Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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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