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

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THE BUPTONIAN ANNUAL MFETIINC OF AI UMNI AQQOCI XTION tter R Hard pr Nltlfellt of the fhllllllll s eltlllllll C11 d tl1e annt xl 1neet1n tr Old r 1reetly at the Llose of the IOIIIIILIILLIIILIIC twuuses on LIL L 1 IHLLUIIQ WIS held at th1s tune rs the exeeut1 L eonrnutttt has prev1ously de1dtd tr set as1de the annual buaquet he nuse of he expen e entuled Although the mualaers pre-ent were 1n accord wxth the actron of the exttutne tomnnttee many ucprt NIOIIS ol sorrow were heard that lf was necessary to abandon the brnquet for the current yerr as these annual gatherlngs had proven to be suth pleaslnt Ill urs Llllflllg the yt ns p1st There were but few ltems of bl.lS1I169S to tome before the meetlnv One wxs the xot1ng of the sum of SPO to be used rt the d1seret1on of tl e pr1r1e1pal for scholar-.h1p 1d Clllflflf' the conung year The pres1dent rppomted as nonnnatmg QUIIIIUIICL I Bcatom R1 h M155 Anna B Buck 1nd lvlrs P H Bullotl d ICll1S 'IOLIP b cufht 1 the followlng slate for re elect1on 1nd they were duly elttttd PlCbILlL11f Walter R Hard lst xlte presrdtnt A lllel 'nd VILC FYCQI Cllf Mrs Sara B Parker secretary tremsurer lvlr Edxwlrd H Swxl ass1stant, M1 s Anna B Buck aud1tor, Earle E Storrs THE OLD SENIINARY Bw An Alumnus Some years ago I was afra1d I mwht lose n1y real s11,ht of the Semlnary so l started to wr1te about If Here IS tl1e result of the attempt to brmg bacle memones of tl1e dear old place Old Burr and Burton Semmary ls seenungly set down ID the footh1lls of EQUIDOY Th1s mounta1n 15 one of the most IITIPOSIIUY of many x hrth surround and gwn CXISICHCC to the beaut1ful l1ttle valley known as the Battenlull One Ieels almost as 1f towerlnff Equmox should be the counsellor to the smaller a11d less xmposxng peaks of the ranffes about and near h1m H15 aduce to the smaller and less forteful st1rrers of the 1mag1nat1on IS Luways noble and Lonclusxve yes the xexy essence of VHXLIOHI Vvhat a Httmg background for an 1nst1tut1on of learnnagl Burr and Burton has between If and the upner end of Semmary Axenue a lrrge grass carpeted Campus gracefully proport1oned by tontrrstnwg grwel and stone wrlk all of these shaded by eorrespor1d1ng rows of trees The henuty of all th s ls aceentu ated by tl1e rather sharp slope down to bennn-ry Avenue The sane who used to comp1le and bflllg together mattr11l for the annual cat rlngue refe1red to th1s as a gentle slope 1f memory 15 good Th1s thought used to muse some mcrnment on the part of the Freshmen Sophomores probably had more we1ghty and poss1hly more complex subjects over whleh to ponder The QLISIWILIOU IS that the1r dlglllfy would not allow them to descend to mlrth moreoxer tune soltened for them as It d1d for the sage the slope from sharp to gentle so that only III years to come as alumm would they regam the1r first 1mpress1or1 of th1s approach to what w1lI be for many the Alma Mater In add1t1on to th1s rega1n1r1g of d1stant home perspectwe comes the full sense of apprec1at1on for the beauty of the century old burldmg set up 1n front the campus and framed by the hugeness of Equmox Any alumnus can now shut h1s or her eyes and see the fan hghts over the doors 4 L ' 1 J I 4 1 A n 1 I V1.1 . . , er 1 1..so , .l t . 1. gg t te d ' . ' xr ' 1 1' '- ' 111' l-lh. lln. A. , . l .CI t . .A 5, . L . I K . .I , L. .3 t K . .. , - . K , ,Q p. .1 . 1 A - 1 , 5 . e . 2 1 1 Q j ' 'rr as . 5 . ' ' ' ,,. '13 ' ' .. J 1 ' 1 ' 1 J a g ' . . 5 1 . K ' 1 ' '. H' c , . . 'z .. . . W, an r g :1 g n u A , 1 I I uses . Y . , 1 , . - -A w . - -l y '4---. 'Q ' , . 1 . - . , . ts. . . d , . . 'gf . f 1' -, s, 'z .. tg.:,' 's ' I L . . . g . .R . e 1 n r S . g . .. . U V . 3 K1 T I . Q x I L1 . . 1 . 5, . . C, . , . ' 'r : 3 . . ' 1 .. ' :J 2 . . 1 s, . I ' ' 'z . 13 5 - . . :. N. 5 K L K 1 I - ts K , I . K .R X. 5. - . . .1 ., .. .. . . , , , c ' me x T I - ,, ,, .. . . . , . . .

