Chester High School - Flamstead Challenge Yearbook (Chester, VT)

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'20 FLAMSTEAD CHALLENGE JEAN WHITCOMB Paula's very wise, And Paula isn't shy, She never lets an argument Ever pass her by. JOYCE WHITE But upon thy youthful forehead Something like a shadow liesg And a serious soul is looking From thy earnest eyes. JULIA WILKINS I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here. EDWIN WILLARD Eddy is a quiet boy, He 'hasn't much to sayg I often think that noble thoughts Are somewhere tucked away. FRANKIE WILLIAMS Frankie's the boy with the care-free heartg Dancing with blondes is his special art. MARJORIE YATES A happy smile for everyone, A smile which means successg But when you've reached your highest goal, Remember C. H. S. -l A Nurses Place ln the World VALEDICTORY ADDRESSS Barbara Jeffrey From Florence Nightingale to Molly Pitcher and Sister Kenney, women have been proving that nursing is an important profession. Indeed, if we judge a profession by its usefulness to the human race, then that of nursing comes very near the top. During war time, nurses risk their very lives to go into the battlefields to help save the wounded and sick, and to bring comfort to the dying. In World War I many girls volunteered their services to this worthy profession. Some were seriously wounded, others were killed, but always the nurses kept on bringing cheer, medicine, and help, not only to our boys, but even to the enemy wounded. The same story was repeated in World War II. More women than ever before volunteered their services and went to the front. Many suffered the same hard- ships that the boys they were there to help did. Often there was not enough food for all, so the patients got what was available. Many had to work long hours at a time digging wrecked bodies out of the ruins-bodies of civilians and service men alike. During this recent war, especially when the enemy were not particular as to whether or not a building, train, or ship was flying a white Hag, nurses were in constant danger of air attacks, bombs, and machine gun bullets. Often supplies of medicine and other essential equipment were scarce, and doctors even scarcer. A nurse might have to sit 'by and possibly see her loved one die because of lack of supplies. Other nurses did important work in the rehabilitation hospitals and camps, patiently helping those who could not walk to walk again, helping those who had lost an arm or a leg, writing letters home for those too weak to write,

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FLAMSTEAD CHALLENGE ARNOLD LAUREN HELEN MERRITT MARIE MOFFITT ELLA NORTHLAND ALFRED RAWSON KERMIT REILLY WINNIE RICARD CARL RICE MARGUERITE SELMER ELWELL SHERWIN IRENE SPAULDING HENRY TROMBLEY FREDERICK WAITE MARION WALKER HOWARD WESTINE H U QQ Q! U Arnold is an honest lad, He really wants to pass, But he canno-t help it, if He goes to sleep in class. Helen, to this advice give heed: In your affairs with men, If at first you don't succeed, Cry, cry again. Oh, your sweet eyes, Your low replies, A great enchantress You may be. Quiet, honest, full of fun, She's a friend of everyone. Alfred was the trouble solver Of our Play, I think he got in trouble when He gave his 'heart away! fTo a certain blonde!!j Whence is thy learning: Hath thy toil o'er books Consumed the midnight oil? The Seniors' little clinging vineg Around our hearts she'll e'er entwine The wolf of our class, Good-looking, and slim, Wherever there's girls, You'll always find him. A dash, a flutter, A door slamming, And Oh for corn sakes, That's our Maggie. True in word And tried in deed. Here,s to Irene! Theiclown of the class! Irene Spaulding! What a lass! Keen in intellect, With force and skill To strive, to fashion, To fulfill. I will strive wi-th the impossible! Yea! Get the better' of itf' A daughter of the gods, divinely tall And most divinely fair. Speedy has a secret, I asked him, just in fun, Why he never studiedg But his work was always done.

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FLAMSTEAD CHALLENGE 21 teaching the blind to get along just the same even with a handicap, and bringing encouragement to all those who were disillusioned and discouraged. In peace time many nurses are employed in social service. These nurses make frequent and routine check-ups on unfortunate families, supplying them with help and encouragement iwhere it is needed, and often taking care of sick children, some hopelessly crippled. Always there is the attitude that where there is life there is the possibility that some day, with proper treatment and care, little Johnnie or little Mary-maybe your Johnnie or your Mary-will walk again. Many times a nurse's efforts go unappreciated, but always she has a cheery smile. Ungrudgingly she works day and night if need be. Some nurses are employed in schools, and others assist in camps for boys and girls. Many are employed in foreign hospitals and do their work in foreign lands. Still others work in mental institutions, where the hours are long 'because of the lack of nurses in this branch, where wages are low, and where the surroundings are unpleasant. Work of this type requires much patience, understanding, and kindness for those who are mentally tired or sick. Until just recently a nurse,s hours were very long. Some worked far into the night, never stopping to eat or even to sleep. There was very little recreation and the work was hard, trying even the strongest and healthiest bodies to the utmost, but as in all good things, it takes more than hard work, gruesome sights, and back-breaking efforts to stop a proud profession. So, at last, nursing has made its impression on the world, and this is due to women like Florence Nightingale and Sister Kenney, who have spent,,and are spending, their entire lives helping others and bringing peace and prosperity to mankind. Sister Kenney's job has only just begun, yet she has been doing this same work the greater part of her life. What she will yet be able to accomplish only time can cell. To her, and to women like her, we owe much. Yes, a nurse has a truly important place in the world. Dramo, A Meons of Achieving World Peace SALUTATORY ADDRESS Henry Trombley To fully understand the importance of drama we must know something about the history of this type of literary composition without which we would have fewer enjoyable hours. The forms of drama that we are acquainted with began many years before the Christian Era, in Greece, although Chinese drama and drama from India have been found dated a few decades before Occidental drama began. Long before Christ was born the Greeks celebrated the festival of Dionysus, their god of wine, with music and dancing. The music consisted of songs sung by choruses. This way of celebrating was continued a number of centuries, but in the sixth century a man by the name of Thespis added one actor to the Chorus. Then about 400 B. AC. Aeschylus added a second actor. As time passed, the chorus of about 50 men divided into choruses of 12 men and Sophocles added the third actor. The last two men, Aeschylus and Sophocles, with Euripides, form the great trio of Greek tragic poets. They are said to be the greatest of the writers of tragedy in all time, while Aristophanes was the greatest of Greek writers of