREE w Morse 1 wngm D wauace G nipple ROW ONE N Jones D Faust M Webster E Spear A Snell D Per ROW THREE R Brown M Thomas D Turner C Ktrk B Brewer B kms G Barber J Kxrkland N Lott V Harland R Pelltterr M Bennett Reckahn L Lucas P Hammond I Holder D Parker D O Nell M B Howard D Castelluccxo Hlnds G Crawford ROW TWO B Horn M Hemphlll J KoKeny N Barley B Leavers Mr Jocoy at the prano M DelGatto B Braun B Joseph G Eastman Llf'r Your Voice To Lafayerle Chorus Student Slnglng then lower and lower on the scale they go The an gellc stralns float through the halls of L H S But walt' Where IS that Jazz commg from? Of course lt s the glrls chorus lettmg go wlth Mambo ltallano really does a grand Job of entertarnmg m assemblles For weeks before the Chrlstrnas assembly we heard the glrls practlcmg The program was wellworthwhrle Thelr solemn presentatlon of O Holy Nlght was beautrful thelr gleeful slnglng of Wlnter Wonderland was dellght ful and jrngle Bells was Just plam fun Added attrac tlons of the chorus thls year were the solos of soprano Rosalre Pellrterl The chorus sang rn assembly aga1n ln February They presented Pale Moon and Dusk 1n the Shadows Fallmg and led the audrence slngmg of Stout Hearted Men Desert Song and My Happrness For a patr1ot1c assembly they sang Serv1ce by Cadman Even so they practrce many songs they never have an opportunrty to smg except rn Room 306 We enjoy all they do smg O Fe me 3 fa me fe dv Hlshef and hlghef FTEN Lafayette students ralsed therr vorces to srng songs that others have enjoyed for as many as flfty years LAFAYETTE VICTORY MARCH Cheer Cheer for old Lafayette Wake up the echoes cheerlng her name Shake down the thunder from the sky What though the odds be great or small Old Lafayette w1ll wln over all Whlle her loyal sons are marchmg Onward to VICIOYYI CHEER Lafayette say we wrll flght for you for everythmg for you We ll go rn to play and wrn the game We wrll brlng you fame Rah Rah Rah Rah' Vrolet and Whlte we ll proudly wear May our colors e er fly' Vrctory comes Whlle we smg Many trophres we w1ll brmg So Cheer Cheer Cheer Cheer Cheer We wlll wm agam for Lafayette the rrght to do o o 0 I U 1 1 2 f '- 1 1 1 1 I ' A . I . . . , . , I I ' Truly the chorus, under the direction of Mr. jocoy, Send the volley Cheer on high I 1 5 vu - vu - ' . - I , rl H , H Il ' .vt l 70 THE STE IN SONG Lrft your vo1ce to Lafayette Shout t1l the rafters rmgl Stand and srng a song once agaml Let every Lafayette man smg Then Thmk of all the happy hours Thmk of the careless days Lafayette our Alma Mater The hrgh school of our hearts always e trees to the sky' e Sprrng 1n 1tS glOf1OUS happ1ness e youth to the frre t e l1fe that xs movmg and callmg us' t e Gods to the Fates e rulers of men and thexr destrnres t e lxps to the eyes e grrls who w1ll love us some day' Oh L1ft your vo1ce to Lafayette Shout t1l the rafters rmg' Stand and srng a song once agam' Let every Lafayette man s1ng Then Thmk of all the happy hours Thrnk of the careless days Lafayette our Alma Mater Tre hrgh school of our hearts always ROW ONE I Admolfe F Collura D Rossltto S Hxerl P Dobbms DxSalvo M Hager Band INCE 1925 Lafayette Hrgh School has had a band a band mat has undoubtedly provrded pleasure to each student body We llke to thrnk however that thxs year s band our band was just a l1ttle more spec1al It lent moral support to the seruors as they marched from assembly whtle the lower classmen stand at atten mon thrnkmg sweet beautrful thoughts? wartmg thexr turn It added to the beauty and solemmty of Veterans Day by playrng Torch of Lrberty and Un1tedNatxons Frank Collura played taps as well as several solos through the year The band had 1tS own featured vocal1st th1s year barltone W1ll1am w1ll1S When he sang B1rthday ofa Krng at the Chr1stmas assembly the whole student body sat absolutely spellbound joseph Ad1nolfe and Frank Collura played a trumpet duet The wrnner of thxs year s Chromatrc Club award was Patr1c1a Dobbms The award grven on the bas1s of regularlty co operat1on and sk1ll gave Pat a junror membershxp 1n the Chromatlc Club and entrtled her to attend the monthly concert meetmgs ROW TWO D Clark W W11l1s W MOISC C Walker A GK1110 ROW THREE L Launa F Crocker A Maraschlello A 1 --.