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

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1936 volume:

1 THE ACADEMY STUDENT Pythian Building St. Johnsbury, Vermont Barney Brothers, inc. HUDSON, DE SOTO TERRAPLANE PLYMOUTH PHONE 737 26-28 Railroad Street St. Johnsbury, Vermont St. Johnsbury’s Most Popular Eating Place Willoughby Diner 48 2 Eastern Avenue WE HAVE A SPECIAL LINE OF GRILLED SANDWICHES QUALITY — SERVICE CLEANLINESS ALWAYS OPEN DO IT BETTER DO IT ELECTRICALLY The Twin State Gas Electric Company RANDALL WHITCOMB JEWELERS AND STATIONERS St. Johnsbury, Vermont Made to Measure Suits MEN’S FURNISHINGS At Low Prices CLEANING PRESSING REPAIRING “Cy” Amidon 59 Eastern Avenue St. Johnsbury, Vermont Maytag Aluminum Washer FREE TRIAL If it doesn‘t sell itself do not keep it A. E. COUNSELL SON St. Johnsbury, Vermont CADILLAC LA SALLE BUICK PONTIAC CARS The Northern Cadillac Co., Inc. 2 THE ACADEMY STUDENT Selling Agents for Clapp’s Baby Foods and Battle Creek Health Foods Complete line of Fancy Groceries, Meats, Fish and Oysters A. H. GLEASON Come and see the NEW 1938 FORDS CORNER GARAGE, INC. FORD SALES AND SERVICE Cor. Railroad and Portland Streets St. Johnsbury, Vermont ALA and Wrecker Service Open Night and Day DERRY IC I 1 DR. DALE S. ATWOOD Osteopathic Physician The Standard of Value St. Johnsbury, Vermont Established 1813 Incorporated 1897 Wm. A. Ide, Pres, and Treas. M. 1. Gates, Vice-Pres. Glenn V. Mooney, Sec’y E. T. H. K. IDE GRAIN FEED FLOUR COAL St. Johnsbury, Vermont Branches at St. Johnsbury Center, Danville, Passumpsic, Bradford, Fair-lee, North Danville, West Barnet, Vermont The MENUT PARKS CO. COAL, WOOD and COKE 8 Portland Street St. Johnsbury, Vermont Caldbeck-Cosgrove The James A. Impey Agency BUILDER’S SUPPLIES St. Johnsbury, Vt. We Specialize In Automobile Insurance “OUR MOTTO IS SERVICE 3 Portland St. St. Johnsbury Vt. Tel. 736-M THE ACADEMY STUDENT 3 THE ACADEMY J STUDENT Published by the Students of St. Johnsbury Academy TABLE OF CONTENTS Page V aledictory 5 Class Song 8 Salutatory 9 Class Prophecy 12 Class Grinds 16 Editorial 29 Class History 32 Class Will 34 Class Poem 40 Clubs 42 Athletics 48 Last Chapel 51 VALEDICTORY ESSAY 4-H CLUBS VERSUS CRIME Of all the problems in America today, the most serious except that of livelihood itself is crime. The relation is close, too; for a per capita tax of $120 must he assessed yearly to pay our crime bill of more than fifteen billions of dollars. If the entire cost of crime could be eliminated for two years, that saving would pay off our national debt. Freedom for three years would pay the entire cost of America’s share in the World ar, plus an enormous bonus. Statistics show that last year in this supposedly enlightened and civilized country, there was a minimum of 12,000 murders and an estimated total of 1,500,000 major offenses, which affected one out of every sixteen homes. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Crime Investigation, warns that 150,000 murderers are now roaming at large in the United States. These are astonishing facts, but the really startling one is that twenty percent of our crimes are committed by persons not yet old enough to vote, by those not yet even out of their “teens,” by those who often are not yet past high school age and who should still be under the active management and responsibility of the home. Yet, it is true, we find children stealing automobiles; we find them committing almost a thousand murders every year; we find that there are tens of thousands of burglaries and larcenies perpetrated by boys and girls who, in any other generation, would have been under the discipline of vigilant parents. The criminal situation as it affects our young people is an undeniable indictment against the American home of today. J. Edgar Hoover says “When youth commits crime it is because older folks have committed the greater crimes of apathy, indifference, and the expression of distorted views.” Thousands of young people, unable to find any kind of employment, are left with long, useless hours to be frittered away. When temptation looms large before them, they do not have the will power to dismiss it. Their early home influences have not been strong enough and good enough to keep them treading the harder upright paths;. G THE ACADEMY STUDENT but as weaklings they succumb and follow the path of least resistance, that of becoming a criminal. With a money-mad craze they sacrifice reputation, honor, and self-respect to obtain the riches which they think will purchase happiness. An energetic, thoughtful group of people realizing the catastrophe befalling our future citizens introduced a bill into Congress for an appropriation of $3,500,000 to be used to aid the unemployed young people. This bill was not passed, but it did arouse public interest in the situation. Even had the bill been