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

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THE BURTONIAN RECENT AMERICAN WRITERS By Iamcs Fiske 35 There rs no drvrdrng line between the centuries As we look back some of the writers were lrvrng when our century began and some of them are strll alrve and form a link between our trmes and the past But as we go on many famous authors rn our tunes were born rn the twentreth century Some well known writers before 1900 have done their best work since the twentieth century began Owen Wrster born rn 1860 rs best known for The Vrrgrnra-n the story of a chrvalrous cowboy rn the Wyoming country It rs a most interesting book rn vrew of the fact that rt shows the picturesque life of the frontier before rt moved so far west that rt was lost in the Pacrfic Mr Wrster also wrote a story about the World War called The Pentecost of Calamity Phrlosophy Four a college story and Lady Baltrmore Richard Harding Davis rs another writer who rs connected rn our minds with the World War He was a war correspondent and also wrote some very good short storres The Boy Scout Real Soldrers of Fortune With Both Armres rn South Afrrca He was one of the first correspondents to reach the front rn the World War He had been a correspondent rn both the South African War and the Spanish American War He dred rn 1915 A man who knew the Western trails was Emerson Hough who was born rn Iowa rn 1857 and dred rn 1923 He was graduated from the University of Iowa and became a lawyer In a few years he turned to newspaper wrrtrng In order to get material for his articles he traveled all over North America and learned about the old trails often made by Indians or buffaloes over whrch the proneers made their long and perilous journeys he knew the cattle trails and the way taken by the early adventurous explorers Out of all this knowledge he wove such storres as The Magnrficent Adventure Wagon Most boys like the storres of Stewart Edward White set rn the great forests of the Northwest or at the lonely tradrng posts of the fur companies Some of them are Conjurers House Damel Boone The Forty Nrners and The Westerners The back ground rs beautifully done and they are chock full of interest When Booth Tarkrngton wrote Penrod Pervrod and Sam and Seventeen he wrote with the understanding of a boy and the sympathy of a man who had not forgotten the pranks of hrs boyhood Out of the twenty or more books he has written Alice Adams Monsreur Beaucarre The Magnrficent Ambersons The Turmoil and The Flrrt are generally chosen as his best works by grown people Dorothy Canfield Fisher rs a significant figure rn American literature She was born and educated rn the Middle West but now lives rn Arlington Vermont She recerved her Ph D degree from Columbia rn 1904 She rs unusually proficrent rn languages and made a notable translation of Paprnes L1 e o Chrrst from the Italian The Bent Twrg The Bnmmmg Cup and Hzllsboro People are some of her other works Henry James who was born rn Albany rn 1843 began to wrrte short storres rn 1866 but hrs most rmportant novels were written after 1900 Although he was well known for his short storres years before our century began he seems to belong to rt When he was quite young hrs parents took him to Europe and he acqurred hrs early educatron rn Switzerland France and England After a whrle hrs people settled rn Boston but he never liked America and soon returned to England where he became very famous Hrs storres and novels are very brrllrant quite often full of rrony The Golden Bowl and The Wrngs of a Dove are hrs best novels He dred rn 1916 17 which tells the story of Lewis and Clark's expedition north of 36, and The Covered

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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

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THE BURTONIAN Edith Wharton has been cr1t1c1zed as having been mfluenced ln her wr1t1ng by Henry James Nevertheless she IS among the best of American authors of our time Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence are her masterpreces So many authors are today wrltmg books for our mstructron or pleasure that rt IS lmpossxble to name them all but we must not forget Edna Ferber s story So Bug and Slnclalr Lewlss book called Mam Street whxch swept the country The many hundreds of books afford us much pleasure and amusement as well as educatron rn relxglon science and polxtxcs They whxle away our weary moments and make hfe seem all the better and bugger We all owe a great deal of thanks to the authors of these books WHAT NEXT FOR YOUTH By Mxrxam Tlfft 36 Everyone IS askmg the questron What next for youth There rsnt a person that hasnt youth m hrs earher hfe When we grow older we sometrmes forget our younger days Whlle we are young we have ambrtron romance and are unsettled We often are crltxcxsed for our behauor There are many problems for the young people of the twentxeth century to face The thmgs we are crrtxcrsed for are the frrends we choose our Sunday actxvxtres smokmg drrnkrng pettmg and what we wear Well IS xt posslble to set up a standard of rrght and wrong m the realm of personal conduct rn thrs trme of change7 Somethrng tells us we are rrght or wrong and we should judge for ourselves When parents and chxldren disagree usually the reason rs the lack of co operatlon and compromlse on personal oplmons One has to make decrsxons for hrmself and wrth the best of hrs abrlxty It :sn t possrble to form a set standard What counts rs the way ln whlch the actxon IS done and nts effect on others If you are asked the answer to a questnon m an examxnatxon by a classmate there are several thmgs you can do You can dxsregard the note grve the answer report xt xgnore rt untxl after school and then ask him rf he tlnnks xt rs rrght to get the answer that way If you give the answer xt would help hxm to cheat more Thrs would be wrong and no help to hum He would contmue rn donng that way If you rgnore the note he wrll ask someone else If you tell hlm about xt after school and glVC hxm your oplnxon you may be able to help thxs boy He may then reahze xt rs wrong and stop You would be more respected and admired rf you stand up for what you beheve We are llvmg rn a time of change when there can be no set standard In thxs txme of change discoveries are belng made ln scrence machines and speed We are wamng from authorrtarramsm In earher trmes one belxeved a thing to be true rf a doctor or mlmster said It Now there IS a rxse of tested thought By science people want to prove thmgs for themselxes In handlmg problems of everyday lrfe conszder the srtuatxon dxffcrences xn po1nts of vrew resolvmg of drlferences and how In seekmg work try what you can and gradually you w1ll ascend to what you arm Everyone should have a hobby Thrs wlll make you happxer and more successful Have the abnhty to wart and work to ind work If you want success work for world good have farth ambrtron and personahty and not self pxty Do no let yourself as a youth be dlscouraged by tactless people who exclarm What are young people commg to? Others thrnk youth are better than ever before Let us beheve this and lxve up to thclr expectations We must show them there 15 no necessrty for shrmkxng when the say mg What next for youth IS stated . , . . I S 4 Q 3 - 7 , , - , , . . , . ' . 3 l 7 3 . , , 'l . . 3 ' l , J I 5 A - 9 . 9 - , - , 1 L ' l , . - , . ' . , , , . to the teacher, give the wrong answer, exchange answers, tell him you don't know, or , . , . V I 1 ' S I . , . . . . . 5 K . , . - , . . , I V . . , . M. . , . . , . , . . , H 5 . S 5 7 9 I Q D ' . 3 ' i , , , .. . .. - I . , Q ' A Q - e .