Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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'lr' ,I QW l Zlllllll-l 6 3 sl k t m ..-:Q ff'- ' Lugo- .qi yxk A 5- U-L 'a lt 'g n U 14.236 fi-I Q - f f V44 fwllf F 'T .Ti . , fl -, 1 :K Q 'fi 4 V H V V'.N il if ,fZ tuuz i l 1 W - E ' Y P il l 1 1 u ,A , I' ' ',v- H q .. 5 fy 2 it In f K-J' , .V E K' ,I . . Y, ,iq may - f jp , , 4 gl? May 7, 193OfMrs. Marie B. MacDonald, director of educational work for the American Turnerbund, told us about the origin, purpose, and accoml plishments of the Turn Verein Society. May 9, 1930-Bishop Adna Leonard of the Methodist Episcopal Church spoke on the topic, Developing a Personality. May 12, 1930-L'The Human Element in Accident Causationv was thc subject of an illustrated lecture by Mr. Frank E. Redmond, director of the educational bureau of Associated Industries, Inc., New York City. Mr. Red' mond stated that carelessness is responsible for most accidental deaths. May 14, 1930-Singing. The pupils who made the trip to Washingtoii during the Easter vacation entertained with musical selections. May 16, 1930-Mercer Declamation Contest. Prizes were awarded to Miriam Dorr and Arthur Callahan. Other contestants were: Annette Tan' gelder, Beatrice Goldberg, Laura Salisbury, Alfred Goehle, and Albert Preston. May 19, 193OfRev. Dr. Samuel V. V. Holmes of the Westminster Presbyterian Church delivered an excellent address on What It Means to be Educated. May 21, 1930-Mr. Seibold and Eudice Shapiro, accompanied at the piano by Dorothy Reynolds, gave a program of varied musical selections, each of which was briefly explained by Mr. Seibold. May 23, 1930-Annual debate between the Philosophian and .Avesta Zend Literary Societies. The question debated was: Resolved, That all nations should completely disarm, each nation maintaining only sufficient armaments to maintain order in its own respective territory. The Philo' sophians were victorious, and Charles Penfold of that team was awarded the prize for the best individual speech.