Lyndon State College - Northern Lights Yearbook (Lyndonville, VT)

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14 THE VERLYN THE SENIOR TRIP THAT NEVER HAPPENED Speaking of the Senior Trip, how would one define it? A well-planned trek not out into the field, but far afield, with only one solitary male, Chief Rajah Emerson, guiding solicitously the six bits of femininity which constituted his harem. This very definition in itself spells trouble. The com- plexity of the situation necessitates considerable meditation and conference. First, a trip recpiires that filthy lucre known as cash, ninety cents for each of the empty senior heads—sort of a per capita intelligence tax. This would never bear the Maha- rajah and his “wiinmin” very far afield. A lobby was conducted by Principal Rita E. Bole before the Vermont Legislature in an attempt to exact an additional appropriation to cover the senior wanderlust. After two night sessions, the sage solons decreed against such expenditure for these reasons: first, they lacked the international aspect—Mont- real was “furrin” territory; second, to manage any six women at one time was considered too much for the I. Q. of the Maha- rajah’s gray cells; third, the lucrative status of the senior budget should take care of any playtime activity without increased taxa- tion ; such increase would be better applied to their Old Age Pen- sion ; fourth, that the extra cost of individual chaperones would result in unbalancing the state budget, further that the chaper- ones themselves might be unbalanced from the weighty responsi- bility of the Maharajah and his ladies. This edict having been passed, the seniors went into a huddle to decide where next? Vail’s Mansion, Burke Pond, Our Husbands' Remedy Plant and Pudding Hill were all solemnly considered. The balloting was so close that no majority could be reached; hence, no decision. Shortly after this meeting of the meditative seven, a tele- gram was received through Mr. Bailey from the State Board of Education, containing a recommendation suggested by the Com- missioner of Finance, to wit: that the Maharajah be allowed to take his Cinnamon and that each little girl might ask her one little boy. This recommendation is now pending in the “Upper House” of the faculty; to the “Lower House” has been assigned the clerical work of consulting the files to see if any precedent might possibly be violated. Since the present seniors, the Maharajah and his six, are UNPRECEDENTED and without equal. WHY WORRY? Laura Pierce Dean Emerson

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THE VERLYN 13 DORIS WEST Doris is our wit and pest; Everything she does is her best, A primary teacher she will make If not a Badger some day she does take. ETHEL WEST Ethel is another West, We hear that Cabot is the town she likes best, In the office she works with all her might So she can go for that stroll (alone) at night. PEGGY PIERCE Peggy is full of vigor and vim, From acting and working she’s grown rather slim, There’s only one male she seems to like And that is he whose name is Mike.

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THE VERLYN 15 SENIOR PROPHECY Tune: Yankee Doodle Ethelyn Findlay’s a great tall gal— Who’s now become an artist A big paint brush she splashes with Much to the kids’ amusement. Garnetta now does tend to Bill And has a happy future, She’s living on the farm so dear Old L. N. S. she’s near. Doris West is spending the dough As fast as Levi makes it, The poor man knows he hasn’t a chance To escape the life she leads him. Dean Emerson always liked spicy food And so he chose some cinnamon To keep his pep up every day To help him in his career. “Lolly” whom we know as Peg Is now a happy mother. With eleven children on her hands And Mike home rocking another. Mildred’s kids all have red hair The source of which we wonder, It goes against the laws we learned Way back in dear old Normal. Ethel West got her eye on a car The make of what mattered little. The old junk a’rattles through the ville And ends upon Vail’s Hill. Refrain : The years do come, the years do go, And all the world does change so. But still our hearts hold quite secure The memories of each other. Mildred DeColaines Ethel West