Black River High School - Banner Yearbook (Ludlow, VT)

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tion met, according to previous appointment, at the dwelling house of Mr. Howe in Ludlow, and after much deliberation voted to establish an Academy in Ludlow village, to be known by the name of Black River Academy. At this same meeting the trustees voted on the men whose names would be entered in the act of incorporation of the trustees of this academy. On October 23, 1834, an act incorporating Black River Academy was passed by the gen- eral assembly of the state of Vermont. School began in 1835, with Norman N. Wood as principal and Rebakah Angell, preceptress. The first principal received S400 a year and the preceptress, 55200. In 1841 the rates of tuition for B. R. A. were listed as follows: 9-9 The cost of the books for an ordinary course now exceeds these rates. In 1844 the first academy burned and Il number of the records were lost. At once the use of the old brick meeting house was offered to the academy. 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I O O Q 9 I 6 4 ++ THE BANNER Page3 4+o-o-044 0 co 0 Q+Q-0-+04 oo-so-0-oo co-Q04 +o++o +4o4++ Bcznfzer Board Front row, left to right-M. Howe, F. Hemenway, H. Jasky, Lillian Goldstone, Mary Pearsons, Miss Mary-Frances McReynolds, sponsor, Natalie Durose, B. Snow, R. Palazone, E. Plumley. Second row-Irene MacDonald, Marion Holcomb, Irene .Iarvi, Mary Thomas, Rosalie Hodge, Agnes Spaulding, Barbara Walker, Julia Pallatta, Irene Komulainen, Barbara Earle, Laurel Grover, Eine Ranta. Third row-K. Morrison, M. Warner, F. Barker, C. Pratt, W. Kesman, D. Tarbell, C. Merrill, R. Spaulding, B. Eufinger. Back row-F. Proctor, L. Gardner, G. Fuller, S. Komula, Q. Phelan, R. Matava, R. Snow. The Staff EDITORIAL Managing Editor .... Bernard Snow Sports Editor ...i...... Martin Howe History Editor ........ Mary Pearsons Clubs Editor ......i..... Bernard Eufinger Alumni Editor .....i.. Barbara Walker Head Copyreader .... Natalie Durose Amt, C , d ,K -YlJulia Pallotta Sq Opylea ew Zlrene MacDonald BUSINESS Business Manager ,. Harry Jasky QEdward Plumley lLillian Goldstone S 1 M r , -AVV -,SFred Hemenway 3 es anagels 1Reynold Palazone Advertising Mgrs .i.. Advertising Assistants Rosalie Hodge, Frank Proctor, Mary Thomas, Donald Tarbell, Kenneth Mor- rison, Frank Barker, William Kesman, Mackey Warner, Gilbert Fuller, Rich- ard Spaulding, Sanfrid Komula, Irene Komulainen, Anna Gabranski. Sales Assistants Barbara Earle, Quentin Phelan, Irene Jarvi, Eine Ranta, Marion Holcomb, Leonard Gardner, Richard Matava. Faculty Adviser Mary-Frances MCReynolds The Banner Board, under slightly different organization, has published The Black River Reporter, a section of school news appearing weekly through- out this year in The Vermont Tribune. Members of the Banner Board not listed above worked only on the reporter staff. They are Agnes Spaulding, Carl Pratt. Clayton Merrill, Laurel Grover and Richard Snow. Q +-9+-+Q4-o-q-Qoo-o-Q-o+o-++4-o-wo-o4-o-o4-o-o-ro-o-o 0-o-o-4-4 Q +9-040 o+o404-Q-Q-9-0-04-09+-4-Q-0-ooo-9-o+4 +00 -Q-0 4-04+ 0 00+ 0- . -9 l l

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THE BANNER page5 0 0CQQQCO996 O -O , I 3 4 0- 60-6- apparently taxed their wits. The students from out of town usually boarded, at the high rate of 253 a week, or hired a room at about 50 cents a week and boarded themselves. The trustees must have been conscience-stricken about some aifair, for in 1847 the following was entered in the record: Whereas, the ob- ject of a thorough education, is the cultiva- tion of the entire man, intellectual, physical, social and moral, and whereas, students at our institution of learning, are necessarily withdrawn, from the gentle, mild, yet power- ful restraints of the domestic circle, and in mingling together as scholars, are in danger of forming improper attitudes toward each other which may tend to weaken the finer feel- ings of the soul, by which the youth of both sexes should be governed, and whereas the trustees of the Black River Academy feel deeply their responsibility to parents and guardians of students entrusted to their care, to return to them, not only uncontaminated with impure principles, but intellectually, so- cially, and morally improved, Therefore, Re- solved unanimously that each student should cultivate a sense of personal responsibility with respect to all his habits of acquiring an education. Resolved, that we deem it highly im- portant to the prospects of our institution, that the strictest propriety be observed by students in the social habits between gentle- men and ladies, avoiding too frequent visits to each others' rooms and especially at im- proper hours, avoiding also such rides and walks as shall have a dissipating tendency on the mind, and aiming always to elevate each other in the estimation of a virtuous com- munity. Why such an appeal should have been necessary in the good old days to us of this generation at first seems rather puzzling for to hear our grandparents, we would think that Black River Academy of that time was a school of angels. But the first years of the academy must 5 - 2 i E have been hard ones, for the trustees were grateful for every contribution in almost any form. A former student of those days was voted the warmest thanks for a 355 gift of shells for the cabinet. The academy of those days gathered pu- pils from towns of great distances, pupils from 26 different states, the District of Columbia and three foreign countries have attended Black River. Even now B. R. A. gathers pupils from the surrounding country, but the need of pupils farther away has been filled by schools in those places and the academy since its union with Ludlow district school is really an academy only in name. August 25 and 26, 1885, were devoted to a semi-centennial celebration of Black River Academy which drew large numbers of the graduates back and a number of speeches about Black River left us records of the acad- emy. In 1889 the present academy building termed as 'Knew and commodiusv was erected, largely through the effort of several inter- ested and influential men. The academy had its own library and the portion of the main room on the second floor, now known as the alcove was devoted to a reading room. At one time, Black River was donated 31,000 for a library fund. In 1896 the custom was started that the Senior class should consult the principal and the executive committee about the expenses connected with graduation. Most of the dis- cussing is now done with the principal and at class meetings. About 1909 or 1910 an electric light system was installed in the academy, which was a great improvement both in studying conditions and safety. In recent years the building has been repaired and improved and a much better ventilating and lighting system was installed from which we of the present day are reaping benefits. Of course Black River has been noted for its athletics. There has been a baseball team for 60 years or more, a football team for 50 years and basketball for 15 years. As can- not be helped, Black River has seen lean years in athletics, but as a general rule the acad- emy has outclassed rivals of her own size and often overpowered larger schools. Often two, even three generations have played ball for B. R. A. Even the girls have won their place, in former years in volleyball and in more re- cent years in basketball. And this year the academy is graduating its 100th class. All through those 100 classes the ideals of Black River Academy such as character development, leadership, high schol- arship and the standard set by our school mot- to, Do the Day's Work, have been carried on. May these now time honored ideals re- main as the rich inheritance of future stu- dents as long as the academy graduates classes. 0-9+ 0-0-0-0-04-0-4-G