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

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THE BURTONIAN CAN WE PREVENT WAR? By Howard Thompson, 35 Has man a contract wrth nature saymg that he shall engage rn the act of war at certaxn mtervals to rxd the world of excess populatronq Is rt but natural that men should Gght among themselves' Is the posslblllty of freedom from war but the fragment of a dream7 At first the answers seem to be yes Man has fought smce the begmnmg of history Birds and beasts are constantly at war w1th one another In the fall the deer the moose, and other ammals don therr war pamts they become mad wxth rage and start out to find someone to fight wrth to live or to dre Others are of a slrghtly different nature they lull thelr rnferxors simply for the zest of kllllng Does man fight for the dangers and thr1lls It affords ClNll1Z1t10H eradlcated thls characterlstlc many years ago but yet war goes on Why? It IS a common thought that thrs lnhuman practlce IS resorted to simply as a means of scttlxng disputes between countrles Are dxsputcs settled in thls manner Hrstorys answer rs The arguments are srmply quleted, put away for the time belng stored xn the mrnds of two or more countrres only to arrse agarn w1th renewed vrgor once the clouds of horror have partly passed over the horizon These are but statements of facts The mass of the people realrze these condltlons yet they are almost wxllmgly led rnto confhct once the fire IS started They are unorgamzed, rushmg madly on to lrwe or dre They are the ones who should decnde the quesuon of war How are they to accomplrsh th1s7 The causes of war must be located and done away wrth Thus problem must be dealt with on an rnternatronal scale To pornt to any one country, or group of countrres as the root of war 15 an nnpossrhrlrty The real cause rs in the form of a paradox No one, yet everyone rs dlrectly to blame War IS berng encouraged on every srde War stxmulates busnness and rn turn bus1ness strmulates war Every bus1ness trres to mcrease 1ts trade to the hrghest prtch and rn dorng so IS unconsciously turning the rudder of the world toward eonfllct How? Perhaps some government rs trylng to enlarge 1ts army or navy The clothes producers attent on IS awakened the leather busmess rs xnterested the munltlons manufacturers and shrp bullders are on their toes ln fact practlcally every business 15 lnterested lf the project rs passed rt wrll undoubtedly mean an exceedmgly large order for therr bus1ness They come to but one conclusron, that brll must go through They do everythrng rn thexr power to see that xt does Do you blame them7 Of course not Another country glances around susprclon IS aroused, they must be on guard therr forces are rncreased And thus thrs goes on from one country to another each strrvmg to keep a step ahead of the rest whrle, at the same trme hatred and fear are sprlngmg up In a few years practlcally every country IS armed to the l11n1ts A trxflmg argument HTISCS a shot ls fired peace has flown out the back wrndow Who IS to blame No one can be prosecuted, yet everyone must pay not only rn wealth but m the far greater measures whrch cannot be valued by the dollar srgn php srcal and mental torture, and death These are the condxtrons whlch face the world today yet there IS much wh1ch we can do to avert war War lrlte any other huge undcrtalrlng requlres a great deal of caprtal to carry on for any length of tlme There rs no country rn the world today that has the necessary f1nance to carry on a successful confllct yet the publrc IS constantly bexng warned that they are about to jump over the clrff There w1ll be no war untll someone has the necessary caprtal to finance rt thrs money rs not waltlng around the next corner, yet to say that we are not headed rn that drrectron would be . . , .. , . . L r . r C DO. , , . . 1 ll . . , , - . . ' s , . . . , so . , - , r I , r ' . . , . . , ,

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THE BURTONIAN Many others too dl9ClDgL11Ql1Cd For my unslulled pen to wrlte of M1de our class itind out imong them Mide us find m school more pleisure Mide ui sad to leaxe theee sthoolmxtei Thus thxs Cliss of nohle effort Pvics on to grmt 'ICIIICVLITICHC Pvaes on to worlds unconqutred And to varroue trnls unltnovm Tre a Claes to p xttern after Tis 1 class so nohle honored 'Irs a claws of wondrous promr c Grand and glorloua Th1rtyl'1'we DEER SEASON Bv Rwymond Hulett SS Vv'hcn Icmvcs grow red ind comrneme to fall To every hunter there Comes 1 mll A c1ll that S keen to hls mnvous ear A call to eome, and hunt the deer The flrbt day out the hunter rrny Go to the woods to h mt thtu prey But wlry buelcs seem to understand And bound iway to the hxtlxwoods lwnd Ambxtlous hunters mw follow therr mme But yet the remlts seem ilwax the mme The day was hte or the tr11l too long The woods too dry or the wmd was wrong Fatxgued they returned it the end of the ay To tell of the b1g one thit got away A SPRING HORN ING Bx Edwwrd Landon .a6 When I peep out the wmdow rn the morn The sky 1 blue the bude do qayly Qmg Ab true 13 alirm clocks roostere Une their call I Qer. Olltgldif my wxdoxx III 1 tree The rohms busy feedmg llttle onei Wuxle I lle dreimlng la rly m hed Contemphtrng wlnt I Qh rll do tod1y A red squxrrel Clutter 'N he Nmmptrs round A hluejxy Ntreulns tl weleomt to the diy The eheerful sun climbs o er the mountwm top And floode the xwlley xuth lf hrrllnnt nys r al there 1s x 1 Q 1 Llrwmmt Th nt ptnetrwtu tht soul of mem ind heht T e The Like frwrwnce of the flowtrw ull the ur buds are hreil-cmv out 'all o er the trees tleeey clouds ire Il02it1I1f' IH the Qlcy dalnty ships upon a trmqull :ea . , . . . V . I I . I , K . V I - S- I -. 5 L-- itr I K I T tg' : ' r r . N' I I e 41 - V I . , . , , L K S U W t 5 - R .. . V. ' I A . I ' 9 l K - I .' 1 1. , . '. 2 .' 2 , ' - s 1 1 - x. L wi- ' K ' I :U N Q I . rr . 5 tl ' 1. , , ' e . js 1 : ' 1 44 , ' , 1 Ci , 1 . , 1 . ' The dew is still upon the grass so green ' .' L . 5 . F ' . K 3 L' ' v ' A x VV' . I , ZZ. . K ' ' . , 1 1 . . A . . I . K 5 K- . L I -' . -'z : . . ' ' ' ' . . - t ,- ' k- '. , L' . '. As ' 'z . . UE l e 'T z h.:', . x ' 'ss 1 - K r ' . . h .,, . 1 W J '1'. The . ' , 1 ' '. 1 . A ,I .

