Burr and Burton Academy - Burtonian Yearbook (Manchester, VT)

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THE BURTONIAN SENIORS Anna Sheldon ipeed lb her motto If you dont know about her typmg record You Oughto Rlta Sed wlek 'lhey say gentlemen prefer blondes Well so does Howard Harold Glddlngs Behmd a basketball he leaped to fame Got caught and there hangs hns name I llth Carllsle Among the Semors there s something rare A very small glrl wxth fire red halr Dana Thompson Curly brown hair An agreeable a1r thats Dana Ele nor Way What has Eleanor of art or talent? WVhy she has the art of keepmg sllent Frederlck Hemel Ed1tor1n Cl11ef Manager or what have you Freddle seems to get more than plenty to do Ernest Edgerton He s fond of one thlng they say Kath r1ne Clavton She doesnt know Geometry she doesnt know Spamsh But shes tryxng her darndest to understand Francls Frank Lombardy The Qenmors Presldent bold Steps forth llke a knlght of old VSIIIIIB. Hurd In the field of honor IS enrolled a name Never lmpalred always remalnlng the same Norman Thompson Tlme and tlde roll on well so does A year from now where w1ll he be Eleanor Stone somewhere ln the class Is an East Dorset lass Mabel Bell In her you w1ll find a frlend VVho vslll stay by you to the end Beatrxr-e Nlchols Above the dm you can always hear her shout Mr Robert how d1d you work that problem out? Walter Read Packed and p1led Wlfh boys to her full capaclty Hls old Chevrolet rolls by Wlth rattllng audacxty 36 I ' ' g A ! . g . i . r. C Cc' i l W' C ' v at l. l ' . I i That's old faithful-his Chevrolet In ' 5 YT. , , - -1 , . , . , . . V . M he- 1 T. 7' Y . I .. - , , Y, . , .

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THE BURTONIAN STUDY HALL VAGARIES By Everltt Sheldon Ho hum Gee 1ts hot ID thxs old study hall I wlsh lt was July and I was ln swlmmmg Oh boy maybe that wouldnt feel good I wlsh I was on the honor roll so I dldnt have to stay m thls last perlod I would have been too lf teacher hadnt been mad at me for throw1ng that pencll the other day The old crab' You can t get good marks unless you re LII good with the teachers Look at Peters over there studylng Hes always study mg the old book worm' And gee the marks he gets' Boys' I wlsh I had the pull hes got' He gets all the breaks Well what shall I study thus perxodo Ive got a lot of Latm to do I guess I ll do that Now where dld I put that book? Oh here lt IS It would be on the bottom of the pxle' Well I wonder what the asslgnment IS The next paragraph probably I wont be able to get It done no matter what xt IS Gee she sure glves us tough assxgnments' M Tulll qu1d ag1s Lets see that means Marcus Tullus what gosh I wonder what agxs means Well Ill have to look It up xt dont translate It 1n the notes Here xt IS xt means drlve do act talk about plead Ca casey render fthanksb and gee what a strmg of em' I don t see how she expects us to get the rxght word out of all that lzst I guess Ill Just take the first and let lt go at that Marcus Tullus what are you dr1v1ng Must be he s got a char1ot Most of the Romans d1d have them I wlsh he had fallen out and broken h1s neck' Whats the sense Ln readxng th1s stuff anyway? I don t see what dxfference It makes to me whether the old coot went out drxvlng or not It takes an awful whlle to translate It too I bet I couldnt get an asslgnment done 1f I worked all day on 1t Humph look at Jack over there lookxng around the room I bet he doesnt get much studymg done thns perlod' There' He s goxng to throw a paper Wad Ha ha' Nlce shot' I In go1ng to throw one at hxm no I won t elther I ve got to show teacher today that I cant get my lesson done 1n one perlod even lf I do study hard and don t fool Who does she thxnk I am anyhow? I d have to be Houdrnx to do that Look how much tlme IS gone already and I haven t even got a whole lme done' Tune eum quem esse hostem comper1s1t1 quem ducem bell: futurum v1des Tune what does that mean anyhow' Looks llke tune Must be that C1cero was musxcal Oh no the notes say It IS tu e Do you not hlm who was enemy what ln tlme does comperwte m an? Gee thls IS hard stuif Look at Peter over there st1ll worklng Say I ought to throw a book at h1m Ha ha' Wouldnt he Jump some? I wtsh she d hurry up and rung the bell I want to get out of here fAnd so on t1ll the end of the period? Well thank goodness 1ts t1me for the bell and I can get out of th1s stuffy old hole I ll try that new way of makmg model alrplanes that I just thought of Well I havent got any studyxng done and I knew I wouldnt I dont see how I could have worked any harder elther Why I didnt fool once all last perlod You Just cant get good marks without a pull I never dld have any luck' U - . , . . . . . , 1 . . . 1 - - 1 1 . , . . . , , . W . 1 1 4 1 1 - . - 1 , - . , . . , Y . . . , - 1 - 1 - . . . , . , . .-- , . , . , . . . . 1 - 1 . K . . . , , X , . . , . , . 1 1 - 1 1 - -1 1 - 1 . , . . . . . 4 . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' , . . 1 - - 4 ' 1 . . oi., ,r . s . l Y. . , , . . . , . . , . 1. . , . , . . . ' 1 - 1 . . . , . . . .1 , . , . . , . , . . - , , . . . 1 - 1 . , . 1 . , , . 4 . . . ' 1 . . 4 , I 1 , . - ' 1 1 . , . . . . -7B . 1 D . . . . t, . , . . , . , . . . , . . 1 - 11 , . 11 v - 1 - . 1 1 1 . . . . c U. 1 1 1 '- 1 . 1 . . , 1 ' 1 . . , . - 11

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THE BUPTONIAN Clyde Mattlson He w1ll pass as a mathematlcfan Says Clyde Its simple llke addltxon now Not cold as hms name mlght seem to 1mply But pleasant lxke the summer dxmwmg nl Laura Wade She wrote an essay but so dnl we Hers took first prfzc but ours were N G Barbara Hulsberg Barbara qulet and dlgnlhcd Domg her work as speclhed Mlldred Balch Mxllle wlth her turned up nose Would upset any man s pose Edith Bessehevre One phase about her mvolves great mystery How she ever remembers so much hlstory Helen Flske She halls from a small place called Danby In all klnds of fun she proves mighty handy Theresa Zullo- To Normal School to be a. teacher Any message to Castleton wlll reach her Floyd Poetry seems to be his 'mmbltxon We sadly avs alt the hrst edftxon iThat ought to be enou Fanny Hosley She IS small and of course she s thrlfty To Emest she 1S more shes nffty FOUR YE XRS Af 0 WE ENTERFD TIIIS PL XCE By Catherme Clayton Four years ago we entered fhxs plwce And took up our school lxfe here For four long years weve knox n eacl face Frlendshfps we ll always hold dear We ve strolled the campus every day So happy and carefree And now we sadly turn away To thmgs that are to be Our thoughts mn future oft w1ll turn To the school upon the hfll And perhaps our hearts wlll ometlmes To cro s the old door 111 Our student days we leave behmd And face the future years To seek the thmgs we hope to find And smxle through all our tears yearn L . . . 1 . .. , - . - - V. . , . S ... ' 2 ' gh. C .. . 1, 'Y . , l , 5' .' . . K v . . . ' I - V . ' . 'Q . 1 . K 1 , . - KA v L I O' - 1. . Gould Griffith- : . . y . . 5 , . . C, , ghil '1 I I ' ' 4 A , I C ' -: ,C 1 ' v , . U . - . , ' s ' '-S' . r . 4 ' . ,