-nf 71 SCIENCE CLUB S Sheperd E Merrrfxeld B Ioseph D Prrnce R Caylor IMa1orca P Lord I Dobbins R Peterson I Peplrnskr I Moree M Hartsell R Dramond P Dlm3gg1O M Sclence Club HIS group, consrstmg entlrely of freshmen and dlrected by Mlss MacKenz1e held IIS rnformal meetmgs every two weeks The members d1v1ded 1nto parrs and mdepend ently conducted expenments Several members entered thelr projects rn the Future Screnusts of Amerrca contest and some entered the Sgrence Congress Student Council govemlng body the Student Councrl slmrlar to the Clty Councll Each homeroom elected at least one repre sentatlve The purpose of the organrzatlon as stated rn the constltutlon IS to promote better relatlons P rrro The money whlch the students contrlbuted at Chrrst mas was tumed over to a committee of the councll whlch dxstrlbuted It It was decrded that 5100 should be sent to the Buffalo EVENING NEWS Summer Camp 550 to the Muscular Dystrophy Assoclatlon, S50 to the March of Dlmes 550 to the fund for hrgher educatlon at Caney Creek Kentucky 525 to Cerebral Palsy, and 525 to the fund for hrgher educatron at Plney Woods, MISSISSIPPI Lafayette was especlally honored when Beverly Smlth was chosen secretary of the clty Wlde Student Council joseph Tont1llo was Lafayette s second representatlve STUDENT COUNCIL RIGHT FRONT V Cala frreasurerj S Pantano fvrce presrdentj G M Gengo C Prerino D Castelluccro Bames fpresxdentj A Campanella fsecretaryj FAR CENTER A Cxampa D Ferraro M Bennett D Puma LET FRONT R Sacco L Nlelsen C Hodges B Smrth I Tontrllo CENTER I Re1d I Schulz H Smlth P Carto E Retzer I Moree R Brannan D Smrth I Gugmo FAR LEFT C Wrng C Wrrghl I Crxttslnger A Anderson I Swan RIGHT C Arnold N Grlffo D Hochverr R Cleaque I D1Paolo 72 . A I I ' I . . I I . Q, , 7 I b y c I o - ,p 1 ' 1 4 I I I - ' v - 1 . ' D t - n C AFAYETTE takes time out this year to boast of her new l .i CAMERA CLUB J ,Z POSlNGg FgWells, R. Mulford KNEELING: M.Traun, V.Battag lia, B.BatlagIia, C.Voas STANDING: R.Gipp1e, A.Ander- son, E.Barker, D.Fitzgerald Councll on World Affairs Camera Club HE jun1or Councrl on World Affalrs IS an educatronal group Members volunteer to do research work on certam countrles or areas and then report to the club every thrng from 1ts hrstory to present economlc condltrons W1th Mtss Stall actmg as moderator, the councll held debates this year One of the more sprrrted consrdered whether or not the Unxted States should exchange the Chmese stu dents rn our country for the eleven Amerrcan fl1ers held by the Chmese Commun1sts HE newly formed Camera Club may be the reason so many shutterbugs were Seen about school thrs year Many members recelved cameras for Chrrstmas as a re sult of Mr Baransk1 S enthus1ast1c proddmg At the meetmgs they were 1nstructed m the proper use of cam eras and were grven ass1gnments to snap prctures of ac IIVIIIGS at school They then evaluated each other s snapshots and selected those best sulted for enlargement IUNIOR COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS ROW ONE V Harland N Lott K Burke K Doty M Mantxone S Bogar Gunsalus S Emmons C Olmstead E Mlcell D Newman I Bandmelll ROW THREE S D1Paolo G Genco D Losx I Snyder M Hartsell R Watson E Clark Clprlano I Peplmskr R Castlgllone G Hxpple C Lawson S Harley R ROW TWO B Bates B DeMarco S Mansell J Anmbale G Mrlton Llndbeck H Varl Stanley C Prenno S Pantano J DeV1ne L LaMarca E Havas J ofa-if 55 73 if Q7 09 17 ' 3 Os-5.4, LAFAYETTE GIRLS HI Y ROW ONE M Axello fchaplamy I Rrcclardellr Qtreasurerj I Funk Conley F Aqv Ima Qsecreraryj M Currofpresrdentj S Pantanofvxcepresrclentj I D Arrrgo ROW THREE I Edre P Melcher S Provanzano I Lachrna M ROW TWO IBusalach1 P Clark JSalauno D Castellucclo C Ainsworth Bonda S Bala G Calandra G Notaro D Genung IDes1mone I HE IOTA PFE ROW ONE M Manuone Qchaplamj G Clarklsecretaryj S Gunsalus Bandmellx L De1Vecch1o C Holden R Aromca R Delprxore A Bell fvrce presldenrj F Zanghr fpresldentj D Ferraro frreasurery A Mar M Baker ranca fsergeanr at armsj B Adams fcorrespondrng secretaryj ROW THREE B Hull C Kessler I Kuhns I Smith S Watson M ROW TWO I McClure I Marshall S Klme B Novaro D Lee I Gxlmet S Galbralth 1:1 1-lil -1'-ui 4 , -f 5 6 LL 3 V X 3 r 1 r Y f r 7 ' r 'Q , V 1 A U ' X as H V1 .3 A ' I I C , J H ' I , X I ' I - I Av f --V.r?,a -e M- -1 ,. . 