Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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LANGUAGES The modern language classes at Bennett spent a busy year engaging in many projects. Periods were set aside in the lIe- brew classes for listening to Israeli songs. French classes pre- pared seasonal projects sueh as Thanksgiving prayers and Christmas cards in addition to reading classical literature. Bennett is fortunate in being the only Buffalo school offering a course in Russian. This year these classes presented a play concerning Russian life spoken in the native tongue. During the past year, selected language students experi- mented with six sound equipped booths which were insti- tuted as part ofa temporary Language Laboratory. The stu- dents' activity involved listening to tapes and records, espe- cially prepared for the language they were studying. The pur- pose of this project was to develop, along with the ability to read and interpret the language, a facility in using it in con- versation. French students participated in the National French Con- test while German and Spanish students did the same in their respective subjects. The Latin classes were kept busy reading Caesar and Cicero, but found enough time to read hooks on Roman culture. Thus, Languages at Bennett are truly inter- esting. DELORES LePRELL English Good words are worth much and cost little Bennett students master various foreign Langlmges. I MURRAY in. LYNDS I mlustriaf Arts This is how they do it country. X DELORES IAKE Y English Please people! MARY K. liIAT'I'ERA Guidance i Oh fine! N EMILIE MAYER Languages F ur niorgen, Klasse! K N ELINOR MQGILL Social Studies Everylhing's tough! I8 W in the old

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IRMA LEE HAYES Science That's a good deal RUDOLPH V. HEIS Plgvsicul Education Some girls go to college, others go i steady. ho . . ., ho . . ., ho . . .. FLOYD B. HILL Guidance Remember, your limit is three ap- plicationsln MILDRED C. HOLMLUND Art You can't. learn by memorizing MAY S. JEPSON English Doesn't anybody ever know uny- thing about grammar? Through Industrial Arts courses boys train for vocations. DANIEL M. KUBLITZ English When I'm happy, you're happy: and when l'n1 unhappy, . . . INDUSTRIAL ARTS 'T The manual talents of Bennctt's boys are developed under the competent guidance of the Industrial Arts instructors. First year introductory shop courses are designed to help the student discover his major interests and aptitudes. The Gen- eral Shop class is divided in September: half taking metal and wood design, the other half working with and learning the arts of plastics, ceramics, and printing. At the end ofthe first semester they exchange places. If the student wishes, he may continue with a printing course in his Sophomore year and one in advanced printing the following year. Other subjects available to dexterous upper classmen involve study in metal- lurgy and Woodcraft. Besides offering valuable training, the print shop performs an important service to thc school. These classes are respon- sible for printing the Variety Show and school play programs and tickets, as well as many school documents. The Indus- lrial Arts division also aids the BEACON by printing adver- tising anrl sales blanks. Surely Bennett's Industrial Arts department not only trains students for careers but also gives them a valuable background for future do-it-yourself projects. The achieve- ments of these young men are truly representative of the caliber of Bennett's accomplishments. I7

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MARY A. McGUINN Hamemnking Good grief ! EVELYN MUNTZ Guidance I'm busy now, so come back to- morrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. to- mormw . . . MARY ROSE MURPHY English Our thoughts and our conduct are our own ANNETTE MUSSACHIO English There is no past, so long as books shall live ROBERT J. MYERS Art This is the twentieth century MATHEMATICS This past year intriguing trends have brought about many advances in the curriculum of the mathematics courses offered at Bennett. After a year of elementary algebra, students in tenth year scholarship classes take plane and fundamental solid geometry. Eleventh year classes study trigonometry and intermediate algebra. Scholarship classes take the eleventh year examina- tion in January and are also exposed to Advanced Algebra. The twelfth year courses available to students are as varied as the talents ofthe instructors who teach them. After re- ceiving extensive mathematical foundations in their Hrst three years, Bennett's mathematicians can really begin to exercise their brains. The twelfth year honors and scholarship classes follow an advanced placement syllabus. The twelfth year experimental course, extremely interesting and challeng- ing, develops modern mathematics as do all twelfth year courses. Added to this curriculum, however, are such subjects as analytical geometry and calculus. These students also pre- pare original projects and discuss them in classroom dem- onstrations. Thus, Bennctt's graduates enter college well prepared by our Illallienmlics Department. ELIZABETH NEUSCHEL English This test will stump even the scholarship class! llfathenuztics explains the secrets of the universe, if i 3 . . i9