Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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10 The BEACON firmative, the visitor, the negative. The autumn schedule is: At home. Visitors. Bennett .................. vs ............. South Park Fosdick-Masten .... vs ............... Technical Hutchinson ..........., vs ..,....,...,.,,,, Bennett Lafayette ....,,..,.,.,.. vs .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,. East South Park ........ ,.,. v s ........... Hutchinson Technical ............... vs ............. Lafayette East ....,................... vs ..... Fosdick-Masten The turnout of candidates for the teams was poor this fall, but Bennett retains three of her ablest veterans: Loftus Becker, Dorothy Meyer, and Elmer Tropman. With these on the teams, an excellent showing is expect- ed. Moreover, Bennett has defeated both opposing schools before. When the BEACON went to press, the final membership of the teams had not been selected. A partial list of team members, and a list of the can- didates follows: Members. Loftus Becker Lorna Knibb Robert Mason Dorothy Meyer Dana. Miller Elmer Tropman Charlotte Baxter Candidates. Paul Beck Merrill Cadwell Lawrence Hess Kathleen Lokey Benjamin Mecklin John Nolan, Jr. Dorothy Ross STUDENT GUVERHMENT 0llGMIIZ'Ell MIEW Bennett's student government last year was vested in the student Coun- cil, as also the year before. This year Mr. Rhodes has formed a student body for school improvement, composed only of those who have succeeded in scholarship, and who are at least Jun- 1ors. Mr. Rhodes called a meeting on September 26. The result was grati- fying, in that about 35 girls and 15 boys appeared. At this meeting our principal reviewed last year's organi- zation, outlined his new plan, and placed it before the meeting. The stu- dents present were evidently of his mindg with the work of explanation accomplished, the meeting adjourned. The next meeting was held on Oc- tober 13 and proved very fruitful, al- though but half the former group re- ported. Those present agreed that the name Legion of Honor would be most suitable. The purpose of the organization was more fully expound- ed. Its endeavor will be unobtrusive- ly to correct wrong conditions and to improve standards by example. It will probably hold several assemblies for the school, in which it will remind the Continued on page 11, Burl col. Principal 's Welcome to New Pupils When you were graduated last June, you passed one of the first im- portant milestones in your life, and now that you have entered here, you are looking forward to another and still more important milestone which you should pass in June, 1931. Then, if you are successful and keep on moving, and often climbing, you will some day be able to look back upon a long line of these proofs of prog- ress. We trust this may be so for all of you. But there is many a slip, and often a fall, between entering high school and being graduated and so vouched for as ready for college or somewhat ready for life without college. . Avoid those slips and falls if pos- sible, but do not be discouraged if they do come. Study them. See why they occurred. Ask yourself how you may avoid similar calamities in the future. Get adjusted to your new condi- tions promptly, then all will go well. Get the Bennett Spirit. Better still, let the Bennett Spirit master you. Do not merely talk about that spiritg live it. Bennett is your school now. Fully realize that you are a part of it. Make it your chief aim to help make our school better because you are in it, so that you may always be proud of it. Do your work joyfully and you will not find it so hard. You will then do it well and pass the milestone of 1931 successfully. These are my hopes and wishes for you. -Charles Elbert Rhodes

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e ennett eacon Vol. lIl AUTUMN, 1927 No. 1 STADIUM PLANS JUDGEII BY CITY Architects Confer The plans for the new High School Stadium have been submitted to the city architects, and are awaiting in- vestigation. The stadium will be sit- uated on the land in the rear of Ben- nett High School. Mr. Lewis J. Ben- nett donated this property for an all- high athletic field, with the under- standing that it be called Mercer Field, in honor of the enterprising luncheon club. The money has been appropriated for the purpose, and ac- tion is to be expected in the near future. On this field there will be a base- ball diamond, tennis courts, a foot- ball gridiron, and running tracks. Provision has been made for locker rooms and showers for all the sports. The stadium will cost approximately three hundred thousand dollars. The seating capacity will be from ten to fifteen thousand. At present inter-high school events, with the exception of swimming and basketball, are held at various and widely separated places. Track meets are held at the 174th Armory, cross- country at Delaware Park. Opposing elevens clash at the Bison Stadium, while Play ball! is heard at Dela- ware and in all the parks. Hockey was at Humboldt the first year, and was supposed to be on a Massachu- setts avenue location last year. Mer- cer Field will constitute a long- needed improvement in the way of holding all outdoor inter-scholastic contests. H. S. Registration Registration, June, 1927 Hutch .............................. 