Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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The BEACON 19 Sue and Nan entered it quietly and fixed the bed. This consisted of gathering all movable articles from walls and dresser, and carefully concealing them between and under blankets and sheets. They did this very carefully, and when they left, the room appeared as much the same as when they entered, except for a lack of pictures and toilet articles. They returned to their trumped up beds and slept peacefully. A short time later they were awakened by someone stumbling over them Well, of all things exclaimed the voice of Ruth Mulle. They opened their eyes and smiled sleepily. I happened in here for a book I left, she explained. You'd better get out before you're seen in the morning, she warned laughingly as she went Out. She's a good egg, murmured Sue slangily and drowsily. She'll feel like a scrambled one before long, replied Nan. Early the next morning they slipped back to Glenbrook and appeared as usual at the Sophomore table for breakfast. K Continued on page 62 Q MARIA CHAPDELAIN E Would you like to read a book that is different? That is, free from the so called cut and dried formula. If you would, read Maria Chapdelainef' a tale of the Lake St. John Country by Louis Himon. The story itself is truly unusual, telling of Maria's tragic love, of her bitter sorrow, following the death of her mother and the man whom she loves, and of her bewildered hesitancy to take a step which would shape her destiny. The author possesses a most unusual style all his own. His forceful, to the point manner compels the reader's interest from the start. But that is not all-the author has in his style a suggestion of the calm and of the delightful lack of bewildering haste in the impressive woods of northern Canada. In fact it fairly lives with the spirit of the North. The author, too, has caught the placid indifference to excitement of Marie Chapdelaine. The deftly placed humor rescues the book form a too somber aspect as do the vivid descriptions and truly unusual character sketches. But that which is most commendable is the atmosphere of peace and contentment which the author has caught. A suggestion of gloom stalks through an occasional chapter but there is not enough to be repulsive. E So if there is anyone who finds that time is heavy on his hands, I would suggest that he read this delightful book which will prove to be a source of unexpected enjoyment. --Edna Glair 12271 1929.

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e ennett eacon Vol. III SPRING ISSUE No. 3 BENNETT PREPARES FUR DEBATE Students to Judge By Marie Kurtz Bennett will try to regain its laurels in debate Thursday evening, March 29, when it meets Technical and East High Schools in the iinal debates of the season. Bennett and Lafayette, last year's chamf pions, are tied for first place at present. The subject of the spring debate is, Resolved: That Congress provide a com- mission to regulate the mining of coal. Bennett will uphold the affirmative against Technical. This debate will be held in the Bennett auditorium. The Bennett negative team will meet East High at East. Following the usual custom, the spring debates will be held in the evening. An unusual feature of the debate this spring is that it will be judged by high school seniors. Each school will send three judges to each high school against which it does not compete. Bennett will send judges to Hutchinson, Masten, Lafayette, and South Park. The judges at Bennett will consist of three representa- tives from each of those schools. It is expected that having student judges will stimulate further interest in debate. Those competing for positions on the Bennett team are: Loftus Becker, Elmer Tropman, Dorothy Meyer, Charlotte Bax' ter, Lorna Knibb, Helen Gibson, James Sala, Howard Gondree, Robert Mason, Paul Beck, and George Diehl. THREE PLAYS T0 BE PUT IIN Ill ASSEMBLY By George R, Metzger, Jr. During the spring months the Bennett Players will put on several plays in assemf bly. These will be financed from the profits of Peg O' My Heart. On March 5' the tryouts for the plays were held. There were over fifty aspirf ants. The first play will be given as soon as possible after Easter. It will be The Clock Shop, by john Golden, who was the author of Bennett's first production, Tum to the Right. The Clock Shop is a pretty little fantasy. In it the char' acters are clocks. The plot consists of their ambitions and desires, in which they are quite human. The second is Chinese Love, by Clair Kumer, who wrote The Choir Rehearsal, presented in' assembly last year by the Bennett Players. This is a tragedy, and is rather unusual in its development. It conf cerns the execution of a certain Chinese pirate, and his subsequent appearance, as a spirit, to his wife. Its charm lies in the fact that the author does not seem to have written it to expound her peculiar ideas. The Bennett Players may present an- other play, The Mo'nlqey's Paw, in which Cyril Maud recently played the lead. This play, however, is considered almost too dramatic to put on in the assembly.