Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 90 of the 1931 volume:

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VI-No. 3 Published Four Times a 'Year by The Students of Bennett High School under supervision of The English Department at Buffalo, New 'York C. S. P. A. E. S. P. A. N. S. P. A. W. N. Y. I. P. A. 25C a copy Talnfe of Contents Orient .......... ......................... Price Tag ........... R .............. Rhapsody Oriental ........... Accident and Orient ............ All About Dragons ..................... Amazing Autobiography ............ Eudice Shapiro ...................... Reed Herring ............. Fred Atwill ................ Bernice Hempel ............ Careers Come First ...... ................ Why Teachers Grow Gray ........... Yamato Dake, Hero of Japan ............... 4 Lowbrows Dept. .................................. . The Staff ................ Editorial Page .......... News ................................................. Heard in the Corridors ............. Exchange ........................................ Alumni ............ Club Notes ........ Faculty Notes ........ Girls' Athletics ......... Athletics ........................................ Short Cuts and Detours .......... XX ,K f X ORIENT Golden Chinese temples, Buildings made of steelg 'J ,J Ancient junk boats softly ,TD K Sway at even keel. J Womexi stoop in rice fields .AW L Humming tuneless songsg F' t Gardens sweet with perfume, ,Q Sound of Chinese gongs, 4 Idols humbly worshipped, Buddhas made of soilg X Ancient land of mystery Made real hy human toil. N , ,,..,- Vlvfary Almand i ...f- ..7'-'xx no X i . eg , Ibtgs . ,f '77 I jg Q I X J To Q - Q , J K ' if ' X 1 x ' K ' I , Q Price Tag f By Ralph Wallenhorst ENTS lank, lengthy body was draped over the arm of an overstuffed stateroom chair as I entered. For a moment his lean face was turned toward meg then his gaze flicked back to an idol on our mantel. It was a curious figuref-a paunchy old fellow, squatting crosslegged on a rounded base, The shoulders were deep blue, with orange dots on the breast. The thin, red lips were twisted in a weird grin. Well, Watson, what do you make of it? Kent's voice had a ring. Make of what? That idol? It's not a pretty blue, rather shabby,-- 'like an antique. Precisely what it is. So f f f say, are we in trouble again? What's the matter? I was suddenly suspicious, for when Kent calls me Watson, I know he has been reading Sherlock Holmes. And whenever he reads Sherlock Holmes, he mixes himself up in the most intricate mystery he can find. Well, yes, we are in trouble. That, impreSsively , is the Raschmund Idol, value Si0,000. Whatl 'kExactly. Early this morning I went down to get the mail. The steward got things mixed, gave me that cardboard box that's on the mantel beside the idol. The idol was in it. The morning paper carried a picture of it. It was stolen from the British Museum! That steward has got us in a marvelous mystery. I'm going to call him up now. He lifted the receiver, got his connection, and proceeded to bawl out the steward very thoroughly. 'kWell, Watson, we've got to work fast. The box was supposed to go to Mr. Renkers, room 356. Let's get started. Within the next hour we purchased at the curio shop the following articles: One deep blue idol, closely resembling the Raschmund Buddha. One halffpint can of red paint, the same shade as the single stripe that ran down the idol's back. Two thin camelfhair brushes. C-Cge menneff german 7 W'hen we arrived back at the ship we were tired, dead tired. We had to explain to the steward and return to him Mr. Renker's box. But it was great fun,-with a tinge of danger. Explaining to the steward was easy. We felt sure of the box's erratic ilight. The moment we arrived in the stateroom, Kent called the British Museum. They promised to send police to investigate immediately. We felt pre' pared for anything. And, indeed, we soon had need to be. Mr. Renkers is not a handsome man. He has an oily, shifty look. And when he is startled abruptly, his hand involuntarily moves toward his hip pocket. Too, his eyes flicker and narrow, and he spins about on his heel at the slighest noise. A most unwholesome man, Mr. Renkers. He had come aboard with us at New York. And here, in India we had seen little of him. His visit was unexpected and highly significant. He was polite, but unnecessarily curt. Nervous, he seemed, but it passed rapidly. Hello, may I come in? I mumbled something unceremoniously and waved him to a seat. Then l collapsed into a chair. There's really nothing to be nervous about, Mr. Renkersf' Kent's remark startled me out of my apathy. Well then, boys, let's mince no words. Our guest leaned forward, and his hat slipped from his hand unnoticed. You know I'm here For the idol. I know you've got it. Now, where is it? If we refuse to tell? Tourists are not respected in India. How do you know we have the idol? . Quite simple. You made the mistake of forgetting that every article in a shop has a price set upon it. The genuine Raschmund Idol has no price tag on the base! Yes, ruminated Kent, half aloud. Better luck next time. Well, are you going to tell? I've decided not to. And your companion? Addressing me. Ditto A moment later he rose, leveled a miniature cannon at us, and had the telephone receiver to his ear. ' For the next ten minutes my nerves were those of a man tottering on the brink of a precipice. My balance was not restored when I saw a group of ragged natives enter the room. Tie them up, boys, Renkers cut out his order in a crisp voice. The band surrounded us, producing thin cords, taut and stiff. Halt! Reach for the sky! In the doorway stood a uniformed Museum Attendant. And behind him, with leveled service revolvers were ranged the police. fConti'nued on page 47, 8 cege ,eenneff Beacon The Vagabond Strain By Robert L. Hanna Theres a song in my heart that is lonely and sad, And it needs but a chord to awaken the strain,f And its echoes are dismal, and yet they are glad When they speak of the fastnesses where I might reign. And they whisper so softly of far away hills, And keep calling me to respond to the urge Of the wild, and drink deep of the sweet piney rills That arise on the mountain tops, downward to surge. Through the lEyes of a Dish Stacker By john A. Handy HET pile up high-they fall, some break, yes,-but they belong to the school-who cares? A continual stream, different faces, different per' sonalities-in fine, a mixture of typical American youth. They pass by --some careless, some careful, some indifferent, some-there is just no per' sonality. Little do these girls realize how their innermost characters are dis' played by the way they place a dirty, sticky dish upon the tottering pile of other dishes. Little does it mean to them if the stack stands or falls-but yet they show themselves. A stacker of dishes in the cafeteria can't be inf telligent--no-he's just a cog in that humming machine, just another white coat, just a servant, but he thinks, he notices, he wonders-yes, he sees. It is sad that we do not realize how our every action paints our character upon a public screen, it is sad we do not think that perhaps others think too- yes, but it is human nature,--that convenient, proverbial expression is blamed for everything-but it's true. Many faces I see, unfamiliar as to name, true, but as to character, very familiar. I visualize a mental picture of these per' sons, their names are mere signs, but their characters are undestroyable sym- bols in my mind of their innerselves. ox f xj? 'hem -5 'X f,T 17 lsffnfii? ' v. Egg -.ifi,4,,,,. 'EQ' 55? ,-'its ' .:- i ll ji 'qffgjja ga, . p 5q.::Tp:.-ir ,, n:c'..62i' 11QS?Q,gV' '7 -'P 1 'm wh-9,-H1W'1l C l'gg7y,'Lge,'3'3 . .- - az-.. ,, ,. . e..i.1?T' get f---. 3, R 5 . 4-13.-'l.1'C -2 , I .N NX f- l ix .X f WEB ylfd l 7 95j ' R ,, ,A 0 .51 .Sll J 'X, ix x S IM T' I Q N j T X K I ' i ' r l ' V ' Rhapsody Orientale By Laura E. Salisbury The moon looks down upon a garden fair, And is enchanted hy the picture there. Orange blossoms touched hy gentle winds Waft forth their heavy perfume, rare and sweet. A fountain tinkling midst a grove of trees Drips coolly on a dragons slimy hack, A green jade Buddha stares into the dusfg His red eyes ever gleaming halefully. From out the shadows slips a maiden still, Dark haired, and almondfeyed, and beautiful. Her lover follows, tall and strong, and straight, And listens as she speaks in accents low: Go now. Depart from me forevermore. Grieve not, and think not of thy lovc for me, Nor mine for thee. Forget me in thy work, Seek solace in whatever way you will, And now, hegonef' He clasps her in his arms Then vaults the wall and vanishes fore'cr. s The moon looks down upon a garden fair And is enchanted hy the picture there. She cannot know that cruel fates decree This maid he married to a man unknown: One chosen for his wealth hy parents stern. Nought can he done, suhmission is the law. The maiden glides away and all is o'er. The moon looks down upon a garden fair And is enchanted hy the picture there, Bells Clanging hell, striking terrorf-FIRE. Silvery hells, gay, happyfsleigh ride. jangling hell, shrill, insistentfftelephone. Bells of peace, Christ is horn fChristmas. Old hell, rings no more, cracked-Liberty Bell. Golden chimes, pealing out- -WCSfH1iDiStCf. Bothersome hell, eternally tinklingf- in EL study hall. Laura E. Salishury. 10 Cege seruneff ieeacoy God's Masterpiece By Alice Eby ILENCE, broken only by the steady lap, lap of the waves Sunset, an ecstacy of creative work, flinging paint madly to cover the vast canvas of the autumn sky. Heated, hushed moments, frantic brush strokes and then,-a masterpiece of God. Comes a dimming of the flagrant, fighting colors of sundown to the wistf ful tints of twilight,-tints that lovers hold precious. The lap, lap of the waves caress the shore, and clouds float in a dream lake,-a silvered silence from which the last lingering touch of rose recedes. Somewhere a loon calls softly and the musky scent of woods and lake en' velopes all. A shimmering blade of darting colors silently treads the rippling water. Only the incessant humming of insects breaks the dusky stillness as we step across the threshold of night. Occident and Orient By Grosvenor VJ. Bissell H, EAST is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meetf' Kipling was right. Our turbid, hurrying West will never understand the sluggish beauty of the Orient, lying, as it were, an uncut diamond, shrouded by the tongues of many nations, and veiled with the mysteries of lustrous eyes and veiled faces. India,f-home of the Taj Mahal, sweltering, heaving with the breath of millions,-China, vague and stoic,--Sumatra, with nearby Singapore,-sensf uous and warm, and evil,-that is the Orient. Ever beckoning the white man to linger and enjoy its languid hospitality, it flourishes its charms, and seems to hypnotize all who tread upon its soil. Its cities, ornate and wealthy, only conceal the laxity and ignorance of the interior, where the wooden flail still beats the yellow grain, and men still practice the evil eye. The Orient, like a great, slumbering giant, still basks in the setting sun of centuryfold habit. Some people are like that. They rest, and vaguely wonder, orientalflike, while others, stirred by the vigor of initiative, forge the upward path, and leave behind sparks of genius to ignite the fires of fame. Those who delay are swirled under by the eddies created as the sucf :esssful sail through the Sea of Life. The laggard and leader 'never meet- one can never fathom the other. So it is with the Orient and the Occident, one inert, the other active,-funparalled examples of retardation and progress. f' l 'Zz 5-'dll f ,fl -- N, .X N i f xx ,,,. i Nix r ,f fl , ,,-,f -sr f J if? i. X - T N A ' ' A l t ' V ' r X l l ' ' 7 x The Fruit of My Tree By Dorothy Phelps folmston A warm wind rustles the leaves Of my mulberry tree, And the soft berries Drop to the ground. These I can pick up Very easily. But if I climb the tree, And gather the berries carefully, They are not bruised and dirty. All About Dragons By Louise M. Zirms KNOW the capacity of a bird to fly, of a fish to swim, of a beast to get along, the last you can trap, the others take with a rod or an arf row,--but when it comes to dragons, I am ignorant of how they ride the winds and clouds to heaven. W-Confucius. The origin of the dragon in China is hidden behind a veil of obscurity which so far has baffled all attempts at its solution. The dragon enjoys an ominous eminence in the affections of the Chinese and is frequently repref sented as the greatest benefactor of mankind. In Chinese pictorial art, it seems an inseparable quantity,-fn the most important and venerated figure motif and one holding a remarkable position in the history and government of China. The people delight in praising its wonderful properties and powers. They have ascribed to it the power to make itself dark or luminous, subtle and thin or heavy and thick, and visible or invisible at pleasure. The real dragon should have, according to tradition, the head of a camel, the horns of a deer, the ears of a cow or water buffalo, the neck of a snake, the belly of a frog, the scales of a carp, the claws of a hawk, the palms of a tiger, and on each side of the mouth, whiskers. The breath is changed sometimes to water and sometimes to fire, and its noise is like the jingling of copper pans. Thus it seems that the Chinese have combined the characteristics of popular animals and have created dragons. Perhaps because of this, it is rather for the exponent of black magic than for the authority to divulge the secret of thc origin of the dragon. I 2 C-CQ: ,gens-:eff Beacon An Amazing Autobiography By Alice Eby S I look back over the myriads of years of past existence, many of the important events that I have witnessed flood my mind. The life on earth, the tumult of purgatory, and then crovming all, my rebirth in Mars. The year 1910 was, so far as I am aware, the beginning. I was fortunate in that my existence began in what was then considered modern times . During my earthly days I observed an eclipse of the sun and moon, the growth and development of air trafhc, and the last days of the automobile. In the year 1970 I was catapulted from the meteoric aeroplane into the stenching river Styx and was carried by its rushing, plunging current into the fiery, bot- tomless pit of everlasting tumult. For over a thousand years, I staggered through an existence in this foul hole of turbulence and torment. The eternal sweltering heat from the molten abyss kept me in continuous misery and horror. How welcome was the tormentor's command which forced me to walk into the private sanctuary of the mysterious ruler of the fiery pit. Until that moment I had never seen his form or felt his presence and even now he appeared like a mythical vision. His form was of living fire, which glowed and shimmered in the reddish hued gloom. As he spoke, flames shot from his mouth like jagged lightning, scorching the humid air, and forcing me to draw back from this monstrosity in awe. He told me in tones of thunder that my sins had been expiated and that my last stage of trials would be immediately imposed upon me. This infernal atrocity then waved his forked sceptre and I relapsed into oblivion. When I awoke I was dazed and in a stupor. I realized that I had not returned to earth, but knew equally well, that I had escaped from what I had learned to consider--eternal torment. As I looked about queer looking creatures seemed to be confusedly Hitting before me. A huge, multifcolored head, set upon a frame of sticks, was my first impression of these beings. This was a ghastly form, without life, substance, or weight. And yet I was conscious that it was a terrible reality. Upon viewing myself, I was horrified to find that I had also assumed the shape and body of these queer creatures. At the time I wished longingly for my old earthly form but I have since found out the many advantages of my strange form. My head was square shaped and tinted red, blue, purple and gold, and my vaporous hair stuck out in stiff red curls. From my eyebrows grew fCo'ntinued on page 13, ffilfji x 'P ' K T--I lixtgx ,ff Q X N 1 X i -. I ' SZ XR V ., 5 5SXl Ti J 'X X, 5 l S AM e' 7 I X x A 1 I 's f X P I ' X N I Night in the City By Laura E. Salisbury Night falls softly, And wraps the city in a velvet mantle. Down the highways, signs blaze forth- Come here to eat, drink, dancefu Long dark cars glide to a stop, And beautiful ladies step out of them. Lights are twinkling everywhere. They make the stars seem cold, far away. And thus the city sparkles Till the dawn fContinued from page 121 long, slowly waving silver antennae which held a multitude of tiny minute eyes. My two principal eyes were of huge size, absolutely round and a deep orange in color, which contrasted vividly with my red hair. My body----oh horror or horrorsfcould hardly be called a body at all and was covered with a green, slimy, unearthly substance. My legs were each about an inch in circumference and my feet were flat, boardflike appendages. I soon learned that my cumbersome feet enabled me to walk on molten lava which issued from many fissures and