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

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CLUBS AND SUCH ITERARY CLUB! The first meeting of the year. As the whole club was all Lit., it was decided to elect ofii- cers for the present year. After a hot campaign, the electoral returns showed that Muriel Ingalls was president, Charles Mur- dough was vice-president, and Isabel Tupper was the secretary- fwhat, no treasurer ?j . After the main business was over and the details of the next meeting had been de- cided, parts of The Contrast, by Royall Tyler, were read-and what a comedy it turned out to be! ak Sl! Pls SIC Drama! Organization! Put 'em together and you have the DRAMATIC CLUB organized. Ruth Helyar was made president, with the power to select a competent committee for their programs. They have big expectations! A pro- gram for each meeting or bust! That would be something! Perhaps it's just a conspiracy to give the club secretary something to do! Ethel Crawford writes the memoirs. Maybe this is the reason. How about putting on some snappy plays for us in assemblies? Or must we wait im- patiently for the big event, the school play? PK Ik 'lf if By the shores of Gitchee Gummee! My error! It's at the home of Mr. john Gale, in Guilford-the meeting of the LITERARY CLUB on December 7. Mr. Gale showed the members all manner of Indian articles, from beads to bones! He told the club about several tribes and their cus- toms, and brandished all sorts of war implements. Many of these oddities Mr. Gale found himself not far from his home and below the Vernon Dam, on the shores of the Connecticut. The Liter-rarities found the relics unusu- ally fascinating, and Mr. Gale's stories very entertaining. Oh, in case you're contemplating a perfect murder, there are all kinds of clubs which would do a very neat job. We might borrow one the next time class dues come up! But don't worry! NITIATION! All new members please bring a blind- I fold! At ALPHA EPSILON'S first meeting on Oc- tober 27, candidates were welcomed into the order. The meeting was held, through the courtesy of the Legion- naires fthanks again!j in the American Legion rooms in the Community Building. Cats, owls and witches played havoc over the gay Halloween decorations, shrouded in weird yellow and red lights. After the twenty-four candi- dates were initiated, and the business meeting adjourned, the club was entertained by a musical program. This constituted a piano and a saxophone solo, songs: Maggie, Yes Ma'am, She Sat in Her Hammock, At the Cod- lish Ball, and, imagine our astonishment, a musical revue of our own B. H. S. quintuplets! We recovered immedi- ately when the refreshments of sandwiches, punch and cookies appeared on the scene. When the lights went on Qup to now we had been more or less in the darkj we were very glad to see that many of the alumni club members were present. We hope that you enjoyed our meeting and that you will come again! Pls 214 tk Pl! Attention Please! We have a rip-snorting new club in B. H. S. The Agriculture Department met Wednesday evening, November 17, and organized a sizzling new society. It's the AG CLUB. During the business meet- ing fthey're in business alreadylj the Middlebury con- ference delegates gave an account of themselves, and the new officers were elected. john Wright is the first honorary president of the club. john Stark is vice president. The secretary is Rudolph Hammarlund, and Lester Clark is treasurer. Ralph Morse is club reporter. What a lineup! With Mr. Ralph Granger to coach them, they should go places! Uust where we d0n't knowlj Anyway, we wish all the Ag -ers all the best. AND don't forget your nickels ! Music! Carmi Squires, baritone, the first in a series fwe hopelj of programs in ASSEMBLY, entertained us with a variety of songs. Mr. Squires, accompanied by his brother at the piano, sang several well-known pieces, which literally brought down the school. This program was financed by a little system sponsored by the teachers: Brother, can you spare a nickel ? This is the first of its kind fthe program, of coursej that we have enjoyed this year. We hope it's not the last! as wk an ak Speech! Speech! Two of our loyal alumni, Mr. Gibson, and james Boyden gave us their views on our team and their hopes in the all-important Keene game in AS- SEMBLY on November 10. They have both followed the gridsters faithfully and have a yen for our supremacy over our best rival, Keene. Coach Draghetti frah! rah!j and Coach Johnston fdittoj got us a little scared, but our confidence returned when co-captain Carlson fFrankie didn't come, must have known what was comingj and Broutsas put in a word. When we went to classes after a few rousing cheers, we all felt ready to mop up Keene with about 40 to O! Here's to the big game! ! !