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THE PUPTONIAN lung, Gxlrnore yxhy are you shalnngf that r'1bb1t by the e1rs Gxhnore M1 s Hoslcy sud that ralrbxts multxphcd ratxdly but thrs poor dkllllb bell cant exen add Drtk She gaxe you a d1rty look Mtlte XVho d1d7 Dltlc Mother Nature BRIGHT THOUGHTS FROM BPIGHT PUPIL9 I once and orly once went to a rl-ll3.I1lx51Z1V1I1g dxnner t a gxrls house that noted for lggllllg fthrough no fault of mme A the boy prtlted up the apple xt looked yery dehcrous but tastrne rt he dtcrdcd that lool s wrs only sltrn deep Tune tn the eyes of youth 'NX hat were men vsearln 0 years a o Soy h boy Oh bear slnns More ne essrrv for a young doctor than for '1 ll herman To fly 6 h one need a meat dell of patrents and practlte 'atrtcla Henry was an oracle He sud Gne me hherty or death The day vtas cold and wery nearly froze to death Congress has the power to pass b1lls on eternal xmproyement The Redemptron Act declared that on January 1 1879 all persons contnmng Greenbaclts could go to the banlts 'Ind get gold for them Nobody went to the banlts Carpetbaggers were people vtho were hanglng on to eyerythxng they got They went baggxng up all the gold m the country The AHClCllt Manner told of the l100l,lllg of the Alabaster a large b1rd that follows shtps The Etruscans reached such a hrgh state of cwrh atxon that on one can read therr XKI'll.lIl lllow many Etruscans vue must have 'unong usl The three queens Faxth Hope and Charrty are women that dont haxe to work MY DOG fApolog1es to Treesl I thmk that I shall never see A dog that doesnt scratch a flea A dog that may m wmter wear A nest of yxhlte hee xn hls han A dog that hes around all day And lrfts hrs floppy ears to say Gne me food my mlstress pray Margaret MeGu1re 33 40 1 Q, t ,. ,, . . . 7,11 15 , ' ' , ' N , 1 Y 1 ., . H . . , , . - ' Z S 1 ' Q1 ' N 1 7 'v -- V y Y -1 1- 1. V sq . 1 ' . - A 11 . .- -Q 11 I -1 ' ' x ' 1 , 'I ', O Q , lm . . Y . if Y' , - 7- 4 .A' , V Y . . . Y . N. i A ' , c, tc if l' ' . . . , . 1 . Y , . H , W 'v 0 1 K rv 7' , I . ,, - . ,, r D .1 5. 11 . , . . . . e ..1 1 ' 1 1 5 1 . ' s , 5 ., ,. - '- .1 1 K . 1 1 . I -xr I . 1. .y , 1- 1 1 1 . t . . 1 ' ' 1 . .c 1. ' . ' S. a y - s K ' ' ' 1 . 'r v 1 ' r ' v 1' ' l A . , . 1 . 1 Z ' ' ' .' ' . 1 Q . N ' ' ' 1 - -, , 1 , . ' . r y Y ..... I 1 a 1. . . -1 v a 1 - . -. .1 , ,

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THE BUPTONIAN of the prrncrpals resrdence and the marn burldrng The old belfry reflects the ecclesrastrcal archrtecture of a hundred or more yerrs ago rn thrs country Thrs rs a remrnder that the orr5,rnal purpose of the noble old school was to assr t young, men rn preparrng for the mrnrstry rn the rnarn as well as other professrons It rs a prcture dear to many and can brrng no regrets except possrbly that they drd not carry away rntellectually all that they should have due to therr perverseness or frankly therr lazrness as was often the case The younl, people should heed thrs and work hard