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

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THE BURTONIAN PRIZES ANNOUNCED AT COMMENCEMENT 1931 The Mark Sklnner Scholarshlp Prxze Gertrude Haldlman The Semlnary Prize Mlnnle Lockwood The Mark Skmner Essay Prxze Laura Wade and Carlos Warner The Frederlck Crosby PFIZE LOUIS Lombardy The Lewls E Hemenway PFIZE Harold GlddlngS The Mlflam Wells Valentlne Prlze Beatrlce Nxchols HONOR LISTS ANNOUNCED AT 1931 COMMENCEMENT Sen1or Honors Senxors who have malntamed an average rank of nmety per cent or more throughout the entlre course Ernest George Edgerton Flrst Honors Students who have mamtalned an average of nlnety per cent or more 1n each suwbject throughout the academ1c year Claude Melnotte Campbell Jr Gertrude Erna Haldxman Hazel Margaret Larkm Mmme Georg1anna Lockwood Second Honors Students who have mamtamed a general average of mnety per cent or more ln all subjects throughout the academrc year M1ldred Bentley Ernest George Edgerton Huntxngton Kerr Gllbert Paulxne Florence Goyette Charles Gould Grlflith Ol1ve Elaxne Grltlith Fanny Josephlne Hosley Pearl Loretta Jackson Frank Lombardy Anna Ruth Sheldon Everltt Earl Sheldon Ruth Fern Starks Ronbert Davls Young 1931 CO HMFNCEMENT WEEK The Commencement fest1v1txes for the 98th graduatlng class opened Sat urday June 14 when the members of the class were the guests of Prlnclpal and Mrs Rlch at a very enjoyable receptlon gxven rn thelr honor at the Prmcxpal s house The Baccalaureate servxce was held m the Congregatlonal Church on Sunday cvemn, wlth the Rev George H Smythe of Hartsdale N Y preach mg the sermon On Monday afternoon the Semor Class held thelr class day program Be cause of unfavorable weather the exerc1ses could not be reld on the front lawn as 15 customary so they were held ln the chapel The exercises were much the same as usual The class of 1931 entered slngxng the class song Wh n the Golden Sun lS Meltmg and took thelr places The presxdents address was glven by Frank Lombardy Mlss Laura Wade and Clyde Mat tlson gave tl1e class prophecy wh1ch was followed by a vocal duet by Mrs Wxllnm A Guflith and Mrs Fred J Harwood The class w1ll was presented by Mlss Anna Sheldon and Gould Gflfflth Prlnclpal F B Rxch then made the award of baseball and tennls letters to the members of the teams MISS Wxlma Hurd presented the classs gxft to the school and thls was accepted for the school by Everltt Sheldon The Commencement dance wh1ch was held on Monday evenmg ln the Gym naslum was a most successful event and was more largely attended than xn many years Hurley's orchestra of Bennlngton furnlshed muslc for danclng, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all On Tuesday afternoon the audltorlum of the Gymnaslum was filled wlth students and frrends of the school for the graduatlon exerclses The program Y , .... .. ...... , ....... ....... ...... .......... . . . , ............ . , ....... . ....... .. ....... . , ..................... . , I . , t 1 -1 1 1 of . . . 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 - V 71 ' A I 1 1 . . , 'U ' - . . , . ., ' 1 . ' 1 ' , 1 , v . - 1 u Q ' - 11 1 - 1 C , . , . e . ' . . . Y I x . . . . , . . 1 1