passed, it would have helped out superficially for a time: the change within the boys and girls themselves which must take place before they return to normalcy would not be effected. Truly, something must be done to keep them occupied, healthy, and happy. Many clubs endeavor to interest youth in all kinds of activities, but I know of none which have a program so diversified as that of the 4-H Clubs. Every state in the union has its enthusiastic club members and even in Hawaii wonderful work is accomplished. The entire membership of the organization now exceeds a million. This is what 4-H’ers vow to do: I pledge my head to clearer thinking, Mv heart to greater loyalty. My hands to greater service. And my health to better living. For my club, my community, and my country.” To fulfill this pledge is to do all your work and all your play just a little better all the time, to learn just as many phases of your work as you can, to develop a courage and fearlessness to try and try again even after many failures, to cooperate with every worthy enterprise, and to deserve the respect of your fellow citizens. Caroline Eyring is a typical 4-H girl, hour years of club work was long enough to thoroughly infuse her with the lively 4-H spirit, and she was sent to Pima, Arizona to organize other clubs there. She taught the poor neglected girls of the community to make their own clothes and to furnish their rooms THE ACADEMY STUDENT attractively. Her overhand patches’ and bound buttonholes’ teams demonstrated their practical work to over one hundred mothers, and the buttonholes’ team won a free trip to the National Club Camp at Washington, D. C. This girl reached the pinnacle of 4-H success by winning the annual Moses Trophy Leadership contest, for she had increased the membership in her county from nine girls in club work to two hundred thirty-five. Not only that, she also received the heartfelt thanks of the fathers and mothers of her girls for the help she had given them. Alex Cruickshank is a typical 4-H boy. For seven years he had worked on his projects, not having much success but never giving up. Then he began to exhibit his best poultry, his best pigs, and his best calves at fairs. His stock was good. He was urged to exhibit at state fairs and finally at the Pacific Coast Expositions. He won many prizes, enough to help finance his way through college. Although busy with his studies, he continued his leadership work until he too was rewarded with the Moses Leadership Trophy. Out of the five million people enrolled in club work since 1914. there should now be over a million leaders. The 4-44 Club is a training school for developing leadership. Besides the trip to Washington which one of Caroline Eyring’s girls had, there is the trip to the Chicago 4-41 Congress, and boys and girls in the East have the privilege of exhibiting at the Eastern States Exposition as well as at their local fairs. Thev have their state camps and county camps every summer in which thousands of club members take part. They make new contacts and learn many new things to take back home with them. This work is for rural boys and girls — but couldn’t an organization with the same ideals and purposes be adapted to the needs of urban young people? 4t would stimulate them with the will to achieve honestly and would aid them in performing their work. It would help tremendously to solve the problem of criminals among young people. 8 THE ACADEMY STUDENT Elbert Hubbard expressed this idea well when he wrote: “We are all fools until we know That in the common plan Nothing- is worth the making If it does not make the man. Why build these temples glorious If man unbuilded goes? We build the world in vain Unless the builder grows.” That is also a thought for the Class of 1936. We are about to leave St. Johnsbury Academy to go out and build for ourselves. We hope the trustees, the principal, and the teachers may be proud of the structure that we raise. It is a tribute we owe to our sojourn here. —Kathleen Smith CLASS SONG CLASSMATES TOGETHER Classmates stand together. One big loyal band. Classmates stand together; We’ll never cease to lend a helping hand. Though we drift apart. And separate be our lots, And we leave St. J. behind us, Memories always will remind us Of those bygone days. Classmates stand together; We will have no fear. Classmates stand together; Success for all of us is very near. Though we have to say farewell, Forever we’ll be pals. Though the blue sea may divide us, St. J. A. please don’t forget us. Seniors must depart. Words: Marian Lumbra and Ruth Jenne Music: “Don’t Give Up the Ship” THE ACADEMY STUDENT 9 SALUTATORY ESSAY VANISHED ARTS The Class of 1936 is glad to welcome you to the 93rd Commencement exercises of St. Johnsbury Academy. During the years from the first to this 93rd graduation the world, and in particular the United