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

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THE BUPTONIAN shoes as she was unalble to do so and of course Miss Fdwalds could not now help her When my work was completed I was again politely dismissed About a. week later the ladies thought they would enjoy a picnic near a lake not too far away They asked what I would like to eat and what were in general my ideas regarding a p1cn1c lunch They did not wish to build a fire for fear of its getting out of control and doing damage Hot soup they decided in thermos bottles cold chicken sandwiches and then perhaps fruit and cookies Would I please order this lunch prepared at the Tea Room and myself Hoe ready to ggo at eleven The picnic was a success rwlth one excep tion To get to the :beach on the pleasant side of the lake we had to cross the railroad tracks I turned off the mam road heard the whistle of a train and stopped We were very near the tracks and as the express roared by the ladies sitting in the back seat Jumped almost 1nto the front seat I never did know what they expected I have always thought they lbelleved I did not intend to stop or that I couldn t do so Anyway they gave me a bad scare as much of a one as the train gave them and after that I always warned them before every crossmg I could not seriously object to their lbackseat driving xt was too pohte and meek and quite different from the sort of directions some people try to give eight miles an hour and all kinds of suggestions on hllls One nervous soul golng up the Mohawk Trail several years ago kept pleading to know wlnle the car was sailing along in hlgh Are we in low gear yet When the car was finally forced into second speed she looked happier but said I shant feel really comfortalble until we re in low then I know we re safe Once Mrs Cramer invited a determmed spinster to accompany her and Miss Edwards on the drive but never again The guest lnsisted that she knew a. road better than the one I planned to take and was so rudely persistent that I had to glve in to her She took us twenty miles out of the way on a rough back road that could not even lboast any particular scenery My ladies and I were completely exhausted when we finally reached home a half hour late for supper As for the guest well she certainly received no thanks and I suspect she got some bumps At the end of the season I fwas sent to get tickets express trunks reserve a. drawing room and telegraph for Mrs Cramers car to meet them in New York All these arrangements were completed two weeks before their departure It was a great deal of fun and I hked the responsiblhty I was given I was sorry to have them go and often wonder if another summer may bring them back again They thanked me warmly as they said good bye and a feeling of satisfaction that my first try as a chauffeuse had been a success cheered me as I watched the train go steammg out of the station and down the valley . 7 v ' v . 1 ' M 1 I A W . . .W . ' 1 - ' l - , . . r - 1 ' W -the everlasting, There's a car comingf' The speed limit on that bridge is V ' ' ' ' . u . n ' ' , ' . u n . , - H N, H . , - 1 - 1 , . p . . ' . - 1

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THE BURTONIAN blowing grew stronger Soon large clouds began to gather and as I gazed at the sky I began to fear that a storm was due In the distance I could hear low mutterlngs of thunder Not more than fifteen mlnutes passed when blg drops of water splashed on the hood of the car I wondered if I should inform my tlmld souls of what was happenmg and thought remembering their fear of skidding that they might thlnk me mconsxderate if I failed to do so But by the time they came out lt was ralnmg hard the thunder and lightning vxele well at work and I knew I was ln for a pleasant iive miles drive While Dr Peters was 1n Slght my two ladies appeared very fbrave although they were both shaking like scared rabbits as I could see but once we were on the road I expected at least a case of hysterlcs 1f not an entire loss of consclousness They sald very lxttle and I drove at the slowest poss ble rate assuring them that there was no danger from lightning in a car for the rulblber tlres served as an insulation Ca useful theory which alas has been explodedj They seemed grateful for this crumb of comfort and reminded each other that they had never lfnown a car to be struck by lightning I was rather pleased at my success in making them at least a degree more comfort able What I was mos' concerned about ho vever was how I should get them from the car to the house I stopped at the entrance x hlch was near a large elm tree and they did not ofrer to move Then with great d1f'iculty they said in chorus that they d rather walt in the car lf I dld not mind they thought 1t might be safer I glanced at the tree and moved the car out of range ID case It should attract the lightning They gave me a Questioning look and mlldly protested that big tree had seemed so n1ce and friendly and its branches made such a protection' But when I explained they exclaimed 1n alarm and urged me to go even farther away Luckily the storm passed picked their way up the soaking path to the house apparently none the worse for their adventure A telephon call two days later saying they would not go dr1v nv and asking me to come down 1mmed1'1tely made me wonder if the strain had been too much I hurried down and was greeted at the door by Mrs Cramer who 1mplored me to go at once to the attic I could not irnagme wh1t was the matter but took two steps at a time up two flights and much out of breath arrived at the foot of the attic stairs to find a human form disposed In a. rather acrolbatxc posltlon with one high vvhlte shoe a rosette on top hung around the newel post as though 1t were entlrely detacl ed from the body and an aim shot through the hamsters It was laughable but I was much too frightened to laugh and much too concerned as to what I should do and why I had been called W1 h Mrs Cramer s help I proceeded to untangle the unfor tunate Miss Edwards and bring he to w1th cold vsater I then sent for the doctor and waited to Hnd out what I was to do next It seemed that Miss Edwards had a pass on for l1lV9Stlg3.f1OI1 and she had grown curious about what the attic was lke She proceeded therefore to find out The st'11rs were very steep and narrow and a few sta1rs up she lost her balance and landing at the bottom had famted Presently when the physlcxan was ready to leave Mrs Cramer dismissed me and I went home The next morn ng I was algaxn called to the phone and asked to come quickly as poss1ble to Mis Cramers Again I hurried down wonderxng what would happen next It was not an accldent this tlme I must however lace and tie Mrs Cramer s 6 4 - . 1 W ' ' W - , . . X . . . X . U . X Q . . , . , . . X . . X X . X X X 0 X X . . X .N X Q . X . . . X . . X i X X . . . X I - Y Y , J ' v ' , . X . n. ' , Y , ' ,. . , 'J I 1 A A - 1 n c . - , . , X X. . X . . . Y X . . , . A . X X XG X A . . - XX X . . . - , beyond us in another half hour, and ,my two ladies raised their skirts and . . . L V , e , , ' ' i C, . . ., X . . I - . ' , Y ' I . ., , :AX . . . X . . . . . X . . V . X X v ' b D I 1 . ' 1 ' ' . , 'o' rr 1 , -,, . - L . ' ' ' U. I, as u ' , b 2 . . . X . ' i . , , . . ' I W ' I V L C 1 X , X . X X . . . , . . 1 . , ' I . . . . . , 1? I ! '

