Richford High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Richford, VT)

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R.lI.S. Searchlight mation as to which teachers can be bluffed, which are easy and which are hard to please. It tells who your favorite authors must be to stand well with your English teacher, the favorite heros of the history teacher, and what questions to ask to make the science teacher forget the lesson and be interesting. This information is invaluable to any wishing to make high grades in the subjects mentioned. lt will be noticed that, although we have left bequests to the junior class, soon to be Senio1's, to to the Sophomores, soon to be Juniors, and to those who will, in the fall become Freshmen, we have made no mention of the present Freshmen class which will be known as the Sophomore class in a few months. WVe have left them no- thing, because by that time their self-valuation will have attained such heights that nothing in our possession would be regarded by them as worthy of their distinction. T o our principal we give and bequeath a sense of relief that we have at last been gradu- ated, pleasant memories of our four years to- gether, and a feeling of pride in any great deeds or noteworthy achievements that our future may contain, realizing that such glories, if any, will owe much to his example and counsel. To our teachers, the faculty of Richford High School, we hereby give, free from all inheritance, luxury, or income tax, our entire store of knowl- edge. From them it came and to them it should be returned, that others may be benefitted by it as we have been. Along with this knowledge is bequeathed much additional information ob- tained by original research and contemplation. VVe feel that it will prove sufficiently startling to merit consideration and might even, with profit, be incorporated in the next course of study. We lack space for details, but shall simply state that our arguments against final exams, as well as those for bigger and better holidays, and no high- er mathematics, our shortened list of require- ments for graduation, are of vital importance and should be familiar to every earnest student of education. We also give and bequeath to the teachers our very kindest regards and our sincere grati- tude for their unfailing kindness and aid. The smaller individual bequests are as follows: lWill you please stand as your name is readj -.-fl Bflly H utclzinson-To you we bequeath the right to use your own fountain pen and consider yourself lucky to get it back. Charles Jackson-To you we bequeath the per- sonality of the Seniors, so that in the future you will be able to keep a girl without our help. M r. Tufllzope--To you we bequeath our sense of humor, highly developed, so that your So- ciology classes might be made more interest- ing. Dana Barlner-To you we bequeath a wire re- corder so you can hear exactly how those long speeches of yours sound to the rest of us. Ilielzarrl Lumlara-To you we bequeath the right to use Evening in Paris perfume any time you want. Betty King-To you we bequeath the right to go out with Norman Doe without any competi- tion. Ianet Laafler-To you we bequeath a small pic- ture of Mr. Tudhope so you'll never forget those sociology Current Events classes. Gloria Currier--To you we bequeath a book on how to talk and talk straight. Faye Bashaw and Albert Perry-To you we be- queath a wedding ring so that you'll have one in advance. Prices are going up, you know. james Corliss-To you we bequeath the right to make as much noise as you want in music not necessarily by singing, even when Mr. Bick- nell is there. Fmmy Bicknell-To you we bequeath the right to go out with any girl in Richford and still go steady with Pam in Burlington. Maurice Dubrule-To you we bequeath a sub- scription to one of the funniest joke books so that you'll never be caught without a Witty remark. Keith Marston-To you we bequeath the right to go out with a certain junior girl no matter what Dick Lahue says. ltoger Creighton-To you we bequeath the right to get another girl to save you a seat on the bus as a certain junior girl did this year.

