Brattleboro Union High School - Colonel Yearbook (Brattleboro, VT)

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Middlebury and now holds the state record for the discus, making a beautiful hurl of 101 feet 9 inches. Eugene Moran lowered the record of 26 seconds for the 220 yard hurdles. This record had stood for 14 years, having been made by Highland Tas- ker in 1908. Moran also broke the state record for the 220 yard dash by four-fifths of a second, the record now being 23115 seconds. Bob Harlow won the mile run in an exciting race, Blackhall of Greenfield the tape a foot behind the star. also won the 880 yard run in 2 reached Harlow minutes 5 seconds. Sherburne of Rutland tied the state record for the century-101-5 seconds made by Edward Moran in 1918. Eugene Moran won second and was scarce- ly four inches behind Sherburne. Robbins was third and Frazier of Tech finished fourth. All the ment could be timed under 10 3-5 seconds. Lindsey and Wheeler, Brattleboro's 440 yard men, did not enter the 440 yard run as they were saved for the 2 mile relay which was the next event. This relay race was won by Tech of Springfield, Rutland, second 5 and Brattle- boro third. The race was a very fast one, being finished in one minute 364-5 seconds. Brattleboro's relay team included Lindsey, Wheeler, Smith, and Robbins. The following teams competed: Spring- field Technical High, Springfield Mass, Keene High .Schoolg Rosary High School, Holyoke, Mass., St. Peter's High School, Rutland, Vt., Rutland High Schoolg Green- field High Schoolg and last but not least Brattleboro High School. In the evening the medals and honors were given out at Odd Felow's Temple. After this, the whole school enjoyed a dance to which the visitors were invited. U. V. M. MEET The B. H. S. track team consisting of Captain Robbins, Eugene Moran, Robert Harlow, Edmund Manley, Edwin Lindsey, and Philip Wheeler won the Vermont Championship meet under the auspices of the University of Vermont, at Burlington, June 2 and 3. Brattleboro scored 672 points, Rutland was second with 382 points, and Lyndon Institute was third. This meet may be said to have been the easiest of the three meets in which B. H. S. has participated this year, as but 75 men were entered and, in general, competition was not so strong. The sprints, however, were closly contested. Due to .the un- favorable Weather no records were made and the time of the events was slow. The finals of the meet were run off in the rain on a track which was covered in places with six inches of water only an hour be- fore. Gnly the fine spirit of the university men in pumping off the field made the meet possible. . The individual point winner was Eugene UIIJ2 tal Moran with 28 points, while Fred Robbins took second honors with 182 points. Moran took first in the pole vault, broad jump, 120 yard high hurdles, 220 yard low hurdles, second in the 100 yard dash, and 220 yard dash, and third in the shot put. Robbins took second in the high and low hurdles, shot put, and broad jumpg tied for second place in the pole vaultg and took third inythe 100 and the 220 yard dashes. Harlow won a sensational half-mile race in fast time and easily took the mile run. Manley wonthe discus throw with three throws, each of 99.9 feet. Lindsey placed second in a hard 440 yard run. The relay team consisting of Manley, Wheeler, Harlow, and Lindsey ran a thrilling mile relay, each man running a 440 yard dash. The race was said by many to be the finest relay that they had seen, as the lead al- ternated between Brattleboro and Rutland. Rutland won the hard-earned race in the last fifty yards. The Burlington Meet is the tenth consecutive meet that Brattleboro High School has won in four years. Hats off to Dede! The men to receive their letter for track are: Captain Fred Robbins, Eugene Moran, Robert Harlow, Edmund Manley, Philip Wheeler, and Edwin Lindsey. These men have elected Eugene Moran track captain for the 1923 season. BASEBALL A large squad turned out for the first baseball practice, indicating more interest than usual. Brattleboro shines so in track that the baseball team has to struggle along without much interest being shown in it. This year an especial effort was made to arouse enthusiasm for baseball. Mr. Page, the coach, has developed a very good team, they are on the average small in stature but they can certainly play ball. Winchester as pitcher and Culver catching make a for- midable battery. B. H. S. lost two games to Keene alld one to both Holyoke and to Turners Falls. In the last three games the team has im- proved greatly. In the game with Turn- ers Falls they held the score to a tie until the eighth inning, then Turners Falls strengthened and came through with 2 runs, winning the game with a score of 6- 3. In the last game, With Turners Falls, at Brattleboro, the team showed what they could do and they did it. The score of 9-1 was due to the excellent pitching