Bentley High School - Silhouette Yearbook (New York, NY)

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stage in Anclrocles and the Lion clad in what were supposed to he Roman togas, hut loolced suspiciously lilce dainty white shortsl ln spite ol our giggles the play was a success, and so was the Ballad for Americans. p First aid lcept us husy during cluh periods, and one could usually catch sight of an eager group of First aiders happily attaclcing the victim of the day with all manner of wiclced loolcing handages. And then along came the eleventh grade. Vxfe couldnlt helieve that next year we,d he seniorsl I Square dancing toolc possession of Bentley and echoes of 'U'The Lady ,Round the laadyn followed us everywhere. We presented our version ol the Three Blind Ratsn: Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito, in the Thansgiving play, along with the contrasting view of the four allied leaders. Some of the hits were Ulym Dreaming of a White Yvintern hy Stalin lalias Nancyl, Hlyve Got Plenty of Nothin, H hy Chiang Kai-shelc falias Barharal , and 'lm Called Benito, Little Benitou fwith due apologies to Gilhert and Sullivan? sung hy lvlahel, which hrought down the house when sung to the accompaniment ol' tears and a red hanlcy. And rememher our cute little Japanese, Betsy, singing this: Hllirohito is my name. l am. the Rising Sunl When the Stars and Stripes fly in fapan ' l'll he a setting onelu Teams really came into their own last year. The Bolts and Boltettes hoth tried very hard to win at least one game during the seasong and rememher what trouhle we had trying to lceep the oranges, which were served at games exclu- sively for the contending teams, from the violent attaclc of our hungry hoys? We received quite a shoclc in the middle of the Key Largo production when a shot was lired QPF haclcstage so realistically that we were sure a homh had hurst just hehind the curtainl And there was the terrihle moment when the halcony of Romeo and luliet almost collapsed the night of the performance. The Junior-Senior Luncheon was a highlight of the year. Our unhappy class treasurer, Helen, wormed dues out of us every weelc all year until we had enough money to provide us with a decent luncheon. For a while it loolced as though we,d have to serve it either on the sidewallq or a window sill not heing used for victory gardening. Everywhere we went we heard the same story: mlqhe Xvar, you lcnowf' No meat, no room, and too expensive: it all came hacli to the Vxfar. Xve hegan to thinlc seriously of either drowning the seniors or joining the Army to get a square meal for all of usl And then came what we all had heen waiting lor-graduation. The seniors were part of the alumnae, and we, we were Seniorsl Xvell, what do you thinl: of heing SENKBRS now? Z6 '

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