Bennett High School - Beacon Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Assemblies Orientafion Assembly Acquainfs Freshmen with School AT The OrienTaTion Assembly in SepTember. new sTudenTs were acquainTed wiTh The TradiTions and rules ol The school. OTTO SchmidT, professional Trampoline arTisT, performed aT The Novem- ber 2 Assembly and spoke on per- severance. JesT Side STory, a Take-oil on WesT Side STory, was presenTed on OcTober 28, by The BEACON sTaTT, To kick oTT yearbook sales. This musical porTrayed The rivalry beTween Two yearbook sTaTTs, The Dead- lighTs and The Beacons. The lirsT NaTional Honor SocieTy Assem- bly. on November l8. acknowl- edged achievemenTs in educa- Tion. GuesT speaker, Dr. Ralph Loew, sTressed The role of learn- ing in our lives. An ATomic En- ergy Commission RepresenTaTive, Mr. Jenkins, presenTed a lecTure, This ATomic World, during The Thanksgiving Assembly on No- vember 23. On Boy's LeTTer Day, December lb, The Physical Edu- caTion DeparTmenT awarded aTh- leTic leTTers. and Coach lvloga- vero showed TooTball movies from The BenneTT-Burgard game. Sandy Greenberg explains To sTudenTs Thar They musT be prepared To Take Their places in Today's world. Mr. lvlogavero. wiTh Mr. VeTrano and Mr. Miller assisTing him in The background. 26 Assemblies su 5 in encourages spiriT on Ben-Ken Day by leading The sTudenT body in Go BenneTT Go.

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OTTo SchmidT, professional Tumbler and weighTliTTer, lecTures on perseverance and demonsTraTes Trampoline skills. Michael WinklesTein is his aid in This Trick. Alumnus Sandy Greenberg Returns to Bennettp Receives Distinguished Bennett Alumni Award ST. Nick Mogavero seT OTT This year's TesTiviTies aT The ChrisTmas Assembly wiTh The reading oT The annual giTT lisT. On January Il, BenneTT honored Dr. Samford Greenberg, voTed one of The Ten ouTsTanding young men in The UniTed STaTes by The Jaycees. Mr. Miller presenTed him wiTh The DisTinguished BenneTT Alumnus Award. Mr. George BrighT pre- senTed a Tilm enTiTled Rivers oT Fire and ice, which inTroduced The sTudenT body To an Airican Safari. in an assembly on January l8. The lnTer-Racial Researchers 28 Assemblies Assembly on February IO con-A sisTed of an inTerpreTive dance depicTing The TuTiliTy oT racial prejudice, and Three movies show- ing The origin of The races. Speaker Tex YearouT, aT The Feb- ruary I7 Assembly, spoke To The audience about Their morals and TuTure goals. An AFS pizza eaT- ing conTesT was held on March 3 To boosT pizza sales. During The spring NaTional Honor SocieTy Assembly Program, members pre- senTed a Take-off on Oedipus Rex and inducTed new Juniors in- To The socieTy. Mr. Berkman chasTises apaTheTic sTu- dents Tor Their lack oT co-operaTion during cheering in a sporTs assembly. During The TirsT Televised ChrisTmas As- sembly, Bob Jadd Takes a snapshoT as The cameraman makes adiusTmenTs.