volcanos of Mars. To earthly people we were inf visible, but on account of our keen vision we were visible to each other, If necessary we could easily walk off into space and if we wished could visit any of the nearby planets without being seen by their inhabitants. During the Hrst thousand years of this singular, though now ordinary life, I beheld the sun grow larger and larger and when at times it came in contact with the planets, they disappeared like magic. At last came the fatef ful day when with a loud crash the earth collided against the sun. A great hlaze filled the whole atmosphere and the earth like a glittering ball of hre whirled dizzily into the depths of black space to be beheld no more. Now, in my three thousandth year, there are no more living planets except that on which we live, and as it is now a ball of ice we have no fear of burning from contact with the sun. Life is eternal but I do not know how long I shall remain in the form of a Marsian. It is commonly believed that we will wear out and that our forms will turn to dust and furnish scin- tillating sparks, which in turn become shooting comets. I know not, nor is there any way to find out whether this be true, and I wait for f f f I know not what! 14 Ccge gennetf Qgeacon Arr llnterview with Eudlice Shapiro - 5 .iv 'hw By Dorothy Phelps Johnston Eudice Shapiro UDICE told us that she didn't know a thing about herself, but after a crossfexamination, we found out a lot. First of all, she detests being called Ufdyce, or Ufdeece, Shafpirefo. And having that out of her system, she proceeded. She is concert master of our orchestra and the week of March sixteenth she went to Syracuse to attend the Eastern Conference of High School Orchestras. In our musical shows, she has figured prominently, and small wonder. Every Saturday for the past three years, she has gone to Rochester for a lesson, for she has a scholarship at the Eastman School of Music there. Then too, she broadcasts every day over the radio fshe has a passion to announce, we hearj and she had a week's engagement at Shea's Buffalo Theatre. But music isn't all. Oh, no. She loves to read. Not True Stories, nor highbrow works, but good novels. Also, she is a member of the Legion of Honor. But we have inside dope! She buys ten cent C0cofColas, instead of economizing on five cent ones. And she made this confession. Whexi she was a little girl, she used to practice with story books on her music rack, and she all the time watching the clock and playing Lotto with her foot. That, O ye young musician, is the way to succeed! Aside from all this, we all agree that Eudice is not only one of the nicest girls we know, but also the greatcst genius that Bennett High School has harbored. Cege Bennett Beacon ij An llnterview with Reed Herring By Laura E. Salisbury Reed Herring FTER some persuasion, Reed Herring, the actor with the voice, conf sented to being interviewed. First and foremost we found out that he has displayed said voice in The Flattering Word, Erstwhile Susan, and The Full House. The tale of how he was accidentally roped into dramatics much to his disgust, is unique. Ask him! But anyway, we're glad he was roped in, fand so is hej. By subtle questioning, we found out that Reed has a mottim- What you are to be, you are now becoming. He has lived up to this in various ways while he has been at Bennett. To be explicit QU in sports,-last year's champion tennis team, basketball this year, Q21 in plays, of course, in organizationsf-Legion of Honor, Avesta Zend, and Bennett Players of which he is President, Q45 in the Senior class, ye honorable secretary. In the course of the interview, we discovered that Reed is six feet four, the conventional height for the dashing hero. Incidentally, he reaches almost to the top of Mr. Stamps oflice door, which makes a very good measuring post. However, he doesnt believe in drawing himself up to his full height. We wonder why. Before the popular womanfhater dashed away, he told us this,+he will he at the University of Michigan for a few years in case we want to see some more of him, but after that we'll see him on Broadway. I6 Ccge Bennett geaccn An llnterview with Fred Atwill By james Harrigan, jr. Fred A twill ROM the distant realms of proud Snyderites comes a debonair young gentleman f - f Fred Atwill, captain of Bennetts recordfbreaking swimming team. The Beacon does not record his many records, since by the time we are oil the press he will have continued in his habits of break' ing each one he has set up, Qfurthermore only the World Almanac is large enough to hold them alll, Cf course it is well known that Fred and Charlie Pankow are great pals. That is to say, when one sees Freddie, then one knows Charlie is not far away. Logic will prove the converse of this proposition. Nothing can separate these two gentlemen. Not even the question of who will succeed Johnny Weismuller, former champion of New York state. Fred is not strictly aquatic in his sports for baseball claims his attention also. According to Fred, prospects for next year's swimming team look bright. This means that we ought to add another cup to our collection. After graduation, Fred intends to go to Colgate University where he will take a course in business administration. Cege Bennett Beacon I7 An llnterview with Bernice Hempel By Dorothy Phelps fohnston N Bernice Hempel ERNICE most gracefully assented to an interview. Her extreme modesty compelled her to halffresist, but we suspect that she was quite elated. At any rate, we didn't have much trouble in getting what we wanted. She is Treasurer of the Senior Class. And a gleam came into her eye. She says that as soon as she gets her clutches on the money she and Ethel Haas are planning a trip to Europe. Haasy must have a chance to compete in foreign lieldsf' Perhaps if they had known before the electionsf Dehating is what she lives for, but she does not confine her talents to that field alone. She is President of the Philosophian Literary Society, a mem' her of the Legion of Honor, she works on the BEACON, goes out for athletics, spasmodically, she says, and is on the Color Guard. She has a passion for get' ting various parts of her anatomy broken, smashed or otherwise mutilated. Her hohhy is blackmailing History teachers, hut she leans also toward swim' ming home from motor hoat rides as well as bedecking herself with pins awarded for various honors. Her pet aversion is scanning Latin poetry, and another is having her name spelled HfEfM-P-LfE. Bernice started in life by knocking over Teddy Hammond's hlock houses in kindergarten. Her life ambition changes every year. At present it is to compile an annotated edition of Domimts Brewster's caustic, ironic ref marks in class. Aside from the inside information we extracted, we discovered that she likes to do most everything, and that is what makes her a good, popular, all around girl. 18 C'-Cge ,Bennett mascara Careers Come First By Virginia Poultie ND, continued Mearl Moorson, the only thing I can see is for you to entertain her. Of course, with my art work, I couldn't possibly find time to bother with a dull country girl. She finished with a sigh and cast a slightly anxious glance at the tall young man who sprawled gracelessly in a midfVictorian chair. No response. Hugh, you weren't listening, she reproached. Of course, of course, the young man suddenly came to life and sat up. Rather a delightful looking person, this young man. Hugh had a sense of humor, and manifested it in his laughing eyes and the crinkly smile around his mouth. Of course I was listening, he stated slowly, but I don't see what that has to do with our marriage. Why can't we get married next month? we could-- We've gone all over that, Hugh, Mearl interrupted sharply. You know I can't marry you now, with my art work, but if you don't want to bother with my cousin- But Hugh had left with a mumbled All right , and muttered exclama- tions in which art, silly pictures, and statues were prominent. Mearl groaned as she picked up the letter lying on the desk. Why did Della have to decide to pay a visit now? Especially when she was so busy, and Hugh was so crabby. Then, too, Amanda would grumble at the idea of preparing a big dinner for this evening when it was her afternoon off. One certainly shouldnt cater to the servants, but Amanda was so good- ak wk 1: wr wk :ie wk wk :ie Dinner that evening was a cheerful affair. True, Della and Hugh did most of the talking, but Mearl was so stunned at the appearance and wit of her cousin that she didn't say much. Della Moorson was small. Small but sophisticated. And she was witty. Mearl was surprised at the cleverness of her repartee. Mearl, Hugh turned to her, are we going to that dance tomorrow night? Because I thought, he continued, if you were too busy, I'd take Della. A dance? inquired Della. What fun. You'll go? from Hugh. 'hYes, love to, said Della. Mearl looked on, speechless. Why! They had decided to go, without even waiting for her to answer. Of course, she did want to finish that pic' ture, and dancing was slightly boring, but then, they might have let her TEPIY- fContimied on page ZZQ Q-Efzfse r 5 6 l ,nl hm EX ,f . T le 7,7 P .Z ' XT ' X ' r .ai Why Teachers Crow Gray By Thomas A, Goodman Characters: Teacher Class of boys Place: Boys' homeroom TEACHER: Qcalli-ng roll, Applebee! APPLEEEE: Here. T EACHER: Bumble! BUMELE: fwaking, Bum-oh, I'm here. TEACHER: Corn! CORN: Coming. flnstantly quelled by one look from teacher., TEACHER: Darling! GRISTLE: fwith low voice, Here. TEACHER: Flag! CRISTLE: fwith very low voice, Here. TEACHER: Flipper! GRISTLE: fwith very, very low voice, Here. TEACHER: Gristle! FLIPPER: Here. fGristle has fainted from exhaustion., TEACHER: Heart! CLASS: Here he comes! flntermission while Heart explains tardiness., TEACHER: Isaacs! CLASS: Here!! fNoise now reigns supreme as Teacher sends The boy in the last seat out of the room., TEACHER: Quiet! This is the hrst time in weeks that you've heen so noisy. CLASS: Whistle! Boom! Rah! fBell rings loudly., TEACHER: fabove turmoil, Jacobs! CLASS: fin chorus, You just sent him out! TEACHER: Now the sooner you get this noise over with, the sooner you'll get out. King! KING: Here. TEACHER: Mooney! VOICE FROM REAR: Here. SECOND VOICE FROM REAR: Here. fContinued on page 47, 20 C-Cge ganna!! meacon Yamato Dake, ll-llero of Japan By jean Brownell AMATO, son of the Mikado, was indeed like the moon among stars in beauty. His eyes were long and dark, his complexion creamfcolored, his body lithe and graceful-fin short, he was a young man of most godflike aspect. He was, moreover, divinely intelligent, and even before his beard was grown, had accomplished a feat with which Japan has been ring- ing for nearly two thousand years. When Yamato was still a very young man, he was given the command of an expedition to the island of Kiushiu, where the enemies of the Mikado had incited a rebellion. Upon his arrival there, he found that the rebellion was blazing furiously. He determined to quench it before it spread to the other islands. With this in mind, he called a council of his generals. That night, after the sun had sunk into the sea and the moon had ap' peared to lighten the world, the sentinel on guard at the rebel camp perceived the slender outline of a young girl approaching. As she came nearer, the man saw that she was an extremely beautiful maiden, dressed in a dancing cos- tume of alluring silks. In a mysterious whisper, the girl asked to be directed to the tent of Marukamo, the rebel chief. The sentinel was but as other men, and, after one look at her winning smile ,and sparkling dark eyes, he led her to the tent where Marukamo was dining with some friends. Marukamo and his guests were delighted with the beauty of the girl, but their delight turned to wonder when she began to dance. Her grace, as she flew through the intricate steps of her dance, can be compared only to the lightness of thistledown blown about by the wind. Her movements were so free and effortless, her smile so bewitching, that by the time the dance was over, her watchers were held spellfbound. Marukamo especially was entranced by the maiden, and after the dance took her by the hand and led lier into his own tent, where he could enjoy her charms privately. But once inside the tent, the coy maiden tore off her dancer's garb and displayed to the horrorfstricken rebel leader the manly form of the incomparable Yamato Dake himself! The struggle that followed was very unequal and soon ended when Marukamo fell to the ground, Yamatds dagger in his breast. The conqueror fled to his own camp, unseen by anyone, and for years afterward, though the revolution had failed immef diately upon the death of its leader, the friends of the luckless Marukamo searched in vain for the lovely udancingfmaidenn whose deeds so belied her charming appearance. This was by no means the last of Yamato's adventures, for his life was long and eventful. At length, however, after having endured many hard' ships and won many victories against hostile spirits as well as against human enemies, he was gathered unto his fathers to sleep death's dreamless sleep. O L., 4 - iid of ' ' P X 9 tb ' Spring By Betty F. Barber Spring, with its Tinted pastels, Is like a bridal crown Of orange blossoms Against a background Of lace. How toTalce a Picture of aTvvoYear Old By Phyllis Field F THERE is anything more diilicult or more exasperating than taking a picture of a two year old, I've never come across it. They delight in the idea, but the command to look at the birdie seems to raise rebellion in their infant minds. Qf course the first, and perhaps the hardest, thing to do is to catch the slippery young person and explain to him that something perfectly delightful is going to happen,- that he is going to have his picture taken. If you havenit your camera set, it is just too bad, for after the details of loading and focusing, your subject will have disappeared. Wheii you have located him again, your patience will be on its last legs. Soon you have camera and subject ready, and visions of a sweet little boy with an adorable smile. You think of telling your friends, f f f and he was so good about letting me take it! But dreams are unstable, and johnny decides that hc'd rather have his picture taken with the dog across the street. First, try to persuade Johnny that he doesnt know his own mind, and then use your powers of persuasion on the dog across the street. Johnny howls like a trooper when the dog runs away and you probably spend the next live minutes sopping up salty tears. Then you can induce the little fellow to sit still for just a second, till he hears a click, and he will vet an 6 ice cream cone. Your troubles are over,- if the sun doesnt go under a cloud. The iinished picture is likely to represent a rather tearful and blurry little boy. Perhaps, after all, it is better to sneak up on him when he is interf csted in something else. This may save much bother for you and for the two year old as well. 22 C-Gge ganna!! Beacon Portals That Are Open By Betty F. Barber HE bell had its say and the last Freshman has dashed to the annex f f f Agmen, agminis, neuter, comes from 413 f f f 221 and a Senior giving a fullflength story of the Revolution f f f Artfminded students displaying their work before Mr. Cavalieri in 219 f f f Miss Campbell striv- ing to quiet our scholarly Seniors in 207 f f f A bored Sophomore in a Fresh' man algebra class greets our eyes in 109 f f f O Sole Mio comes from 111, so we hurry on f f f Hardworking souls trying to comprehend Mr. Axlerod's extensive vocabulary in 116 f f f Up to third on the elevator f f f From 327 comes, All those who haven't their homework, stand f f f As we stroll along, Miss Daly's voice- Report to me at 2145 f f f c2:a2-I-b2, chimes an algebra student f f f Tomo, tomas, toma, from Mrs. Wilson's room f f f and as we pass 322 we hear the cryptical query, Are you referring to the women or the ship? from Mr. Brewster's gathering of the mental aristocracy - f f And so on far, far into the period. QCo11tmued from page 181 Days passed in a whirl of dances, parties, teas. Occasionally Mearl went along, but most times Hugh and Della went alone. Mearl even seemed a drag on the party, sometimes. After an especially tiring luncheon, one day, she realized that Hugh wasn't paying so much attention to her. The thought left her bewildered, but she was aroused. Hugh, she called. Hugh, dear, she began, let's go to a show and dinner tonight,Aalone. WOl1ldU,t that be fun? Fun? Oh sure, lot's of fun. Of course. vs af as as is 4: fx: as ae Mearl was at her best. My dear, you look lovely, Hugh said with admiration. Let's dance. The conversation was light and bantering. The party was very gay. as as ar rt ae ae :ie as wk Mearl's thoughts were pleasantly mixed as she awoke the next morning Hugh certainly was a dear, she mused. 