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

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SENIUR CLASS HISTORY By JANE CORLISS Class Historian Four years is a long time .... or is it? it seemed forever on that day in the fall of ,37 when we all met in the gym to register. Now that we are seniors and are about to receive diplomas, gifts, and congratulations these same four years seem so very brief. Everything was new and different those first few weeks and there was a great deal going on. The class meetings that were so noisy and novel, the Social Hours on Monday afternoons, the Sophomore Mixer, the football games in the fall and in the winter the basketball matches. The wonderful Reception that the Sophomores gave to us and the many other things that occupied all our spare time. That was the year we elected Donald Wright and Mary Wood to the high positions of president and vice-president. The task of keeping the minutes of the meetings was given to Jane Ferguson and the purse strings were in the capable hands of Homer Burnell. We politely side-stepped for the seniors in the halls and listened to every word they uttered with great attention. The thought of midyears terrified us, but when that fatal week had been lived through we discovered that with a little hard work prac- tically any exam can be laid low. Not being in the habit of play acting we were slightly more scared than the other classes when it came time for the Junior jamboree. VVe started out with the determination to do or die and we did- very nicely, thank youll Freshman year was fun but sophomore year was definitely better. For one thing we were beginning to lose that insignificant feeling. We were no longer the little childrenn. Ted LaPier, lane Corliss, Marjorie Way and Wendell Post were chosen class officers. Instead of the cus- tomary Freshman-Sophomore Reception Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson gave a highly successful one to the entire school. We helped put on the Big B. F. A. Circus and made ourselves felt gen- erally in the glee clubs, the orchestra, on the 'Mercury staff ,and the Athletic teams and as representatives on the Student Council. Betsey Branch won first Dri7e for this district in the Fdmunds Memorial Contest with her essay The Courage of Early Vermont Youthu. Later she received honorable mention in the state contest. More exams, another Jamboree, the various 4 banquets and the social goings-on of graduation week completed our second year in B. F. A. If l could only make this history one third as exciting and interesting and memorable as these last two years have been, I would be com- pletely satisfied. For by this time we had reached a part of our goal. The one we had started out with in the fall of ,37 .... we were Upper- classnienl VVe now had the Jamboree under our direction and we began by replacing the old class skits by one act plays which proved very successful in every way. But .... and here's the sad part .... we didnit win .... the cup! Those awful Sophomores marched off with it without a thought of our injured vanityl It was while we were juniors that the old-fashioned and time- honored tradition of May Day was brought to light and given a fresh meaning in the school through the efforts of Mrs. Robert Bliss, Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Carlson. An election was held and Marjorie Way was chosen to rule as Queen of the May. On the night of her corona- tion the May Pole was wound by girls of the various classes and Marjorie made such a lovely queen that it more than made up for the loss of the Cup. Then came Prize-speaking with Marion Domey winning first prize and the praise of all those present for her hilarious rendition of At the School Exhibition . Ralph LaRock and Jacqueline Nelson placed second and third while several others of the class did excellent work. Be- ing juniors we now had the difficult but honorable task of bidding farewell to the seniors. Under the direction of Paul Lyon, as President of the class, we put on a Green and Gold Prom that really did us justice. Dorothy Seavey was Vice- president during this year. Marion Domey and Kenneth Lemnah held the offices of Secretary and Treasurer. At last the year 1941 has arrived. Things move swiftly. There are class elections with the majority vote for president going to Austin Chaf- fee, Vice-president jane Corliss, Secretary Mary Wood and Treasurer Merrill Lemnah. Elections are followed by tryouts for the Senior Play. The fortunate fifteen begin rehearsals immediately on a three act comedy entitled Shirt Sleeves di- rected by Miss Beeman. The business end of this fine production was handled by Ruth Lemnah J

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MERCLIRITES COUNCIL OFFICERS SITTING: Hill, K. Lemnah, Lyon, LaPier, Lupe, Post, DeIVIarinis, Ledoux, Costes, Gay, LaRock, Hull, Strait, Bliss, Wright. STANDING: Woodman. Lang, Cleveland, Newton, Dunsmore, Smith, Ferguson, Gower, Wood, Corliss, A. Lawton. Warner, Boardman, Branch, Bevins, Mc- Cormick, M. Lawton, R. Lemuah, Witepsky, Waite. WAY MILLS woou Pos'r I 5 1