Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Mr Mosson Guides The School Mr Louis T Masson returned to Kensington after a one term leave of absence to serve as Science Con ultant for the schools in the city Upon his return he said It has indeed been a privilege to return to Ken sington and to be associated once more with what I believe to be the finest student body to be found in any school Many problems come to my office but among the most challenging and rewarding are those whose solution helps some young person to greater maturity and self understanding In every human being there is to be found a VVell of Decency in Whose waters flow the finest attributes of character and nobility In the good this Well is readily reached by worthy impulses from Within and its rich Waters are frequently brought up and dispersed to benefit oneself as Well as others ln those of immature years who e lives appear beset by problems the Well is more deeply recessed Within the personality and reached only with con siderable difficulty It may lie beneath strata of misunderstanding hostility and self indulgence While it may resist every verbal form of hammer ing and blasting It can be readily molten by the warmth of friendship and the irresistible throb en gendered by faith and confidence These once established are the key that opens the door to youthful reason The most powerful challenge for good can then be directed to the one in need with the three simple words I trust you 'With this challenge and the firm conviction that there are those WHO CARE youth is amply pre- pared to begin that stirring 'fight within that ade- quately battles the present and assures the future. Assistant Principal

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Pl.'il'lClpUl Mr Kelly Leods The School To the Seruors Two Words can summarxze the ultlrnate a1m of your educatlon know yourself Th1S self knowl edge may best be found by read1ng study1ng ex plor1ng and experlrnentlng In short one must test h1s sk1lls 1n varlous flelds to recognlze the1r l1rn1 tatlons Accept the l1rn1tat1ons w1thout a feehng of 1nfer1or1ty accept your skllls w1thout CO1'1Ce1l Such honesty w1th oneself Wlll surely engender hurn1l1ty a vlrtue to be prlzecl above most others All of you have a share of 1ntell1gence and ab1l1ty pecul1ar to your own personahty To what extent you possess them 15 for you to cleterrnlne 1f you would know yourself to what extent you ut1l1ze them w1ll govern the degree of 1nfluence you W1ll exerc1se on others lt 1S ev1dent then that your edu cat1on must not termlnate w1th graduatlon lt IS a v1tal process growlng and developlng l1ke a young tree Sometlmes you may th1nk the growth 1S 1m perceptlble but 1n the words of that great sc1ent1st and hurnan1tar1an Albert Schweltzer nothlng lost No ray of sunl1ght IS ever lost but the green Whlch t wakes 1nto exxstence needs t1me to sprout and 1t IS not always granted to the sower to l1ve to see the harvest Str1ve therefore to know yourself and cont1nue to learn so that you will be a person worth knowing. Sincerely yours Frank I. Kelly

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Ofhce Stait Ms ltalla G an ccla M zabeth K tz Ms Ma gart Rya Mss l' o ence L hde Admmlst at v A ststant Office Staff Assists The Students The offlce staff under the supervlsron of Mlss Florence Lehde Adm1n1strat1ve Asslstant takes care Kensrngton Mlss Lehde Mrs Margaret Ryan Mrs Rose Ack erman and Mrs ltaha Guarnacc1a are the members of th1s staff Whlch asslsts Mr Kelly and Mr Masson tn lceeplng student records and performs other lm portant dutres Mrs Ehzabeth Kurtz left the school 1n March Guidance Counselors Advlse The Students Under the able ass1stance of the three Guldance Counselors the boys and glrls of Kensmgton recelve much valuable adv1ce regardrng the1r act1v1t1es 1n and out of school The students are QdV1Sed on the1r cholce of sublects and courses of study Once out of school students st1ll feel the effects of the Work of the Gurdance Counselors who have helped them to secure Jobs or further the1r educatxon The schol nesday evenmgs gave valuable rnformatron to all those Iun1ors who were plann1ng to go to college They were g1ven practlce tests and mstructed ln the dlfferent types of hrgher educatron The counselors testlng program Was extenslve Most popular were those tests that showed the uncertaln student the held of Work he was most capable of entenng H a d smtl Guldance Counselors Mtss Pauln Corcora Mss H n tt Langne I r. ' ura , rs. Eh ur , r. r e n, i 'l r e , ' r i'e s ' . of all the details of running a large school like arship classes, which were held for Iuniors on Wed- Mr. ow r ' i 1. ' i e n, 1 e rie a r , I y 12