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

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THE BURTONIAN A DINNER PARTY By B Swift 35 A very touchy subject to say the least One doesn t get round a dmner party by merely saymg We had a gorgeous tune Oh no a full descr1pt1on of who was there what they wore and what they sa1d has to be mcluded When you hear the words dinner party you think of spotless damask sparklmg crystal and shmmg sxlver beautlful gowns cover1ng I J lovely UD lacl1esU who st glasslly through lorgnettes and immaculate gentlemen stlff m dlnner clothes You are apt to forget the spxcy comments whlspered behlnd napkxns or the tCdI'lI1g apart of people not present whlch IS apt to happen at any party The hostess IS raglng because the lady on her husband s nght will not talk to anyone else The guest of honor forgot her bracelets and 15 telhng the assembled company that It 15 perfectly absurd of her Madame IS at home In fact she 15 so much so she wxshes to be elsewhere Dlnner parties are xrksome especially when you have to mute all the dumpy people 1n the world Madame stares stonlly Her husband re enters hrs shell nnmedntely The mam course IS served That fat person eats eyerythmg and falrly scrapes her plate She looks pOS1tlN6ly ravenous On the other s1de of he table a xery thm to be a broxled lobster but on second glance one recognxzes xt as a man Strange thxngs these humans After dmner the conversatlon lags The lady who forgot her bracelets has exhausted her stock of jewelry and exeryone knows exactly how much each article Cost The lobster man seems to get redder and redder He jerks excxtely at h1s collar and fmally collapses rn a chaxr by an open wxndow Madame IS not at home not to anyone She IS ln her boudo1r recuperatmg Ho hum' TACT B3 R Lockwood 35 Tact 15 the basls of personality It lg acqulred by few and desxred hy many but It IS absolutely essentnl to the successful busmess man C0lIgCf1lZll and amlable persons possess xt That httle word tact spells acluevement and helps one out of embarrasslng sltuatxons By just usxng a small amount of dlscretlon no one need hurt others fedmgs Llmxted Ilattery or praise IS a form of dlscreetness that nearly always gets its man because of the umxersal egotlstlcal nature of manklnd Fmesse 15 often more valuable than money and It 19 a necessary Qll1lllTL1flOI1 ln the art of makxng and retammg money and frlencls A more prosalc way of quallfymg tact 15 descrlblng xt as the priceless something that goes to make a charnnng and understandlng character RAIN B5 Ida Balch 38 Dxd you ever he awake at mght To hsten to the ram? It spatters and xt spatters And then begms agaln Dad you ever hear quite clearly The soft words of the ram? It seems to always say to me Now go to sleep agam - , . I 5 , 3 . , . , , 9 Q A 5 A . tx . T' V -r A 1 - V, l V , ' ' A , ' ' ' 7 . . ' I . are , l V . I . - iv . . . Y . ' . ' t . ' ' , angular person sits, discontentedly, picking at her food. Next to her is what looks , . , . . . 1 K . . . ' h ' 9 I V . . .1 . K . 4 . - 1 x -A L . l 3 ,

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THE BUPTONIAN MOUVTAINS By Leon Edgerton 7 MOLIIXITIITS are a lrstmg remembrance of the great f,l1t1ers wluth crept over mu h of the earth 1 long UIUC wo They cell us of the lands of annuals and the cond1t1ons of a remote period Mount u ms uc about the only thmg that furnlshes tenery From 1 mountam one can see lor hlty nules around In the full the mountams lre beautrful The sun flashes hulk colors of red yellow green and almost any other color They mre the playgrounds of wlld lIllI1'1lS Deer are leapxnj, gracefully about squxrrels jump nnnbly from lnnb to lnnh and there are countless blrds lf studymg pyranuds ol Egypt we only have to look out a wmdow and we can see 9O!llCfl1lHQ exen 1re1ter pyrannds older than any manmlde ones They seem they try to start 15,1111 as huve gulhes show upturned earth and uprooted trees th lt have started down These natural pyramxds are what people come from CICIC5 and plams to look at and get thelr mllldb otf the monotony of seeing plams and the rush of cars ID a crty As I look at them I wonder what they could tell of rf they could talk They haxe weatherel great storms have hurled wlnds back wlth deflance and showed that they were l g to hold themr place. Cf course man can make them dhgraceful by cuttxng off their scenery and malung great quarrres ln them to get marble gramte and llmestone But man doesnt thmk of what he 15 undolnv just the thxngs he IS lS domg furnlshmg wood for lumber and marble for blllldll'l 5 People wrll some day regret the destroyxng of the scenery on mountams They would gxve almost anytlung to be able to see the mountams as they are now PURPLE FINCHES By Conme Harrlngton The lxttle purple fmches Have come to town again They are slttlng on the wmdow slll And tappmg on the pane Daddy calls them red bn-ds Mother calls them rose Granny says thexr color Is lrke lung Georffe s robes Bla lc or yellow Green or brown Its all the same to me I th1nl-r they are the dearest bxrds I ever yet d1d see They play around out on the roof And sxt down 1n the sun And sometxmes smg a joyous song That sounds so full of fun When daddy s car stands by the door They come and warm therr toes, They wonder whence xt comes And where on earth xt goes HSY t bo 1 'N , ' 3 Q 'z' . ' Q L L V Kb . V- h I T S I T h 4 l'!,'LA' ' 'f . 'Q 's' . . , I fs.' '.v-c- D K, l'x2, .V ' I 's 1. . Q ' ' ' y 1 V v - 5 5 j' : ' zz' 1 . ' Y ' , ' ' . . , E Q . . . 'I Q l ' . , h , 1 ' . . 'k '- g . g Y. 'r . . f 1 x f as if a sea had rolled a huge wave toward us and it had suddenly stopped lsometimes pl ly' , . 5 '. . , . , as L .' . J. . 1 , ' 1 I l ' 1. r r , x l - V T' V sa I A s 1 , 11 V Q , .I . . , C r. Q h 9 - - 1 l V 1 as ' 9 ' ' , U. 5 4 S L- . ' , 38 . . ' ' 3 Q ' L K l A , ,. . x F ' C a s s ' . 1 ! . . ,

