Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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AREVDUHILTU WDRN? SCS-301507 BFFALO IQAQFITC 'ffl Guldance IS an act1v1ty Wh1Ch lays the fo11nda DIOR fox a useful and successful l1fe Proper guldance GQUIDS us to meet llfes challenffe wlth W1Sd0m and foreslght Mxss Kennedy Mlss Qulnn and Mr McMahon our guldance counselors are always busy because the Ken students reallzlng that proper vocatlonal adjustment IS a prequlslte for happy and lntelllgent c1t1zensh1p are con t1nually seek ng 1nformat1on from them The work of our counselors IS carefully planned and beglns w1th the puplls IH the Blghth grade Each potentxal hlgh school student IS acquamted w1th our school and 1ts opportumtles 1n a pro gram especlally arranged by our gu1dance staff When these DUDIIS reach Kenslngton they are further gulded 1nto the courses whlch su1t thelr 1nd1v1dual talents Freshmen however are not the only students GUID AN L E Mr MMahon Boys Counselor Miss Quinn Miss Kennedy Girls Counselors who seek gmdance The doo1s of the guldance Off1CC are always open to everyone Some students requlre a1d 1n solvlng schedule problems some are undeclded what thelr l1fe work should be whlle stlll others ask help 1n lmprovlng thelr scho1ast1c record As a spec1al servlce to Jumors and Senlors the counselors 1nv1te representat1ves of each profess1on to tell us the advantages and dlsadvantages of thelr respectlve careers The counselors also supply 1nterested students Wlth data concernmff the college of thelr cho1ce These and many other problems are glven the klnd and understandmg cons1derat1on whlch makes the students scholastlc hfe happler The student body of K6DSlDgtOH Hlgh School W1Sh6S to express the1r appreclatlon to the Guldance Counselors for thelr untlrlng efforts to prepare us for our future llfe frllllldlll 1 Uffu e MilHll0fS N1 b1I'llOI1 S Kaiser A Hobson B Saydlowskl J I-.irshner CUC TD mvflfnne WHA' 'VO W - vnu vo oo foe mt. 'U' 'AM zvvum-vent nnovrmn ' Yu' l J.. ' ' ' A ? 1 1 if ' '- 1 ' Q' Y 9 N J. I - X . 1. , , . . . 1 U . X +4 W '-2-' lf - . . . ,H , . . . . ' 4, 1 . . . . . - y - - Y , . - , , v - n v ' Y I ' 1 ' - 1. - . - . . . . . O . . . . . . 1 , . . . 1 s . 1 . 1 h I . I . 1 . X I , 1 , - , V V I 1 ' , ww 'D M 4 WM 'ff my v-on an , ' 'W 91 1 wx rwwvmm r-uw-m h A 1 1

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W' rw MR JOHN J MEEI AN Asslstrmt Prmczpal hattan project later revealed as the A Bomb Mr Meegan expresses h1s humllzty and gratltude for h1s h1m by teachers and students alike In concluslon we w1sh The appomtment of M John J Meegan as ass1stant punclpal of Ken smgton met wlth wldespread approval HIS sparkllng personallty and cool efffl cxency have made him a popular success Mr Meegan b6ll6Y6S that too few students partlclpate rn extra currlculal act1v1t1es He contends that taklng ad vantage of these oppo1tun1t1es w1ll re move any 1nd1iferent att1tude a student may have toward school His e peeve IS that so many students regard the offlce as a place to avold H1s doox lS always open to any student W1Shll1g to present h1s problems and everyone w111 recelve careful conslderatlon Hxs after school hours are ma1n1y con cerned w1th h1s charmlng vufe and thelr four chlldren Hls dlverse lnterests 1n clude hlS machme shop golf bowllng and horseback I'ld1I'lg Dllrlllg the last war he had the umque project Because of top secrecy he wasn t aware of lt but h1s work was on the Man new pos1t1on and the COOD81'2.t10ll shown h1m contlnued success 1n a Job well done The offlce here at Ken 1S the focal polnt of school busmess Schedules attendance records assem bly planmng and other essentlal dutles are planned and checked here 'Ihe tremendous task of co ordlnatmg these act1v1t1es IS dlrected bv MISS Lehde Her competence and pleasmg manner have made her popular w1th all of us No mattex how rmportant or rushed her task may be she IS always ready and w11l1ng to help us w1th our problems She IS ably asslsted by Mrs Hynes and Mrs Guarnaccla who deserve our SIHCCTE praise for thexr capable eff1c1ency m gllldlllg the wheels of school orgamzatlon gulf Mrs Patricia B Hvnes Florence R Lehde tAdm1nistr'1t1ve Assistantl Mrs Italia N Cnarnaccla -V , - A - ' r. . n' y . - .- - - . D - up L . . . h V. . 5 experience of working on the A-Bomb gg-i4lT4?+ X - ' -- xx A 4 Vt . . A , . 1 . . . Y . I4

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ENGLISH and DSRAMATICS Lou1se F Belden Mary C Belknap Ruth C Cull1ton Helen H Evans Do11s L Fl1erl FALULTY MarJor1e D Fr1nk June B Johns Irene S Johnson Margaret M Mack Ann I Maloney ENGLISH Ruth P Newman Br1d1e S ODay M Agnes Scanlon Mlldred L Stewart Lo111se Str1ckland Because our mother tongue 1S a Vltal tool for rlght thmkmg and clear expresslon 1n our dem ocracy the department of Engllsh and dramatlcs at Kensmgton endeavors to teach the students to read wr1te speak nd llsten Wlth understandmg and prec1s1on Through a knowledge of our language and 1ts llterature We ga1n a genume apprec1at1on of Freedom and human r1ghts democracys pr1ce less herltage DRAMATILS AND PUBLIL SPILAKINF In drama classes b9S1d6S pantom1ne and 1m and trles to brmg the theater and 1ts culture provlsatlons hlstory of the theater IS studled Th1s lncludes everythlng from Greek traged1es to the latest ROUGIS and Hammerste1n product1on Stage structure costummg and make up are also mcluded 1n the course M1ss Strlckland our chlef Thesp1an keeps the classes actlve and 1nterest1ng closer to the student In Publlc Speaklng classes D01 e and self confldence are gamed Correct parlxamentary procedure and debatmg are also lmportant The toplcs range from fore1gn pollcy to Spflng fash 1ons All 1n all publlc orat1o IS a very benef1c1al and enjoyable subject w . . . . . .. , . . H . , . - r 1 '. ' rx y 7 944' w ww 1 A I , - 1 - ' .. .h . 7 5 - D - .i . - 1 , y - . . . . - ' ' ' ' ' . . .U .,,. Q .. . I , . 7 . . . - - , , .