Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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DR 1 NORMAN HAYES ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Dr Hayes wrt versatrlrty and wxsdom have made hrm the man of the hour at Lafayette There rs somethrng peculxarly enrgmatrc about calendars If we were to look at the calendar for 1959 for example all we could be sure of IS that there would be a Chrrstmas an Easter a Fourth of july and probably scores of other happy days ahead w1th a proportronate number of gloomy days whose exact rdenuty 1S happrly unknown to us rrght now And we could not even be sure rf there w1ll be a 1959 for any one of us Wrth thrs soberrng thought 1n mmd no better advlce could be grven anyone than to make sure that each day counts for somethrng good There are so many frrends to be made there are so many kmd th1ngs to do there rs so much needed assrstance to be grven others there 1S so much sunshme to be spread that no one of us can afford to rndulge hrmself wrth petty grrevances and quarrels wrth get tmg even for real or fancred wrongs or block 1ng out the sunshme wh1ch mrght otherwrse fmd 1ts way to the darker corners of 11fe So as you put away the calendar for thrs and every other year or month that God grants you make sure that rt records not just 365 days of exrstence but a year of physrcal mental and sp1r1tual growth A famous man once sard Show me the man who can t be depended on to do the lrttle th1ngs and I ll show you a man who can t be trusted to do the brg thmgs Many of us are never called on to do great tI'11HgS rn l1fe but those who do the lrttle thmgs well wrll make lrfe and lrvmg so much happrer for all R member boys and g1rls rt s the trrfles that make perfectron and perfectron IS no tr1fle . ,. Xt .t 9 r I 1 3 W , I I Iff5i5e?:+,.,, . ,.,f,pl 4 rf A ' r jg 5 9 I ' J 'bfi 3 r fr- 15 . S A Y f ' -' ' I if ' fry ' . ' ' 5 5 fl F 5 f-. 411- ' S' -r . . Y I Y Y 7 7 7 Y , . . . . . . . ,, , 7 . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . ,, , . . 3 . e- 1 Y U , -- . 9 ' K 11

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To the Senror Class of 1958 You wrll always remember the last year of your hrgh school days because durrng 1ta new word wrth a forergn flavor was added to the Englrsh language Spumrk became an rntematronal symbol ovemrght of the fact that we were offrcrally enterlng a newworld as fantastrc as that deprcted by sclence f1c tron wrrters of the past decade Whether you w1sh rt or not you become an integral part of thrs new world The way you react to the challenge of Sputmk wrll be a measure ofthe educatronal process whrch helps shape your destrny Nrneteen frfty erght promrses to be a mo mentous year 1n the great struggle not only rn developmg brgger and faster rnstruments of destructron but also and more rmportantly rn promotrng those rdeals of democracy whrch wrll capture the mrnds of peoples all over MR. ABRAHAM AXLEROD PRINCIPAL In h1s gentle manner Mr Axlerod has en nched hfe at Lafayette through hrs frrendly rnterest and trreless efforts th1s planet of ours Each one of you plays an rmportant part rn thrs struggle Whether you majored 1n SC1 ence and mathematlcs or whether your major was rn art or languages makes no real drffer ence If you have been 1mbued w1th the merrcan way of l1fe rf you have leamed the values of lrvmg rn a democrat1c soc1ety rf you belreve rn the fundamental concept of the worthwhrleness of every human berng created 1n the rmage of the Creator of us all then nerther Sputmk nor rnter contrnental ballrstrc m1ss1les nor Communrst propaganda wrll destroy you or your frrends rn the strll free world May each one of you fmd rn the experr ences ahead of you great happrness and peace of m1nd and heart Y 's , u, 'Q f W 'P Y . .- . ' . . . . ' rr ' rl ' ' - . , . A- 1 1 . v . a . - - , 1 9 '

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Miss Coonly's withdrawal from active life at Lafayette L fills us with deep personal regret. We shall miss her 715: we A ft Q pleasant smile, her quietly expressed opinions, and her ever present interest in making Lafayette the best possible ,flu PSN, A I school. Students who knew her as senior boys' or senior , W V ,s ' girls homeroom teacher are grateful for her thoughtful di ' rection those who worked with her in Latin and English classes remember her careful instruction in a pleasant at mosphere Her influence was always for the best We trust that her life away from arduous routine will be happy in the knowledge that her school tasks completed last january were well done MISS MARGARET M COONLY WHOM LAFAYETTE STUDENTS A D LAFAYETTE HAS DRAWN TO HER SERVICE A GREAT DIVERSITY OF GIFTS MANY PEOPLE HAVE CONTRIB UTED TO HER GROWTH TO THE STRENGTHENING OF HER GREAT TRADITIONS SHE HAS USED AND AB SORBED THEM ALL AND IN THE INFLUENCE THAT ALMA MATER SONG stanza one Lafayette, our dear old Alma Mater We gather here to sing thy praise Our hearts are filled with true devotion Gaining strength as fewer grow our days Thy sons to thee are ever loyal Linked by bonds of White and Violet And now we raise our hearts and voices, In praise of Lafayette 12 , 1 r A 5' . D . . . . www , ,gr ig 77' . . I 1 .1 , 1, 1 ' . . - I N D - I I a,ig 'q 1 ' I . W In A J u 0 ' 9 f . . . . xv I' , , . l 7 a , I . E I . a 2' I