Proctor High School - Proctorian Yearbook (Proctor, VT)

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Class Poem By Malcolm Collin THE HILL Proctor High sits on a hill And those from east and west Must set their minds and hearts and will To gain fair knowledge's quest. We learned to climb the dear old hill Through tumbled leaves and haze. It brou ht us many a happy thrill Those Ereamy autumn days. 'Midst snappy winter's glistening snows, We trud ed the hill again, Our hea 5 low gairfst stormy blows Our hearts a wondering then. What Proctor High would make of us What use we'd come to be, For kindly teachers molded thus Out reasoning, you see. Then came the Spring with fresh new life And memories now took form Of days of gladness work and strife 'Midst sunshine, rain and Storm. Four years of climbing gave us strength And brought us smiling through. A life worthwhile of any length Should keep us climbing too. W Class COIWShBLUE AND WHITE ' Class MOIIHFORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER Class FlowertWHlTE CARNATION

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Presidenfs Address Friends of the radio audience, in behalf of the senior class of 1940, I consider it a privilege to welcome you this afternoon. Tomorrow we enter a new world-a world of give and takeia world blasted by the evils of war. What is ahead of us, we do not know, but whatever problems arise, may we be able to meet them with courage and in the spirit so ca ably taught us by our parents and teachers, who have toiled endlessly to maEe our school days ptohtable. To them we give warm thanks. Today's activities are a reminder of the many leasant years we have spent at Proctor High School and we hepe you will, enjoy our Class Day program. 3f Class Song TumwALOHI-S OE We are leaving our dear school among the pines And our teachers, friends, and all our classmates too; And although our footsteps may stray far from home Still our memlries will remain forever true. CHORUS : 'Mid fond farewells, we sadly depart, We'll nelre forget the time we've spent together; With a smile and a tear our last farewell draws near, Goodbye dear school among the pines. Our motto Forward ever, backward never We will try to follow all our whole lives through, And the lessons that we all have learned together We'll remember as old years give way to new. Wrizzm'by Margaret Vallocll

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Class History FRESHMAN YEAR The year of 1936 will always be remembered by students of histonr for King Edward Vlllls abdication and the Democratic landslide. It will be remembered by us as the year we entered high SCHOOL The school authorities must have had some inkling of the great possibilities of the class. because we End Five new members on the faculty. Miss Barber replaces Mrs. Tafts in the language department. Miss Tilton takes over the duties of girls' physical education formerly held by Miss Evelyth. Miss Purinton replaces Miss Goodsell who left us to be married. Mr. Cummings takes the responsibility of teaching the Freshman General Business. Mr. Lahtinen assumes the position of boys, athletic director formerly held by Mr Lizstwan who left us to take a position in New York. At our hrst class meeting of the year our class selects Richard Loso as class president. Clinton Thomas vice-president and Mary Allen as secretary treasurer. Miss Purinton is the unanimous choice for class sponsor. Two weeks after our Entrance into high school, we along with the new members of the faculty, are initiated by the senior class at the annual Freshman Reception. During the clay the girls are required to wear green bows in their hair and each be has to wear a green bow around his neck. All of us are branded as Freshlies and we take much punishment from the seniors. At night the girls have to wear boys, trousers turned inside out and Wear a diHerent shoe on each foot while the boys wear girls, dresses and fashionable straw or felt hats. All forty'six Freshmen are greeted by the upperclassmen, faculty, and members of the school board and in return for this hearty greeting the freshmen erform their stunts to the enjoyment of the crowd. In March, a grou of excited freshman boys go to West Rutland to participate in the Margle Valley League Basketball Tournament. They are accompanied by their capable coach, Mr. Call, who for years has taught the Proctor boys the fundamentals of basketball. The team reaches the finals but the M. S. J Fresh win in an overtime period. Our freshman girlsl team seems to be a fine one. but in the interelass tournament they are defeated in an over time period by the high'riding senior girls. June, 1937-the curtain falls on our First year of secondary education. School still seems to be a rather unimportant part of our lives. Somomoiua Yen: September. 1937-The class of 1940 returns intact, a year older but no wiser. The only new faces on the faculty are those of Mr. Moore, who takes charge of the Manual Training department, and Mr. Purcell, who teaches English in the junior High Schooll This autumn all of us have the privilege of attendin the Freshman Reception. One short year before, we had been the little fres men who were beng initiated. We now enjoy the procedure from our soPhomoric height.