Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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.

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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!

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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