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

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THE BUPTONIAN JUST ONIONS Bw Barbara Shaw 4 I realx c I should not breathe to a person one word wlth on1ons rmolved but I fetl that rn transferrmg thls to paper I wxll not be ostracxzed from soerety Omons What was the Almrjahty thxnl-.mg about when he made them7 Sueh quetr vegetable queer because of nts rndeserlbable flavor although the shape and .rppexrnnte of the omon rs most common 'very much llke the potato apple or beet To some people onxons are a sad and tearful subject another peculxarxty of thrs etable Strll thxs tearful breakdown IS only physxeal Only the real omon peeler cm enjoy the results of drsmantlmg th1s frrend and qu1te often enemy of mrnkxnel It 15 a very pleasant and amusxng feeling to cry for no real reason One feels xery pleased to know that he can appear very dejected and stxll be ln a happy frame of mmel It would be most traglc rf when peelrnv them one should brood over hrs own funeral or the death of the fHIU1IyS beloved dog In thls case the on1ons would cause quite a dlsaster Thelr peeling would be rnterrupted frequently by snrffs 1nd blows fof the nosej In fact the OHIOHS themselves mlght become so drenched retarded There IS the old saylng An apple a day keeps the doctor away Then the parody An omon a day keeps everyone away Th1s parody IS true only IH the humorous way Invarlably after I have enjoyed some raw on1ons fthe strongest lemdj eompany arrrves at the house Thls has happened so regularly that many tunes when I have been lonely I partake of the old relxables and sure enough 1n half an hour s tune some one lS callxng In the vegetable world omons are perhaps not the most popular but certarnly they have the most character In one of Bruce Bartons artrcles he says In order to be recognized by the world one should cultxvate h1s lfldlNldUZ1l hablts Dont follow the co'nmon herd be drfferent have your own ldeas and rdxosyncrasres Such rs the omon so different from the rest so outstanding' Outstandmg rn more ways than one fbefore and after devourxngj I do not belreve there is a person IU the Unlted States that does not know what an omon IS What would we do wlthout xt? Long lxve the omon NIGHTFALL ON THE LAKE Bv Louise Haldlman BW The settlng sun has gone to rest The sky rs drpped rn rose The farntest breeze comes through the trees The day draws to a close A rlppled wave leaps on the shore And sxnks upon the beach The new moon glowing rn the east Is just above beyond my reach My lake rs luke an ocean then Wxth ships far out at sea The Hreflles are my harbor lrghts That guide my shrps to me .. y lo L -. 1' r , J .7 . . , Y M ' D . 5- K .1 , ,. 6 V j j 8 ' ' - ' I I' I r ' , ' 1 ' fx ' -K Y Y 1 I v f , , x ' 7 .I x I L at I I I ig! 5 I It Wg al.. K , , .Q I . ' x ' ' . ' ' ' 1 ' . . . . 6 . Jlm, . that they would be useless.-In many ways the routine of the kitchen would be I - ' I kt Qi , ' . . V , ' . A - - , I V! I 7 , , . 1 4 ,