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8 R.H.S. Searchlight -mum nummnumnnnunnnumu 'um mnmnmnnnnmmmmum , Class mmmmmmmmmnmmunuuesuaI1nsnmuuuuumuumuI 5 1-Iil--In-IIu1I1unInlmIIImIIIumuIIIIIIIIIIIIIII--ImuInIIIuuIuunIuIumInuIIIIInnmmm-InmI-ifInummm-mm-mmum-mmmmnm My dear friends, l have called you to assem- ble here as a solemn duty, that you, the heirs and assigns of my respected client, the class of 1951, may hear her last will and testament, which, as her legal adviso1', I drew, as directed by her, immediately prior to her passing from our presence. It was her intention and would have been her great pleasure to present you personally with these tokens of her esteem, but, finding her pos- sessions were even more extensive and valuable than she had thought, it was impossible, partic- ularly as her last days were so occupied with social engagements and other dates not so social, but of great importance to the future, which she was obliged to keep with various members of the faculty. On these occasions, such weird and un- expected questions were addressed to her, an immediate answer in writing being required, that the strain left her too weary for additional effort. Because of this, if any slight discrepancies or apparent injustice or partiality should appear to you in the distribution of her effects, we trust you will pardon it and realize it is caused by ex- haustion of her brain, never strong. We, the class of 1951, in the town of Rich- ford, the county of Franklin, and the state of Ver- mont, being in as good mental condition as usual, and in much better temper than usual, do here- by make this, our last will and testament, render- ing void and of no avail any former will or wills that may have -been previously made by us dur- ing a period of temporary optimism. We have no specific directions to leave con- cerning our funeral, but we do hope you will come prepared to praise as well as bury us, for- getting the trifling faults that may have been ours and remembering only our manifold and re- markable virtues. We feel that our brilliant record and our un- usual achievements will live after us, but, not wishing to take any chances, we suggest that a tablet, on which shall be inscribed our several names and a few of our most astounding deeds, oanunnnnnnnnnnnnuIuIu1IIIIuIII1nunIuuvnrun1nuuuvuInunm-mnnmmumnmnnnunnnnmnmununmmmmnmnnannnmennnunnnnnnuunmuummunm . 1 0 S 3 S 5 I ZH fi 5 5 i 1 be purchased and placed in the gymnasium of the school in a position where it will strike the eye of all who enter. And in this manner do we dispose of our possessions: We give and bequeath, freely and without re- servations or stipulations to the junior class, our rightful heirs, our most important and valuable properties: that is, our self-satisfaction, our im- portance, and our wisdom, all of which we pos- sess in enormous quantities, and we hope said gifts will be of use in overcoming their present inertia. We also leave the junior class our good luck. It made us what we a1'e today, and it should sat- isfy them. In addition to this, all our privileges and rights as Seniors in the classroom will revert to them as well as any notebooks, pencils, foun- tain pens, unfinished lollypops, or unfinished business, including debts contracted while en- gaged in the business of being a Senior, also any boys or girls whom we may have left behind in our haste. We give and bequeath to the junior class our Well-known nerve, which they will need next year, and all the examination questions we have been given during the past year. We believe that an examination, like history, often repeats itself. The answers, never owned in entirety, have long since been mislaid by us and are not included in this legacy. To our good friends, the Sophomore class, we leave our patience. It will be found useful as the only means by which they can endure the juniors. To the young and unsophisticated Freshmen we leave a map of the school building, so that they will not get lost and roam about in every- body's way looking for their classrooms. We in- clude with this map our little book entitled, How To Tell The Teachersf' a pamphlet com- niled by us after four years of hard study. The legatees will notice this book is not what to tell the teachers but how. It contains specific infor-

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Ill H.II.S.Sf'1lrfrl1ligl1f ,lonn i1lu'Illl1i.s'1'-Tovon we hequeath il hox of we give and heqneath to the Vermont State stationerv to answer all those love letters Board of Education to use as it sees fit. lmm ll y' Finally. we do herehy nznne and appoint as 1'f.,1,1., 1g,.,H,H-'fo you Wi. 1X.clm.uth thc. PUWCI- the sole executor of this. our last will ancl testa- annl the knowledge of how to use your hrotll- mf'Ut- OUT' N355 llflviwf- xlf- C- lx- Blcklwll- N15 'N0f0 lfilw- In witness whereof we. the class ol' 1951. the testator, have set oin' hand and seal on this sixth clay of june in the year of Oni' Lord. nineteen hnndrecl and fifty-one. THE SENIOR CLASS lieuerley Soullmforcl ' ' iUl1I'glll'l'f Iueks-on C.'lmrlr's Clllllgll--rl'0 you we heclueath our excel- lent state ol health so that you can he present always in sehool when there is a test. Besicle these heqnests, we leave om' lmest wishes to anv ancl all who inav clesire them. .-Xnv propertv or personal possessions of onrs Irene Brorleur that llltly remain in aclclition to the items specified rlIlIII'l'y linslmu' SlCAllClll,lCll'l' BOARD A lf i ' W t , 'f . ., , ,sv i f fs ,Qi A. ' W ':ii?iiii, i' Q is . , s - f 'Ha-5 A wi.: ix' f., ,, 3 A f , 1 is , f f- ' , s F . 1. ,,,.. f - f- 5 . - ' 4... L.. 3' V A , A T. . . P- F Ilaelt liowg-llnhrnle. Young. li. Benoit. Bneklev, Lariviere, Bieknell, jones, Ploof. Brown. Rieharclson. Ilolnies I'hircl Row:-I,. U'Brien. Philippon, V. Davis. Bicknell, lloclgnian, llniter, Brown. C. Davis. O. O'Brien Zntl liow:--Mason. Bashaw. .lat-lcson, llnrtnhise. Vl1llVllll'. Gilpin. Corex Ifront Row:-Bashaw, Sonthworcl. Miss Stront, li. Davis, Perry