Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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COMMERCIAL Faculty Bernadette S Corcoran Sadie E Kauffman John F Reilly Dorothy Coveney Rose M Keichei Thomas D Richards Esther L Fink Mary F Misercola Marion A Ruby Rachel B Jacobs Clara M Panzica Genevieve R Steffan Mary O Svxayze In our commercial department the fundamentals of typewritmg and shorthand are presented bookkeeping and business arithmetic are taught Whlle the seniors study secretarial practice and learn the operation of varlous office machines A graduate in the Com mercial or Secretarial course passes all the knowledge required of an Since the protection of freedom and human rights in the present day involves so many things like forms typed in trlpllcate returns on net income the understandinv of basic laws the pricing of commodities and written records of all transactions our commercial teachers give their students the knowledge and skills which will enable them to perform competently their first Jobs in the buslness world These same skills will help the students to advance step by step ln their usefulness to the community and in benefits to themselves 10 efficient secretary or office assistant. . , . D . , . . . . , . . y .

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MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE Faculty Mdth6lll3llL Anne Connors Agnes J Creahan Grace Druar Norman J Hayes Martin M Larrabee Vlfglnla E Mayer Margaret M McGee Mary R Steudle Irene E Wall MATHEMATICS lfaculty SCICIICC Angelo C Alalmo Herbelt L Albmg Ellzabeth M Davlson Irene J Eardman Angelo Glanturco Leon E Haynes Lena K Landsman Thomas D Mountaln Helen Van Natter Your thlnklng may be dlrect or 1nd1rect but your concluslon must be Q E D Your speech may be lacomc or loquaclous but the geometry teacher asks Your ChO1C6 of solutlon may be logarlthms or slide rule but the answer must be exact yes even as to slgn and declmal polnt Geometrlcally speaklng Kens math teachers may be counted upon to g1ve proof pos1t1ve Here the comphcatlons of theorems become relatlvely s1mpl1f1ed In our progress from elementary algebra to the numerlcal stratosphere of SO11d geometry and advanced algebra our mstructors ln mathematxeal maglc are unsurpassed After our math courses we are qulck to agree that two and two will forever equal four SCIENCE Sclence seeks the truth and the truth shall make you free Only through knowledge of true facts and concepts can man arr1ve at a true understandlng of h1mse1f and h1S relatlonshlp to h1S env1ronment and hxs fellow men To make some progress toward th1s end we str1ve 1n our sclence courses at Kenslngton 18 . 1 . , '-- ' 'S , 4 , Y w , r l v . . ' I I Why? . l , . . . , . 7 7 i , . V , 1 ' tl I!

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ART, MUSIC, HOME ECONOMICS, INDUSTRIAL ARTS Faculty Art Faculty MUSIC Faculty Home FCOHOIIIICS Ethel M C Davls Wlulam Pmkow Catherme J Hyman Raymond F Flsher MarJor1e M Townsend Ehzabeth H Meach Faculty llllflllNtI'l3l Arts elen M Nesper Legnard S1k0ra Naoml K StOeSSeI' ART In our art department we try to grve a knowl edge of art and 1ts value ln our contacts wxth da1ly l1fe whether ln the selectlon of the home we l1ve 1n the fulnlture we choose to hve wrth the clothes we wear or all the convemences and utenslls we use The beglnners get an opportunlty to survey by partlclpatlon the varlous aspects and appllca t1ons of art They draw pamt and deslgn for def1n1te purposes They study dlfferent crafts and learn to model carve and create 1n varxous ways covers the arts through the ages such as arcln Lecture costume furmture palntrng and the work of great axtlsts and craftsmen We try to coordmate our WOlk w1th all posslble school act1v1t1es makmg posters and advertlsmg materlal for games exhrbxtlons meetlngs and .plays We make scenery and collaborate wlth the drama and the musrc departments MUSIC The centers of musrcal learmng here at Ken extend from MISS Townsends A Cappella Cholr classes 1n the audltorrum to the organlzed con fusion of the band and orchestra rehearsals 1n Mr Pmkow s Penthouse 501 Those ot us who are m any of these act1v1t es can attest to the ab1l1ty of our two lnstructors and the knowledge they lmpart The vltal role of muslc 1n our democracy IS clearly understood and expressed 1D our muslc courses HOME ECONOMICS In these rooms known only to the glrls our future housekeepers learn the dos and don ts of homemakmg Under thelr capable lnstructors the glrls progress from borlmg water to concoct 1ng the most palatable of cuhnary dellghts T the rhythm of Cllcklng scrssors and the purrlng of sewlng machlnes they learn to transform bolts of maternal mto attractlve wearmg apparel INDUS l RIM AR'l S Industrlal Arts has numerous lmmedlate obgec trves and alms among vthlch we may 11st a knowledge of materlals and tools but a goal much more lmportant than any of these IS the student and the development w1th1n h1m of good Clt 1zensh1p and CIVIC 1espons1b1l1ty rhereby 1ncreas mg h1S understandlng of a pre rous herltage Freedom and human rrghts 5: ii' l A . T-1 J . 1 . . . . i I 1 - 3 ' . EE . rn ' Y YY ' . 7 ' 7 ' H . I 1 . l l l y ' . v Y ' 7 . . - . ' A ' ' - 1 ' 1 . . . , . l l , , , ' ' . . Q . . V J We also have a course in History of Art, which . , . . ' 0 ' ' , A I- . . ' . N . h Y 7 Y ,U ' - ' - ' . . . . . I 1 W 'I s 1 e A A . . V 7 . . , , . , A .... . , . . . 7 Q g - . . . H . - . . . 0. I . V 7 ' H 4 H - ,y 20