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

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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

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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 BURTONIAN M1ss Helen Elmer who graduated m the Class of 1928 and Mxss Louxse Hxcks of the Class of 1927 have been teachlng m the rural schools of Dorset durmg the year just endmf' John A Ehot Class of 1926 and a graduate of the bmverslty of Vermont Agrlcultural College has started busmess in Manchester as an orchard specxalxst Durmg the past month Leon E Wlley of the Class of 1909 has completely altered hls grocery store ln Manchester havmg Jomed a chaln system Mr Wxley has been conductxng a. successful busxness at thxs stand for the past 12 years Marxetta Lols Fxsk wxdow of the late Jullus H111 and a member of the Class of 1878 d1ed at her home ln Sunderland Aprll 8 1931 followlng an lllness of about three months duratlon She IS survlved by a sister two sons and seven grandchddren some of whom are now students at Burr and Burton Alfred Rlder Page of the Class of 1877 d1ed m South Hampton L I February 3 1931 He was a natrve of Carlmvllle Ill but for some years llved 1n Manchester He attended W llxams College and later graduated from a law college and was for some tlme a Justlce of the New York State Supreme Court and later of the Appellate D1v1s1on Theodore H Harwood Class of 1928 and Just completlng hrs Junror year at Ham1lton College has been a member of the College Choxr during the past year Andrew K Turner of the Class of 1930 has been attendmg the Mount H rmon School 1n Northfield Mass durmg the past year Mxss Catherme Hosley of the Class of 1927 IS very actlve III college aHa1rs at Mxddlebury College where she as a Senlor She 15 a member of the Slgma Kappa Sororlty E Roger Wllcox 1926 who has charge of the xce cream plant run rn Man chester by h1s father E E Wllcox took several short courses at Massachu setts Agrlcultural College durmg the past wmter Whlle skung one day durlng the past winter Ph1l1p E Cornnell 1925 had the m1sfortune to fall breakmg one leg just above the ankle He made a. good recovery however Roger B Hurley of the Class of 1922 conducted another very successful gymnasmm class dur1ng the past wxnter The class conslsted of a number of the younger men 1n town and met weekly at the Semmary Gymnasium Varxous games were taken up mcludmg basketball and volley ball Teams from the class carr1ed on a considerable basketball schedule durxng the sea son w1th good success Maynard C Benson of Manchester Depot of the Class of 1926 was unlted in marrxage on January 17 1931 ln New York Clty to Mlss Theresa Bemer of New York The M1sses Marlon L and Jessxe Jean Bennett of the Classes of 1914 and 1919 have enjoyed another extended trlp durmg the past wlnter Thxs year they took a two months tr1p to South Amerxca gomg by way of the east coast and returnmg along the west coast commg through the Panama canal They are both st1ll rn the employ of the Ask Mr Foster Travel SSFVICG Mxss Rhoda W Orvxs 1919 has been at the Mrddlebury Inn rn Mlddlebury durrng the past wmter where she has had charge of the Coffee Shoppe Mxss Orvls has returned to Manchester now, and IS assxstlng her parents m the operatlon of the Orvls Inn 1 1 O. . v . . - 1 1 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . . . N - 1 1 , . 1 1 1 - 'a 1 - 1 '1 . . 5 . . A - 1 1 1 - 1 D . . W V , ., . 1 , . - 1 1 ' , , . . , ' ' , . .. . . . . 1 - 1 1 . , . , . ' 1 L , , , . ' 1 1 - 0, . . . 1 1 , . . . 1 . Y , - 1 1 , .