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

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believes that it is lar more illustrative as a teaching device than Graphs, which we decid- ed in senior I .due ation class were pretty dull and valueless anyhow. I.ileen approached us just as we started talking with luno. She seemed to lie in high spirits and waved to the window saving. Happy is the bride the sun shines on, Of course- we knew that I.ileen was superstitious but were a little- surprised when 'lie- ask eel June il ibis wasn t the- third time she- had been a bridesmaid, and when lime assent ed. shook her head sadly saying. I hree times a bridesmaid but never a bride. I low ever, we doubled very muc h the- truth of that statement as we had noticed that the same faithful escort brouGht her to the- c hurch as had been taking her places since? her senior year. lime told us that she- had a splendid position leac hing arts and c rails In the- c hildren in the rural schools around Burlington I hiring the- summer she- plans to studx at I V. M. When we asked her why she- planned to take her summer course there- she- replied misc hievously that she- had a friend there who was specializing in agricultural work. We didn t need to ask any more. I.ileen lias taken oxer Miss ( orneliu- senior I'.duc ation class because cd her wealth ol experience in rural schools, which has made possible for hei to solve ail the prob- lems so troublesome to seniors. She lias done axvax with Pressev and uses lu-r own notes almost exc lusixc-ly. I hiring the- summer she stays .it home to reco ei from her exhausting year. She does, of course, still attend quite a number ol dances and all of the latest movies. We noticed Margaret ( arter walking around wearing an abstracted, worried c xpre-s sion. and occasionally jotting down something. She- accosted us as we left I'.ilcen and asked if one would describe the brides eyes as two spoonfuls of the- Pacific or as two pools ol loveliness. Slu- informed ns tli.il she li.id become star reporter on the ( alodonian. She also told us that she was cpiile lluilled witli her course in I'.nglish grammar that she- was teaching at St. lohnshury Academy. We stopped to t.ilk with I )ora I yon. Some one li.id told ns that she was the best liked teacher in Orleans County. We bad always prc-dic ted that she- would be. She told us of the- trip tb.it she- planned to take to the Pac ific ( oast. She said that in a year or two slu- planned to go to Columbia to major in history. She- smiled and remarked that it did look .is il she were following in Miss I'ernow s footsteps. s a matter ol la« t she did lirst conceive the- idea of teac hing history the- dux die was asked to take over Miss f'ernoxx s Buropean I listorv ( lass. We had missed Kleanor and asked Kelna xx hy she hadn't c ome. It seems that slu- is [ S. History teacher at Smith. She has w ritten many articles on professional ethics which have been published in the- . If. A. Journal and which have been well liked. She is now verv busy on an educational treatise entitled I be- Bssenc e of I'.duc ation—• School Spirit. She also confided to Belna in her last letter that she- bad become ex- tremely interested in politics and bad written many speeches for public office seekers. She is now engaged in a tour throughout New I ogland. speaking at the- grange s telling Puqe inete ’ii

