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

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TITE BIIRTWJNI1AN OURTRAH, B5 Marjorxe Poor 36 There IS a trul known by only two whleh wtnds up the mountun side and to us It IS the most beautiful plaee 111 the world betxuie lf is where we met eaeh other md here we w mdexed day by d xy together The tfdll sttrtb by a small 'roxe of p1ne trees The path through here IS not a worn one hut a mat of ptne needles whose stent takes your breath away The blrds are Slllglllfl sweetly they seem to be happy het muse we are Before we realue lt we haxe come mto an open space and before us stands za doe and her fawn drmlung at the brook whlth tneltles, qu1etly through the W1lC.lCfl1CbS We pause and watch xn a few minutes the huelc eomes to Jom them he seema so proud of h1s famlly as he standa there Willa hls herd hu h 11 the ur When the twn ls through drxnlung., they jog tlong together In the qtnet we hetrd a Qquurtl ehttterlng lOOlx1I1g behmd us we saw a beautlful gray QQL'll'YL.l on in old stone xx 111 ttllung to h1s mate ln the old oalt tree After a short ehttter IH wlnth the mxte evidently Qa1d Come on up and see me somet1me the bqulrrel went to her as qunltly as he eould Soon we were stopped by a rustle on the fround we looked and saw a s ow v.h1te rabbxt wlth 1 flu ly tarl .umpmg through the underbrubh e tame to a stop and made no mme to go on F nous 1 I xx s vt antt to see vthy he stopped Txptoexng quletly to xxhere I Could see I bt held the most Cl1'lVI!l1l1j, Qlght here were Motlmer and Dad and flxe little rxbbtts wluth were Ll1l1lWlC to jump 1 out They were a mass o xx me xuth p1nl IFITIIIIIIIYY as they sxt huddl d togttmtr As vte strolled along vnth the blrds Slllglllg thetr melod1ous song lf nude u ee xery lObflll The waterfrll loolted more beautxful today for Qome reason It seemed tt smff 1 fong 1 e extrxtung csc ao tue tru s txt sun Qtlllelfs. the Qparltxnr wxttr IC gaxe a golden I'iflCkIlOl1 anu vxe thought vxe h xd found the end of the f'llI1l30W W hen we neared our destln mon the day wrs groxxmg dum Uur destination ww a ledge of Qohd whlte roelt from vtluth you could see for mmy nule As we relehed lf today we saw two harmless snakes Wflgglllig along together Anparently we werent the only couple vtho made our rende xous here VX e toolt our attenuon rom them just 1l1 tune to see the moat lWC'lllt1fl1l sunset ve h tl e er seen me horizon wail a Qolld mass of blue green and gold Thrs tll refle ted on the rxure strenme and ponds below u od eouldnt haxe g en ue a mole glormus sn ht Bt fore we started down the mount un slde ag un the moon lx ad Come up shznlng o hrlghtly xt was 'ts though she h td known me needed her soft radxmt beam to lxght us home, exen though we dld know the path bv heart We wondered why the day should haxe been more glorious than any other A few days later we knew that we would nexer walk that lane together agam DREAMS Bx Exleen XV1leox JS Dreams are very funny thlnv That happen vthen x ere Qleenmg Sometxmes we re rleh Qometrmes we're poor Sometxmes we re exen weepmf' XVC always Qeem to walten When thlngs are gomg wrong XVhy can t we exer 6msh7 Why always get the gong? 22 4 Y , ' '1 ' z . J: ' ' z g ' ' ' . . ' ., . Q' 1 5 - A ' ' ' 1 Q ' 'L 5 x ' 'T - Y I s K - l . , ' ' ' . 44 : . re L . ' e . ' 2 ,1 'z 1'. ' fa ' Y, ' 1 '. 1 ' . ' 'J ' 'Q A ' ' ' . .' - 1 5 'L L V ' ' ' . ' 1 ' 1 . : 7 t , ' ' . . ., , . , t . . . g . 'J ' ' ' ' , A -' lj A' A-. H' ' S . . ' . .u ' ' .S 113, I fa 'd ' S . ' U V' ' ' ' f', ' . t A ' Q 3 ' 2 1 ' ' ' 1 '., ' I ' ab . ' ' f 'l' Ii ' ng., M.: e 'l'. t ' . 5 1 V ' . 3 ' ' ' 5 r gs. ' 1 sf l Jfg. t llk l, .lug l .'l. A. le. .'e' . . 'l' g 1 1 4 9 N A ' Y . ' . ' . .. . ,' ', .' . ' . . . . . , Q. .. . 2' A . ', ' ' ' Y' ' , z ' S. t 1' ' , L . '. ' ' . I t , 1' ' 2' . 7 ' ' f ', ' ' , , ,. ' . e .f za' V . . Tl A 4. . ' , X , . . ' 1 ' Q ' ., . 1 ., . . S. G ' . M iv , ' ' Q1 . ' .. ' 1' f . 'f' , ' 1 , Q ' ' s ' g A '. .. Q 1 ' ' , : . 'Q ' ' I V - V I I . v v - v 1 ' Y ' y . . .. , , US7 , , , X, k P . , . , , . A . A . , q V N 4 y . g. ' 4 1 . ' , , . Y

