Green Mountain College - Peaks Yearbook (Poultney, VT)

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PERSONALS Poultney, Vt., May 20, 1950. GENPIY'A, Swl'rzi:RLAND.-Miss Bertha YVhite was the recipient of a beautiful cup for winning first place in the skiing contest held today. She attributes her success to the training given her by instructor Fred Peters while at G. M. College in Vermont. NEW Yonx CI'I'Y.LBIT. Rodney Scoville and his illustrious wife were seen last night sitting in the front row of Madison Square Garden viewing the performance of Sonje Henie. CAMBRIDGE, N. Y.-Mr. Roland Gifford of this town has just been appointed circulation manager of the New York Times. He received this position because of his record distribution of this paper while in college. PODUNK, N. Y.-The great new bridge spanning the Podunk River sank into the water last night. The engineer, Mr. Robert Frost attributes the mistake in calculation to flustering by his secretary, Miss Eleanor Cromwell, who incidentally is more than a secretary. PODUNK, N. Y.-The tragedy of the falling bridge will undoubtedly ruin the political career of Mr. Earl Dunckel, mayor of this town, as he appointed this engineer. Bos'roN, Mass.---Miss Anne Swensen made her stage premier as a dancer last night on the stage of the Shubert Theater. The most notable dance was the Swan Sweepn in the Gloon1light. N. Y. C.-The Happy Home for YVanderlings experienced a treat today when their benefactor, Miss Ruth Moerchen, took the children for an outing in Central Park. POULTNEY, VT.-Green Mountain Junior College has just experienced its seventh annual strike because of alleged persecution of some of the boys by Professor Hill, the house father of Moses Hall. They are said to have acted in a kindergartenish fashion. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y.-Mr. Anthony Kaiser is having slight trouble defending himself in a lawsuit for selling a size -1-2 suit to the 38 size John McCuen of Syracuse. PORTLAND, ME.-The former Miss Ann Bartlett has just returned from a six month trek in Europe with her name changed to Baroness Von Hoffnitz. PoUL'rNr:Y, VT.-Mr. Howard Bartholomew, '37, alumnus of Gu M. C. refereed a basketball game at this school Tuesday night. His son, Junior, played in the game and his daughter was cheerleading for the Gold and Green. Mr. Bartholomew is the coach at Middlebury College. N0'1'ICE.1lhI0IlSiCll1' Lui Luigi is changing the residence of his Salon from Schenectady to Buffalo where he will start business on a palatial scale under the name of Salon De la Durkee. His specialty is personality bobs for men, a new field in barbering. Booths for ladies. RU'1'LAND, VT.--In spite of the secrecy with which the two leading dentists of Rutland, Doctors Abel and Kellaway tried to have their long and painful sit down session in the latter's office, the truth outed. Evidently they exchanged services as they both emerged toothless. N. Y. C.-Xvho is this lone figure who appears every day at 6 A.M. on top of the Empire State Building-moistened finger to the breeze? Preston Torrey, weather expert. ALBANY, N. Y.-At last the problem of perpetual motion has been solved. hir. Russell Williams, already an eminent engineer who has been laboring in his experi-

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OUR PAST Wle, the prospective class of 1937 arrived in the fall of 1935. VVC, afraid, were respectfully humble to the lorded Sophomores, but they, not satisfied, exercised their inherent power by subjecting us to a Hell VVeek. This, although not actually torturous, continually humiliated us. lVe were forced to appear in freakish costumes, to cat onions to the weeping point, to recite inane verses, and to obey willingly all their commands. Soon we emerged to find that we were to function as an important part of the student body. Election of class officers took place. Those honored were: President, Gordon Kingsley, vice-president, Bertrand Andrews, secretary, Ruth Murray, and treasurer, Roland Gifford. The Class Advisor was Miss Ellithrop. Several athletes became history makers, and some scholars were elected to Phi Theta Kappa. The Freshmen elected to the Men's Student Council were Roland Gifford and Richard Lawrence. Those clccted to the VVomen's Council were Elaine Beach and Betty Carr. The Social Committee sponsored two events-a rather unsuccessful informal dance in February and a vcry enjoyable promenade which took place soon after the spring recess. The decorations were green and white, the orchestra, Cleve Fyles of Rochester, Vt. . Higrliliglits during the year were a winter snow carnival, Communism Day, several formal dinners and dances, many informal and basketball dances, and a May 'Day celebration. Most of the class left school immediately after comprehensives but some stayed for the President's Ball and the Graduation ceremonies. Upon arriving in the fall of '36, we found our prestige heightened, our ranks slightly depleted, and ourselves well out-numbered by throngs of Freshmen. However, we held our own in the initiation, better known as Hell Yveek. Yet the Frosh won the Hag rush and the tug-of-war. Once again class ofiiccrs were elected and Jack VValdron was elected president, Russell iVilliams, vice-president, Ruth Murray, secretary, and Edward Sennctt, treasurer. Miss Ellithorp was again chosen Class Advisor. Sophomores elected to the Men's Council were Richard Lawrence, .lack Vlaldron, and Bertrand Andrews. Bertha lVhite, Alison Belding, and Esther Isham were elected to the YVomen's Council. In the fall an informal dance was held for the class and in the spring, April 9, the Sophomore formal-the most elaborate and enjoyable dance yet sponsored at Green Mountain-climaxed the class activities. Square-dancing and Boy-Ask-Girl dances were popular in early spring while the year book, term papers and play rehearsals constituted a menance to good times. Anticipating May Day, comprehensive examinations, two or three informal dances and one formal, the Baccalaureate program, Sunday, June 6, and Commencement, June 7, at which Bishop Francis J. McConnell is scheduled to speak, we bring our past down to date, confident that some of our readers will remember that there was a class of 1936-37. Class Scribe-M. A. B.

