Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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The Bennett Beacon THE CRUSADE OF 1929 by Eleanor M. Poppenberg, Class Poet Oh honored classmates here in state convened, My humble greetings to you one and all. Last night a panorama bold was screened Before my eyes, which now I shall ,recall- Portentous scenes which shall our lot befall. Equipped for trials which mark their destiny, On Life's highway behold an army small, Their banner borne aloft that all may see Upon its folds inscribedf The best is yet to he. Crusaders they! And each has made his vow, For romance lives forever in the heart. Each youth desires to enter battle now. But ere a soldier makes his final start, Oh let him ponder on the tragic part That woeful band of artless children played, Who, guideless and untutored, did depart. For urged by counsel base, bereft of aid, In Satan's maw they fell! Oh hapless young brigade. But timely warned, this fearless Bennett force Now wisely profit by that luckless fate. They heed both sage advice and wise discourse. The pow'r that knowledge gives, they cultivate, While noble lives they strive to emulate. ' No folly or excess their health impair, In mind and deed they're ever temperate. Alert and keen, of evil they beware, For hydrafheaded Vice shall not this band ensnare. Come Youth! Fill up the broken ranks, calls Life. So forth they march, this army of today. Prepared to wage the never ending strife. A few to distant lands must sail away, The rest at home contend in constant fray. At justice' bar they plead for Truth and Right, And sternly teach the lawless to obey. With skill they tend the sick both night and day. With Woe, and Pain, and Death, they wage a ceaseless fight. So on they tramp through many a coming year. A battle here, a battle there is fought, 'Though oft alone, no friendly voice to cheer. Some hero's tracks to tread, each one has sought, Some soul to each has inspiration brought. May others now their footsteps likewise see, To guide the helpless, is their Godly thought. as IK as A final call-from earthly tasks he's free,- Each dying soldier breathes,- The best is yet to be.

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The Bennett Beacon ABLOVE, JACOB Avesta Zend 4. Stage Crew 4. Bennett Players 3, 4. HifY 4. ABRAMS, HAROLD S. ACKERMAN, NORMAN Bennett HifY 4. Science Club 3, 4. ADAMS, T. NELSON, JR. Avesta Zend 2, 3, 4. Legion of Honor 3. Beacon Circulation Staff 1, 2. ALLEN, ELEANOR Cortland Treasurer of Senior Student Counf :il of 207 4. Student Council 2. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4. Glee Club 4. ALLYN, ROBERT G. ALT, CATHERINE L. Cornell Dramatic Club 3, 4. On 11 Honor Rolls. AMES, WENDELL R. U. B. Student Council 2. Rifle Club 2. Science Club 3, 4.