Essex Junction High School - Joy Yearbook (Essex Junction, VT)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1916 volume:

JZ b e Clarion DubliGljcti bp Clje Senior Class of ffje Cssex function cljool 19 16 IDe, tljf Class of 1916, respcctfullp bebicate tfjis, tfje first bolume of “Clje Clarion” to Cugene Joseph iBerrp, Our Jfrienb, QTeacfjer anb Cotoorfeer for a better C. 3. %). £ . ■■ Eugene Joseph Berry, principal of the Essex Junction High School, was horn in P.olton, Vermont, November 27. 1888. He received his early education in the district schools in Bolton and later attended the graded school in Richmond, lie graduated from the Richmond High School with the class of 1904. In September, 1904, he entered Middlebury College and after two years there he left college and worked a year. In September, 1907, he again entered Middlebury and in June, '09, received his degree. The September following he became principal of the Richmond High School. After three years there he resigned in order to accept the principalship of the Essex Junction High School. On June 12, 1912, he married Miss Mary I). Abbott, of Roxburv, Mass., and in September he became principal of the Essex Junction High School. For the past four years he has been most successful in filling the position. He is a member of the Alpha Mu of Chi Psi and Mt. Mansfield Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Ethan Allen Lodge, E. and A. M. and the Vermont Schoolmasters’ Club. His presence in the schoolroom is something that we will long remember. Ilis interest in the work here and his interest in athletics, our social doings and our own welfare has endeared him to the hearts of the students. Page five Cbitorial The great task is finished and to us it will he one of the chief memories of our high school days. Days, weeks—yes. months we have labored to produce this, the first volume of The Clarion. While it has been a difficult task, we feel repaid, because we have built a memorial to old T6. The purpose of this hook is first of all to record high school life here as it is, to keep alive the memories of these hours spent together here in toil and play, to help create school spirit, to bring vividly to the mind of all that we have a school worth working for. Essex Junction has many advantages and many disadvantages, hut the former so outshadows the latter that when her students realize their power she will rise to a place now undreamed of. Four years ago, when we entered, the change destined to take place before we left was unexpected. A new building, the teaching staff enlarged, the enrollment doubled, athletic teams prepared to throw down the gauntlet to teams representing schools of our size to either win or lose. Many more great things may he done, and if the proper spirit existed they might he done. At the present time the greatest need and the seemingly hardest thing to get is a new athletic field. Among the other things are courses in manual training, drawing and music and a teacher's training course. A new laboratory is also needed. While of course these cannot he procured by the students alone, yet they can do a great deal toward getting them by just being interested and cultivating school spirit. These things cannot he done without pep” or as long as the school must remain second in the minds and consideration of the student body. The little old school on the hill near the freight yard wielded a great influence for good. What better proof need he given than the alumni? None of her graduates hut what are filling themselves with credit. In preparing this hook we have endeavored to set a standard. We have not tried to copy other hooks of this kind, hut have tried to develop individuality —a thing which should he the aim of all school activities. To the class of ’17, to whom we leave the preparation of Volume Two of this hook, we charge to follow the high standard which we have aimed at. In their task- we wish them pleasure and success. As this hook has been compiled under most adverse conditions there have been many mistakes made. We hope they will he judged with care and consideration. The grinds in this hook were written with an effort to avoid the feelings of all and we hope they will he accepted in the same spirit. Now we take pleasure in presenting to the teachers, students, alumni and friends of the school, this, the first volume of The Clarion. Page seven Maude A. A till dies. Roy S. I li'NT. tutorial poarb Editor-in-chief, LJohn J. McEi.rov. Assistants, 1 eachout, J. Randolph Burke, Geraldine V. Davis. Business Manager. R. Gordon Arki.ey. Art. Donald II. Rissei.l H. (). Whitney, Page ten School (Officers Board of Directors, 1). M. Johnson. Chairman. Principal, Eugene Joseph Berry. District Superintendent, Minnie E. Hays. Janitor, Y. C. Stevens. 1. E. Hunti.ey. Z )t Jfacultp I '.ugene Joseph Rerry .VI' Essex Junction Principal Richmond High School, 1909-1912; Principal E. J. H. S., 1912-. Harvard Summer School. 1913; University of Vermont. 1915 Science Margaret Ida Tilley Burlington Credited Work at University of Vermont; Rural School, 1903-1910; Principal Essex Junction Grammar School, 1910-1912; Assistant, E. J. H. S., 1912- Mathematics and Agriculture Page twelve Julia Clifford Carter IK, I BK Versailles A. B., Middlebury, 1913; Assistant, K. J. II. S., 1913- Latin, German, ifistorv Amy Elizabeth Wheeler IIB 1 Waterbury University of Vermont, 1913; Assistant, E. J. II. S„ 1913- Home Economics (iladys Madeline Manley, Essex Junction Bellows I'ree Academy, 1909: Teacher Fanny Allen School, Winooski, 1909-10; Private Secretary for M. D. Chittenden, B. H. S., 1911; Teacher Sixth Grade, Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vt.. 1912; Normal Course, Vermont Business College, 1912-13; Commercial Department. E. J. H. S., 1913-; Head Bookkeeper and Stenographer at Cottage Park Hotel, Winthrop Beach, Mass., Summers, 1914-la Business Training l’age fourteen Minnie E. Hays Essex Junction Le Follette Preparatory Scliool for Young Ladies; II. E. I io t School of Vocal Harmony ; New York State University School of Drawing; St. Mahan’s and Griffith’s School of Languages. Primary Department, Mooer’s Forks, N. Y., ( 1885-87) ; Rural School, .Mooer’s Forks (1887-88); Fifth and Sixth Grades Champlain. X. Y„ (1887-90); Supervisor of Drawing, Saranac Lake, X. Y. (1890-92); Principal Grammar School and Supervisor of Drawing, Champlain, X. Y. (1892-93); Supervisor of Music and Drawing, Saranac Lake. N. Y.. (18S5-98); Supervisor of Drawing. Saranac Lake. X. Y.. (1898-19( ) ; Principal Mooer’s Forks High and Graded School, (1904-12); District Superintendent, Essex Junction, Vt., (1912-16). Author of “Drawing in the Rural Schools,” contributor to “American Education,” Education,” “Popular Educator.” and “Journal of Education.” President of Vermont Women Teacher’s Club, Page fifteen Mentors M ax . Drury, President. Maria . Aldric h, Vice-President. Aixicn X. (iii.iikrt. Secretary and Treasurer. Of a celebrated sculptor whose many works of art adorned Athens, it was said, If you wish to see his monument, look around you.” Just so the class of 1916 makes this announcement, If you wish to see our memorial, behold it—the first number of ‘The Clarion.' ” According to the great law of nature, cream will rise to the lop. and so have we. Look at us—the largest class that has ever graduated from E. J. II. S. But, not being satisfied with this, we revolutionized things and instead of one hoy and ten girls we produced fifteen boys and six girls. We also brought forth the only resemblance to a winning baseball, football or basketball team. Oh. what would (lermany do if this mighty class should join the Allies? But we will leave the answer to you, who will he the judges as we go into the world. Therefore, this wonderful year of 1916. which will go down in history, will see the greatest, brightest and best class bid farewell to the teachers and halls of dear old E. J. H. S. Max V. Drury, I’resident. Page eighteen Colchester Maria Wright Aldrich “M’ri” Class Vice-president (4), Fair Committee (4), Commencement Speaker (4). The living example of the saying, You cannot judge by appearances.” Although she is quite a little saint, she is a little- in her home town. Her accomplishments are in varying directions: probably the most familiar is looking prim in English class. The first sight from the window in the morning is M’ri coming with her (saw) horse dragging three big Colchester pound sweets. “Although she is quite and demure She’s jolly through and through. She’s loyal to her friends, we know, Whatever they may do.” Maurice Read Allen Essex Junction Jim Class Baseball (1). School Football (3), Class Football (4). Chairman Tennis Committee (3), Football Manager (4). Commencement Speaker. Maurice takes a lively interest in the hotel business, judging from his frequent visits to the Lincoln Inn. Physics teaches us that the larger the base an object has the better it keeps balance. Can Jim ever lose his balance? Cheer up, Jim—“They is others.” Did you ever hear it thundering during morning exercises? Well, that’s Jim’s Choral Union voice. “Any little girl that’s a nice little girl Is the right little girl for me.” ,,;l8e nineteen Essex Junction Robert Cordon Arkley “Doc” N ice-President A. A. (4), Dramatics (2). Class Baseball (1, 2). School Baseball (3), Class Football (3, 4), School Football (3), Business Manager Clarion (4). Football Hop Committee (3), Play Committee (4), Senior Reception Usher (2). Class Prophet ( 4). Behold, and here we have our very (110%) efficient business manager. If he doesn’t have his way you know what will happen. His girl motto is. “Quantity, not quality,” which he always does his best to keep to. W hy is he an expert judge of girls’ 98c. pumps? We love his merry laughter Which runs up and down the scale. (I cannot tell you which it’s like; A rooster or a whale). James Perrine Barney Fort Ethan Allen “Jimmy,” “Barney” Dramatics (4). Jimmy is the grandson of that ancient smiler, “Sunny Jim.” whose smile he has certainly inherited. 