Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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Mr. Pinkow, Miss Townsend MUSIC: There is music in the air of Kensing- ton's classrooms and corridors. Up in the clouds on the fifth floor, Mr. William Pinlcow rehearses the orchestra in Tschailfowsky's Marche Slav. In Room 109, Miss Marjorie Townsend's History of Music class listens raptly to a Beethoven Symphony. Students in this course also study Rudiments of Music and Harmony I and II. Our beautifully trained musicians and singers willingly lend their talents to school assemblies and plays. PHYSICAL EDUCATION SWIMMING When the Weather is so cold that even lack Frost is frozen, Where can you find the Kensingtonians who are fortunate enough to have study periods? That's right, they are down in Ken's sWimming hole with our instructors, Mr. Warren or Miss Mcllhenney, recently returned from active duty in the W.A. C. Although the students greatly enjoy their swimming classes, there is much to the art of swim- ming and diving, which is expertly taught by our coaches. Miss Mcllhenney, Mr. Warren Mr. Lalli, Miss Davis ART: Two of the busiest places in Kensington are the art rooms. Hey, Wipe that paint off! is a familiar cry in Boom 250 where the advanced students, studying commercial art with Miss Davis, are busily finishing plates for Design 3 or 4, drawings for The Compass, or posters for a contest. ln Room 237, one sees the beginning students learning the fundamentals of Representation, While T squares and blueprints are evidence of Mr. Lalli's mechanical drawing classes.