Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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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.