2959 Masten ...... ..... 2 275 Lafayette ......... ...., 1 857 South Park ..... ..... 1 562 Bennett .,..... ..... 2 562 Technical .....,.,..,.....,.,...,. 1653 East ...,................,........... -- fBennett's actual attendance in June, 1927, was 23013. Registration at Opening of School, September, 1927 Hutch .....,.....,...,.............. 2700 Masten ......... ..,.. 1 221 Lafayette ..... ..,.. 1 707 South Park ..... ..... 1 508 Bennett ....... ..... 2 427 Technical ..... ..... 1392 East .................................. 1476 fBennett's actual attendance in September, 1927, was 2566.5 DEBATE UUTLDUK CHEERFUL This fall Bennett meets South Park and Hutchinson in debate over the question: Resolved that the United States should without further delay grant independence to the Philippine Islands. All the high schools, will de- bate the same question. The team which remains at home takes the af-

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The BEACON 11 IJETRUIT HIGH SCHUULS USE IIUVEL METHUDS 25 Buffalo Teachers Make Trip Twenty-five Buffalo high school de- partment heads, among whom were six Bennett teachers, left Thursday evening, October 6, for Detroit, to study the methods used in the city high schools there. The Bennett teachers in the party were: Oliphant Gibbons, Margaret Giesecke, Char- lotte Kreinheder, Richard Seibold, Ray Spear, and Lucretia Terry. The teachers were met by Assistant Superintendent Miller of the Detroit schools, and, after being divided into groups, visited the thirteen different high schools. The largest of the Detroit high schools has a present registration of 4,400, while the others accommodate from four to two thousand each. They are so large that they are divided into groups called houses , in which stu- dents from each of the grades are grouped together under one teacher for all four years of their high school career. In the schools where this method is not practiced they have staggered hours. One group of pupils comes at eight and stays until twelveg another group comes at nine and stays until oneg another is edu- cated from ten to two, and the last from eleven till three. Detroit students have to purchase their own text books. The city fur- nishes none. The school lunch, too, is more expensive. Their cafeterias are run on an entirely different plan from ours. The management is given as a concession, and the cafeterias are run as paying concerns. In the classrooms there is a marked difference. In some the seats are ar- ranged around a hollow square. One of the students acts as chairman, re- cording marks, asking questions, and generally taking over the class for the day or the week. Detroit has no Regents' examinations, nor tests on the whole year's work. Examinations are given at the end of each term on that term's work only. Otherwise, their methods of teaching are not very different from those in use here. The teachers brought back many new ideas, some of which are already being used to great advantage. Student Government-Cont 'J student body that it is alive and work- ing for Bennett. Later it was suggested that a cer- tain number be selected as charter members, instead of including all who had attended from the beginning. The Faculty has therefore chosen the fol- lowing group, consisting of ten girls and ten boys, who will comprise the charter members and will be the main- spring of the organization: Girls Mary Barrett .......... ...... 1 09 Candace Doelman ............ 207 Kathleen Donnelly .......... 109 Charlotte Dugra .............. 207 Marjorie Gow .................. 207 Dorothy Meyer ..............., 207 Elizabeth Spencer ...,,,,,,, 207 Pearl Walters .................. 223 Jeanette Wenborne ........ 109 Reta Wilcox ..............,....... 207 Boys Loftus Becker ........ ...... 2 06 Reuel Denney ........ ,...... George C. Diehl ................ Llewellyn Dietz .............. Charles F. ,Goodsole ........ Gordon Lohman .............. Robert K. Mason .............. 224 224 224 206 Richard Griffin ................ 206 206 224 George Metzger, Jr .,...,.., 206 ' ' 224 William Rowe .................. Bennett Students Win Scholarships Four of the recent state scholarship awards in Erie county, of which there were forty, have been won by Ben- nett girls on the basis of their high rating in Regents' examination aver- ages during the four years of high