Tonawanda High School - Tonawandan Yearbook (Tonawanda, NY)

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IN MIEMO 4F55 CLARA MERLE FILSINGER Mrs Clara M Fllsmger passed away very suddenly on January 10 1951 Mrs Fllsmger taught soclal studles at Tonawanda Hxgh School smce 1928 and was an advlser to Jumor and semor girls for 21 w ears Both as teacher and advlser Mrs Fllslnger was known for her gemal personallty She was never too busy graclously to give help and advlce to the students Everyone felt at ease mth Hom Fllslnger Her untlmely death IS deeply regretted . - . , . . . . . . . . . . . . v . ' ' cs, as . ' A . .

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. FOREWORD We the Cl iss of 1901 ire about to leaxe the xxell xxorn hills of Tonaxx indi High qchool th it xxe haxe learned to loxe and cherish During our four xeir encampment xxe had fun xxe xxorried ox er m irks vxe crammed for exams xxe spent xx carx but enjox able hours decorating our exercise ground for the big tribal f6Sl.lXl1l6S such as the Big Dances and noxx xxe are hoping to commemo rite a small part of our experience bx recording our actixities in the 1951 Tonaxxand in Our school being located in the center of xx h at once xx as gre at Indian countrx ind bearing the Indian n imc Tonfixx inda xxe thought it fitting that our reprcsentitlon of our school life should be associlted xxlth the earlx Kmericms xx ho first lnh ibitcd this glorious land of ours Conscquentlx xvhcrever possible we h we drawn parallels between their xx ax of life and ours Likenmg ourselx es to the neophx tes xxho xxere forced to demonstrate courage agilltx xxisdom and lox altx to the tribe before thex xxere admitted as full Hedgedmembers xxe haxe tried in some measure to indicate the process of dex elopment xxe haxe been going through in preparing ourselx es to be adnntted to the prixileges and responsibilities of citizenship in a xxorld fraught xx ith uneasiness and tension but bright xxith the hope of the establishment of a just peace It is our sincere hope that the training xxe h ixe recclx ed xxlll enable us to take our rightful pl aces ln societx and that some dax xxe max make con trlbutions to our cixilization comparable to the praisexx orthx accomplishments of the Indian braves who successfullx' passed the rigorous tests to which they were subjected.

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