States, has achieved a degree of industrial, scientific, and cultural civilization g-enerally considered to be the highest ever attained in the history of the world. Huge structures of every kind have been built; unbelievable discoveries have been made in the fields of chemistry, physics, medicine, and many related sciences; and—by way of a new, democratic culture—the products of industry and science have been distributed in an ever-increasing volume to the citizens of the New World. But in spite of the much-lauded efficiency and perfection of modern industry, there are some of its branches, engineering for example, in which the ancients can meet us on our own ground and by some forgotten skill even surpass our achievements. Probably modern engineers could, if necessary, reproduce the pyramids, but it is doubtful if in doing so they could employ the Egyptian trick of cementing together huge sixteen-ton blocks of stone with a layer of mortar so thin that the ioint is practically invisible — and even this art is bunglingly amateurish compared with the ability of a pre-Inca people in Peru to join Avith-out mortar enormous stones so perfectly that the thinnest knife blade cannot be inserted between them, and so stoutly that the conquering Spaniards, unable tc overthrow those walls, were obliged to build their own houses on them. In the familiar pictures of those smooth, somewhat curved stones, credit for this type of architecture is sometimes mistakenly gi -en to the race of the Inca kings. However, not only is present-day industry unable to do more than crudely imitate these and other lost arts, but there are some instances where modern engineering skill is completely 10 THE ACADEMY STUDENT baffled. The ancient Egyptians transported their stone obelisks and sarcophagi many, many miles and erected them uninjured; yet nearly all the obelisks and other stone monuments which have been brought from Egypt to modern lands have been damaged in the process. Not many years ago a British official found it impossible, even with modern machinery, to remove one of those stone sarcophagi more than part way from an Egyptian tomb where slaves under the direction of engineer-priests had. by some now unknown and forgotten means, placed it, along with many others. The huge coffin remains where the British official left it. obstructing the tunnel of the tomb. Apparently some ancient skill, perhaps patience, has been lost in the ages. The practice of inimitable handcraft has perished as an industry from many if not from most sections of the world, but nowhere so much as among the once highly civilized peoples of America. Not much, in fact, is heard about pre-colonial American jewelry, but specimens exist which are the marvel and the despair of modern jewelers. How the Aztecs carved their gems and quartz-rock figures without machinery will probably remain an everlasting mystery. Similarly wonderful are the little pieces of gold found in Equador. at first thought to be small nuggets but revealed by the microscope as tiny carved pictures. Tapestry with fine, almost invisible stitches was left by this prehistoric Equador race, and gorgeous feather garments and mosaics by the Aztecs. Neither can machinery equal the exquisitely fine tapestry of the pre-Inca inhabitants, with its colors fresh and bright even today. However humiliating be the record in industry, one would expect the modern age to excel all others in the realm of chemistry and other sciences, but there are many remarkable substances whose formulas have been lost. The never-fading colors with which the Egyptians decorated their walls would be the envy of any home-owner when that three-thousand year paint is compared with the short-lived paints manufactured today, while the dyes used by the pre-Inca Indians in their tapestries surpass to this very day the coal-tar products of the present. The violins of Stradivari and his Italian contemporaries have never been THE ACADEMY STUDENT 11 equaled, even though modern violin-makers have at their command a more varied and more abundant supply of wood, a much greater knowledge of science, and a wider market for their products than had Stradivari. The secret of his varnish and the method of its use died with him, and scientists are still striving in vain to rediscover it. Unlike these practical arts which seem to he completely lost are those fine arts, literature, sculpture, painting and others, which have not really vanished but which point to the past as the period of greatest accomplishment. There is always the hope that our civilization can sometime surpass these accomplishments, but until that time the triumph of the past must he conceded. All these vanished arts and crafts serve as a warning and a challenge to the people of our world. Almost without exception these lost skills were in the possession of a privileged few, and