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THE PUPTONIAN absurd The present 'IIIIIILS md mun1t1ons are not being raised slmply for a speeul Fourth of uly eelehrltlon Vsxth the fmt m mmd that wxthout Hnanees there can be no war t I5 but a l0y,,le1l thought thxt mf rn some manner or other the prohts wh1eh result from thls em he done rw my wlth we will h we t,llII11l'l ated one of the hasxc causes This alone would he of hut lnttle vrlue there xs stlll 1 grerter 1nd more dxlheult problem to be met Qome form of 1ntern11t1on1l rel 1110118 must be est rhhshed whleh Wlll insure Co Operatlon and rt the sun tlme do mu wrth the eharieterlstxes of min vnhleh eause hlm to lstru t hrs fellow men rr to treats, hztred Somethlng must be arranged to iron out Lhesx lH1SU1lLlLY'SIlI'ILIll1j,S Prooress 111 tlns IS rn mv other mammoth undertakxng ls seemingly very slow Ptrhrps the desrred results cannot he rehxexed by thls or even the rlslng generation hut lx the strrtmf' of this xmmense drne tow1rd remoxlng the menwce of war we will luxe trl1en 1 long step tovmrd genurne C1Vlll7ltlOI'l and he recorded ln hlstory as the ones who founded tlns movement It ls lndeed worth strxvmg for whatever results are ohtalntd mll le an lmproxement over our present eondltlons WHAT AM I Bx florence NVade 33 Sometmxe Im brown sometxmes Im ue Sometxme I hive a gI'6EI11bl'1 hue Sometxme I shme wxthout the sun I often txunlele sometlmes run Somet1 nes I make one very glad But I can also make them sad Im xerv elnngexble you see lm ju t what you do make of me Sometr we Im short so netlmes Im ong I m ry look welk I m1y look strong, neture I turn up at the en qonrttrmes I SLLII1 to be 1ll hend I mly he red or spotted quite And then to m udens I m 1 sight I m useful to you nexertheltss ust how mueh you may nexer guess' SOlI1Ct1IUew la not the word for me The mme old color I have to be Im 'rlxmxs found ln the same old spot But wh rt I do lx worth a lot Im spht from end to end lf you please And can open and shut wlth Greatest of ease You u e me more at day than mght, I tan brxne you joy, so use me nght' Answers to aboxe nddles I, Eyes, II, Nose, III, 'viouth 4 J y, 115 1 . ' ze 1 1 1 , 1 ' Nl j 1 , 1' 1' 1 ' , ' 1 ' 1 '1 ' 1 '1 , r ' 1 ' 1 ' ' 1' '. ' , H 1 , ' ' 1' 1' 1 1 ' 1 , 1 1 ' ' ' 1 '1 1' 1' 51 1' ' 1 f , 1 1 1'1 e 1 '1 ' ' ' .N 1' '1 1 ' ' d. s 1' ' ' 1 rd ' r' ' 1 . 1 'N 3 ' I1 '51 fr 5, li 1 I ' 1 1 1 1' 1 ' 1 1' 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 , Nr' I1 3, 1' . ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1' '1 .1 , ' 1 1 . 1 , w if I 1 1- ew A 1 y- I - . , . - , 1 - . - .. ' ' bl . 1 : . 1 s 1 ' . 3 3 1 , 1 ', 1 , , L A . 1 1 1 , 1 , s ' ' . 1 ' xr s 1 3 1 1 1 . 1 ' 5 1 3 1 ' '. SOI ' rw 1 ' dg 1 ' 1 . I 1 ' 3 1 4 1 1 I I 1 1 , . 1. - K 7 n 51 5 . 1 '1 '1 1 1 , ' 1 1' . 1 , 1 , 1 , K . N V. 1 I