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E . :g .,-r - XR I I 'gr 1- . 7 YMsancl YWsofL H S Lafayette Glrls H1 Y OME ram snow or flood Tuesday n1ght brought all th1rty Qwell almost alll members of the Lafayette G1rls H1 Y to the Downtown YMCA After hav1ng every th1ng from rel1g1ous meet1ngs to judo exh1b1t1ons the g1rls seldom knew what to expect but then the surpr1se IS half the fun The meet1ngs th1s year 1ncluded mov1es a sports n1ght w1th a frlendly flVa1 club Jomt meet1ngs a dem onstrat1on by the IIOQUOIS Gas Company Wh1Ch 1nsp1red some of the g1rls to pol1sh up cook1ng techn1ques andan annual end of the year p1cn1c H1 Y however was not all play The g1rls had respons1b1l1t1es to the school to the Y, and to the commun1ty They tr1ed to fulflll these obl1gat1ons by changmg the school bullet1n board regular ly makmg cartoon Scrapbooks for the Protestant Home for Unprotected Ch1ldren do1ng volunteer work for the blood bank and worklng on and sponsormg a leg1slat1ve b1ll for Albany They gave t1me to H1 Y they ga1ned much more good t1mes, a sense of respons1b1l1ty and the valuable exper1ence of l1v1ng together LAFAYETTE ROW ONE P McCorkmda1e J Ramey A Anderson Qsecretaryj W D3V1SfV1CC pres1denty B Novato Qpresrdentj B Hull ftreasurerj L Burroughs ROW TWO C Frew M Anderson M Lott J Flelds I Bandmell1 He Iota Pte HE He Iota Pfe H1 Y aff1l1ated w1th the Downtown YMCA has glven IIS th1rty members a H1gh Standard of Chr1st1an character ASldC from the usual agenda for th1s year the g1rls concentrated on prof1t makmg and SCFVICC projects The club sold Chr1stmas paper and r1bbon and used the pro f1ts for the1r Mother Daughter banquet The servlce pro Jects 1ncluded send1ng relays of g1rls to assemble bottles for the Red Cross and hold1ng a small vartety show foran Old Folks Home Of course II was hard to tell who en Joyed themselves more the aud1ence or the performers W1nn1ng great accla1m were the Jotnt meet1ngs w1th clubs of other h1gh schools Food games and danc1ng were the reasons for the1r popular1ty Lafayette Y Teens UCKY PIERRE the Unlted States Mar1ne Corps and the Lafayette Y Teens cornb1ned the1r efforts to collect Toys for Tots at Chr1stmast1me From speakers and d1scuss1ons to the brother s1ster party and Jo1nt meet1ngs these g1rls went from the very 1ntellectual to Just pla1n hav1ng fun Y TEENS N Habeeb B Howard G Barber I Klrkland P Trotter I DeV1ne S Mansell ROW THREE B Mason E H111 T Wood A Davls G Crawford D Turner A Bell P Gregg S H111 W Green I Snyder 3 ,O l si Vrncent Yarmel fdlICCI0l'D and Anthony Drake Qproductxon managerj Two Girls North USIC dancrng comedy color and glamour that brrefly descrrbes Lafayette s stage pro ductron for 1955 The show a musxcal comedy entrtled TWO GIRLS NORTH was wrrtten and d1 rected by Vmcent Yarmel Anthony Drake acted as productron manager From November to February 100 students kept busy leammg lmes practrcrng song and dance routrnes collectmg records hunt mg costumes and props publrcrzrng the show Frnally on Monday February 21 at 8 15 the lrghts were drmmed the curtarn rose and the show was on The two act play told of the fun and romance that resulted when a group of U S O entertamers arrrved at an army base rn Alaska In addrtron to a stgn that completely covered the front of the trophy case TWO GIRLS NORTH had extra outs1de publrcrty A prcture of part of the cast and a wr1te up appeared rn the Buffalo EVENING NEWS and several acts from the show mcludrng Nothrng Lrke a Dame and All I Do Is Dream of You were presented on Helen Nevrlle s Show on WGR TV Mr Slate s art classes lettered 200 posters for drsplay rn bust ness drstrrcts of Buffalo A Campanella M Bennett R Arontca R Bodamr fkneelrngj andl McClure E Mrceh A MacDonald M O Dea M DePas quale A DrBlasr C Plerrno J Lachrna accept the cold and Wl1dS of Alaska quite cheerfully A Drake and V Yarmel ponder whrlel Lachrna and C Pler mo go through No Busrness Lrke Show Busmess Thrs delrghtful trro preparlng Honeybun consrsts of D Wallace S Pantano and W Dugan My name 15 Frank Collura I m the leader of the band Oracle