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

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THE BUPTONIAN Ambrose Peale Advertrsrng Agent Countess de Beaurxen She 19 found to be a fake johnson A typical Englxsh butler Marxe French maxd at Martln s home Wxllxam Smxth Old frrend of Mr Martm s Frederztk Gxlmore janet Grlbert Warren Fowler Florence Wade Ph1l1p Hrtchcock Donald McChesney A fiery adxertlsmg man Roland Mattrson M155 Burke A clerk ln Rodney s office Vlfglllli Abbott The dormltory students were fortunate rn havmq a very co operatrxe and rntcrested group Due to this dormxtory llfe was made more appealnng DUYIITQ the year several partres were held The Hallowe en and Thanksj.,n1ng partres were under the ausprces of Mr and Mrs Bullock After the Hallowe en party the dormltory students motored to Bennington to see the movxe The Count of Monte Crrsto The Chnstmas Festlval was held ln the Snyder Room Thrs seemed more joyful this year because of the unusually large group After an hour of entertunment refreshments were served by Mr and Mrs Howes Mentxon should be made of the matron Mr l'1slte w1thout whom the partles would not have been complete Sunday twenmes durmg the wxnter and sprmg were enjoyed rn the Snyder Room Mr and Mrs Howes served supper and a student or teacher drrected the socral meetmgs afterwards Tennxs skung and hxkmg are the major sports rn whxch the dormxtory students partlcxpate The rrrls of the dormxtory jomed the fashionable kmttmg Group called The Young Lad1es Kmttrng Society or Y L K S by Mrs Howes They met exery Tuesday and lately we have been notlcxng new kmtted objects appemng, The act1v1t1es thxs year have been more than enjoy rble due to the enthusrrsm of both the teachers and the pupxls The students wrsh to thank then' teachers for the pleasant occasrons whxch have been made possrblt for them by the patrent and elfectxve work of the faculty HOUSE OF DRE AMS By Carol Moffat 37 It stood there in the wood My lxttle house of dreams I loved rt as no other could And to thxs day If seems As though IE used to smxle at me Because I held the secret key That opened wlde lts lrttle door Beneath the great spruce tree I strll can see xts mossy thatch My lrttle house of dreams But now I vaxnly lrft the latch And turn the key, rt seems It wrll not open as before, I cannot enter at the door, Although I push, and knock, and call, It will not open any more So only memorles remain, But I must pass rt just the same 20 t , ....... .-.. . ..... . ......... ' 'N' I , . 1 .... .. ............ . ' , . .............................. i can nnwun oaannnq. p.n..s u nann A T , . ...................... ' , I bc. ...-................ D I , I S ... ............ .... .... .. 4 -I4 George Bronson, Agent from Marshall Field ..... .... .... . . Roger Griffith . , V - - l 1 . - l . - tt , e nb I 4 , . . il , 5 ' ., . . . I ' , 5. '. , V l f . . . . .. , V . ' .9 .- 9 . . . . . . ' e , .. ,. . l. Y. ' ' a , . lx v ' ,

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THE BURTONIAN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Although IC rs customary to commence the Social Aetxutxes wxth lwlountaxn Day rt seemed advlsable this year to begxn wlth the Freshman Frolrc on October hfth The Freshmen beelme acquarnted ln a frxendly way wrth most of their upper classmen and were very gally entert uned The Semors presented a short skit wlth Betty Swlft Chris topher Swezey and Frederrck Lawrence as the leadxng actors Pete DAm1co and his orchestra helped the SCIIIOYS make tl1Cll' danee 1 success October twenty fifth was chosen for Mountam Day because of the excellent weather A lar e percentage of the school rode to the top of Peru mount un and played gunes ln the ITlO1'Il1I1g on 1 H ld about one fourth of a rule rbove the spot where the Long Tra1l joms the mam road Football and baseball seemed to be the leadxng sports among the boys The glrls those guncs th rt were not so rough After everyone had eaten lunch at noon dxfferent groups were formed and they prepared to hike along the Trall The lar est group hxked to Bromley Lodge where everyone rested for a short tune and left fl1C1I' S1 nltures rn the autograph book that belongs to the Lodge The Masqucrrde Ball came at a very approprnte tune just before Hallowe en on the evenlng of Qctober twenty srcth There were many clexer and ongmal costumes the prlze wmners being Barbara Butterfield Allce Hewltt and Edxth Besselrevre and Henry Besselrevre Many had then' fortunes told by the fortune teller who was establrshed 1n one of the corners George Round and his orchestra of Rutland fur mshed the musrc and they were rewarded for thelr efforts and hard work by the enjoyable trme whxch was had by the students and guests Three students of the Semmary two of them Sophomores Phrl Hxtchcock Clarence Comar and ohn Batchelder sang a few popular songs at the mtermxssron On February fourteenth the members of the Home maklng class were the hostesses at a Valentlne Party g1ven m the Snyder Room for thelr mothers and frlends The sandwrehes cakes and tea showed the marvelous work the grrl had accomplxshed durmg the year Everyone spent a very pleasant socxal afternoon Durmff the week end of March twenty nmth and th1rt1eth the Bennmgton County Confederatron of Churches held 1ts annual Youth Conference at our school Mlss Florence Maddock of Burllngton was charrman of the meetmg There were representa txve gathermqs of the young people from most of the churches m our county Several drscusslon groups were held both Saturday mormng and afternoon and some were led by Mr and Mrs Howes and Mr Perry The Young People drscussed many sub1ects mcludmg Scxences and World Problems On May thxrd the Jumor Class gave a successful dance the junxor Prom Although the weather was not as n1ce as xt could haxe been It dxd not hmder anyone from havmg a grand tlme George Round and hrs orchestra from Rutland added to every ones pleasure The Gymnas1um was trunmed as a gay shrp wxth many pennants and banners The Senlor Play was g1VBH by the Dramatrc Club and financed by the Senrors on May seventeenth It Pays to Advertrse was chosen for the play th1s year and was glxen under the capable d1rect1on of Mr Jones The cast was as follows Mary Grayson Mr Martin s secretary Sally Allen Mr Martm Sr Owner of Soap Industry Kenneth Cagney Rodney Martm In love w1th Mary Robert Kmg Ellery Clark Son of Martm Senxor s Enemy Clarence Comar . .Q ,A , ' ' a ' A. P l.x, 1 Q. R, A , h M x '. . . , ,1- . , 4 '- . lk .K ' , - 1. s ' ' R CY F 'S Y' W' g . . . . ' ' , . e f .' 2 ' 1 .. A ' ' 1 'f z , ' f. - . ' K 3 ' 5 A K 1 . g' 1 ' X 1- ' ' ' V' '41 3 ' ' 1 F, . ' ta ' r ' I ' ,A 4 ' , I . c l ' ' , 4 '- ' I 1 ' 1 On January fourth the Sophomore Class gave their first dance, the Sophomore Hop, . h , Y . r , ' 'l e . , - , ' 1' S ' I . P- - , , . . . V ,. . . , , . bl ... ...... ..................... . -, ., ...................-... , . . Q ................................ , ......................

