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

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20 CLASS 1923 Elzear Francis Asselin College Course “Jape” Dramatic Club (3) (4) School Plays (3) (4) Skating Committee (4) Glee Club (4) “We cannot help what we are born.” Here is a man who enters the Chemistry Laboratory with the intention of working, while the rest of us flirt with time. He can break more apparatus in a period than the famous bull in the china shop. He predicts that since it has fallen into his clutches, the chemical world will soon come into its own. Besides his scientific achievements, he pretends to have raised the art of skating to a degree of heretofore unattained finesse. At present he is busy formulating a synthetic ice by which he hopes to enjoy his skating through the summer months. His favorite method of concentrating is to stare blankly at a wall for several minutes, causing considerable anxiety, and doubtful comments among his friends.

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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.

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ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY 21 Beatrice Lena Bailey Commercial Course “Bea” Class Book Committee (4) “Confident that what the future yields will be the right Unless myself be wrong.” B. L. B. is the way she signs her name so of course her nickname is “Bea.” She is quite studious and generally knows her lessons better than most of us, but we don't hold that against her. Ask her some day what she got in a history test. Almost without fail, she will answer with precision, Oh, I got a terrible mark; really it was awful. To your cheerful remark, “Well, that is good, what was it? she will reply, “Ninety-five. Isn't that horrible?” Without doubt you will agree with her. She really is humorous, sitting across the room giggling at the rest of us and having a good time in general. But she is one of the best and is liable to bring home the “bacon” any day.