Dances ERE we have some of Lafayette s talent con trlbutlng therr servxces to make THE ORACLE dance fun foreveryone B1llW1ll1s josephSc1betta Claude Walker Frank Collura Anthony Maraschlello Lovely Plerce and Matt1e Bermett l1terally fas cmated the crowd at THE ORACLE dance Novem ber 23 Prev1ously they danced rn assembly to urge others to come to the dance to do l1kew1se Preparmg two unexpected guests Ed fGasperJ Retzer and Del flrlazelj Ferraro for a publxcxty stunt to adveruse the ORACLE dance are M Curro A Marranca M Mantrone M Gengo aku In the bunny hop students showed exuberance by wreath mg and tw1st1ng lrke a stretchmg snake 77 f f ACH part of a tree contributes to its usefulness and beauty. So every member of a team furthers the success of the whole. Separate parts ofa tree could not survive alone: team members playing as individuals would accomplish little. The elms remind Lafayette of her continuing strengthening in- fluence. We are indebted to athletics for advancing the honor of the school . ,1f ' ATHLETICS ua Lf R Arontca I Gugmo I Lachma E Retzer T af I-a o z f-1 2 5 I U1 5 52 5053 :QVU '.-. ru 2095 42.5.4 2-E W cis H.- Foo gl'-um 'LENS- 25-53 ima' :gg ra 2-2 530 un N25 vp, :M 1:35 cg: 222- o-5.o- 502 53-4- -. Bi o gi 3113 -. .13 CHSFQ no fa., 80 WITH A V, WITH AN I, WITH A V-I-C WITH A T, WITH AN O, WITH AN O-R-Y Football Team HE 1954 Harvard Cup team ftntshed 1n a thtrd place txe for the secondstra1ght year andw1th an 1dent1cal four won two lost record The Vtolets d1s played the top scormg team m the league Worktng out of new coach Tony D1Rosa s smgle wtng they ptled up 94 potnts In thetr ftrst four games the team scored more than East the repeatmg champtons d1d all year and averaged 191 3 yards pergame on offense for the season less than 2 yards behmd the lead1ng Seneca team The 1n1t1als D K at ta1lback mtght very well have represented Prtnceton s formerAll Amertcan at the same pos1t1on Dtck Kazmler Of course they are those of sensat1onal Don Kmg Besxdes makmg the All Htgh first team Don rolled up 710 yards rushtng and passmg despxte bemg s1del1ned BELOW LET George Hemphill 195 ace end recelves a pass m the Bennett game Other Lafayette players are Steve Russo 1243 and John Dockery 1275 BELOW RIGHT ASSISIBHI coach Dtck Perno and head coach Tony DLRosa dnlled their small squad of 25 boys at the Rees Street playground unul near perfect precxslon was reached VICTORY, VICTORY, IS OUR CRY V- I-C-T-O-R-Y Topped Scoring by a nose lnjury for two games Thrs total by far tops 1n the league gave h1m an average 177 yards per game played just 16 yards less than the lead mg team' Helpmg Kmg become the top passer rn the serres and a worry to opposltron coaches were ace pass recelvers wmgback joe McConkey and end George Hemph1ll both second str1ngAll Hrgh chorces McConkey easrly led the league ln scormg w1th 54 polnts whrle Hemph1ll placed second w1th 30 pomts Versatrle fullback Alex Hams who recelved hon orable menuon on the All l-llgh team played solrd offens1ve and defensrve ball all season, sparklrng 1n Kmg s absence to help malntam our f1ne yardage average Other players gammg honorable ment1on were capta1nSteve Russo and john LaMarca mem bers of a hard frghtmg comparatrvely small l1ne Bl1OW LEFT George Hemphxll grabs another Kmg aer1a1 rn the Bennett game Though closely watched and defensed agamst thls comblnatron clrcked all year BELOW RIGHT Don Kmg PlCk8d up plenty of yardage on the ground as well as through the a1r Here he followed good block mg to break 1nto the Bennett secondary for a good garn S-sf? 3... 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' , LOST FIRST TWO EPTEMBER 25 KENSINGTON 25 LAFAYETTE 19 The Vrolets lost rn the last 4 seconds when jerry Hesson a Ken end rntercepted a Roger Brannan pass and ran 64 yards to cl1max the heartbreaker as we were threat entng to score Lafayette dommated the actron gatnrng 13 frrst downs to Ken s 7 and led 19 7 at half t1me Don Krng h1t on 8 of 10 passes two for touchdowns to George Hemphlll one from 37 yards out joe McConkey scored the other Vrolet touchdown K1ng was rnjured shortly before the frnrsh October 2 SENECA 20 LAFAYETTE 12 Seneca scored 20 pomts rn the second half to