Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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I gkafurizzq The class bell rings, the door is shut, and everything is quiet. We think again, Ah me, alack, why do I ever try it? In every room in Kensington, precisely on the dot, The teacher knows instinctively if we're preparedgor not. In our midst at Kensington, We have two ladies fair, Familiar with the theatre- Miss Strickland and Miss Blair. Dear student, have you ever seen fAnd more than once at that,j The look on Mr. Pinkow's face When Hillman's horn goes flat? If all your creditors threaten to sue, And legal matters worry youg It's Mr. Rosettie you should see, He'll give advice without a fee. Said Miss Maloney to her boys, There's nothing quite so much annoys, And looks disgraceful to the eye, As a junior boy without a tie. Our own Miss Heacock in 406 Knows every little freshman's tricks. She patiently teaches the tiny tots, To keep their homework free from blots. To decline, to conjugate, to parse, Is really rather fun, Until Mr. Gleason finds Our homework isn't done. She gives him the author, the period, the work That's Miss Curran speaking. And into Glen Howard's solid skull, A little Lit. comes leaking. For Messrs. Smith and Chassin We great devotion feel, Although they cut our movie By leaving out a reel! A sight that every eye did please, Was our geisha girls-so Japanese With mincing steps and waving fans, They carried out Miss Otte's plans. For dates and places, The Olympic races, The life of Cook, Or a history book, For fact and fiction, Or a matter of diction, If you want to be wiser, See Miss Hartman and Miss We don't mind, The daily grind. For Mr. Millard We study hard. With Ivlr. Sauter It's art we slaughter. For Miss Link We have to think. With Miss Haley We learn daily. For Miss Lehde We shorthand read. With Mrs. Heaps No student peeps. Oh, we don't mind The daily grind- fhe Jlacuffy Keiser. The only thing we'd like to knowf What makes that clock so slow? 13

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F' . LLjl96l'ilZf6lZJ6IZfiI5 ay Following our annual tradition, we were again privileged to entertain Dr. Robert T. Bapst as guest of honor at an assembly held on May 20. The program began with the singing of The Star Spangled Banner , followed by a medley of airs from Victor Herbert played by the orchestra, and two solos by Kenneth Parker. As usual, Dr. Bapst left with the students many intellectual gems. Among the highlights we record the following: There comes to my office only the finest commendation of the work being done here and of the student body. My visit to you this year is to commend you and to encourage you to press forward and not deviate from the high standards that have been set. What is the essential element of education? I would say that the essential feature is the training in good habits-good physical habits, good mental habits, good moral habits . . . Although we may forget much of the factual knowledge we accumulate, the habits and training remain. What finer trait is there than punctuality? When your teachers insist on promptness, it is to train you while you are still adaptable . . . In the outer world, a man's sense of responsibility is frequently judged by his sense of punctualityf' The best way to acquire the habit of study is to study. You can acquire the habit of reading only by reading . . . This is the time when your tastes must be cultivated. To acquire a taste for good books, you must always read something just a little bit above your mental level, otherwise you will remain always on the same levelf' lt is gratifying to meet young men and women out of high school a number of years and to see with what effort they are trying to speak correctly. They now realize how important is good speech in the business world and are trying haltingly to acquire it by themselves. But in school they had all the help they needed. Those things which are the most valuable assets to a successful career, you can begin to make habits now while you have the opportunity. The condition in Europe today is, in my opinion, the result of a false teaching that was promulgated some years ago. One of those tenets is that no man has natural rights, but that all rights are acquired. If that is so, then what you see abroad is the natural consequence. Frequent comparisons are made between the youth of today and the youth of twenty- five or thirty years ago. The conclusion is, that after all, young people are practically the same. Fundamentally, they are just as good. But I would say that there is this distinction. Twenty-five or thirty years ago, the young person in getting away from the straight and narrow path recognized that he war off the straight and narrow path and eventually hoped to get back on it again. Today, the average young person feels that the path he is on if the right path. He does not recognize another path, straight and narrow. The wise young man who has some regard for his moral welfare, the wise young woman who has a sacred regard for hers, recognizes that there is a straight and narrow path and that a deviation from that path constitutes that which is wrong. Don't be misled by talk that, as times change, the morals of people change. Good is good and bad is bad for all times. As you read that the world is going to be set straight by the youth of today, let me point out that that will be true only provided the young people recognize the truths that make for happiness and peace. What is needed today is for the young to say: 'We will bring back a complete recognition of those essential truths upon which the happiness, peace, and contentment of mankind must rest and upon which alone can the world find a secure foundation'. 12

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Slowly, the anchor is weighed, the sails hoisted, and the vessels of the seniors depart from the dock. Ahead lie the turbulent waters of the Worldg behind is the calm harbor of their youth. Sadly, they wave farewell to oihcers along the shore. It was their untiring instrucf tion that built the sturdy hulls for this voyage. Former shipmates exchange cries of encourage' ment as each drifts out into a separate channel. What adventures will be recorded in their logs? What new stars will pilot their course? Their ports lie beyond the sundrenched Sea of the Future. KHS