'LNow I can go back to work. How silly no think he wasn't in love with me. She laughed. Very delightful. Come in, as Amanda knocked. A telegram? How exciting. She smiled and took it. But her face darkened and the smile froze as she read: DELLA AND I WERE MARRIED THIS A M STOP REALIZED I SHOULD NOT COME BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR ART STOP HUGH LOWBROWS' DEPARTMENT Sub-Deb fThe Gloriousl McGillicuddy Presents His UWOCKLE DEN Featuring a TRUE TRUDY TECTIVE MlZZTREE From the sums ORIENTALEH NOT QUITE A LADY, BUT OH, WHAT A WOMAN! ECTOR WUZZAPUP, the famous demagnetized detective, was baff fled. The MiZztree Hex , as that Eendish vandalette was called, who insisted on removing those beautiful mustaches which are to be found gracing feminine features on any conspicuous billboard, had once more been seen on the streets of New Cheeseburgh, with eraser poised in hand, and a devastating look in her eyes. Hector, as we have said before, was baffled. Having guzzled an over' size jelly doughnut, he reached under his overfstuffed chair and pulled forth his only clue. fHecky f f f of course you know that we're referring to Hector f f f we meant to tell you, had been engaged by the mayor of Cheeseburgh to capture the Mizztree Hex .j It was an ornate old rose boudoir cap, with thc mysterious initials, Sally Patica, the Mizztree Hex , worked across the top in 22M karat silver letters. Hecky, with his marvelous powers of deduc' tion, had surmised that this cap must belong to the famous Mizztree Hex , and with extraordinary cunning he inserted this ad fpardon the slangj in the New Cheesbuvgh Herald: If Miss for Mrsj Sally Patica will call at the offices of Hector Wuzzapup, the world's only demagnetized detective, she for hej will receive a great surprise. He then retired to his study where he patiently waited behind shuttered windows for three months, playing his piano accordion lustily for want of other exercise. Then, on the ninetyffirst day of his wearisome vigil, he was rewarded by a sharp peal from his dis- connected doorbell. He went swiftly to the door and yanked it open. There on the threshold stood a huge dog leering at him through luxuriant eyelashes. Welcome to my humble domicile, Sally , hissed our hero as he clapped handcuffs on the canine's paws. fC0'ntinued on page 25, 24 Cege Bennett Beacon COLUMN O' LOVE By MME KATIE McGILLICUDDY DEAR KATE, I-Iow's your liver? f f f I'll bet that startled you, didn't it? Imagine my embarassment when I opened a circular and found this vile phrase staring me in the face. I think that something ought to be done to exclude this type of obscene literature from the mails, don't you? I'm certain that unless it is suppressed, the younger generation will suffer. GAZZHOO. ANS. I'm inclined to heartily agree with you. A girl can't be too careful nowadays, can she? Come up to tea sometime, and we'll let down our hair and have a good, old fashioned cry. WINSOME KATE. FAIREST OF THE FAIR, I am over eighty years old, yet I am but a wee bit of a girl at heart. Please answer these questions for me: 1. Is there an Easter Bunny? 2. What is a cigarette? 3. Where is New York City? 4. Do you like Hot Cross Buns? Please answer yes or no. SOPHRONY. ANS. I have complied with your request as follows: 1. Yes or no, Z. No, 3. Yes. 4, As this question does not seem to be entirely wholesome, I will not answer it. THE MADAME. v KGMPASSIONATE KATIE, My marriage is a complete failure! Last night, when I was shampooing my pet poodle, Angela Mia , my husband suddenly flew into a rage and said that I must choose between him and Angela Mia . I love them both. What shall I do? HAPPY FEET. ANS. By all means choose the poodle! What a cute name it has! I have a pet dog, too, and I can realize the pleasure you must derive from yours. What good's a husband, anyway? MADAME CS. P. C. AJ KATIE. cege fennel! ,Beacon 25 O COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL! ' Please play for me that sweet- no, no, I mean I wonder if you will repeat that recipe for Gloria's Glorified Glomu, from your Tasty Receipts corner. I want to serve it at a bridge party which I am going to give for my worst enemies. TACTLESS. ANS. Here it is: fall measurements are unevenj GLORIA'S GLORIFIED GLOM Take 3 cups of leftover prunewhip, zn cups of tan shoepolish, a quart of sour whipped cream, a can of tomato soup, M lb. of moldy grated cocoa' nut, 8 large onions, sliced, a teaspoonful of prepared mustard, a box of cough- drops, a quart of vinegar, and one pound of pink and apple green bon'bons. Throw these all together into a dirty dishpan, stir for 3 hours and 15 minutes and add a gallon of boiling water. Dump the mixture into a mold and place in the electric refrigerator for 2 days, or until frozen solid. Then put into a moderate oven 1900 FJ and bake for 6 hours. It will then be ready to serve. P. S.- -Ptomaine poisoning and satisfaction guaranteed. KATE fthe leftfover expertj. fContinued from page 23 You brute, how did you know that it was I? demanded Sally Patica, the Mizztree Hex , for it was she, indeed, camouflaged in an innocent appear- ing dog costume. Oh, snapped Hector, from studying the embroidery on your boudoir cap, I deduced that about three months after I had advertised in the New Cheesebwrgh Herald, you would visit my lodgings disguised as a St. Bernard. O, you dreat, bid, wonnerful super mans , cooed Sally as she stepped from her canine habiliments. Let's you and I get hitched immejitly and for' get all about nassy Mizztree Hex . NO. K.! screeched Hecky as they rushed off to the license bureau. To this day the residents of New Cheeseburgh wonder as to the identity of the Mizztree Hex , but of course they are terrorized by her no longer. N f'1'3 998:54 I I M fo N , f 5. ,.,.,,, . F ' ll 4 ii ,Q '- 51 i's1f - jyff 151mr:g.sX-. 1 2 .. x N-FM: .zvr-S51 115592 WX wa .1mm,11x4. .wr f .. 13 j The Stag EditorfinfChief, Arthur Callahan 12061 Business Manager, Robert G. Lyon 12061 Advertising Manager, Frank Kalmbach 12241 Associate Editors: Dorothy Phelps Iohnston 12071 Mary Albrecht 12071 S. Harvey Sugarman 12061 Departmental Editors: Norman Begin 12241 Phyllis Field 12231 Claire MacDonald 12231 Walter Buerger' 12061 Bernice Hempel 12071 Helen Maw 12071 Raymond Cook 12061 Leon Iehle 12061 Laura Salisbury 12071 Alice Eby 12071 Albert Sutter 12061 Art Editor, Louise Zinns 12231 Associate Art Editors: Marion Ward 12071 1931 Freelon Hunter 12241 1932 William Kinsman 12181 1932 Photography Editor, Charles Sears 12061 Associate Photography Editors: Robert Barnhardt 12121 Mahlon Peck 12061 Circulation Manager, Ethel Schutt 12071 Assistant Circulation Manager, Mary Hough 11071 Assistant Business Manager, james J. Harrigan, Ir. 11241 Assistant Advertising Managers: Roger Cummings 13181 Robert O'Neil 11281 Advertising Solicitors: Dorothy Fischer 11071 Ruth lanes 12271 Melvin Gibson 11161 Mary Scanlon 12231 Floor Managers: Anna Mae Dugan 12071 Aileen Maguire 12071 Mary Templeton 12071 Ruth Grant 12191 Katherine Morse 12071 Dorothy Weisbeck 12211 Faculty: Marie Gress 11171 Marie Muskopf 11091 t Mail Order: Sarah Teplitzky 11151 Florence Moorman 12231 Faculty Advisers 5 Miss Belden Mr. Cavalieri Miss Wright OlFlF THB lEDllTOR'S BAT Congratulate Senior Officers The BEACON staff wishes to extend their congratulations to the Senior Off ficens, Earl Arthurs, Mary Albrecht, Bernice Hempel, Reed Herring, Wal- ter Merwin, Beatrice Goldberg, Theo- dore Hammond, Dorothy Johnston, and Sandfort Cts. The Seniors Class of 1931 has justly chosen to honor those who have most honored the school by their accomplishments. It is the only way your fellowclassmen have to show their appreciation of your work and to show you the high opinion they retain concerning you. Again we congratulate you. JUNIOR CLASS We would like to extend our conf gratulations, also, to the Junior Class for its selection of such an excellent representative group of officers. Our congratulations go individually to each one of them: To Charles Pankow, the presidentg Jean Brownell, vice- presidentg Phyllis Field, secretary, and to both the marshals, Charlotte Egf bert and Frank Kalmbach. It is par' ticularly fortunate that such decref tion has been evidence in your selecf tion.. We are assured that these offif cers can and will administer their duties with the utmost diligence. CONSIDERING COLLEGE ? Perhaps you have heard of the self' made man. In most cases you will find he looks just like an amateur job. There have been some men-Thomas Edison for example-who have by a combination of great effort and intel- lectual curiosity succeeded greatly without a formal education. To deny that these men are educated far in ad' vance of some collegians would be foolish. To suppose that any person can do as these few really great men did would be folly. They are the great exceptions-most of us will admit that we are only average. In this queer old world of ours, a degree is a great social advantage for those who possess it. The tendency is to regard this as a mark of great mental capacity. Preference is usually given to the man with a college education. When these benefits can be secured, will you hesitate to avail yourself of them? They will work definitely for your own advantage. Take your op' portunity. More will be expected of you when you have a college education but you will be better equipt to han' dle all of it. Get your applications in as soon as possible! DEBATE TEAMS First Row: Kenneth Murphy, alt.. Josephine Pound, Leon Jehlc. Iohn Handy. Second Row: S. Harvey Sugarman, Sidney Claymnn. Bernice Hempel. Albert Preston, Coach Axlerod. e Bennett eacon Vol. VI ORIENTAL ISSUE No. 3 AFHHMATIVE TEAM UEFEATS TEIIH NEENHVE LUSES TU EAST Score 19-6, 7-18 By Ralph I. Gregg Bennetts affirmative team debating at home defeated Technical by a score of 19-6, but lost the negative to East by 7-18 on March 26 when they debated. Resolved, that New York State Should Adopt a System of Compulsory Unem' ployment Insurance. In the total scores of both fall and spring debates Bennett stands second with 56 points, while Lafayf ette with 61 points, takes first place. Ben' nett's teams were composed as follows: Affirmative team-S. Harvey Sugar' man, Albert Preston, Bernice E. Hempel. Alternate, Murphy. Negative-john A. Handy, Leon jehle, Josephine Pound. Alternate, Sidney Claymen. The topic for discussion was approprif ate to this present commercial crisis. The issue, as accepted by the judges was whether the plan was just and equitable to all concerned. The generally under, stood and accepted plan calls for a sys' tem by which the employee, employer, and state contribute certain amounts to an unemployment fund. The recipients of the benefits of this fund are those who cannot find work or for whom work can' not be found. A maximum time is set so that purposeful loahng will be dis' couraged. Protagonists afhrm that it is the duty of society to alleviate the condif tion of the unemployed and the obligation might just as well be executed in the most efficient and justifiable manner. Further, they advance the argument that the fund is accumulated in prosperous periods and that the benefits are repaid fContiviued on page 30, col, 21 EAST FUH UPEHETTA I5 EHUSEN Marie Winkler Has Lead Marie Winkler will play the title role of the operetta The Marriage of Nan- nette to be staged by Mr. Seibold and the music department on April 28 and 29. The historical setting in 18th Cen' tury France, with the plot built around the happenings of this period. Others in the cast who play principal parts are: Eudice Shapiro ............. .,............ 'Y uorme Beatrice Goldberg ......... ............. Z enobie Evelyn Wagner ............ .......... H eloise Raymond Cook ................. ............ R erme Sterling Hotchkiss .......... .................. H emi Robert Lipsett .................................... Frederic Chester Grill .................................... Reporello The libretto has been entirely revised and rewritten by Dorothy Johnston, jean Brownell, Mary Albrecht, and Frank Mil' ler, all of whom were cofauthors of the Legion play Brief Cases in Court. Ac' cording to these people, the libretto has been modernized into a very breezy, typif cal high school manner. No change is be' ing made in the music and songs. Rehearsals have been held for several weeks by the orchestra for the operetta, to insure its success. The plot consists of many involved cir' cumstances, with moments of great sus' pense. Although the play seems almost tragic at times, it concludes happily. Mr. Seibold stated that this light musi' cal drama will appeal to many because of its humorous and facetious situations. Elizabeth A. Puglisi C207j 1931 30 Ccge ge SENIIJH GLASS UE 1931 SELEIITS IJEEIIIEHS Arthurs Elected President Earl K. Arthurs, was made president of the class of 1931 when it chose its oth-:ers at a joint meeting at Bennett in early March. The following were also appointed to the posts of honor: Earl K. Arthurs ..... .. .......,..................... ..,.. l lrcsident Mary A. Albrecht .................. Vice-President Bernice E. Hempel ........... .............. . .Treasurer Reed B, Herring ........... ............... . .Secretary Walter S. Merwin ....................,.,. Boys' Marshal Beatrice E. Goldberg ..,...,........... Girls! Marshal Theodore W. Hammond .................. Historian Sandfort W. Ots .......................................... Prophet Dorothy P. Johnston .......................................... Poet Salutatorian and Valedictorian will be chosen later. These officers were elected in a prefer- ential ballot after a list of popular candi dates had been compiled from the direct primary. Principal Rhodes presided over the meeting with the assistance of Mrs. Wilkinson and it was the opinion of the class that the entire procedure was marked by unusual unity and conservation of time and effort. There were no acceptance speeches, but the class of 1931 feels that the loyal management of class affairs is in capable hands and that any pledges of faithful execution of office are needless. Ralph Gregg C2065 1931 MH. LEIN HEEIEIVE5 MASTEH UE AHT5 DEGREE Herbert S. Lein, head of the science de- partment, received a Master of Arts de- gree in physics from the University of Buffalo at the commencement exercises on February 22nd. His thesis was based on experiments with didymium glass which corrects the color error in photographic lenses. He was successful in discovering a suitable glass to remove the difliculty. According to Mr. Lein the work was in- teresting, though very complicated. The major part of Mr. Lein's study was com- pleted while he held a teaching fellowship at the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena during the years 1924-1927. James W. Brennan f224J 1932 nneff meacoy Hero of Smyrna Tells ofAdventures in Turkey Mr. fennings for Modern Turks Mr. Asa K. Jennings, hero of the evac- uation of Smyrna, addressed the students on February llth, and entertained them with an exciting account of the disturb- ances of 1922 in that region. First, how' ever, he explained his duties and responsi- bilities as executive vice-president of the American Friends of Turkey and as ad- visor on education to the Turkish govern- ment. In his address, Mr. Jennings stated that the abuses of the old Ottoman Em- pire have disappeared since the rise of the new Turkish republic. Operating for the American Friends of Turkey, Mr. Jen- nings and his assistants have helped the government to develop an educational system, together with a juvenile court and probationary institution. He claimed that the modern Turks are fully as intelligent and ambitious as we are, but that their progress is retarded by inveterate pre- judices and ancestral, backward policies. In 1922, Mr. Jennings, although he was the most highly empowered American in Smyrna, was helpless throughout the con- flagration, but, when the need for re- moving the refuges to safety arose, he se- cured the aid of the Greek navy and rescued thousands of them. Ralph Gregg C2063 1931 Debates Continued, fContinued from page 291 in times of depression while under the present system of charity, contributions are least forthcoming when they are most needed. Opponents of the plan base their arguments on the fact that this remunera- tion lowers the morals of the worker who has visions of this steady income in idle periods. They go on to say that there is no adequate statistical record on which to base operations and that the results of this dehciency would be serious. The main negative contention is that the plan will create more problems than it can solve. ccge garnet! Beacon 31 HIVEHEIUE TU Hlllll FIJHMAL IIEIJIEATIIIN Event Scheduled for April I 6 th By Arthur Callahan Riverside High School will hold its formal dedication on April 16th, at which time parents and friends of the school will be given the opportunity of viewing the most modern features in school archif tecture and equipment. Mr. Whitney is principal of Riverside. Mr. Spear, former head of Bennett's science department, is vicefprincipal. The newest of Buffalo's high schools contains several new features, such as a centralized sound system and dial phones. This system enables pupils in each room to listen to radio programs or to school assemblies while in the rooms. The prin' cipal may address the whole school from his office by merely turning a switch with' out the necessity of calling the whole school together in assembly. Loud speakers in the gym permit the use of radio prof grams for dancing. Closely related to this system, River' side