Benson High School - Cupola Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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THROUGH THE YEARS 1' Although Benson Hlgll School IS SOITICIIIUCS referred to as the baby h1gh school of Omaha If was organrzed back 111 1901 A txxo year school course xx as added to wnat xx ts then the old Benson grade school, located at S1xt1cth and Maple streets At tl1at t1me Benson was a groxxmg v1llage, rndependent of Omaha Central H1511 Omahas oldest l11gh school had just been transftrred to IES new bu1ld1ng on Caprtol h11l Tl1c enrollment rncreased and add1t1on of the eleveath grade was made followed by the add1t1on of the txxelftl1 grade TVIISS Mary McN1n1ar1 became PFIDCIPH1 11 1911 At the begrnmng of MISS McN1n1aras pr1nc1palsl1 p, the total enrollment was approx1mately fifty students, as contrasted xx1tl1 tl1c present enrollment of crght hund ed 1nd seventy students Th1s lI1Lll.ldCS both the 1un1or and se111or h1gh enrollment In 1913 thc first graduttrng class, composed o elght members, completed aiour year course In 1929 the largest class III the 111story of the school w1l1 be gradtntcd xx1tl1 an enrollment of forty erght In 1914 Benson H1gl1 xx as trrnsferred to Benson W st a three story red br1ck blllldlng located at SIXIY sneth and Maple streets Tl11s blllltlllig l1ad been plannel for a grade school but was part1ally remodeled to meet tl1c needs of a h1gl1 school Irom then on, as t11e enrollment grexx new courses w re lppearmg and Benson was fully accredlted to the UIIIXLTSIIY of Nebraska and guned full 11'lLIHl3CI'Sll1P 11 the North Central Assoc1at1on of Colleges and Sec ondary scl1ools Upon the annexat1on of Benson to Omal1a 1n 1918 Benson Hrgh automatrcally became part of the Omaha school system under t11e supcrx1s1on of Mr J H Beverrdge On the memorable date, December 17 1976 the JLIIIUI' and senror 111g11 schools moved to the1r new S481 000 blllltlllig it F1fty second and Maple streets The n xx sehool comm 1nd1ng a wrde vrevx of Omaha and the xurrounchng country, IS an 111117051118 structure ll1X1Dg C1 1 rglan Colonral type of arclntecture w1th stately columns ll llllxlllg the cntrtncc and t11rec grieeful Cupolas guardmq the roof THEN CAME THE CUPOLA ln 1979 BCHSOII h1gl1 scl1ools hrst yearbook called th Yemm Book was pubhshed Albert Holdorf was the CLl1IOI' 1n ch1ef of the 14 Illelllbfff staff xx l'11Lll 1ssued th txventy page publ1cat1on There were 58 faculty mem bers ind 48 gradu 1t1ng sen1ors then the largest graduatlng class Advert1s1ng xxas carrred that first year as Well full page ad congrrtulitmg tl1c 79 gradu 1t1ng class W1th ' remember the polrey of t11e CREEN and WHITE A xx 138 XWIN lAlR IOLlI'1'lll1S1Tl IHSIILILIOI 111 1979 xx LS BIISS Mary Ellen Kloppmg Mrs Anne Sav1dge SLIPCFVISOI' of 0LlI'I'lHllSIT1 and IIISIYLILIOI' at K entril x1s1tcd Benson xxcckly to adv1se Cunnar Horn present journ 1115111 'lL1VlSCI' came to Benson 111 19117 llter tilemg ehrrgc of the 1l1gl1Sll department as well Although tl1c hxsr ycrrbook pLlbllL1flOIl appeared 1n 1979, the VHI'10LlS publ1cat1ons 1n the early th1rt1es were not consrdereel xolumcs Consequently the 1955 Cupola the txxenty fifth volume IS the srlver annrversary rssue The tl1eme of tl1c first yearbook xxas t11e 'k Sl11pO Dreams portray1ng the sa111ng of the 'K Sh1pO Learn mg xx1tl1 the faculty at t11e l1elm W After four years sa111ng upon the seas rn hrs Sh1p O Learnmg, the senror at last reaches port xx1tl1 jexxels of h1gh scl1ool l1fe, fI1CI1'lSl11PS, knowledge and happy memor1es, and so bears away the croxvnrng treasure of 111s adx enture 111s drploma If the Shrp O Dreams carr1es Wlfh If memorres of a l11gh school l1fe xx ell traveled, surely more successful adventures w1ll awa1t the student rn hrs voyage on thc Shlp OL1fe 111 1970 Benson orglnrzed 1ts chapter of Natronal Honor Soc1ety FIVC sen1ors were elected to lf 1n 1929 That yclr marked tl1c organL11t1on of u1l1 and Scroll, tl1c nrnonal l1onor SOLICIY for h1gh school journahsts and hxc members xxerc elected Smce 1979 there htxc been m u1y gradurtes of Benson h1gh scl1ool seekmg to find tl1e1r place 1n the rapidly lllllglllg xxorld rbout them Regtrdlcss of tl1c year xxhethcr 1t be 1979 or 1955 the followmg st1ll ap l1es 1' g1xc to the vxorll that best you haxc And tl1c best xv1ll come btck to you 111979 8111101 bool ' A 1 V 1 a 1 ' - ' ' ' . . 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SILVER ANNIVERSARY 195 5 CUPOLA

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