Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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kv ,ff 7 N K Promoting UNESkC0's ideals at Kensington.

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FUREWURD ln the-se unsettled times. the bond that is drawing all people together in the promotion of aniity and vooperation is the fact that despite dill'erem'es in languages and customs among na- tions. we have hut Une World in whivh to live. In this Une World, the harmonious eoexistenee of all countries must have for its hasis, true international understanding. This is to he derived vhielily from edueation. To hring about international vooperation in the Held of education, the United Nations Urganization vreated U N E S C 0-the United Nations lfdum-alional. St-it-ntilie and Cultural Organization, which is now 1'0Illp0SPtl of at least forty member nations. llc-re in our small part of this Une World, we of Kensing- ton are trying to extend the frontiers of culture, seienue and eduvation in every possihle way, represented hy our successful, domot-ralitr 1-dum-ational institution and hy the application of the knowledge we gain here to our own private lives as well as to our rf-lations with other persons and nations. QQRS 6

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m TEN YEARS 1937 United in all activities for the advancement of education, science. and vulture stands Kensington High School celebrating this year ten years of service to Builalo. lts fame carried to the far corners of the earth has proved its unceasing efforts to further world peace and better understanding. Mr. Thomas J. lVlcDonnell assisted by Mr. John Chassin and 66 faculty members. first opened the door of Kensington High to 1850 students on Sep- tember 9, 1937. ln the decade that has passed. Kensington has risen to the heights in scholarship. music, dramaties. journalism. oratory. sports. and patriotic drives. It is an accumulation of little things that have made Kensingtoifs brief history. Some recall the keen competition in athletics that brought to the trophy ease the Columbia, Syracuse, and Williams Cups and the Scalp and Blade Trophy. Others re- member the debates. declamation, and oratorical Contests with the winning of the debate award in 19441. Many relive the hours spent in beating the dead line for the Compass appropriately named after the school's distinguishing feature in marble which has been trod upon by every student. and publishing a book that has consistently taken top awards in Western New York. Students in school and those on the battle fronts recall the Ken Knapsaekv which tried to keep the scattered members of Ken- sington one big family in touch with school news and each other. A tradition that has been with Kensington from the first year is the annual splendor of the Christmas Pageant -fKensington's expression of the WH loin Pan:-k, Mr. Haggerty and ward Toale examine the .lap l94l-Sonie beautiful scnoritas from lhc production 'l'lic Belle of Har- celonaf'