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

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MUSICIANS GLEE CLUB ORCHESTRA I 11 1

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H EDITORIAL Life's journey High School has often been spoken of as a sea through which each student sails his ship to finally reach the snug harbor of Graduation. Throughout our years in high school we too have held this concept, but now, as we are about to reach this desired destination, we suddenly dis- cover that we have not yet left our home port. These years of study have furnished the ma- terials from which we have built our ship, and graduation is merely the launching. Some of us will sail our ships out into life's wide ocean with- out further preparation and it will be in the in- evitable storms of life that we shall know whether we have put our best work into the fashioning of these crafts. Others will go on to larger ship yards, the schools of higher educa- tion, where we shall continue to outfit our ships and make them more truly seaworthy. The ship- yard of B. F. A. has furnished all of us with splendid materials for the construction of our ships, but it was we alone who built the vessels and it is we who, as we sail them forth with proud and steady hand, must pilot them to our chosen ports. We have had the guidance of others thus far in constructing our craft and in charting our course, but now we must slip from this safe har- bor and set our sails alone. Although we look back with regret upon leaving the shipyard, we look forward with the high hope that we may sail into port having passed bravely through what- ever storms we may encounter on our journey across the sea of life. Vermont's Sesquicentenniai This year Vermont is celebrating her one hundred fiftieth birthday as a state. ln 1791 she joined the United States, a government whose ideals and principles influence the world today. Th? Unjffgd States she joined was only a small, I weak government which all the world thought would fail. With it she has increased in wealth and fame and her sons are scattered over the land. Two Vermonters have been president and many have held high positions in government and industry. Her marble and maple sugar are world famous, and her sparkling lakes and green moun- tains make her an ideal vacation spot. Hers is a democratic government Where the people rule and where Town Nleeting Day is still observed. Vermont is not the largest, nor the richest, nor the most thickly populated state. It is not a state of great industries nor large cities. It is a state to which Mr. James P. Taylor wrote a most fit- ting tribute. He expressed the thoughts most Vermonters feel but can not explain. A VERMONTFRS CREED VVe believe in Vermont: in the glory of her mountains and the richness of her valleysg in the beauty and the power of her lakes and streams. We believe in the people of Vermont: in their honor and their vigor, in their passion to begin, their steady resolution to complete large affairs in peace and war. VVe believe in the name Vermont: forever symbol of the hest in fruits of field, and arts of shops and gifts of mine, in men and the deeds men do. VVe pledge that by thought and act We will magnify our State and the life of our people, bind our scattered valleys with easy roads and with inviting paths through mountain fastnessesg put our streams to labor that our sons may work at home, aid nature with such wise skill that far- distant peoples may share her bounties, open with welcoming hospitality the pleasures of our land to all who seek new life in body and mind. VVe pledge that as our fathers won free- dom, so we and our children will win perfect unity for the people of our State, make the com- mon life ever richer in its regards, and render ever large service to the Nation with which Ver- mont has cast her lot. 101

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fa-45. He that waits upon fortune is never sure of richesf' A penny saved is a penny earned, It's the pennies that make the dollars. SENIOR GRINDS We present the illustrious members of the distinguished class of 1941-as of May 15, -as they have presented themselves to us. Their favorite expressions will no doubt be familiar, but some of the ambitions are bound to be a surprise-and aren't they amazing! However here's to us and may We all come out on topl ln Chapel?-VVe never chewed gum. ln classes ?-We never were dumb. ln exams ?- Well, we're here today. Are we lhe class?-'l'hat's our opinion. 'What do you say? B This can't go on forever, We might get too conceited, so may we present to you, the members of the class of 1941. Signed- The Grinds Committee: Betsy Branch, Chairman, Quentin Arkinson, Mears Austin, Bernice Brusoe, Bernice Durkee, lane Ferguson, James Gay, Merrill Lem- nah, Willard Mills, Helen Newton, Janice Paquett, Charles Strait, Bertram Towle, and Almira Woodman. JOHN ALEXANDER n SCIENTIFIC Big Ambition: To be rich. Favorite Expression: Bubby dof' Aversion: Wise guys. Honors: Football C2-3-'Ljg Basketball Qljg Hockey To John, who wishes to get rich, let us say: I Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. A ' 'Get what you can, and what you get hold, 'Tis the Stone that will turn all your lead into gold. QUENTIN ARKINSON COMMERCIAL Big Ambition: To graduate. Favorite Expression: Oh Margie! Aversion: Typing. Honors: Basketball Squad C1-2-ISD, Varsity Bas ' ketball Q-1'-5jg Grinds Commiteee 3 Q is the quiet type of boy with only two loves to be out of school and on the basketball floor. E121