Montpelier High School - Record Yearbook (Montpelier, VT)

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ey, it was a home of love, courage and principle. During their senior year they lost their father by death. In many characteristics the brothers were the an- tithesis of each other: one was serious, the other was jovial and always wise- cracking; one was the play-maker, the other the scorer. These boys also had a lot in common—integrity, courage, a de- termination to get ahead in life, and a desire to establish homes that would pro- vide more than the necessities of life. These young men are now well on their way to fulfilling their desires. This ful- fillment has not come without a strug- gle. With no money for college each persevered by studying at night and while working. These young men are now engineers and hold responsible posi- tions. Both of them have fine families and fine homes. In their experiences it has been demonstrated that by hard work, initiative, and courage many of the problems of life can be solved suc- cessfully. MILLICENT L. DIXON Commercial I find it impossible to mention one “most unforgettable character of M. H. S.” It is impossible because there are too many in my mind who are “unfor- gettable”. During my ten years at M. H. S. those who are unforgettable seem to fall into two classifications. First, there are those who were a joy to have in classes. Each time I think of these people it is with genuine pleasure. Se- condly, there are those who, so it seem- ed, tried to make my work as a teacher as difficult as they could. They were continually absent; their assignments were never done; little attention was gi- ven when explanation of new work was being given; and they figured study hall was for anything but study. Fortunate- ly, the first group is by far the larger. In fact, with few exceptions, all the stu- dents at M. H. S. whom I have helped prepare for a business career have been a pleasure to work with. They are un- forgettable in that I shall always be in- terested in them and all their activities. The unpleasant unforgettables I would rather forget! MILDRED L. HALLGREN School Nurse Where is that small group of high school students who were such little chil- dren a few years back? When they were in the grades they thought they were too grown up to take advice from their parents or teachers, but they were not grown up enough to take pride in their health and personal appearance. Where are the ones who said they liked school but would rather stay out of the class- room; the poor sport at basketball prac- tice who finally made the team; the one who enjoyed getting attention because of poor posture but is now a straight six- footer; the ones who liked new clothes but didn’t take time to keep tidy and clean; the ones who could not bother to brush their teeth but admired people with attractive smiles; and the one who continually complained about minor aches and pains but is now enjoying good health? They are in high school now, growing up and happy. ISABEL J. HOLMSTROM Girls’ Physical Training Director The most unforgettable character I have met has graduated from M. H. S. Her influence was not extended to all the classes, but her sense of humor was ge- nerally known. When confronted with an unhappy situation, she just grinned and came out with an appropriate joke. Among her many school interests she enjoyed hiking. The pack was some- times bigger than she, but one could al- ways tell what kind of a character she was by the odd hat which she wore. I believe that she had a terrible fear of being cold, as she always wore her fa- ther’s long underwear which she loved — THIRTEEN —