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ia F 'W PM wifi-I EMD I AL before Brattleboro's Purple and White players were in possession of the ball on the five-yard stripe, and with Broutsas and Taylor alternating, pushed over the tying counter, the latter going over on an off tackle play. A spread formation was used for the extra point, but failed inches from the promised land. The game ended in a 6 to 6 tie, with Keene on the defense nearly the entire last quarter. A field goal was tried by B. I-I. S., Taylor doing the booting from the nineteen-yard line, but the ball sailed under the goal posts by the narrowest of margins. A disappointed crowd returned to Brattleboro, but never- theless, Coach Draghetti's boys have achieved a remark- able record in the last two years-fourteen wins, one loss, and one tie. Basketball Hopes for another successful campaign on the basket- ball court were established when six veterans of last year's tournament contests plus twenty-five other hoopsters re- ported for the first basketball session of the 1936-1937 season. The familiar faces which will again dominate the wooden surfaces are those of Captain Frankie Taylor, Butch Broutsas, Phillip Gomez, Rudy Hammarlund and Merle Coombs, who will undoubtedly form Coach Ray Draghetti's quintet for this year. Others who will be called upon to replace those already mentioned are Lau- rence Sexton, Clyde Fairbanks, Mario Lucianni, and Ben Cox. Several other promising prospects will not participate in the main contests but will probably take charge of the preliminary events. There are several weeks of hard practice needed to establish a smooth working combine, and then it is ex- pected that the locals will play host to a vastly improved Wilmington quintet. The main obstacles which B. H. S. will have to overcome will be the contests with Bellows Falls, Bennington, Springfield, and Windsor. Should Brattleboro come out on top in BOW or more of these con- tests, they will again enter into the Rutland Tournament. Coach Dra hetti is known to ut out fi htin teams, and 8 P 8 8 with six veterans, a lot of teamwork, and, above all, lent of s irit, the B. I-I. S. la ers are ex ected to sur- P Y u P - P Y P pass their fine achievement of a year ago. To the players and to Coach Draghetti we extend our best wishes and offer our support. B. l-l. S. Wins Opener An untried Purple and White quintet successfully opened their home basketball season by trimming an array of foul-shooting artists from Wilmington by a score of 54-25. Blue and White court men capitalized on 15 charity tosses and failed on only eight tries. They also registered five baskets from the floor, four in quick suc- cession in the last period, but this was not enough even to threaten the lead that Captain Taylor and his mates had rolled up in the earlier stages of the game. Wilmington went into the lead when Ware, lanky Blue and White center, pumped in a pair of foul tosses, but Taylor quickly tied it up with a shot from under the bas- ket. Hammarlund, veteran forward, annexed two more points to B. H. S.'s cause, but B. H. S. lost their lead when three more successful foul shots were registered by the Wilmington lads. Then Gomez, who is expected to go places this year, arched a beautiful shot from way out, through the meshing to give Brattleboro a lead which it never relinquished. Meantime, Merle Coombs repeatedly snagged the ball off the backboard and rang up eight points during the three quarters in which he played, for he and Hammarlund were both put out on four fouls. Broutsas, a hard working guard, did a line job in taking care of Rafus, W. H. S. scoring threat, and also scored a twin-counter in the first period of the contest. Taylor Captured the scoring honors with 17 points and Coombs and Hammarlund registered eight and five points re- spectively. Rafus and Ware did the bulk of Wilming- ton's scoring, accounting for eighteen points between them. an 'H W , .kf 3,-5:-AM ,fl li- -Q 3 Cut by Charlofle Truker '39

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WI-IY NOT A I-IIGI-I SCHOOL SKI TEAM? N the same manner as our School has football, base- ball, basketball, track and tennis teams with regular schedules and interscholas- tic competition, why should we not have a ski team? Why should not the splen- did sport of skiing be equally recognized? The craze for skiing is spreading over the country like wildfire. What could be more fitting than that a school located in one of the winter sports centers of the East should take the lead in promot- ing skiing as an interscholastic sport in Vermont? You can't hold down skiing. Why not ride in on its ever grow- ing popularity? We already have a nucleus of skilled skiers in school, many of whom are already members of the Brattleboro Outing Club, Inc., one of the pioneer ski clubs of the East. The school could count on the enthusiastic coopera- tion of the latter. Until the school could afford its own ski coach, coaching assistance could be secured from the Out- ing Club, which has among its members several men qualified as ski instructors according to the very strict re- quirements of the United States Eastern Ski Association. If other Vermont schools can be interested to organize ski teams, the idea of Interscholastic competition could be introduced by the State I-Ieadmasters Association. What are the good features of skiing which entitle it to recognition? First, it is a clean sport and a good one. What is the definition of a good sport? My answer is that any sport which challenges every ounce of courage, intelli- gence and ability in a man is a good one. Since I first began skiing when a junior in B.H.S., I have seen skiing meet these requirements. Much as we all like football and ac- knowledge its attraction, we find on analysis that to be a proficient skier, it takes every bit as much skill, coordina- tion, study, practice and intestinal fortitude as it does to be a good football player. Over three hundred come out for football at Dartmouth, but those who dare to take the big ski jump at Hanover can be numbered in the dozens. I confess that when I saw Mezzy Barber hurl himself r- . 1 out into space on our ski jump last winter never to touch the snow again until he had soared over 200 feet, I had as much of a thrill as I ever had in seeing a touchdown made by the completion of a successful forward pass in the end zone. Although skiing does not have the same team play features as does football, it can be carried on for years after graduation. After leaving school, skiers do not have to stop taking part in the increasing number of competi- tions. Some ask-is skiing a fad? Will it go out like parlor golf? I have watched skiing develop for 30 years and I wish I were as sure of many things as I am that skiing is here to stay. Although some ill-advised commercial ven- tures will probably end in the hole, the sport itself is fundamentally sound. It converts what might be dreary, winter days into days of joy and health. What has caused the recent great increase in popular- ity? The introduction of the Slalom and Down Mountain Races has had a great deal to do with it. Ski jumping ap- peals to the hardy and daring few. Cross country racing represents a gruelling grind beyond the physical endur- ance of many. The winding, downhill Slalom race under controlled speed through a series of vari-colored flags is open to all. The down mountain races have many fasci- nated adherents. Another cause has been the development of the modern ski technique of the Arlberg type with variations. Un- der this new method, the beginner is able to learn how to make the various turns in a week and likewise how to con- trol his or her speed. This has opened up a world of inter- esting possibilities. Girls have proven very adept at the making of turns--and Oh! Yes! girls, the stylists have designed the most attractive of ski costumes for you! Better than any of the competitive races are informal cross-country ski trips. With a knapsack full of grub, the swish of snow under your feet and a blue sky overhead, a day in the open on skis is a joy indeed. There is a spirit of adventure in skiing between snow-laden evergreens, along old wood roads and down the open trails. Ski trips take you into places you never see in summer. With impunity, you can ski over a frozen marsh into which you would not dare penetrate in summer. Iffmztirzued on page .202 Ca! by Cora Terrcri 39 xx- 9 Q gf, 14