Proctor High School - Proctorian Yearbook (Proctor, VT)

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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!

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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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Secondly, I think the Fweshmen girls ought to wear gween caps and wompers to school, so they'll be acting their age. Why, they're getting so gwown-up acting, that they even go to junior Pwoms now! Some of us students are just barely dwagging ourselves awound because of bwack and bwue spots which we got on the wadiators in the Town Hall Where's that new gym we used to hear about? I gotta go now, but I'll be back when the Gwouch Cwub meets again. Goodbye, qumblers! Sparks: I've had enougheyoulve all been grumbling so much that I can feel the ground shaking. Sounds like Mt. Vesuvius about to eruEt! Let's sit down and listen to the rest of this program. Maybe something I: eencul like a Willn will pep us up. Will some one make a motion that this meeting be adjourned? llCarrot : I make a motion that this meeting be adjourned. Jane: Second the motion. Sparks: The Grouch Club will stand adjournecl until the next reunion of the class of 1940, at which time some of you may be able to bring with you some new applicants for membership. WESLEY STEVENS GEGRGE Zsmo ALEX BARON Gums O'CONNOR jANE LADABOUCHE