has dial phones allowing roomfto- room communication. This type of phone is used in no other school in the city. Its value lies chiefly in the fact that it dis- penses with an oflice switch board. To provide hitherto unavailable facili' ties for botanical study as well as for floral decorations for the various school rooms, there is a conservatory on the roof. This conservatory is an exemplification of the growing tendency of education to provide an actual basis for study by allowing the pupils to examine at first hand the partic' ular object of his instruction , stated Mr. Spear. Work has begun on a tract of land immediately in the rear of Riverside to I provide for a complete track and football Held as well as for other field sports. Sev' eral tennis courts are being laid out, also. This field, when completed, will provide a convenient practice Held for all of River' side's teams. Other items of interest about the school are the large plunge with the latest violet ray type of puriication, the fully equipped stage, large circulating library, and a com' plete photographic laboratory. The Riverside Pilot, a four column news sheet, is the school publication. The editors are Marion Alt and Donald Shea, both former Bennettonians. It carries a column of Current Opinion giving the student attitude about the administration of the school. Miss Rippey, formerly one of the advisors of the BEACON, holds a similar position on the Pilot. Mr. Spear said that the fact that River' side has been functioning smoothly since the opening of the school in September is due to the ready spirit of cofoperation between the students and teachers. STUDENTS GIVEN HIINUH PINS Under Miss Irene Iohnson's supervision and direction honor awards covering the last two honor rolls of the first term were presented in assembly on February 6th, The pupils to whom honors were awarded include: Edward Simpson, Da' mon Witte and Sylvia Arend, who re' ceived gold pins: Dorothy Borschel, Alma Dougherty, june Rogers, Rose Cruse, Ruth Janes, Margaret Hamilton, Miriam Stein, Janet Gibson, George Stephan, Don- ald Wagner, john Mensonides, Walter Noehren, and Rosalind Greenberg, who received silver pins. Bronze awards were announced as having been won by the fol' lowing: Jane Collins, Arlene Behnke, War- ren Wagenbaur, Alice Curtis, Robert Cron, Richard Ball, Sidney Clayman, Cyn' thia Zink, Jane Steiner, Elaine Pi-ill, and Ruth Pickard. Jacqueline Snell C071 1931 52 Ltge manner! geneva IIESENIS' SIIEIIII SINEN EIIII IIN. III. By reason of the acceptance of Mrs. Smering's syllabus for the American Lit' erature with Composition by the board of Regents, students at Bennett will now receive Regents' credit for taking this sub' ject. This course is designed for those pupils who have completed English Four Years and desire to obtain an understand' ing of American writers, both early and modern. The syllabus is based in great part up' on material which Mrs. Smering has col' lected in visiting the birthplaces of the early American writers, and also from in' tensive study of their works. In the case of modern writers, it has been, in many instances, by personal contact with the writer. Much use is made also of the At' lantic Monthly to which the students sub' scribe. From it are taken the models for assigned compositions and also subjects for discussion in class. Besides the aim of formulating a better understanding of American writers, the course also has for its object the produc' tion of satisfactory one'page themes with' in a specified time limit, to aid the student in securing a free and lucid style of intel' ligent writing. This subject was formerly known as Advanced English , but the name was changed by suggestion of the Regents, When the course was hrst instituted, two years ago only seven enrolled. This term over 40 registered for the course. john A. Clarke f224j 1932 miss WNFENENH mil Art Appreciation was the subject of a talk given in the assembly on February 20th, by Miss Watt, a member of the Art Department. In the course of the talk Miss Watt emphasized the fact that Buffalo was rich in art objects, stating that even coast to coast railroads advertise, See Niagara Falls and the Albright Art Gallery. The speaker touched on various types of archi' tecture, emphasizing especially the pillar. Her points were illustrated by excellent slides, including several of State Teachers College, University of Buffalo, Bennett High School, and other buildings in Buf' falo. In discussing sculpture Miss Watt showed slides of hgures in the Historical Building, among them the statue of Lin' coln, seated. She also touched on Modern or Symbolic Art, showing one grotesque head entitled Lady Lon Chaney . Cranston Thayer 12061 1931 S. P. S. II. NWAIIEIS PIIIZES Ill ESSAY WINNEIIS Prof Alexander Addresses Assembly Representatives of Erie County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals made their annual visit to Bennett, Febru' ary 9th, for the purpose of awarding prizes to the winners of the essay contest sponsored by the society. The title of the essay this year was The Service of Ani' mals on the Byrd Expedition . The win' ners, Edna L. Iehle and Evelyn jane Robinson, were each presented a book by Miss Rochester, of the S. P. C. A. Those receiving honorable mention were award- ed pins. At these exercises Professor Alexander of the Buffalo Museum of Natural Science gave an illustrated talk on Camouflage in Nature. Men, during the World War, thought that they had, in camouflage, dis' covered something new and original, but they were greatly mistaken, as the birds and animals have practiced this for thou' sands of years, said Professor Alexander. To show how well some animals were pro- tected the speaker exhibited slides from his private collection. These slides show' ing different animals in their natural habitat, proved that it was almost imposi' sible to distinguish them from the sur' roundings. This camouflage, stated Professor Alexander in concluding his lecture, is of the utmost necessity for the well being of the animals. He also related how a na' tional society for the prevention of the use of steel traps is attempting to secure legislation for the prohibition of the use of these cruel devices for catching animals. I. Wayne Frost 12241 1932 Ccge gennett seacon SAPTAINS ANNIlllNllElI Al FAll LETTEH llAY Letters Awarded Captains for all the fall sports for next year were announced at the annual observance of the fall letter day on jan' uary 12th, when more than one hundred letters were awarded. Dick Stewart is to be next year's captain of golfg Michael Mangano, of track: and Louis Schliecker, of football. During the present season the Bennett championship golf team of last year re tained the cup. The football team was run ner up for the cup after a season that proved it to be the best football team Ben nett has ever put on the held. The cross country team finished fourth. Letters were awarded to these members of the teams and squads: Major Golf Stewart, Captain 33 Lel'rell lflynn Dillingham, Matthews VVright Sellers liucliwald Lowell Zen! Major Cross-Country Ryan, Captain Brooks Paul Bush Rlitlerlge Huber Ryan lggulrleu VValter Mangano Rich, Manager Mischler Squad Cross-Country Briggs Kennedy llucholtz Long Denfinger Streigle Drehs Stilwell Dyer VVallace Flessa O'Neil Harper Hohman Sellers Battles Boyer Bruehl Luther Kysor, Manager Squad Golf Birch Fox Lapp Kraft Hoechst Johnson Copley Williams Collard Case Germony Love Sime Hilborn Soto VVeppncr Thompson Schoncwolf Deckler Bucholtz VVestfall Major Football Pusateri, Captain Arthurs Rich Blake Rix Bryan Saffer Childs Schaaf Collett Tanner Dillingham Schliecker Offenhamcr Hammond, Manager Squad Football Towle Cron Nisbet Bruin Hallock Stanbitz Roberts. I. McKay Roberts, W. Woods Roberts, B. Nathan Grossman Schwartz Meyers Schreiber Shanahan Berst Smith, D Ford Smith, I. Bailey Stoddart Neil Schafer Austin Noehren Hill Proffit Regan T. Wayne Frost 12243 1932 BYllll'S ASSISTANT THHILLS BENNETT STUNENTS The Byrd Expedition, the latest and most extensive attempt of science in the field of exploration, was the topic of a lecture given by Lieutenant Thomas Mul' roy, one of Byrd's assistants, in the as' sembly on February Sth. Lieutenant Mul' roy had participated in several important undertakings before his appointment as chief engineer of the South Pole Expedif tion. It was his service as chief engineer of the North Pole Expedition, chief en' gineer and field manager of the trans' Atlantic flight, and fuel engineer on the flight to rescue the Bremen fliers, that secured him this responsible post. Lieutenant Mulroy gave first a compre' hensive but thorough picture of their stay in Little America, taking into considera- tion their daily tasks and amusements dur' ing the long winter night. His praise for his companions was generous. Motiori pictures added to the educational value of his lecture. They depicted many phases of an exp1orer's life in the Antarc- tic. Lieutenant Mulroy explained these pictures, telling of the whales in the bay of that name, of the penguins, of under snow passageways, and of the airplane that the expedition left behind in expecta- tion of a return in the near future. He closed with a commendation of his com' rades for their cheerful and willing attif tude, and their hardiness, and a word of praise for a commander who was the idol of his men, Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Ralph Gregg 12061 T931 MARY ALBRECHT .SANDY OTS CAD. SMITH f7'f-'Y BOB LYON ALICE EBY ffunl-er' jfs Q STROLLER. -.NX X' 4. 'drill ,Q - - - a.....f6:lff.eQ - fi' A 4. f4:f ,- Y' . 5 K Hman iv mn QQQQIQQQS 1,3-Q ' ij, H -iii M. LEON JEHLE-Editors-PHYLLIS FIELD LL the BEACON needs now is a theme song. But what? Perhaps - f f Oh! we ain't goin' t'razz no mo', no mo', etc., etc. And Charlie Egbert blows her ice-cream to soften it. Of course we could say a lot about hot air, but f f f And imagine: One of Miss Sbeldon's history tests conducted on the up and up fnot the openfupj. Miss Brettle not like a Navajo rug. A lecture from Mrs. Wilkinson without wild gesticulations. And don't be misled by the photo of the football team in the last issue f f f they'll live to play again. During that two goats on the bridge episode in the north driveway the other morning, it might have availed Mr. Seibold more if he had sung to the truck driver instead of orating f f f music hath charms! Arid, God bless you, and keep you, out of this column, so the saying goes. Or, while we think of it, we apologize for something in the last issue to the effect that Fagin Kerner wasn't interested in anything. We take it all back f - f just get him started about Iola. NVhat is it that Dick Rapp walks around with anyway? And is the whole Sophomore class like this? Under the spell of Charlie Penfold's golden top UQ, all mixed up in Jack Crossan's contagious grin, crazy about a certain Spanish teacher's dimples, and positively weak when they look at Seymour Sugarman's cute little powder puff that rests on his forehead. No, No, Frank Miller isn't robbing the cradle, he's just playing nurse' maid. Have you noticed that so far this year there has been only one honorary member of our facultyn? Cege mennefi ,Beacon When the statement was made that a diamond could scratch a diamond, Herb Thier popped up and wanted to know which came first the chicken or the egg ? Visiting the office of the Science Department isn't facing the music anymore. It's Nbearding the Lein . Why does Miss Unholz always ask Forest Vincent indirect questions? A mystery which simply must be solved f f f What kind of Zoological oddity, or what deep dark secret is hidden from the sight of mortal man, by the broad, shining expanse of Mr. Brewster's cylindrical collar? Did you know that your hardfworking U1 editors are going to get white hair while still youngg be afflicted with pyorrhea thriceg and just going to break down! if you don't send us any contributions. Ed Bucholtz has at last found a use for his heretofore useless collection of bobby pins f f f they keep his history papers together more eff ficiently fand cheaplyj than mere paper clips. Now word comes that Margaret jones poured the water at the oflicial christening of somebody's new Ford. We venture to say that makes her a little tin godfmother. Ever since the motor began to squeak and knock, we've wondered what good they are, and we were quite relieved when Lyle Greiner in history class came forward with the info' that the Marmons started the reclamation work in the West. , Our personal nomination for the Presidency of the Bennett Blokes - f f Frankie Burst, with Wellington Klein for vicefpresident f f f and Junior Brown a close runnerfup. Advertisement-eApply Dorothy Johnston--a liberal course in Political Diplomacy-lobbying my specialty. Apply Jean Brownell-contact man. And now a big mystery from 227! Whose middle name is Euphenia? Gosh, it isn't us, anyway. Honest! It's nothing to Warren Velly if Prof. Einstein and Mr. Rupert dCn't agree. He doesn't know what it's all about anyway. And that accounts for Charlie Sears' derangement. Sh! No he's not coming, but next issue, through the cofoperation of E. V. Dropper, B.B., we're going to unearth some real juicy scandal. just wait! Corruption n'everything! And for goodness sake send us some dope in 102. ' 1 If T ,f yi N 1 Z l I fi, -Z k T 'I' 1 A 4 -,.,.,f-'-L--f -A, i i -fl X T. 1 :'fe :4L ' -- Ab ' ,rj Ill! -,' C: 'M -,w , WIQL1 1 9. e tiff - ' - ' -,,-fl-i,. JW' . is ' . fp as-433.-14.11-.-.E Q-'fri-3 ' ' time 47 E .. 'A '- ' -Z, . 2- 'v' , 'fy -S 1 af e A . 1- fzsf i f- - F. V5 L7 ' ,, Ba T S+ '- se xi?-is MAUD ERDMANA -Editors 'LAURA SALISBURY THE WORLD IS ROUND 'Tis fine to see the Old World And travel up and down Among the famous palaces And the cities of renowne To admire the crumbly castles, And statues of the kings- Not so many of us have been able to visit Europe and the Orient, yet there are those of us who can tell you how the Leaning Tower looks against the blue Italian sky, of the poignance of the starlight Parthenon, of the noise and color of a street in Peking. For is there anyone who has not dreamed of the lands of the four winds? We arc, all of us, connoisseurs of magic words that transport us far beyond the dim horizon of realityfTrinidad, Tartziry, Tokio, London, Heidelburg, Cairo, Corsica, Athens, Constantinople. They are all as cameos, faint with rare traditions of adventure, romance, danger. And yet surpassing even the glamour of these, comes the thr1ll of dis' eovery when we learn that there are, the world over, people like ourselvesg thinking the same thoughts, striving for the same ends, attending school as we are. And that is what we of the Exchange, by excerpts from a few of our correspondents, wish to show you: JAPANESE SUNSET The pale sun sets, The iireflies dance The black geese fly In opal light, Into the west, The moon ray's gleam The evening sky. Through dusky night. The stars come out The cherry trees l And proudly tread Their sparkling ways Dim overhead. The whispering reeds In drowsy nod, The silver stream Flows by green sod. Their blossoms blow: The lilies pale, A perfume throw. Thus old Matu God of the sun Goes to his home Vvfhen day is done. The Perm Charter Magazine, Philadelphia Pa 38 Cege ,Ben-uneff geacon If a hen laid an orange, what would her chickens say? See the orange marmalade! Q. What is a Leyden jar? A. An earthquake in Holland. Shamokin High School Review, Shamokin, Pa, DERELICT I am lost, deserted, forlorng They have left me to my fate. My masts are rotten, my sails are torng I'm a waterflogged, broken crate. Gone are the days, the days of old, When I bared my prow to the blast, When my crew was brave, my master bold, And my staunch gray sides were fast. But now they have left me, wounded, alone, To drift and at last to die, To drift and drop in seas unknown, Where hostile monsters lie. The Acacia, Long Beach, Cal Some people think that: 1. Aspirin Tablets are writing papers. 2. The Kentucky Derby is a hat. 3. Daylight Saving is a bank. 4. Rain drops are cough medicine. 9. The Taming of the Shrew is an animal picture. 6. Oliver Twist is a new type of dance. The Perryscope, Pittsburgh, Pa The rose That wreathed the grey stone newel Of the sunfdial That was yesterday a miracle Of fresh shellfpink delicacy, Tofday trailed discolored tatters. The Towers, Philadelphia, Pa 'i ' iw!