Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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14 The BEACON Merit in Spanish to be Rewarded A handsome bronze medal will be awarded this year at Bennett by the society of Spanish Teachers of Amer- ica to the student in third year Span- ish who shows excellence in his work throughout the year. The medal will bear on one side the insignia of the society, on the other, the name of the winner. In the maga- zine, Hispania, which has a nation- wide circulation, will appear the names of the winners in the different schools. The teachers of the school give the medal, which is obtained from the national association. Donald Dixon, president of the class of 1927, received the award in 1926. Last year none was given. EAST H. S. Cont'd. tic science rooms also are located there. Locker space is in the base- ment and the side halls. Completely equipped science labor- atories and lecture rooms take up most of the third floor. A novel fea- ture of this school is the grouping of the classrooms of the several depart- ments around the office of their heads. A dial telephone system is the means of communication. Into the wall of a third Hoor science room a large glass-Walled aquarium has been built. Through this the pass- ing student body can peer into the room. The seating capacity of the assem- bly is such that only a limited num- ber of pupils are given the privilege of attending assembly. Loudspeakers, however, broadcast the program in every home room, giving the lower classmen an opportunity to hear the exercises. The gymnasiums are like ours, con- taining about the same equipment, though of slightly smaller size. A wood block Hoor banishes the echo which is so noticeable in our gym- nasiums. East High School has a fine plunge. The room has a high ceiling. To one who enters by the arched doorway, it presents a striking appearance. The plunge section includes a locker room for visiting teams, in addition to the girls' and boys' rooms. On the whole this school is one of which the city of Buffalo may be just- ly proud. It lives up to the high standard set for Buffalo schools by the Board of Education. Meanwhile, Principal Costello, his staff of teach- ers, and the students are doing their best to make their school excel both in scholarship and athletics. Annexes a Problem Becauseoiifhe overcrowded condi- tion at Ben tt this year, the Board of Education has divided each of the six annex rooms into two rooms. The larger number of students now re- quired to use the narrow passage- Way in four minutes has caused a serious traffic problem. In the re- sultant confusion, many failed to reach their classes on time. Several methods of trafiic regula- tion were tried to little avail. At times pupils were marched in and out in single file. On other occasions, seniors were drafted as Htraiiic cops. The latest method tried, however, bids fair to be successful. Annex classes are now dismissed two minutes be- fore the bell rings. Much needed space was afforded by this multiplication of classrooms. Of the six or eight classes conducted simultaneously in the assembly at the beginning of the year, all have been transferred to the annexes but those in Physical Education. Teachers, who used to wage vocal warfare with the teachers of the other classes quartered in the assembly at the same time, greeted the change with loud huzzas. HONOR ROLL-Continued Mary Newman Agnita Renz Matthew Sandler Ruth Sparrow Alma Spaulding Grace Turner Evelyn Vairn Robert Venneman Henry Wallenberg Betty Woodhams

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Sixteen Times in I The B E ACON 232 PARTICIPATE III FIRST HUIIUR ASSEMBLY On October 17th, Bennett had the first Honor Assembly of the school year. Those students who have hon- ored Bennett were honored at that time. The program was in charge of Miss Patterson, with Mr. Frank H. Nye, Deputy Superintendent of Ed- ucation, as speaker. Names of those students who had been on the Honor Roll fourteen, twelve, ten. six, four, or two times were read. Bronze pins were awarded to those who had been on the Honor Roll eight times. The students that had been on every honor roll for twtguccessive years were given silver pins. Those honored in this assembly were: Times Dorothy Gai-rr-it AdeIaido,,Gielow Roswell Gardner liaymonrl Knell Louise Lane Roma Stain Loftus Becker Eleanor Burger Candace Doelman Paul Tlorris Hazel Fisher Lois Fries Beatrice Fyffe Fourteen Times Adele Bobys Marjorie Carroll Henry Frank llowurd Goudree Eloise Ilill Marion Holmes Helen ll'laeArtlmr Margaret lllesmer Virginia Waldron Frank Welrh Rota VVileox Twelve Times Lneille Aitken Jenn Calkins Marjorie Dohn Charlotte Dugra Emma Erickson Ida Feinsinger Margaret Foisset Richard Griffin 'Florence Histed Gertrude Horvath Ten Priscilla Bernhard Dorothy Caroll Dorothy Green Howard Henry Hazel Hessinerer Elizabeth .Toline Joseph McGrath Eight Madeline llell Ariel Camp Audrey Ennis Daisy Evenden George Fell Kelvin Ferber Doris Flierl .Tulin Fox Rohde Goehle Marjorie Goetz Marjorie Gow Ruth Kromke Arthur Lewis Alice Link Janet Lund Betty Parkes Clifford Scharf Lillian Steekler Dorothea Townsend Bernadine XVende Times Bernard Meyer Amelia Onody Marion