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

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THE BUPTONIAN THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN By Florence Wade 35 The world we l1ve 1n IS a falryland of exqulslte beauty But we often fa1l to not1ce and appreclate the wonders whlch surround us This IS due to the fact that they are ours to gaze upon forever Wlth us from rosy dawn to the star Jeweled velvet of n1ght It 1S belleved that beauty always elevates our feelxngs and makes the cucumstances of our l1fe more v1v1d Sometxmes beauty fills one wlth sorrow a sorrow however that IS soothmg and somehow sympathetlc All other tlmes It makes our whole hfe brxghten our hearts slng and our splrlts HSPITC to nobler and hxgher purposes Wordsworth feels that beauty IS contmually leadmg us from one Joy to another and that th1s happlness IS so great that nothlng 9Vl1 or unpleasant can mar our ecstacles and that everythmg we see IS full of blessmgs Love of Nature helps us When thls love of beauty fllls our heart we cannot be 1dle but must have plenty of pleasant occupatxon Nature love keeps us always happy lettmg no troublesome anxletles or dlsturblng feehngs enter our hearts Nature brlghtens our whole hfe untll we feel lxke a falry Sunbeam of cheer and happmess The Greeks felt that every corner of Natures world had 1ts own delty Nymphs fauns and elves lnhablted each rlver and mountaln and were gods havmg a consclous exlstenee of thexr own These sp1r1ts were often danger ous to mankmd some ve1y beautlful wh1le others took the form of horrmble demons creatxng a dread fear 1n many hearts Sclence has ended these fearful nlghtmares and wxth the help of the telescope and mlcroscope has revealed more Nature wonders to us also glvlng us tune to enjoy them Unfortunately man has marred the works of Nature for she IS ever ready to reward those who treat her xx 1th love and respect Cant vue all g1ve her a llttle more apprecxatlon so that we may freely recexve her benefits? She vull soothe our troubled feelxngs mcrease our every Joy and enshroud us vuth a vell of peace and content through WhlCh no mean or ugly thoughts can plerce a vell of llght whlch makes our every thought word or deed a blesslng to others A DREAM By Glenn Beckwlth 32 I dreamed a dream of reams of thmg Of knlghts and wars and queens and klngs Of far gone days and olden tlmes And vears passed by wlth th peals of ch1mes When men were bold and women were gay And a person never was heard to say In a sorrowful tone and w1th a doleful expresslcn What do you thmk of th1S dam depress1on'7 t 27 fi 9, 1 1 . . . H . . . ,, 1 -. .01 I - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , 6 Y 1 . .oi . . . . 1 , . . 1 -1 1 ca ' - 1 1 , . 1 . Y. . 1 1 , . 1 , Y . . . . ' 1 1 , ' 0' ' 1 1 - f 1 1 1 Q 33 11 -1 1 1 1 1 t 1 ' . 3 ' . r 1 1 , . . 14 - - 1 T, - 11