- f pl yy , X xxx ii. A lgtm, I T w Q ,iii ALICE EBY, Editor UR alumni celebrities are again coming to the front. Donald Dixon, of whom we spoke in the previous issue, has attained new honors in the past month. He has been a prominent student at Rensselaer since his first year there and is now a member of the senior class. In his sophomore year he was a member of the Soiree Committee, and in his junior year, treasf urer of his class and Business Manager of the Transit. As was stated be- fore, he was elected to Sigma Xi in November, and has lately been appointed on the committee in charge of the Infraternity Ball to be held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. All honor is due Don and we extend heartiest con- gratulations to him. Another of Bennett's graduates, George C. Diehl, who is also at Rensselaer, was elected captain of the football team for the '31 sea' son. Diehl has played on the varsity football team for two years, and hockey for one. He is also a member of the B. O, R. Club, S. O. S. Club, R Club, and Campus Club, and a member of the Chi Phi fraternity. Others who are enrolled at Rensselaer are: Robert deF. Witt, Henry Wallenburg, Lawrence Bennett, Leon Nowak, and Walter Lex. Richard Carpenter is at Northwestern University. Charles Royce is now in the Kleinhans College Shop. William Sawyer and Elmer Tropman are both on the U. B. debating team, Elmer being captain. Margaret Berkhausen has sent us news from across the scas. She is studying at Bellevue, a famous French school at Tours, France. Margaret writes us of the intimate, entertaining school life of the French girls and asf sures us that she will be glad to see dear old Buffalo again. Part of the time Margaret is planning to spend with her aunt, the Baroness de Luze, at Saumur, the quaint old village in which her aunt resides. Have a good time, Margaret, and hurry home. Katherine Pottinger of Mount Holyoke has also received honors in the past year. She is now President of the freshman class, has high scholastic honors, and has been selected in the coming school play. fC0ntimLed on page 640 'sl' ASSEMBLY NOTES HELEN MAW-Editors-JACQUELINE SN ELL February 2, 1931: A twofreel talking picture was shown, illustrating the construction of the telephone, the megaphone, the microphone, and the ap' paratus used in making talking pictures. February 4, 1931: Singing assembly. February 5, 1931: Lieutenant Thomas B. Mulroy, Chief Engineer of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, gave an interesting lecture on the activities of the expedition in Antarctica. He illustrated his lecture with moving pictures. February 6, 1931: Mr. Donald P. Sheldon, Assistant Director of Ad' missions at Oberlin College, told us about Oberlin, and emphasized the valuc of a liberal arts education. Gold and silver pins were awarded to honor students. February 9, 1931 : Camouflage in Nature was the subject of an illustrated lecture by Professor Alexander. Books were presented by Miss Rochester, Secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Edna Iehle and Evelyn Jane Robinson, who submitted winning essays in a contest sponsored by the society. Frank Miller presided. February 11, 1931: Mr. Asa K. Jennings of Angora, Turkey, told us about some of his experiences in the Near East, and described the relief work carried on by Americans in Armenia and Turkey. February 13, 1931: 'Thrift was the keynote of an address delivered by Mr. R. D. Black, who stressed its importance as a factor of success. February 16, 1931: Annual Chromatic Club Program. Miss Evelyn Hager, soprano, and Miss Gilda Cassimer, pianist, entertained us with several delightful selections. February 18, 1931: Announcements and singing. February 20, 1931: Miss Watt of the Art Department spoke on How to Appreciate Art, a subject which she illustrated with slides showing some of the works of art that may be seen in Buffalo. Mr. Frederic W. Turner, principal of the Thames Valley County School, London, spoke briefly. February 25, 1931: Plans for an international peace garden to be sponf sored by Canadians and Americans for the purpose of promoting world peace, were explained to us by Mr. A. T. Moore. Mr. Moore asked for our cofoperation when the project is undertaken. February 27, 1931: The weekly program of songs. March 2, 1931: Our speaker was Mr. Walter Spaeth, Executive Secref tary of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Rhodes introduced to us a visitor, Mr. Henry B. Murtagh, organist at Shea's Buffalo Theater. March 4, 1931: Singing, announcements, and an explanation of Bill jones by Charlotte Egbert. March 6, 1931: The Success of Failure was the interesting topic dis' cussed by Rev. Frederick B. McAllister, pastor of the Prospect Avenue Bapf tist Church. He advised: Be yourself, live your own life, and show respect for authority. The newly elected officers of the Senior Class were pre- sented. .-.Fi N2 E 2 Q I f I - . W ,fiT'gII WALTER BUERGER-Editor THE BENNETT PLAYERS . The Bennett Players have been undergoing a period of reconstruction with the result that, because of the presentation of onefact plays, interest in the meetings has been increased. Miss Mary Barrett was welcomed as the faculty advisor during Mr. Stamps absence- Bertha C. Dold C2215 1932 THE CHESS CLTJB With the election of Haiman Nathan as President, the Chess Club began an auspicious term. The recently increased membership in the Club necessif tated expanding its equipment, and, at present, the organization is reaching out for more engagements with the other clubs of Buffalo. One result of the splendid interest shown in the game is the advancef ment made in understanding the various types of chess strategy. Discussions on this subject enliven the twicefweekly practice sessions of the club in Room 214- john O'Neil 42063 1931 THE PHILOSOPHIAN LITERARY SOCIETY On February thirteenth, the Philosophian Literary Society observed Lin- coln's birthday with readings by several members of the club. Most of the succeeding meetings were devoted to short, informal debates, intended to dis' cover and help develop material with which to meet successfully the Avesta' Zend Literary Society in the latter part of May. The Society will soon present fl Play' in the 3SSemblY- josephine Pound 023, 1932 GIRL RESERYES The trip of the GR '31' has been successful. The plane is kept in per- fect condition, and those on board are enjoying the flight. Early in February, they landed in order to play at the winter sports and to hold a sleigh ride party. On February twentyfseventh, the plane flew to Syracuse where Elizabeth McElvein and Carolyn Whitelock attended the Midfwinter Conference. They returned full of ideas for a more successful flight. Carolyn Whitelock 12231 1932 42 Cege ,Bennett Qeacon GERMAN CLUB Miss Westermaxi presented, at the February meeting of the German Club, an illustrated lecture on her recent trip through Germany. The members of the Club, now better acquainted with Germany and German customs, all en' joyed this meeting. The German Club is pleased with the everfincreasing attendance of the :nembers of the freshman class at its monthly meetings. Margaret Herzog Q11'5J 1931 THE FRENCH CLUB At: the midyear elections of the French Club, the following ofhcers were chosen to direct its affairs for the ensuing term: President ............,..............................................................,.. Dorothy Johnston Vice'President .... - .... m .... Wm..- ................ - .,.. mm ....... Jean Brownell Secretary .... ... ............... .................... . .., ..... Josephine Pound Treasurer ..,................................,.... M ..................,...................... Albert Preston The first meeting under the new administration was devoted to a dis' cussion of Brittainy. Jean Brownell, dressed in the native costume of that country, described her experiences while travelling through it. Other mem' bers displayed other costumes which were explained by Betty Holleyhead. Dorothy Johnston discussed the geography and history of the country, while Miss Severance played characteristic music. Josephine Pound f223J 1932 THE STAMP CLUB Under the leadership of its recently appointed oflicers, the Stamp Club is steadily rounding out its seasonal program. Numerous auctions were held for the profit of the older members and for the education of the newer members m the laws governing the stamp mart. The Club appreciates the patronage of the Buffalo Stamp Club through whose good oilices it has widened its experience and enjoyed many pleasant afternoons. John O'Nei1 f206J 1931 THE BENNETT HI Y Since every Hi Y meeting has an interesting speaker, lively debates and discussions or other interesting programs, the Club invites the boys of the junior and senior classes to take advantage of these gatherings for education, amusement, and companionship. The Hi Y Club now contemplates a dance in the near future, and asks those who helped to make the skating party a success to join us in the dance Walter Buerger 12061 1931 fContinued on page 441 IEACIUILTY NOTES THE ORIENT CLAIRE MacDONALD, Editor ISS SCHELBACK turned her thoughts reluctantly from Hawaii as the last sweet strains of Aloha Oe hung for a magic moment on the air, and faded into silence. Japan was before her, and after nine days on the Pacific she saw Fujiyama's hoary head against the sky. The Land of the Rising Sun was one of the most charming spots in my travels, Miss Schelback said enthusiastically. There were rickshaws and children everywhere. And they really do carry babies strapped to their shoulders as you have heard. Everyone is industrious-it is a significant fact that there are absolutely no beggars. Thus, because everyone is employed, burglary and robbery are almost unknown. The artistic temperament of the typical Japanese is manifested in every possible way. Even their Helds have definite patterns and their grain stacks are tied prettilyf' But China, The Land of the Lotus beckoned. Here Miss Schelback visited the home of a fabulously wealthy mandarin, who bowed deferentially and entertained lavishly. Curved roofs, gardens hundreds of years old, brightly lacquered furniture, and weirdfvisaged bronze buddahs reminded the delighted traveler of tales by Milne. As she left the gracious, polished hospitality of the mandarin's home, it was a distinct and rather revolting shock to meet the hordes of beggars which literally infest the narrow streets. Diseased, deformed, they swarmed over the distressed tourists with the whining, threatening cry, Backsheek, backsheek-money, money ! Some of those who live in seaport cities have learned the following ter- rifying-and, it must be admitted, effective, English: You givfee me mun, or I givfee you itch! And this they undoubtedly do. Walking through the shopflined streets, Miss Schelback saw fascinating arrays of queer Eastern products. On one side, sparkling turquoise and mysf terious jade-on the other, stiifly embroidered mandarin coats, sweetfsmelling sandalwood, and intricately carved ivory. The Chinese do not forget the more prosaic things of life, however, for in another street she encountered foodfstalls, displaying tempting CJ assortments of roast pork, cats, dried grasshoppers, bamboo, yams, beans, and peanuts. Needless to say, the travel' ler felt no desire to purchase native food. There are countless interesting things to tell about China, concluded Miss Schelback reminiscently. But perhaps you will see for yourselves one day. Q4 Cege ,Bennett ,geacon India followed-the land of superstition and caste and idealists. You have heard of the caste system, said Miss Schelback. I will not explain it further, but perhaps you will be amused by this limerick which an American tourist wrote on the spur of the moment. The poor beknighted Hindoo- He does the best he kin do. He sticks to caste From first to last, And for clothes he makes his skin do. Here, too, beggars abound. Asking alms is an honorable profession, inf herited from father to son. Frequently, horrible as it may sound to our Cc- cidental ears, a child is purposely deformed, to necessitate his adoption of this trade . The traveler enjoyed the luxury of a personal servant, who slept across her doorstep all through the night. These servants are exceedingly solicitious, and perform their duties for a few cents a day. And then, having journeyed from the Ganges River to Delhi, Bombay, and, at last, Agra,-then Miss Schelback saw the most beautiful sight in the world. It rose from a crystal lake--a vague, inhnitely lovely dream, rosy in the sunshine, lacy as the most delicately spun spider web, gracious as the empress in whose honor it was erected-the Taj Mahal! The dream had ended. Miss Schelback travelled through Egypt, Pales- tine, and Europe, but found Western civilization dull and uninteresting after the agefold fascination of the Orient. Claire MacDonald 0232 1932 fCo'ntinued from page 421 SCIENCE CLUB Preceding a discussion on the static electricity generator at the February 18th meeting of the Science Club, Mr. Mountain presented an interesting illustrated lecture on sound waves and the whaling industry. The Science Club extends a cordial invitation to all scientiically minded students of Bennett to attend its meetings. If there is a large enough group to take part in activities, Thomas Stanton's plans for spring field trips and hikes will be carried out. Lucille Feigel 1221, 1932 PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Unprecedented interest in photography has made necessary the subdivision of the Photography Club into three separate groups. The first of these, under the leadership of Robert Bernhardt and Mahlon Peck, is open to all boys hav' ing the eighth hour vacant each day. A second group following the Eastman course meets each Wednesday afternoon in Room 314, led by Charles Sears. A girls' club is instructed each Monday afternoon by Mr. Mountain and Robert Bernhardt- Lucille Feigel 12212 1932 A f ,QTICS ml, 'v . L7 BERNICE E. HEMPEL, Editor As the spring issue of the NBEACONH goes to press, winter sports are a thing of the past. Basketballs have been concealed, and the volleyball net and the baseball bats have usurped their places and are holding full sway twice a week in the gymnasium. BASEBALL The baseball diamond proves to be equally alluring to the upper class girls. The fact is that a large number of girls are reporting for practice. From all appearances, there seems to be a dearth of accurate pitchers, and an excessive number of basemen. However, after eight weeks of practice, much of the raw material will undoubtedly be turned out as finished batsmen, and iielders. GIRLS' SWIMMING From the many enthusiastic swimmers of the interfclass teams, two major teams were chosen as follows: Orange: Cynthia Zink june Bradshaw Doris Arthurs Dorothy Levey Betty Evans Gracia Meyers Ruth Moran jane Neubauer Dorothy Gilliard Olga Shurgot Subs: Vera Dorts Gretchen Holderbaum Blue: Dorothy Gonser Betty Cleland Christine Reid Dorothy Longma Carol Dorr Marjorie Popell Laura Salisbury IIC Catherine Sweeney Margaret Kraemer Louella Gaisc Subs: Esther Hauser Virginia Whitiiug Three major meets will be held----Blue vs. Orange-and the team winning two out of three meets will thereby secure the Girls' Swimming Championship of the school. CAPTAIN BALL RB Firsf Raw: McLeod, Rix. Brown. Day, W'ork, Ilarnuni, Sanders, Ranney, VVooCls, Ilyland, 0'Neil. Second Row: Kcnnedv, l'l:n.zgerty, Longlnatvs, Whtson. Taylor, J. Miller, Reynolds, Braun, Collard, Devitt, YVright. Tlifrd Row: Wallace. Beackley. Reardon, Iivzins. Hafner, Y. Miller, XVeppnei'. Meyers, IgIlCll. NIcDnnoug'h. Malloy. Mauslield, Mrs. Strunk, coach. VOLLEY BALL The Freshmen seem to have recovered from their proverbial befoggecl condition, lethargy, or childishness, and are storming the gymnasium on Vol' leyball afternoons. They actually swarm over the courts, vainly pursuing an elusive ball, in many instances larger than its pursuers. But whatever is said about Freshman skill, nothing belittling can be said concerning their enthusf iasm. The future bids fair for an interesting season with some lively games at the encl. . W, W., ,, , INTERCLASS SWIMMING MEET The Senior girls, because of their excellent swimming ability, won the homefroom plaque in the interclass meets, The reports of the meets are as follows: February Zflf-Freshmen vs. ,luniors February 27-f--Freshmen vs. Seniors 16 34 I6 34 Sophom-ores vs. Seniors Sc-phomores vs. Juniors 8 41 23 27 March 6eFreshmen vs. Sophoniores 18 32 Seniors vs. Juniors 34 16 jane Beckley H271 1933 Cafe genneff ,Beacon 47 Qffontinued from page 19, TEACHER: There is only one Mooney. Where is he? MOONEY: fin from seat, Here! TEACHER: Now let's stop this talking. fClass groans., There are ways to stop it. fTh'reateningly., Parks! QNQ answer., Rudolph! QNO answer., Smythe! Q No answer., bk ak FF all Pk QAfte1' roll-call, Parks, Rudolph and Smythe rush up to find why 'names were not called. Pencil sharpeners 'resume noise. Teacher expires gently. Bell., IT Of my old car they all make fun, It will not stop, it will not run. It has no tires, nor fourfwheel brakes, The oil doth clog, the carbon cakes. The spare's no more, the gas tank leaks, It's all in all the worst of freaks. The wheels are red, the hood is green, The most brilliant car you've ever seen. It halts, and jerks, and stops, and starts, But it does the work for the gang it carts. And you can't complain, when it starts to groan, For its age is several times your own. fContinued from page 7, Caught at last, Quellan. No more idols for you. Your career is closed for good. The portly Museum Attendant was addressing Renkers. The grand haul was removed. Then the police turned to us. Boys, you've done more in a day than the combined police force has in months. Quellan is a dangerous man. He shoots to kill. A very nice compliment to my lucky star, I'm sure, beamed Kent But before you go, please remove the idol from the mantel. Renkers was so busy murdering me that he couldn't bother with such small things. V BENNETT-HUTCH Nixs fHutchJ Collard CBennett3 Wagner fBennettJ ffv ci at . A-as is A , if Sql f Urff. v ff .