on therr elected selected or what we used to call our subjects compulsory and optronal Some drstance from thrs shrrne erected to learnrng and advancement rs the modest but happy lrttle home and envrronment of one who rs soon to be rmpres ed by the gentle slope In fact forty mrnutes vvrll have elapsed before he has hnrshed hrs clrmb to and up Sernrnary Avenue for hrs tlrst sessron at one of the rmportant mrlestorres of hrs lrfe AI UMNI NOTES 1893 Mrs Lena Otrs Bucklrn dred Thursday May 18th follovvrng a heart attack at her home rn Rutland Mrs Bucklrn was marrred rn August 1895 to Georffe A Bucklrn who was a former lvlanthester man and student at the Semrnary He dred several years ago She rs survrxed by 1 son and tvvo daughter also by tvvo srsters and two grandchrldren The funerrl was held rn Ru land on May 30th 1909 Edrth A Shaw who has been teachrng musrc rn Manchester and at the Semrnary for some years found rt necessary to grve up work durrng the past wrnter and has been undergorng treatment rn a Boston bosprtal She returned to her home rn Manchester the latter part of M ry 1932 Clara A Hubbard who pursued a course of study at XVrlfred Academy rn Boston recently graduated there and has opened a Beauty Shop rn Manchester 1930 Charles Orvrs a unror at Dartmouth College spent several weeks at home rn lvlanchester thrs sprrng sufferrne an attack of me sles 19'9 Edward H Hemenvvay jr who has met wrth consrderable success durrng hrs course at Norwrch Unrversrty and whose name has been found on the Dean s lrst several trmes wrll be graduated vvrth the class of 1933 1931 Frank Lombardy has been makrng quite a name for hrmself on the Track team at Mrddlebury College where he rs now hnrshrng hrs second year In a recent rntercollegrate contest he was awarded third place rn a group of 35 drscus throwers He has also been awarded a gold med rl for drscus throwrng at 'vlrddlebury XVrllram S Covert who was 1 te rcher at the Semrnary durrng the trme of Prrn E H Botsford dred at hrs home rn Rockville Centre Long Island on Frrday May Sth He was 57 years old and had been srek for a long trm He had been rn educatronal vvork for a good many years and retrred rn January The rernarns vvere brought to Manchester for burral rn Dellvxood Cemetery He was a graduate of Prrnceton Unrversrty XValter H Shaw one of the Senrrnary trustees rnd hrs famrly narrowly escaped serrous trouble at therr home one rnornrn early rn May Ifscaprn corl gas durrng the 42 4 I . . . . . . . 1 . . .v. k V V . , , .. . . Y 4 . e, .. 1 , v , s - r , 5 . U f ' Y , , - K , . Q V K . S . A V ' . x V e c. .. 4 J . Y' . . 1 , t , . t. c . V , , r, D . 1 g C . 1 r Y. . A r 7- ' 4 c ' S11 f ' ,lc ' f I if . t .. tr .. . . . r 4 . Y . .V f . . , 2 . 1 . . . . V . el L 1 Y , 1 . .' . . , J . . , ' . , V 1 Z! .. I Y . . . - . . , ., e . . . . , . . , V, , . 1 4, . cu L V , 1 . . - L . 4 r . r ' L r . . ' , 4 i . . . , , , t , . . ' 3 C. ' r V . . . V . . 1 Y y . . , e . ., 1 . ' 1 ' - . . U . K M . U I Y . . 5 . , . U . .