Rutland High School - Talisman Yearbook (Rutland, VT)

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SALUTATORY We welcome you our parents teachers and frlends most heartrly here tomght We greatly appreclate the tremendous amount of help and encouragement whrch you have so generously glven to each of us and we reallze that 1f we had been wlthout your gu1d1ng advrce w would not be on th1s platform tonrght Although thrs nlght whlch so glorlously culmrnates our many happy years of school llfe should defimtely be a turmng pomt rn your lrves and ours lt should certamly not be a stopplng pomt rn your gurdmg lnfluence Instead we would apprecrate very much your contlnued ard ID the future whlch has been so very effectlve 1n the past In fact wlth the world so torn and troubled as rt IS now we are apt to need more guldance and help than ever before especrally as we are tonlght merely begrnmng our useful lrves rn the world RALPH E HUXT VALEDICTORY Gratltude to those who have alded us the graduatrng class of 1940 ln commg thrs far rn our formal educatron IS due at all tlmes but most es ecrallv tomght To parents teachers other sc ool admrmstrators and frrends we owe far more than the drplomas we recelve tomght All Worthwhrle knowledge does not come from books Flrst hand observatlon of the llves of others teaches as well We have not lacked worthy examples to follow at any t1me 1n our school career Lrvmg IS a subject much more valuable than any small d1v1s1on of formal learnlng That IS what they have strlved to teach and what we perhaps unconsclously have trled to understand and learn All thrs has been posslble fellow classmates only because we lrve rn a lrlferal state ln the world s only functromng democracy where educatlon IS dedrcated to the hlghest posslble development of well rounded 1nd1v1duals rather than to the expansron and worshlp of the state Wlth the outlook for democracy as preserve rt not losrng lght however f Amerrcan mdrvrdualrsm That comes hrst If the 1l'1tCgI'1ty and ldeals of the 1nd1v1dual are kept secure dlctatorshrp can never wholly succeed SARAH M Cr RTIS , Y V Y 7 , , r . 1 A . . Y , , , I . . . , black as it is today, may we always work to A, V A . 5 y y 0 , 1 . , . . . , . , , r ' V 4 . , e ' ' 1 . 1 . . , , , . , . , V K , s 7 , !

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CLASS HISTORY-Joyce Beauchamp, Walter Hayes, Carolyn Brehmer, and Suzanne Woodhn were inducted into the National Honor Society. The musical comedy, Paris Merry-Go'Round, was put on this year with one of our own boys, William Rathbone, playing the lead. Bill will also be remem' bered for his murals which cover the front wall of Room 103, and also the one which will be placed in 101, As seniors we found the number who had managed to struggle through the previous years had decreased to about 166. Phyllis Rousseau was again elected president of our class. Agnes Burke became vice president upon the resignation of Robert Percey, and Barbara jones and Frances Clifford acted as secretary and treasurer, respectively. The National Honor Society selected six of our members this year: Agnes Burke, Frances Clifford, june McKee, Robert Percey, Barbara jones, and Martha Tem le. pAdmirable records have been compiled by our football, track, basketball, baseball, and tennis teams. Outstanding athletes of our class were Franzoni, Crowley, Moore, Percey, Martin, and Provan. jack Martin, as Gabby, and a capable cast of seniors, presented the unforgett' able comedy You're Only Young Once. Soon after this, another musical comedy, Sing A Song of College, was presented, William Rathbone, Martha Temple, and john johnson playing the leads. Suzanne Woodhn won our annual oratorical contest, and brought honor to both our school and our class by standing third in the dramatic tilt at Burlington. Other notable events of this year are: the achievement of the valedictory and salutatory honors by Sally Curtis and Ralph Hunt, the placing of the Senior Reception in the hands of Beverly Melen, Class Night, Samuel Temple, Commencement, Charles Bruce, Baccalaureate, Marion Shaw, Picnic, Joyce Beauchamp, and Freshman Recep' tion, Shirley Kantor. Editor Walter Hayes and Business Manager Theresa O'Shea and their associates are to be complimented on their fine work with the Talisman. We shall always remember the four happy years we spent in this splendid school under the supervision and guidance of our principal and other members of the faculty. Some of us will be going on to school and others will go into the held of business, as several of our classmates pioneers have already had the opportunity of doing as part of their class work this year. But wherever we are in the future, We know that our interest in one another and in Rutland High School itself will never fade. Respectfully submitted, NORMA GENNETT

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THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The Rutland Chapter of the Natronal Honor Society has agaln concluded a successful year Gulded by a capable faculty advlser Mlss Marle ohnson the four ofhcers oyce Beauchamp presrdent Walter Hayes vrce presrdent Carolyn Brehmer secretary and Suzanne Woodhn treasurer contlnued the act1v1t1es of the socrety Tbls vear the members ralsed funds by selllng candy at the school s football and basketball games the Sprmgheld College Exhlbltlon and the Southern Ver mont Basketball Tournament Some of thxs money Was donated for such worthy causes as the urchasrng of several magazlnes and newspapers for the sc ool s llbrary Pgulmt Followlng the lmpressrve candle llghtlng rltual of OYCE EALCHAMP the soclety the four members of the Rutland chapter each wearlng a nevvlv purchased royal blue gown and a yellow rose corsage explalned the four cardmal prmclples of the order scholarshlp leadershlp servrce and character and mducted ten new mem bers 1nto the organlzauon ose rece Burke Frances Cllflnord Barbara ones une McKee Robert Percey and Martha Temple jumors ean Eddy ane Pratt Leonard Wmg and Beverly Woods Succeedmg the 1nduct1on ceremony Dr ohn M Thomas presldent of NOIWlCh UDIVCISIIY dellvered an address That evenrng the soclety and those vxho arded 1n selllng candy at the tournament attended a banquet and 8 IIIOVIC Front Ron Ur t to Ylghlj Suzanne Woodhn Carolyn Brehmer oyce Beauchamp Walter Hayes S and Rau lf! to Tlglltj MISS ohnson Adtmr Leonard Wing, ean Eddy ane Pratt Beverly Wcods Tlurl Row Clet to ugh! Frances Chfford Barbara ones Agnes Burke Robert Pcrcey june McKee Martha Temple V -I , 9 , Q ' 1 ll. A I , A . I L. . C 1, L C C , 1 4 T L C - l . ' E L ' 1 - - ' .3 Y C . ,- A. . .. I W 1 , , ,. ir, . L W . T . Th wed were as follows: SCHIOIS, Agnes T U 1 I rj 1 J I - . , .j . , Y ' A Y ' f '. f T u .-1 r ' 'Cf , 1 J A. 1,1 ,Je , . ' 1 f lf I .l - ' . , ,