Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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AND THEIR LIFE WITHIN THE SCHOOL Mrs. Leising vivifies and enlivens her classes by correlating mathematics with art. Students in Basic Math classes decorated Room 2ll and sec- ond floor bulletin boards, made scale models of houses and churches, and built clocks to illustrate angles. Mr. Millard's classes write history book reports. They are encouraged to make appropriate book The Custodians Continued from page I9 Mr. Baldwin's praise and constructive criticism help students pick up when behind and maintain good work. Mr. Reilly can well be proud of his son John Jr., who has attained high academic honors in both grammar and high school. Mrs. Corcoran, Mrs. Swayze, Miss Scanlon, Mrs. Lindstrom, Miss Steudle, Miss Goossen, and Mrs. Evans add a real ray of sunshine to their classes. Mrs. Hyman, Miss Meach, and Miss Keicher's fine personalities make their students aim to please. covers, as well as drawings and models of interest- ing historic items. Freshman science classes make posters and ex- hibits presenting and showing the development of any subject connected with science. Elizabeth Marsley's hand-painted display eight feet long dealt with pollination by bees and moths. of Learning Miss Davison, Mr. Gianturco, Mr. Kelly, Mrs. Landsman and Mr. Mountain's keen wit and good humor make science live in our daily routine. The physical education department has been happy to welcome Mrs. Runyan and Mrs. Charle- ton, who came to Kensington this year. Other new teachers: Mr. Schurr, Miss Mathews, Mr. Stubbs. Mrs. Regan, a recent addition to Kensington's faculty, says, Anything is possible? Her opinion is, Kensington is a very fine school with excellent facilities for students, a co-operative faculty and polite and respectful students. Top Row: Left: C. Bestine, G. Schwarz in chem lab. Middle: Miss Davison's physicists exhibit original projects. Right: Freshman Science students Dziak, Wiegert, Traufler, Schlathauer, Russell, Marsley, Heidenburg, with Miss Smith. Bottom Row: Left: L. Wegrzynowski, M. Eoannucci make Donald Ducks. Middle: Laboratory lesson' J. Demme with Mr. Gianturca. Right: J. Bernhardt, D. Maichrzak, M. Pert, D. Robertson, with Guignol theater.

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TEACHERS OF KENSINGTON. Top Row: Lett: Scientists Cline, Haag, Battaglia, Kingston, Mclntosh Middle: Mr. Gianturco's protege, R. Sawyer. Right: Brill and Professor Albing. Bottom Row: Left: J. Smith, M. Ryba, B. Speidel, D. Ruhland, watch Mr. Kelly demonstrate an experiment in chemistry. Middle: Mr. Alaimo shows Nick Longo the respiratory system. Right: Mrs. Landsman and a model student. Each year at Christmas and Eastertime, Child Care students make hobby horses and Donald Ducks under the direction of Mrs. Hyman and Miss Meach, for their own use or for the enjoy- ment of younger relatives and friends. Under Miss Valente's direction, Margaret Pert and Joan Bernhardt have successfully presented two French Guignol plays, which are similar to our Punch and Judy puppet shows. Diane Maj chrzak and Douglas Robertson provided scenery and a stage for these delightful performances. Mr. Gianturco and Margaret Germain study chemical exhibits made by the students. Miss Davison's physics classes have brought to class visual proof of formulas by working out prac- tical physics problems. Among these were a mer- cury switch by Alicia Phillips and electric mag- nets by Richard Faber and Patricia Pirri. Others included a series of four posters by Barbara Crock- ett, a motor by Joseph Russo, and a neon tube and poster by Donald Getzin. Miss Flierl's honor sophomore classes have successfully read thirty to fifty short stories in a two week period, some students even illustrated or acted them out, Her senior classes have formed discussion groups which write and criticize com- positions written within each section. Donald Getzin, Donald Haag and Robert Battag- lia give shocking demonstrations of electrical hazards in the home, then illustrate correct wiring practices. Donald Wobig demonstrates an epochal devel- opment of our own Niagara frontier-for the transmission of electrical power at high voltage, to avoid prohibitive losses. Robert Mclntosh and Paul Cline give realistic illustration of some of the new topics in the science syllabus with their bread board layouts. Ray Kingston transmits music and voice over radio waves to a radio, while Carl Hollstein trans- mits them over a flashlight beam to a photo- electric cell and a radio.

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SENIORS YOU ARE THE CHILDREN OF YESTERDAY PREPARING TO ENTER THE ADULT WORLD OF TOMORROW. YOU ARE ABOUT TO BREAK AWAY FROM AN AUTHORITATIVE WORLD OF MUST'S AND DO'S, IMPOSED BY PARENTS AND COUNSELORS, INTO A PERMISSIVE WORLD OF LIKE'S AND WILL'S. YOU WILL LEAVE THE PROTECTION OF YOUR FAMILIES AND ENTER WORLDS OF RE- SPONSIBILITIES OF YOUR OWN MAKING AND CHOOSING. IN YOU, ALL HOPE FOR THE FUTURE LIES. CONQUESTS HAVE BEEN MADE BEFORE, BUT NONE TO EQUAL THOSE YOU WILL MAKE. EMPIRES HAVE RISEN TO ASTOUNDING HEIGHTS, BUT HISTORY NOW RECORDS THEIR DECLINE. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY WILL LIE IN BUILDING A FOREVER EMPIRE - A UNIVERSAL DEMOCRACY. HISTORY IS WAITING FOR YOUR CONQUESTS, HUMANITY IS READY FOR YOUR CONTRI- BUTIONS - YOUR PAINTING, YOUR BOOKS, YOUR BUILDINGS, YOUR INVENTIONS, AND YOUR WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES. AS YEARS PASS YOUR NAMES WILL REPLACE THE NAMES OF OTHERS. WITHIN YOUR GRASP IS FAME, FOR YOU ARE TOMORROW'S LEADERS, STATESMEN, DOCTORS, EDUCATORS, AND SCIENTISTS. YOU WILL BE THE AUTHORITIES, THE MASTERS, THE CREATORS OF A GOLD- EN AGE. LIFE GOES NOT BACKWARD NOR TARRIES WITH YESTERDAY. YOUR NAME IS HOPE. YOU ARE TOMORROW! .LQTGES X1 22