Bennington High School - Catamount Yearbook (Bennington, VT)

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J Q ,QQ,f4JJ-fl VK gy-Cxcfffl ,g,4?qg,4,, ,ff 0, rg ' ' fd-86 ,AZ Gaul Q. ,,, JAMES WALTER BARSCHDORF Lefty Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. Basketball Varsity 43 Junior Varsity 33 Hatchet League 1, 2, 3, 43 Baseball Varsity 2, 3, 43 Junior Varsity 13 Fosotball Varsity 43 Junior Varsity 1, 35 Catamount 3, 43 Sports Editor 43 Year Book Board 45 Hammond, In-diana, High School 23 Tumbling Exhibition 33 Senior Review 2. JUDITH RIKER BEACH Judy Nothing great was ever accomplished wthont en- thusiasmf' Outing Club 43 Drama 3, 43 The Case of the Weird Sisters QState Playl- 35 Sardines 35 The Pur- ple Doorknobn 43 Seeing Double 43 Student Coun- c1l 45 'Girls' State 35 Representative to Girls Nation, Washington, D. C., 35 State ,Play 33 Junior Prize Speaking 33 Home Room Officers 3. ETIENNE GEORGE BERARD George A well-bred silence always at command. Home Room Sports 45 Home Room Representative 4. CHARLES W. BETIT Chuck Facts are stubborn things. Football Varsity 3, 43 Junior Varsity 23 Track 3, 4. 9

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s C Mid-Century Thoughts Dear Readers: Here it is 1950, and here we are settled right in the center of the twentieth century. What a century this has been. Maybe the Greeks thought their centuries of culture and enlightenment were outstanding, as did the English under Queen Victoria and her little helpers, Gladstone and Disraeli, and the French under their Sun King, Louis XIV, but they were all inconsequential compared to this century of achievement, des- truction and predictions. Yes, this is mid-century, the year of the H-Bomb, constant friction with Russia, threats of a third world war which might possibly extermi- nate mankind, and the year we graduate from Bennington High School. Through our newspapers, magazines, radio and movies we are inform- ed of the state of world afairs. Information plays such an omnipotent hagnd in the game of understanding our fellow men in the search for world peace, that throughout our annual chronicle we have placed images of ourselves searching for information. Our older friends, counselors and parents, disheartened with the events of the first half century of 1900, may condone our ejorts to seek peace through understanding based on unbiased information, as useless. Yet we do not want to be defeatists even before we plunge into the sea of life. As General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower said in speaking to the twenty-sixth annual Columbia Scholastic Press Conference last Marqh in New York, Every gefneration has had its H-Bombs - - don't be defeatists and pessimists, for tomorrorw you make today! Yes, we believe as General Ike that by realizing that today, not years from now, is the time to make the world we want tomorrow. Here are my classmates, who believe as 1, that we can better the existing conditions in the world by meeting them, fully informed, with an open mind and a determined heart. K Thoughtfully yours, EILEEN CONE, Catamount Editor, 1950 8

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JEROLD JOSEPH BETIT Jerry Books are friends. Come, let us read. Monitor 45 Catamount Typist 45 Home Room Of- ficer 45 Magazine Salesman. KATHERINE LOUISE BOSTWICK Kate I am lu, simple maiden cmd therefore wealthiest G.. A. A. Basketball Varsity 45 Junior Varsity 35 Hockey 45 Home Room Sports 1, 2, 35 Cheerleaders Junior Varsity 3, 45 Outing Club 45 G. A. A. 2, 3, 45 Librarian 1, 25 Captain of J. V. Cheerleaders 45 Tumbling Exhibition 135 Representative to Mohawk Association Hockey Meet 4. BARBARA ANN BURGESS Barbie Slow and steady wins the race. Drama, Why the Chimes Rang fChoirj 3, 45 Choir 3, 5 A Capella 3, 45 Girls' Glee Club 1, 2, 45 All t 3, 45 Tri-State 3, 45 G. A. A. 35 Cata- mou alll MARY MARGARET CAHILL Peggy The joy of youth her eyes displayed. G. A. A. Basketball Varsity 2, 3, 45 Hockey 45 Home Room Sports 1, 25 Junior Varsity Cheerleader 35 Outing Club 2, 45 Drama, T:he Three Weird Sis- ters 35 G. A. A. 2, 3, 45 Junior Marshal 35 Monitor 45 WKOB Radio Plays 35 Class Officer 25 Librarian 25 Snow Queen of Ski Team Contest 25 Social Com- mittee 3. 10