Riley Doris Spelder Sally Spring Gordon Viekery Josephine Whitney Times Genevieve Grotjan lll1'l'lfl'I'd Harris Trene Heaeock Marie Horan Katherine Houghton Ralph Kreinheder lllstlier Lawrence Harold Lifschutz Charles Lyman Edris Maefi-uire llllilflred Melngaino Wilson Melllath 'Inna Miller Frances Nye llarriet Pearson Geraldine Kobbetoy Dorothy Roth Gertrude Silverliurg lllizabetli Spencer llelen Steek lletty Townsend Virginia VValclron Norma Walsh Ernest Wende Lillian Wiener Virginia VVillis Margaret W'o1ltke Six Times l':ltl1erine Alt llarion Andrews Frances Bartlette Vharlotte Baxter llueille Brown Esther Cohen Annu Cooper Williani Corse Rita Diebold Betty Donovan Lois Dorr l'llizahel.l1 Dunn Samuel 'Erentsoft lloris Fisher llelen Flower Iiulli Gibbons Cnlvlor Gilrson .Tossnmine Goerner Aubrey llarris Norah llemphill f'?lI'll'Tlll'I Hengerer Marguerite Honegre' Ls-ora Keeney Tflunire Keller Clementine Kieffer Lorna Knihh Marie Kurtz Dorothy Maltby Henrietta Martz Alice McCarthy Bennie Meeklin Anna Miller Norman Miller Marion Niekson ,lean Noragon Georgrina Notley Lois l'lunnner Ruyxiionfl T'n-mi William l'roilitl Nlllllllllll liUSl'llllllllll hvilllillll Sawyer llelen Simon Truro S1'u'inger Franees Sin-I'I'nn Louise NII'l1'lil!lI1ll Dorothy Striker Shirley Sweeney Marjorie Swift Fllva VVestherg: Marjorie White lsalxel W'hil1-loek Henry Xlforli lNIurg:u'et Kruxnheuer Four Nelson Adams Mary Burke Marion Burnes Lillian Braungart Norma Cowell Annette Crawford Dorothy Dana Edward Dusel Ruth Freund Henry Fyderek Helen Gibson Frances Greenfield Elsie Hise Mildred Hofer Elva Hoffman Dorothy .Tones Leo Kuczmanski Harold Kunek Gordon Leney Erma Leonlu-rgei' llllizaheth Lindow Ruth Mackey Celia Norman Charles Norris Sadie Ostrow Elva Pearson llerniee Peffer Charles 'l',l0lItlll1l'I' Carleton Poppi-nhur,., Emma Reed Eleanor Reiehle Kenneth Reiman Paul Rieh Irving: Rowell Howard Sehnm Lincoln Taylor Tflugene Thompson Marion Voss Ruth Yeates Two Times Eleanor Anderson Gertrude Anneser fllargaret Berkhau sen Wanda Tiieniec-ka i'I't'l'llIl llanlet lilmer Bowes Richard Carpenter Charles Chur .lolm Danitz Malcolm Davis Bertha Tlwork Alice lflhy Sigue. Flriekson Thomas Fay Mary Grace l-llizahelli Day I.:-ona Hatch Contimferl on p Gladys Hauser Russell Hanson Margaret Herzog Ruth lluf'feult Samuel Tsanes llildegarzle .'Iag'ow 'Dolores Johnson Muriel Kaiser Dorothy Kellner Audrey La Mort Bruce MacArthur llohert lllaniliia l'ldwarcl Martin Vllilliam Mm-lntosh Marie lllengrle George Mohn Flllnn Morrison age 1.4, 27101 col.

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Th 0 BE ACON 15 i 'rf'-I - ON A HOLIDAY Dr. Rhodes and Mr. Farrar on the Faculty Yachting Party Last Spring LATE NEWS BRIEFS Bennett Beat Hutch, 12-0, on Oc- tober 29, her initial victory in the Har- vard Cup series. Knell's brilliant playing, backed solidly by the team, scored the winning points. Those in the game: Neild, Puls, Holdgate, Suor, Voltz, Childs, Keyser, Diehl, Brug- none, Knell, McGroder, Nelson, Cook, Germony, Kennedy, Cronk, Higgins, Lynch, Danitz, and Geyer. 0'Neil set a new cross-country rec- ord of 1615236 in the Columbia meet, October 28, 1927. The Bennett team took second honors. The places of the Bennett harriers: O'Neil 111, Walter 181, Mason 1141, Brett 1161, Johnson 1241, Otter 1361, Kenney 1391, Kohler 1471, Becker 1561, Plumacher 1571. Elmer Tropman managed this team. The Legion of Honor elected officers on November 1, 1927. They are: President, Loftus Becker, Vice Presi- dent, Dorothy Meyerg Secretary, Reta Wilcox. REIIIIRII FIRE DRILL At the last fire drill, 2,500 students were cleared out of the building with- in two minutes and forty-seven sec- onds after the first stroke of the warn- ing gong. This exceptionally fast time was due to the speedy and effi- cient management on the part of the teachers and to the thoughtful co-op- eration of the students. Of the two fire drills so far this year, the pupils were prepared for the first. The second came unexpectedly, and was reviewed by Deputy Superin- tendent Frederick Becker. All drills in the future will come unannounced. Although the Bennett High School building is fireproof, firedrills will be held in compliance with state law. 55 III .IUURIIILISM CLASS Fifty-five students of Bennett joined the Journalism Class and are working for the Beacon this year. This is the largest class we have ever had. Miss Belden says that many of these show promise and will probably prove of value to the Beacon. The Journalism Class meets on Wednes- days and follows a definite syllabus. In this Way the students' ability in writing for print will be improved. The Beacon hopes that this training will prove of definite value in school work and other activities. H. K Bolsters Spirit The Hi Y Club of Bennett has originated a new idea to help our football team in its campaign for the Harvard Cup. They have had manu- factured a number of small mega- phones attached by a string to a but- ton. The megaphone bears a foot- ball picture and on the button is printed the phrase, Let's Go Ben- nett. Bennett's team needs more support this fall. We hope that this new plan will prove a useful factor in stiffening student backing. The Hi Y shows enterprise in this step.