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

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THE BUPTONIAN o ALUMNI NEWS HARD AGAIN HEADS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Tl1e closmg event of the 1930 Commencement and one of the most pleas ant was the annual alumn1 banquet and busmess meetlng whlch was held at Macnaughtan s About exghty alumnl and guests and members of the grad uatlng class enjoyed the dehghtful banquet w1th the renewal of acqualnt ances formmg one of the most pleaslng parts of the evenmg Followmg the d nner Walter R Hard presldent of the Assoc1at1on actmg as toastmaster stated that three persons were to speak and mtroduced as the first speaker Mrs Loveland Munson who th1s year celebrated the 50th annlversary of her graduatxon from the Semlnary Mrs Munson spoke 1n happy vem about her days m school and how dlfferent they were from what the school days of today are There were four rn Mrs Munson s class Prmcxpal F B RlCh was the second speaker and he brought to the gather mg some of the domgs of the present and ln closlng gave a message to the Senlors from George W Burton presldent of the board of trustees who was unable to be present It was to endeavor to l1ve accordxng to Calvin Cool ldges definltlon of wlsdom whlch he uses 1n hls 'xutoblography and wlvch he defines as The mformed resolutxon to do rxght The last speaker was E Herbert Botsford former prmcxpal and speak the enjoyment of all In closmg hls remarks he announced the formatmn of a new scholarshlp whxch he IS presentxng and to be known as the Ehzabeth Sanford Botsford Memorlal Scholarsh1p Thxs w11l be not less than S00 to be used to asslst some glrl from thls ectlon to attend Burr and Burton and receive the influences of the lI1SfltlltlOI1 who mlght o herwlse be unable to attend He also stated that mf th1s worked well he hoped that ln a few years he might make a. like scholarshlp for boys The annual meetlng of the Alumnl Assocxatlon was then convened and the presldent appolnted Edward Grlfflth Mrs L E Plerce and Mrs Anna C Abbott as a. nomlnatlng committee The report of the secretary and treas urer was read and accepted and show ed the affalrs of the assoc1at1on to be xn good shape and m good hands The nommatlng comm1ttee presented nts report and xt was remd and accepted electmg the followlng board of officers for the nsuxng year Presl dent Walter R Hard 1900 first v1ce pres1dent Leon E Wlley 1909 second v1ce presldent Sarah B Parker 1893 secretary treasurer M1ldred B Swxft 1909 asslstant treasurer Anna B Buck 1910 audxtor Earl E H Storrs t 49 i '1 1 K 1 I K ' I . D . I I ' .4 . .. - - g U - . N . U . U , , 1 ' X I I v ' ' . . . ' . U 1 , . - , - , . , . . ,, . ,, . , . . Y . r 4 Y ' .. - - . ,, I t. . , . ' l .. ' er of the day, who happily reminisced with his hearers for a while, much to . , . I . 1 - 1 . , , r Y . . . S . 1 N Y ' ' ' I V 7 v - , l I ' D , .. . . . c ' . . - ' V . L C C ' ' . . G . 2 .- ' ' , - . 3 - . ' - ' , 9 ' , . , 3 ' , . . .