1 le enjoys algebra and intends being professor of algebra here when this high school becomes the University of Essex Junction. He still wears short trousers but intends wearing long ones before the end of June just to accommodate his class mates. He’s welly like a cock as thinks the sun rose o’purpus to hear him crow.” Page twenty Donald Henry Bissell Essex Junction “Don,” Bissell Art Editor The Clarion (4), Commencement Speaker (4), Valedictorian (4). A good example of a geometric line—that which has length only. I Ie has to he careful in walking across the floor not to fall through the cracks. Outside of school hours he helps get the Essex Record out on time, hut rarely succeeds. He is a regular devil at :he printing business and eats type and printers’ ink for breakfast. Don is as much at home with the girls as an elephant on skates. lie has worn out two or three typewriters in the interests of the Clarion. Every family has a skeleton in the closet. James Randolph Burke Essex Junction “Professor, Deak,” Ranny” President A. A. (4), School Football (3). Class Football (4), Dramatics (2), Fair Committee (3, 4), Associate Editor The Clarion (4). Football Hop Committee (3), Oratory (1), Senior Reception Committee (3), Senior Reception Usher (2), Commencement Usher (3). Deak is an accomplished singer and dancer—and talker: well, you should hear him. He can explain the law, gossip, talk athletics and explain a recitation all in one breath. His ambition is to he a human Edison record. “And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small ( ?) head should carry all he knew.” Page twenty-one Underhill William Newell Burnett “Bill Sandwich Sale Committee (4). William the Silent is always into something. If it isn’t on the hack seat in French class it is at recess. Who remembers the day Bill was caught in Room Five? He remembers all about it. Some interesting French lesson, eh, Bill? 11 is 500-page book, How to tirin’’ will have a large sale when completed. Bill is the sole agent of this masterpiece of literature. Still waters run deep, but the Old Scratch is at the bottom of them all. Geraldine Violet Davis Williston “Marion,” Jerry Freshman Reception Committee (3), Fair Committee (4), Associate Editor The Clarion (4), I’lay Committee (4). Dramatics (4). Marion has so much interest in the real estate business that she has no time for school affairs, so she says. Marion enjoys the distinction of being the only girl in the class of '16 who comes from the great metropolis of Williston. She still remembers the time she wore the pink dress at the New Year’s dance. “Her modest looks a cottage might adorn. Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.” Page twenty-two Max Williams Drury Essex Junction “Mickey,” “Homer, “Slim Class President (2, .1, 4), Secretary and Treasurer A. A. (2, 3), School Baseball (3), Class Baseball (1). School Football (3), Class Football (4), Dramatics (3, 4), Salutatorian (4). If we had known Max was such a sinner as he is, we never would have elevated him to the high executive position that he now holds. It is certainly shocking. He winks at every girl he meets and even turns to look after her after she has passed him. He is harmless, at any rate. “Speak, sir: what trade art thou?” “Why, sir. a carpenter.” Allen Nelson Hilbert Essex Junction “Gillie,” “Irving Class Secretary and Treasurer (4), School Baseball (3), Class Football Captain (4), Football Manager (3), Basketball Captain (4), Baseball Captain (4), Class Will (4). Between peddling groceries, acting as escort to a certain teacher from Essex Center and looking out for a member of the Junior class and exercising a racehorse. Gillie is kept busy. His chief characteristic is that he always has something to do. But with all his occupations, he occasionally finds time to grin and seek advice from his superiors. l'lie magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.” Page twenty-three Williston Arnold Albert Gregory “ ireg” School Baseball (,3), Class Baseball (1), School Football (3), Class Football (3). This aspirant to wisdom grinds twenty-four hours each day with the exception of the twenty-three which he divides up between eating, sleeping and walking the trolley line for exercise ( ?). With all his faults, ireg is a good little chap and we like him very much. “Now 1 lay me down to sleep. 1 pray the Lord my smile to keep. Preserve my toofies white as Pearl’s Make me popular with the girls.” Roy Sidney Hunt Essex Junction “Varsity,” “Bow” Fair Committee (4), Football Hop Committee (3), School Football Captain (3). Class Football Captain (3), School Football Manager (4), School Baseball (3). Class Baseball (1), Class Football (3, 4), School Basketball Manager (4), School Football (1, 3), Class Football (3. 4). Commencement Usher (3). Athletic Editor Clarion (4). Some have greatness thrust upon them, blit of this class Varsity is certainly not a member. He is just naturally great at two things: athletics and loafing. He aspires to be great in but one other place—among the ladies. We advise all freshmen to take Bow for a motto as far as athletics are concerned, but no farther. “Wisely and slowly; they stumble that run fast. Page twenty-four Chester Munson Kirby Williston “Antwine” Oratory (2, 3, 4), Commencement Speaker (4). The original speed bug. Once upon a time he rode a mile in one and three-fourths (minutes) on his bicycle. (Yes, Mary, this is absolutely true, for he said so himself). His favorite amusements are doing arithmetic and driving his auto, lie may frequently he found at a certain little red school-house in his home town or out joy-riding in his machine, which is a rattling good car. He is thoroughly educated in the elementary principles of strong language, for he drives a Ford. The Ford is my auto: 1 shall not want (another).” Helen Gertrude Lincoln Essex Junction Curly,” “I'heobe Fair Committee (4). Author Class Song (4), Sandwich Sale Committee (4). Amid the hustle and bustle of the opening of our Junior year along came Helen, this citrlv-headed little hit of inconsistency and close at her heels followed the siege of the seven suitors, hut who wonders after having seen her little smile? Sensible, practical, witty and thoughtful we're mighty glad she wanted to be with ns. A town that boasts inhabitants like me Can have no lack of good society.” Page twenty-five John Janies McF.lroy Essex Junction “Johnny” Junior Response (.5), Class Football (4), Chairman A. A. Entertainment Committee (4). Editor-in-Chief, Clarion (4), Senior Reception Committee (3), Commencement Usher (3). Our respected ( ?) editor, who enjoys cutting grinds (about himself) and talking, lie took part in a debate once on the question of the third murderer in MacBeth. The verdict was unanimous—for the other side. His work in the football game last fall, while perhaps not effectual, was certainly spectacular. “I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute.” Ira Jav Nichols Essex Center “Jay,” “Nick,” “Buffalo” School Baseball (1,3), Class Baseball Manager (1). School Football (3), Class Football (3, 4), Secretary and Treasurer A. A. (4), Dramatics (3, 4). Laugh and the world laughs with you. Jay has a heart as big as any one in school, although other parts of him are not so big. I le is always ready for a good time and the only trouble with him is that he comes from that forlorn and forsaken burg called Essex Center. “One single positive weighs more, , You know, than negatives a score. I’aso twenty-six Essex Junction Muriel Dorothy Pike Stowe “Muriel Chairman Sandwich Sale Committee (4), Dramatics (4). Muriel came to us from the mountainous country of Stowe. We were very glad to have her come because we lacked girls (instead of boys, as classes previous). Muriel sometimes forgets herself and gets on the wrong train. 1 wonder why? (Is it because she wants to go to Norwich) ? “Better late than never. Harold Arthur Peck “Peck School Baseball (1). Class Football (2), Fair Committee (4), Class Historian (4). The original wild man of Borneo. lie is harmless, although his subterranean mutterings sometimes sound very ferocious to one who is not familiar with him. lie is very popular with his teachers for his quiet and studious behavior and in time will probably be an expert shot with chalk and erasers. 