Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Seated: S. Adler, T. Mc- Carthy, N. Millard, I. Dick- ITIGII. Standing: V. Walker, C. Keele. M. McKeon, C. Lind- strom, I. Pericak, E. Stokoe. Socrm. SCIENCES Have you ever wondered how Phyrrhus crossed the Alps with his elephants? Are you losing sleep puzzling over a presidential candidate for '48? Your worries are over it you take your problems to the illustrious K?l students in Kensington's history classes. Guided by Miss Dickman, Mrs. Lindstrom, Miss Stolcoe, Miss Walker, Dr. Adler and Mr. Millard, these stu- dents are unearthing the mysteries of history, past and present. In addition, Civics and Eco- nomic Citizenship are invaluable in teaching us the fundamentals of good government. Those fundamentals are brought before us in the classes of Miss McCarthy, Mrs. McKeon and Miss Keete. COMMERCIAL: Every beginner in typing pounds out: Now is the time tor every good boy, etc., etc. under the supervision ot Mrs. Kolbe or Mr. Reilly. Balancing accounts is a feat taught by Mrs. Fink and Miss Kauffman. In shorthand, Mr. Meegan and Miss Lehde explain that those funny hooks and dashes are really words, while Mrs. Crowley teaches dictation and transcribing letters. Miss Foss, in Business Arithmetic, helps us to add 2 and 2 mentally. Then there is either Office Practice from Mr. Smith or Secretarial Practice with Mrs. Iacobs. Completing commer- cial studies with Miss Steffan's Business Law class, We learn the laws are true, but wrong. COMMERCIAL Seated: F. Lehde, I. Reilly, E. Kaprove, A. Foss, M. Kolbe. Standing: R. Iacobs, G. Steflan, L. Crowley, M. Culliton, S. Kauffman, I. Meegan. Absent from picture: L. Smith. 15

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SCIENCE: Did you know that osmosis occurs through a whatchamacallit in the blood stream and that villi are little thingamajigs? These are the first problems in Mrs. Eardman's, Miss Hea- coclc's, Mrs. Landsman's and Mr. Hallahan's General Science classes. Next, We advance to the formulae of physics Where Mr. Haynes, Miss Davison and Mr. Mountain expound the com- plicated theory of diffused light. Then every- body runs for the oxygen masks as the chem- istry classes prepare their hideous compound of hydrogen sulphide gas. Generally Mr. Kelly and Mr. Albing are the sole survivors after this experiment. SCIENCE Seated: T. Mountain, G. Heacock, I. Hallahan, I. Eardman. Standing: L. Landsman, E. Davison. F. Kelly, L. Haynes, H. Albing. MATHEMATICS: It a plus b minus 12 equals minus l, what does a equal? Prove that the products of the segments of two intersecting chords of a circle are equal. Such are some of the braintwisters which Miss Connors, Miss Larrison, Miss Mayer, Miss McGee and Miss Steudle present to their Algebra and Geometry classes. The true math enthusiasts of Kensing- ton are under the capable instruction of Miss Creahan, Mr. Larrabee and Miss Sanfleet, who explain the more intriguing problems of higher math. MATHEMATICS Seated: V. Mayer, L. San- fleet, M. Larrabee, M. Mc- Gee, A. Creahan, N. Lar- rison. Standing: M. Steudle. I. Wall, A. Conners.

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- Doris Bonnett, Mrs, Hyman, Dorothy Reichert, Miss Meach Miss Nesper, Miss Stoesser HOME ECONOMICS Here at Kensington, to the tune of two cups of sugar and one egg, the girls learn to concoct the latest chocolate cake or pop- overs, with the assistance of Miss Nesper and Miss Stoesser, who also conduct courses in Child Care and Home Management. While tempting aromas till the third floor corridors, Mrs. Hyman and Miss Meach reveal the secrets of creating beautiful clothing to the humming of sewing machines and chatter of scissors. Within classes such as these, our future homemakers are trained. INDUSTRIAL ARTS Do you want to build your own home or construct an ocean-going cruiser? If so, see Mr. McMahon, our enthusiastic Indus- trial Arts teacher. Not satisfied with a full school schedule, he willingly under- takes to aid the students in many extra curricular activities. He has been called upon to lend his talents in making any- thing from angel pedestals to hot dog stands for the various school shows. Mr. McMahon, Gerald Wilson, Samuel Borzillieri