gam the decrsron after the frghtrng but the smallerV1olet lrne had ROW ONE A Hams S Russo I Polxto ROW TWOJ LaMarca D Ward I Dockery G Barnes checked the Ind1ans m the frrst half Alex Hams led the Lafayette attack whrle McConkey methodlcally rolled up the pomts scorrng two more touch downs the f1rst and last of the game Harrrs completed 'S of 8 passes 1nclud1nga40 yard Jump pass to McConkey for the fmal score October 9 LAFAYETTE 18 TECH 12 Wlth the team regarnmg their porse and Harrrs leadmg the attack the Vrolets garned the1r 1n1t1al w1n of the season Hemph1ll scored on a sensatronal 56 yard pass play from Hams on a fourth and 16 to go srtuatxon Dave Wyatt was recerver of a f1ne 50 yard gamrng pass from Al ROW THREE G B1shop R Brannon G Schwartz F Cogdell T Mtl-aul 'I WON FCUR STRAIGHT Tackle john LaMarca scored the winning marker in the tight game when he scooped up abad lateral pass by Tech ace Sam Maggiorie and sprinted 38 yards to the goal . October 23, LAFAYETTE 7, RIVERSIDE 0 Kingcombinedwith Alex Harris for a 65 yard pass play to score the game's only touchdown, Harris racing down the sidelines for 55 of the yards. Riverside was held toa meager 51 yards gained 31 on the ground againstthe ag- gressive Violet line and only 20 through the air. LHS had 9 first downs to their 3 . November 6 LAFAYETTE 19 GROVER CLEVELAND 13 This traditional rivalry was won by a fine team effort and King s pitching of 10 out of 17 aerials successfully. ROW ONE: H.Smith, C.l.oTempio J.Pecoraro R. l-lonsberger. ROW TWO: J. Martin I.McConkey J.Reid. Hemphill scored or1a41yardpass plan and McConkey on a3yard flip as well as on a reverse. Grover found Violet defenders consistently intercepting their passes. November 13, LAFAYETTE 19, BENNETT 0 The Violets closed the seasonby handing Bennett their worstdefeat of the season. It was the Violets second shut out. King passed for 206 yards with 10 completions in 21 tries. McCorikey scored all 3 touchdowns more than any other team had scored againstBennett. Two of these came on 67 and 25 yard pass plays from King and the other ona 4 yard sweep. Bennett throwers were unable to completea pass in the game another tribute to our fine pass defense. ROW THREE: T.Kidd D. King G. Hemphill R.Vara D.l-lumphreys. '1- Vlole'r Cagers Capture For Yale Cup AFAYETTE flashed the 1955 Yale Cup s hrghestscor mg team Wlllh two probable A11 Hrgh and potent1al 20 pomt per game men at the guards and two other starters averag1ng 1n the double f1gures Two sensat1onal guards were Alex Harrrs and Joe Tontrllo the other pa1r of frne scorers were center Bob Robrnson and forward Don Krng B111 Hemph11l at the other forward pos1t1on rounded out a solrd startrng f1ve George Hemplull and AlonzoBarnes led the reserves and along w1th Dom Be1lant1 and George Schwartz sparkled when rep1ac1ng the starters After b1ast1ng defend1ng champrons Bennett the V1o1ets appeared set for an undefeated season but for the second stra1ght year lost by two po1nts to Burgardbe cause of a slow start The VlO18lS B111 Hemphrll controls a rebormd LH the Burgard game with hlm Th1S thrrllmg game was one where every play was a btg one The tens1on caused by pressure IS clearly expressed 1l'l the faces of Don Kmg Burgard s Iohn Peeler l-lemphxll Joe Tontlllo and Alex l-larr1s as well as the fans and Burgard reserves Ill the background XM--Q HH H1 'N 84 The V1OleIS thrashed Bennett 84 60 Harrrs wrth 32 pornts Rob1nson 20 and Tont111o 18 outscored Bennett by 10 themselves Next Lafayette thoroughly crushed Seneca 67 30 Robrnson had 17 Tont111o 16 and Harr1s 14 totalrng 17 more than the lnd1ans Coach Whalley s team lost to Burgard 63 61 Tont1llo cashed 18 and H3.l'I1S 16 Rebound1ng the Vrolets slaughtered h1ghly regarded Emerson VICIOIS over Burgard 81 38' Krng led the scor1ng w1th 18 Tontrllo had 15 Harrrs and Rob 1nson d1v1ded 24 to total more than the oppos1t1on agam Th1s TIIO, scorrng 16 18 and 14 respect1vely only matched Kensrngton s total as the Vrolets won 63 48 L H S romped to a 91 36 vrctorv overMcK1nley Har IIS h1t for 26 Robmson and Tont111o 13 each the three gettmg 16 more than Macks wh1le B111 1-lemphlll scor mg more each game had 12 A great 65 63 double overtrme sudden death conquestatTechpushed L H S ahead of Tech IHIO a two way t1e for frrst place Wllh Krng 11 B111 l-lemph11l 6 rn the key trrumph Photog aph by Buffalo Cour Expr 5 -W C , , - . , - I . . . . - . . . , . , . , . . , . . . ' ' 2 ' ' . x I J . 