by Wiiicliester and to some good batting by all the members of the team. Winchester struck out ll men and allowed 3 men to make hits and the rest of the team helped pile up the points on the other side. The prospect for the rest of the year looks very good and the team should receive bet- ter support from the school in the way of a cheering section. Q5 GIRL'S INTERCLASS TRACK MEET. meet of the at the Fair- grounds, May 31. The girls demonstrated to be found The first interclass track girls of B. H. S. was held that there is good material among them and the interest shown in this meet promises Well for the of this as a annual event. continuation Much credit for the success of this meet goes to Miss Helen Moore of the faculty, who coached the girls. The Junior and Freshman girls won over the Sophomore and Senior girls, with a score of 44 to 18. The highest individual point winner was Harriet Leonard of the junior Class who scored 16, while Cath- erine Gallup of the Sophomore Class came next with a score of 14. D The other scores in the meet were the following: Majorie Bushnell '25, 83 Elva Gallop '25, 8, Ruth Dugan '25, 85 Beatrice Bennett '24, lg Marjorie Allen '25, lg and Esther Howe '25, 1. EXCHANGE COMMENTS The DIAL, Brattleboro, Vt., we can hardly criticize such a splendid paper. We like it very much indeed and are looking forward to your coming issue. -Brigham 4 Academy Bugle. You have an abundance of fine material and all that goes in the making of a fine paper. We admire particularly the picture of the ski-jumper on the cover. -The Philomath. The DIAL was now the center of all at- traction.. How pleasing it was to examine this paper. Every department was unique. Poetry was lacking, but the stories showed excellent literary work. We were also more than interested to read the music depart- ment, and learn of their Music Appre- ciation and that the Operetta The Mika- do would be presented in the near future. Not much space was given to athletics. Perhaps it would be wise to remedy this, but the literary department should not be sacrificed for it. -The M Unite. The DIAL, Brattleboro, Vt., contains plen- ty of good school notes. The cover of the Easter issue is very attractive. The staff are striving for the scholarship offered to a worthy member of the staff of the best Vermont high school paper by the Uni- versity of Vermont. -The Eltrurian. The DIAL--WC like your French De- partment very much. -The Red and White.

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26 The DIAL, from Brattleboro, brings greetings from Vermont. Your paper contains many historical and legendary stories of your state, which stim- ulate interest, and carry out the theme for the issue very effectively. You are to be congratulated on your inclusion of the Governor's personal message. -The Broektonia. MY DREAM ROOM Slowly the words of my book fade into nothingness and the classroom becomes my' dream room. Silas Marner looks up from his corner, where he sits ever spin- ning and spinning, and greets me with a smile. My new friend, Sir Roger, about to depart from the chase, delays to converse with me a minute and to ask my sisterly advice, as he jokingly remarks, concern- ing his perverse widow. But who is this stranger? A brave young knight whom I have heard spoken of- D'Artagnan, somebody whispers admir- ingly, one of the Three Musketeers. Determining to make his acquaintance later, I hasten on to my other friends. Should I fail to visit each one frequently, they would cease to be my friends and fade away into memories like childhood friends. Launcelotls familiar face is missing from the group of brave knights surrounding King Arthur's throne. Guinevere too has retired into her chambers during Launce- lot's absence. Sorrowfully I turn away wishing in vain for the old happy Round Table. Suddenly I come upon Alice of Looking Glass fame at the tea-party. The Dor- mouse, squeezed in between the March Hare and the Hatter, is fast asleep. The March Hare starts to sing: feeling poetically songful Twinkle, Twinkle little bat, How I wonder what you're at, Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky. Twinkle, Twinkle. The Dormouse takes up the chorus and be- gins to sing in his sleep,-unconsciously I wander off murmuring, Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle. Secunda pirouettes daintily down OUR HILL and drops at my feet in a quaint lit- tle old-fashioned curtsey. Tertius' chubby legs try hard to keep up with Secunda's flying feet while Prima walks sedately at Our Mother's side. Stooping only to kiss irresistible pink cheeks, I hasten Tertius' onward, when- CKDOt,!l Wake says a faint far-away voice, up and hear the birdies sing! Where have you been all this time? Instantly my dream-room fades away and in its place is the old familiar class-room. My dream-friends have gone and in their The tal stead are my class-mates. Alas! that they should never know my many