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THE BUPTONIAN John came home from school late one nlffht and hls mother was cross John crawled under the bed and wouldn t come out for her When hls father camt home lus mother told h1m about John so h1s father crawled under the bed to Det h1m Ile sald Hello Pop 15 the old lady after you too? Mr Robert Un chemlstly classj Do you see the fish? Young iwho was not paymg attentlonj Mr Robert Look at me Ohve Grxfllth What keeps the moon f om fallxnf' Dorls Bushee It must be the beams M1ss Jenmngs Name three vsell known characters of contemporary hlstory GlddlI'1g'S Texan Guman Gene Tunney and Zaro Agha Mlss Earnshaw iafter glvlnff a lecture on gravxtatlonl We are kept on this earth by the Law of Gravltatlon Dxcky R Then how wexe we kept on 1t before the law was passed? Ada It s hard to tell because they were poxnted rn one dxrectlon and they were headed 111 another Fver1tt Shedon I wonder wh, they say Amen and not Awoman Alan Clark Because they smg hymns and not hers stupxd A young marr1ed couple were rldmg nn the country When passxng a team of mules hearlng them bray he excla1med Relatlves of yours no doubt Yes she rephed by marrxage Dxd you k1ll the moths w1th the moth balls I recommended? asked Mr Hard Mr Bullock No I dldn t' I sat up all nlght and dxdn t h1t a slngle moth A go getter IS a fellow who runs out of gasolme two mlles from a Hlhng statxon Father Why are your marks so low smce the holxday? Son Oh dad you know everythmg was marked down after Chrlstmas Tom What s that thread tled around your finger for? Dxck Oh that s Just to remmd my w1fe to ask me lf I forgot something she told me to remember 4 n L i Io . - , ' ' - 'X .IQ ' . as ' , ' . ll , n . . , , . ' ' . '1 1 ll U ' ' 1 No, . .. H ' ' . ml W - vr . I D. ' . . u ny ' ' . nn , - ., - - . .. . ., . , . . . . . . , ,, D . . V - Y, ' . cl . V ' n Helen: VVhere did all my pins go 7 . .. , - - - - ' V 7 , - n A Q .. , . , . .?., . U ' ' YY . , . ' ' . H ' il 1 l ' 1 ' u yv ' lx - ny , , - U ' ' ' I1 . .. Q , - . , - - .. . . , . . . H ' ' YV - H ' ' , if ' I I ' . .. . - H . , ,, , . . . . ' Y H

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THE BUPTONIAN THE RETIRING AND INCOMING PRINCIPALS It is with deep regret that we chronicle the resignation of F Beacom Rich from the principalship of Burr and Burton Owing to continued 111 health Mr Rich has decided not to undertake the work another year He and Mrs R ch will manage the Roaring Branch Camps in Arlington which they own during the summer In the autumn they will go South in the hope that the escape from the rigors of Vermont winters may prove of benefit to them both After graduating from Middlebury College with the highest honors Mr Rich came to Burr and Burton as assistant principal under Madison C Bates Two years later following Mr Bates resignation Mr Rich served for one year as acting principal He was then elected prmcipal He has been untmng in his efforts for the school and leaves it w1th its traditions and standards maintained and its business affairs in very excellent condition In spite of illness Mr and Mrs Rich have carried forward the work of the school with zeal During all of their connection here Mrs Rich has had charge of the work of the Y W C A By means of h1s Saturday morn ing gymnasium classes for grammar school boys Mr R ch has started early an interest in Burr and Burton which has borne fruit 1n an increaslng en rollment Quietly unobtrusively Mr Rich has given his best to the office he alumni offer to them their thanks for what they have done May the future brmg to them renewed health and strength Ralph E Howes Williams 1911 who will succeed Mr R ch is a son of Dean Howes of Williams Mr Howes occupied various positions with the Fairbanks Scale company in St Johnsbury following two years of teaching after graduation During the late vsar he served in the field artillery After two years more in business he began teaching first in the Fairbanks Vocational School and in St Johnsbury Academy where he served for five years During the summer of 1912 he studied abroad and most of 1918 was spent in the same way Mr Howes has also had a course ln the Summer School of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard and holds the degree of Master of Education following a year s work later in the same school For the last two years he has been head of Brigham Acad my ln Barkers field Mrs Howes is a Vermonter a graduate of Wellesley and also has been a teacher Mr and Mrs Howes and their son expect to arrive in Manchester to be in their work the first of July ALUMNI NOTES Walter R Hard Class of 1900 entered on a new venture last year when he opened the Johnny Appleseed Bookshop in Manchester He built a small building near Mark Skinner Library wh1ch houses the shop and reports are that the first season proved very successful His daughter Miss Ruth Hard Class of 1928 had charge of the shop during the season and will also have charge this year Miss Laura Jean Lathrop Class of 1928 has been teaching during the present year in one of the schools in East Dorset Miss Olive Harwood of the Class of 1927 IS one of the teachers in the Memorial School in Arlington 44 t has illed. As he and Mrs. Rich sever their connection with the school, the