Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Business courses open doors to the modern commercial world. LEONA F. BRADT Occupational Education A task well begun is half done RUTH BROWN Illalhematics When are you going to make up the work? HELEN BRYANS An The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men LILLIAN S. COHN Business It's less trouble to do your home- work thau to explain why you didn't do it CHARLES COLLINS Illatlu-mocks Math can never be .fully learned SHEILA CRARY Business It is always in season for men to study BUSINESS Although Bennett stresses its academic achievements, it offers a complete set of courses for the student whose interests lie in the fields of business. Introduction to Business is just what the name implies, for it acquaints the student with many commercial techniques and procedures. Business Arithmetic alIords the student a mathematical background necessary for success in the modern business world. Classes in Business Law go to court twice a year to witness civil cases. In this way students learn hy first-hand experi- ence how Buffalo's judicial department is organized and con- ducted. The students also prepare projects from newspapers about cases tried in the various courts, thereby keeping a record of interesting and important litigation which can be utilized at a later date. In shorthand the students try Gregg Company special tests. Those earning favorable results receive certificates from this company. In typing classes the slower students get extra practice sessions, while the better typists try speed and accu- racy tests for certificates awarded by various publishing companies. After four years of concentrated study, Bennett's business majors are assured of success in whatever commercial occupa- tion they select. 13

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THE FACULTY OF BE ETT 1959-1960 PAUL R. BANKOSKE Industrial Arts Better hring those tools back! ART The minds and pens of the art students at Bennett have been well cultivated by their experienced and enthusiastic instructors. This year, thirty-live students in the advertising art classes put much elfort into attractive and significant posters for the Health Poster Contest, sponsored by the Wom- an's Auxiliary and Medical Society of the State of New York. Another group of students participated in the Brother- hood of Mau poster contest. This competition was spon- sored hy B'nai B'rith, an international service organization. The pupils labored many long hours on their entries and pro- duced many artistic posters. On the bulletin boards throughout the school year, a va- riety of fme art work was displayed. These exhibits portrayed different art mediums and featured clever designs and orig- inal drawings. In every corridor, students were reminded of BEACON sales, our Better Dress Campaign, the Bean and Belle Brummel contests, and of the need to keep our cafeteria orderly, thanks to the diligence of our Art Department. Surely the numerous contributions of this department to the school's operation is most valuable and greatly appreciated by all of Bennett's faculty and students. The teachers and students of Bennett's Art Department are to be congratulated on their outstanding support of their school's activities. 12 1 1 Creative Art makes our school .Tid homes more beautiful 1 I l 1 l ' ' r . Science you're tal VIOLE BEACH Soclhl Studlbs Now class, here is your red strm to tie your notes to ether FREDEilICK BELLINGER languages Comment? t 1 MILDRED R. BELLINGER l You arenlt leamlng anything wh king! Y l I l V N

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ENGLISH .lust as a well-written composition has an introduction, so does the well-informed Freshman at Bennett have an intro- duction to basic English. After English II with Julius Caesar and more grammar drill, the third year English student is ex- posed to curriculum of a dilferent nature. Extensive work in vocabulary and composition is conducted in preparation for college board and scholarship examinations. Some English classes compiled an anthology of original verse set in an ar- tistic hackground of the student's design. Part of the English Department, Bennett's Drama and Speech Department entertains the school with a variety show and play. In order to give their courses additional meaning the students also participate in many classroom and inter- school debates and speaking contests. For the Senior, fourth year English was unusually stimu- lating. A major part of the year's work concerned the writing of weekly themes. In conjunction with these assignments, a literary magazine, The Harbinger, was published containing the hest efforts of the honors classes. Bennett's English courses are indeed designed to cover all phases of this complex subject. Its obvious success is verified by the returning college Freshmen who repeatedly say how well Bennett prepared them for college English. JUSTINA R. CROLL Libmly Y There is no frigate ' like a book To take us lands away. l The adventurelands of literature are explored in English. 14 l 1 N 1 .l . Social Studies No, hm, a cartographer dxesn't make carts! ' N ORA A. CURRY K l SARAH DALY languages You must be spending too much time od some other subject 1 N CARL L. DENI Science Let's sittle down 1 1 l N 1 W l 1 l 1 JOHN R. DEVLIN l Scienoei 1 Again, I don't memorize the fat ls, i they're in the book l DOROTHY H. DINSMORE English Speak up! l 1