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

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THF IUPTONIIAN CMON OUI Errc Allen r P Passrng through the woods and helds one observes many thrngs I-Ie hears a norse rn a tree whrth he mry retognrze as that of a brrd of the arr or a squrrrel of the land He sees myrrrds of anrmals whreh he may or may not recognrze All the varyrnq aspeets of nature ehallenve and develop 1 persons powers of observatron If he rs a nature lover he wrll take advrntavt ef thrs and wrll be able to recognrze all n rture and other thrnffs by ear md eye A persons who spends hrs trrne undtr open skres comes to understand and rnterpret the physre rl world rn whreh he lrves so th rt he rue to ILQLIN rrrnse o r T us a person wrlkrng rn the woods can see a lrvrnf' tres. and realize that rf hc rs wasteful thrt tree must dre A lrttle squrrrel ehatterrng rn the tree tops rs all too apt to dre for the satrsfrctron of m rn s lust for krllrng or woman s desrre for a fur cort Perhaps the man may study and frrrd that wrld lrfe loves to lrxe and he wrll adjust hrmself to protect the wrld and not wastefully destroy rt If rnan protects and loses the woodland hrunts he wrll hnd that there are generous returns for hours spent far from the maddenrng., crowd He wrll be developed physrcally and mentally he wrll haxe r heart overflowrng wrth gladness brought on by a love for nrture He wrll thrrll to the song of a brrd the splash of antrcs of the stuprd poreuprne as he seeks refuge rn a Hfteen foot poplar tree All rn all he wrll be bountrfully rewarded wrth joy for hrs hours spent close to the wrld Lrfe out of doors rs rssocrated wrth many wholesome games and hobbres What would football baseball hockey or hrkrne be vvrthout access to a free spot unsporled by mans hand The astronomer and the botanrst all look to the unsporled parts of God s creatrons for therr hobbres and aetrvrtres and what hobby rs more wholesome or enjoyable than one whreh brrngs eontact wrth the world works of the Lord The path of he rlth le rds out of doors The tubercular patrent seeks the out of doors the fat one nr ry elrrnh mountrrns or preferably rrde horseback to reduce thc weak man seeks the naturrl erccrtrses to develop hrrrrself rnd hnds that he can I fret for every rll mentrl and physre rl there rs 1 Lure rn n rture In the forest the rrtrst wrll End much to admrre The outdoor world gxves man hrs most rnsprrrng errperrenee wrth be rrrty One hrs but to look around us now to see beauty rn every maple tree The leaves are a gorgeous color rnsprrrng to every parnter the huge prne trees sway majestreally rn the breeze and even lrtcle brrch trees seem beautrfully pert as auturnnal wrnds strrp them of therr leaves The rrpplrng brooks and bobbrng rabbrts even supply rnsprratron for poets All nature expresses beauty whrch we cannot destrrbe and whrch only God can create T0 WRITE A POEM Bw Mable Wrllranrs 34 The lrnes should have a number of feet The frrst rnd thrrd should rhyme There ought to be a eertrrn beat But then :would not be rnrne A poem has 1 swrng of lrnes Wrth prctrrres that I love to see Patterns done rn brrght desrgns But not rn poems done by me 'r I s L v I v - r 1 By 'N ' , J .. . G. .x ' . 1 .i N. K ' l K . . .Q 2 i . 'L I K . . K . ' 1 1 , 1 1 .ha V q ' 1 ' 1 ' ,Q 1 1 '. , I r' I.. I I :Il -I s I 1 1 I 1 ' 3 1 rszll' 1l Stl' flft 't. h 5 1 L 1 ' 1 J ' ' 1 1' . 1 . ' 1 1 E ky ' .I I L , ' 1 I 1 . I .' I 1 ' K , 2 I 'V s 1 . ' ' ' , a hsh as he throws his glistening body into the sunlight, and he will laugh at the . 1 1 . . Q x , H , Y V, , . . ' 3 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . e. ' '1 .1 1 1 ' ' 1' I ' 1 ' ' J 3 ' 5 : ' 1 , ' 'I . ' ' ' 5 1 . rr 1 ' . 1 ' 5 '1 , 1 ' ' 1 , 1 ' ' . ' ' ' 1 . 1: 1 I ' . H I 1 1 , I I - L ' . ' - ' 1 . .1 1 . 1 . . N I -T C - 1 1 . , K I 5 .

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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 .

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THE BUPTONIAN SONG STORM B5 Clarence A Comar '48 QEdxtors Notes To slng tlus open your mouth wxde and throw yourself mto rt J SCENE I One Night in june ln A Cabm xn the Pmes Vve Two were Lovers ID the Moonhght She called m Lazyhones and I called her Sweet Ade me I had a yob Down by the Vkmegwr Works a d he ran the Old Spmmng Wheel She had a Cousin from IVI1lVk8lllxC6 who hxed III a Shanty ln Old Shanty Town and kept buttmg rn on My Blue Heaven o we trled Flynn., Down to R10 where we stopped at The Wonder Bar We ,got r1t y and an OPUOII on Forty Second Street and now we re smgmg Buddy Can You Spare a Drme SCENE ll Lazybones IS mglng the Prxsoners Song ln a One Room Flat at Smg Sing for Bucklng the Wmd wrth Sweet Georgra Brown on the S1dew1llts of New York He told the Judge Don t Blame Mc and the judge rephed You xe Got Me Crying Agaln and I would grxe you Two Tlclxet to Oeorgla but Twenty One Years IS a Mlghty Long Txme SCENE III Lazybones has gotten out of Sm Sm and has gone to a A Lmttle Street Where Old Frlends Meet to Gnd Sweet Adeline I-Ie hnds her H1 St james Inhrmary and says Lets Put Two and Two Together and huy A Lxttle Home for the Old Follts They drd and declded to celebrate so they hrtched up the Old Gray Mare and went to the Darlttown Strutters Ball Thxs was the End of a Perfect Day when they hxtched The Old Gray Mare To Tree IS THE PLACE HAUNTED9 By Carolyn Moqat 37 If xt IS haunted It lb by love and joy That comes undaunted By those who malte fun And say That place' It xs haunted' I I'1unted7 Why no How could xt be? The birds haxe their homes there The flowers grow around The place they say ls haunted It cant be haunted Thxs house I love That sweet pme tree strll grows there Near the house where Only nature abrdes Is that place haunted? It xsnt haunted That house of my dreams The house IS only old and It IS just homely to those Who do not love the place They say IS haunted 18 t I , V . , Jr., . - . . . . . . . ., .. . . .. .. ., .. A C V , ., . . . n s . , c . 5 , Y 7 Z , 1 1- I . S t . ' r V . - Y -- 5 , . , , . . .. rr or A ' ' S U s. . v ' f y 5, .. . , - . . .. . . , - . . . - , . .