Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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Jilusic brightens and entertains the lives of many. FRANK NOWAK .Music All together now-one, two, three MUSIC Bennett owes much to its music instructors whose efforts have provided us with the music so vital to many school activ- ities. The Chorus and Orchestra play a large part in the pres- entation of the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter assem- blies, where the singing of seasonal songs and the playing of appropriate music furnish us with the proper atmosphere. Our third musical group, the Band, maintains school spirit by its presence at all football games, and has, along with an enthu- siastic student body, cheered Bennett teams through two un- defeated seasons. In addition to these services, the Music Department has classes in Harmony I and II, Music History, and Rudiments of Music. Music History students wrote term papers on com- posers and presented their papers before the class. Harmony gives students a chance to work on original compositions, the most promising of which are sent to the Best of Today. Many Band and Chorus members belong to the Music Club. In this newly formed organization, the musical ahil- ities of its members are given free expression. Bennett can and should be proud of its active and diversi- fied Music program. 20 I CATHERINE G. O'BRIEN Soclhl Sturlies Hit the nail on the head TIIERESA L. PODMELE Ilfatllemalics You need the tools to play game ETIIEL I.. ROBERTS Physlbal Education What's your excuse today? 1 n BARBARA ROGERS English, Parting is such sweet sorrow I 1 1 M. RITA ROONEY English: Where's1Peter? 4 l 1 l I Lhe