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

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CLAS HI TURY fBy Jbflarjorie Woodell ISTORY repeats itself. This state- ment is just as true of classes at tgfgwggl B. F. A. as it is of countries of the l 'i ' world. Yet there is always something that is different. Like other classes before us we looked forward to the time when we should be mem- bers of the student body of Bellows Free Academy. And those first days within these walls were just as bewildering and confusing to us as to freshmen of other years. The usual pranks, such as selling us seats in assembly and sending us to the wrong rooms, were played upon us. But we were a hardy group and we came through all this unscathed. And now it can be told. We even enjoyed the hazing, for we knew that when it was over we were fully initiated and could now take our rightful places among our fellow students, and we did. We elected as leaders for our fir-st year at B. F. A. Thomas McCormick, president, Joyce McKillop, vice-president, Alan Elrick, Secretary, and Rola Moulton, treasurer. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, we sorrowfully watched the junior and senior boys leave for the armed services, little real- izing that this event was to cast a shadow over all of our high school days. When things happen that affect our lives, they seem. to be just a part of the daily rou- tine, but later these events make history. So it is with our school life. Those first mid-year and final exams were obstacles to be over- come and we approached them with fear and trembling. Our first contribution to the Junior Jam- boree, a comedy .entitled Truth, was a production of. We, as a class, had pearance on the stage. Before we knew it, it was June and our first year at Bellows Free Academy was over. Then came September, 1942, and we en- rolled as gallant sophomores. This year it was our tu1'n to have fun with the freshmen and we really did, too. Our officers were Warren McGowan, The Unvarnished not to be ashamed made our first ap- Page Eight Janet Atkins, Marjorie Woodell and John Maynard. This year we were proud to be able to be represented on the Executive Council. We chose as our representative, Thomas Mc- Cormick. A few of our classmates made varsity football and basketball teams, and some were on the Mercury staff. We faced our mid-year exams a little more bravely this year, because after all we were sophomores. For our Jamboree Skit we presented a comedy, Mail Order Money, with the follow- ing cast: Norman Dennis, Thomas McCormick, Paule Lamarche, Betty Kelley, Dorothy Barr, Joyce lMcKillop, Warren McGowan and Eu- gene Griffin. This year the competition was divided. The freshmen and sophomores com- peted for a plaque and the juniors and seniors for the Willson Cup. Of course we walked off with the plaque. June came all too soon for most of us, but we were ready for a summer vacation. It didn't seem possible that we had spent two .full years at B. F. A. and now we were juniors and upperclassmen. We watched the poor freshmen being initiated and felt -sorry for them, forgetting that we had done the same thing just one year before. The first thing we did was to elect our oflicers: John Maynard, Joyce McKillop, Joyce Hoy, and Emilio DeMarinis. This year we were able to have two members of our class on the Executive Council, Alan Greenough and Warren McGowan. In November, Mr. Dickinson, our princi- pal died. This was a great shock to the school and to the entire community. Miss Chandler was appointed acting principal and Bellows Free Academy pulled through a great crisis. In early spring we learned that Mr. Jesse Sunderland was to be our principal the next year. Being juniors, we were sponsors of the Junior Jamboree. We chose as our play a mystery entitled The Phantom Gentleman. Our class bowed down to the seniors for the cup, but we broke all former records in the matter of attendance and receipts.