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

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THE BURTONIAN A RIDE T0 THE CLOUDS By S Matson 37 We arc a wreck' Such a txme as Dorothy Brooks and I had We went for a rude ln an aarshlp yesterday and whlle soarxng above the clouds accxdentally dropped our purse out of the plane We leaned over the edge to see where lf had gone Alas' over we went after lt We fell and fell untll finally we landed on solnethmg soft and squashy We sat up and d1scovered that we were slttmg on a huge fluffy cloud The dream of our hfe had been to saxl through the a1r on a cloud We crawled to the edge and peered over Far down below us stretched green fields wmdmg roads and blue streams In the dlstance was a stretch of blue green water Closer and closer to thls floated our cloud untll we reall ed that vte were drlftmg over the Atlantxc Ocean Soon the shores of France came mto slght and as we salled over Parls we looked down on a large hospltal and saw a grave dxstmguxshed lookmg doctor hurrymg through the grounds NVe saw at once that xt was Davxd Brooks Rolling a wheeled chaxr alonf' 1 narrow walk was Clara Covey 1n the garb of a nurse The wmd suddenly veerecl and blew us down mto Africa There under a banana tree was srttxng Geraldine Goddard teachmg a group of l1ttle Afr1can chrldren thexr Sunday school lesson As we saxled over Mevuco City somewhat later we looked down to see Mary Edgerton busnly engaged nn pxckmg potato bugs We notxced to our consternatlon that our cloud seemed to be floating nearer the earth and that Instead of bemg wh1te rt was hecommg decxdedly grayxsh but sxnce we were not qurte so hxgh we could see people more plalnly We saw that we were now over Washington and we looked down at the Whlte House to behold Katherme Kelly Presxdent of the Unlted States In a jxffy we were over Pennyslvama There we looked down to see Grace Lock wood gently coaxmg a cow to eat corn flakes Now we were frxghtened indeed as our cloud burst and wlth a mllllon rain drops we fell down down until we smashed mto somethxng hard amxdst a loud cracklmg and squawkxng' An angry voxce rang out and someone grabbed us by the arm We looked up and there was Anna Depew yelhng angrxly Get up' Get up' You have broken through the roof of my best hen house' NIGHT By Alan Howes 37 The nlght 15 calm and stxll A breeze fans the dark trees And wanders oer the r1ll The orange moon comes up And I can hear the bark Of dxstabt hungry pup The yellow moon goes down And as I near the town The stars begm to pale Thelr feeble lxght to fall A blazmg ball of fire now No funt and weary stars The mght once more ns over now The sun the darkness mars . - , , . , . . I 1 1 . . . , . 7 V ' - , , '. . ,, . . , z ' . . .V . . Y 5 , , , , g. . .r . . 1. V . , , . . , , - , , 1 3 . , . . . . ,. , , , . . .. Q. , , , . ., . , , . K - ,

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THE BURTONIAN QUEER HOBBIES By C Comar 37 I nexer happened to thmk of the thousands of d1fIerent hobhxes on vtlnch people spend enormous sums of money so they can be happy Stamp Collectxng IS one of the most w1despread of any of these hohh1es Thml of all the t1me and money that 15 spent to get a few small squares of paper to 10111 those wh1ch you have atta1ned already The funny part of 1t IS that the stamps won t even carry a letter Antxque collectors also spend txme and trouble Some antlque dealers spend years loolung for a ehanr or table that IS hundreds of years old After they do ilnd 1L and get lf all pohshed It IS st1ll very uncomfortable to SIE ll Another very extravagant hobby lb the eolleeuon of d1fIerent odd1t1es such PIECCS of wood from famous trees furnlture or houses b1ts of eloth IYOID h1sto11eal elothlng or flags and old t1me autographs of famous people Some of these fantasuc 1deas usually run IDIO a sm 1ll fortune 'md what do ou h ue IH the end? You have these things on your hands llllfll someone eomes alon md g1VCS you a few hundred more than you paxd for the lot About three years ago I started a hobby of savmg, old automob1le parts and after about a week my hands and clothes began to sulIer But I was CDJOQIIIQ lf unt1l my mother 1ns1sted that I d1SpOSC of my beloved junk I d1d lt to keep peace rn the family I thmk I could Gnd a lot more useful plaee to d1 pose of money than to gne It to antlque dealers or curlo shops ust th1nk of one stamp ehazr table or exen Cxndle stltk eostmg thousands of dollars' Why for the pnce of one table you could furrn h a nme room house xuth the most comfortable furmture anyone would want If Washmgton or Lmeoln could see some of the money that IS spent to get some thlng wh1ch he wore touched or had any sort of Contact xuth Im afraxd he would laugh and call the modern LCHCYJIIOII 1 norant fools DORMITORY LIFE B3 Peg y Ramsey .18 Around the dorm so dark and gray The shades of night are near The students rush fxom room to room And hope the Coast IS elear There are three bells that r1n0 at mght They make us hurry and rush They mean we ll have to get to sleep Then comes the udden hush And when we all jump mto bed Our thoughts are fastened to The m1seh1ef we have done that nzght Then someone says ker ehoo 0' Sometmmes we haxe a water fi ht And make PIC beds galore And oft the mlseluef done at night Ends up wxth just a snare' 26 4 1 - 1 V . , . Y . ' 1 ' . .. i . . . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .' . ' , 1. 1 I 1 as s Q s 1 , . 1 1 1 L 1. 1 y :' ' . ' ' 1 ' J ' s A ' ga ' I 1 11 1 1 1' ' ' I ' , . , . 11- 11 - . . . e I 5 5 e V I I , . I 1 .Z l. , , , 1 1 1 1 1 .. , 5 I ' r e e 1 1 ' . . V Y. , , x 1 - , 1 Y ' ' 'cv 5 . v or I' ze a 1 ' 1 , 1 ' 1 . 1 1 , fs, 1 ' . 1 1 I 5 l . 11 ' ' rv - rs 1 .- Y f a 1 -M - -Y s 1

