Castleton State College - Castletone Yearbook (Castleton, VT)

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Phyllis Amidon Lois Bassett Jeanne Benjamin Virginia Blake Barbara Bouvier Leona Buck Jane Beuche Lodemia Cary Theresa Cheney Alice Colvin Helen Comes Ruth Damon Mary Dervin Flora Dow Ruth Dunklee Florence Lois Bassett Virginia Blake Barbara Bouvier Edward Curran Leonard Dordick Ruth Flanders Edward Hart Louise Allan Arlene Carpenter Agnes Crossman Helen Comes Director Veronica Fish Ruth Flanders Doris Galbraith Mary Gaudette Mae Grant Helen Hall Anna Hinckley Katherine Howard Paulina Howard Waneta Hull Helen Jameson Ferol Keech Alma Meader Annell McCann Constance Phelps Willet Mrs. Dorothy Phillips Alice Pratt Rhoda Pratt Marion Preston Virginia Renehan Myfanwy Roberts Betty Rudd Olive Rumney Blanche Sedegren Jean Smith Ruth Squires Ann Suneson Marjorie Tyler Eleanor Ward Bessie Weeks Beverly Wood CHOIR Anna Hinckley Katherine Howard Ferol Keech Phillip Kelly Alex Listzwan Glenn Maynard Stanley Offensend Virginia Renehan ORCHESTRA Edward Curran Barbara Dary Ruth Dunklee Katherine Howard Bernard Howlev Thomas Rice Myfanwy Roberts Betty Sedegren George Sparks Joseph Sorari Ann Suneson Marjorie Tyler Walter Raynes Joseph Solari Ann Suneson Beverly Wood Miss Markham seventy five

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OUR YEAR TOGETHER Castleton Normal School will open September io, 1(440. All boarding students are required to be at the school September gth to settle their rooms. Your roommate will be Miss . Your room is number 48. You will sponsor Miss . You are to have the following equipment: one glass, one spoon, one candle, a bed spread, three sheets, 2 pillow cases, and as many blankets as you need. September And there we were. If it hadn’t been for the friendly faces of helpful school¬ mates, “big sisters,’’ and “little sisters,’’ it would have been rather drab. Regis¬ tration brought out past histories and future dreams—useful to someone, we hope. Then there was the Freshman party in the auditorium where we were con¬ fronted with tens of new names and faces we were to match up correctly. Mr. Scott and Miss Hale attracted the most attention, being new, but all were scru¬ tinized. . . . We really met Mr. Scott officially in chapel. Later he told us how hard he had tried to keep us from hearing his knees knock behind the desk for he knew he had a lot to live up to. We thought him very impressive, never dreaming he would be teaching us the right version of his Alma Mater before long . . . Soon, to get us to explore our surroundings in spite of ourselves, we had a treasure hunt. . . . By the end of that month attendance at church became settled, some folks getting up early to attend the brown and tan Catholic church, some later to attend the Colonial Federated Church, and some going in the afternoon to the little Episcopal Church at the corner . . . Bus schedules and opportunities to ride to Rutland were investigated and memorized by those who were able to go home weekends ... A whisper about a new library annex floated around with another rumor, cheering to those living in cold rooms because it promised the installation of a new heating plant next year if, if the legislature would grant us the money. October Remember when we went home for the first vacation and some of the boys stayed and worked? Incidently, a few amazing appetites for food and milk came to light. The Junior and Senior class officers and committees were elected. The Senior Dance was danced, with the first receiving line of the year an impressive one, and oh, so important . . . We really had fireworks that month, hot and heavy, over a simple question of the girls’ wearing socks without stockings, but when the professional reasons were put up against economy and comfort the question de¬ cided itself. We now wear stockings, except for sports . . . The Junior Class went to visit the Brandon institution to see how less fortunate children are cared for in the state, driving up the Bomoseen road among gaudy fall colors that are always so lovely here . . . One day we went up the North road and discovered the grandest views out over our colorful valley, and nice resting places, too . . . The Halloween party will always be remembered by the squeamish people. That coffin! And that was the time some of the teachers had to bite the apples out of thin air, and odd partners had to dance with the broom . . . Mr. Johnson sang for us in Chapel one Thursday and Mr. Fitch gave us a talk on interesting tomb stones . . . The seventy-seven