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THE BURTONIAN sun spots They govern our weather and also our radlo recept1on Sun spots are not to be found anywhere on the sun s surface but 1n an owblxque belt very close to the equator and are seldom ever seen outs1de of th1s .belt They also come ln cycles a maxxmum occurr1ng every 11 13 years Sun spots are dxvxded 1nto four parts the half shade around the spot bexng called the penumbra the spot ltself the umbra and the extremely dark part ID the center the nucleus The fourth part can only be seen when a spectrohel1o gram IS used It IS the calcxum vapor and IS called the floccull The penum bra somet1mes reaches the d1ameter of 100000 m1les and the umbra ranges from 500 to 50000 m1les m dlameter Although the spot looks almost black It IS many txmes lxghter than any art1fic1al llght man has ever created Golng beyond our solar system we advance 1nto space Space so large that a mxle cannot be used as a yardst1ck and the unxt of measure IS a llght year wh1ch IS apprommately s1x tr1ll1on m1les The nearest star to us IS Alpha 1n Centaurus whlch IS 4 3 lxght years away However th1s star cannot be seen from th1s hemlsphere but one WhlCh IS also very near 1S S1r1us 8 7 11ght years away and can be seen from here The brxghtest stars are not to be consxdered the nearest Two of the br1ghtest stars xn the wmter sky are Betelgeuze and Rlgel wxth dxstances of 200 and 450 llght years respectlvely To the experlenced observer the colors of a star can mean qulte a lot degree of accuracy 'lhe hottest stars are those whlch are very blue the temperature of whlch lS about 23000 degrees Centlgrade Then comes the sun and the long per1od varlables whlch are about 6000 degrees Cenugrade The coolest and densest stars v1s1ble are the red ones Graduatmg from stars we come upon the clusters nebulae and galaxles Many txmes the three of these are cons1dered as one nebulae Many clusters are called nebulae but when a powerful telescope IS used upon them they resolve 1nto separate stars that are very close together, that IS ln our l1ne of s1ght It IS 1n these clusters that many bmarles are found Galaxles are also consldered nebulae The most frequent of them bemg the spxral nebulae whlch 1S agaxn made up of separate stars True nebulae are gaseous and of many shapes such as the great Nebula 1n Orlon whlch resemfbles a bonfire and the Nebula 1.11 Cygnus whxch IS very mxsty and IS strung out over a rather large terrltory for a nebula There are also black nebulae wh1ch ublot out stars and make what seem llke black s1n1ster holes ID the sky The galaxxes are 1slar1d unlverses and all lgo to make up the heavens As It happens we are 1n the galaxy whlch IS commonlycalled The Mllky Way It m1ght 'be well before closmg to say a few words concernmg' the move ments of the Earth Among the most common of them 1S the daxly rotat1on whlch IS about a thousand m1les an hour at the equator the monthly revolu t1on about the Earth Moon center the xnclmatxon of the earth whxch causes seasons and the annual revolutxon about the sun The less common mot1ons are that of the solar system wlth respect to nelghlbormg stars the motlon of the local star system w1th respect to other star clouds and clusters, and the drxft of the M1lky Way system wlth respect to the remote galaxles 10 Whether it is young or old, thin or dense, may be determined with a, fair

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THE BUPTONIAN was slmllar to that of former yeam The student body marched mto hall to the strelns of the Coronatlen March played by members of Lqtunox TT10 the Senm A taklng thelr places on the platform whlle othel students mt ID tle flont of the hall Rev Erxe Allen pas OI of he he e Conffregitlonal Lhureh plonouneed the mvocatlon after wh eh the Sfllutatoly AdLllCHS vms glven by Nhw Xnlma Lori Huzd 'lx o I'1lll1lbClS by tl e o1n'1est11 o oxed V N I uxds 'ill AQ Next the '-petker of the day Rev Robbms VN lleoft Bus o duced by Punepxl F B 111C1l N Bustow IQ plesldent ol the l 11 in llxeologutul Found xt on nd ft foxmer student of the Senfunfxy le uh was on th topic The Meaquxem nt of Lxfe I vms a V015 Q X one and held the keen 1n'e1esf of the lwteners throughout The X aledletory xx as gn en by Erneut George Edgerton rlnlunff I'IlCllb 51 of the elisw Iflvxard H Hen em 'ax x ee ples dent of the Board of Trustees th n presented dlplolnae to the gr dutef Next lux' RICH avmxdrd the prwes for the gear As usual thlts vas an object ef eonqlderwble uverewt for evexy one M1 P eh tooli the ooportunltx to et-zpleew ln a fevs vxoxfk hu tb ul to the tru tees Qtudenw and toxnspeople fer all their 2 sstance Ut u hxs ye'us of SCIVACG hele nd announced the eompletmn of th Qpillpllw m mwement P' n a lr ll 1 Sexeml gens 'tho Ile tl o 'tnnouneed the 000 'tdled to the end nment fund tl gift of 'ln auxxllnv heat 1 p 1 fol the Cxmni lum and the glft of S1 O00 to be knot n as the bw I n benol,11s.lnp l und to ald ClL:vCI'VlI1g utudents W LB 12 t A. 1 , Y ' t ' ' ' , Rr' : ' , ' th ', ,ft ' 1 ' . . ' .., , t ' the 4' W v ' ' v -1 D 1 . , . tl , . rn. vc L. -' 'sr ?'7' ZA . . 1 ,if 1,1 x 'I A vu sl- I f ll 'v ,lisp 'Z ' . f 4 ' ' e 5 5 .V . ' fe .. . Villfi intru- ' i z ..'. llr. -. '. ' ' l l: 'i'f 'tl 'Y , fe' 1 i ,st . ' . A T1 1. lz'ef1.s ' J e ' , -. ' e ' . t 'C etz'il'lng . , 'A I L. x fi- It Q L L s . . t' ' f J ' , : D 2 V' 1 sf. I' ' . ,n fs. ' i t ', s ' F 'f . 3 ' 3. '.' L.. '. .,',, l ' I , ,' , , Q C ' f . '. -.il ' ' ' ' if ,is 'S' . V , . , t ' f . ar' mg ' L .' ' 5 ,, 3 ,, f , S T. 1 J' I p' 1 .zz , as wg' l ,1 ' ' ' 1 : 1 N . z t , . gift of Sl, . :H . . , 'me ' f ,: ix jf that ' . z rl' , , ' ' , ' 1: ' Slg .'- '1'ef5tif. 1.9 . . . ' 4- , - ' w . ' L. 1 . l fc? 1 f xl Q9- J :W Vs