Bellows Free Academy - Alpha Omega Yearbook (St Albans, VT)

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financing the most important event of the year, the Junior Prom, which took place on June 5. Leaving this gay setting in the center of the stage, we see at a glance, a very busy and business- like setting at the left wing, namely the Mercury staff, who portray excellent parts in the perform- ance. The group consists of: Ralph Guyette, as Associate Literary Editor, Gordon Dewart as Associate Managing Editor, Virginia Purrier, as Exchange Editor, Edward Corliss as Assistant Advertising Manager, and Sylvia Harris as As- sistant Circulation Manager. The outstanding individual distinction to come to our class during this act was the winning of a S150 scholarship at the University of Vermont for his prize essay YVe VVho Would Diet by Gordon Dewart. The most exciting scene of the third act oc- curs When the Annual Junior Prize Speaking is held. Congratulations were warmly given Eileen Rooney for winning the Hrst prize, to Virginia Fisher for the second prize, and Foster Corliss for third prize. Before the curtain falls, there is a dreaded but certain confiict. Study's emissary, Examina- tions, is defeated again, but this time more dras- tically than ever before, perhaps because those who fell by the way before were less vigorous fighters, and still more probably because the sur- vivors profited by their sad fate. Again an intermission of eight weeks, then Act IV arrives at last and is warmly received. By this time, the actors are so matured, so at ease, so changed for the better that they are diffi- cult to recognize. We seem to View with rose- colored spectacles that scene that so soon will vanish. lt looks very attractive with the follow- ing leaders at the head: President, Edward Cor- liss, Vice-President, Dorothy Sunderland, Secre- tary, Nlarjorie Little, Treasurer, George Bryce. The action is more rapid and more com- plicated than in preceding acts. There is more comedy than before and there are several im- portant scenes and interpolations. Scene I shows the election to executive posi- tions on the Student Council-Edwin Simpson, President, Rita Corrigan, Vice-President, and George Bryce, Secretary and Treasurer. Repre- sentatives to the Executive Council from the sen- ior class were Wayne Richardson and Marjorie Little. One of the most exciting scenes of Act IV was held on December 10. Laying aside the duties as seniors and students for one brief eve- ning, the class held its first senior supper in a room attractively trimmed with Christmas decorations. The president and vice-president of the class acted as host and hostess at this supper. The guest speaker was Miss Alberta Beeman. Edwin Simp- son and Rita Corrigan gave talks suitable to the occasion. A Christmas tree, which included small gifts, was enjoyed, after which games were played. Hard work and success were shown in April when the class carried off the cup from the fourth annual Junior Jamboree. The skit presented was Remembered Yesterdays. A new Mercury staff was announced during the latter part of Act III for its work in Act IV. The leading positions fell to: Gordon Dewart, Managing Editor, Marjorie Little, Editor, Vir- ginia Purrier, Feature Editor, Sylvia Harris, News Editor, Rita Corrigan and Jean Dewart, Reporters, Dorothy Sunderland, Sports Editor, Virginia Fisher, Alumni Editor, Edward Corliss, Business Manager, Edwin Simpson, Circulation Manager. The actors who showed promise of being stars in the preceding act have fulfilled that prom- ise and shine brightly, in the cast of Guess gain, our Senior Play which was presented May 6 and 7. The cast was as follows: Waldo, Wil- liam Ciofii, Bertie, James Fortuna, Janet, Eileen King, Bill, Gilman Rood, Dora Mae, Rita Cor- rigan, Mrs. Skinner, Dorothy Sunderland, Lord VViggleton, Frederick Hodge, Olive Ordway, Virginia Purrier, Lulu Perkins, Sylvia Harris, Sol Messer, Lester Luman, Mr. Grimes, Harold Best, Marcella Jenks, Eleanor Schofield, Renee Lamour, Aldine MacArthur, Mr. Pratt, John lNIacDonald. Virginia Fisher won third prize in the Speak- ing Contest held at the Cathedral High School, for reciting The Day of Judgmentfl At last the fatal hour arrives, and the Final Examination raises his sinister head. The efforts of several of the seniors in the last of Act IV were well rewarded when they were declared exempt from Final Examinations. The attack of the other seniors is brave and well organized The result of concentration is apparent. To a man-and a woman-the seniors now emerge vic- torious. They have finished Study. And then the sym- bolic touch, without which no play worthy the name is complete-the ironic twist of the new school dramatists: Study, met face to face, is found to be, not an enemy, but a friend, and an invaluable ally to possess throughout life. The strenuous preparation for battle, which made our cast more and more familiar with study, was a blessing in disguise and everybody is happy. The play ends in a burst of glory, with flowers, music, and congratulations-in short, graduation exercises, and We have the well-known and ever popular, happy ending. ISI .l.J

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Best-liked blost Pleasing Personality Most Talkative Quietest Most Frivolous hflost Conscientious Most Apt to Succeed lN'lost Optimistic lVlost Pessimistic Most Sophisticated Most Domestic Best Scholar Most Fastidious Peppiest Best All-Around blost Athletic Best Dancer Smoothest Line Class Comedian Most Faithful Extra- Curricular Worker Happiest Most Carefree Hardest To Get Acquainted With Easiest To Get Acquainted With Luckiest CLASS POLL BOY George Bryce George Bryce James Fortuna VValter Silk Jack Hodges Edward Corliss Gordon Dewart James Fortuna Charles Regan Gilman Rood Edward Kearney Gordon Dewart Gilman Rood jack Hodges George Bryce Ralph Guyette George Bryce Gilman Rood jack Hodges Edward Corliss Jack Hodges Jack Hodges James Pattee George Bryce Edwin Simpson i l1O GIRL Rita Corrigan Rita Corrigan Eileen Rooney Frances Mooney Shirley lVliller Helen Patten lVlildred Roby Harriet Palmer Virginia Purrier Barbara Cohen Helen Patten Jean Dewart Eileen King Rita Corrigan Dorothy Sunderland Edith Libbey Eleanor Schofield Eileen Rooney Beryl Field Sylvia Harris Eleanor Schofield Shirley Miller Helen Culver Rita Corrigan Beryl Field