'Tis rumored that he recently bought a season ticket to Jericho via the B. L. in order to save bicycle tires and shoe leather. “Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind?” Burlington Ferieda Amelia Roberts “Biddy” Fair Committee (3, 4). Ferieda is always here but never has much to say (except sometimes in English class). She is one of those kinds that believe in burning the midnight oil in order to appear among the bright scholars of E. J. H. S. “Now Ferieda gives us dignity Of which we’re very glad. For we have not very much. Though we're not so very bad. Wesley Wood Smith, Jr. Colchester “Sunny” Class Baseball (1), School Football (3), Class Football (4), Baseball Captain (3), Dramatics (3), A. A. Entertainment Committee (4), Class Secretary and I reasurer (2, 3), Commencement Speaker (4). A pioneer coming from the sandy desert of Colchester, known by all as Sutinv. He always takes part in all athletics and when cooking days come around he is always there. His motto is, “Slow and steady wins the race. Behold the child bv nature’s kindlv law; Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.” Page twenty-eight . , ), Pair Loni- mittee (3, 4), Associate Editor The Clarion (4), Freshman Reception Committee (2, 3, 4), Senior Reception Committee (2), Dramatics (2), Senior Reception Usher (3), Class Poetess (4). Maude expects some day to be a teacher of domestic science and the present indications are that she will be successful. She has already presided over the lower grades and as a result the children are better athletes. As for cooking—why. she made a doughnut once that cracked the concrete floor when it popped out of the kettle. It was then, when evading said doughnut, that Maude first did the “goose step.” “Fair as the leaf upon the stream And fickle as a changeful dream.” $ast JWemliers of ’16 MARIAN DAGUE HAZEL DREW RICHARD HARVEY RUTH HOWE ISABELLE JOHNSTON MARJORIE JOHNSTON CEDRIC PIERCE THOMAS ROBERTS MILDRED RYAN HAZEL SHELDON CHARLES STEVENS EARLSTYGLES MARIANO SULIT MURRAY WHITE JACK WINN Juniors Harry H. Teachout, President. DaiSIe Hai’good, Secretary and Treasurer. Wo came to K. J. H. S. with the idea common to all Freshmen that we were going to show them how things should be run, hut we soon found out that we were mistaken. Soon after our entertainment we had a class meeting, after which Gladys Slater, as president, took command and piloted us through a year of great trials and tribulations. During the year we had class meetings once a month at the homes of some of the class. During our Sophomore year we came into prominence by contributing a manager of the baseball team and aside from this our year passed over uneventfully. During this year we have once more shown our spirit bv getting out school stationery. Now with our high school life nearly three-fourths finished, we are looking forward to the time when we will leave E. J. H. S. with the highest record in scholarship of any of the classes. Harry H. Teachout, President. Page thirty-two Class of ’17 TRACY CLARK ...............................................Williston ALAN DRURY ..........................................Essex Junction DOROTHY GROW .........................................Essex Junction DAISIE HAPGOOD ...........................................Jonesville FLORENCE McBRIDE ....................................Essex Junction MILDRED McBRIDE .....................................Essex Junction DORIS MILES ..............................................Huntington CLARA MORSE ...............................................Underhill ESTELLE MOULTON ...........................................Underhill WANDA PALMER...................................................Essex Junction HELEN PECK.....................................................Essex Junction CARLOTTA SLATER................................................Essex Junction GLADYS SLATER..................................................Essex Junction ANNA SMITH ...............................................Colchester ADELAIDE TEACHOUT..............................................Essex Junction HARRY TEACHOUT ......................................Essex Junction OLIN THORP ................................................Underhill EDWARD WHITCOMB................................................Essex Junction MARGUERITE WOLCOTT .......................................Colchester CLARK WRIGHT .............................................Colchester Page thirty-four j§ opfjomores Charles H. Govette, President. Marv Mobart, Vice-President. Victor I’arizo, Secretary. Julius Morse, Treasurer. When we entered K. J. H. S. we were as terrified as any class of Freshmen is on the first day of school. Soon after our entrance the upper classmen tried to put us in the fountain, but did not succeed. During this year we were initiated into the mysteries of algebra by Miss Tilley. We were so good that she arranged a couple of parties for us, at which all had a good time. This was the beginning of our social events of which our sleigh-ride of this year was a specimen. Although the sleighing was very bad all enjoyed a good time. During the football season this fall the school team had three members of the Sophomore class, and we won in the class game at the close of the season. The baseball nine found catcher Buxton and our star twirler, “Vic” on hand, and they did good work. We fared better in the upper class scraps than last year's Sophomores did. having put a few of the Freshmen into the “baptismal fountain at Lincoln Square, much to the dissatisfaction of the village fathers. The entering class this year was so large that it was necessary for us to occupy Room One. Also, this year, the Sophomores and Juniors defeated the Freshmen and Seniors by a great majority. Although we lost the inter-class basketball games we furnished a very fast man for the school team. A strong baseball nine is expected from the Sophomore class this spring. Now that we are nearly half way through our high school course we are looking forward to the time when we shall really be upper classmen and have the upper hand of running affairs. We certainly give promise of running things when our comedians and the athletic ability of Jorgenson and several others arc taken into consideration. We have the “Rosa Bonheur of America” in Mildred Baker, whose works of art adorn the parlor walls of Colchester and the fly leaves of the text books of the high school. Page thirty-six Charles 11. Govette, President. Class of ’IS MILDRED AMES .........................................Amherst, Mass. MILDRED BAKER ..............................................Colchester KENNETH BASSETT ........................................Essex Junction EVA BRADLEY ............................................Essex Junction RUBY CARPENTER .........................................Essex Junction RALPH CLERKIN ..........................................Essex Junction NANCY DAVIDSON .............................................Colchester EVA DOM INCUE .............................................West ford HARLEY DRURY ..........................................Essex Junction CONRAD FLYNN ....................................................Essex Junction EUGENE GOODRICH .................................................Essex CHARLES GOYETTE..................................................Essex Junction ARTHUR HARDY .................................................Westford MARY HASELTON.................................................Westford MARY HOBART ......................................... Essex Junction RAYMOND HUNTLEY..................................................Essex Junction ROY JORGENSON....................................................Essex Junction MARJORIE LOCK ................................... ....Essex Junction RONALD MARTIN .........................................Essex Junction THEODORE MARTIN .......................................Essex Junction ELSIE MATTHEWS ..............................................Williston JULIUS MORSE.................................................Underhill PEARL NICHOLS ...................................................Essex Center ELSIE PALMER.....................................................Essex Junction VICTOR PARIZO ...................................................Essex Center CLEMENT PERCIVAL ..............................................Jericho JOSEPHINE PETTINGILI......................................... Jericho RAYMOND PLACE....................................................Essex Junction JOHN WHITTON ................................................Williston Page thirty-eight Jfresijmen Sherman Hunt, President. Pjiii.ii Guild, Vice-President. Marjorie Carey, Treasurer. Katherine Carpenter. Secretary. The Freshman class is made up largely of scholars from the desert of Colchester. who left about all of their grit and sand when they started here. These Freshmen were not very fresh, as seemed the opinion of the superior classes, because they did not try to salt us. This class is just as important as the others. Why? We have a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. The treasurer has so much work that it is about time she should complain of a headache. The cash drawer has always been empty and I do not see the reason for it yet. There is such a band of us that we gathered boldness and drove the Sophomores into a room across the hall to reside for a year. We were all quiet and peaceful when a Senior came down and ordered us to write iokes about ourselves, lie probably thought that we had nothing else to do only to laugh at ourselves for a while instead of someone else. Merle Ladd. Page forty Class of ’19 I'-RMA ADAMS .................................................West ford KATHERINE ALDRICH ............................................Colchester IRENE AUSTIN ..................................................Williston DONALD BATES.......................................................Essex Center MARGARET BRUCE.................................................Williston MARY BRUCE.....................................................Williston MARJORIE CAREY................................................Colchester