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THE BURTONIAN MY HOBBY SKINNER PRIZE ESSAY By Carlos Warner 1931 OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY Obstervatlonal Astronomy IS the sc1ence of obsexvmg the heavenly bodxes ln thexr trajectory courses through the celestlal sphere The heavenly bodxes may be dxvxded lnto two groups 1 The self lum1nous lbOdl8S and 2 The non luminous bodies The stars and comets are among the self lum1nous b0d16S our sun bemg the nearest star to us and the non lumxnous sbodxes are planets wlth or wlthout satellltes astero1ds and meteors Up to now there have been mne planets dlscovered the newest bemg Pluto Wh1Ch was dxscovered very recently The planets also mlght be put 1nto two groups Wh1Ch are 1 Non-satelht1c planets a.nd 2 Satellltlcs The planets under the non satellltlc group are Mercury wh1ch 1S too small to hold even an atmosphere from the sun Venus whlle alble to hold an atmosphere and IS called our slster planet has not a moon Pluto IS of rather small slze and the exlstence of a satellxte IS dulbxous The planets under the satellltlc group have the maJor1ty 1n the solar sys tem These planets may be dlvlded 1nto three classes namely The Earth Moon system the Jovlan type and the Saturman type The Earth IS the only planet 1n the Earth Moon type It forms a sort of bmary system of planets The dxameter of the Moon IS one fourth of that of the Earth and 1ts mass IS one percent of that of thls planet thereby causmg a revolutlon of the two planets albout a common center of gravlty some three thousand mlles from the center of the Earth The JOVISII system dxifers greatly from the Earth Moon type ln that xt has mne satellltes and IS twelve thousand tlmes the slze of 1ts largest moon Calllsto Also ln thxs class are 1 The Martlan satell1tes two m number 2 The Uraman satellxtes Wh1Ch are four 3 Neptune wlth hls slngle unnamed moon The Saturnlan type holds only one planet wbut lS most peculxar and 1nter estmg probably the most 1Ilt6!'8StlDg of the three The planet bes1des havxng nlne 1nd1v1dua1 satellltes has a rlng of meteor1c partlcles enclrclmg xt wh1ch IS d1v1ded mto three separate rxngs by 11nes of dark xntervenlng The d1v1s1ons of the rlng are A B and C The dlameter of A or the extenor rmg IS 173 000 mxles and It IS of a golden hue B rs sxlver and the brlghtest of the three C IS called the gauze rxng and IS vxs1ble only ID the more powerful telescopes Contlnulng w1th our non lummous ubodles we come upon the meteor the wanderer of the heavens Most people know that wxthouththe atmosphere that envelopes the earth ' 1 , , A Y . . D W . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . B. , , , . . , . ' 1 1 ' - 1 1 . . I . , . . , . 1 ' ' 1 1 . ,' , . 1 ' 1 u