- 5 .A .lvl ALBERT SUTTER, Editor SPORTS COMMENT Coming events cast their shadows before. Judging by what the track team did at the Eagles meet, the two track cups are in the trophy case already. ak as are :ze South Park's sportsmanlike attitude in forfeiting all previous basketball games, on Friday, February 27, because of ineligible players gave Bennett two wins and raised them from last place. af ik vs wk How the alumni do love their school! A few seen at almost every basket' ball game were: Bill Grossman, Tony Baggarozzi, Ralph Dillingham, Bernie Clack, and Deac Grader. BASKETBALL GAMES Bennett 15, Hutchinson 23 Bennett resumed her losing ways by redfinking another basketball game to Hutchinson at Hutch on February 24th. Hofhum! The game wasn't ordinary because it was featured by quick passing and good guarding. Bennett was in the lead just once, and that was in the hrst quarter, when Reingold opened the scoring for both teams. Pusateri, after a long illness, rcfentered the line up in the fourth period, and at once showed his joy by caging two held goals. Kerner seemed to be a master strategist. Berst provided the spectators with a few chuckles by his sometimes comical gestures, BENNETT FG HUTCHINSON FG FT flollett, r. f. .............................. U Palmeri, r. f. ............... ..... 3 1 Grossman, l. f. ....... .. Z Litvak, l. ii. ............. ..... I J 0 Herring, c. ........... ....... C 1 Waliver, l. f. .......... ..... I 1 Berst, c. .................... ....... l Aman, c. ............. ..... 0 0 Reingold, r. g. ....... ....... Z Forti, r. f. ........... ..... 4 1 Kerner, l, g. ............. ....... O Kaprow, c. ................ ..... 1 0 Weinberg, l. g. ....... ....... 0 Simon'n, r. g. ....... ..... C I O Pusateri, l. g. ........ ....... 2 Norman, r. g. ....... ...., l O Totals ......... 7 Totals ................................. 10 3 Chester Kuzon f2l6j 1932 50 Cege Bennett Beacoy Bennett 30, East 24 Bennett's basketball team won its Hrst Yale Cup game of the season against East on February 20th, at the Orange court. They won because they played like champions. The way the Orange clad basketeers passed that ball, faked, and shot at the uprights would have satisfied even the most critical basketball fan. East jumped to a slight lead at the end of the first quarter. But after the sec' ond period, Bennett's fine offense was a dominant factor, and, as a result, the ball play was all Bennetts There never was a dull moment except, possibly toward the end of the contest, when it was seen that the Orientals just couldn't win. By the way, did you notice that grin of Rosie's after the game? BENNETT FG FT T EAST FG FT T Collett, r. f. ............ . ......... 5 1 11 Holtz, r. f. ........ ....... 0 2 2 Grossman, 1. f. ...... ....... 5 0 10 Vogel, r. f. ..... - ...... ....... O O O Berst, c, ........................ ........ 1 0 2 Fenski, 1. f. .......... ....... 1 1 3 Reingold, r. g. ...... ........ 1 2 4 Amborski, c. .. ...... . 4 O 8 Weinberg, r. f. ...... ....... 0 O 0 Bleb, r. g. ..... ,. ....,.. 3 3 9 Kerner, l. g. ....... ....... 1 1 3 Beckley, l. g. ........ ....... 1 0 2 Totals ........ ....... 1 3 4 3Q Totals ......... ....... 9 0 2-1 Bennett 12, Technical 22 Eight straight! Oh! Oh! After that wonderful rally at the South Park game, Bennett seemed as if it would start the second round of the Yale Cup Series with an excellent showing. But, no, it was not to be. The Northsiders are certainly getting their share of bad luck and tough breaks. There's no question about their not trying hard enough, they just don't seem to be able to get started. As usual the Orange put up a character' istic, Bennettonian, last period rally. Although converted to a guard position, Grossman managed to score our only field goals. BENNETT FG FT T TECH FG FT T Collett, r. f. ........ ....... O 2 2 Toen'sen, r. f. .......... ...... 3 0 6 Reingold, l. f. .......... ....... 0 0 O Kelly, l. f. .............. ....... 3 O 6 Berst, c. .................... ....... 0 1 1 Kranz, c. ..... ,. .......... .... ....... 2 O 4 Grossman, r. g, ....... ....... 4 1 9 Muszy'ski, r. g. ..... , 2 0 4 Weinberg, l. g. ....... - ..... 0 0 0 Smith, l. g. ................... ....... O 1 1 Wilson, l. g. .....-. ....... 0 O 0 Brick, l. g. .. ..................... - .......... . 0 1 1 Total ........ ....... 4 4 12 Total .................................... 10 2 2 2 Chester Kuzon f216j 1932 Bennett 14, Riverside 23 In a very close game, Bennett's basketeers were shoved into the cellar position by the newest of the Buffalo's high school's team, Riverside. Imagine our surprise when the Black Rock cagesters registered their Erst competitive triumph. As in all previous games the setto started in whirlwind fashion but this time it stayed that way. After a see-saw battle in the first part of the contest, Bennett was three points behind. In the second period, however, Bennett went on a rampage with Collett leading. It was his marvelous playing that put Bennett ahead for the first time this season, 14f10. cege sennctf meaccn 5' But Riverside was instilled with some sort of a spirit which helped them to hold Bennett scoreless in the last two quarters, a feat which every loyal Bennettonian hopes 1or rather knowsj will never be duplicated. Mean- time Riverside forged forward and . . . and . . . well that's that! BENNETT FG FT T RIVERSIDE FG FT T Grossman, r. f. ........................ 1 1 3 Zakrays'k, r. f. .......... ........ 2 1 5' Reingold, r. f. ........ ...,..... 0 1 1 Nuchere'o, 1. f. .......... ....... 4 0 8 Collett, l. f. ..... ......... 3 3 9 Mullins, c. ................. ........ 1 0 2 Herring, c. ...... ......... O O O Czamara, r. g. ........ ........ 1 3 5 Berst, c. .................. . ........ 0 1 1 Shea, 1. g. ................. ..,..... 0 O O Pusateri, r. g. ........,.. ....,.... O 0 0 Hauptnen, 1. g. .......... ........ 1 1 3 Kemer, 1. g. .............. ......... 0 0 0 Weinberg, l. g. .......... ......... 0 0 0 Total ...................... ......,.. 4 6 14 Total ................................... 9 5' 23 Chester Kuzon 12161 1932 Bennett 18, Hutch 26 Inch by inch, foot by foot, the Brownies forced back a plucky, true blue Orange courtet. So the game went on. A desperate spurt in the last quarter was insuilicient to overhaul the Downtowners. The inseparable Ben and Pussy, the aces of aces, accounted for 14 of Bennetts 18 counts. Bennettonians!!! Back up those teams! BENNETT FG FT T HUTCH FG FT T Grossman, 1. f. .................. .... 2 0 4 Palmeri, r. f. ......... .............. 2 2 6 Collett, l. f. ........ .... 3 0 6 Forti, 1. f. .......... .... ... . 5 2 12 Berst, c. ................. ......,.. O 0 O Amann, c. ............ .... ..... 0 1 1 Pusateri, r. g. .......... .... 4 0 8 Norman, r. g. ........ ........ 1 O 2 Schliecker, 1. g. .......... ......... 0 0 O Walper, r. g. ........... ......... 0 1 1 Weinberg, 1. g. .......... ......... 0 O 0 Simonsen, l. g. ............ ........... 1 2 4 Reingold, 1. g. ........ O 0 O Total ........... .... 9 0 18 Total .................................... 9 8 26 Vincent Scheidt 12061 1931 Bennett 14, Lafayette 29 Handicapped by the absence of fleetffooted Sammy, the Bennett combat- ants of the resined floor made a heroic effort to stem the tide of the vicious on' slaught afforded by the Mellonites at the 1atter's encampment. Alas! f f f Alack! Old man jinx couldn't be shaken off and another opportunity to break into the win column was wafted to the winds. Reingold, substituting for Pussy proved to be one of the day's sensations since he put up a very plucky fight and was highest scorer for the Orange team. We oifer our congratulations to Frankie Baker, one of Bennetts former athletes, who helped Lafayette's good cause along. BENNETT FG FT T LAFAYETTE FG FT T Collett, r. f. ............. .... 0 O 0 Baker, r. f. ............ ......... 3 1 6 Grossman, 1. f. ....... .... 1 O 2 Nichols, l. f. ...... ......... 4 1 9 Berst, c. ........................... .... O 1 1 Dolistoski, c. ...... .... .. 2 1 5' Reingold, r. g. ......... .... 3 1 7 Radick, r. g .......... .............. 2 1 5 Weinberg, 1. g. ......... .... 2 O 4 Szur, 1. g. ....................................... 2 0 4 Total ................ .... 6 2 14 Total .................................... 1 1 4 29 Chester Kuzon 12161 1932 Vincent Scheidt 12061 1931 52 cege Bennett Beacon Bennett 24, East 26 One ought to love one's brother, but Oh! you Orientals. Returning our respects of the football season, eh? Brotherly love is a very noble thing, but don't be so kind hearted as to give away a game on a golden platter. The game resulted in one of those Smash! Bang! hair raising games in which that speedy Orange courtet strove to overcome the early, commanding lead of the Eastsiders. Two baskets, four points, but Father Time seemed to be lacking for a win. Indeed the Bennett hoopsters found the problem as easy to solve as Einstein's relativity theory. Once more Benny and Sammy walked off with the shooting honors, scorf ing eighteen bullfeyes between them. BENNETT FG FT T EAST FG FT T Grossman, r. f. ........................ O 2 2 Fenski, r. f. ....... ..... 1 2 4 Collett, l. f. ............ ...... 4 3 11 Vogel, l. f. .......... ..... 2 0 4 Berst, c. ..................... ...... 1 0 2 Amborski, c. .... ...... 2 l 7 Pusateri, r. g. .............. ...... 3 1 7 Bleb, r. g. ..... .. ........... ...... 3 3 9 Kerner, r. g. ...................... ...... 0 O O Beckley, l. g. ......... ..... O 1 l Oifenhamer, l. f. ....... ...... 1 O 2 Holtz, l. g. .......... ..... 1 1 3 Reingold, r. g. ........... ...... 0 O O Weinberg, r. g. ........ ...... 0 O O Herring, c. ............... ...... O O 0 Total .......... ,..... 9 6 24 Total .................................... 9 8 26 Vincent Scheidt 1206, 1931 Bennett 20, Masten 43 Ugh! That was as easy to swallow as the well known cod liver oil. Experience has proven time and time again that the machine is far more efficient than man. Consequently, how could an aggressive band from North Main force its hand against the smooth working Yellow quartette. Literally hemmed in by Yellow jersies, unable to pierce the rival defense, Bennett had to employ the long distance means of scoring. Midfcourt . . . ball pressed against a laboring breast . . . sudden propulsion . . . sphere arching lazily through the air . . . SWISH . . . BASKETH!!! Gunner Grossman at the firing line, if you please. Captain Collett, ever in the midst of the fracas, led his cohort again and again in a vain attempt to halt the opposition. BENNETT FG FT T INIASTEN FG FT T Collett, r. f. ........... ...... 1 6 8 O'Donn'l, r. f. ..................,..... 2 2 8 Grossman, l. f. .,......... ...... 5' 2 12 johnson, l. f. ......... ...... 1 3 5 Berst, c. ......................... ...... 0 0 0 I. O'Don'l. 1. f. .,...... ...... 0 1 1 Weinberg, r. g. ....... ...... 0 0 0 Stoll, c. ........... .. ........,.. ...... 8 2 18 Kerner, l. g. ........... ...... 0 0 O Vogl, r. g. ......... ....,. 3 3 9 Green, 1. g. ......... ..... 0 O 0 Braun, l. g. ....... ...... 1 0 2 Total ......... ....... 6 8 20 Total .......................................... 16 l l 43 Vincent Scheidt 12061 1931 BASKETBALL SQUAD First Row: Reingold, Weinberg, Collett, Kerner, Grossman. H Second Row: McCallum, Swan. Sime. Offenhammer, Coehn, Coach Rosenthal. Third Row: Sehlicker, Albee. Berst, Herring, Mnrtagh. Bennett 20, South Park 22 Truly the value of the team was never more examplified than in this contest. Had the game been a minute longer, the Orange team would have emerged victorious. After the rally they put up in the final period, nothing could have stopped them. There was no action in the first three quarters. But the dullness was more than made up for by the thrills in the last period. What a rally! What shooting! What fight! The team lagged by six points in the last canto, but Collett and Grossman soon brought them up to within two points of a tie. With but nine seconds to go, Grossman missed his foul try, and on the next play he tossed to Collett, who was more than half way across the court. just as Bennie was getting ready to shoot- tweet, tweet --the final whistle blew. Charlie Grossman again amazed the spectators by his uncanny long shoot- ing. Out of the five baskets which he scored, three were more than quarter court shots. BENNETT FG FT T SOUTH PARK FG FT T Collett, r. f. ............. ....... Z 2 6 Cavaugh, r. f. ....... ..... 0 O O Grossman, l. f. .......... ....... 5 2 12 Deckert, l. f. .......... ..... O 0 O Berst, c. .................... ....... 0 0 O Gallagher, c. .......... ..... 3 l 7 Weinberg, r. g. ....... ....... O 0 O Henderson, r. g. ...... ..... O 0 O Wilson, 1. g. ............. ....... 0 O O Enright, 1. g. ..... N... 0 0 O Reingold, g. ........... ....... 1 O 2 Newton, l. f. .......... ..... 4 0 8 Sullivan, r. f. .......... .......... 2 l 5 Brinlfth, r. g. ........................... l 0 2 Total ........... ........ 8 4 20 Total .................................... 10 2 22 Chester Kuzon f216j 1932 54 Ccge senneff Beacon Bennett 26, Riverside 39 For the second time, this season, Riverside's basketball team took the measure of Bennett, on February 27th, at Bennett. Bennett had the lead for the first Eve minutes of the game, but, then, Czamara and Nuchereno, speedy forwards of the Black Rock school, got started and never stopped until they had rolled up an impressive score. Berst amazed the fans by his sensational long shots. Three times he had chances to shoot, each a halffcourt heave, and each time he sank that leather. Kerner, too, snared a long one. In fact, it seemed that the only way the Orange and Blue could score was by long distance bombardment. BENNETT FG FT T RIVERSIDE FG FT T Collett, r. f. .......... .... 2 4 8 Czamara, r. f. ........ ......... 3 5' 11 Grossman, l. f. ....,.. .... 2 1 5 Nuch'no, l, f. ................ ......... 4 2 10 Berst, c. ...................... .... 3 0 6 N. Zak'ek, f. .......... ......... O 2 2 Reingold, r. g. ....... .... 0 O O Moulin, c. ........... .. .... ......... 3 3 9 Kerner, r. g. .............. .... 1 O 2 Smith, c. ......................... ......... 0 0 0 Schliecker, l. g, .......... .... 0 O O E. Zak'ek, r. g. .......... ......... 2 2 6 Weinberg, 1. g. .......... .... 2 1 5' Fish, r. g. .................... ......... 0 0 0 Hautanen, l. g. ..... .... ....... .. 0 1 1 Totals ...... ......... 1 0 6 26 Totals .................................... 12 15' 39 Chester Kuzon C2161 1932 Bennett 15, Lafayette 42 The Bennett cagesters had another defeat tacked' on to them when the strong Lafayette team invaded Bennett on March Sd. The Orange and Blue was clearly outclassed. In fact, at one point in the fourth quarter, the score was as bad as 36f9 favor the Mellinites, but despite that, the Orange was still in there and fighting when the final whistle blew. Frank Baker, former Bennettonian, and probably the fastest forward of the series, was an atom of dynamite, completely blowing up Bennett's hopes. He played a heady game throughout, and especially in the fourth stanza did he star,-scoring five baskets in as many minutes. Lafayette guarded well as attested by the fact that Collett scored Ben- nett's only field goal in the first half. T BENNETT FG FT LAFAYETTE FG FT T Collett, r. f. .................. .... 1 1 3 Baker, r. f. ................. .... 6 0 12 Grossman, 1. f. ......... .... 2 O 4 Goldstein. r. f .......... ......... 0 O 0 Berst, c. ...................... .... 0 O 0 Nichols, l. f. ........... .... 4 O 8 Reingold, r. g. ....... O 3 3 Merlo, 1. f. ........... 1 0 2 Kernter, l. g. ............. .... 0 1 1 Dolistoski, c. ......... 3 1 7 Weinberg, l. g. ......... .... 1 2 4 Hyland, c. ...... ......... O 0 0 Radick, r. g. ......... ......... 1 0 2 Buyea, r. g. ..... .... ......... O 0 0 Szur, l. g. .................... .... 4 3 11 Delahunt, 1. g. .......... ......... O 0 0 Totals ...... ..... 4 7 15 Totals ....................... , ........... 