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THE BURTONIAN TIME By Howard Thompson 35 WllCl1 where and how d1d th begmnlng of life mark the startxng of the deep and practrcally xmpenetrable problem which man has labeled as t1me7 The average person w1ll find rt dxfheult to answer zhrs questlon or to dxscuss at length any of rts more complex angles yet everyone desplte his POSIEIOU rn the world should realx e the basrc lmportance of this dnnensxon and xts bearrng upon hrs welfare To begxn wxth what IS t1me7 As fir as an lndlvxdual IS concerned rt IS sxmply the space between hrs brrth and hrs death 111 other words It rs a twln to lrfe rtself Much use rs made of thrs fact You are pard accordmg to t1me you are punrshed by trme yes everythrng ls tnne t1me trme Many volumes have been wrrtten on thxs subject and many more could be wrltten but rt would Indeed be a waste of tlme for me to attempt to compete wlth any of these so I will draw but one conclusion which seems to be of prlme lmportance to everyone Your hfe IS based upon trme by saving every possrble moment you can maklng every second count you wrll have lengthened your lnfe a great deal and m turn developed a charactenstrc necessary to the success of everyone rn th1s modern world Rlght now IS the mme to start puttlng th1s mto practice CONVERSATION PIECE By Shxrley Raw 38 Oh dear' We have a test today and I havent had time study rt at all Have you Look Ive got a hole in my sock' Oh yes hes awfully mce I walked up wxth hrm th1s noon You are7 Oh you lucky thlnfvl Aren t they s1lly7 Why he wouldn t even look at her twlce Are you gorng to basketball tomght? Its the most drvrne thmg' Of a heavenly blue you know wrth a sash tled IH a perfectly enormous bow Looky looky looky Here comes Cooky Oh I lrke you' Grve me a brte And I says to her What do you thmk I got 76 What d1d you get7 Wasnt that awful7 Yes and the old meame gave me 6w m geometry Drd you hear about 7 He got krcked out of two classes today Ive just washed my halr and I can t do a thmg wxth xt Somebody took my pocketbook' Can you beat that? In tones of rrghteous mdxgnatron Take me down to the Center F w1ll you ple e e ase7 Gee Ive just got to get better marks thrs month My Ma was awful mad when she saw my report Come upstaxrs wlth me G 7 Ive got to get a theme tablet XVhat was the answer you got? Lend me your comb when you re through M Sh h' Here comes fa teacherj' ' 3' . , s 1 s 9 7 - , . . 4 4 ' . . , . . Y 3 , , . J , . z . , . . . . . g 3 'Q N a m - , , f 1 .. , , , . . , .. . . . 7.. , .. . . H , . .. - .- Sa how do ou do thls exam le? , .. . . . , . .. , . . .. - .. . , G. .. . . . w - .. . , . .. . . .. - , , .. .. N , , - 1. Isl, . . .. . . . ., , . - .. . . H .. . . . .. , . . .. . .. .. . N .. .. . . . . . . . N .. N . .. - .. 1 , , - , . , . , . ., .. . - . .-, .. H , --. .. ..