KATHERINE CARPENTER................................................Essex Junction JASON CLARK ...................................................Williston FLORENCE CLOE ................................................Colchester PERSIS CLOE ..................................................Colchester JAMES DESSO........................................................Essex Center RITA GALE ......................................................Westford GLADYS GILBERT . t.................................................Essex junction MARGARETTE GOYETTE .......................................Essex junction MABEL GRIFFETH ...............................................Burlington PHILIP GUILD.......................................................Essex Junction THERQN GUILD .............................................Essex Junction CLARENCE HALL......................................................Essex Junction LINDSEY HAYS.......................................................Essex Junction ROWENA HICKS .............................................Essex Center SHERMAN HUNT.......................................................Essex Junction HAROLD ISHAM ..................................................Williston VERNON JARO ...................................................Williston FRANCES JORGENSON ........................................Essex Junction MERLE LADD.........................................................Essex Junction GRACE LANDON .................................................Colchester GENEVA McBRIDE ...........................................Essex Junction BEATRICE McGUIRE ...............................................Winooski HELEN MUDGETT......................................................Essex Junction WALTER MUNSON ................................................Colchester LEON ROSS .....................................................Williston WINONA STONE..................................................Colchester ALLIENE TEACHOUT .........................................Essex Junction TRACY TEACHOUT.....................................................Essex Junction FAY TEMPLE.........................................................Essex Junction MARJORIE THOMPSON ............................................Colchester MARCUS WASHBURNE..............................................Colchester RUPERT WHEELOCK ..............................................Colchester MARJORIE WHITCOMB ........................................Essex Center FRANCES WHITE ................................................Colchester MILDRED WINSHIP....................................................Essex Junction WILLIAM WINSHIP....................................................Essex Junction LAWRENCE WRIGHT ..............................................Colchester RUTH WRIGHT ..................................................Colchester Page forty-two Agriculture During the year 1911 there was much talk throughout the state concerning the teaching of agriculture in the public schools. The State Superintendent and others who had made a study of the question, recommended that wherever it seemed feasible, courses in agriculture should be given in high schools. Some of the jteople in Essex Junction became interested, and the school board consented to allow such a course to be given the following year if enough pupils wanted it. It was advertised in the catalog in connection with the course in botany and in September, 1912, the class in agriculture was started with ten members. The first year a general course was given, emphasizing only the general principles of farming and endeavoring to n ake the boys understand that agriculture is a science, and a science requiring more thought and education than any other. The next year the general course was repeated, except that more time was spent on soils and crops than on animals. There were twelve in the class and during the winter and spring terms, the Senior class of the State Agricultural College came once a week and gave demonstrations in soil physics, grafting, budding and stock judging. In the autumn of 191.1 a two years’ course was started. The class which had the general course the year before was given a course in soils and crops and the Freshmen were given a course in general agriculture as before. This year there were seven pupils taking the advanced course and eleven the first year course. During most of the year the Agricultural College furnished two men each week to give demonstrations and lectures to both classes. This year (1915-16) there is a class in agriculture, composed of students who had the first year course last year. The present course consists of the study of farm crops, farm management, forestry, soils, and fertilizers, studied in the order named. This year there are eight in the class. Because there are so many farmers' sons in the school, all are eagerly looking forward to the time when it will be possible for the school to have a specially prepared instructor in agriculture and a fully equipped agricultural laboratory. Maroaret I. Tilley. Page forty-three 2?ome economics IIOM E ECON()M ICS STAN I )S F( )R I he ideal home life for today, unhampered by the tradition of the past. “ I he utilization of the resources of modern science to improve home life. The freedom of the home from the dominance of tilings and their due subordinatism to ideals. “ 1 he simplicity in material surroundings which will most free tne spirit for the more important and permanent interests of the home and of society.” In the study of economics there are two great divisions: Production and consumption. In former days the home was the entire economics world. The materials for consumption were produced by the family and all the family needs were met. I'odav the shop and factory have taken all productions and developed large industries, as the manufacturing of dress goods and home furnishings. With production passed from the home we still have the problem of consumption, and for this reason we must learn the economics of the home. Page forty-four Jpnior Domestic Science C'i.ass. Housekeeping is a profession as truly as any other occupation, and it is more than a mere trade. The professional housekeeper must have a knowledge of the composition and structure of all food materials to enable her in cooking them properly. She must also have a knowledge of textile manufacture to enable her to purchase clothing materials, household linens and furnishings, with a feeling to simplicity and durability. I he greater one's knowledge, the more one applies science, the quicker the stage of drudgery is passed and the home duties become a pleasure. Amy E. Wheeler. Senior Sewing Class. Page forty-five Commercial Department Soon after the opening of the fall session of the high school in 1913, it was decided to offer the students in the Junior and Senior classes a course in shorthand and typewriting. A class of fourteen members was formed and so much interest and enthusiasm shown in the work that it was continued in 1914 by all of the Juniors and an exceptionally large beginners’ class, composed of fourteen boys and eight girls. In this class some excellent typists were developed and at the end of the year nearly every member of the class had acquired an average speed of one hundred words per minute. The advanced class finished all of their required work and had time for doing extra work for the superintendent and principal. In the fall of 1915 there was about the same number in the shorthand classes. At the end of the fourteenth week of school the Junior class was able to take easy business letters at the rate of fifty or sixty words per minute and transcribe their notes quickly and accurately. In this class one period a week is devoted to commercial correspondence and note books are kept. I'’.very member of the Junior class in shorthand acquired an average of 90, i or above and were excused from the examination at the end of the fall term. In the Senior class this year we have reviewed the manual and have drilled on business letters, speeches, court reporting and newspaper and magazine articles. We have studied mortgages, insurance, indexing, filing, banking, mailing, and so forth, especially parcel post. Each member of the class was given actual experience in weighing mail, determining its class, rates of postage, and so forth. Exercises in commercial law, involving the rights of property owners, have been worked out and contracts, leases and deeds formed from given data. We have added to our office equipment this year a card index file for filing alphabetically, numerically or geographically, and also two large letter files for the use of the students. At the Chittenden Central District fair in October, 1915, many prizes were awarded to pupils in the commercial department for their excellent work. Some of the best work was sent to the state exhibit at Rutland and was commented upon bv a great many as being of a splendid quality. Mr. E. Newton Smith of the Malden Commercial School, Malden, Mass., after visiting one of the shorthand classes, expressed his appreciation of the Page forty-six work they were doing and emphasized the perfect organization of the classes and the harmony in which they worked. Next year it is ho| ed to offer the straight commercial course, giving training sufficient to take up positions as bookkeepers or stenographers or to continue their business training in college. This is a day of big business and big organizations. Big men today require good helpers. The number of big business men who began their business career as stenographers is surprising. Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the biggest bank in America, was stenographer and secretary to Lyman Gage, a business man who became U. S. Secretary of the Treasury. G. B. Cortelyou was a stenographer and received most of his school education in a business college. “Education is for use,” says Elbert Hubbard. “Stenography is simply a step on and up. You get close to the ] eople who are doing the big things. The key to an opportunity is to get under the burden—that is all. Stenography is an implement for climbing higher.” Gladys Madeline Manley. Business Thainino Class. Page forty-seven Dramatics The Senior play, “Mr. Bob,” was given in the parish house Friday evening, March 9, 1916, for the benefit of the Senior class. The play was a humorous comedy, with numerous amusing situations. The cast of characters was as follows: REBECCA LUKE, a maiden lady ......................MURIEL PIKE PHILIP ROYSON, her nephew .........................IRA NICHOLS ROBERT BROWN, clerk of Benson and Benson.............MAX DRURY JENKINS. Miss Rebecca’s butler ...................CLARK WRIGHT KATHERINE ROGERS, her niece ......................MARIAN DAVIS MARION BRYANT, Katherine’s friend ..............CARLOTTA SLATER PATTY, Miss Rebecca’s maid..................VDELAIDE TEACHOUT Page forty-eight Cljc Cimc of tyis lUfe” MR. BOB GREY ...............................RANDOLPH BURKE MRS. BOB GREY ..............................MAUDE TEACHOUT TOM CARTER. Mrs. Grey's brother ....................ROY HUNT MRS. PETER WYCOMBE, a “personage,”............FERIEDA ROBERTS MR. PETER W YCOMBE, a “pessimist” with a digestion . .JOHN McELROY DORTHY I.ANDON, secretly engaged to Tom...........CLARA MORSE MR. JAMES I.ANDON, Sr.. Dorothy’s father.......CHESTER KIRBY UNCLE TOM. an old colored butler.................GORDON ARKLEY OFFICER HOGAN, of the 22nd St. station .........ALLEN GILBERT Page forty-nine “ lrs. ©afelep’g Cclepfjonc” MRS. OAKLEY, a young bride ...........CARLOTTA SLATER CONSTANCE, her friend .................DOROTHY CROW EMMA, the German maid ...................DORIS MILES MARY, the cook ....................ADELAIDE TEACHOUT Page fifty •'Ss'ilag fWatner” SILAS MARNER ........................ DANA GOODRICH EPPIE ...................................ANNA SMITH GODFREY CASS TRACY CLARK NANCY ................ DUNSTAN CASS ......... WILLIAM DANE ......... SQUIRE CASS .......... AARON WINTHROP, the child . AARON WINTHROP, grown up DOLLY ................ MR. CRACKENTHORP ..... MRS. CRACKENTHORP..... MRS. KIMBLE........... DR. KIMBLE ........... . .CARLOTTA SLATER ....CLARK WRIGHT EDWARD WHITCOMB ......ALAN DRURY ....EDWIN DRURY ......ALAN DRURY ....DOROTHY GROW ......OLIN THORP .FLORENCE McBRIDE .....CLARA MORSE EDWARD WHITCOMB PRISCILLA .... MR. MACY...... THE MISS GUNNS MR. WINTHROP .. JUDGE ........ MRS. OSGOOD ... MRS. MACY..... FIDDLER ...... MAID ......... MINISTER ..... ...............GLADYS SLATER .................ALAN DRURY ....HELEN PECK AND DORIS MILES .............. CLARK WRIGHT .............HARRY TEACHOUT ........MARGUERITE WOLCOTT .............MILDRED McBRIDE ..............HENRY BALDWIN ..........ADELAIDE TEACHOUT .............HARRY TEACHOUT Athletics ht Gilbert I ’arizo Sliarj)ley (iregory Drury Burke Clark Hunt Smith Drury Ark ley Nichols The past baseball season was considered successful, taking it from every view-point. Although the team only split even on games won and lost, it can easily be said that it was the best team Essex Junction High School has ever had. Manager Clark having arranged a good schedule, it was up to Captain Smith and Coach Sharpley to turn out a team that would make a credible showing in playing them. They did this by consistent effort and when we went after Burlington Business College’s scalp in our first battle on May first, we took it at the rate of 9-7. The next week we journeyed to Jericho and in a continual rainfall on a field that looked better for aviation than baseball, we were defeated, 16-19. No one seemed able to play baseball and the offerings of Harvey and I ’arizo seemed to look good to Jericho batsmen. On the bright and sunny afternoon of May fifteenth Richmond planted their feet in Essex for a game and when they returned with the small end of a 5-2 score they knew they had found that game. Our next game, we lined up against Burlington Business College for a second time, and in a game that stood out as one of the season’s best we were defeated, 3-2. May 29 saw us expecting to face Shelburne High, but as only six of their famous band appeared at the field, three of Essex Junction’s star town team men were substituted, and under these odds we trimmed them 13-3. Swanton High came to Essex June 5 and won 6-5 in one of the hardest fought games of the year, which was not safe at any moment in the hands of either side throughout the game. June 8 we took our departure for Richmond and in a game where some of the fellows lacked punch at the critical moments, we lost, 5-1. On June 18 we closed our schedule by defeating the alumni in a game which required only six innings for a decision. Harvey and Parizo pitched well throughout, and with a steadier team behind them would easily have won more games. As only three men—Harvey, Pierce and Winn—did not return, it is expected that a winning team may easily develop this year. Page fifty-five Manager Clark was re-elected and is at the present time arranging a schedule with Bellows Free Academy, Johnson High, and others. Coach Sharp-ley has been selected as coach this year and Captain (iilbert has started practice. ct)ool lEcam ARKLEY, s. s. CLARK, 2h, Mgr. A. DRURY, c. M. DRURY. 1. f. GILBERT, c. f. GREGORY, lb. HARVEY, p. SHARPLEY BURKE .... HUNT, r. f. NICHOLS, lh. PARIZO, p. PIERCE, c. SMITH, 3b., Capt. WINN. 3b. .. Coach . Scorer £j ummarp At Essex Junction, May 1—Burlington Business College. 7; F. J. II. S.. 9. At Jericho, May 7—Jericho, 16; E. J. H. S., 9. At Essex Junction, May 15—Richmond, 2; E. J. H. S., 5. At Essex Junction, May 22—Burlington B. C., 3; E. J. 11. S., 2. At Essex Junction, June 5—Swanton II. S.. 6; E. J. H. S., 5. At Richmond, June 8—Richmond, 5: E. J. H. S„ 1. At Essex Junction, June 19—Alumni, 2; E. J. H. S., 7. At Essex Junction. June 29—Shelburne High, 3; F.. J. H. S.. 13. Page fifty-six Remits In the spring of 1915 the first real tennis tournament was organized. The fellows and girls responded well to the call for players, but unfortunately the girls and fellows played against each other (of course none of the girls won) and this barred the girls who were more interested in the tournaments than the fellows from playing any more. Then some of the fellows played on the baseball team, and as the baseball season was at its height when the last games were to be played, the interest dwindled. This resulted in not finishing the last games, which was no fault of the tennis committee. In seasons to come, however, there is no reason why a lot of interest should not be taken in this sport—which is certainly a fine one—and much should be accomplished in that direction, resulting in E. J. H. S. having a fine school tennis team. Page fifty-seven Jfust ’15 Jfootball tEeain Page fifty-eight _ ccotib ’15 .Ifootliall (Team Goyette Jorgenson Clark Goodrich Whitcomb Bassett Drury I’arizo Flynn Clerkin Whitton Page fifty-nine Football was a dead sport at E. J. H. S. this year. Clark, ’17. and Allen '16, were elected captain and manager respectively, but no outside games were played, as the fellows showed lack of interest in the game. On October 15, the only game of the season took place when the Seniors and Freshmen lined up against the Juniors and Sophomores. The back-field of the '17-’18 was too heavy for the weak line of the ’16-T9 team and it broke through repeatedly for large gains. The back-field of the ’16-'19 team also made some good gains, but were so greatly handicapped bv their weak line that these were too frequent for scores. The score at the end of the fourth period stood 24-0 in favor of the T7-T8 team, and the only game of the season was finished. It is not yet decided whether a team will represent E. J. H. S. on the gridiron this year or not. The fellows are very light, and unless new material should come into the school, it may not be taken up again. Paso sixty I asket-ball was a new project as a high school sport in Essex Junction this year. Gilbert, '16, and Hunt, 16, were captain and manager respectively. Many of the fellows had played more or less on different teams, hut no team had been organized before. On account of the fact that the men were very light, we were unable to play any of the larger schools of the state, therefore but few games were played. December 17, 1915, the team played Waterbury High at Waterbury. 1 he men had had very little practice and so the game went against them. 38-15. I lie results of not practicing having been shown at the Waterbury game, it was decided to play a series of class games. The Seniors and Freshmen were to join against the forces of the Juniors and Sophomores. 1 he first game of the series took place January 19, 1916, which the Seniors and Freshmen captured by a score of 38 to 23. February 3. 1916, the second game of the series took place and the Seniors and Freshmen again defeated their opponents by a score of 30 to 14. taking the series. The big game of the season took place February 11. 