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mental laboratory for five years has worked out a theory, infallible so far, that will revolutionize industry. PoL'L'rNi-:Y, VT.-Mrs. Russell lVilliams, the former Marion Spaulding of Poultney, has left her town where she will join her husband in Albany now that he has emerged from his laboratory a fam.ed man. TROY, N. Y.-A new English text is on the bookstands. A concise new treatment of grammar. Its name is A Background in English by Grace Campbell, a professor of English at Mt. Holyoke College. RUTLANU, VT.-Miss Marcia Billings who is a missionary in Tokyo is on fur- lough at her home in Vermont. ALBANY, N. Y.-Lainie and Gordic, the twins of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kingsley, have left to pursue their further education at Green Mountain Junior College. Gordie is to take the physical education course, while Lainie, following in the foot- steps of her musical mother, is to major in pianoforte. CHICAGO, ILL.-Mr. Richard Lawrence, noted leader in the revolutionary move- ment in educational theory, delivered a booming and fiery oration. last night over the NBC. His context was pursuasive but his manner more so. BIONTPELIER, V'i'.-Justice Edward Sennett, has just received the high honor of being appointed a judge to the World Court at the Hague. His past record is notable and seems to merit him this appointment. Miss Jeanette Hanes, Secretary to the Senate, will accompany him. SITIENECTADY, N. Y.-Mr. VVendell Nelson, a prominent banker of Northern New York State has just returned from a week-end at his Alma Mater, Green Mountain Junior College. This trip was made most particularly for tl1e purpose of giving a speech in Miss Rowland's class in economies. Coiusrocx, N. Y.-Miss Ruth Murray's career as a Latin teacher at Vander- height Seminary was ended by her marriage to John Marsh. They will honeymoon in California. NEW HAW'EN, CONN.i'Ill1C tennis singles for English and American young women was easily won by Miss Betty Morse of New Haven, her final score being 6-O, 6-2, 6-il-. It is rumored that upon returning to the United States she is to put aside the racquet and take up the rolling pin. lxrIANI'IATTAN.TlxII'. George Mandrona has just been arrested because of his practice of all pseudosciences such as astrology, crystal reading, psychiatry and phrcnology. He charged enormous prices for consultations. GIilClCNXt'ILII-I VILLAGE.-Miss Betty Sherbourne will display her works of art in an exhibition in Craft Hall, Saturday, May 19. CAMBRIDGE, MAss.-Miss Helen Merritt has been under the knife for a serious operation for appendicitis. A quick and eventful recovery is expected. ALBANl', N. Y.-The second world Tree Sitting Contest was won by the leisurely Mr. Dillenbeek of Northern, N. Y. His record starts from June 6, the day before his graduation from Green Mountain Junior College, to date. ScHENEcTAuY, N. Y.-Miss Marion Basch, after eighteen years of study at Green Mountain Junior College, Syracuse, Cornell, and Chicago U. is hanging out her shingle as a psychiatrist. She will specialize in personality building and serious mental disorders. SLASIIEM, V'r.-Doctor Bertrand Andrews has dropped his forceps and is taking up his saxophone for a while. playing in his cousin, Fuller Andrew's Band, the Quin- tupletsf' GLov1msv1L1.E, N. Y.-Mr. Babe Pulver is the new organist at the Metropolitan Theatre in Boston. He is the successor of the beloved Arthur Martel.