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

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Class Historian Land for sale: Great opportunity! Buy now! Don't wait! Tomorrow may be too late! Apply to Heal Estate Agent. Harry B. Dickinson. This advertisement had evidently aroused great enthusiasm, for on the fourth of September, 1985, a large group of fine looking boys and girls gathered in the B. F. A. gymnasium to secure land from dea.er Dickinson. Each one, being new at the business, was of course a little shy and Ugreenn, as older, more dignified people called us. A large table was in the center of the gymnasium at which several contractors and architects were seated. They outlined a course for us and told us it would take four years for the building of the houses. VVe hired certain teachers in our course and started work immediately on the fifth of September. VVe were assigned the name 'fFresh- menv, the meaning of which we did not un- derstand and did not dare to question those further advanced than wc. On October 3, 1935, our class had its first meeting to elect officers to guide us through the year. The following students were chosen: President-John Corliss Vice-President-Natalie Spear Treasurer-Morton Cushing Secretary-Barbara Raymond The foundations were well started by end of October and we began to feel more at home in our work. The news was noised around that we were supposed to have class colors and dues, so the president. John Corliss, called a meeting on October 22. Navy blue and white were decided upon for the colors and ten cents a semester for our dues, which many of us neglected to pay! On the evening of December 1-14. the sophomore class gave us a reception. Some of the girls wore their first evening dresses and I think most of us experienced our first formal,'. The upper classmen broke down their superiority complexu and allowed us to have a grand time. the i By January our construction was pro- gressing rapidly, but our architects evident- ly thought differently for they gave us cx- aminations called nmid-yearsi' to find out just exactly l1ow much we had learned about the business. This was the first time we had ever experienced anything like them and were quite overwhelmed. In the spring we had to get to work to prepare a skit for the Junior Jamboree, an entertainment put on by the junior class. liach class contributed one skit. A committee was chosen, and under the guidance of Mrs. McGrcggs we put up a fine showing. lVe did not win the prize, but that skit proved to everyone that there was great talent in our group of landowners and that we were doubtless the best class that had ever entered B. I . A. In June our foundations were entirely laid, and we were proud and happy. But again our architects doubted our outstanding ability and examined us to see how well the were laid. These examinations Hfinalsn. Vve were better pre- these and were not quite so foundations were called pared for stunned by them as by the mid-years . passed, but it was all too new to a few who did not quite make the grade and we left them behind us to lay their foundations over again. In September of our second year we began to build the Hrst floors of our houses which were to be magnificent. Our name was changed to Sophomores and, feeling very important. we looked down on the freshmen. VVe decided that we needed officers also in our second year, so on September 22, 1936, the class met and chose the follow- ing officers: Most of us and strange President-Peter Fortuna Vice-President-Betty Larry Treasurer-John Corliss Secretary-Norma Rushford. On September 29, the president called a meeting and reminded us that the sopho- more class had given us a reception and that we likewise should give greetings to the 61

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LARRY BUKER NIOR OFFIC 151

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AT THE SECOND SENIOR SLIPPER . THE HEAD TABLE 'Round :md 'round they go Uliuffet style's not so bad! l71 3