St Johnsbury Academy - Lamp Yearbook (St Johnsbury, VT)

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IS CLASS 1! 23 Elma Rosa Armstrong Commercial Course “Elma” “Nature ever faithful is to such as trust her faithfulness.” Beautiful, timid birds, sunny, modest flowers, helpless beasts, he not afraid; you have a friend in Elma. Yes, Elma lives on a farm. She takes long walks in the woods and fields observing the ways of nature. She knows the call of every bird and the haunt of every flower. We suppose she hunts for bugs and beetles and wonder if she keeps them in her pockets. If she does, they are well-behaved for we never see anything of them. She has been known to disregard all classroom etiquette to marvel at a chipmunk that she saw through the window, scampering about from limb to limb of a tree. Elma is a shy, timid girl who never appears very talkative and who thinks hoys are nuisances, but she is a kind and sympathetic friend to everyone.

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ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY IT Mildred Elizabeth Allen College Course “Mildred” Glee Club (4) Dramatic Club (2) (3) (4) “Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O’er books consumed the midnight oil?” “What’s that over there?” What? Do you mean that pile of books, papers, pens, pencils, and other little necessities?” “Yes.” Oh, Mildred Allen’s under that. She’s studying. Those are some of the articles she always has with her.” “Why?” No one has ever found out. It is just her way.” “Tell me more about her.” “She came from a farm near Danville, and now she's staying at the Cottage. Sometimes she doesn't have her lessons, but of course she has a good excuse. I have known her to burst into poetry.” “Tell me more.” “I don’t know any more except that she has the reputation of never doing anything wrong.”

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19 ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY E. Donald Asselin, College Course “Major” Prize Speaking (3) School Plays (3) (4) President Dramatic Club (4) Treasurer Athletic Association (4) . “Student” Board (4) Class Book Committee (4) Glee Club (4) “This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit.” Donald will not tell what the “E” before his name stands for, so we are left to draw our own conclusions. Is it “Excelsior?” And if so, which kind? Donald's chief delight is treading the boards of our Assembly Hall stage. Twice, fortified with a thick layer of grease paint on his face, he has carried away the applause of the audience; once, without the paint, he “prize spoke” and carried away first prize. Undoubtedly the moral is: Don’t use paint.” Those whom he considers his friends are fortunate, for some day he will be choosing his cabinet officers, and to be a member of the president’s cabinet is indeed an honor worth seeking.