so were easily forgotten. No greater lesson than this should he needed to urge the preservation of our democratic institutions, an extensive public school system and an unhampered press. The challenge of former ages has already been partly met by the recovery of many once-lost arts, such as road-building and the manufacture of stained glass. It remains now to determine whether the heights reached in times gone by can be attained once again and surpassed. —Robert White CA u tog rap hs 12 THE ACADEMY STUDENT CLASS PROPHECY Time: 1960 Setting: Aboard the yacht “Spirit of ’36” in New York Harbor Characters: Emily Healey—an old maid Verona Tripp—a gay divorcee Albert Bahrt—captain of the yacht Eddie Olliver—private orchestra leader (The two ladies have become suddenly rich by holding a joint ticket on the winning horse in the Irish Sweepstakes. They have bought a yacht and are going on a cruising trip.) Verona: Eddie, you know you have charge of the musical en- tertainment. and we want it to be good. Edmund: Yes. I know, and I’ve hired Althea McFarland. You remember her. don’t you? She has become the most Emily: Albert: Emily: Verona: Eddie: Verona: famous torch singer in the United States. Also Martin Granger is going to help on the vocals by crooning. That will be nice. Don’t you think it would be grand to have Fleurette and Woodrow Roy come and do some of their famous dances? Who are the guests? You’ll have so many entertainers that you won’t be able to have much of an audience. You know' Eddie’s orchestra is quite large. For guests we are having old classmates, the famous Dr. Miltimore and his wife, the former Frances Marshall. Also Edward Brough, a professor of psychology at Wellesley. His wife is Lillian Lindsley. They make a nice looking couple. Boy, how' the old class has changed! In one night club where I w'as playing this spring I w'as astonished to see Betty Lou Witters as checkroom girl and Dotty Lee Higgins as a cigarette girl. I attended the Turner and Chase Circus last month. Two of the barkers were Sammy Weiner and Paul Benoit. Sam was inviting everybody to come in to his “magnificent, gigantic, colossal sideshow.” I entered and there sat Donald Bovee chaiming snakes by playing his clarinet. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 18 Emily: Verona: Albert: Emily: Eddie: Albert: Eddie: Verona: Emily: Verona: Albert: Emily: I went to that circus too. T saw Barbara Sumner in charge of the monkey act and Myrtle Firestone as the lion tamer. I read in the paper last night that Isabell Renfrew, widow of the late Henry Fuller, the famous steeplejack, has married Donald MacDowell, the president of the American Druggists’ Association. Yes, Henry was killed two months ago; he was walking down Broadway and slipped on a banana peel. I just heard a news flash that the famous aviator, Fred Bean, and his ife, Barbara Dow, are completing their round-the-world flight in their specially built plane designed by Fred and built for them by the Woods Aeronautical Corporation. By the way, the founder of that company is Gordon Woods. He married Marion Beck, didn’t he? Yes and no, didn’t you hear about the famous Woods-Beck-Wilcomb bigamy trial by Judge Brown of the Court of Appeals? Oh! Yes, that was cpiite a scandal. The Judge was our old classmate. Joe Brown. He married Lyn Til-den, and they have a home and three children up at North Danville, Vermont. Norman Atwood is the chief designer of the Zabarsky Follies, founded and managed by Maurice Zabarsky. Paul Wilkie and Ruth Bean, the great dance team, a e co-starring in this year’s Follies, together with Ginny Ball, the great blues singer. Yes, but the Blodgett Sisters. Barbara and Eileen, are really the hit of the show as tap dancers. Leighton Bradley is the master of ceremonies. Leighton’s wife, Ann Brown, has founded the Brown Institution for Better Babies. Ralph Conly and Ralph Chase assist her in training the infants according to the most up-to-date rules. Well, getting back to the subject of guests, who is next on our list? 14 THE ACADEMY STUDENT Verona: Let’s have the famous violinist. Kevin Cosgrove, and Emily: his accompanist, Eleanor Dahlbergh. Yes, and the columnist. Robert Dresser. I hear he’s Eddie: bought out the Flash Gordon comic script. I received a letter the other day from Muriel Drown. She and Delina Fournier are running a society for the Emily: prevention of cruelty to orphaned cats. She wanted me to persuade Gordon Hopper and his wife, Luella Sanborn, to accept positions as assistant cat trainers. I’ve invited Irene Howland, a well-known authority Albert: on English literature. Did you hear about Margaret Sprague? She got tired of her first husband, Paul Bennett, and married James Cunavelis. Then he left her and she married Homer Eddie: Verona: Stuart, the ladies’ fashion stylist. Margaret wrote several novels, didn’t