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

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F l. Mercury 11 i CI-I LLENGE By I . Dwmwlmk NVith high school days behind us, we are met with a great challenge-that of going out into life and making a place for ourselves. By accepting this challenge with determination, and taking advantage of all the opportunities that present themselves, welll have a good start down the road to success. However, should we let things go-a-pace, assuming that theyill turn out all right, we'll have a head- start for failure. There are three basic places where this challenge appears. The first and most important is that of making something of ourselves in personal affairs. lf we cannot be individually successful, we will probably never be successful in our dealings with others, or as members of groups. In other words, we wou't be able to get along and get ahead with others unless we can progress individually. Again some of us will meet a challenge in the family unit. If we fail to understand the workings of such a unit, and don't try to iron out the difficulties, failure will be at our heels again. Thirdly, we are challenged in organizations, offices, and public functions. lf our interests are selfish and we donit look at the other fellow's point of view, welll find that we arenit needed in society. lt is essential for the well-being of our cities, states, nation, and even the world, that we find a way to operate success- fully in groups by means of cooperation, leadership, open-miudeduess, and per- serverance, and that we be Willing to accept the responsibility of positions and offices. This challenge cannot be met overnight. but will bc in our path until the death-bed. lf at any point along the way we decide that we have gone far enough, and stop to Q' rest in our former success, we will be neglecting the chal- Q' lenge and failure will be upon us despite our past record. ls MX H, fillment. our greatest challenge? 0 ' . J. Q . ,N 1 -, ,-,.,,fc, X, .- . not tlns challenge, which will require our entire life for ful- . up f I U

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B. F. A. Mercu EDWARD A. LUNIAN Mr. Lurnan and Gene h a 0 e serued l3.F.A. for many years-Mr. Luinan since 1930 and Gene since 1938. They are loyal and faithful in the perforrnance of their duties and alufays can be depended upon to do much more than the required nzininznzn. They show a keen in- feest in the activities and accom- plishments of the students and are constantly ready and willing to help them. For these reasons the Class of ,51 proudly dedieates this lnoolc to the custodians of our building. DEDICATION 49 The Class of 1951 pays trilmte to two well-loved I3.F.Afers, Edward A. Innnan and Eugene Ladue, hy dedication of this yearbook. EUGENE LADUE

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12 B. F. A. Mercury 1-ummnn munmumunmmnmmn : 1-mmm nunmnmnmumnnnnnn Class uummun mmnmmnnnnunnnnmnunuunuuun1uuumnunnnnnumunnunumh mmnnnu un1ununnIumInIn111unmnmmumnnnInnnnmmunnnmnmmmunw-f- zlvfo ry uInuunnuuunnnnnunuuuuuuuu1Iu1u1111nnnunuumumnu1Innmuumuunml ummmunnnummnmnIinnmnmnunnmmmnnumnmnnmmu ,By Shirley Thompson and Louis Chabot Today in our fast moving world it would seem rather trite to just write a-history of the Class of 1951. Instead, in keeping with our times, we would like to have you relax and en- joy the panorama of highlights of our class over the television set. The setting is B. F. A., the time, September, 1947, the actors, the brand new, quite bewilder- ed, ever so slightly green, members of the pres- ent class of '51. Our first official business was the election of class officers. Walking across the screen are Guy johnson, president, Clifford Sargent, vice- president, Ted Arel, secretary, and Louis Chabot treasurer. A colorful picture is presented of our Fresh- man Beception, a yearly rite, at which the sopho- mores are the hosts. Youill note the lack of up- per classmen. Now here is a lone figure with a baseball. Thatis right, that freshman year we -had but one representative in the field of sports-eTed Arel, who made the Varsity squad. The girls, not to be outdone, gave us Ieanette Belair and Evelyn Chevalier as cheerleaders. Our scene changes quickly to B. F. A. audi- torium. Here we have the cast of the freshman play, Life O, The Partyv, and their director, Miss Hortense Beeman: Gary McEwen, Gloria Greene, Ianice Church, Betty Towle, Robert Smart, Gloria Frazier, joan jean, Evelyn Cheva- lier, Guy johnson, Fred Dworshak, Boland Bar- low and Lawrence Raymond. We are 'sad-we lost to the sophomores. Quickly moving to September, 1948, the group you see is no longer the bewildered class it was a year agol Here it has a bit more con- fidence, ready to start its sophomore year, Taking a bow are the new class officers: Guy johnson, president, Louis Chabot, vice-presi- dent, Ted Arel, secretary, and Armand Mossey, treasurer. For our sports review, we have Ted Arel and Cliff Sargent in baseball and Dorothy Aldrich in basketball. Betty Towle, Ieanette Belair, and Evelyn Chevalier are the cheerleaders. The year passes quickly and we find ourselves once more on the stage in the Junior Iamboree with our director, Miss Beeman, in Gratitude,'. Our actors are Betty Towle, Carol Asprey, Glo1'ia Greene, Polly Sheltra, and Fred Dworshak. We still look sad-the Freshmen won the plaque. Hereis a close-up of Fred Dworshak, who won first prize in a Safety Campaign Contest on his essay, How Can We Make Our Highways Safer for Our Citizensiw We find Mary Hungerford, Barbara Casa- vant, Virginia Dacey, Nita Hill, and Faith Wil- son sitting around a large table. If you look carefully you will see that they are helping to get the Mercury ready for press. Another September. 1949 is the year. Now you can see our same group entering B. F. A. as upper classmen. The shyness is nearly gone, there is more certainty in everything we do, and we feel this is the year that belongs to us. We wasted no time in electing Louis Chabot, president, Tiny Rich, vice-president, Janice Church, secretary, and Fred Dworshak custo- dian of our funds, to guide us through our junior year. Several members of our class were elected to the Student Council. They were Mary Hunger- ford, vice-president, Nita Hill, secretary, Pauline Sheltra, Iames Abell, Terry Leduc and Louis Chabot, home room representatives. This yearis sportscast shows Arthur Bushey,