Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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1 ,..f' N 'V E eoanyzoizs ff' fb 'hlngq i Q ff T' ' ,, .h' ' I. . ' K EH' L , gg! ,, . l fe 'l . 'Cf' T i s 'J f 1 . W 5 5,12-J I X, Can you imagine: Ted Hammond not on the honor roll, Glenn Morelock without his hair combed, a freshman without an overladen bookfbag, Anyone sneaking by Miss Howard and out the center doors, Bud Childs not pestering Miss Round, Charles Sears in a hurry, VValter Buerger being garrulous, Dot Hess without a compact, Barbara Straub five feet tall, weighing ninety pounds, jane Unger being unsophisticated, Walter Merwin without his dignity, Eliott Shultz doing the dance of the nymphs, Sandy Cts losing his voice, or Woozie Franklin acting the brute? Ralph Cross and Dick Harrington are Civil War golferssfou: in 61 and back in 65. We extend our sympathies to Marjory Milius, who always knows her Caesar translations, and Doris Wettengel, who is a whizz at Cicero, not because they know them, but because every one in their study rooms knows they know them. Johnny Gast, chief sophomore statistician, reports that sophs want less lackadaisical freshman, more orchestra at assemblies, locker keys for desk top golf hazards, and feminine cheer leaders. What's an exterior decorator? That's Jo Pound. She proved her ability this summer by painting their summer home, the peaks 'n' everything, for the enormous wages of ten cents an hour. Knute Harris is head of the Vigilantes Committee. He threatens dire punishment to freshmen caught drawing pictures of War Among the Planets or How Buck Rogers Came Through. Wzillie Kimball and Bob Hoag, the stalwart checker champions of 214, have issued their annual challenge. Hear ye, checker fiends. Leone Erdman, in the library the other day, was heard asking Miss Croll where the immigrant section was. The most popular word in the girls' cafeteria fourth period, it is said, is She. Cr maybe it's hehe, Al Roehl and Louise Duroure were found picking the tacks out of their Bennett banners. What for? Why, they're going to have them drycleaned for the Lafayette game! Bob Crane and Chuck Christensen claimed honors in a vocal contest recently held in 314.

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Bennett Beacon 4 29 done, and colored plates placed throughout the book add to the effect. As an example of one of the trades studied at Elm Vocational, we congratulate the school on The Craftsman. We quote, as an example of the superior literary quality of The Lantern: The sun has set these many hours ago, And now the moon moves slowly to the west. The city lies below in silent rest, Her strcetflamps lending beauty to the snow. Now all the night is still, and yet I know That nothing stops-the world goes spinning on. The same stars shine that lit the Parthenon. The winds that blew on Babylon still blow. Man, with his vision of divinity, Toils on beneath the shadow of the sword, His soul in eager strength, his flesh too slow For deeds immortal. Yet, at length, when he Is but the murmur of an ancient word, The winds that blew on Babylon still blow. WR. E. Rashley. Maud Erdman 12071 1931 Laura Salisbury QZO71 1931 GO WEST This summer one of our Science teachers, Miss Huck, obeyed the call, Go West. During her vacation she lived in the Rocky Mountain camp of the University of Colorado, while studying geology. The camp, built of rustic logs, was situated about 9,500 feet high in a pine forest on Mount Nivot. Not to belie its appearance, the camp was rather primitive in some ways, as the water supply came from a huge snowfbank which lasted all during their stay. It must have been the most beautiful spot in the Rockies, for a few thousand feet above the camp, and beyond the timberfline, brilliant little mountain flowers and tiny catkinftipped willow trees grew so closely that one could not take a single step without crushing them under foot. Interest' ing geologically was a nearby glacier 13,000 feet in altitude, and on the far side of the mountain was a chain of six lakes, left from the glacial period. During a fivefday auto tour of the mountains, the leader, a most energetic man, climbed one hogback after another, always choosing the highest, and the whole party must needs climb after him until they fairly dreamed of hogbacks. fCo'ntinued on Page 411

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Bennett Beacon 31 Page Sherlock Holmes! The freshmen girls were going to examine the chewing gum on the under sides of the desks in 323 to discover the favorite brand of the foregone freshmen, but they were heartbroken to find that they couldn't tell the flavors apart. When asked how she spent the summer, Carolyn Whitelock replied, Oh, I didn't do anything. Then on afterthought, Except practice two hours a day. Need we say more? john Handy will gladly give to any freshman or sophompre, in exchange for one or more Indian head pennies, one wornout eraser. fIt's not generally known, but the government has offered him a premium of ten cents on each penny., Have you missed anyone? Betty Watson, erstwhile sophomore, has decided to become a business woman at school 37. She was heard to remark, Bennett's like Heaven. All of which proves---. Some of the freshman girls are of the opinion that what Bennett needs is more mirrors. Suggestion: The show cases on the second floor opposite the library are excellent, if you don't mind being mixed up in the displays. An anonymous letter states, We split infinitives, murder songs, slay girls, hang pictures, tear paper, kick footballs, dye hair, cut classes, skin bananas, and break records. Aren't they just bloodfthirsty Hends. Perhaps it's that Dracula influence, who knows? We heard from a learned senior that Marie Gress and Alice Jewel spent a study period looking for the holes in a button. We can't imagine what for. just suppos'n' the Davies twins were six feet tall or you came to Miss Daly without your homework. If you haven't seen june Bradshaw jackfknife off the old diving board, you haven't seen anything yet. We often wonder just what did happen to that powerful expression, Oh yea-ah! Perhaps it became embroiled in the cafeteria situation and was lost. Christine Reid must have heard a good joke when she let out that unearthly yell we heard during fourth hour lunch last week. We find the joke was that june Clark jumped off the high diving board causing a huge wave at the beginners' end of the pool. High school championships are only fun for Ethel Haas, Bennetts Helen Wills Moody. The city championships for women's singles and doubles went down to Ethel and in Washington she won the women's doubles champion' ships of the national Public Parks. Not only our boys are celebrities! Harriet Watson, Dorothy Longmate, Marie Woods, and Ida May Maulare are the budding athletes CWhat is the feminine form, of the Freshman class. The freshmen gleefully await the assemblies and actually quarrel for the distinction of sitting on those comfortable, luxurious stairs. Phyllis Field 0231 1932 Leon jehle 12061 1931