Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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Mr Woods spoke recently of hrs gratxtude to a grammar school teacher who helped h1m fmd pleasure LH readmg Many men are grateful to h1m m tum for h1s w1se gurdance rn play1ng the game whether the result was vrctory or de N Lg X feat Boys who worked w1th h1m express theu appreclatxon of lus mterest m them hrs devouon to the team and the 'T' school Troph1es ln center hall attest to lus success m pressed pralse i.nd1cate the warm affecuon 1n whlch he IS held Can he know how he 1S m1ssed by those who carry on at Lafayette? Many teachers have contrrbuted to the great ness of Lafayette We who know h1m place Mr Wood s name hlgh on the l1st MR THOMAS w WOODS TEACHERS DELIGHTETH TO HONOR HAS FLOWED FROM HER EACH DISTINCTIVE STRAIN HAS HAD ITS PLACE TO THAT INFLUENCE MISS COONLY AND MR WOODS HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR DELIGHTFUL PART ALMA MATER SONG stanza two Our klI1Sh1pS here w1ll soon he ended And 1nto lrfe we ll make our way Our fnendshrps here w1ll all be severed, , And fade as does the dymg day. Yet what m life be fate or fortune, l The ues of wmte and vmler, W1ll keep us loyal and devoted, To thee, our Lafayette. l 13 . . . . . , 1 Q Q . . . . . 4 , .. guiding boys to victory in sportsg letters and publicly ex- ' Lt