19 4 42 Chester Kuzon f216j 1932 HOCKEY TEAM nu First RUTH: VVillems, Stodrlardt, McNerny. Battles, Capt. llrirtke. XVagner, Min- lhnrne. .ql'i'0I!Al Raw: Seiffert, hlCclU1'lI'l?lCk. Gannon. fnllard, Dill, Gatt. Suor. Joyce. HOCKEY Bennett 3, Nichols 2 SWISH f - f BCCM. An earthquake? No, merely a scrappy, hard skating Orange sextet blasting their way to victory over Nichols. What a grand nightmare the Green had trying to catch the Orange Ghost flt was here, then, puff! it was gonej off guard. Gannon, often during the contest started like a thunderbolt and kept going until he hit and then f f f flying debris, chiefly amalgamated anatomy. Likewise Hartke and Collard, the North Main Vanguard, helped to ruin the Greens hope of victory. Everyone thinks so, but Bennett knows so. What? That Bennett is going to win the Michigan Cup. Williams Hartke flj Cannon Collard QU Dill Battles Subs: Kinney, McCormack, Childs QU, McNerny. Vincent Scheidt f206j 1931 56 Cege msnnstf Beacon Bennett 1, Hutch 2 What a surprise! After its splendid victory over Nichols, the Bennett sextet hoped to walk away with the Michigan Cup series, but the Brown' ies turned out to be the nigger in the wood pile. The Orange hockeyists were just a little bit slow for their rivals. However, after Minthorne's lone score, spectators saw a spark of fighting which will characterize each and every succeeding game. Wagner Gannon Hartke Collard Dill Minthorne Q11 Stoddard Battles Vincent Scheidt 1206, 1931 Bennett 2, Masten 1 A comedy on skates. That summarizes in a few words' the hockey en- gagement between Bennett and Masten. The condition of the ice was terrible. Spectators roared with mirth at the puckfchasers, addicted to falling their length on the frozen aqua. Organization was difficult, well nigh impossible and on each occasion that a player would endeavor to pass the rubber disc to his mate, the receiver would promptly embrace 'kterra Erma . Masten was the Hrst to draw blood with a rifle shoot past goalie Battles. A hard drive, instigated by Hartke, terminated in a grand melee in the midst of which Bennett's captain managed to cage the puck. With a lightning shot from mid ice Hartke netted the final pointer in the last few minutes to play. Vincent Scheidt f206j 1931 Wagner Hartke Q21 Gan non Collard Dill Battles Vincent Scheidt 12063 1931 Bennett 1, Riverside 0 What an enterprising school, that Riverside! Its hockey team almost equaled the feat of its basketball team. Instead, however, our puckchasers amply avenged Bennett's basketball team's defeat. Charlie Hartke, our scoring ace, stickhandled his way through the entire Riverside team to score midway of the last half. Battles after the way those Black Rock men swarmed all over him, did a good job of goal tending. As usual the ice wasn't of the best. Gannon Hartke Q15 Wagner Collard Dill Battles Chester Kuzon 0161 1932 SWIMMING TEAM l First Row: Pendergast, Seubert, Ferris. Atwill, Bickel, Pankow, Cameron, Shurgnt, R Scromi Row: Mgr. Huber, Hanger, Beck. Carlson, Rix, Briggs, Gast, Seeber, Wil- liams, Coach Holderer. SWIMMING MEETS Bennett 36, Lafayette 33 The world will little nor long remember what we say here but it shall never forget what they did here. On February 26th, Bennett High's swimming squad downed the Lafayette natators in a hair raising engagement at the former's pond. Bickel started things off by snatching a win in the 40 yard freestyle to enable the 'home team to enjoy a brief lead. Then the visitors got it and held itialmost to the end. Regardless of the fact that the Victors snared six of eight possible first places, Lafayette was able to follow closely by virtue of its skill in winning departments 2 and 3 and by forcing the Orange to be satisfied with only one invasion in department two. Only two events yet ref mained, both squads were deadlocked with 27 apiece. There wasn't a bit of doubt but that the four Orange aces would come through with flying colors in the relay but what about diving? Anything but a second in the fancy diving would lose the meet by the margin of a single point. Little Shurgot diving high, wide, and handsome proved himself equal to the occasion by best' ing Wolfson of the Mellonite pack. Pankow and Atwill presented sparkling performances, Atwill lashing js cege ,Bennett ,geacon out through the foa:n to equal his newly established record in the double century, Pankow backstroking his way to a new mark of 1.05 3X5 in the hundred. Victory over Lafayette virtually clinches the championship for the Ben' nett team although Hutch and the all high meet are yet to be held. Lineup Place Event Bickel ............. 1 40 Freestyle Williams ....... 3 100 Breast Stroke Atwill ......,...... 1 200 Freestyle Seubert .......... 2 200 Freestyle Pankow .......... 1 100 Backstroke Ferris ................ 1 100 Freestyle Rix ....................... 1 .... ........... ............................... .... 1 l 2 O Medley Shurgot ................................................................................. 2 Diving Relay CAtwill, Rix, Ferris, Pankowj Relay Vincent Scheidt f206j 1931 Bennett 53, East 16 just imagine! 1980!! Already natures wearing down process has been taking its toll upon Charlie Pankow, captain of the Bennett Swimming team. In 1980 we find Grandpa Pankow reposing in a spacious armchair before the irc. Charlie III, wearied of playing, clutches at his knees and says, Grandf pa, tell me more about your adventures with the Orange swimming team . In a hoarse, croaking whisper Grandpop replies, O, K. Climb up on my knee Sonny Boy. fCoughs nervously and then beginsj A long time ago, my boy, way back in '31, the Orange swimming team trained and keyed to a very keen edge by Coach Holderer, gave East one of the most humiliating lac' ings ever accorded an opponent. Not only did the boys decisively defeat the Orientals, but they also captured seven of the eight first places, and shattered to smithereens two records. Fred Atwill, yes dear old Freddie, I wonder where that palfo'-mine is tonight. Bless my whiskers, I'm getting off the sub' ject again. As I was about to say, Atwill paddled his way through the water to slice five seconds from the existing mark of 2:18 Zfi in the 200 yard Free. fThree cheers for Freddiej The four horsemen of Neptune's realm, Rix, Atwill, Ferris, and myself came into the limelight by establishing once again a new relay record. Next week there'll he a story about Lafayette but 11hat's all for this evening. Lineup Place Event 'FFerris ....................................................................................... 1 40 Freestyle Bickel ..... ,. ......a ..... .. ........ ........,......,.......,........................ 2 40 Freestyle 2:Rix .............. 1 100 Breast Stroke Williams ....... 2 100 Breast Stroke 'l:Atwill ........ 1 200 Freestyle Carlson ..... 2 200 Freestyle Seubert .......... 1 100 Backstroke Beck ........... 3 100 Backstroke 1'Pankow .......... 1 100 Freestyle Cameron ,, 2 100 Freestyle Briggs .................. 1 120 Medley Seibert ........... .. .......... 2 120 Medley Hengerer ....................... 3 Diving 'l'Swam in relay ............. Vincent Scheidt f206j 1931 RELAY TEAM R8 Fred Atwill, Herbert Ferris. Coach llolclerer. Vllilliam Rix, Charles l'ankon'. Bennett 32, Niagara Falls 28 Once again the Bennett aquateers proved themselves equal to the oc' :asion by prorlering to the Cataract City Team a setback in their own tank. Forced to exert themselves more than usual, the Grange mermen eked out .1 win over a strong Niagara Falls team. Teamfsplash-f record-smash ssemed again to be the theme song as it was last year. All in all, five pool records fell before the Grange and Blue. Atwill accounted for one by lowering the record in the 200 freestyle 6 2 5 seconds. Pankow was naturally among this record breaking array, taking 2,75 of a second from the lowest time in the 100 yard backstroke. Ferris, Rix and the relay team fljankovv, Atwill, Ferris, Bickelj counted coup in a similar fashion. Mi'. Holclerer is now busily engaged in grooming this miracle team for future Syracuse Cup Victories. Lineup Place Event 'l1Bickel ...... .. Z 40 Freestyle Cast ,......... ...... 3 40 Freestyle Briggs .... ...... 3 100 Breast Stroke i:Atvvill .... . .. 1 200 Freestyle 'Pankow ..... .. 1 100 Backstroke i'Ferris ........... .. 1 100 Freestyle Cameron ....,...... .. 3 100 Freestyle Rix ........,.........,............. ...... 1 120 Medley l:Swam in relay Vincent Scbeidt 12065 1931 60 Cege manned ,Beacon Bennett 45, Masten 22 Station SfWfIfM broadcasting from the studio of the Bennett Beacon. We now present a little play which every Bennettonian should enjoy. Scene: Neptune's abode. Blub-blub-blub-crash. Tech fan early victim of the Orangej. What aho! who doth disturb our peaceful slumber on this watery strand of grissly Neptune. Riverside Qjust another wreckj. Bless my splintered prow, I believe 'tis the Masten Schooner. Tech and Riverside Qtogetherj. Welcome to our watery grave. Tell us what hath brought thee here. Masten Qbetweeu sobsj. By my faith I was a happyfgoflucky, enjoying early triumphs. fWeeps bitterlyj Then I tangled with the North Main ag' gregation which is responsible for my present condition. The Bennett aqua' teers, absent from activity for several weeks, eager to test their strength, mortally wounded me by capturing l:l.V6 first places. A certain Freddie Atwill churned his way through the water, thus establishing a new record. Friend Pankow also broke a record in the century backstroke but was disqualified for improper turning. Shurgot did some excellent work on the old spring board to gather in first place. The relay--well, no need to say a word. To summarize let me say that the Orange sea dolphins came home in a romp. Students of Bennett High we hope that you enjoyed this little skit. Station SfWfIfM bids you a fond good night. Lineup Place Event Cast ..... . ...............,................................................................... 1 40 Freestyle iFBickel ............ ....... 2 40 Freestyle Williams ...... ...,... 2 100 Breast Stroke 'FAtwill ..... .. ................................ ................ . .......... - ..... 1 200 Freestyle Carlson ................................................................................. 2 200 Freestyle Shurgot .,.........,.....-............. ..... -.,.........,..................... 1 Diving Hengerer ....... 3 Diving Beck .......... ...... 2 100 Backstroke '!:Ferris ............... ...... 1 100 Freestyle Seibert ............ ....... 2 100 Freestyle 'FPankow .............. ....... I 100 Backstroke Seibert ....................... .. ..... Z 120 Medley if Swam in relay Vincent Scheidt 006, 1931 Bennett 38, Niagara Falls 31 EXTRA! EXTRA! BENNETT TEAM SWIMS NIAGARA FALLS. EXTRA! EXTRA! The Niagara Falls combinations, Bennett's guests for the day, were 'dually brought to bay in one of the most thrilling meets ever witnessed at the North Main School. Incidentally the score was 38411. In returning to their own haunts the Grange mermen again resorted to their age old tactics-record breaking. Billy Rix came to the front nego' tiating the 120 medley in 1.29 2X5 seconds, bettering the old mark by 3 lf? seconds fnice work, Billy, keep it upj. Everybody knows that Charley Pan- Cefe ,Bennett ,Beacon 61 kow equaled his hundred yard backstroke mark. The relay team, another high-light, clipped 315 of a second off the previous relay mark. QWhat a com' binationlj Lineup Place Event Bickel ........ ...... 2 40 Freestyle Gast ..... .. .... ... ...... 3 40 Freestyle Heinrich 3 100 Breast Stroke 'Atwill ........ ...... 1 200 Freestyle Seibert ............. .,.... 2 200 Freestyle 'FPankow ...... 1 100 Backstroke 4'Ferris ......... ..... 1 100 Freestyle Cameron ............................. - ................ .. ...................... - ..... 3 100 Freestyle ,l'Rix .......................................................................................... 1 120 Medley Seibert .....,......,,...,.-..............--.....,............-.......,. 3 120 Medley Shurgot ...... 2 Diving Sloan .......................... ...... 3 Diving 'Swam in relay Vincent Scheidt 12061 1931 Bennett 56 Riverside 13 Galloping sea horses! We won a bally old swimming meet fwe hope you'll pardon the slangj. Poor Riverside fsighj ........................ so young too ..................... Riverside, the infant school of Buffalo, for the 'first time under fire was sent out to beat back the assault of the Veteran Grange Splashers ................ alas. 'twill be a pity if the waterfront team doesn' recover from seafsickness. The Bennett destroyer, christened The Champion last. year, launched its prime attack of the Syracuse Cup Series in the pond at Riverside. Heavy, rapid bombardment supplied by the big seige guns, Pankow and Atwill sent the Riverside crew floundering down to Davy jones' Locker. Reports do not say whether the unfortunates have been salvaged, being at the bottom with fifty-six direct hits riddling them. The sterling performances of Pankow. Atwill fthey both broke recordsj, and the team in general point to a successful season and another championship. Line up 'Atwill ..... Place Event 1 ....... ........... 2 O0 Freestyle Seubert ........... 2 ..... - ........... 200 Freestyle 'Pankow .,......... 1 ....... ........... 1 O0 Freestyle Gast ............... 2 ....... ........... 1 OO Freestyle 'Ferris ....... 1 ....... ........... 7 O Freestyle 'Bickle ......... 2 ....... ........... 5' 0 Freestyle Beck ........... , .... Heinrich ..... 1 ....... ........... 1 00 Breast Stroke Briggs ........ Z ..... - ........... 100 Breast Stroke Rix .................... 1 ....... ........... 1 20 Medley Shurgot ................ .,...... l ....... ........... F a ncy Diving Sloan .......................... ....,... 2 ............................................ F ancy dive 'Swam in relay. Vincent Scheidt f'Z12I 1931 62 cege gennetf Beacon Bennett 46 Technical 23 Aw gee, give us the big fishes! Did you ever know that Bennett harbors a WHALE within its walls. No? Well this whale tif you have not al' ready guessed it, it's the Orange Waterpaddlers in disguise, was transported to the Mechanics natatorium to feed on the Tech fishes there in. 'Twas there a sanguine, Red crew came whaling but, sad to say, they returned awailing. Already the Bennett whale has completed the second of an eight course din- ner. Riverside and Tech are the first morsals to be introduced into the gullett of this mammal. NEXT! Of outstanding note were the efforts of Pankow, Atwill, Ferris, and Rix, constituting the relay team, who, gliding through the briny deep, set a new record for the relay, 1.19. All in all the boys had an afternoon of comparative ease. Line up Place Event 'Pankow ............. .... 1 ...... ........... 4 O Freestyle Bickle .......... 2 ...... ........... 4 O Freestyle Briggs ........... 1 ....... ........... 1 00 Breast Stroke Williams ....,..... ..... 2 ...... ........... 1 O 0 Breast Stroke tFerris ........ 1 ....... ........... 2 00 Freestyle Carlson .. 3 .....,. ........... 2 00 Freestyle Seubert ....... 1 ...... ........... 1 00 Backstroke Beck ............. 2 ....... .........,. 1 OO Backstroke 'Atwill .......... 1 ......, .........,. 1 O0 Freestyle Seubert ..... - 2 ...... ........... 1 00 Freestyle Coe ................ ...... .......................... 1 2 O Medley xghurgot ....... 2 ................................................ Fancy Diving ix Vincent Scheidt 12121 1931 'Swam in relay. Bennett 37, Hutch 32 Yes, Siree, that's good enough for me. After all has been said and done, Bennett High School may chalk up another triumph for the Orange Buoys, the athletes of the pool. Favored to beat Hutch by virtue of its trouncing of the Violet in the previous week, the Bennett teams emerged victorious over the Brownies. Puff . . . and the title dreams of another foe vanished in the ether. Victory climaxed by the efforts of the relay team punctuated the close of the semiffinals of the Syracuse Cup Series. Although Atwill, Ferris, and Pankow forsook their native events to test their mettle in other ones, they were still able to beat their competitors by a wide margin. Nothing hap- pened which was of special note. The team resorted to plain, steady swimf ming to gain its arms. A single meet still remains to be bridged-the allfhigh engagement. Bc-- hind the Rhodite team lies a clean slate, newly established records, and one championshipg before them, a second scholastic cup. Will they repeat? Thc BEACON isn't making any predictions, but the silver mug will gently repose in the Bennett trophy case after the series is finished. Man Bickle ...... Cast ......... Williams ..... Ferris ......... Carlson ........ Atwill ........... Seubert ........ Pankow ........ Cameron RIX ....................... .. .... ... ......... ...... Shurgot .................,............................... Becker ................................... .. ................ -.. Ccge menneff Beacon 65 Place M ..... 2 ......... .. ........... 3 ,........................ Ferris, Atwill, Rix, Pankow ........................ 1 Event 40 yard free style 40 yard free style 100 yard breast stroke 200 yard free style 200 yard free style 100 yard back stroke 100 yard back stroke 100 yard free style 100 yard free style 120 yard medley Fancy dive Fancy dive Relay ALL-HIGH SWIMMING MEET just a year ago in September a swimming team of the North Main Insti' tution, tutored by Coach Holderer, laboriously commenced to sow seeds of hope for a swimming cup. Their labors were rewarded, the seeds bore fruit, not a defeat blemished their record. Now in '31 the Orange water squadron adopted the identical practise and once again they were acclaimed the Scholastic Champions of Buffalo. A vast band of spectators was promptly on hand to witness a great team defend its laurels in the great, savagely-fought meet. Bennett garnered a total of 35 points while Hutch, the nearest adversary, aggregated 30. Freddie Atwill literally bounced into the limelight Qhe always liked the limelightj by chipping a whole second from his newfold record in the 200. Seubert gave the fans a thrill when he Hnished ahead of Gebrig of Masten in a neckfandf neck race in the same event. Incidentally he upset the dope by grabbing a second instead of a fourth place as Coach Holderer had figured feven a masterfmind may be wrong., Charlie Pankow, another Weissmuller, equalled his own time in the backfstroke when he led the school of fish to the tape by a halfflength. Conscientious effort on the part of Mr. Holderer and the members of the team has produced the best swimming team in the history of Bennett, perhaps of the Buffalo High Schools. Two years of activity in the sport has left the team's escutcheon stainless and immaculate. Sparkling performers like Pankow, Ferris, Atwill, Rix, and Bickel and a coach like Mr. Holderer are not to be had at every school. Bennett can depend on her athletes to give the best they have when necessity deems it. Shurgot and Seubert have given evidences of this upon numerous occasions. Once more the student body, through the medium of the BEACON, wishes to congratulate the champions of '31 upon their splendid sportsmanship and excellent record. Man Place Event Bickel ......... .. ................................................................ 