Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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'The BEACON 17 DAVID GOES VOYAGING If you want to go adventuring, to see flaming volcanoes, dig for lost treasure, meet pirates, go sea diving n' everything, read David Goes Voyf aging, by David Binny Putnam, a real boy, who lived a fairyftale life aboard the Arcturus Expedition to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, with XVilliam Beebe in command. So many things happened on the voyage that David's father asked him to keep a record of them. Now he has written them in book form and it's just the kind of book that you'll want to read. One of the early incidents of the trip was the visit to the volcano at Albermarle Island. David says the ground was so hot that they had to keep walking and couldn't stop to rest there because of the intense heat. When they went by the island again, two months later, the volcano was spouting in earnest. Molten lava was flowing over the places they had explored. At night the streams looked like bright blood emptying into the steaming sea. David also went sea diving, wearing a helmet which weighed about forty pounds. Down below he saw many brilliant, strange fish darting about the queer ledges and rocks and in the plant life. Sometimes one might see things not quite so harmless, such as octopus, big sting rays, devil fish, or sharks. When these were around, the.shark cage was used, a cage having three stout wire sides through which one could view these fish in safety. The best adventure of all, however, was the pirate party. Vision a starf lit night on the southern seas, bloodthirsty pirates with their wives or sweet' hearts dressed in plundered riches, a captive wild woman, then last David, the birthday boy, resplendent in a pirate costume, with a real cutlass called Fury. And this little David Putnam Was only twelve Y'see, With his mates t' home a'friskin' in the park, Steps out with all his olders, Hunts and fishes' with the best As he sailed with William Beebe in the Ark. f Verse from Song written by Don Dickerman for David's Twelfth Birthday Party., -Isabel F. Whitelock C1211 19 30 SAILOR SANDY Shipwrecked Sailor Sandy strolled sandy stretches sadly. Suddenly Sandy saw six strange savages sailing some stolen ships swiftly shoreward. Stopping short, Sandy, seeking succor, shot six signal shots skyward. Sandy's six signal shot startled sixteen sturdy sailors sleeping soundly several stretches southward. Sandy stood stark still shooting steadily seaward. Soon Sandy's sixteen sturdy sailors saw six severely shot savages strewing scarlet stained surf. Sunset saw seventeen singing, smiling sailors striding safely shipward. -Donald Croll 0241 1929

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16 -A The BEACON OF A VISION Into my soul a vision, Into my heart a song, From out the golden heart of a rose- Sweet and yet strong The lyric prolong. Glimpse of the far sea spaces, Mountains that speak with the sky, Valleys with flowers--dark shadowed depths, Eagle on high, Sparrow so nigh. ' Strength and the mighty battle,- Peace and the laugh of a child,- Life stirring gravefvain prattle of fools, The mystic, the mild, The wistful, the wild. Depth of the roaring ocean, Height of the limitless starg Great passions that tremble frail mankind- Death near or far, All things that are. -Rhoda Goehle 11231 1930 THE CHILDREN OF DICKENS By Samuel McChord Crothers Charles Scribnefs Sons, 1925 It is hard to believe that anyone, even those who cherish a deep loathing for Dickens' works, could help but chuckle over, and enjoy, the Children of Dickens. The author has given to Dickens' London all the lure and charm of old Bagdad, substituting the queer twisty streets of London, for the narrow winding streets of Bagdad, and replacing the dark, mysterious people in flow' ing robes with the lovable folk of the Dickens stories. Mr. Crothers has divided his book into twentyffour sections. The first is devoted to a brief sketch of Dickens' lifeg the remaining chapters introduce the best loved of the children-joe, the fat boy, Oliver Twist, Pip, Little Nell, David Copperfield, Tiny Tim and all the rest are there. One of the most enjoyable chapters contains the story of small Philip Pirrip, whose most successful attempt at pronouncing his name was Pip Pip lived with his sister, who was twenty years older than he and who had married joe Gargery, the blacksmith. Joe was a big strong, illiterate man, and the friendship which grew between him and Pip was both amusing and iathetic. I The book is charmingly illustrated in color by Jessie Willcox Smith, and frequent quotations from Dickens add greatly to its interest and value. Elizabeth Winspear C1071 1928

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18 The BEACON BOYS LIKE THIS LOVELL LEADS OFF, By Ralph Henry Barbour. D. Appleton Ei Co. 81.75. By ROD REED Copyrighted 119281 by the Buffalo Evening News Reprinted 'by special permission. Ralph Henry Barbour is seventeen. No doubt he has been a resident of the world for a period a bit longer than that, but he must, nevertheless, be a boy, at least, in spirit, else he would neither know, nor be able to express so well, the sort of a tale which will make the youthful reader's ear deaf to his mother's oft repeated calls to dinner. Daniel Webster Lovell is a tennis player of almost Tildenic ability. He also likes hiking, but the more strenuous major sports, as football, hockey and baseball find him a mildly interested spectator. r He is indifferent to pleas from friends that it is his duty to make himself of some use to his school and opines that rolling in the mud is o. k. for those who enjoy it, but as for him, he is perfectly contented to look on. Even asperf sions that he is yellow fail to move him until,-well, a series of strange coincidences fprearranged by his palsj find him drawn, first to the hockey rink and then to the baseball diamond as an active participant. In the latter he learns some excellent points on batting fwhich the reader may as well absorb if he is interested in becoming a good hitter, and becomes quite proficient as leadfoff man for the nine. The ninth inning of the championship game versus the ancient rival arrives with the score 2 to 1 in favor of said rival, but Mr. Barbour can tell you better than I how Lovell performs. Of course, a home run is hit on the last page of the book but, strange to say, Dan is not the clouter. fConti'nued from page 9j produced a box of marshmallows, and when they had tired of swimming, they roasted them and sang rather softly. The time passed quickly and when they reached the main dorm, the dance was nearly over. There wasn't time to go back to Glenbrook, so everyone stayed in Main. Sue and Nan volunteerd to sleep in the Recreation room, for no one had an available halffbed. They left their bathing suits in Polly Laird's room, and, clad in borrowed clothes, they slipped down to the Wreck Room, as it was called, which was at one end of the main hall. Here, with the aid of coats and sweaters which had been left there, they fixed fairly comfortable beds on the floor. Sue, dear, I have an inspiration, whispered Nan excitedly. The pres' ident of the Student Council, Ruth Mulle, and her cofworker, Kay Dean, have permission to stay in the guest room tonight. Let's fix a piefbed for them. They may as well appreciate their privilege fully. The guest room was actually a suite of rooms at the other end of the hall, where visitors, parents, and occasionally seniors, stayed.