Proctor High School - Proctorian Yearbook (Proctor, VT)

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Class Grumble SCENE: After announcer announces skit, members come Forward and take seats, wtth exception of George and Wesley. All are grumbling and muttering. Almounttr: Well, I see that the president of the Grouch Club isnlt here, so I'll turn the meeting over to the vice'president. Oh, here he comes now, folks,ethat genial, gay, joy'loving godfather of gags! Get a glimpse of this gytating geyser of gaiety. Gaze at him now. gleefully gamboling into our gloomy gathering. galloping the gamut of gluni gargoyles--Ladies and gentle- men. to cut it shortelld like you to meet the one and only Ted Sparks. lWesley Stevensj lApplause by members of the Grouch Club and the elaSSl Sparks: lhas entered and is standing with a glum expression on his facel Annmmttr: Good afternoon, Mr. Sparks. Sparks: What's good about it? And what are all these people here For? Ammunttr: Why, they're here to attend the meeting of the Grouch Club! Sparks: Well, seems as though they could much just as well at home, but as long as we're all here, we might as well SERIB our troubles. lRaps on table for otdetl Starks: The Grouch Club will come to order. Any new business, old business, any kind of business at all? Carrot : Yes, I have, Mr. Chairman, lld like to know why on earth students canlt chew gum during class. I donlt see that it does any harm exee t make your mouth go a mile a minute. Otherwise it's good exercise for t e gums and teeth and it would give our faces more expression for the teachers instead of them looking at blank ones. I think there should always be a supply of gum On hand for Students at every desk Another thing that has never been right in P. H. S. is the crowding of the boo tickets. You can't get a book without Falling over three or Four people Besi es, they're too open. You can't hide sling shots and paper wads in theme Can't we do something about it? For instance. have individual lockers for everybody with their owri keys. This would prevent a lot of shoving and crowding. My third grumble about Proctor High is Mr. jot '5 crepe'soled shoes. lt's unfair to the Student body; therefore, I suggest that from now on he should wear leathcr'soletl shoes so the students can hear him coming in the halls. ln closing 1 would like to mention something about the teachers staying in their own moms during recess instead of gallivunting around the corridors keeping their eyes on the students or gahhing in the teachers' room. Do you know that one day I went to get a slip From Miss McCormick to go in typing and she wasn't there, so I went into the office .incl still no teacher. Just as l was about to give up ho e, out she comes strolling out of the teachersl room as calm as a cucumber w .ile l neatlv had Hts looking for her Then

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SENIOR YEAR Toma MARCH'ES ON . . . The class of 1940 nears its goal . Our Senior year hnds several well liked classmates as well as teachers missing from the fold The classmates whom we mi55 are john Livak, now working;Jaek Salladin, attending Vermont Academy; Emma Kapitan, attending West Rutland High School. Can it be that we are responsible for the short stay of many of our teachers? As we look over the past few years, we fear we may be the cause. Again this year we had Miss Hemenway replacing Miss Tilton. Miss Yuill in the place of Miss White, Miss McCormick in Miss Cole's position, and Mr. Bridge carrying on in place of Mr. Andersen, and Mr. Wolcott substituting for Miss Hubbard. Our class officers are: President, jose h Taranovich; Vice-President, Malcolm Collin; Secretary-Tresaurer, Helen l inski. Malcolm Collin is also President of the Student Council. Now we can take out past grievances out on the Freshmen. We remem' her all the injustices imposed upon us in our Freshman year so the class of 1943 must suffer! The Freshmen prove to be great sports and enjoy the reception very much. ' This year in the class play, The Family Upstairs under the direction of Miss Hacketr and Mr. Purcell, Rebecca Broadwell and William Larson have the leading roles. The same old uestion pops up agemethat of choosing a class sponsor and Miss McCormicl obligingl consents to replace Mr. Bridge who leaves for a position in New Hampshire. Mr. Steward arrives to substitute for Mr. Bridge. The class of 1940 still has a great deal of its spirit left after three years of high school It has brought the school paper, the Sutherland, back to light. Robert Gilmore is editor-in'chief. HOT OFF THE WlRES OF THE SPECIAL News BULLETIN UNITED PRESS Doris Hobbs leaves for Mississippi. A history of the senior year would be incomplete without some mention of our more prominent athletes. We take pride in mentioning George Zsiclo and Charles Skuba, as outstanding examples. The class shows its basketball ability by winning both the irls' and the boys' tournaments. However, the girls lost to the boys in t e annual Senior game. JUNE 1940 . . . We are gtachfating! We hope! Will the doors of opportunity Open? Will Mr. Roosevelt leave and give us a chance? These are some of the questions which confront us. Tune in to your Match of Time program in the near future and you may get the answers. MARIE WEBSTER CHRISTINE NEMETH INGEBORG LINDQUIST ROBERT GILMORE

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after I did get the slip I was late getting it to the next teacher which made him sore because he had already marked me absent and he had to change his card all over. So I move that we make a law that will lceep the teachers in their own rooms during receSS. Sparks: Certainly seems as though you are entitled to a membership in the club You- there on the end. What are you looking so long'faeed about? A. Baron. Mr. Chairman, I have a few things to get off my chest. First: I move that the broken chairs in the assembly hall be labeled a Menace to Health. The doctors in town are getting rich from treating sprained and broken backs. Saya Mr. Chairman. did you notice that new car outside? That belongs to one of the Engllsh teacherSel suggest that the facultyls salary he cut to stop such extravagance. I also object to the way undetclassmen roost on the windowsills betWeen classes. Are we running a chicken farm? And in closing, I move that the school board a propriate enough money to furnish a saw for every student so he can saw OFF t e legs of either his chair or table in study hall until it tits him. Sparks: All right, all tight' I wasn't happyr when I came and now I feel worse. What, another one? Well. say something Iafter Jane has stood silently lay the microphonel jam: My gtutnbles are really important enough to get me into the Grouch Club, too. The Seniors have been complaining to me, so I'll pass them on. Why eanlt the safety atrol do something about such eou les as Stanley But ess and Marie Heft, anch-Iugh Williams and Connie Pratt, iloeking ttaHic in t e halls? The Home Ec. girls would like either more sewing machines and sinks in the Home Ec. room or Morris chairs in which to test while waiting their turn. Is there anything wrong with having dancing instead of studyr hall? It would keep the students happier and relieve the teachers of a tiresome task. Then, I wish to complain about the littered state of our campus at times. Of course. we know this is the fault of the undetelassmen: therefore, we suggest that every junior, soPhoi-nore, and Freshman seen strewing papers on the campus should thereafter wear a white suit to school and push a trash can. Sparks: I dorft know how you pepple have stood these conditions for so long. As president of the Grouch Club, I suggest that we do George: Gweetings, Gwouch Cwub! Sparks: Here's that man again! Grow; a: Before you cwose your wittle gathewing, I want to tell my fwiends all about my own gwievanees. First, I can't see why we cant throw ewasers in cwass. If we should hit the one W636 aiming at, we not only wid the teacher of one of her pests, but we also shake the dust out of the ewaset!