1916. Essex met W aterbury on the local court, determined to play to a finish and atone for the defeat at Waterbury. The game at times resembled many things different from a basket-ball game. The score at the end of the first period stood 14-9 in favor of Waterburv, but in the last half F.ssex Junction came from behind and won. 24-21. Pajre sixty-two sktjool Cram ’17-’1S Ceant Clark, '17 Jorgenson, '18 Whitcomb, ’17 Bassett, '18 Goyette, '18 Clerkin, '18 A. Drury, ’17 Clark, '17 Hunt, ’16, Manager Gilbert, ’16, Captain Jorgenson, '18 Nichols, '16 ’1 3-’19 leant Ross, '19 Gilbert, '16 Hunt, '16 Nichols, ’16 Gregory, '16 Arkley, '16 foetal Me The social events of this year began Friday evening, September 17, 1915, when the Freshman reception was held in Assembly Hall. This year the Freshman reception was a remarkable success. During the early part of the evening a musical program was carried out, after which the Junior girls gave some tableaux, representing books. The people guessed what books these tableaux represented, and in this way considerable excitement was worked up. Among the books represented were “Pollyanna,” “The White Sister,” “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” “Lavender and Old Lace,” “Under Two Flags,” “The Doctor” and “Sweet Girl Graduate.” This was the first time that anything of this sort was ever attempted at our entertainments and was a great success. Much credit was due the Junior girls for this most pleasing part of the evening’s entertainment. After this, dancing was enjoyed in Assembly Hall and for those who did not wish to dance, games were played in Room One. This year the Freshmen were tagged during the evening, which caused much fun and resulted in the enlightenment of some of the lower classmen. The second annual high school fair was held Wednesday evening, November 24. A farce—“Mrs. Oakley’s Telephone”—was presented by four young ladies of the Junior class. A candy table and a fancy work table were in Room One and did well. In the main corridor a food sale was held, while down in the domestic science laboratory ice cream was sold. A fish pond which caught the fancy of the younger people, and some of the older ones. too. was under the direction of Burke and Hunt, veteran fish pond men. This year the fish pond was a huge success. Later in the evening dancing was enjoyed in Assembly Hall. The evening closed with an auction at which the left-over fancy work was sold. The fair was one of the greatest successes, both socially and financially, of anything the school has ever run. In the evening of January 15. a box social for the benefit of the Athletic Association was held ( ?). Not much can lie said of this, owing to the prevailing illness and the prejudice against box socials, and while it was a failure, much credit is due to the few who did attend. After the High School Play a very successful dance was held in Foresters Hall. While this dance was in no way connected with the school, yet it was Page sixty-four managed l y some of the fellows, and most of those who attended were from the school. The young ladies of the Senior class later held a luncheon in the domestic science laboratory. Miss Teachout acted as hostess and the girls report a verv pleasant time. Aside from the possibility of a dance following the Clarion play, The lime of His Life, which will lie given soon, the social events are over until commencement week, when there will be the usual reception and dance, supplemented. perhaps, by class and alumni banquets. Page sixty-five Alumni Harris H. Metcalf, President. Maude French Terrill, Vice-President. Edward V. Mudgett, Secretary. Harris K. Drury, Treasurer. 'I'lie roll of our worthy alumni is indeed a large one and extends over a period of eighty years. There have been many famous men and women graduate from the school equipped with the knowledge which E. J. H. S. gave them and they have done much to extend the interest in and influence of their alma mater. To give each alumnus and alumna due credit would lie an arduous and tedious task. Men of all vocations are among the many graduates and since data regarding them are lacking, the readers will be left to think for themselves of the noted alumni and what they have done. The alumni association was organized in 1915 on a Ann basis. A banquet was held at the Lincoln Inn, where a constitution was adopted, officers elected and the usual business transacted. I’age sixty-six Catalogue of Alumni 1900 Irma Beach (Drew) Hattie Johnson (Kennedy) 1901 Ben Baker Florence Reynolds Delia Willey 1902 Hazel Arkley Clara Atherton Cora Hastings Sada Slater (Pollard) Burlington, Yt. Champlain, N. Y. White River Junction, Essex Junction, Vt. Kssex Junction, Vt. Underhill, Vt. 1903 Alice Atherton (Parsons) Jessie Bates Lynn Grow Archie Parsons Horatio Read Claire Reynolds Pearl Teachout (Stackpole) Lizzie Valyou ( Marcoux) (ieorge Wheatley- 1904 Rena Baker L. Paul Chapman Henry Ingersoll 1905 Cicero Clifford Mattie Cox (.Header) Charles Hopkins Fred Ingersoll Sara Johnson (Donahue Rena Tuttle Annie Wheatley (Sharpley) Oak Hill, 111. West Rutland, Vt. Richmond, Vt. Plattslnirg, X. V. Colchester, Vt. Bethel. Vt. Bristol, Yt. Portland, Me. Essex Junction, Yt. 1906 Ruth Barton ( Miller) Lester Brownell Robert Bowman Matthew Hunter Frank Ingersoll 1907 Mary Bates (Hunter) William Brownell John Hunter Alice Stanley 1908 William Johnson, Jr. Helen Post Anna Slater (Earle) 1909 Flora Atherton Maude French (Terrill) Goldia Remington (Vide) 1910 Mary Clark Eu la Douglas Ellen White Alice Bates 1911 Louisa Douglas John Forbes Max Fuller Ethel Hulburd Bernice Parker 1912 Dorothy Frost Rudolph Hunt Ethel Johnson (Prindle) Louise Parizo Marjorie Post Page sixty-eight Essex Junction, Vt. Portsmouth, N. H. Foxboro, Mass. Essex Junction, Vt. Portland, Me. Burlington, Vt. St. Albans, Vt. Burlington, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. St. Albans, Vt. Waltham, Mass. Burlington, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. Burlington, Vt. Athol. Mass. Canaan, Vt. Williston, Vt. Waterbury, W. Va, Randolph, Vt. Stowe, Vt. Middlebury, Vt. Detroit, Mich. Essex Junction, Vt Winooski, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. 1913 Dorothy Bates Florence Buxton Helen Fitzsimnionds Kmeroy Gates Ruth Gates Barbara Hunt Ella Johnson Lawrence Martin Harris Metcalf Edward Mudgett Idris Roberts 1914 Ruth Andrews Henry Baldwin I larris Drury Frances Hays Gertrude Hays Madeline Mudgett Mildred Teachout Trafford Teachout 1915 Annis Barney Mildred (iilbert Marjorie Johnson Mary Metcalf 1 lelen Parker Bessie Percival Gerald Pierce Gladys Post Rita Roberts Elizabeth Smith Lillian Wolcott ♦Deceased Jericho, Vt. Underhill, Vt. Brooklyn, N. Y. F.ssex Junction, Vt. F.ssex Junction, Vt. Williston, Vt. Troy, N. Y. Williston. Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. Burlington, Vt. Castleton, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. F.ssex Junction, Vt. F.ssex Junction, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. F.ssex Junction, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. Essex Junction, N't. Essex Junction, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. F.ssex Junction, Vt. Jericho, Vt. Lyndon Center, Vt. Essex Junction, Vt. Burlington, Vt. Colchester, Vt. Colchester, Vt. Page sixty-nine Subjects for €s$aps McElroy—How to edit a year book, with chapters on “My Responsibilities” and “How to Keep Order when Rattled.” Burke—Class spirit—a minus quantity. Barney—How to give teachers information. Arkley—Why is a business manager? (iilbert—Reasons why basket-ball practice should not be skipped. Whitcomb—How to look pleasant when posing for a picture. Kirby—Hints to joy-riders; the efficiency of prayer in regard to a Ford. Peck—Descriptive sketch: the railroad station at Jericho. Smith—Comments on our last year’s football defeat; how did they do it? '17 Football Team—Reply to the above; when is the second first? Drury—How to square the circle without constructing a perpendicular parallel to the horizontal. Allen— hy a number 5 shoe is too small for any man to wear with comfort. Bissell—Seventeen distinct reasons why the Essex Record should be in every home. Nichols—1 he art of collecting A. A. dues without weapons of any kind. Burnett—The episode of Room Five, or, the open door. Marion Davis—How to successfully evade editorial meetings. Ferieda Roberts—Study, as related to the class of 1916. Maude Teachout—The trials and tribulations of an assistant editor (with sterc-opticon illustrations). Muriel Pike—Why I joined the class of '16 (?). Miss Ballou— I he ideal photograph, or points on posing for a picture. The Editors—How we cleared expenses, with blue prints and twenty-three statistical sheets. Pago seventy-two Jfamous (Quotations Mickey—Points A and It will fall on |x ints A' and B' respectfully. Miss Carter—If you can’t keep quiet in here you may leave class. Percival’s song—Isn’t it nice to he sweethearts? Burke—Why wear rubbers which won’t stay on? Rowena I licks—Well, I did, I almost hurt it awful. herieda Roberts—Why, I thought Brazilian products came from Africa! Miss Ballou—1 don’t think any of you will overwork yourselves. The Prof.