Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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.

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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