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the Student Council would find out they gave him his diploma when he learned to spell his name. Anyhow, after five hours of heated debate at a special fa- culty meeting one night, it was decided it would be better to humor the pu-pills along; but an extension of one week’s time was requested. With all due re- spect to the esteemed position held by the “character” in question, her name will be withheld — which also demon- strates the high ethical standards of the faculty. However, I do deCLAIRE it certainly was a lot of BARNEY. JOHN E. CARBAUGH Coach and Physical Training Director To name the most unforgettable char- acter since my arrival at M. H. S. is be- yond my ability. Many of the persons with whom I have dealt will be remem- bered for a long period of time because of their contributions, while others will fall into this class because of their eccen- tric behavior. The character whom I am about to describe typifies a group of boys whom I refer to as “The Groaners”. The Groaners, for some usually known reason, are the recipients of such a se- ries of misfortunes, that they must in- form me of their incapacity to partici- pate in the day’s activities. These in- dividuals usually greet me with, “Coach, I can’t do anything today.” This is fol- lowed by reasons which vary from hav- ing had a bad night the night before to sugaring, lameness or to having stubbed the toe while dressing in the morning. It seems that the Groaner suddenly re- members his ailments when his group moves to the parallel bars. Yet, if he is excused from the bars, I might find him slipping aw?ay from the group and per- forming the stunt somewhere else which puts more strain on the “injury” than it would receive in the required work. The first day the classes w ere asked to do shoulder stands on the parallel bars, there were enough suffering individuals to fill Heaton Hospital. Yet, after the stunt was performed, most of these in- dividuals suddenly were in good health and continued to participate. Fortunate- ly, the club is not large. Yet its mem- bers have already provided me with so much interesting rationalizing that I shall never forget them. HENRY W. CASWELL Social Studies My most unforgettable character is a boy who has since left school “ ’cause there ain’t no sense to this here book- learnin’ ”, as he put it. Let’s call this boy “Tom”, chiefly because I don’t think I ever had a Tom in any of my classes. Now’ Tom was the type of farm boy that city folks think of Vermonters as being: backward in his ways, awkward in his speech and manners, and a murderer of the king’s English. Because he was not very adept at reading, he had very little interest in English. His rather cynical attitude characterized the English class that year. As a result I found it very difficult to motivate any type of compo- sition work. One day I asked the class to write an essay on any subject they wished. Tom, per usual, couldn’t think of anything to write about; so, knowing he was on “The Great White Father’s” J. V. football team, I suggested he cen- ter his essay around what he had learn- ed in football this year. Tom’s reaction to this was, “As far as I kin see, ’bout all them fellars do in football is ta set ya up in a line and then bang ya heads.” And that was Tom's honest opinion of football. GRAY R. COANE Mathematics and Science To two brothers whose parents were born in a foreign country the encourage- ment and training received at Montpel- ier High School has meant much. Their home had little money to sustain it. However, and more important than mon- — twelve; —

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to show off. At least she was always warm, and perhaps no other girl at M. H. S. has hiked as much of the Long Trail as she has. ALFRED W. HURLEY Dramatics and Speech In speech class one day during a dis- cussion of some of the mannerisms that speakers have, one of the male members of the class raised his hand in objection and said, “Don’t women do these things too?” Thus, to assuage his masculine dignity and to be certain that the fe- males assumed their share of the re- sponsibility, the word “Womannerisms”, or “Misserisms”, was coined. VIOLET E. KETTELLE Science I find it impossible to think of a most unforgettable character in present or past classes. All pupils have some out- standing trait which makes each unfor- gettable. Memories of some are most delightful and of others, most disagree- able. Those who come to class with les- sons prepared, enter into discussions, do well on tests and conduct themselves as good school citizens are most unforget- table when pleasant memories of M. H. S. are indulged in. Those who come to class unprepared, do not take part in class work and cause disturbances in class are also most unforgettable char- acters when unpleasant memories of school are recalled. verne l. McDonald Commercial One of the most unforgettable char- acters in my experience at M. H. S. was a senior of a fewr years ago. This lad had the misfortune of possessing an over-active imagination concerning his own athletic abilities; therefore, on the football field his antics were a sight to behold. I’ll never forget the day Whiz played his first game. Although Whiz didn’t get into the game until the first half was well under way, this didn’t seem to dampen his ego much. As the teams lined up at the scrimmage line, Whiz’s appearance was terrifying. He knelt on the line, grabbed the turf in his huge hands and dug his cleats at least four inches into the ground. He braced himself, and then as the ball was snap- ped he kicked his heels, mule like, up in- to the air and when they came down, he charged in like a tank for the tackle. It was fortunate for his teammates and op- ponents alike that they were lying in a heap when Whiz hit them. Whiz could have been a star in football if only he could have built his oil pressure in time to tackle the opposition when they had the ball instead of when they were lining up for the next play. FORREST G. MYRICK History The person whom I select to fill the category of my most unforgettable char- acter is not one who stood out in a crowd because of any apparent physical or mental characteristic which was out of the ordinary to the casual observer. Bill (which I shall call him, chiefly be- cause that was not his name) was not the valedictorian of his class, nor was he noted for his brilliant recitations. School work did not come easily to him, but he could always be depended upon to have it done to the best of his ability and could usually come up with the right answer when most of the others had failed. My closest contact with Bill was on the athletic field, where again he was not the star who made the headlines be- cause of his spectacular runs in football or home runs in baseball. However, he was the man who was called upon when that last yard to the goal line was need- ed; he was the man at the bottom of the pile on the defensive goal line stands; and he was the one whom I liked to see — FOURTEEN —