dream friends and may never see my dream room! Per- haps they too have dusty halls and ancient rooms where they may retire from the here and now. -DOROTHY EDwARDs '23. BOOK CHAT After reading Sophocles' Antigone, it is well nigh impossible not to ponder a lit- tle on the history of Literature. Not nov- elty oflmethod, not contortions, not con- vulsions, produce work which is good and will last, only genius and labor can do that. The business of readers is to be deaf to the cries of the market, to pursue what is old and seasoned, and so to judge the quality of what is still in the gloss of freshness. Andrew Lang thus speaks of our literary duty. Sophocles has been called the dra- matic artist because his works are the most beautiful of all tragedies, they might be called perfect specimens of literary art. Because he extracted sweetness from all he touched he was called The Attic Bee. The character of Antigone is touchingly beautiful. Her beloved brother has been killed in a war against his own land, and as a punishment, the King, Creon, who is the successor of Antigone's father, orders that his death shall not be accompanied by the rites of burial, so sacred to the Greeks. But Antigone, believing that she must obey the will of the Gods and the love she owes her brother, covers his body with dry dust. A guard discovers her in the midst of this work and brings her before Creon. Creon has her imprisoned in a distant cave to die of slow starvation as a punishment for dis- obeying his command. She takes the sen- tence bravely, in the knowledge that she has done the right thing, and is led away. A wise man of the court intercedes, and the King relents. But on entering the cave they find Antigone dead, in the arms of Haemon, who has come to save her. -Dorzornr Rrce '23. THE ,INVIOLABLE SANCTUARYU By George A. Birmingham The Inviolable Sanctuary, is a de- lightfully humorous story of country life in Ireland. The boy, Frank, who is a great hero at Oxford, is visiting his Uncle's country estate during the holidays. His extreme superiority over his young cous- in, Priscilla, is very amusing, particular- ly as she seems blissfully unaware of his importance. Priscilla with her naive, re- freshing vivacity, and her ingenous Way very quickly makes Frank forg-et his dig- nity- bowls him over, one might say. One interesting character, amusing, too, is Priscilla's Aunt Juliet, a woman who specializes in fads. When the story opens, her hobby is Christian Science and as Frank has sprained his ankle on the trip down, rather laughable circumstances result. She goes from Christian Science to Woman Suffrage, and thence to appen- dicitis-surely stopping there because the book is finished. The book centers about the adventures of Frank, Priscilla and Miss Ruthford, an interesting woman whom they encoun- ter under rather peculiar circumstances. The adventures of the three in a sail boat of Priscilla's are very enjoyable. The following speech of Priscilla's shows her gift of speech and the enter- taining and convincing manner in which she uses it- Can't you see that if you haven't really got a sprained ankle, but only believe you have, and wouldn't have if you believed you hadn't, then we should- n't really be drowned-supposing we were drowned, I mean, which, of course, we're not going to be-if we believe We weren't drowned? And Aunt Juliet, with her principles, would be bound to believe w-e weren't, even if we were. We've only got to put it to her that way, and she won't have a ghost of a grievance left. Another quotation shows very plainly the fact that she is unquenchable. By the way, what was that word which Euclid said when he suddenly found out isosceles triangle? how to construct an He was in his bath at the time, as w-ell as I recollect. This gave Frank a superior knowledge and to snub this im- pertinent young cousin. Are you thinking of Archimedes? he asked. What he said was 'Eureka,' and what he found out wasn't anything about triangles, but- Thanks, said Priscilla. It doesn't matter whether it was Euclid or not, and it isn't of the least importance what he found out. It was the word I wanted- One more of Priscilla's speeches shows her extremely disconcerting way of say- ing precisely what she means. She is re- ferring to her aunt, who has just taken up smoking-along with Woman Suffrage. She doesn't. She never did before. Though she may take to it regularly now for a time. I simply told her that she oughtn't to chew the end of her cigarette. No real smoker does, and I could see that she didn't like the wads of tobacco com- ing otf on her tongue. Besides, it was a beastly w-aste of the cigarette. She chawed off quite as much as she smoked. You'd have thought she's been obliged to me for giving her the tip, but quite the contrary. She hoofed me off to bed. It is a book that every young person and every person who has once been young will enjoy. chance to use his -A. BOYDEN '23,