Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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TO THE SENIORS For four vears you haue been lookmg forward to thls your goal graduatlon Now that you have ach1eved It how proud you must feel to be a mem ber of the Class of 1954 Yours has been a great class an outstandmg class You have 11ved up to the 1d63l5 of Bennett and w1ll be better cltlzens because of those ldeals It has been an experlence worklng Wlth you try1ng to a1d you 1n eyery way Whlle we as IH dlvlduals may not always have seen eye to eye the overall p1cture has been grat1fy1ng You have been tralned 1n the ab1l1ty to dlsclpllne yourselves and to use Judgment to be adaptable and to understand the real meamng of freedom The tralnlng you have reeuved be It for culture co lege or llvelxhood IS only one aspect of much larger opportunltles the preparatlon for soclal l1y lng Thls IS what we have trlcd to help you ac eornphsh The rest 18 up to you We feel sure that you w1ll go forward better prepared because of your years at Bennett to know you as young men and young women I hope that our assoelatlon w1ll eontlnue 1n the Com mg years To you the Class of 1954 I offer my hearty and smeere congratulatlons May you al ways be proud of Bennett and Bennett of you CARL S WALZ Asslstant Prlnclpal 8 . , O' . . If V . V 1 I It has been pleasant working with you, getting

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Sulutaiory i 'i ONIGHT as we of the Class of 1954 reach the culmlna t1on of our hlgh school career we welcome each of you l wxth our deepest grat1tude and affectlon On thlS memor able occaslon our thoughts turn to those devoted people who haue gu1ded our paths durlng these four years and mstllled w1th1n us the hlgh 1deals of character WhlCh enable us to face the future wlth confidence We fully reallze that we could not have reached th1s stage 1n our emot1onal and educatlonal development solely through our own efforts We have been the rec1p1ents of guldance and 1nsp1rat1on from many sources By the1r pat1ent and self sacnficmg devotlon to our needs our parents have played an 1ncalculable part 1n brlngmg us closer to our goal Mr Farrar our esteemed pr1nc1pal has labored d1l1gently and s1ncerely to further our educatlonal alms and mold us 1nto capable and 1ntell1gent c1t1zens Our 1ntellectual and moral growth has been constantly nurtured by the tlreless efforts of Mr Walz and our respected faculty members But above all we have worked 1n Bennett Hlgh School IH an atmosphere wh1ch has always been conduclve to the pursu1t of knowledge and the preparat1on for l1fe Durmg the past four years the noble 1deals of our Alma Mater have been firmly 1mplanted w1th1n us and have led us to seek r1ch full and worthwhlle llves We have become aware of the broad VlStaS of knowledge and opportunlty awa1t1ng us 1n l1fe For all that have gulded us our parents our teachers and our school we are deeply and everlast lngly grateful Through the1r 1nterest and beneflclence toward us our parents and teachers have expressed the1r hope for the future well belng of the world We shall endeavor to fulfill these asplratlons by becomlng mature actlve c1t1zens It IS by these tangible means that we may glve full CXPFGSSIOU to our heart felt gratltude Tonlght we set forth on our dlvergent paths 1nto the unknown Re flectlng upon the past w1th devotlon and appreclatlon we face the future wlth falth and determlnatlon confident that THE BEST IS YET TO BE HERBERT L SUSSMAN 10 v . v v V . . 1 . . . . - p. . - , . , , 1 1 . , 1 7 Y ' v v v 1 ' v 1 ' - ' L , . v f 1 ' ' ' ' N vv , . . k