2 ...................................................... 40 yard free style Atwill ........... ....... 1 ...,.... 2 O0 yard free style Seubert ...... ...... 2 200 yard free style Ferris ...... - ..... 1 ......... 100 yard free style Cameron .......... ..................... ....... 3 ,........ 1 0 0 yard free style Rix ................. , .......... . ................ .. .............. ....... 2 ..................................................... 1 20 yard medley Shurgot ............................................................ ....... 4 ................. ,. .... . ...................... ,. ..... F ancy Dive Atwill, Rix Ferris, Pankow ............ ....... 1 Vincent Scheidt f206l 1931. 64 Cege mznnsff Beacon fContinued from page 391 Hamilton College is located on the hilltop known as College Hill. Three hundred feet below lies the little town of Clinton, the descent into which is made possible by one of the steepest roads I have ever seen. Clinton is no more to us than a car stop. However Utica is only nine miles distant. Utica is the Mecca of all Ham Coll Boys, especially on Thursday and Saturday nights-the favorite time for the show goers. But do not think that visiting Utica is our only pastime. fWould that it werelj College life is nothing like that depicted in the movies Here we have to study at least some of the time. Being a member of the freshman class, I am one of those unfortunate victims who is required to take either Greek or Latin to obtain an A. B. degree. I struck upon the brilliant idea of taking Greek. Decide in haste, repent in leisure, so they say. That's just what I did and am now doing. Math, although no snap course, is a great deal more comprehensible and entertaining than Greek. Besides being required to take theseitwo subjects, every freshman must take English Com' position, Public Speaking and Physical Training. The other subjects are elective, according to the course one is taking. Public Speaking is perhaps the most notefworthy course here since it tends to be of greater benefit than any of the others in later life. Three times each year every freshman is ref quired to speak before a group of 100 college men. As an aid to the acquisif tion of confidence in oneself as a conversationalist and speaker, there is nothing more beneficial than Hamilton's required four years' course in Public Speaking. Hamilton, although more of a scholastic than an athletic college, never' theless stresses athletics. It believes that each man should participate in some sport and do his best. Our hockey team is exceptionally notableq This year among its most formidable adversaries are Michigan, Cornell, and Colgate We have a good chance against all of them, for Hamilton surely has the goods, If one desires to go to a widefawake, small college, I can advise no finer place than Hamilton. I think there is no better place in which to prepare oneself for life-both socially and intellectually. I certainly shall nevcr regret my decision to attend Hamilton. Gordon V. Vickery QC. BJ 1920 My girl broke her nose in three places, If caught robbing a ish store, he You should telliher to keep out nonchalant-smoke a herring. of those places. Ivlzen You Tlz1'nL A BUSINESS TRAINING Tuna Of The I scnam, of BUSINESS 703 MAIN AT TUPPER BUFFALO. N. Y. G OD SCH --LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT- Your Chance of Succeeding Is Very Small Unless You Have SPECIALIZED TRAINING for SUCCESS Business is the one field never so over-crowded that it cannot offer opportunity to t h o s e showing ability and willingness to work. However, ability and 'hard work are only half the battle--the other half is PREPARATION Sr1'Sr HC IB Al :fC I ecre aria , . enograp ic, ommercia , usiness ,L'lT1I'l'lIS ra'1'0'n ,oursf offered for your p'repa'ratio11 for Business. Free catalogue on frequebrt SCHGDL of BUSINESS 703 MAIN AT TUPPER BUFFALO, N. Y I wish to thank all those who gave contrihutions to this department. It is only hy having many people contribute to this section that we can present a good humor department in the BEACON. How ahout a contribution from you? NORMAN BEGIN, Humor Editor. A mother of one of the freshman observing that her little Willie never took his eyes away from the drummer while at a play, concluded that a toy drum outfit would he just what the hoy would want. So on his birth' day she handed the various articles to little Willie, saying, Here are your little stickees. Here is your litf tle drumee and here is your little! these are your bells. She: Darling, I won a medal at the cooking school. He: Wonderful, but tell me. Whitt is this I am eating? She: Guess. He: Your medal. GOOD BUSINESS Yes madam, we are selling these watches at cost. Then how do you make any profit? Repairing them. So you took the pippin home from the movie last night? HLYCH.-51 How far does she live from the theatre? Oh, three soda fountains and a candy store. I have found the meanest man at last. I'Who? What did he do? He's deaf and he never told his barber. Little Brother: If I wasn't here, your boy friend would kiss you. Big Sister: You impertinent hoy, go away this instant! Touzalinz I should like to see something cheap in a brown suit. Clerk: Here, try this one on--fthe mirror is over there. BRING HOME - the - BIEIACQNR Seniors want extra copies for frfencls ORDER YOUR .IUNE ISSUE NOW! We are going to print only as many copies as ordered, so cion't be disappointed. Place your order with your home room managers. READ THE BEA CON Please Mention the Beacon to Our Advertisers CCgC min!! C Were you trying to catch that street car? Oh no indeed! I was merely frightening it away from the corner. A deaf woman entered a church with an ear trumpet. She was just seated when an usher tipftoed up and said: ' One toot, and out you go. Teacher: If there are any dum' bells in the room, please stand up. fA lone Freshman stands up.j Teacher: Do you consider your' self a dumbell? Frosh: No, but I hate to see you standing up all alone. What do you do for a living? I live by my wits. No wonder you're half starved. I'd walk a mile for a Camel. Drunk: Where would you put the darn thing? Alice Eby: Stop! This can't go on Shoe Salesman: All right, Miss, we'll try another pair. Our idea of nothing is a bladeless knife without a handle. Dick faged five, in candy shopj: How many of these do I get for a penny? Clerk: Oh, six or seven. Dick: I'll have seven, please. I want a box of cigars for a birth' day present. Strong cigars, Madam? Oh, yes, very strong. My husband bites them so. ff meacon 67 FOOLING PAPA Little Boy fcalling father at the oilicej : Hello, who is this? Father freoognizing son's voicej: The smartest man in the world. Little Boy: Pardon me, I got the wrong number. Dearest, I love you. Since the dawn of creation, since the birth of this world, since the beginning of time, I have known and loved you. Darling, will you be mine? Oh, Tom, this is so sudden. CICERO the CYNIC SAYS: Isn't it strange how a man will chase a girl until she catches him? Mandy-What's de matter, Sam? Don't you love me no mo'? Sam-Sho ah does, honey, Ah's jest restin'. Satan was having trouble with a new arrival, a driedfup little fellow, but very active, who refused to obey any of the rules and raised Cain gen' erally. Now look here, roared Old Nick catching hold of him, who do you think you are? You seem to think you are running the place. Sure thing, said the little fellow. Didn't they give it to me time and again before I came here. Dick McKee fat a party, : Very dull, isn't it? Stranger: Yes, very. D. M.: Let's go home. S.: I can't. I'm the host. 68 Ccge ,Bennett ,Beacon He-My mouth feels like a parade ground. She-How so? He-Two dentists have been drill- ing on it all afternoon. Penfold: What is an anteater, Pop? Ots: A picnicker. The time will come, shouted the speaker, when women will get men's wages. Yes, said the little man in the corner, next Friday night. Are you the groom? asked the be- wildered old gentleman at a very elaborate wedding. No sir, was the reply of the em- barrassed young man. I was elim- inated in the preliminary tryouts. WE DO HOPE SO Extract from the letter of a quick- tempered business man: My stenographer, being a lady, cannot transcribe what I think of you. I, being a gentleman, cannot think of it, but you, being neither, will doubt- less understand what I mean. Well, Willie, how did you like your first day at school? It was alright, but there was a lady in front of the class and she kept spoiling the fun. Minister: Well, little man, I must call and thank your mother for these ten splendid apples she sent me. Boy: Oh, pleaise, sir, won't you kindly thank her for fourteen? The boss, who believed in hustling, met two of his men in the yard, walk- ing one behind the other. Now then, he exclaimed briskly, where are you both going? Please, sir, faltered one, we're taking this 'ere plank up to the saw- mill. . Plank? What plank? snapped the boss. I don't see any plank! The man looked down at his hands and then over his shoulder at his mate. Why, bless me, Bill, he ex- claimed, 'Lif we ain't been and forgot the plank! Rastus was dead. A wonderful funeral was in progress. The preacher talked at great length of the good traits of the deceased brother: what a good, honest man he was, and what a good provider for his family, what a loving husband and father. The widow grew restless. Johnnie, she whispered, go up dar and look in dat coflin and see if dat's yore pa. Mr. Hammand: I have been think- ing, my dear boy, of retiring next year and leaving the business to you. Ted: There's no hurry is there, father? You go ahead and work a few years yet, and then we can both retire together, ECONOMICAL A Scotchman was leaving on a fort- night's business trip and called back as he left home: Good-bye, all, and, Katherine, dinna forget to make leetle Donald tak' his glasses off when he's looking at naethingf' SPRING, ' Clothes Harmony 9 W y , for M ' IA.. V- Pleasing L Q j ltx x note If you l1aven't visited our Prep Department as yet to see our new Spring Clothing, you've a rare treat to look forward to. Frankly, we never had a finer assortment - they're greater values, too. KLEINHANS PREP SUITS 322.50 QCoat, Vest and - Long Trousersj KLEI HAN'S PREP DEPT. Please Pntronxzc Our fXLl'.'Cl'1l C 70 Ccge Bennett meacog CALIFORNIA Go to the land of the western sun, Where every business is overdone. Where the stores charge freight on the goods made there. Ask them the reason they think you rare. Where you get climate with all your meals But you get so hot your back just peels. Where the movies stars marry twice a year,- They'd marry again if the way was clear: Where cows eat barley instead of hay And the cream gets lost in the milky way, Where the view of the ocean is very nice But this is included with the priceg Where they claim it is wet if it rains once a year, You get so dry you can't shed a tear, Where the chickens have mites, the dogs have fleas, And the desert wind blows till the oranges freeze, Where they shovel sand but don't have snow, It's just about even as far as I know. So tune up your flivver and start for the west VJ here jobs are scarce and the pay is less. Take all your cash and plenty of clothes, When you'll get more, the Lord only knows. Norman Begin Q224j 1932 Ots-fWhen you come home tonight and I'm up studying, wake me up. Famous Slow Movie-Reed Her' ring jumping at Mrs. Wilkinson's command. Favorite Phrases of Famous People: Mr. Snow-This is the acid test, boys. Mr. Baxter-Take your bench, Miss Patterson-Were you in asf sembly this morning? Miss Jepson-Memorize the last ten verses for tomorrow. Mr. Rupert-Something is going to happen around here. Miss KelleyfTest tomorrow. Miss Steudle-Isn't it? Ethel-Are you from the north? Bob Lyon-No, why? Ethel-You dance as though you had snow shoes on. The girls who study in 207, rest their chins on their hands when they're thinking, to keep their mouths shut so they won't disturb themselves. Waiter, there's a fly in my soup. Well, after all, Mister, how much soup can a fly drink? Seen In A Downfffown Window WANTED: Girls to sew buttons on the tenth floor. 5 ang ,S Creamrl-'op FRANK B. HOOLE 950 MAIN STREET STUDENTS' AND OFFICE SUPPLIES PRINTING AND ENGRAVING The RingfbooIq Stove Seneca 5442 Simon Greenbaum Manufacturer of STYLANfVALU CLOTHES For Men and Young Men 479 WASHINGTON ST. fCor. Mohawkj Fillmore 8000 KLEPFER BROTHERS Incorporated Buick Motor Cars 1565-l585 Main Street The young husband could eat no more of his wife's dinner. That's a pity, she said, for if you don't, I shall have to give it to the dog! Yes, it's a pity, he said, 'Lsuch a nice dog. That coat, sir, flts like a glove. So I see. The sleeves completely cover the hands. One of the popular restaurants catering to the so-called celebrities, has a slogan, From a sandwich to an Institution! One of the wags who was charged 31.50 for two slices of bread with some ham and cheese between them, groaned: You pay for an institution and you get a sandwich! o I 9 and Red and White Chain Stores We are hoping that perhaps Frank Kulp will again appear on the as- sembly program with his famous com- pany of trained fleas or as Ye Town Crier. Bob: So you were up before a sterner traffic judge than usual? Alice: Yes, I had to smile at him three times before he dismissed the charge. Arthursz Whats a Grecian Urn? Handy: Oh, about S25 a week unless he owns a restaurant. A New York banker tells us that his word is worth a million dollars. We wish he'd tell us that word. Prisoner: I'm sorry, my lord, but the' more a man gets the more he wants, Judge: Well, you are getting seven years! How much more do you want? Farmer: See here, young fellow, what are you doing up in that tree? Dick Ball: One of your pears fell down down and I was trying to put it back. When the clock struck midnight, father came to the head of the stairs and in a loud tone of voice said: Young man is your selffstarter out of order tonight? lt doesn't matter as long as theres a crank in the house, came innof cently up the stairs. Mose, can you explain wireless telegraphy to me? 'Yessuh, it's like dis: Ef youfall had a long houn' dog, an' he stretched from Oincinnaty to Cleveland, an' you stept on his ta'l in Cincinnaty, he would howl in Cleveland. Dat am telegraphy. Only in wiahless you does de same ting widout de dog. 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What a whale of a difference a few sense make. -Albert Preston. Not one has ever worn out. - McKec's Ford. Some people think that: 1. Aspirin tablets are writing papers. 2. The Kentucky Derby is a hat. 3. Daylight saving is a hank. 4. Rain drops are cough medicine. 5. The 'Taming of the Shrew is an animal picture. 6. Oliver 'Twist is a new type of dance. A few remarks from the freshman girls: No, thanks-el just had an apple. Hey-eyou thing. mls this thing the elevator? Let's have a party. KRAMER'S STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS 856 Main Street .i1 Official Photographers 1931 Bennett Beacon Special Rates on Your Graduation Photos, priced at 58.00 per doz. and up. Millington Lockwood, I Inc. ELLICOTT SQUARE We have a full line of Loose Leaf Note Books for all usesfvaried prices General School Supplies P. K. C. Nebrich Phone C. Goergen Washington 3649 Nebrich 8z Goergen BOOK BINDERS and PAPER RULERS Quality and Service 701 WASHINGTON STREET Washington Bldg. 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Schultz: Will you join me in a bowl of soup? Brown: Do you think there is room enough for us both? Ferris: Well, how do you like O. Henry? Pankovv: O. K., but the nuts stick in my teeth. Childs, Sr.: And there, son, you have the story of the great football game we won, Childs, Jr.: Yes, dad, but why did they need all the other players? WM.J. oNDoN 3181 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, lI.Y. Crescent 7647 Open Even ings Rensselaer Polytechnic lnstitute TROY, NEW YORK A School of ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE HE Rensselaer Polytechnic lnstitute was established at Troy, New York. in l824, and is the oldest school of engineering and science in the United States. Students have come to it from all of the states and territories of the Union and from thirty- nine foreign countries. At the present time, there are nearly WOO students enrolled at the school. 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