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SIMON ( I SS NNOPIIIX 'i I lie Congregational church «il Brad lord was bedecked with gorgeous roses lor the oc- casion. t the soil strains oi Lohengrin. Rachel came down the aisle on her fathers arm. I here was a slight rustic as the march slopped — Ruth. Ray and Wanda .«I last! Kveryone relaxed and even the hridc looked relieved. I he hride looked very lovely in her white taffeta gown and with her large bouquet o! roses Her golden hair shone heautifulk beneath her lac cap. Never had we seen her so lovely .is when standing beside the handsome groom to quietly repeal the marriage vows. We were not at all surprised to line! that Rac hel had c hosen Olga to he her maid ol honor. She looked very sweet in pink. I he two bridesmaids. Joyce and lime, also looked lovely in the ir hlue and yellow gowns. It was nice of Rachel to invite us all to the wedding. I'.xcept lor her mother and a few friends ol the groom the imitations seemed to he restricted to the senior class ol j(). We were invited to the luncheon afterwards which was lie-id at Rachels borne under Marion’s direction. We could scarce!) wait to gel lliere to find out all about each other hour years is a long time , and now. with a few exceptions, we were .ill together again. I'.vebn. who had been asked to supers isc the serving of the lunc heon, had arrived ahead ol ns and had e e r thing in perfect order. Ilvelyn is still her beautiful c harming s( || and has changed very little. She assured us that she had been very, vers busy. I laving attained her masters degree she was now stocking toward her doctorate at ( olumhia. She had. however, taken lime oil a couple ol years ago to get married and she told us her new name . ( )l course her address is still St. Johnsburv. where she spends her time when not studying. After speaking to the hridc we got .in opportunity to talk with the maid of honor and the two bridesmaids. Of course we knew that Olga was one ol the- most successful dem- onstration teachers in the State and that she and Joyce and Rachel had spent their summers working together in a tea-room. Now that Rac hel was married we asked Olga what her plans for the lecture were. She said that she also planned to he married in the near future providing that the State continues its | ir work. We asked her if it was quite lair ol her to give up hei valuable work as demonstration teacher, but slu said that she hoped to continue serving the state as an active worker in Count) Demonstra lion and l I . A. Joyce has also been very success slid She has succeeded Miss Alfingham. and assured us that she was struggling to lill her place. She said that she planned to devote her on lire summer to writing a hook on the educational value ol distorted fac ial expressions. While at Lyndon we rememker that making faces was onk her hohhv hut she said that she had become increasing!) aware of the real value of her particular talent She Pcir e high lean

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the fanners how to make sheep raising a profitable business- We can see that Eleanors life is lull of the same activity which characterized her three years at L. N. S. We had read in the littrlinqtim I'reo l ress that Edna was the most successful rural school teacher in the southern part of the State. Normal school students from all over New England come to observe her work. She said th.it she spent her summers on Eleanors farm helping care lor the sheep as well as trying out all of Olgas recipes helore ( )lga passes them on to her public. We asked Waneta il she knew wh nn wasn I there. She surprised us by saving that Ann had married a farmer and hud settled down in Granby to live and to teach. I here she say n she i' able to carry out her own ideas ol education undisturbed and. Waneta 'ays. has been able to do a great deal for the children there. She was unable to come as the mud had not yet dried up in ( iranby. We asked Waneta what she was doing. She said that while teaching Physical Educa- tion at Sargent, which left her a great deal of leisure time and energy, she was also studying to be a surgeon. We remembered Imw wo had always admired Waneta s strong, steady bands. She spends her summers studying mosquitos to determine new methods of attack. She has found that fleas are more reliable object' lor experiments than guinea pigs. She keeps a large supply ol them on hand. We had often remarked upon aneta ' great love lor dogs. She 'a ' that In feeding her dog' spec ial diets and study- ing the reaction ol tin flea' she thinks she i' getting .1 new slant on the process oi osmosis. Kay said that she spends her summers helping Waneta in the daytime while Waneta assists her at night in her study of the stars. She has made some marvelous discoveries and plans in the near future to devote her entire time to it. I he recent article in the Science . 'ou s f.otter called “A N ew Star in Heaven I onight is the result of the col- laborations of these two distinguished friends. Ray passed lightly over her school year saying only that she believed with Mrs. Barrows that oner should c liange place's often. We congratulated Ruth for her new position as Principal of C helsea High School. We know that sin- lias long been asking to start some reforms in that town, but we ad- vised her to do nothing radical and to confine her activities to the high school as much as possible. I ler numerous essays, not of a professional nature, have been like a breath of fresh air to us these last few years, doing much to inspire quiet hours after days of teaching. I hese essays « over a variety of subjects from table manners to what to do in case of war. In the summer time she runs a combination sport and bookshop in Sun Valley. She spends her extra time skiing and has improved greatly since the «lays she used to ski down the trail through the pines. We returned t« Rachel remarking that it was too bad not to have .« k ’ here. She said lie bad written her a long letter. I ! • is at the present time in France as a guest of Mr. lames Naismith who invented haskelhall. We have every reason to be proud of .«•k« : for In was the star player on the team that won the international league game. PdCfC iron I y