2 A ' , l ' - ' . I . x ' - ' . . , . . I . . . ' . , . . , Q - . V ' ' ' , , ' , ll ll I 3 - ' . , A Q 0 . - I I ' s - . . - 1 , . , , . . . , - 2 ' ' - D , 1 0 n The Bulldogs ace rebounder, high scorer and All-High candidate leaps. Burgard - R0biI1S0U led with 21, Harris 15, Tonrillo 12, n . ' ' 4 . H I , I I A I . ' , . I' , . r i e r e s 'bf rl i 5, W5 - 1- , 1 W , 'Q '1 f . li rs l I ff 8 1' -'NN . ' Y Ik ? , 5 KNEELING R Glst R wl11l3mS G Hemphrll G Schwartz D Bellanu STANDING A Barnes D Kmg JGordon W Hemphlll R Robmson R Brannan DEMONSTRATING A Hams ITonu1lo january january january january February February February February February February March 'Denotes BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Lafayette Lafayette Lafaye tte ' Lafayette 'Lafayette ' Lafayette Lafaye tte Lafayette ' Lafayette ' Lafaye tte Lafayette home games Bennett Seneca Burgard Emerson Kensmgton Mc:K1nley Techmcal R1vers1de South Park Grover Cleveland East The Vlolets had strong leapers and rebounders ln Alonzo Barnes and Bob Robmson here sharpenmg then abrlxty to get jump up offs George Hemp hlll another hxgh soarer throws the ball Swlmmlng Team HE 1955 mermen had marnstays Charles Card joe Mlranda Don Fraser john Pecoraro Steve Russo and newcomer Phxl Hammond who was the Nat1onaljun1orOlymp1c s champronm the 100 yard breaststroke for 14 to 15 year olds He and returnee Donald Flessa were promrsmg youngsters whrle Bob Pangburn a transfer student strengthened Mr Roger s team ' sw-.,.q.4.. ini.. The Violets were v1ct1ms of a parr of two potnt defeats rn therr frrst two Syracuse Cup meets L H S lost to East 32 30 and to Kensmgton undefeated champlons for the past four years our mermen bowed 34 32 Charles Card hrghlrghted both narrow losses by wmnrng the 100 yard breast stIoke In both meets he was clocked at 1 11 makmg hxm a probable All Hrgh wmner SWIMMING SCHEDULE Charles Card and Phrl Hammond practice then' bteaststrokes as Joe Miranda Don Fraser and Don Flessa look on Card placed frrst and Hammond second rn East thrs event the fust two umes out Kensmgton Techn1cal South Park F ebruary F ebruary February Lafayette ' Lafayette afayette F ebruary March March March Marc h March 'Deno te s Lafayette afayette Lafayette All Hlgh Meet at Bennett and Ken Rlversrde Bennett All Hrgh Meet at Bennett Srxth C Card D Fraser D Flessa D Hochvert A Nawroclu STANDING G Cogdell Mr Rogers W Hrllrker H Hafner P Conover E home meets Buseck C Hxle S Sucato K Snyder P DeDomen1co J Peplmskx ,fe Mm., 86 0 0 ' V V . ' ' ?:'fY5E1'1 t1-75. of 1 I I 1 I 4 A .'MfTT ?': A . . . . . . V 'r . . ' . ' 1 . . . . . na 0 1 , . . 9 - . A . . - ' I 9 the 1 3 so 32 ' ' r - . ' 10 32 ' 34 17 'L 35 ' 31 24 30 36 3 'L 29 ' ' 37 10 26 40 21 - ' 22 Au-High Meet at Bennett SEATED: P.Dolan, C.Ryder, P. Maggie, D.Borden, I.Miranda, P.Hammond, 24 - . . h ' ' Z .. l , '. ' .I - l . . , . , il I 'Tv ' 401 1 ' 5' ' ' 1 I 4 b . I xl r i: 3 'N ' f ,Q -' . I ' 1, Y 2 Li 1 j J ' A ' . H Q Y, I , i j I , A 1 - y ,I V , l 6 ,, , 1 R V1 , YC' K V ' K 5 . x f 5 I , X K V ' N J, M f N 1 ef' - I CROSS COUNTRY R Mangrone P Dolan P Carlo I Schulz D Fraser T Drxon A Henry F Gadley C Hrle R LoTemp1o T Droney Dlxon Led Cross Country OM DIXON paced the 1954 cross country team as he won two of the three trrangular meets and fmrshed thrrd rn the other In the All Hrgh meet Dlxon flnrshed a credrtable tenth desprte a pulled leg muscle Vmce Calto fmrshed as hrgh as fourth ArtHenry elghth john Schulz tenth Don Fraser sucteenth PatDolantwent1eth and Fred Gadley twenty fourth place Lafayette frnrshed 11th rn the All l-hgh meet Track Team Balanced HIS year s track team was mmus Ron Louchren who hxghllghted last season by rurmmg the 440 yard dash rn the record trme of 51 2 seconds The Vrolets how ever were assured of strong representat1on rn the hrgh jump and pole vault where Alex Harrrs and George Schwartz sparkle Other retumers were Tom Dlxon Don Krng john LaMarca and Val Holmes who