Seneca Vocational School - Chieftain Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Looking Back When looking back again, I shall remember, In latter years, before the dying ember, These thoughts, I have, and fondly carry now, With eyes half closed, I shall remember how- Our school, upon the salient ground reclines, Among the emerald lawns, and flowing vines, The inscriptions carved, proclaim its objects high, Just like its towers, stretching to the sky. They both reflect the rising, morning sun, And shadows, tall, they east, when day is done, At night, the giant's eyes shine ruby red, O'er the city from the towers over head. To classes in the morn, we hurried, none, When home time came, we hurried, all and one, Our school, with calm demeanor, does not confide, To stranger, the secrets of its inner side. Ah, but those fond secrets we all know so well, As like our learning, too much on deaf ears fell, And I hear again the motor's steady whine, Amidst the machinery's fitful grind. Imagination upward, outward, swells, I hear again the metallic, ringing bells, Halls still and dead, the moment just foregone, Now, teem with life, and now all are alone. The fire burns low, my reverie is stirred, The lost, sweet memory, lingers and then is blurred, And, like the fire's last symbolic burst of light, The Huttering Hag makes a final, nervous jerk, And points to outward, forward, and life's workg Yet saying, Onward, Boys of Seneca! page 'I'wen'ry-six

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Honor ROII SILVER IIONOR CORLISS BUHS JOHN GRANDITS LESLIE GRAUBMAN ANTHONY PORRECA KENNETH REUKAUF VICTOR TAURIELLO GEORGE ZEIS BRONZE HONOR MILTON BENNETT DANIEL BESANT EDVVARD BILLMAN CLIFFORD CSONT EARL EDIGHOFFER HAROLD FEINER FRANK GEWAND GERHARD GRAU JACK HANCOCK JOSEPH KERCHER JOSEPH KERN JOSEPH MAUL RICHARD MERGLER OSWALO MEYER WILLIAM PARKER ARTHUR ROSCHE ROBERT WATSON EDMUND WIECHEC COLOR HONOR WILLIAM ARMBRUST ARTHUR BARNHARDT b ALBERT BARTHOLOMEVV KARL BAUER ROBERT BEHRINGER BRUNO BERIS LESTER BONEBERG BERNARD BONIAK SALVATORE BOTTARO MELVIN BRAUN WALTER BRYANT LEO BUKOWSKI RALPH BUNNELL page iweniy-five SAMUEL CANDIDO CLIFFORD CROMP HERBERT CROSSLEY DANIEL DABROVVSKI RICHARD DANIELOWSKI ROBERT DENNE CHESTER DYL GIVSTAV ERICKSON PAUL FRUEHAUF PETJER OERSPACH CHESTER GLISCZYNSKI VVALTER HAHN ALLEN HAMILTON MERLE HORTON RAYMOND KITBERA JOHN MCOEACHIE JOHN McKAY DONALD MECKLE HAROLD METZ CONRAD PRECHOWIAK JOSEPH PLEVVA ETTORE PORRECA VVILFRED PRATHER VINCENT RAGIONE EDWARD RUESTOVV HOVVARD SASSE MILLIARD SCHAEFFER CHARLES SCHMIDT JOHN SCHIIELER JOHN SMITH EDWARD SMOLINSKI ROBERT SNYDER KENNETH SOIILISKE HAROLD STEINBERG STANLEY SZCZEPANIK ROBERT THOMSON VIRGIL TREMBLAY EIIOENE UBER PAIIL IINETICH RAYMOND VVESSOLEK ALVIN VVEBER ARTHUR WHITE ROBERT ZIIBLER

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MR. McDOWELL Melvin McDowell, who had completed 25 years of service as a teacher at Seneca, retired from active service last june. Mac, as he was called by all who knew him, will long be remembered by those with whom he was associated and by those for whom he worked. He was courteous, not as a mere gesture of respect, but rather because of an outflowing heart and a mind at peace with all. He was faithful in whatever it was his to perform and painstakingly he gave each problem his best thought. He was sincere and all trusted him, for they sensed his genuineness and sincerity. He despised shows and sham. His life here lay open to every student. Their problems were his, and now that he has retired from professional life, the faculty and students hope he may live long and prosper. nL':LA4Af'-A G ' .'7'54'c ' MR. HARRY C. THoMPsoN Harry C. Thompson was one of the first electrical instructors connected with Seneca Vocational High School. He entered the school department in june, 1917, and was a regular instructor for day and evening school until june, 1935, when he retired because of his health. During his years of service at Seneca, Mr. Thompson was instrumental in securing the new building and new equipment. He is a resident of the City of Buffalo and an active member of his community. During the experimental years of the use of radio for police work, Mr. Thompson made many tests and was actively engaged with a radio class in maintenance work on the police cars. MR. CARL SCHMIDLIN VVe are happy to report that Mr. Schmidlin, who has been on sick leave for the past two years, is showing steady improvement. We know that this will be welcomed news to all those who have been associated with him at Seneca. For the benefit of the Sophomores and Freshmen who have entered Seneca since Mr. Schmidlin has been ill we are offering a brief history of his case. Mr. Schmidlin was assigned to Seneca as physical director in 1928. Early in 1931 he suffered an attack of encephalites fsleepiing sicknessj. He was able to return to school in Septem- ber, 1931 but a gradual relapse forced him to take sick leave in September, 1935. During the past four years, Mr. Schmidlin has undergone treatments at Stormy Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York and in the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in addition he has been under observation of various local physicians. At the present time he is being cared for at a clinic in Kenmore. His improvement during the past few weeks has been remarkable. We all extend to Mr. Schmidlin our sincere wishes for a complete recovery and for his return to Seneca in the near future. page 'lwenfy-seven