Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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. Language sense and nonsense . . Fine Arts your thoughtsl AMBORSKI . . smile . Business MARY LOUISE ARCHER , . . Secretarial Her buoyant spirit ANNETTE ARENDT ...... Classical Brilliant mindj genial disposition I ' BARBARA ATTRIDGE . . , Science, Language RITA ATZROTT , . . General A true and constant friend MARIE AXEORD .... Secretarial A heart that's free WILLIAM AYERS . Science Silence is more elegant than words JOAN BARBEAU . , . Science A pleasant personality DANIEL BARGNESI ..,,.. Business He made a thousand friends' MARY ANN BARONE . . . Secretarial GERALDINE BARTOSZEK . . . Busine A wilderness of sweets JUNE BATTEL .......,. Secretarial All merry, bright and gay FAYE BECKER rt The loveliest girl in the world SYLVIA BEDNAREK , . I Secretarial Poised and easy going MARGUERITE BEER ..... Science She has won many friends

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THE CLASS OF 1954 HAS VALIANTLY VOYAGED JUNIOR YEAR We slip, we slide, we gloom, we glance, To vie with skimming swallows. We like to dance, so trust to chance - Let Homework seek the shallows. Before we knew it our vacation had drifted by and we were jovial juniors. A few dauntless students - Amelia Del Prince, Paul Storm, William Raymond, Leonard Otminski, and Annette J. Arendt, enrolled in the newly launched Greek class, a two-year-in-one course. The girls' sports activities commenced with basketball displaying the tactics of Joan Mueller, Lois Koenig, and Carol Vann. Dave Eckel emerged from a cloud of dust, leaving his opponents behind, and won All-High Cross Country honors. We restlessly awaited the football season and then responded with enthusiasm to the skit pre- sented by coach Markham and team members Gert Dentinger, Joanne Stockman, and Carol Crotty, as well as the cheers led by Marilyn Tropman and Faye Becker. When the basketball season started, Roger Sei- bert, Donald McPhee, Alexander Papafagos and Roger Bock showed dexterity in manipulating that most-elusive ball. Gordon Reining, Norman Mruk, and Dick Robin- son splashed their way to All-High swimming honors. June exams were approaching when Bob Kelly, as Henry Aldrich, Gary Young, Pat Schrack, Joel Crandall, Lucy Silvaroli, and Marilyn Tropman won everyone's heart in the spring play, What a Life! Shortly thereafter Rose D'Amico and Virginia Sla- winowska gracefully entertained us in the water carnival. Several good infielders-Pete Catania, Roger Bock, Carmen Rossi, and Hudson Schnell, showed what training and patience can do on the baseball diamond. We realized the proximity of exams when our admirable Junior Officers, Tom Webb, Marilyn Tropman, Faye Becker, Gary Young, Barbara Mark- ham, and David Eldridge assumed their duties. Carol Crotty, Gertrude Dentinger, Anton Schwarzmueller, Pat Geyer and Pat Schrack enter- tained at the Junior Day Program. At the long-awaited Prom, King Don McDonald and Queen Gerry Heck reigned over their class- mates for one glorious and unforgettable night. Sandra Betz won her third Attainment Medal, with Annette Arendt, Jean Rich, and Jeanette Spranz as runners-up. We passed the final hurdle, June exams, and anxiously awaited our return in September, when we would be dignified Seniors. SENIOR YEAR Now out again we sadly scan The wide expanse of river. A four years' span since we began - We wish it were foreverl September Song was the swan song to summer vacation. After a ten weeks' absence from school, we entered Kensington as Seniors. We chuckled when we saw bewildered freshmen strolling with great uncertainty through our halls for the first time. We were glad to welcome several new members to our class who had transferred from Fosdick- Masten Park High School and who during the year helped to bring many honors to Kensington. Among these Joyce Cameron placed first in the city in the Girls' Declamation Contest. Daniel Goulding won three first places-the city, district, and zone- for his oration on the Constitution. Kenneth Schneider was winner of the Knights of Pythias city-wide speaking contest. Our own Pat Schrack placed first in the Voice of Democracy contest, while Sandra Betz won third place in the Atlantic Union essay contest. lt was during the football season that Kensington held the first of its after-school dances. This dance, the Beat Bennett Bounce , preceded Ken's game with its traditional rival, Bennett. The Seniors handled the dance, with Don McDonald and Faye Becker as co-chairmen. Cross Country, another fall sport, included as members of the team Seniors Dave Eckel, Roger Bock, and Bill Roberts. With the arrival of the Yuletide season came the annual Christmas Pageant. Featured in this pro- gram were sopranos Phyllis Kolbe and Delphine Jarzebinska, and male voices Paul Storm and Allan Hyde. lt was also during the Christmas season that we held another school dance. Santa's SnowbalI Continued on Page 163

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