lmproved un der the coach Mr Whalley Tennls Team Stronger HE 1955 tennrs team appeared assured of a stronger contendmg posrtron than last year because of the addrtlonal experrence gamed by stalwart Ed Retzer and by Don Fraser Tom Groff and Charles Card Also re tumrng to Mr Pemo S team were james Conclaldr and Gerald Srmon Baseball Team Better HE 1955 baseball team retumed an entrre varsrty rn freld wrth jrm Caputr rhrrd base JIITI O Connell shortstop Drck Teetsel second base joe Tonullo frrst base and Roger Brannan behrnd the plate George Bames led returrung outfrelders Coach Tom Woods also had Caputr and joe D1G1rolamo back for strong prtchmg Other experrenced players were Dom Bellantr and Drck Vara strong outfreld candrdates and Angelo fomonte to th1s year s team gave the Vrolets a polrshed f1rst sacker and made Tontrllo avarlable for use at thrrd or some other posrtxon Crew Defends Tltle HE Vrolet crew lost Ronald Louchren john Schna bel Merrltt Smrth and Malcolm Buckley from therr hrghly Successful 1954 team whlch swept to the Amer1can and Canadran Schoolboy natronal champron shlps as well as the local All Hrgh utle The group was hrghly hopeful for retumees Denms McHenry George L1v1ngston Chuck Rerd Donald Flessa lrv mg Anderson Frank Cogdell Gary Cogdell Thomas Droney Drck Honsberger to carry the burden 1n those and other races agam thrs year ORE complete coverage of the sprmg sports and detarled reports of our teams successes w1ll ap pear m the ORACLETTE Falleta, reserve infielder. The addition of joe Buf- 87 500 POINT L GIRLS FIRST ROW A Marranca M Hodges C Kxrk B Howard D Newman SECOND ROW B Lyons M Manuone M Curro S Pantano P Dobbins C Olmstead B Gllbert E Barker I Stanley I Noble M Harrmgton A Anderson N Brodose E Watson P Marun C Bonda The Laclles Enloy Sports 500 Pomt L EBSTER S drctronary calls II perseverance Mr Gott calls rt SI1Ck to 1t1veness the grrls call rt fun These gxrls the 500 pomt gold L wmners found that ln thelr freshman year they were just a few of the many who eamed the four mch 150 pomt letter When they became sophomores, some of the prevrous year s partrclpants had dropped out but strll many grrls d1d recerve the s1x 1nch 300 pomt L ln thexr Junror year the letters drdn t come so eastly Gxrls sports began to confllct with the other after school act1v1t1es that jumors enjoy Yet some stayed on rt got the seven mch 400 pomt L and most went on to eam the 500 pomt gold L desprte all obstacles From the group of gold L wrnners one g1rl IS cho sen to recexve the coveted Alrce T Quuk trophy glven rn memory of Mrss Qurrk of the physrcal educatron de partment on the basrs of leadershrp sportsmanshrp and frne character Thxs year 21 grrls an unusually large number per severed They w1ll proudly wear the gold L 400 Point L HE 400 pomt L rs the thrrd step on a four step lad der to success rn g1rls sports Srnce Jumors more often have other act1v1t1es wh1ch clash wrth sports the mrnrmum requlrement for thxs letter 1S 100 pomts mstead of the next to rmposstble 150 They must make these pornts by partrcrpatmg rn at least two sports From the board badmmton swrmmrng, softball and basketball each grrl may choose her favorrtes and have loads of fun wh1le she eams her letter Athletxcs are a vxtal part of a school program they ard rn the development of healthy bodres and healthy mrnds Basketball NYONE who thrnks that football IS a rough game should come to the lower gym whrle a grrls basket ball game IS rn progress Mrs Marqurs dxvrded the g1rls rn to nlne teams accordmg to homerooms They called them selves the Holy Molys Basket Teers Devrls Waffles 0 o a If yy ' H II u - - ' I - - u uv ' ' , . . - -. . Y . . . . , . . . . ' ' , ' , ' ' wide selection offered, volleyball, table tennis, shuffle- . . . . ,, . . . , . , . . , Y . ' ' ' I I I ll ,II ' ' 3 vu u ' ' ' - . . . . , . , . . , . , - - , , , . . . u . . . . . - a ' 1 . a 1 88 etc The f1nal game of the round robm toumament was close w1th the Samts defeatmg the Kem Cats 17 16 Oddly enough the w1nn1ng team was the only one that had not chosen a captam Badminton N Ch1na and Indra 2000 years ago a certam battledore and shuttlecock sport was very popular In L H S to day that sport now