The Park School - Spark Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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MEMORIAM In September, 1956, a short straight shouldered boy of sixteen appeared on our campus. Almost immediately, he adapted himself to the ways and ideas of the Park School. For the next two years, he experienced some of the best times of his life. Although pleasure seemed to take up a great part of his time, it was only because he rarely did anything that he didnit enjoy. When he did have to do something that didn't suit him, he would always make the best of it, and make it fun. No matter where he was, at school, at a party, or at home, his bright personality would always spark the atmosphere and make it a bright and happy one. No party was complete without him. A fatal auto accident took Bill from our midst shortly after his graduation from Park. Bill Johnston's family and we at the Park School, have suffered a great loss. But we can say with absolute confidence that even our loss is still a gain in a place that is now much brighter and happier than ever before. Be happy, and your lie, be it short or long, will be worthwhile? 4

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The Senior Class is composed of people of very different tempera- ments, and yet is is unified. We have come to know each other well in the past four years, and in doing so, we have learned to understand and overlook human foibles, and to value wisdom and human good- ness. Of all we have learned at Park, perhaps this is the most valuable. The deep love, loyalty, and pride that we feel for Park is inexpli- cable to those who are not a part of the schoolg for how can one ex- plain what one feels at the final chorus of the production, or on the day the theses are handed in? How can one describe what one feels in the spring when the orchard is in bloom and life begins to stir at the pond, or on the late bus when everyone joins in singing the songs from past productions, or when the Park School hymn is sung on the first day of school and at graduation? How can one explain how one feels when our team has defeated Nichols, or when one is simply re- laxing in Streeter with the people one has grown to know and love for four years? One can not explain itg one can only feel it. When we leave Park, we will be looking forward to new experi- ences, but we will leave with an ache in our throats. We will each take a part of it with us, and we will each leave a part of us with it. We will never forget Park and we trust that succeeding classes will love it as we do. 6