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

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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 , --. .. ..

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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 A MAINE FISHING TRIP B3 George West 37 The openmg of the hshlng season thxs year recalls to my mlnd a memorable Gslnng trxp I took way back III the late summer of thxrty two I had for years heard about the marvelous fishxng found m the Marne woods and when my father and I recexved an mvxtatlon to spend ten days at a fr1end s camp 1D Marne zt can be easlly nmagmed how I felt For days before we started on our sxx hundred mlle trnp I was busy studymg road maps and makmg all the necessary preparatxons We started out on a fine day and after a delxghtful drive across the Qonnectlcut River and through the Whxte Mountams we arrxved at the capxtal Augusta where we stayed for the mght The next day after an uneventful trmp over the rollmg hxlls of Marne and after stoppxng on the way at an apple meetmg we came near Lake Mxllrnocket our destma tron The surroundmgs really began to look llke the Malne woods w1th thxck forests on erther sxde of the road Occasxonally we would pass a fox farm a hxgh w1re fenced enclosure w1th lookout towers at the corners somethmg hke the towers around a prxson Here unfortunately begxns the ad part of my story I had of course lmagmed Mxllmocket to be a httle front1er town Imagine my surprlse and consternatlon to find Mrllxnocket a cxty about the SIZE of by th1s time and more so when the been cut down by C C C workers wouldnt start As unsuccessful as Rutland' My spxrxts were consxderably dampened woods around the lake were seen to have recently If began to pour and the motor on the motorboat all tlus vtere my flshmg attempts throughout the next week The only thxnk I caught worthy of note was an ordmary dace ten mches ong The trxp aslde from the hshmg was not all dlsappomtmg We had a delxghtful host and a wonderful new of Glant Mountam I must say though that I was glad to get home and catch a good mess of trout for supper from the brook IH back of our house SPRING By Warren Fowler 35 Tre T e flowers are bloommg under each tree blrds are smgmg filled w1th gee Spring xs here' Tre Tre hsherman trles hls skill xn a poo boy fhes hxs kxte from a hull after school Sprmg IS here' A MARCH WISH By Dolores M Charbonneau 35 Blow ye wlld wmds of March Ye messengers of Spnng Brmg us And the Oh wrld Brrng to agam the song of larks songs the blueblrds slng and no1sy urchm us new hope Glve us courage to see w1th1n The dark wherem we grope Brmg us a love that s new Or fan old loves to a brlghter hue Send to the dreamer new dreams to dream And to the world the sun s brxght beam 36 t . ' a , , . c ' , . . , . . , r , , c . y , 1. . .. .r ' 3 7 . , . , ' . , . , f 5 - , , 1 ., g , . . - a ' .V Y Y . . - , 1 , ,s - , . , , - . ' s . - , y , , . - , , ,.