called badm1nton IS st1ll just as letter day assembly m sprmg the wmner IS presented w1th a corsage Shuffleboard NOTHER popular sport at Lafayette IS shuffleboard Th1s IS also a toumament sport where the w1nner ICCCIVCS a corsage Th1s was a game made popular by the Engl1sh ar1stocracy Today because of IIS s1mple rules and the small amount of space and equ1pment necessary lt 1S an 1deal sport for steamer decks an fourth floor gymnasmms Softball N the spr1ngayoung g1rl s fancyhghtly tums to thoughts year the sess1ons are well attended Th1s sport some t1mes referred to as baseball s younger brother comes to 400 POINT L GIRLS WITH BALL C HOIGCH J Zapp1a S Emmons B Novaro G Muscarella K Burke B Hull P IN CIRCLE I Gugmo N Lott R De1pr1ore F Aqulllna M Traun wlulams 89 , ' ' ' d popular. Each year a toumament is held and at the girls' of---softball. Because it is the last sport of the school SWIMMING STARTING INOble M Hodges J Stanley C Hodges STANDING V Seabom H Vall SEATED P Dobbms F Noble M Bradley A Anderson C Klrk SWIMMING E M1cel1 C Olrnstead D Newman B Lyons us from the ancrent bat and ball games wh1ch are as old as h1story We wonder whether the se old games were played amld the cheers and Jeers of onlookers as Lafayette s g1rls play softball today Volleyball OLLEYBALL IS the sport w1th wh1ch the glrls open thetr season Perhaps xt IS the most lmportant be cause If mtroduces the freshmen to the glrls sport pro gram at Lafayette All classes are welcome to partlcl pate wrth the senlors usually supervrsmg the tests wh1ch g1ve the partlclpants add1t1onal pomts, and ac tmg as group leaders In add1t1on to the regular games volleyball un der Mrss Rxegel s drrectron offers the extra excxtement of the Vrolet and Whlte game The se two teams are made up of the best players from the var1ous freshmen teams Playmg volleyball IS a good way to start a year and a h1gh school career Life Saving HESE lovely mermaxds are not just ordxnary swlmmers On her swlmsult, each IS qualxfted to sport a clrcular L1fe Savmg Badge wh1ch was awarded herlast sprmgafter almost a full term of near Wednesday aftemoon casualt1es The group leamedllfe savlng carrles and suffered through endurance tests, such as carrymg a ten pound rubberbrlck VOLLEYBALL fwhltej ROW ONE F Noble, C Lawson, T Wood, V Swygert, P Trotter, S Watson ROW TWO M Bowles, B Schler stem, G Hardwrck, B Cleague, M Mags vero, B DeMarco, M Vlgnerr ROW THREE I Bandinellx, S D1Bona, M Rizzo, C Voas, L LeDonne, P Walker, G Genco .. 5 5, I s 4 g I - W Jjcuji D I . , . , . 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A 90 TABLE TENNIS C Faso M I Poprelarslu V Harland N Crane IHopper on one hrp for the length of the pool Some grrls dlslrked play1ngv1ct1m rn the harr carry when the drownmg person rs dragged by her curly locks to safety Luckrly however no llves were lost and all rnvolved are now healthy glrls possessrng a badge a p1n and a certrfrcate as proof of the exhaustmg course they successfully completed Rlng Tennls ING tennrs a game played much the same way as year Thrs too IS a toumament sport where the wmner IS honored on grrls letter day by bemg allowed to walk up to the stage with knockrng knees and retum wlth a lovely corsage Table Tennls ABLE tennrs or pmg pong demands of IIS part1c1 pants a great deal of skrll and a great deal of self control The former comes rn handy most of the tlme the latter comes 1n handy when the opponent s ball just slums off the comer of the table Durmg past years thrs sport was combined wlth shuffleboard and begmners rn 1ts bemg played rndrvrdually VOLLEYBALL ROW ONE M Zuffaleuo S Feres B Mason S Mansell J Ivey S Shepherd ROW TWO L Wrrght D Harvey G Emanuelson JHopper M MacLeod ROW THREE S Harley D Grabbrt I DeVme M Anderson I Crlttsrnger volleyball, is usually one of the early sports of the badmintong however, its increasing popularity resulted 91 i sr X ,mf gff 5 .1 Nz I I N I I X X N pi 6,1 f THE lofty elms continue to point the way to higher achievement for Lafayette students. 92 AUDQEY SNL LL Thxs book prmted by Velvatone a specxal process of lxthographxc pnntmg Sole producers Wm J Keller Inc Buffalo N Y No other pnntrng firm N authorlzed to use the Velvatone method