Burlington High School - Oread Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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MARGARET PURCELL, Somerville Latin Schoo 2 67 Pearl Street English. A ' l, 1895. Radcliff College, 1900. Taught at Hanover High School, Mass., Sornervil Philippine Normal School, Manila. SN li QL?- '18 le Latin School,

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Senior Editorial lt is commonly stated that no one can be a dignified Senior , without hrst having been a green Freshiefy but the members of the Class of 1906 were, without doubt, an exception. Our 'first days of high school life were probably the happiest and proud- est in our existence. Wfe felt as if we had ceased to be children, although we may have appeared as such sometimes, and that we were starting on the road to real life. Thus we felt as we found ourselves among the older scholars, looked over by the Seniors and juniors and laughed at by the Sopihomores. Many of our strongest men had times when it was an evenly debated question whether to run or stand. But who wa.s there to show fear? W7ho was there who did not face the Sophomores when they interfered with our rights? Wfe had men who knew their rights, and knowing, dared maintain. O Class of 1906, you may well be proud of your Freshman year in the Edmunds High School. ' Vtfe had not been in High School very long before the envy of the Sophomores was excited b-y the prominent appearance of Bean Pole Fuller, commonly known as Speed,' Hugh Carlyle MacGibbo-n, Hollis LeRoy Muller, and many others. Without much consideration, they decided to make these knights of the noble green cloth look upon them as superior beings. Finding a few of our men one night they chased them into a dark alley. Then a battle followed. Bull'ock's powerful muscle took care of three Sophomores, Platt and Smith, two of our lost leaders, held others at bay, and the result was that the Freshmen came off with flying colors. As Sophomores, we began to settle into the rut of things, and as the class that entered that year looked so small and childlike, we decided to leave them entirely alone. Une of our greatest dilhculties that year was to keep 'AChalk Wfheeler from being petted and spoiled by Miss Brownell. Wfithout doubt we suc- ceeded for Chalk', has blossomed into a. noble Senior. ln our Junior year we began to show our strength in school affairs. In politics, we were becoming leaders, and all the school organizations were growing nrmer than ever before, under our support. a 20