Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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 .

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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

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