Benjamin School for Girls - Tusitala Yearbook (New York, NY)

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TUSITALA FOR 1928 . GERALDINE SCHUMAN, H A BUFFALO, NEW YORK Her lively laokf al .rprigbzly mind zlixrloref' French Club '28 Latin Play '28 Petticoat Lane , 'Op o' Me Thumb , Chinese Pantomime '28 Secretary of Home Girls '28 LAURETTA WHITE, l T NEW YORK CITY Wflmle'e1' rlae did war done with Jo much enre, In ber alone 'twat mzlnml to please. Secretary Home Girls '27 Secretary Junior Class '27 Head Usher at Commencement '27 Tusitala Staff '26, '27, '28 Tusitalisman Staff '28 Quality Street '25 A Thousand Years Ago '26 She Stoops to Conquer '27 Windmills of Holland , Petticoat Lane '28 First Basketball Team '26, '28 Second Basketball Team '25, '27 English Club, '27 French Club '25, '26, '27, '28 Spanish Play '25, '26 ' German Play '27 Dramatic Art Play, '25, '26, '27, '28 Y SENIOR DINNER AND DANCE y Wednesday night, May 23, was a great night for all of us-it was the night of the farewell dinner and dance to the Seniors. Well, all we can say is that for once in the course of our long, eventful life, speech failed us. For what words could adequately describe the beautifully decorated dining hall, the sumptuous feast, the merrymaking, the cheering, the excitement, and the good humor? The supper itself lasted a long time, and although we had all reached the stage when even the thought of cheering was painful, we were all ready for what was to follow. A formal dance followed the dinner. The Juniors were invited. The pretty dresses, the gay laughter, the excellent music, and the graceful dancing was symbolic of the innermost feelings in each girl's heart. ' F F F' A Page Fifteen Y

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BERT HA R. MARX, I T NEW YORK CITY She if pretly I0 walk with, Ami wifty Zo laik wilb, Ami pleamnt, too, to zbink on. Second Basketball Team '26 First Basketball Team '27, '28 English Club '27 Latin Play '26 French Club '26, '27, '28 A Thousand Years Ago '26 Windmills of Holland '28 Dramatic Art Club '26 LUCILLE MENSCHEL, I T FAR ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK The Jweet obligingnen could Jzzpple bale, Ami azz! af il, its cofztnzry create. President Day Girls '28 President Senior Class '28 President French Club '28 President Junior Class '27 Treasurer Day Girls '27 French Club '25, '26, '27 French Play '27, '28 Y English Club '27 Dramatic Art Club '26 E Latin Club '25, '26, '27 Tusitala Staff '27, '28 Latin Play '26 Captain First Basketball Team '28 Substitute Basketball Team '27 She Stoops To Conquer '27 Windmills of Holland , Petticoat Lane '28 ' Dramatic Art Play '28 Honor Roll '25, '28 Debate '28 Head Usher at Commencement '27 HILDA MOSKOWITZ NEW YORK CITY H er mzile if the rweezerrt that ever war teen French Club '27, '28 German Club '27, '28 X German Play '27, '28 French Play '28 Petticoat Lane , Windmills of Holland '28 TUSITALA FOR 1928 Page Fourteen

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a-ah -.a-avw a -a--.a---aaa.-a-a rusiiata wit 1938 THE SENIOR FAREWELL TO THE JUNIOR CLASS ' LUc1LLE MENscHEL The one task allotted -to me, which I have most dreaded, is this address to the juniors. All of the teachers know just how difficult it is to attempt to inculcate into the minds of young people of precocious tendencies the lessons we, who are older, have learned through experience. I have often felt that perhaps it were better thus, that each one learn her own lesson, rather than knowing itparrotwise. It has a truer and more intimate ring, when we ourselves have actually lived through an experience. And so, takingfrhe value of my own preachment, I will not endeavor to give any concrete advice on any special subject, but I shall merely mention those things that I have found have left the greatest impres- sion on me, while at school. You often hear the teachers say to keep the name of Benjamin unsullied. Our class repeats, nBE7ZjrI7lZfiZ Shall Always Siam! High . Precisely what does this mean? Cer- tainly we realize that if ignominy is heaped upon the head of some alumna, the shame reflects but very dimly back upon the school, Wliat, then, does it import? We have here at school with all its diversified interests, and all its different people, a perfect microcosm, a little world of our own, complete within itself. We have our own accustomed station, and our allotted labor. It is here that our characters are molded, and our minds trained to receive their burdens in the years to come. And so in truth we occupy here a position in our own little world precisely similar to the one we will occupy in the greater world. It is in relation to our future positions and obligations that we are cautioned not to bring disgrace to Benjamin. All that it means is that we shall always hold in high esteem and bear uppermost in our minds the high ideals, the refinements of character, and the sensibility of the better things of life. The academic learning we here acquire may be lost in our daily strife, but that certain ability for fine delineation and appreciation that has become part of us will always be functioning and make our lives more worth- while. So you see there is no concrete lesson we are asked to learn, nor any set rules to follow. Wlien we leave here, it is hoped that we have acquired our own code of high ideals, and while perhaps some of them are erroneously conceived, still if they are ideals they cannot be far wrong, and if you will practice them assiduously, there can never be occasion for disgrace coming to the name of Bezzjazmizi. Czfliiwzte lclefzlr. PRESENTATION OF KEY TO JUNIORS LUc1LL12 MENscHEL It now becomes my duty to present to you this key symbolic of your new estate in Benjamin and also as a badge of honor. Every student of our school who has graduated has been for one year figuratively the custodian and guardian of this key and never thru all these years has it become even momentarily tarnished. Page Sixleefr