Edmunds High School - Oread Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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members of the opposing classes. The chase ended soon, for Gates was run down at the corner of College and South Union. A carter was summoned and the juniors and freshmen proceeded to enforce the habeas corpus enactment, so that it looked as if our friend was destined to take an enforced ride, when by one of those strange coincidences, an officer was on hand when wanted and thus the affair ended. It is not reported who paid the carter. The western sun sank down behind the Adirondacks, on the evening of that eventful day. He lingered long, however, as if desirous of seeing the sport, but finally concluding that proceedings would be postponed until he had departed, he silently withdrew, but as he hid his face behind the last peak he seemed to wink as if expecting something unusual on the following morning. Night at last spread her wings over the city, and all was quiet. b About eight o'clock, with dread forebodings, we ventured forth for Red Men's Hall. On our approach we heard the ominous clatter of feet. The majority of us, however, reached our destination before the storm broke g but not so with Russell. He was overtaken at City Hall Square and obliged to undergo the full fury of the storm. Some of his assailants showed a marked avidity for clothing, consequently Mr. Russell found himself minus a coat-sleeve and a pair of cuffs, which necessitated his returning for repairs. The seniors were enjoying a straw-ride on this night, which left us minus their aid. We might have feared at one time that the opposing classes wonld bring further reproach against their reputation by adding theft to assault, but happily we were disappointed for in due time they returned Russell's cuffs. We do not consider our scrimmage of that night an entire loss, for the athletic training we received doubtless helped us to win the foot-ball game this year. . We have entered heartily into all school enterprises, furnishing more than our share of men to the foot-ball and base-ball teams, while the young ladies have taken an active part in school fairs and entertainments. But while we have devoted ourselves to the general interests of the school, we have not been remiss in our studies. furnishing last June two of the pupils who received honorary standing. In music we supply the leader for one Mandolin Club, and have as a member of the class one of the finest pianists in the State. So at present, with class scrimmages a thing of the past under the new order, there now hovers over us the rainbow of promise whose colors blend into a symphony of blue and gold. 34

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JlllIi0l' Edif6l'ldl. When we undertake to write the Junior Editorial a feeling creeps over us akin to that which must come to one vsho finds himself on a prairie forty miles from nowhere, left to his own resources,-we hardly know where to begin. I Our class history, if so it may be called, began, when in 1898, we entered the Old High School as freshmen. With what open-mouthed wonder we gazed at the austere seniors and what a patronizing look mingled with pity and contempt they bestowed upon us Our feeling of timidity and insignilicance was partially overcome, however, by the thought that we were now pupils of the High School ! But if in dwelling on this thought our pride was likely to cause us to grow to such an extent that there was danger of our clothes becoming too small for us, that growth was curtailed by the way in which some of those seniors treated us, so that we were not obliged to -enter the clothing business immediately. As we think of those seniors now a couplet of Burns comes back to us which they might have learned profitably : K' O wad some power the giftie gie us ' To see oursels as ithers see us. But at last they went the way of the High School student and graduated leaving us comparatively happier. Our first year was an uneventful one for many reasons. We had not become acquainted with the faculty and naturally were intimi- dated by their seeming austerity 5 and again, we had not fully swung into the current of High School life 3 hence our condition. But our second year found a change in us. One year had suiiiced to make us acquainted with the faculty -in a way sometimes not most pleasant to us. But notwithstanding, we breathed more freely and the temperament of the class began to manifest itself. Finally the time came when we decided that a sociable would be for the benefit of the class, and we so arranged. But alas for our plans l No sooner were our intentions in this matter crystalized into plans, than members of the junior and first-year classes became interested in usin a manner not intended to increase our peace of mind. We had tried to keep our plans secret, but in vain-there are some girls in the class. But vie are naturally an unassuming class and have always been on the defensive, rather than the offensive, and hence kept silent. But the inevitable must come. We must resort to strategy or main strength if we wished to attend our sociable, for our enemies intended to prevent us if possible. A storm was brewing for that evening 5 after school was dismissed a warning shower came. We were proceeding quietly down College street, when suddenly we saw Gates dash ahead of us as if possessed, but the cause was easily found, for close in pursuit were 33

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JllI1l0l'S. ZlaSS ot l902. Colors: BLUE AND GOLD. 0ffiCCl'S. HOWARD J. CHIDLEY, . MARY HALE HUDSON, GRACE G. BLAIR, CLEON HICKOK BROWNELL, , members. NELLIE ELIZABETH AHEARN, E. Burlington, CHARLES F. BLACK, J l 0, C. Burlington, GRACE G. BLAIR, E. Burlington, RUTH BOND, C. Burlington, CLEON HICKOK BROWNELL, S. Essex junction, Vt. SIDNEY M. BUNKER, J I lf, C. Burlington, JOSEPHINE CABANA, S. Burlington, IRENE J CADV, S. Burlington, JESSIE JANE CAMPBELL, E. Burlington, ROBERTA CATHERINE CAMPBELL, S. Burlington, GERTRUDE CHAMBERLIN, E. Burlington, HOWARD J. CHIDLEY, C. Oakwook, Ontario, Can. FRED BIXBY CHURCH, S. Underhill, Vt. 35 Presidenl Vzke-Presiden! Sefrelary T rcasu ref IQ George Street 198 St. Paul Street 370 North Street 5o Loomis Street 267 South Union Street 57 Front Street 184 North VVinooski Avenue 86 South Champlain Street 86 South Champlain Street 352 Colchester Avenue 25 Lafayette Place 88 South Willard Street