she? Yes, she wrote “Fogbound” using Marjorie Stevens and Art Hafner as the principal characters. Emily: We had several authors in our class. Maybell Renfrew wrote “The Buttermilk Twins Series” for chil- Verona: dren. Fred Mehlman wrote “Ten Nights in a Jail.” I’ve heard it’s a very illuminating article. Eddie: Eleanor Drown wrote the biography of Randall Mac- Emily: Donald, the great Olympic track star. We had quite a bit of broadcasting talent in our class. I saw Ralph Kipp in Radio City the other day; he’s one of the most highly paid radio announcers there. Eddie: Yes, there were a lot of future radio performers. Doris Roberts, Margaret Ovitt, Mildred Irwin and Ruth Jenne are entertainers on the Showboat pro Emily: gram. Pat Wheelock is now a popular crooner on the Epsom Albert: Salts program. Marion Lumbra is the leader of the famous Melodiers, an orchestra formerly led by Ina Ray Hutton. Dot Kilburn gives talks every Friday night on etiquette, sponsored by Lifebuoy Soap. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 15 Eddie: V erona: Emily: Eddie: Emily: Albert: Emily: Eddie: Verona Emily: Albert: Eddie: Verona: Secretary of War Smith gave a tine speech last night on “The Horrors of War ’ She was Kay Smith, our class valedictorian. Priscilla Sylvester and William Tripp, the famous comedians, are advertising for Campbell’s Soup every Wednesday night. Robert White is the president of that company, isn’t he? Yes, he married Sheila Cordeau and they have a home in Newport. Rhode Island. You know we have a painter in the class too. Eva Simpson won a prize from the Art Institution of Chicago for her painting of Mave S?fford, the bathing beauty. I was in St. Johnsbury a short time ago. The old town’s changed so you’d hardly know it. Loretta Veilleaux now owns a chain of lunch rooms which she built up from Willey’s Cafe, and Ronald Hudon is the owner of the St. Johnsbury House. Whatever happened to Harriette Stanton? She and Harriet Calderwood are running an old maid’s home in East St. Johnsbury. Does anybody know what became of the old class cut-up, Donald Black? Yes, I do. He married Gratia Nolin, the shoe-store heiress, and they’re in Monte Carlo at present. He was active in the Salvation Army until he met her. Well, Captain, it’s about time we started for Boston where we’re going to pick up the guests. All right, I’ll order the crew to pull up anchor. My orchestra boys are all here ready to do their stuff. So long, New York, we’re on our way. Whistles-----------------------Whistles Committee, Emily Healey. Chairman Verona Tripp Albert Bahrt Edmund Olliver 16 THE ACADEMY STUDENT CLASS GRINDS NORMAN ATWOOD — “Norm” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Drawing black board pictures. Virtue: Hobbies of every sort from architecture to zoology. Activities: Glee Club 2. 3; Dramatic Club 3, 4, Track 1, 2, 3; Soccer 2: Class President 3: Tennis 3, 4; Winter Sports 3; “The Enemy” 4; “Roman Wedding” 2: “Mr. Onion 4; Honor Student 2; Jazz Orchestra 4. ALBERT BAHRT — “Popeye” (the Sailor Man) St. Johnsbury Weakness: Sophomore girls. Virtue: Running the movie machine smoothly. Activities: Glee Club 2, 3; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Track 1. 2, 3: Soccer 2; Orr's Day” 4: Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4: Track 1, 2; Football I, 2, 3, 4: Division Captain 4: Glee Club 4; Winter Sports 4; Prophecy Committee 4. VIRGINIA BALL — “Ginny” Jersey City, New Jersey Weakness: The “blond bandit”. Virtue: Those tremendous eyes. Activities: Dramatic Club 4; “Nancy Orr’s Day” 4: Glee Club 4; Class Stunt 4. RUTH BEAN — “Ruthie” Warner, New Hampshire Weakness: Cheek dancing. Virtue: That sparkling, teasing smile Activities: Dramatic Club 4; Glee Club 4; “The Enemy” 4; “Man on the Curb” 4. FREDERICK BEAN — “Fred” Passumpsic, Vermont Weakness: Tales of the evening before. Virtue: Seeking the truth by daily class arguments. PAUL BENOIT St. Johnsbury Weakness: Glowing blushes. Virtues: Avoiding the “femmes” and ability at tennis. DONALD BLACK — “Blackie” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Courting Ethyl. Virtue: A broad smirk at all times. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 17 BARBARA BLODGETT Montgomery Center, Vermont Weakness: (Keeps it well hidden). Virtue: Choosing St. Johnsbury as a place to attend school. Activities: Basketball 3; Soccer 3; Choral Reading 4; Debating 4. Weakness: Extreme verbosity. Virtue: Dependability plus a promising “nose for news”. Activities: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4; President of Dramatic Club 4; Classical Orchestra 1, 2, 3. 