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

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'l'il'lE DIAL 9 CLASS HISTORY Freshman Year HE fifth day of September, in the year nineteen hundred twenty-eight, was the memorable time when one hundred forty- fonr freshmen of rather a verdant color walked importantly up the high school steps. The squirrels in the near-by trees, satisfied with only the best of quality in their foods, did not molest them. Heroic efforts on the part of the teachers to ini- tiate them into their new life was a par- tial success. Needless to say, at first we were the butt of many unkind remarks and actions. It has been estimated that if all the steps taken by wandering Freshmen who have been sent by kind upperclassmen to the wrong rooms were placed end to end, they would reach to Nova Scotia. However, very soon we thwarted the attempts of the vain rulers of our destiny and were able to reach our classes in time to receive the assignments for the next day. Kimball Barber and john Latchis soon became so dexterous in chasing each other that they did not even upset the trattic otlicers or break up the student traffic. Our first assembly was an entire success, although it has been stated that we did not seem exceptionally moved by it. NWC were well received by the amused body of up- perclassmen although our cheeks plainly showed our discomforture. If all the color exhibited on our shy, blushing faces could be preserved, there would be enough rouge to color the cheeks of Allethaire Smith and Eveline Murray for the rest of the year. About this time it was decided that a strong leadership was needed to guide our class. Accordingly, the following were elected: President, Leonard Ryang Vice- President, Bianca Newellg Secretary, Bar- bara Leach: Treasurer, Burns Robinson. Neil Briggs and Eleanor Tarbox were sent to the Student Council to add the necessary dignity to that body. Thus we were ready to push on. The subject of the animal rope pull we will pass over lightly. Because of our natural kindness we allowed the Sopho- mores to pull us through the pond. VVe permitted this also because we could not bear to separate them from their new- born dignity. Now to more pleasant topics. In football our class was ably repre- sented by Hob O'Bryan and Pat Ryan, two mighty men. Their manager, Tiny Mastalcr, protected them from the opposite sex exceedingly poorly and seemed to en- joy it. These men represented us also in basketball. Other members of our class, however, received training that was to benefit them later. The cheering sections were decidedly improved as far as volume was concerned as some of our commuting friends from the country had powerfully- trained voices said to be used in calling cattle from pastures two or three miles dis- tant. Music classes and orchestra were quickly filled by eager members of the class of '32, Our first social event was the Freshman Blowout. Those who attended will testify to the appropriateness of the name. The members of our class who were more ad- vanced socially showed their appreciation of the party. Some of our hosts and hostesses seemed greatly amused by watch- ing the dancing, although we conldn't un- derstand why this should be. Of course, as was expected, some of us were not too expert in dancing, and so a few pairs of shoes were sadly in need of refinishing by the end of the evening. However, we were entertained royally and enjoyed it im- mensely. It was here that our recognition as members of Brattleboro High School started. Midyears were passed successfully both in time and in marks. Then the sailing was easier. Scholastieally, we did fairly well for the year. NNe had a good percentage of our class on the honor roll. Bernice Boying- ton and Charles Crane were the victims of brainstorm and wrote their names on the maximum honor roll for the whole year. As our school year rolled to a close we had much about which to think. Vile had learned that: two and two were four, that three's a crowd, the ditiference between principle and principal, that P. M.'s were not a product of the lunch counters, and that most seniors were not members of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. But seriously, we were given a new train of thought. Wie were taught new and dif- ferent subjccts. Vile had come upon a new era. One of the final stages in preparing to be good citizens of life and of our country had ended. VVe were able to look back with satisfaction on the first part of our new training and to look forward eagerly to the next. -VX 1NsroN S1nsoN. Sophomore Year Wie, the class of 1932, entered B. H. S. with a much happier spirit because we were sophomores. This is especially true of Tiny Mastaler, who, much to the astonishment of his fellow students, pro- claimed loudly the fact that he had grown a quarter of an inch during the summer vacation. Verne Putnam, on the other hand, tried to console us by stating that he had stopped growing, and that the doors need be raised only half an inch. Our class elections were as follows: President, Verne Xvatsong Vice-President, Bernice Boyington: Secretary, Bianca New- ell: Treasurer, Pat Ryan, Assistant Treas- urer, Celia Morse. VVe greatly appre- ciated the service of these classmates, as they helped us over many rough