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THE BURTONIAN A CIRCUS NIGHTMARE By Nora Cunn1ngham 34 The blg clrcus had Just come to town and because I hadnt worked for some tlme I applled for a Job statlng that I d do almost any klnd of work 1 was taken on My Job was to tend to a wheel or ga'nbl1ng Jomt Thls wasnt what I had wanted to do but lt was at least a Joo Round and round the l1ttle ball goes where It stops nobody knows two for fiVEf+flV8 for ten Lad1es play as well as men Rlght thls way to where you Wm your b1g prlzes How many chances lady and so on all day long One day my chance came lat least I thought lt had J Madam Golxlllo the most famous fortune teller IH the vsorld who can tell what your future w1ll be and what your past was isupposedlyl had been taken xll I was called rn to take her place as a fortune teller Ah' Now was my chance to gaze mto the my LIC crystal Ioan that Lkillb evezytulug rust 1. uau LU stuuy a paper whlch gave some 1deas of what to tell the people who were crazy enough to beheve what I d say Madame the crystal ball tells me that somewhere 1n the near future you are gomg to have a blg surprlse I thmk 1t w1ll be a happy one but the I see a blond woman ln your future She w1ll cause you trouble for only a short tlme -4Now lady I can tell you more by the crystal ball for only flfty cents more This keeps up for avs hxle and Hnally I am promoted due to the fact that Double Jomted Annxe the trapeze wlzard has left the show and IS supposed to put on a performance thxs afternoon I alone dare to climb the ladders and swxng on the trapeze I get my mstructxons of what I am to do I am all set A trainer lntroduces me as The Trapeze Wxzard of the Air Wlth unsteady and very shaky feet I mount the ladder I get to the first trapeze and do a few stunts that anyone could do I clxmb hxgher hxgher hangmg on wxth one hand my Jaws are set I m stxff all over my legs start tremblmg on I go I am now at the very top of the ladder The ladder moves wlth the we1ght of my body There IS no feel1ng ln my fingers I look down and my hands let go thexr preclous support Falllng Falling Fallmg Come on and get up Ive called you tw1ce and now youll fbe late for school I told you to go to bed earller OVER YOUR SHOULDER By Helen Blackwell 33 I sa1d that I loved you As I held you ln my arms When over your shoulder A new face appeared An allurmg exotlc flower Agaln I sa1d I love you But I was looklng Over your shoulder 26 + - , , , y . . y . , 0 . Q v Y X ' . ' ' I U ' ' , 'l 1 Y ' 1 , , . , .. - , Y crystal lball tells me not which one it will be. Your husband is untrue to you. ' Y H u ' ' n - - , , . 1 . . 5 , . , . .. , y - , , , ' n U ! l 7 , .. . Y . ' ' ' H 11 Y .Y

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THE BURTONIAN THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE By Roy T1fft 35 Its 1n the year 1900 and Sqmre Thomklns xs drlvlng hrs team of splendld bays to church on that fateful Sunday morn The Square yells Hup there Dlck come along there .hm Suddenly from down the road the queerest monster the world had ever gazed upon hove ln slaht wxth a noxse l1ke a dragon wlth the heaves and palnted a brlght red A man sat upon the seat and the Squlre thought Galbrlel was calllng for h1m 1n a dragonlzed charlot The horses began to prance and Jump and the Squxre yelled Hyar' Quxt cuttlng up foollshness The monster came closer and closer the nolse lncreasmg every 1nch 1t came The Squlre fell on hls head on the ground as the horses started off vsxthout hlm The red thmg came closer closer and yet closer The Squlre s h art came up lnto hls mouth land as he afterward remarked It s a rmracle I dldn t blte the durned thlng IH two 3 and he valnly trled to swallow but 1t stuck there The monster was now upon hrm and as he bent 1n the mlddle of the road the angel blew h1s horn The Squxre thought It was Gabrlel But lmagme hxs surpr se when the monster passed hlm by leavlno hlm standlng stuplfied and 'starlng after It Well muttered Squlre Thomkxns Ill lbe hogswaggled xt cant be beat I sure thought I were a gonner Such was the excxtemcnt caused by the first Ford TOBP By Barbara Bmkerd 32 Because I lxke to look at you I ve done your portralt 1n Olls Wlth Memory as a model I dxpped my vbrush ln the sunset To pamt your rosy face Whxle gathermg buttercup gold For the halo of your haxr Your lovely eyes are the blue Of the evemng sky Wxth 1 tvlmklmg star ln each Frmged vuth a thunder cloud To keep the tears away Then your petulant mouth Whose lxps are not the carmlne of the poppy Nor the scarlet of the maples Nor the crlmson xn the sunset I staxned With my own heart s blood And now vou are laughmv at me Wlth the ghastly radxance of the moon Oh how I llke to look at you' 4 4 ' 1 1 4 1 - 11 1 I . . O1 . ,, , . 1 . . . u . . . ,, . . ' ' ,- - nl - 11 1 A - 1 1 1 . , . . an . -.4 , 11 1 - - 1 - ' ' 11 - , . . V . L v . , . . . ll 11 . . L 1 Y cv 1 1 - f 44 11 X - - H 1 - 1 v 1 1 ' 11 66 D 1 Q - 1 X 1 , . . . N 1 4 . . 7. . . . ,. 1 1 1 1 1 . V. , .1 o 1 , .