4; Jazz Orchestra 1, 2; Debate Club 4; Varsity Debate Team 3, 4; Vice-president of Debate Club 4; Chairman of Class Constitution Committee 2: Will Committee 4; Baseball 3; Golf 4: “Shirt Sleeves” 1; “House of the Flashing Light” 2; “Drums of Oude” 4; “Tourists Accommodated” 3; Sports Editor on the “Student” 4. LEIGHTON BRADLEY — “Pat” St. Johnsbury Center Weakness: Hallway romances. Virtue: Persistence in football. Activities: Football 4; Track 3, 4. EDWARD BROUGH — “Eddie” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Affection for his tiny merchant marine. Virtue: Ability to float in any position. Activities: Hallowe’en stunt 1, 2; “Soul Vibrations” 2; “House of the Flashing Light” 2; “Roman Wedding” 2: “Tourists Accommodated” 3; Division Captain 4; “The Enemy” 4; Treasurer of Dramatic Club 4; “Grand Cham’s Diamond” 4. ANNE BROWN Three Rivers, Province of Quebec Weakness: Amusing way she bridles at a remark. Virtue: Contagious smile and good humor. Activities: Dramatic Club 4; Glee Club 4; Monitor 4; Class Gift Com- mittee 4; Assistant Exchange Editor of “The Student 4: Hallowe’en Stunt 4. AILEEN BLODGETT Weakness: Just walking around. Virtue: Reticence. St. Johnsbury DONALD BOVEE — “Scoop” St. Johnsbury 18 THE ACADEMY STUDENT JOSEPH E. BROWN - “Jeb”, “Joe” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Irresistible desire to scuffle with Balirt. Virtue: Extraordinary ability to bit the ball when playing tennis. Activities: Monitor l. 2: Council member 3; Council Sergeant-at-Arms 4: Tennis 3, 4: Hallowe’en Stunt 3, 4; Track 1, 2; Reception Committee 2, 3; Class History Committee 4: Honor Student 1, 2, 3, 4; Treasurer of A. A. 4. HARRIETT CALDERWOOD — “Hattie” St. Tohnsbury Weakness: Nights out. Virtue: New Pontiac. Activities: Basketball 1; Monitor 1: June Dance Committee 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3. ARTHUR CHASE — “Art St. Johnsbury Center Weakness: Woman-bating. Virtue: Getting to school in spite of floods and storms. Activities: President of Future Farmers of America. RALPH CHASE East St. Johnsbury Weakness: Perfectly good excuses tor never having his home work done. Virtue: Ability to go through a class without saying a word. Activities: Baseball 3, 4. RALPH CONLY — “Fat St. Johnsbury Weakness: Indifference to senior year assignments. Virtue: Ruining local radio reception by his experiments. Activities: “Student” Board 2. 3. 4: Basketball 3. 4: Honor Student 1, 2, 3; Monitor 4. SHEILA CORDEAU St. Johnsbury Weakness: Being temperamental. Virtue: Preventing girls’ athletics from slipping into oblivion. Activities: Glee Club 3, 4: Monitor 2; Hallowe’en Stunt 2; Class Vice-president 3; Basketball 2. 3; Baseball 2, 3: Track 2; Tennis 2, 3, 4; Archery 2. 3; Winter Sports 2. 3. 4: Grinds Committee 4; Class and Commencement Marshal 3; Reception Committee 3, 4; Latin Play 2; Golf 4; Choral Reading 3: Class Ring Committee 3: Student Board 4. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 19 KEVIN COSGROVE — “Mike”, “Cabbage” St. Johnsbury Weakness: “Fiddling” around. Virtue: Carefully combed red hair and a “quick-on-the-draw” temper. Activities: Orchestra 1, 2. 3, 4; Jazz Orchestra 1, 2; Debate Club 4; Student Council 1. 2: “Student” Board 1, 2, 3, 4; “Student” Editor 4; Class President 2, 4; Senior Dance Committee 4: Golf 4; Honor Student 4. ELEANOR DAHLBERGH — “Turkey” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Groping for words in translating Latin. Virtue: Going to Burlington and acting civilized. Activities: Orchestra 1, 2: Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2; “Student” News Editor 4; Hallowe’en Stunt 2: Division Lieutenant 2, 4; Debating Team 3. 4: Honor Student 1, 4; French Prize 2; Debating Club 3, 4; Secretary-Treasurer of Debating Club 3, 4; Class History 4: Basketball 1; Baseball 1. BARBARA DOW — “Bob” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Ford coupes. Virtue: Successfully keeping account of A. A. council business. Activities: Monitor 1, 2; Glee Club 1: “Student” Board 3. 4; Executive Council 4; History Committee 4; Class Vice-President 2; Hallowe'en Stunt 2. ROBERT DRESSER — “Bob” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Antipathy for Athletic Association. Virtue: Pepping up the “Student”. Activities: Football 1, 2, 3; Track 1, 2; Hallowe'en Stunt 4; Monitor 4: “Student” Board 4; Grinds Committee 4; Nominating Committee 4; “The Kelly Kid” 4. MURIEL DROWN St. Johnsbury Weakness: St. J. A. Alumni. Virtue: Attachment to the school. Activities: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4; “Knave of Hearts” 2; “Tourists Accommodated” 3; “Nancy Orr’s Day” 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. ELEANOR DROWN St. Johnsbury Weakness: Neanderthal posture. Virtue: Getting to school punctually from the wilds of Arlington. 20 THE ACADEMY STUDENT MYRTLE FIRESTONE St. Johnsbury Weakness: That smile! Virtue: Faithfulness to the Secretarial Department. Activities: Baseball 1, 2; Dramatic Club 2, 3; “Student” Board 2, 3; Invitation Announcement Committee 4; Colby Division play 4. DELINA FOURNIER St. Johnsbury Weakness: Xot going out for enough activities (Inserted by request of the Grinds Committee). irtue: Capacity to endure sitting in front of Henry Fuller in English class. HENRY FULLER — “Hank St. Johnsbury Weakness: (censored). Virtue: Being the class clown. Activities: Track 4. 