Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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.

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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.

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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.