Benson High School - Cupola Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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ENGLISH MATHEMATIW FIRST Am, HOME NURSING AA za Anna Cass Caroline Gurney Gunnar Horn Rubie Jessen Irene Johnson Gladys Line Helen Maynard June Pickard Helen Redenbaugh Blanch Swan Ruth Ward SOCIAL STUDIES Bertie Hoag Eva H. Jones Richard Krebs Donald Libby Frank D. Nelson John Otte Avis Roberts Eula Ross COMMERCIAL Elizabeth Battling O. J. Dickey Ehrma Donley Mildred Holling Kathryn Kendall Ada Morgan Edith Smith Alice Tesar Esther Weitkamp Ida Wood Benson High School Faculty MARY MCNAMARA Principal EARL H. SCHROER Assistant Princi Ella Barrett Nellie Bebb Roberta Kiewit Eva O'Neil Ora Sallander Hildegarde Samuelson SCIENCE Joe Ihm Kathryn Kriebs Charles Matthews Earl H. Schroer Ermagrace Wlyckoff FOREIGN LANGUAGES Efhe Durgan Irene Johnson Sadie Schaifnit HOUSEHOLD ARTS Martha Artist Alice Buffett INDUSTRIAL ARTS Ralph V. Ross E. H. Shelley Max Winter JOURNALISM Gunnar Horn ART Josephine Shively DEBATE June Pickard DRAMATICS Anna Cass Grace Jardine May Leach Ora Sallander MUSIC Mignon Altman Natalie Jacobson Donald Libby Flora Sears Nelson Ruby Pierce Albert Sand PHYSICAL EDUCATION Ella Anderson May Leach Edward Orcutt Ralph V. Ross ROTC Sergeant James Goff Staff Sgt. Arthur L. Starkey LIBRARY Alice I-Iorsfall CAFETERIA DIRECTOR Alice Moore CLERICAL SERVICE Gertrude Becker Alma Heagle Mary Heskin Virginia Maxwell Marguerite Zweifel ENGINEER Durward Forrell HEAD CUSTODIAN Bert Stansbury my

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Qtinctpaf my me Wamara Starting at Benson West in 1911 with an enrollment of 50 pupils, Principal Mary McNamara has seen Benson High school grow to the present enrollment of almost 1500. During this period of time she has taught practically every grade and every subject, including history, English, French, mathematics and music. As her work is centered around the educational and civic activities of this community, she has enjoyed the cooperation and friendship of Benson high's many patrons, among whom are numbered many of her personal friends. Watching her pupils come and go from Benson High school leaves her with many happy memories.

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A was J 6 The Seniors Memories of high school days provide students with food for thought which takes a life-time to digest. The least that can be said for the graduating seniors of the 1944 classes is that they have had a variety of foods in their four-year meal. A f hmen the entered the Monroe junior high, where they were the seniors s res y of the school. Their second year found them in the main Benson building, hustling around and striving to keep up with the upperclassmen. As juniors these students were in the know and could be relied upon to help out in any situation. But the first three years scurried by and soon they were seniors -ready to step in and take the lead and thus help gu ide others not so far along the road toward commencement. hem, the seniors will In days to come while glancing over these pages devoted to t recall many pleasant memories. A picture-an autograph-a name-will perhaps arouse thoughts which will bring a chuckle or a smile. Recollections of one of the senior shows, or the Military Ball, or maybe one of the senior dances, will rekindle a spark of some happy times. And so, hoping that this, their Cupola, will really mean something to them, we proudly present the 1944 seniors . . .