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

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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

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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 A WVOMAN S FEAR By Louise Rabner 35 Some time ago I mentioned a womans fear to my friend W at is it she laughed the fear of not getting married7 Thats 1ust where Im going to surprise you it s as far from that as the north pole is from the south pole I once heard a minister say that only two fears are actually born in us the fear of falling and the fear of the unknown How many had exer thought of that before7 It s true too Still it seems to me that there is one more fear instilled in most of the fair sex Its so simple you will laugh when you hear it Mite' One would think that men would keep shy of them just as much as the women but it doent seem to be that way Instead of making it easier and paying no attention exery one seems to enjoy frxghtenxng girls Small boys and some larger ones Gnd delight in suddenly appearing beside a girl holdlng a mouse dead or ahve by the tail She is apt to do most anything faint scream run or a combination of the last two while the offender walks off with a grin on his face from ear to ear Nine times out of ten he 11 chase her if she runs Wouldn t he be surprised if she had tal-ren pity on the poor mouse 1nstead7 A writer of comedies wants to make his play seem amusing to an audience so he around the room Sometimes one wonders lf this fear is real or feigned The majority of times I think it is the real thing One time I saw a cat fast asleep with a dead mouse beside him I said something about it because it is an unusual sight-cats usually eat mice It seems that this particular one didn t like them Not thinking much about it I picked it up and carried it into the room where sexeral girls were sitting One of them gave a faint shriek and ran to the other side of the room I thought she thought the creature was ahve so I walked toward her to show her that it was quite dead The instant I started she bolted out of the room upstairs and locked her bedroom door Of course I followed her and stood quietly outside the door Soon I heard her unlock the door and very cautiously she began to open it Vv'hen it was open far enough I swung it in still keeping hold by the tail The door shut with a bang and it was some time before she could be induced to come down again Now all of you who lose to tease a girl like this try to imagine that the sight of a mou e nearly fri htens you out of your wits If you can do this successfully and then tale pity on the vittims they would soon forget that they were ever scared by a mouse WHEN SPRING CAME By Ilsa Schuster 36 The earth was cold The little seed sank low Above its wintry bed The winds passed to and fro The earth grew warm The little seedling heard XX ithin its heart The resurrection word Spring came the seed burst forth In fragrant scarlet bloom Unto the world it gave Its color and perfume 1 . , , L - - .. . .. . .. h . . .. - , .. . . ,, , . . . . , . 3 K ' . I . , . . , , r . K V. . ' . . V , v .... K , K. . .... , . 3 . I - 1 ' , , , ' , . . . . . . . . v . K 5 K. Y . , has one act end with several women standing on chairs because a cat is chasing a mouse - , , c c ' . . , - - , . , S ig . l . ' - L ' ' , ' y . Z , f 1 ' 1 Q T s S