5; Basketball 5; Glee Club 1; Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: Winter Sports 5; Monitor 1, 2; Assistant Stage Manager 4; Stage Manager 3; Last Chapel Committee 5; Hallowe’en Stunt 1, 2, 3, 4, o. MARTIN GRANGER Passumpsic, Vermont Weakness: Aversion to razor blades and punctuation marks. Virtue: Being the unrecognized Poet Laureate of the class of 1936. Activities: Track 1, 2; Baseball 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4. ARTHUR HAFNER — “Art” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Monograms. Virtue: Eternal grin. Activities: Track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Soccer 2; Winter Sports 3, 4, 5; Hallowe’en Stunt 1, 2. 3; Monitor 1, 5; Choral Reading 4, 5; Will Committee 5. EMILY HEALY - “Em” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Being “just an old fashioned girl.” Virtue: Mercy in writing the class prophecy. Activities: Hallowe’en Stunt 1; Archery l, 2, 3; Monitor 3; “Student” Board 4; Prophecy Committee 4. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 21 DOROTHY LEE HIGGINS — “Dottie Lee” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Week-end house parties. Virtue: Perfect posture. Activities: Basketball 1. 2. 3; Hallowe’en Stunt 1. 2; Monitor 4; Class Will 4; Reception Committee 2: Baseball 2, 3; Soccer 1.2; Archery 1. 2; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Winter Sports 1,2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Tennis 3; Junior Usher for Senior Class; Track 1, 2; Golf 4. GORDON HOPPER — “Red St. Johnsbury Weakness: He used to collect stamps! Virtue: Keeping out of trouble in spite of his Kalijarvian length. Activities: Monitor 4; F. F. A. Circus 4; Track 4; Spelling Contest 4. IRENE HOWLAND — “Speedball” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Queries in English and history classes. Virtue: Effervescent enthusiasm. Activities: Winter Sports 1, 2, 3, 4; Soccer 1, 2, 3; Baseball 1, 2, 3; Track 1, 2, 3; Archery 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Horseshoes 4. RONALD HUDON — “Ronnie” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Cigars. Virtue: Working nights and passing subjects. Activities: Hallowe’en Stunt 2, 4; Assistant Football manager 2; Football Manager 3, 4. MILDRED IRWIN St. Johnsbury Weakness: Chattering about romances. Virtue: Rapid-fire typing. RUTH JENNIE — “Ruthie” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Grammar school boys. Virtue: That sweet soft voice. Activities: Archery 1, 2; Basketball 2; “Student” Board 3, 4; Monitor 3; Verse Speaking Choir 4; Class song 4; Division Captain 4. DOROTHY KILBURN — “Dot” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Homework. Virtue: First-aid to Freshman boys. Activities: “When Troubadors Sang” 1; Girls’ Basketball 2; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Glee. Club 4, 5; “Tourists Accommodated” 4. 22 THE ACADEMY STUDENT RALPH KIPP Passumpsic, Vermont Weakness: Itching palm for blackboard erasers. Virtue: Four years of good behavior (at least he wasn’t caught). Activities: Track 1, 2, 4; Basketball 2; Baseball 3; Winter Sports 4. LILLIAN LINDSLEY — “Jim ’ St. Johnsbury Weakness: Jazz Orchestra members (not St. J. A’s.) Virtue: Spicy comments in English class. Activities: Girls I rack 2. 3: Girls’ Basketball Manager 1; Girls’ Basketball Captain 2. 3, 4; Girls’ Baseball 1, 2, 3; Soccer 1.2; Archery 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4; Reception Committee 2, 3: Will Committee 4; Division Captain 4; Monitor 2; Hallowe’en Stunt 2, 3. MARION LUMBRA St. Johnsbury Weakness: Sunday afternoon auto rides. Virtue: Keeping the Academy music-minded. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4: Jazz Orchestra 3, 4; Chora! Reading 4; Monitor 4; Hallowe’en Stunt 4. RANDALL MacDONALD — “Mac” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Alumnae girl friends. Virtue: Acquiring a large collection of athletic trophies and letters. Activities: Monitor 3; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 4: Track 1, 2, 3, 4; V inter Sports 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Sophomore Reception Committee 2. DONALD MacDOWELL — “Chink”, “Mac” Johnson, Vermont Weakness: Girls. Virtue: Being the Cottage “go-between”. Activities: Jazz Orchestra 3, 4; Choral Reading Group 4. ALTHEA McFARLAND St. Johnsbury • Weakness: Loud silence in classes. Virtue: Keeping the boys from Four Corners in good behavior. FRANCES MARSHALL — “Frank St. Johnsbury Weakness: Doing homework in class. Virtue: Arousing the other girls to greater beauty efforts. Activities: Basketball 1. 2, 3. 