spots. XVe need not recall the shameful inci- dent at Richardson's Ice Pond, when all those big husky Freshies pulled their weaker upperclassmen, including Ben Blodgett, Robert Du Buque and John Latchis, through the muddy water. Our star football players, Pat Ryan and Hob O'Bryan, certainly worked hard trying to ward off the beautiful dam- sels who insisted on congratulating them on their victories. Honorable mention should also be given to Neil Briggs, James McKechnie, Fletcher Blodgett, Donald Fairbanks, VVilliam Bond, Farrand Mc- Durfee, and James Fitzgerald. VVe were represented on the Student Council by Bianca Newell and Charles Crane, whose work and willingness to help at all times were greatly appreciated by the members of our class. Elizabeth Fairbanks and Eleanor Tarbox represented us at the Girls' Conference at Vlfindsor, January 31 and February 1. It is said they brought home many helpful hints about how to do general housework, how to care for animals, and how to keep sex appeal. This information proved of great value to the Junior VVoman's Club. The basketball games started with a suc- cessful seasong and if Pat Ryan and Hob O'Bryan had a dime for each basket tContinued on page 441

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8 T There be many shapes of mystery: And many things God brings to be, Past hope or fear, And the end men looked for cometh not And a path is there where no man thought So hath it fallen here. -EURIPEDES. HERE does your hobby path lie? Is it in your mind, in the laboratory, or out of doors? A hobby is a system of connected ideas with a high emotional tone, and such emotionally toned ideas are tech- nically called complexes. Psychologically speaking, the action exerted on conscious- ness by a complex is analogous to the con- ception of force in physics. A hobby is that thing in which one takes an extrava- gant interest. In this interest is found a vent for self-expression. The machine age with its brother, speed, necessitates a recreation as relief from mo- notony and hurry. Physicians today pre- scribe an avocation with its accompanying diversions for the so-called tired business man. Only a few years ago an evil-tast- ing tonic was ordered, but now experiments have proved the value of relaxing the mind and body in a complete change of occupa- tion. Vtfilliam Gladstone, the British states- man, was a famous collector of Leeds pot- tery. He once said that the joy of being able to pass from the turmoil of politics and the anxieties of Parliament to quiet contemplation of cream-colored ware was a source of great solace and rest to him. Hobbies are classified in three types: ac- quiring knowledge, acquiring things, and creating things. The choice of kind re- mains to you since a hobby is to be one of your favorite topics of thought and action. As in all phases of life, the amount of pleasure and real benefit derived from this hobby is in proportion to the amount of time and energy directed toward it. The most generally popular seems to be the second group of interests, acquiring things. It pertains to accumulating things tangible and things intangible. Collecting is cer- tainly not a new habit acquired in recent years, but dates back to the time when pre- historic man collected stones and shells for no apparent reason other than diver- sion. Collectors have a wide range from which to choose: autographs, stamps, IVY l-IE T Hail to thee, Cov'ring thes brightg Tiring not, 011 DIAL ESSAY is YOUR HOBBY? A A A IVY ODE .ine One Day 'y, with life fully blooming, walls with thy mantle so thy path lookingupward, 'Till thou hast reached to the uttermost height. CHORUS Climbing higher, sturdy and strong, May we, like 'ou, never waver nor fear, Passing our li e in one ceaseless endeavor To reach the goal which we all hold so dear. Thou in the midst of life's turmoil and trouble, Steadily upwa Teach us, Teach us plain. oh ou Strive, then, u beginning, Strive, then, N goal 5 Show us, oh I' By thy ex amp d the height can attain, vy, the source of thy living, duty, our pathway make e must while our life work's ve must 'til we come to our fy, the source of thy courage, e ' ' 1 well hte clean and whole. -PALINIA GOODNOUGH. VVV prints, china, furniture, etc. In all these hobbies there is a definite amount of study and attention to details in order to receive the greatest satisfaction. Here is an illus- tration. There has been incessant demand from collectors of authors' signatures for those of Thackeray and Dickens. Dickens, especially, varied his signatures a great deal from year to year. In each year be- tween l830-1837 he added a loop under his name, so that by 1837 there were seven loops under his name. Each year from that time to his death the position of the loops changed. A collector must be very alert to detect the authenticity of these sig- natures. In contrast to this, book collec- tors have the advantage of discovering odd bits of information and sometimes profit- ing by them. A collector once read that Alexander the Great was embalmed with honey. During the war, glycerine, one of the principal constituents in the process of embalming, was needed for the manufac- ture of explosives. The collector con- ceived the idea of producing artificial honey from sugar for use in embalmingg thus a large supply of glycerine was released for war purposes. Now let us consider in more detail a hobby from the first type of interests, ac- quiring knowledge. Do you ever think about the words you utilize every day in conversation, in transacting business, or in study? NNords are tools without which other tools are utterly useless. Wie would have no need for books, paper, pencils, telephones, or radio, if we had no wordsg in fact, we could not have these, there would be no foundation for them. XX-'ords make civilization. Our lives are guided by wordsg we are their victims. 