Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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12 Ei The B E ACON school work in college entrance sub- jects. These scholarships are good for one hundred dollars a year for four years at any New York State college or university. E. Claire Groben achieved an average of 93.593 Virginia Jacobs, 92.343 Alice Cowles, 91.473 and Bella Weekes, 89.02. Virginia Jacobs also received a state scholarship at Cornell University as a result of the competitive examina- tions held June 4, 1927. Cornell scholarships pay the major part of the tuition charges for the entire four years for the amended law provides that holders of these scholarships shall pay to Cornell University the sum of one hundred dollars a year in full payment of the annual tuition fee charged by the university for any of its courses. . Another scholarship awarded to a Bennettonian has been won by Charles W. Siverson, a sophomore at the Eastman School of Music in Roch- ester. Siverson took the entire music course at Bennett and was prominent in orchestral activities here. He is the only trombone player in the East- man School Little Symphony Orches- tra, and has been elected librarian of the orchestra. EAST RIVALS BENNETT IN EQUIPMENT On September sixth, the new East High School opened. It was built to accommodate pupils from Bennett and Fosdick-Masten High Schools, which were over-crowded last year, as well as to afford a more convenient place of education for those living in that section of the city. The new school is on Northampton and Fougeron streets, near Humboldt parkway. Although the general fixtures and all the classrooms are like those of our own school, there is a difference in arrangement. The gymnasium wing is at the side of the school, in- stead of the back. Since there is no fourth Hoor, the cafeterias are in the basement. The clinic and the domes- Continued on page 14, 1st col. 75 STUDENTS RECEIVE SERVICE CERTIFICATES At the assembly on October 24th, the awards were presented to a large number of pupils for service rendered to Bennett during the year 1926-1927. Those received by the monitors were for office workg those in dramatics, for participation in any of the plays or dramatic sketches, those in BEACON, for assisting the staff members and acting as reporters for the school pub- licationg and those in the Color Guard, for raising and lowering the Hag before and after school each day. The students who were awarded certificates are as follgwg Monitor ' Gordon Lohumn llernard Meyer Howard Gondree Martha Woohury Arthur Goldberg Dorothy Garrett Edna Uuverzagt 'l'l1omas Hogan Dl'2m2.tlCS Janet O'Neil Harold Goodling Virginia. Nieman Amos Johnstone Russell Peters Irwin Tliiele Howard Bradley Leon Spiller Eleanor Klaus George Torge Eleanor Kimball Albert Ballard Howard Gondree George Metzger, .Tr Paul Downey Thomas Powell Charles Goodsole Marie Hanoteau Lewis Humphrey Beatrice Cursons Paul Harris Edward Trupman Wilfred Hoffman Theodore Metz Edward Roblin John Hill Charles Dwyer Beacon Wilson Mclilatli Bertram Willcox Ric-lmrd Hauser Nelson Adams lleruice Fulxr William Rowe NVilIizLn1 Sawyer Jean Armstrong Rose Bindeluan Wellington Kline Bessie Comstock Rhoda Goelile Arthur Goldberg Charles Horton Robert Mason Color Frances Montgomery .Tacoba Mensonides Marcia Lane Gertrude lilaischoss Bernadine Wende Glen Shisler Howard Gondree Elizabeth Lindow Lorna Knibb Elmer Koehler Marcia Lane Grace Lee George Leyonmnrk John Merrill Yvonne Natowitz Bella Shroder Gertrude Silverberg, Benjamin Swerdloll' lie-ta Wilcox Lester Weintraub Guard Candace Doelinan Louise Lane Louise Appleton Janet Hirt 'Victoria Otis News Reporters Ave Hartfield 0071 1929 Marie Kurtz 12235 1929 Virginia Nieman 12071 1928 James Schneider 12161 1930 Franklin Staub C2165 1930