Milton High School - Blue Gold Yearbook (Milton, VT)

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Blue and Gold mmmmmumunuu muummnnun 1munmmnmunnn mvIIiiiiiiinnnuuununmunmiiiiIIIumnmnnnmmm 6, file Graduzzfas VIRGINIA LOIS ADAMS 1. Gmmf, COMMERCIAL Counsiz Ginny is one of our outstanding students in the Commercial course. Her good looks, pleasant manner and secretarial ability should take her far in a business career. Activities: Clee Club 11, 2, 3, 45, Majorette 12, Minstrel Show 1I, 3, 45, Three-act play 145, Style Show 11, 35, Christmas Cantata Music Festival 1I, 2, 45, Blue and Cold staff, Alumni Editor Operetta Christmas Pageant NANCY LOIS BAIIROWS Nunn COIXINIERCIAL Counsis Nancy has a very charming and cheerful personality. When we ask about her plans she's not too definite, but that pretty dia- mond tells us her study in Home Ec. will not come amiss. Activities: Glee Club 11, Style Show 1I, 35, Minstrel Show 115, Christmas Cantata 135, Blue and Gold Staff, Ioke Editor Maiorette 125, Physical Education 1l, 35, Usher one act plays 145, Senior play, advertising committee, Driver's Train- ing Class History. DAVID CARL B I ,ATT 'fnawv COLLEG14: PREPA1iATo1n' Couusii David is a very pleasant and easy-going fellow. Ile is usually rushing about on some important mission. He has decided that he would make a good school master. Activities: Glee Club 1l, 2, 45, Kake WValk 145, Minstrel Show 11, 3, 45, One-act play 13, 45, Blue and Cold Stail 145, Class vice-president 145, Three act play 145, Music Appreciation 145, Acrobatics 145, Cheer Leader

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14 Blue and Gold 'mm' nmuumumunmn mnmunuum unmnl nmnmuuuuuuuu nmnunnunn umumuu I mnnmmnnn uumnmummnnnnu mumnunummu nunumnunumunun- mm nnnunmnnn Szzlumiofjf E, THE graduating class of 1951, welcome you here tonight to our Commencement exer- cises. We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our parents who have undergone various sacrifices to start us on the road to success. We wish to thank our teachers for the patience and encouragement they have given us. We wish to thank the School Board for providing us with a varied program of studies. Last of all, we thank our friends who have been good in helping all of us to complete our twelve years of school. As we leave this school tonight we become a part of the future of tomorrow. VVhat this future will be depends largely upon what we make it. As citizens of this country we will do our utmost toward making the best possible world. Now let us look back to our school and one important subject that we have studied-namely Sociology. People who have never been to school and also many of those who have been, never stop to realize that man is custodian of culture. This, from a sociological sense means, civiliza- tion or the man-made environment. We are influenced at all times by a culture environment which is made up of material and non-material traits. Many people never stop to think of its consistency. VV e have many culture traits which have been handed down to us from other generations and we just carry them on without the slightest idea of what they are and how they came about. A man tipping his hat, whenever he meets a woman, is a custom which is performed but many do not realize that it was once customary for a knight in armor to raise his visor when speaking to a lady, as an act of courtesy. Customs ought to be the outgrowth of intelligence and of the careful planning of what is best for society rather than the chance by-products of trial and error. Man alone is a culture-builder because he has four distinct physical advantages which help to accomplish this. He has an,upright position, free hands, a vocal apparatus, and an excellent ummm umnnmuummmnmumm 4unnIInInunnimnnnnvnnnnniunmu11nI1InnuIinni1IInin1nIiiI111InuImumnnmumnumm mumnnnunIinuInn11n111111nunnnI-uuIIInuimIIiInnnInn1iIIII111IvInIInnnnIIInInIunn1IIunn1nnnmmm1InnnInunnnnIInnn1IIunn1u111u1Iunmuummuunmunu mm . brain structure. With these advantages man is superior to animal. Every individual acquires a culture heritage as he grows up. Man profits through this as it improves. He brings all the past to bear upon his present, and will bring the present to bear upon his future. Each generation has the ad- vantages of what the previous generations learn- ed, because of the power which man has to teach his offspring the things that have been learned through trial and error. Children fall heir to the methods, to the tools, to the religious beliefs, and to the forms of social organization which have been developed. Man is so de- pendent upon his culture heritage that were it taken from him, he would be left almost as help- less as an infant. People of other races seem peculiar to us be- cause different surroundings make different human beings of us, as far as personality traits and behavior patterns are concerned. We often think of the Chinaman as being peculiar be- cause he uses chopsticks, without realizing that he thinks we are peculiar using knives and forks. The reason for this is that people fail to appre- ciate the background of those from other en- vironments. The culture environment in which one grows up is mastered naturally and without too much effort, but learning to live in a new environment is a more difficult problem. As time goes on, our culture changes, and we adopt new traits which spread rapidly in the United States. As these change, our personality must be adjusted also. It has no doubt become clear that man is first of all a social creature, depending for his very life and growth upon others. It is evident also, that he is dependent upon the culture ac- cumulated by societies past and present. As we leave this school tonight we will take over by doing our part in carrying on the culture traits and trying to make our world a better one in which to live. By Dorothy Dubuque

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16 Blue and Gold HENRY ROGER BLOW Blow Boy GENERAL CoU1xsE Henry, the outdoor sportsman of our class, enjoys fishing- sometimes even at the expense of school. However, no matter how difficult a position he may be in, he manages to come through with a big grin. Activities: Basketball 12, 3, 42, Baseball 142, Minstrel Show 11, 3, 42, Physical Education 11, 2, Music Festival 11, 2, 3, 42, Operetta 122, Driver's Training 122, Glee Club 11, 2, 42, Christmas Pageant 142, Volley ball 11, 2, Class History. UOROTIIY MAE DUBUQUE Dottie, COBIAIERCIAL COURSE Dorothy, our salutatorian, intends to make bookkeeping her vocation. Wfe believe she will make good in this work and wish b'-r success in attracting a certain alumnus. Activities: Salutatorian, Glee Club 11, 2, 3, 42, Music Festi- -. al 11, 2, 3, 42, Volleyball 11, 22, Style Show 112, Minstrel Show 13, 42, One-act play 142, School patrol Physical education 11, 32, Christmas pageant 142, Senior play prompter, Class Will and Gifts. ERNEST CLE MENT DUBUQUE Ernie COLUKIERCIAL COURSE Even though Ernie is the smallest boy i11 our class, he has a way of being heard. We all feel that he will be a success in everything he undertakes. Activities: Glee Club 11, 2, 3, 42, Minstrel Show 11, 3, 42, Operetta 11, 2, One-act play 142, Blue and Gold Staff 142, Christmas Cantata All-State Chorus 142, Music Festival 42, Christmas Pageant 142, Driveris Training 122, Class Treasurer 122, Class vice-president Class secretary 142, Class poem. NORMA AIEAN DUFFY ..Du COINIXIERCIAL COURSE Norma is our class chatterbox and giggler. She is also a firm believer in the old adage Variety is the spice of lifef, With her sepse of humor she should be successful in whatever she under- ta es. Activities: Glee Club 1 1, 2, 3, 42, School Band 1 1, 22, Minstrel Show 11, 3, 42, Music Festival 11, 2, 3, 42, Blue and Cold Staff, Circulation Manager 12, 32, News Reporter 112, Girls, Sports 142, One-act play 112, Style Show 112, Basketball 11, 2, 32, Softball Volleyball 11, 22, Operetta 12, Christmas Can- tata 132, Christmas Pageant 142, Three-act play