Arms Academy - Student Yearbook (Shelburne Falls, MA)

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, ! -' r V- M 1 I EQDLTJ LTJLWFJWJ 'frllrih mmm lLwriLwriLwriLwrJ1wrLwrifE.5E The Arms Student E53 :U :U ill: L- il is :Q i a few points of reaching the standard May 13- Forestry -John Burnham. L5 E specified. .Those who were elected members M ay 20 - eLibrary Workv- Catharine :Q ..,I at that time are: John Burnham, Jarvis Burnham M H P ,27 D: D: Hadley, Rena Lilly, Priscilla March, ' ' ' ' lil :Q Esther Morrell, Minnie Reagy, Helen E22 Gi Legate, Edna Morrissey, and Gertrude l :fl If Pierce. E Dr: Li It is well worth while to belong to this :il :il i society because the members usually have The Agricultural Department 5 -li? the honor of beingexcused from taking P: -LE thle tfiplafs exlcggnligiztignige 532533256 15231: The object of the agricultural depart- :Q .r W 3 I ment is to give the stu ents a training in l -LE tflmelliavlehghgpmrgliaisgltisgtsg Ipcpg, F3215 practical farming arad a gteneral trainingtor 5 -J' ' 7 a training in one ranc as a specia yt. them Whatt' you can do and you W1u,be The course is divided into four groups of :U J rewarded in the end. E. M. M., 27. Study which are: gardening, poultiry LII: -LIE raising, dairying, and fruit raising. Special Q :Q attention is devoted to one group a year so Ili: U.: that in four years a complete knowledge IS Qi J Vocational Guidance acquired. .r- C: . To obtain this end a project IS required :ii :LDL The question of a person's life work is each yeara For insgapce, in thedgaiadepinlg ESE altogether too often neglected until the year a stu ent wou ave a gar en o oo :FL time comes when he is about to leave after. In the poultry year he would have a QUE E school. It is often not until the last quarter flock of birds. In the dairying year he 1-I -1. has begun that students finally become would have a cow or a calf, and in the fruit ST Li 1 aware of the fact that they have raising year, an.orchard to care for. 1. 'Dg no definite work for the future in mind. The two requirements for a project are: 55 ,.r Because of this, many are forced to dec1de complete operation of .the project by .the 'LII 'E'-F? I hurriedly and often the results are not al- pupll, subject to the instructors adv1ce, qfj :JC 1 toglether egtislfactory. M P H d secondily, strict accounts of receipts and 5, 1 ' t ' t me extent r. o ar expen lures. -D? requcir8edoaillSd?1ioci'sito write papers on their The accounts are required to give. the 3: E prospective vocations and then certain ones pupll PFBCQICB ln the keeping' of business il Q f were chosen to be read before the school. ?lS01'dS YYl11Ch Wlllu 36511 511111 111 lalgerflgf- I QT The e a er roved to be excellent be- 6 PUD! 15 GXDGC G 0 0 HS 111110 0 6 l 5 I causse elaiclij bsoriight out the advantages and Work.on his project as possible. DI Q:-. . disadvantages, necessary preparation and I Th1S year the first and SGCOIIQ year PPO- Q :Q recompense received from that special jects contained 1,075 day-old chicks as well .r- CI l line of work. Much enthusiasm was created HS the C216 Of hot h0USeI IHIIIYQS, brood SOYVS, igd Ti 1 because they wegeihe indriidlral vlslork of dagy fcalvtff, and fattenmg gigs, The third, gg- I some stu ents o rms an a so ecause an OUI' Year STOUP as C afge 0 fi.. EE they vgerczgeald byhthe agiithoiis themseflves. togchtards where they prune, graft, and spray It is o t at t e un er-c assmen ave e rees. -L.. ii 1-eeeivedpgreef, benefit from these topics, Beside these main branches, some time is SLT LT ll Following is the list of those chosen to dGV0tSfi to 20116 ltudging Of Jilgistock- 'Thi' d th ' g opera ion o a rac or an e repair o l reixprileli 55,3526 Work of Private Sec- faigm tmachines are also taken up to some 'LI' rv-M' ' i exen. ' l . - Li re?g'rii115IT?EeRfI?:gKin Professions- Stock judging IS taken up in the fall. TSI: 'E Ren? Liu ,,Kinder arteng-Ella TIIOW The knowledge of the art is obtained on :Q .U 1 .,Hi h S 1 T If ,,i-H816 Le te' trips to nearby farms and in the practice of E 'pi I ' g I C OOM ea? ng I I n I gf ' placing classes of various types. Contests :Q .n A914122-j BUSIUGES AdmfU1St1'at1Qn '- in judging are carried on at various fairs 1: 'DEI l Russell Pufflngton- I Electflcal Engmeef' where the boys compete with boys from Qi Q, 1112 -H0W?1'd Eludflflge- . other. schools for prizes or trophies. l ,- pal , May 6- 'Nursing'-Alice Walker. This year the team was champion at Q 11 1 5 1 1 -'Ui U K e or L in I JL nr. JL Ju or .ll .l. Jig? CHQ l e9JI:lLTFf5iT3flT'lLTLLTFJLTFJLTJLTJLTJ TJLTJ Tfiullfrf T .T 'TLT T 'll' T. 'W ,I . 40 I