—Now, we will have it quiet in the back part of the room, if you plea se. Johnny—I am the Editor-in-chief, and 1 refuse to let that picture be in the book! Discob erics A Webster’s dictionary, cast aside as practically useless by Burke, whose vocabulary is fast appropriating the entire contents of the Century Dictionary. A thought, supposed to have belonged to (Iregory (rare). A worn-out baseball glove, characteristic of Hunt. A reputation for order found in Room Three. (Not left there by its last occupants). A goat, in the possession of ’16, undoubtedly belonging to someone ( ?) in school. A resignation, handsomely written in pointed and flowery language, thought to have been inscribed by our noble editor, to be used only in case of emergency. A dent in the hardwood floor of Room One, supposed to have been made by Peck's heel in leaving arithmetic class. Pago seventy-three PRESENT! The bell had rung; an air of peace About the drowsy class-room stole. And eyes were closed and whispers ceased As Carter slowly called the roll. But suddenly there came a shout That made the sleepers start for fear! With trembling limbs we looked about— ’Twas only Burke, who’d answered, “HERE!” Antoine, our noted professor, Has made a discovery new— He has found a new fly, with six whiskers on its eye. But 1 don’t care much, do you? I had von leedle pony—i Hees name vos “Handy Lit.” I lent him to Bill Burnett To get hees Latin mit. He trotted him, he galloped him. He rode him all the night; I would not lend my pony now To save Bill Burnett's life. Mildred is a sophomore; The freshest one we know; Her lungs are forty horse-power, She's always on the blow. But Mildred has one ho] e on earth In which she may rejoice— When the devil comes to take her He’ll be scared off by her voice. VVe love you. Peck, we love you well. We love the yarns you love to tell, We love to hear your hems and coughs; To hear you criticize the teachers. We love to hear your vocal clack; We’d love to hang upon your back Where folks could read it as you pass. This notice: Page seventy-four PLEASE TURN DOWN THE GAS QLt)e S2lail of “Cfje Clarion” J oarb With faces haggard and worn And eyelids heavy and red, The editors sit by their student lamps With towels around their heads. Write—write—write! They scribble as fast as they can And they moan beneath the shaded light The wail of the Clarion board. Work—work—work ! When they rise in the early morn, And work- -work—work ! As they sit there so late forlorn! Scratching with all their might— Digging away like sin— For the board has a meeting tomorrow night And their quotas must be in ! Work—work—work ! While the wheels buzz ’round in their heads. Work—work—work ! With brains that are as heavy as lead. Grind and jingle and roast; Roast and jingle and grind; And smile with a joy that is most intense At the pages they leave behind. Every line will gain them a foe; Every roast will lose them a friend: But the pages of copy that must be writ Arc seemingly without end. Oh, pupils, with brows in anger bent And thunderclouds on your faces— It wasn’t written with malice intent. But simply to fill up spaces! So with faces haggard and worn And eyelids heavy and red. The editors sit by their student lamps With towels around their heads. Write—write—write! Scribbling as fast as they can. As they moan beneath their shaded light. Sitting alone in the depths of night The wail of the Clarion hoard. Pa£p seventy-six innocents; ln oab One day last year while the “greatest show on earth” was in Burlington the li. J. H. S. solid geometry class visited the circus grounds. While watching some laborers adjusting a safety net one of the party seemed struck with an idea. “1 say. my friend, he said to the foreman of the gang, do you know where to put that net ?” “Sure,” replied the foreman. “Do you know.” continued the wise one. that if the trapeze artist should fall while gyrating on the swing that the attraction of gravity would not immediately take effect upon his anatomy?” The foreman picked up a sledge hammer. “Don’t you see,” resumed his tormentor, that the path described must be a parabola whose plane would intersect the horizontal projecting plane of the earth in a right line, the intersection of which with the parabolic curve should determine the position of the net?” The foreman lifted the hammer, hut his informant turned away and left him, soliloquizing upon the density of the minds of circus employees. “Yes,” he said to one of his companions, “the clown does describe an epicycloidal curve when he turns a handspring. I am convinced that the scythe on the Roman chariot wheel cuts an epitrochoidal curve in the atmosphere.” At that moment the ringmaster, learning of the young man’s wisdom, entered and enquired as to what he considered the best kind of wood of which to make tent poles. Logarithms,” was the answer. I he ringmaster stared, but continued the conversation by' asking where they should be set. “At the foci of the elliptical tent, replied the walking dictionary. The ringmaster scratched his ear and changed the subject. “I say, said he. “what do you think of the pretty snake charmer over there?” “Beyond the point of sight,” replied the other. “It is wonderful to seethe multitude of transcendental curves momentarily superimposed upon her body, each doubtless having for its ordinate some trigonometrical function of the abscissa. O thou fairest of the fair, intrenched in the parallelopipedons of thine abode, mv love for thee is higher than the intersection of the celestial meridian with the prime vertical, wider than any goniometrical function of the angle, even as broad as the distance to the tangent point of an asymptote to a conic section.” “I sav, said he to a burly property man who was gazing at him with opened mouth, “I say, do you know the distance around the ring is pi twice in the radiator?” The ignorant man promptly knocked him down with a tent stake and when he came to he found himself in an insane asylum. In two nights he worked his way out by differential calculus and returned to the peaceful village from whence he came, a sadder hut not a wiser man. Page seventy-eight gcfenotolebgments The board of editors of The Clarion wishes to thank the people of Essex Junction and vicinity for the interest and appreciation shown in our work. We greatly appreciate the services of Mr. F. E. W ager and Mr. L. L. McAllister of Burlington, who assisted in preparing the photographs for the book ; Miss Mildred Baker of the Sophomore class, who made the drawings; Mr. J. E. Woodruff of the Free Press, who has, by his suggestions, rendered us valuable assistance; Mr. E. J. Berry, who has helped us with a personal interest in the book; our several advertisers, and numerous others who have combined to make the first volume of The Clarion a reality. JX j§ . aitb i). M. ho arc they that have penned these lines And who have written all the grinds Which you have cursed a thousand times? The editors. W ho are the ones you'd like to fight: W ho are they that you know you’d like lo take a base-hall hat and strike? The editors. W ho are they that would like to shout And dance and yell and jump about, Now that the Clarion is out? The editors. W ho are they that have so much worry That the whole bunch are just now very Eager to leave for Waterbury? The editors. 1 f in this book mistakes you find, horget it, and recall to mind That we haven't had an easy time. The editors. And if you're sore, as perhaps you’ll be hen in the grinds your name you see Be sure to sue that class and free The editors. Now we will close this little verse By asking you to judge us first And then say this: It might be worse.” The editors. Page eighty glbberttgementg ADVERTISERS Tufts College Medical and Dental Schools Norwich University Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company Frank E. Wager Wood's Sporting Goods Store Lincoln Inn Bastian Brothers Company Dr. Averill Albany Law School The Sheldon Press Eastman Business College L. L. McAllister McAuliffe Paper Company Gove the Florist Sherwin Electric Company Essex Trust Company Quayle C. K. Drury Hendee and Davis C. A. Burnham Essex Publishing Company John Bassett Electric City Engraving Company Free Press Printing Company A. B. Rugg Mrs. A. T. Arkley Dr. H. A. Donahue D. B. Stone R. H. Stevens 1. A. Gilbert W. B. Johnson and Son Junction Pharmacy Goddette Brothers Colonial Theatre W. H. Yandow Frank H. Tyler Dr. F. J. Arnold R. O. Mudgett Co. Hotel Sinclair Clarion 1 ufts College Medical School Offers a four years’ graded course including all branches of Scientific and Practical Medicine. The laboratories are extensively and fully equipped. Clinical instruction is given in the various hospitals of Boston which afford facilities only to be found in a large city. Tufts College Dental School Offers a three years’ graded course covering all branches of Dentistry. Laboratory and Scientific courses are given in connection with the Medical School. Graduates of approved High Schools who satisfy the entrance requirement are qualified to enter the Dental or the Pre-Medical School. For detailed information regarding admission requirements to either school, or for a catalogue, apply to FRANK E. HASKINS, M. D., Secretary Tufts College Medical and Dental Schools, 416 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass. PREPAREDNESS l)KVOTK lOIII SIUUF.lt AtWTION TO PATRIOTM C'Al'SK A Summer School of Citizenship will be conducted at Norwich University. North-held. VL. beginning July 1st and extending to August 12th Those desiring: to take the course may enter on July 1st. July 13th or July 27th. The course will consist of intensive instruction in military tactics, horsemanship, rifle and pistol shooting, bayonet exercises, military field engineering, etc., and a course of lectures on international law. military history of the United States, constitutional law and political economy. Any reputable male citizen of the United States who has the equivalent of a higrh school education may attend. There will be a junior course in citizenship for undergraduates of high schools and preparatory schools during the same period. This junior course will cover practically the same instruction in practical military work, varying only from the regular course in its theoretical work. The charge in both the citizenship course and for the junior camp will be $S a week, which will include board and room, or quarters in tents or barracks, the use of horses, equipment, etc. The only additional charge will be that of transportation and cost of uniform. Uniforms may be procured after arrival at a cost of from $f .00 to $8.00. Norwich University is located in the heart of the Green Mountains. In one of the most delightful summer resort spots in the United States, it is on the main line of the Central Vermont Railroad and is easily accessible from all neighboring states. For application blanks and for further information write Col. 1. T.. Reeves. 