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THE BURTONIAN SOME FUN By Eleanore Harwood 3a In all my days I shall neycr forget the night we went to Townshend to play a basketball game Startmg from Dorset wrth h1gh hopes of vletory and pleasure we were scared stiff by suddenly bC1l'lg plunged mto pxteh darkness NVQ: did know If was somethxng the matter wth the hshts but what7 The fuse was blown My meehxnleally mlnded companion Don knew that a screwdrlver would serve the purpose untxl we could get to the garage for more fuses but m fixlng It he cooked a pxeee of h1s thumb After we h 1d bought another bo! of fuses wc found one ID the pocket of the car Well vve plcked up the rest of the crovxd and started off late In the mlddle of Bondvllle Hlll we had to stop and put 1n water and then for the second time m the series we were left 1n the dxrk another fuse I thmk thrs happened flve more tlmes untll someone had the brrlhuat ldea of dlseonnectlng the heater whlch was making all the trouble About now we came to a httle burr' whrch we thought surely must be Townshend We stopped at the general store and thev saxd there ust Eve mules We went on safely for xhout seyen mxles and stopped at another place and agaln IC was ust down town Eve miles Eyerybody was pretty neryous now I know I had left my stomach back 111 mmaxea where the car hxd started wobbhng rf youve ever had a flat txre you know what I mem I vms secretly hoplng and praylng that wed get there before 1t happened but we didnt It happened Vvfe left those that werent ID a hurry to change lt and started walkmg YVe got picked up and got there but fro en and shaky and 1n Gne cond1t1on to play basketball The game was rotten and We were beaten After the boys game I went out to the no coat on fwhlch resulted IH near pneumomaj and haylng ten fits In the excxtement of gettmg there hed forgotten to do anythxng to the radntor so xt wouldnt freeze In the mddle of tne game hed rememberd and had rushed Ollt He unlocked the door got IU started the car and left IC raemg wh1le he got out to see lf lt was gettmg warm The door closed la lxmd h1n and cauf ht so that he couldnt open lf The key was lnslde He stooped xts racmg but couldnt get ln All thls happened before we came out We ran oyer to the Gym and borrovted a couple of men to see xf they could do anythlng Thanks to somebody the rxght back wmdoyv was open about a half meh By' pryxng we managed to make lt an meh from a nelghbormg lumber pxle we borrowed a twenty foot pole and by stlekmg xt through the lnch crack we pushed down the lnsxde handle to the opposxte door and opened If Eyerybody breathed one slgh of rehef After one more hghts out we started home A very kmd man told us he d stay behxnd to help lf anytmng else happened The roads were awfully dry and he bit the dust all the way home The radlltor began to boxl agaxn and by some stroke of Fzte we stopped ru ht neact to a brook It was finally Hlled by uslng patience and an empt, tom lto can Eyervhody was pretty well worrled and vshen someone from the ba k seat yelled stop stop I was paralyzed Iffy heart sank And xt was only somebody carsxck a httle thmff llke that But xt was the last thing that happened There 1sn t a b1t of doubt that there neyer were six people so glad to get home as those and I dont thlnk they ll forget xt for a vthrle yet I certalnly wont - 4 21 . ,. , . 1 ' X Ks . I A A I - -. - 1. . A L i 'y .i . . g Q ,A l . 1 C . 3 , Y K .1 r A L z 5 ., ' A A . z 1' . ' , A , ' A ' ' 4 . 1 . A . . L . , , x , . f A e, ' Q -- - . ' A, I 4 F, V I e s x v . . 1 I .. . 2 5 A Q ' . I r . . I ' - a,, V - si ' V - . S I r ' ' 1: . - 1 Q . ' K -- ' 1 L y . i n 3 1 3 A ' ' , 2 ' . A ' ' . . . , ,- , I K car to put in my paraphernalia before going to get some cocoa, and there was Don, ,, , g I . . . , . 1 ' . H . . . , Y 4 , - L A 3 I. I K T' P, 4 s . ' . e . . ' s er: A: r ,i , r ' A A. K . I L I V L V C . I , Y. L r 1 Y , K , . , , . K x . K . U , , K . . , . M . 1 , . L . ' , . r . . A1 '1 A . . A . 'Q 1, . A 'g . . '. .. .A A 1 ,. 2 L I 1 1 - ls V s. 's , V L A , , - . - - - 3 Q . -N . . 5 .V ' . 4 . . . . . Y - Q ,