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

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EDI I I. Spellrng For The Graduate This June-as in Junes gone by-thousands of young men and women will be stepping out of high schools and colleges all over the country. All will speak the same language, but what a variation in spelling there will be. This question of spelling is one of the most important factors in education today. Because of the immense variation of sounds, English, or more properly, American, is the most difficult of all languages to learn to spell. Whereas the Italian and Spanish children scarcely have to be taught to spell, the American child has to learn to spell each word separately. The practice of learning to spell each word as a separate unit is the basic principle of the Chinese and the Egyptian. This Eastern teaching has long been considered the reason for their inferiority in civilization. Another point worth considering is the amount of money our spelling costs us every year. Did you ever stop to consider what it costs every year to print the eu in are ? VVith the money used in printing these sounds we could improve our country immensely. , But what can be done about it? you may very well ask. I am no great author whose style is followed by thousands. My only writing consists of a few letters to friends and they would probably think me slightly insane. The answer seems to be that if we recognize these absurdities in spelling, we have taken a long step toward their abolition. Once we become rfully conscious of these absurdities, nothing can turn us from the campaign. If enough American citizens become con- verted to this new crusade, their descendants will be spelling sanely in a few gen- erations. This, of course, depends upon proper educational methods. May the graduates of ,239 join this new movement so that the graduates of '69 will not be forced to undergo the spelling lessons which have caused us such torture. Anniversaries Twenty-fifth anniversaries are always marked with much celebration. This year we have not one but two silver anniversaries to celebrate. The first class gift was presented by the seniors' twenty-five years ago. This year also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the senior play. The first play was presented the second of December, 1913. This year, our seniors gave their play the first and second of December just twenty-five years later. hlay both of these worthy customs be observed by the class of 1989I Appreciation Tim lhlERCl'llY staff wishes to express gratitude to all those people or organiza- tions who have helped in the past year to make our paper a success. Appreciation is extended to the B. F. A. Parent-Teachers Association, which has given pins and a banquet, also to the Messenger Company for its fine cooperation, and to Miss Mr-Kenney for her assistance with the typing. The publication of this Senior Issue of THE NIERCURY has been in charge of the following Seniors: .lohn Corliss ................ General Manager Prudence Lyon ...... Supervisor of Reading Material MadineBuker ....... Supervisor of Cuts and Pictures These Seniors held other positions on THR NIERCURY staff during the past year. To them is rightly due the success oIf this Yearbook.-Managing Editor. l14l

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SENIGR CLASS POLL Best I.ikcd Most l'h-using Pcrsoi Most 'l':1lk:1tivc Quietest Most Conscicntious Most Apt to Succeed Most Optimistic Most Pessimistic Most Sophisticated Most Domestic Best Scholar Peppiest Best All-round Most Athletic Best Dancer Siuoothcst Line Class Colncdian Most Faithful mlity Extra Curricular M'orlac 1' Happiest Most Carefree Hardcst to Get Acquainted lVith Easiest to Get Acquaintcd W'ith Luekiest Best Looking Best Dressed GIRL Betty Larry Br-tty I,:11-ry Llll'l!'lOLL4' I.J1l'llL'lll' Mary li. Iiixford Mary li. liixford Mary li. liixford Betty Larry Mary li. liixford N imi' ma Rushford Rel mm-m-n':1 Newton Mary li. Iiixford Charlotte I,al lcur Betty Larry lldna Libbey Genevieve' Murray Yornm Rushford Betty Larry Nutalic Spa-:ir Betty l,:1rry Lillflfliktli' l.ill'lli'lli' Mary lf. llixford Betty l,:1rry Gcncvicvc Murray :md Burbzira Raymond Natalie Spear B:xrb:1r:1 Iiaylnond I lfi 1 BOY lValter I, ciiii nah lValter L 4-111 nah Frederick Potter Robert Earle John Corliss Jolm Corliss James Shapland John Swainbank Irving Glass Howard Sweeney John Corliss Frederick Potter VValter LtTIT1T1Iill Robert Glidden R ayuiond Murray Irving Glass James Shapland John Corliss James Shapland George Kell Robert Earle lValter Leinnah Morton Cushing Herbert Peterson Raymond Murray