Richford High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Richford, VT)

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16 R. H. S. SEARCHLIGHT Barnard Marvin, one of the boys who had been with us since the first grade, left us at the end of the Junior year. Barnard was a well loved classmate and we were all sorry to have him go. The first three years of our school life passed away very quickly and pleasantly. We must not forget to mention two very distinguished characters who joined us dur- ing the second and third grades These were Arthur Pond whom we all know as Pebo and Edward Clark known as Eddy. In regard to size, Arthur always was and is yet a large addition to the class and Eddy a small one. Arthur was manager of the Searchlight this year and has attended to this work in a very business-like manner. By the time we had finished the third grade the town, realizing what a brilliant class was coming on., built the new school building to accommodate us. We have the honor of being the first class to graduate, who has passed through every grade and class in the new high school building. In the fifth grade Eva Oliver joined us. Eva was a Canadian, but she makes a good quiet American. . The next year Alice Magoon, another Canadian came. She has made many friends during her high school course. The most interesting thing about her is her facial ex- pression for it changes frequently. Alice is either smiling or looking terribly sad most of the time. We entered the Junior High School in September 1919. This year we lost some of our boys, but two girls joined us, Marjorie Willard and Estelle Greene. Marjorie has brown hair and Irish blue eyes. She is a sweetheart in the senior play. Estella is another one of our stars, She, too, is in the cast of our play taking the part of mother. She is a good sport and we all like her. The second year of Junior High passed off with very few important events. The next fall we started in as Freshmen with the following teachers: Mr. Rustedt as principal, Miss Clapp, Miss Tilden, Mrs. Janes, Miss Merrihew and Mr. Beckwith. The same year Berkshire 1 gave us a large contribution in the form of Cyril Chaffee. Cy has played on the basket ball team for two years and has been Captain this year. He was also the baseball and basket ball manager of 1925. He seems to have a very famous way with the teachers. Ralph Wilson, a shining light from East Berkshire, also came that year. The light just radiates from the head of this hard worker. He has been one of our basket ball playrrs this year. Everett Ayer came from North Troy. He is an all-round good fellow, but just a bit lady like as you notice later this even- ing. Everett is quite a droll chap. When we think of our Freshman year we recall hearing James McKenney's melo- dious voice crying, Where are your class dues? He was our class treasurer. We could recommend Jim to anyone as a col- lector of bad debts. Speaking of crying reminds us of the first day in the second grade when. Jimmy cried, or rather how'ed when his teacher punished him for a mis- demeanor by seating him forcefully in a chair in front of the class. Jimmy still has a fondness for paper, but instead of rattling it he scribbles on it. Floyd Chaffee came next. He is a popular young chap, who has taken a great interest in the' athletics of the school. Floyd has played on. the basket and baseball teams for three years and was manager of the 1926 basket ball team. Then came our Junior year, when we had to make amore definite choice in our courses. Those who had Latin continued it, while others took up Commercial or the English courses. - Wilbert Patton, a very popular boy, was elected president of our class that year. He has been Editor-in-chief of the Search- light and as such has done commendable work. Last fall a number of his editorial staff rallied to their chief and went to U. V. M. to a conference of editors of 'High School publications. ' Doris Rushford is a new member of our class. She has tried to be as tall as the rest of us, but it all seems to gojtlieother way. Doris has quite a lot of dignity and that is something most of us Seniors' do 'not possess to any marked degree. ' I Laura Rounds broke the ranks and left us for a year, but found she just had to re- turn to dear old R. H. S. We are very glad to have her back, for as classjpresident she has been a great leader. 'The'Searchlight dance, the weenie roast, the Senior dance, in

