Behrman High School - Bee Hive Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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IVE 1 f f 1 THE BEE H 4142 SENIOR HIGH ART STUDENTS DISPLAY TALENT IN MANY DIFFERENT FIELDS OF ENDEAVOR By Ada Gros During the past year, the art department of Behrrnan Senior High has been busy making many posters, puppets, floats, masks, and decorations for many occasions. The sltudents have regular class projects to complete, but in their spare time many busy themselves in making posters, painting landscapes, creating designs, and doodling. Oil paints, India ink, water colors, poster paints and pas- tels help to make their work appear professional. Each student attempts his best. Among the projects in art completed this year was the making of puppets by the more advanced students of art. The puppets were made in October by Bert Andry, Jane Andry, Jo Ann Borne, Muriel Chico, Freddie McDona1, Bar- bara Porter, Beverly Richards, and Janet Saleeby. These puppets were used at the Louisiana Teachers Convention held in Shreveport in November of last year. The six puppets, a narrator, an instructor, and four students of ar-t, we1'e made to illustrate art activities in the Louisiana rural areas. Bert Andry made their wooden bodies and the girls made their heads and sewed their clothes. The other props, desks and tools, needed for the presentation of the show were also made by Bert. There are drawings made for just about every holiday in the year.-,. Christmas, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Mardi Gras, and Easter. At Carnival time, the students made colorful miniature floats and masks. These projects' which were made by many students, helped to keep alive the Mardi Gras spirit. For the Lenten season students made proverb posters on the more serious side of life. Last year murals for our library were painted by the art students. The murals 'Were so well done that some of our advanced students have been asked to paint murals for the Algiers Public Library. These are presently being painted and will be ready for hanging in early stunmer. Continued on next page 1'

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1 1 1 f 1 .ly-NE I 2-52 1952 MARKS GRADUATION OF SECONJD GENERATION PUPILS By Janet Saleeby Behrman Alumnae Cathe- A ' rine North Patai, Class of February '32 and Ione Le Blanc Courtney, Class of Jan- uary '33, will find the gradua- tion exercises this June an ex- tremely happy occasion and one for reminiscence, They are to witness the graduations of their respective children, Frank Patai and Lorraine Courtney, in the very same auditorium in which they received their diplomas two decades ago. We at Behrman find this as proud an occasion as the Courtneys and Patais do, for Frank and Lorraine are the very first second-generation graduates of Behrman High! Mrs. Patai was a member of the first Behrman graduating cla-ss. She was one of a class of 9, only one of which was a boy. Behrman has really grown since then. Frank's Class numbers 84, 27 of which are boys. Y A When Mrs. Patai received herqdiploma, Behrman School was but a lyear- old infant and as yet had made no progress in the development of extra-curricular activities. The majority of Behrman's first graduates, including Mrs. Patai, re- ceived commercial diplomas. They had completed a regular business course in- cluding typing and shorthand. Frank, her son, is preparing for his future by doing part-time work with his father in the fields of radio and television. Mrs. Courtney also received a commercial diploma. Her treasured copy of the January '33 BEHRMAN BUZZ, the predecessor of our BEE HIVE, is proof of the fact that Behrmarr was in full swing at that time. Mrs. Courtney wasamember of the Loyalty Club, similar to our Boosters, the Glee Club and the Buzz staff. Lorraine, following in her mother's footsteps, has shown active school spirit, and has worked particularly hard with the Behrman Band. At present She is trying to choose between a career as an elementary teacher and one in the business world. ' Yes, the Patais and Courtneys have started something which will soon be commonplace at Behrman High. More and more Behrman students will receive diplomas from their parents, alma mater. They are laughing and talking and rushing through the very same halls that their parents trod a generation ago. Behrman is at the top of the list of New Orleans High schools, for she has kept in step with changing trends. Yet more and more mellow tradition is creeping with age into Behrman to make her more endearing to those of us who must leavc her. To both Catherine North Patai and lone Le Blanc Courtney we say Con- gratulationsln Behrman ,is proud to number you and your children among its graduates. 34'

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1 Y Y. Q 1 ' J-U N-E I 952 ART STUDENTS MAKE GREAT STRIDES in By Ada Gros The art students of the Behrman Junior High School have been very busy this year making posters with water colors, tempera and poster paints. Using India irik and chalk, the students drew cats, vases, and many different floral designs. Other projects completed by the students during the past year were St. Patrick's hats, Easter designs, landscape drawings, Christmas ,cards, posters lettering and figured drawings. Some students made three dimensional animals out of paper. The students used stylefoam plastic to make rabbits, baskets, eggs, and other designs representing the Easter season. Many students made papier-mache figures of negro mammies, rabbits, cats, little boys eating watermelons, and snowmen. The best ones were sent to Mc- Donogh High School to be put on exhibit. The art students of the Junior 'High School are taught by Miss Judith Snider. ' MBHS' During the month of April, the school, but especially the Art Department seemed to become Latin American. The pupils made posters depicting Latin American scenes, people and places. Poster paints were not used for these posters except for the letteringg students made them on colored paper using colorful clipings from magazines. ' Behrman is proud of the work of its Art Department which always is ready to serve the school and to help beautify it. Under the guidance of Miss Estelle Barkemeyer, students work happy in the knowledge that theirs is an important and pleasurable task. - H143