1st Infantry. V. N. G.. (Capt. U. S. A.). President of Norwich University. ORGANIZED A. 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Students who have pursued one or two years in a law office may enter the second year class as a candidate for a diploma, but not a degree. The high standard of the school and the facilities which _the city affords with its legislature, courts and library offer unequalled opportunities for a thorough and practical training. J. NEWTON FIERO, Dean JOHN C. WATSON, Secretary 2Br. Sherill Commercial printing We cast new type for every job of printing, ©entist commercial and book-work, on our new Monotype Casting Machine. Burlington, We make a specialty of fancy programs and ermont dance orders. Burlington £lje j§ fjelbon 3ress Phone 363 Savings Bank Near Majestic Theatre Building 15 Center tfetrcct JBurlington. Vermont “The Best School of Its Kind” Timothy L. Woodruff. Lieulenanl-Gooernor It pays to attend the best school EASTMAN men and women — fifty thousand of them—hold responsible and well-paid positions in the business world. Ambition plus Eastman training will make YOU eligible. EASTMAN graduates are in demand. With Eastman training you can qualify in a few months for rapid advancement to an executive position. Persons desirous of becoming successful accountants, bookkeepers, correspondents, secretaries, advertisement writers, stenographers or teachers of commercial branches will find at Eastman a most attractive opportunity for study and practice. Under the Eastman system of instruction, students operate practice banks, retail and wholesale business, real estate, insurance, brokerage and railway offices. Higher Accounting, Banking, Civil Service, Stenography, Stenotypy, Typewriting, Business English, Advertising, Salesmanship and Penmanship courses with experienced, efficient and faithful teachers. Healthful and attractive location in the Hudson valley. All Y. M. C. A. privileges open to Eastman students. Moderate expenses. Students enter any weekday. Write for handsome 96-page prospectus. Address, CLEMENT C. GAINES, M. A., LL. I)., Box CC, POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y. PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS 1. JHcailister PHOTO ARTIST 183 College Street. Burlington. Vermont Shone 1013-JR Summer Studio: Queen city park PORTRAITS FLASHLIGHT PHOTOS VIEWS AND GROUPS iflc ulttfe Jlaper Co. WHOLESALE and RETAIL SCHOOL OFFICE amd STAPLE STATIONERY BOOKS Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags, Twine. Toilet Paper, Etc. 193 College J treet Burlington. Vermont 184 fflnin fctrret Burlington Vermont j§ l)erUmt (Electric Co. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING FIXTURES, SUPPLIES and SUNDRIES AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES AJAX TIRES SUNDRIES and SUPPLIES SHERWIN- WILLIAMS PAINTSw VARNISHES The World’s Standard for SO Years Bicycles and Supplies 92 Clturcf) s treet Burlington. Vermont qif you haven’t a bank account GET ONE! tj There are lots of good banks in Vermont, but maybe ours is a little more convenient. Cssex {Crust Company £ itx function. Vermont mm w y omm g Hi Wc 4kSmdl Si ALB AMY g US Clhapd Si CM€A� g S4 m )smpl@§ @2 SftiifciSKgiry (fa ir ggitetl (Hog @un ®aurftlii MEAD THE AD Tto®y Air® W®tr(Ula Hft but a printing office where satisfactory work is done. Let us add your name to our long list of satisfied customers. C. 3SL PKIJEY Tlh© Ess®z (JJoniDcftD®® IPrimteir OVER FIFTY YEARS Burlington’s Leading Shoe Store You will find here all the lateft Styles in Exclusive and Faultless Footwear Hendee Davis 84 CHURCH STREET, BURLINGTON, VERMONT FOR LOCAL NEWS READ The Essex Record Special department devoted to HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Issued every Thursday by the ESSEX PUBLISHING COMPANY ESSEX JUNCTION VERMONT Bassett’s Cafe anJ Bakery MEALS AT ALL HOURS Breakfast 30c Dinner 35c Supper 30c ICE CREAM—Wholesale and Retail Delivered, 40c a quart, $1.00 per gallon Come and try our Sundaes, Bisques, Banana Splits, etc. Essex Junction. Vermont Opposite Railroad Station The Burnham Studio •I The name “E. J. H. S. Clarion” looks good, and when any Students in your school are in need of photos we will do our level be£ to make them look good. 73 Church Street Burlington, Vermont ENGRAVINGS FOR THIS BOOK BY lectric (Uitu irn ntlnn (Ccl Buffalo Your School Annual will be printed and bound to your satisfaction if placed with the Free Press Printing Co. Burlington, Vt. 7 eachers and Students R. H. STEVENS When in Essex Junction make it a point to procure your furnishings, dry goods and shoes at Is always at your service with a complete line of Ruhr’s Economy Store Ladies’, Gents’ and There you will find a complete stock of the above Children’s Furnishings mentioned lines, in the newest and best styles. Selections as good and prices lower than in the Dry Goods, Hoots and Shoes city store. We solicit your patronage. A. B. RUGG .No larger line outside of any city to choose from. Essex Junction Vermont Phone 210 2 Essex Junction, Vt. Mrs. A lexander T.A rl ley MUSIC ROOMS Main Street I. A. GILBERT Essex Junction Vermont Choice Bleats and Miocenes DR. H. A. DONAHUE Dcntisft Douglas Block Essex Junction Vermont Automobile Service D. B. STONE d tjoc Impairing By Modern Machinery Essex Junction Vermont Tel. 214-3 W. B. JOHNSON SON Scholars come and scholars go, but the Rexall store goes on forever. DEALERS IN Let us fill your prescription and drug wants at Coal, Flour, Feed Cfjc Junction IDfjarniacp AND Goddette Brothers Seed Grains of All Kinds Dealers in General Merchandise Essex Junction, Vt. Paint and Hardware AUTOMOBILE LIVERY Phone 120 Essex Center VISIT THE Colonial Theatre ESSEX JUNCTION VERMONT and enjoy PHOTOPLAYS OP QUALITY Books, Stationery, Mileages, Sporting Goods, Confectionery and Ice Cream..................... This is our 25th year at your service. Your continued patronage is a guarantee of good faith in us which we hope to merit. We are headquarters for school supplies and subscriptions to magazines and periodicals upon which we give lowest ciub prices. W. H. YANDOW Essex Junction, Vermont R, 0. Mudgett Company Dealers in SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE Heating, Plumbing Stoves and Tinware Farm Implements and Repairs Stove Repairs of All Kinds Essex Junction Vermont FRANK H. TYLER Automobile Lioery and Lioery and Feed Stable Dr. jf. J, grnolb IS2 $)earl Street Burlington, Vermont _______________________ Special rates for school and fraternity banquets, luncheons, etc. Electric lights, steam heat, modern conveniences. E. S. Sinclair, Prop. Main Street Order Your Copy Now If you haven't already ordered your copy of The Clarion, do so at once. Only a limited number of books has been printed and it is a case of first come, first served with us. You cannot help being interested in The Clarion—it is a book that will appeal to every one who ever went to school or flunked an exam. Although originally intended for high school students in general the book has eventually been made to attract the attention of everyone at all interested in the school or its purpose. The numerous pictures have been a large item of expense, but we believe that they will be appreciated by the public and that we will be amply repaid for the cost of that department. To our knowledge, this is the first book to contain pictures of Essex Junction to any extent. We have made it a point to devote several pages to this part of the book. It is certainly the first volume of its kind to be published by the E. J. H. S. and we hope that the good work will be continued next year. The question of continuing the book, however, rests largely with the reception that is given to this year's Clarion. If it is received favorably (and we can see no reason why it should not be) it is very probable that Volume II will appear next year. We have endeavored to set a price within the reach of all, practically selling the copies at cost price. In any case, we have done our part of the work, be it good or bad, and it is now for the people of Essex Junction—not this place alone, but the people of the surrounding country also-to show their interest in the work by purchasing their copies at an early date. “If you like this book, tell your friends; If not, tell us. The Board of Editors of The E. J. H. S. Clarion.