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R. H. S. SEARCHLIGHT , lb ADDRESS T0 UNDERGRADUATES Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum Never a Step Backward Tonight, we the Class of 1926, wish we could think of graduation as commence- ment-the opening to greater things, but instead, it seems the end of all that has been dear to us. Instead of looking forward, most of us are looking longingly back on the happiness that has been. There is only a short time for such reflection, however, for soon the farewells will be said and our class will be scattered, and then each must press on to what life has in store for him. We have been united so long in our common interests, common aspirations, common joys and sorrows, that it makes us very sad to sever these bonds. While now we hope and even promise ourselves, that we will always keep our friendship green, we know that after we are once separated, things can never be the same again. Only the memories can remain unchanged! This is why we envy you, Undergrad- uates. You have some years ahead of you to pass in the surroundings we have loved and always shall love so well. Let this be our advice to you-Make the most of the time left you. Don't ever wish one moment of it away! Get the best from your studies. Excel, don't just squeeze through. Work for the Searchlight. It will mean more to you if you do not let the editor do all the work. Go into athletics. If you cannot be on the first team, don't get mad and give up. Play the game for the game's sake, not because you hope to be taken on some trip. If you cannot be on the teams support them just the same. Go to the basket ball games, the base ball games, the receptions-partici- pate in everything connected with the school, so that at the close of your high school years, you will at least have the satisfaction that you have not missed one precious moment. You will have all the rest of your lives for outside things, but only a few short years for high school acti- vities. Do not tolerate a spirit of selfish- ness among you. Don't ask yourselves, be- fore you do anything, What am I going to get out of it? What if it does not mean personal glory for you? Are you not willing to do anything without pay? Besides you will get something out of it if you have the satisfaction that you have done your part and done it well. We wish that we could make our teach- ers know all that they have been to us. They have been not only excellent teachers, but good sports, our leaders and friends in out- side activities as well as our instructors in school. At times we may have seemed un- appreciative and hard to deal with, but we shall always thank and honor you for the aid and inspiration you have given us. And so, now that this period of our lives is nearly ended, we shall go forward bravely and hopefully into the future with never a step backward. Browning tells us that the best of life is last for which youth was made. We know that the happi- ness cannot all be behind us. In fact, even these years, which look so bright to us now, have had their disappointments and trials. We do not think of those things now, but they were very real to us when we en- countered them. The memory of these four years with their problems solved will help us in solving the problems of the future. The trials of youth being overcome, we are strengthened for the trials of manhood and womanhood. We hope to live our lives so that our age many be a time of satisfaction. The Class of '26 never has failed in any thing it has undertaken and we pray and triust that it will not fail in the game of 1 e. Laura C. Rounds CLASS HISTORY OF 1926 The purpose of this great history is to present to you in a clear and forceful man- ner the important events in the history of the class of 1926. We as authors of this history have two distinct objects in view. They are simpli- city of style because we know no other and impartiality in the treatment of all our sub- jects which are eighteen in number. We started up the long way to a high school diploma in September 1913. Of the eighteen graduating in our class, seven started together in the first grade. These are Laura Rounds, Hilda Demar, Dorothy Cull, Lorne Bruso, Robert Corliss, Wilbert Pat- ton and James McKenney.

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R. H. S. SEARCHLIGHT 11 fact all the activities of the school or class have had Laura's enthusiastic support. Not only in such matters has she excelled, but also in scholarship in which she stands at the head. Dorothy Cull is a jolly girl and has won considerable fame in the commercial de- partment because of her fast typing. Another one of the favorites of the old bunch is Hilda Demar. Her ability as an actress will be demonstrated tonight as she takes the role of sister in the play. Lorne Bruso, whom we all know as Joe is the class sheik. He is popular with the girls and possibly a bit more so with some of the faculty. Joe has played on both basket ball and baseball teams for three years and was Captain of baseball in 1925. Last, but not least in length or height anyhow, is Robert Corliss. He has served a twelve year sentence, but now feels like Jesse Pomeroy, who doesn't want his free- dom now. Robert is a bashful young gentle- man, who is about to make a history. Now our high school days have passed. All the lessons, games and good times are histories to us. We are about to go out on life's way to make more history and we hope it will be more illustrious than that of the past. Eva B. Oliver Robert W. Corliss CLASS WILL We, the graduating Class of 1926, Vil- lage of Richford, County of Franklin, State of Vermont, United States of America, be- ing of sound mind do bequeath, bestow, rc- linquish, donate, give, tranfer, yield, make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament-to witness: Our heartiest thanks and deepest grati- tude to Mr. Rustedt. Our best wishes to the faculty. Our deeds and achievements to the memory of Posterity. Our enviable record for the edification of the big hearted Juniors. To you fellow students the class of 1926 hereby bequeath their studies, their privi- legcs, their duties, their part in school life, and all their excess money. We do hereby bequeath individually ac- cording to his or her merits: To-Howard Boomhower, Lorne Bruso's place in the business room with the provi- sion, by law, that he shall set as fast a pace as Lorne did in bookkeeping. To-Robert Calder, Arthur Pond's mar- velous voice. To Ella Martin, Cyril Chaffee's exten- sive vocabulary. To-Anna Carter, Estella's hearty laugh so that it may cheer others as it has us in the past. To-Ruth Marcy. Everett Ayer's good nature. To-Clifford Domina, Robert Corliss' dignity. To-Robert Livingston, James McKen- ney's qualifiications as a lady killer. To-Kenneth Tudhope, a Socony Gaso- line road map so that he may find his way from Montgomery Center to Richford High School. To-Charlotte Carpenter a good disposi- tion. TowEverett Royce, a permanent posi- tion in season. To-Shel Truax, the privilege of being the first man to mount the pitcher's box after the new grand stand is built. To-Gib Hurtubise a can of Libby's beans. To+Olive Berry a box of freckle cream. To-Ellen Brightwell a doll carriage that she may have something to wheel when she accompanies Elizabeth Smith and Dorothy Kennedy on their perambulatcr tours. To-Ronald Young, a permanent posi- tion as cartoonist for the Searchlight To--Arthur Weld, a book of etiquette so that he may be more for a gentleman and not be so noisy. To-Charles Taylor, the position of as- sistant instructor of physics, and a book on Making the Most of Your Time. To-Max Dufeny, Edward Clark's posi- tion as mailman to carry the letters between Junior and Senior Hall next year. To-Oressa Bessette, a bottle of Pep- tona. To-George Currie, a brok of amuse- ments so that he may find something else to do besides study. the pitcher's box for R. H. S. next