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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 ,

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THE BURTONIAN HIS IRRESISTIBLE COMPANION oe Kamber, 37 wx- srttmg by my e ln tue smokmg Car of a Chxeago hound tram wlshmg for somethmf' mterestmg to happen I praetlellly know the stenery by heart havmf' traytled on the New Yorl1 Chxtrgo tralns so often so that dxdnt interest me The next d my s OLlClll1C of my busxness wus mxde out and I had just about read the mornmg s paper thoroughly The door whlth faced me opened A hxndsome well hullt man ln the early thntxes entered I-Ie was feelmg xround hls poeleets apparently lookmg for hrs pack of ugrrtttts As he xpproaehtd me I played my hunth Cigarette Thanks I meant to get some at the last stop he rephed as he sat down next to me Is llns your Hut trip West7 I rsked as my new aequamtmce l1t a mateh No My fllst trxp to Chxtwo was not quite three months xgo when I moved But I tool tlns journey to Long, Island to get a good pll of mme Betty 'ies I added xt IS funny how a person mlsses a frlend so much Im always away from home so xt doesnt IlI11lxC mueh d1fIC!'ClILC to me B1el1 III Long I land he went on Betty md I used to be together all the trme We ran and played bxll on the sands of the bea1h went SWIIITIIIIIIQ Slde by side took lone walks through the woods gosh how I missed Betty 1n Cl11e2lg0 I just had to go h1tl1 and get her He was rnterrupted hy the br1l1eman who tapped h1m on the shoulder Say that dot' you left out ID the bxgffafre ear whlch you clll Betty 19 whxmng away to beat the band XX hy don t you Come out and comfort the poor hound? OV ANNOYANCES By Dorothy Greene 37 Everyone has h1 faults but many seem to have more than thelr share I lntend to et forth some of the faults to which I object most I suppose eyeryone has been annoyed at one tlme or another by people who are eontxnunlly hrafffunv ahout them elxes or someone whom they llke It IS dllheult and very bornw to hayt to llsten to 1 recltal of braye deeds done by our dear boy Perhaps xt 19 sornethmv baby ard whlth sounded a lot llke Mamma another thlng Wlilxll I th1nl1 goes mto thus spetxxl elass of annoyanees 15 the person who llkes to gxve adyxte und honmg you vtont tal1e offense, dear but I thought xt was somethmg you rellly ought to know The common gossip does the most harm Gftentxmes a tongue whxeh cannot be controlled h rs rumed someone s happxness Of course we understand that It ls none of her busmess but she just heard Then there 15 the fe low yyho comes to a moyxe and always knows what IS going to happen next He tells hrs compamon 1n a loud whisper and in domg so ells everyone sxttmfr near hun There 15 also the fat lady who comes IH late She has to crawl over you to get lnto a seat fand she usually manav s to step on your feetj People who chew gum yrsforously ln publxe places always yex me If they have to ehexy gum yyhy dont they do If 1n the prxyacy of thelr own home7 Qteasxonally you meet someone who loves to tell storles of the tlme when he was a boy I hke to hsten to the e once, but when I have heard them four or Eve times 1t 1sn t even any fun to correct the narrator when he makes a mxstake rn the story Vvhleh of these are your faults7 B I ' I 11' 1 rs lf l ' ' 1 x g 1 1 1 ' 'z - 1' , g 11 1 1 , ' '1. ' 1 ' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , 1 . 1 , ,. ' 1' , , . ' , 1 1 11 11 1 , 1 1 x Y 1 ' , ' 1 , . 1 1' , - 1 ' a '. 1: 'a 1 ' 1, ' 1 1. 1 W.. '1 1. 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 , H 1 '. 11 ' . 1 1 1 ' . ' 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 1 . 1 1, 1' 1 , . 1 1 1 ' Y 1 1 1 , . . . Q 1 Q 1, 41 I , 1 . 1 51 , , 1 1 1 . , 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 , A , , . 1. .. . ..- s 1 A 1 1 A' . 1 , 11 . 1 , . . m 'I I 11 11 X 1 . . 1 ,. ' , ' U 1 1 1 1 1 . , g 1 1 g1,, , 1 , 1 1 . ' 1 1 s 1 1 1 . s 1 1 ' . 11 ss ' ' 11 1 1 1g, 1, 1 s '1' . I ri 11 T 1 T L ' n 1 I . 1 1 1 .1 Q, 1 s. 1 1 , ' , ', Q ': 3 1 sa '11 1 ' ' 1 X , 1 , K 3 1 . 1 1 1 . , X . ' ' ' 1 1 , t 1 g . I' I L 1 K A I Q 1 1 1 . ' 1 1ge1 1 . I I IN 1 11 1 11 ' s 1 1 1 1 1 , . Y ' 1 b 1 5 1 , 1