Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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QW!-v. 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

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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 . 'I Qt x ' 5 . ' Y s . 13

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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