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-1..l,,1., 115, 1 . , , W, -V 1. , ,.,, . 1,.1.,,1, 1 , .. J ,,. ,,, , J . A- v --Y --V 1 1 1111' 1 PRO M ERITO furnisliing the llll1S1C', 0011111 not l'01I11l2i,l'0 wit11 P11111 xYlll10ll121.lllS 11111111, the niusie 111l1le11 11111011 to tl1e IIlL'l'I'1l11CIl1I of tl1e party. The first I1lllIllX'I' w11s the gr111111 111111'el1, 1L1'10l' whieh e11el1 person w11s given f1LVOI'S. This was 1111 espeei11lly unique 1lC'211lll'0. After tl1is 0111110 fox trots, YV21l1'ZOS 111111 eut- out 11111rehes, for 11t the very en11 tl1e 001117105 for111e11 11. 1lC211'11 in UI'llCl' to C2ll'1'y 0111 the effeet of the 1'1eeor11tio11s. At 1I11Cl'IlI1SSl0Il iee e1'e11111 111111 1-11kes were served. A1lt0l'W21.l'f1S 1-11111e lllUl'C 1111110057 until eleven o'eloek. Then we left. The 1-l11ss ofiieers, soc-1111 1-o111111ittee, 111111 1111-ulty 11c1vis0rs all worked 1121111 to Ill21liC this soei11l 11ff11ir the best one of the year. Now 11on't f11il to 11tten11 o11r so1-i11l next YCIIY, for of Course we will profit' by this ye11r's experience. 111111 Illillif' it the best ever. Your 1'1'1C11i1, Joe Tognarelli, '29. Pro Merito .lust V1'1l211 the t'Pro Merito Society re11lly 111e1111s is 21 question in tl1e 111111115 of Illillly people. To 1K'l'0llll' 21 Ill0II1lJCI' of the society one must 11111int11i11 1111 11ver11ge of eiegllty-five per eent i11 2111 of his studies for tl1e first three ye11rs, n11111e1y the 1'l'l'SlllIl11,ll, soplloxnore 111111 junior ye11rs. Those who 11o tl1is 1l1'C given 11 13111 211 tl1e e1111 of the tl1ir11 XCZIJ' whieh entitles theiu to 111011111012 s11ip in tl1is society. Often times pupils 1111-k 21 few points of ll21V1I1flQ 2111 21VCl'2l.gi! of eig11ty-five per 1-ent, 111111 tl1ey are given the tirst t1llt11'tCl' of tl1e fo11rtl1 ye11r to raise their st111111i11g. If they 11o re111'h the 5121111121111 11V0l'1lg0 tl1ey 11re e11title1l to 111e111bersl1ip. L11st ye11r 111110 pupils of Arms AI'LLt1Cllly were 111111111 111011113013 of tl1e Pro Merito Society while about five pupils l11eke11 only

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THE TRACTOR CPEW PALHV PIPUIWNG GFPAPES C H A MPI ons AT STOCK-JUDGING CUNMINGTON ' I 926 I '- W . 531, mx I 250 lbs EACH IN 6 MONTHS A ,, I . f Q ff A 300 POUNDER. e 9 22,5 .. -, ' u f, Xu Qu gf y Q . A , I ' . I iv J iq ax A I'-'f 1. ..-.fs - 501-15 HA vf GONIA-OTWIPSAPI mu Hg-pg Fx I ff ' pin ,Ly :, 'Q f I 6 , y if 3 ' , A 1 -m,',.1 .-SZ.. Stiff 70W GFAFTFPS , ffff M0441 OPFNUPS T' wnmo Ann I-ns Iaovzxsws Gwxmvrous ,gr LIVESTOCK JUDGIN6 CONTEST GREKNTIEUD-IQZS. I .- 1' I A I QI .' ,yi fr ,r I'f'1 A , 1. w I -,U I. 2? ig -' s LE LAN D 'X PRUIINIT VFACHES G I, 'TI-If Pwunfs ormi VAVIILY' .' F4 5 4 1- 'Q -- um itil .. - LQ? fi , f I V 'I PARKERI 'mf mrfrmmmffre. 1 M ,, THE PNLTRT HOJSE HAROLDBUILT, WILLIAMS CHICKEN COUPE , 41