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THE BURTONIAN FRIENDS By G Lawrence 35 Everyone hkes to thxnk that hrs school mates are hrs frlends But 1f you look them over more closely you w1ll Gnd that lf you have one frrend who IS a true one you are very fortunate You may not be around with that person all the trme but you will say nothmg to hurt hlm One who whenever possible w1ll go out of hls way to help you and wrll say thrngs that nuke hfe worth whnle IS the person who rs your frrend He wrll say nothxng but good behmd your back and w1ll tell your faults to you mstead of someone else In a group of glrls or boys you wlll End a few who would rather talk about someone than eat xce cream Thrs person rs one that xsnt your frrend You may hke hrm but you wxll not class hmm wlth those who Lccp QUICK unless they have somethlng worth whxle to say Pass your conversatlon through three tests and see rf lt IS worth whrle 1 Is xt necessary to tell? 2 Can xt be repeated to everyone? 3 Does rt offend or hurt someone or wxll rt make the person a lady or a gentle man m the eyes of the aud1enee7 No one can be a perfect frrend wrthout trymg Lxttle words wxll shp out now and then whxle you are tallaxng to someone who IS trymg to get the low down as It ms called We all go to school to make and keep frxends That 15 the most lmportant thmg we can do outslde the fact that we learn to study But we cannot go to drfferent towns or states to make frnends Therefore we go to school If you will thunk you wrll remember the number of tlmes you have saxd something you wlsh you hadnt Then why not try to be a fr1end7 Lrke everythmg else rt can be done THE RADIO IN A FAMILY By M1ldred Tuttle 35 When a family has a radxo and rn that famlly are the mother and father two grrls ID therr teens and added to those two younger chrldren who have reached the age where they enjoy the radro one IS very certaln to find dxlfieultnes Now take for rnstance rn the early evemng when one can get a very good smger of popular songs the younger members are able to get some good chlldrens programs and father wants the news If one lmagmes or has experxenced a srmllar xncldent one knows what a trme there rs The younger ones state the fact that slsters have rt all the trme fno doubt because they have heard father say the same thmgj father says he only uses lt for fifteen or thxrty mmutes a day Thxs 15 all quxte a problem as one can easxly see The coming of summer helps much 1n that the chlldren play out doors the trme changes to an hour earher and father forgets the change of txme Consequently the 1n between portion of the famnly get what they want Because they too find other thmgs to do the radlo rs not turned on Why cant somebody suggest something where everyone can be pleased? At mght thlngs are not so comphcated the chxldren are 1n bed But Dad stxll d1sl1kes that eternal racket The fact that when we get older we ll dxshke If too 15 always brought up Peace rs only acqulred when Mother remmds Dad quietly that he was young once or she says that rt wouldnt hurt the younger ones to be more conslderate I wonder what would happen lf we drdn t have mothers Q f s 1 y a ' s - s a 4 9 ' a y . . , . , . . 1 , , v g . . . 1 s . V. . . .. u . . . , . s . Q . . . . . . , - v a Q , r , . n . Q s - 1 3 Q . , . s a f a ' - 1 9 . . . -. . , . - . , . . . . 1 n 1 - . . . , , e , . . ,