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

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THE BURTONIAN NATURE AND ITS WONDERS By Janet E Gxlbert 35 A person hvmg nn the free axr of the country has a much better chance to appreclate the wonders of Nature and 1ts works of art The soul of the artxst thrxlls at the slght of a beautlful sunset and the dlstant hulls and mountamns The dreamer can see a. wonderful land way off ln the dlstance and can dream of sallxng lazlly on fleecy white clouds wlth not a care ln the world It IS a mlracle ln the sprmg to see the llttle green sprouts flourlshmg and growmg and then later a 'beautlful rose or lxly becommg the prxde of the gardener Sprmg fever IS what I get I always want to roam off by myself 1n the qulet woods by a rlpplmg stream Here Nature has produced a lake of blue vxolets noddlng thelr heads ln the breeze In wlnter what makes everythmg dle and turn 1brown All that we see lS a mlracle The soft snowflakes come flutterlng down or come pourlng 1n a. torrent of cold white flakes The bare trees wave thelr arms ln despalr and the bleak mountains stand sullen and sober Nature' MORNING By Cleo Clayton 35 The bright smllxng sun peepxng over the dark blue of the mountaln to greet the green of the earth The clear sweet notes of a happy bxrd come to my ears through the stxll fresh axr of the mornlng The delicate blue of the ky occasxonally dotted wlth httle Iieecy whlte clouds The mountaxn looks much hlgher but more frlendly now as nt stares calmly down on the scene below that old mountam surely must be wlse albout the ways of the world I wonder what It would tell me lf I could understand nts strange language That hollow ln 1ts wooded sxde secretes a tlny stream that xs very temper amental I know because I ve been there often When nt gets angry lt roars down the mountaln and sometlmes does damage Then lt repents and trlckles along nn the sun and xt seems as mf xt xs smgmg a song of xts own ln the happmess of the world I have often wondered why people sometlmes want to hve far away from cxvxllzatxon I know now WHEN DAD SMOKES By Clara Hubbard 32 Ashes ashes ashes everywhere Ashes on the parlor floor and 1n the blg arm chan' Ashes on the davenport and ashes on the stand Ashes in the plant pots and m the bacco can Ashes ashes ashes everywhere Ashes on the kxtchen stove and ln the kltchen smk Ashes on the pantry shelves and where he stops to thlnk Ashes ashes ashes everywhere Ashes in hns coffee cup and ashes ln hls tea Ashes for hlS luncheon, but the smokxng stand I9 free 'T I 25 - 1 - 1 . , 4 4 ' 1 I . . i . - 1 , . ' 1 1 1 1 - ' Q . . . . . -' 1 1 1 - , , Y A , 1- w , I . , . . ' A . , . 1 1 A . . 1 1 1 1' 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 4 . 1 , . 1 1 1 '1