Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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.

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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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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.