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THE BUPTONIAN GOSSIP By Dorothy M Greene 37 Nlrs ones and Mrs Smrth were seated rn the latter s parlor one summer afternoon deeply absorbed rn nerghborhood gossrp Mrs ones was speakrng XVe I heard Im not sayrng who told me but I heard th rt they quarrel most of the tnaae Vx hy Vlrm says that Ivlr Carter came to work last Monday wrth a swollen hp and a hla lc eye It s too bad He seems to he suth a mee fe ow 'Rnd those thrrdren' hroke rn Mrs Smrth Land akes sle cant do a thx wth em Theyre reglrr httle roughnecks lNow my chrldren Ill admrt they h rye therr frults but my Vvrlhe doesnt swear ne rrly as mueh as unror Carter Here Nfrs ones looked up from her needlework and remarked Vsell I po xy rea hrs mother and ather get to serapprnrl he preks rt up Oh hy the v. ry hut you seen Betty Marsh srnce she came back from New York? Why you d thrnk she was a queen or somethrn the may she walls around wrth her nose rn the arr Vw tl sue ncednt feel ahoye me Im just as good a she rs rf not better Mary Exans told me yesterday that Mrldred told her th rt she saw Betty out wrth that Barley grrl I don t lnow anyone as stuck up as Betty unless rt s that Barley grrl Mrs Sn rth now ehanged the suhjett I hear Brll Peters has bought enkrns Srore r cat wrnts sn, trrls He just wants to show hrs power rn thrs town H s tht lust r And that vtonan of hrs She pretends to he so relrgrous I het she hasn t been rnsrde of a chureh srnee she marrred Brll Peters Vsfell look uh t trme rt rs' Four ocloek Vxfe we been talkrng srnce half past one I must go hor e .rn Het supper sud Ivlrs ones XVell come oyer agarn I hope youxe had a pleasant afternoon Oh say That makes me thrnk Mary Ex ans wants you and me to go down there tomorrow afternoon Shes hryrng the grrls down for tea She sard she had sonaethrng to tell us She seemed mrghty exerted and Im eurrous sard Mr Smrth XVell good afternoon I must get home ohn wrll he trred tonrght and rf snppe rsnt ready hell he rn a had mood Good lvye Wrth thx Mr ones left the hou e ADIEU TO B B S By jessre Mae Bo ster '44 Vw here do xxe go from here, elrss mates Vx here do we go from here XX e haxe to make our plans elass mates I'or gradu rt on rs near Vx here ll we go to school class mates Or what ll we do for work? For we are on our own class mates And ern t afford to shrrk Vvherexer ue no from here elrss mates Or whatexer we find to do XVe ll always remember the dear old Sem, And thrnk of our teathers too 14 , .Y ' 1 I I - t . ll z- ' ' . , I . , , r 1 ' . . I , e A . ' . ' A ' - 1 S. . r e . ' . ' ll ..A A 1 .. V I H . V .. V S V V, AV V . ,VVS V V . I .V V. 2 V . V -:D I V , i. . V V A , V , . A . V A . , A .. 1 A. . 2 ' . J . r...I ' f '.u , s'se -I z f V . ' V ' 1 ' . , rs ', 1'- ' I f , . ' f .A , . , '. ' 5 If . . 'r. Q ' . V 1: 5 'f . . ' . He owns about every place in town, He doesn't want those buildings any more than 'e.. a's VI . 't. . '1 '. . ' ' V U . . k. R . , . M V V V VV ' d , . , ,N .z' t.-I N , ' t A . ' I ' 1 t - , t . r K V - . 1 YL A' s - . t r .. I ' ' . ' . r L ' ' ' . . - y' ' 's, s. -I Q ' s . . . . V' . l. , 7 - V - 1 -1 V, I 3' , , , I V Y V D 5 A f U . V V V . f ' v S 1 , , . :..' , '1 ' . t ' '. I F ' ' 5 ' v S r , , ,, V

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THE BUPTONIAN POLYPHEMUS Br Betty Swift 3 Polyhcmus was one of the grant Cyclops I saw him rn hrs ranlt smelling rancid wwe surrounded on all sides by piles of stagnant entrails and the remnants of his last meal of human fle h dripping from his chin For a meal he takes a person 1 exch hand and after exulting over his prey strugvlrnq in hrs clutche he squee es them untrl their cries can be heard re echoing in the lofty mountains Then after bashing, their brains out on rock he crunches them with hrs terrible pointed yellow teeth licking his chops in a fearful manner With their bodies still trembling with lrfe he tears them lrrrrb from lrrnb and with the putrrd ,ore dripping, from hrs chin he dcvours them with great relish Washing this down with wine he next digs out their eyes taking them as so many candy drops he suelis noisily before crunching them down in the cave vomiting mightily and belching forth gobbets of half chewed entrarls and foamy bloodstained wine A gory stench rises from his pukings When the worst of the bloody gore had been deposited I took a sharpened pole and creeping upon him dug out hrs lone eye whereupon the goo Lame gushing forth and blood spattered the cave and myself Vvrth a roar of pain and agony he rurnped up but as he couldnt see I was away before he could catch me AN ELF Hx lvfartha deSchweinrt ld like to be a lrttle elf They are nexer bad or mean Lrlte bats and goblins Wlro make the babies scream Elxes don t live under the ltrtchen sink Lrlte spiders and insects do They lrxe in eoal bins black as rnlt And they like to live there too They leep all day and dance all night Maybe you don t thrnk that s right For you do just the other way But rt rs for I heard one say FAIRY LAND Martha deSchwe1nrtz 3 Neath the moonbeams srlxer glow Lp and down to and fro Dante the fairies rn a row Now they re feasting on puffed rice Now they re riding on white mice Neath frost lamps flickering low 16 t :J I S ' ' ' A . ' ' 5 . 'rr A . . B. X , . Q S, 8 2 Q , , , x L . . , . . U . , Y .Q ., Q, H . . ' , ' I - 4 . Having gorged himself with their bodies, and drowsy with much wine, he lies , , . y K , . , . , v Q K . A . I . In - I . , - , - ' . ' Az, '35 , . . . , Q ' , Y . . -. . - I ' K , v I ' I - ry s 'Y , , , , By ' ' , ' 5 v r , , . . , , T 9 I .