'With words we create worlds, heavens, nature, in spite of the fact that we are told that we can neither create nor destroy matter. VVhere did we get our words? This, the study of etymology and philology, is a fascinating hobby for some people. The Greeks and Romans were excited by word lore. Ro- mance and Germanic etymology began seri- ously in the nineteenth century with the work in comparative philology by Jakob Grimm. He was the originator of the fa- mous Grimm's Law pertaining to the reg- ular interchange of consonants between CCoutinued on page 431

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10 TH E DIAL CLASS PROPI-IECY .ALLETHAIRE SMITH Allethaire Smith has a political career But she's still our good old pal, Of all the great Smiths there ever were To a class By far the greatest is Al. DORIS BAILEY Doris Bailey-sober and sedate, Still loves to read a book. To find her early or late Just into the library look. ELEANOR NIILLER Eleanor Miller is a spinster And all worldly things has forgot. Poor Eleanor is pining her life away, She did not find the man she sought. CHARLOTTE HUDSON Charlotte Hudson is a dramatist And has written many a witty line. Better than Hamlet or MacBeth Truly, her plays are quite Fine. GENO ASPESI Geno Aspesi invented an air machine- The best of all aircraft ever seen. A million miles an hour it should go. No gas or fuel it needed, though. Geno's name was lauded to the sky. Truly a wondrous machine-but it wouldn't Hy. BEATRICE TAYLOR Beatrice Taylor is a welfare worker Vlfho has seen this world of strife, She's another from the class of thirty two XVho's on the upward path of life. ELEANOR TARBOX Eleanor Tarbox is a spinster And alone by her cottage she sits. Just thinking as swiftly she knits, And wishing and wishing each day A That Bud had not been such a jumper- Then he could not have jumped far away DORIS TYLER A Doris Tyler's peculiar, queer: She She She She But thinks it is there but says it's here, thinks it is now and says it is then, doesn't know how but tells us wheng calls night day, and calls day night always she knows-Doris is right! EVELYN JONES Evelyn Jones is a school-teacher And teaches English-more or less- Of dumb freshmen Back in B. H. S. MERYL MATIIER Meryl Math And of her To find the But when t r is a musician, ll the poets sing. ost Chord she had hope, ey investigated the thing 'T was fourd to be only a rope. CHARLES COLT Charles C011 his fight has won, Congress has passed his bill, I guess, After ten long years his work is done, And the peanut tariFf is less. V I-:RNE PUTNA Verne Putn But he's in m is a stamp collector, Dutch.-There's no doubt That he stofmped all communication VVhen he bc lught the Postal Service out. LIAUDE BUTTEPFIELD Maude Butt And would rfield is a nurse, e known far and wide. She had ch rge of a big hospital- But all the patients died. LAURENCE CLARK Laurry C' ark was a baseball pitcher, But now th Reds he aids. Once he wa throwing harmless baseballs, And now h Es'rH ER COBLEI Esther Cobl 's tossing hand-grenades. GH eigh is a bareback rider, A performer without peer. No rider w s ever so good- Not even PEu1 Revere. EVELINE M URRAI' Eveline Mu And essayel But when s ray is a swimmer, to swim the channel wide, he got across she found That they had moved the other side. . LORENE PIERC Lorene Pi store And sold st Until the l'l rce worked in the ten cent eam in great slices, Ianager fired her Because she forgot the prices. HI-:LEN NICHOLS Helen Nichols was a diver, And would have won a big cup. But after her first dive Poor Helen didn't come up. .ANDRENV LIASTALER Andy Mastaler is a famous name, Greater than all the dukes of Prussia. ' Gone are Lenin, Stalin, Trotzsky, and Breep. Andy was the Iron Man of Russia- But he fell asleep. XVILLIAM FITCH Vlfilliam Fitch is a mathematician, As we knew he would be. But his mind he has lost, Proving that two and two make three. EVERETT ESTLER Everett Estler is a cowboy bold, Who rides his steed as did men of old. A most daring rider, you see Best of all horsemen he Inust be. One little detail we omitted, of course. Everett's fiery steed is a rocking-horse. JOHN LATCHIS Johnny Latchis was a bank runner NVhom bandits chased-he fled And ran so fast and ran so far That now poor Johnny's dead. DIARY JANE Cox An aviatrix was Mary Jane Cox. But she fell to her death below. Now she's in a little pine box- The airplane was too slow. DONALD Rlx Donald Rix is a contractor. He does his own cooking too, His ideas were of good intent, But he built his roads of stew And his pancakes of cement. WILLIAM SHERXVOOD For ten years VVill Sherwood has not moved, Because the world's wrestling crown he sought, And one day while practicing, He tied himself up in a knot.