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3; Soccer 1, 2; Archery 1, 2; Monitor 2; Division Lieutenant 3; Track 3; Chairman of Properties Committee for Cherry Special” 4; Glee Club 2, 3. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 23 FRED MEHLMAN — “Freddie” Johnson, Vermont Weakness: Slaying too many female hearts. Virtue: First (and almost the only) Cottage hoy to get high honor marks. Activities: Track 3, 4; Dramatic Club 3, 4: “Tourists Accommodated” 3; Cap and Gown Committee 4; “Sham” 3; June Dance Committee Chairman 4; “The Enemy” 4. JACK MILTIMORE St. Johnsbury Weakness: Deviltry (!) Virtue: Diligence in homework (during senior year). Activities: Choral Reading 4: “Student” Board 4; Glee Club 2; Monitor 2. GRATIA NOLIN — “Junie” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Absent-mindedness. Virtue: Never failing affability. Activities: Student Board 3. 4; Monitor 2; Student Council 3: Glee Club 4; Division Caotain 4; Last Chapel Program Committee 4; Winter Sports 2, 3, 4: Basketball 1, 2. 3. 4; Golf 4: Baseball 1. 2; Track 2; Tennis 2, 3. 4: Archery 3; Hallowe’en Stunt 3. 4: Reception Committee 3, 4: “Tourists Accommodated” 3: “Sham 3. EDMUND OLLIVER — “Eddie” St. Johnsbury Weakness: “Swing” music. Virtue: Saxaphonist extraordinary of St. J. A. Activities: Baseball 1, 2, 3: Monitor 1: Band 1. 2, 3: Jazz Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Prophecy 4; Class Treasurer 3; Orchestra 1, 2, 3. MARGARET OVITT Passumpsic, Vermont Weakness: Extreme silence even while reciting. Virtue: Fiery locks. Activities: Baseball 1. ISABELL RENFREW St. Johnsbury Weakness: Resembling Maybell too much. Virtue: Uplifting influence on Senior boys. Activities: Monitor 2; Basketball 1, 2; Baseball 1, 2; Archery 2; Soccer 1, 2; Division Captain 4; Student Secretarial Board 4: Cap and Gown Committee 4; Class Ring Committee 3: Winter Sports 2, 3. 24 THE ACADEMY STUDENT MAYBELL RENFREW St. Johnsbury Weakness: Resembling Isabell too much. irtue: Keeping class minutes in order. Activities: Baseball 1.2: Basketball 1,2; Archery l; Soccer 1,2; Glee Club 1; Student Secretarial Board n, 4: Monitor 3: Class Secretary 4. DORIS ROBERTS St. Johnsbury Center Weakness: Studying at the library. Virtue: That cute expression. FLEURETTE ROY St. Johnsbury Weakness: Helpful suggestions. Virtue: Perseverance. Activities: Glee Club 4: Choral Reading 4. WOODROW ROY St. Johnsbury Weakness: Helpful hints to faculty members. Virtue: A well behaved fifth year (considering his first four). MAYE SAFFCRD St. Johnsbury Weakness: Gossiping Virtue: Stinda3' school teaching. Activities: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Basketball 4; Choral Reading 4; Hiking 4; Hallowe’en Stunt 2: Honor Student 4. LUnLLA SANBORN St. Johnsbury Weakness: Holding down library steps. Virtue: Poise in chapel. Activities: Baseball 4; Basketball 4; Debating 4; Choral Reading 4; Commencement Speaker Committee 4; Honor Student 4. EVA SIMPSON St. Johnsbury Weakness: Square dances. Virtue: Keeping good company in the “lab”. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 25 KATHLEEN SMITH — “Kate” Passumpsic, Vermont Weakness: Preferring Lyndon hoys to those at St. J. Virtue: Loving kindness to humanity in general and Council culprits in particular. Activities: Honor Student 1. 2. 3, 4: Monitor 3; Chairman of Secretarial Board 3; Secretary on Student Council 4; Glee Club 4; Choral Reading 4; Valedictorian 4; Curriculum Committee 4; Nominating Committee 4; Cap and Gown Committee 4; Class Secretary 3; Class Vice-president 4. MARGARET SPRAGUE — “Margie” St. Johnsbury Weakness: House parties. Virtue: Loving him even if he can’t jump. Activities: Monitor 1; Council Member 2; Dramatic Club 2. 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3. 4; Glee Club Officer 3, 4: Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity 1. 2; Soccer 1. 2. 3; Baseball 1. 2, 3; Hallowe’en Stunt 3, 4; Cheerleader 1. 2, 3. 4; Librarian 4: Last Chapel Committee 4; “Elmer” 4: Reception Committee 3, 4. HARRIETTE STANTON — “Hattie” St. johnsbury Weakness: The same “blond bandit” (again). Virtue: Very descriptive adjectives for English class. Activities: Glee Club 3. 4; Basketball 3. 4; Choral Reading 3; History Committee 4; Reception Committee 4. MARJORIE STEVENS — “Marje” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Airplanes. Virtue: A boy friend at each fingertip. Activities: Monitor 1: Winter Sports 1: Track 2. 3, 4: Hallowe’en Stunt l; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2: Ring Committee 3; Librarian 4; Dramatic Club 3, 4: “Rosalie” 3; “Tourists Accommodated” 3; Student Coach of “YYYY” 4; Commencement Usher 3: Choral Reading 3: Reception Committee 4; Golf 4; Grinds Committee 4; June Prom Committee 4. HOMER STUART — “Stewey” St. Johnsbury Weakness: “Wanda”ing on Clinton Avenue. Virtue: Wandering in Europe and points equally distant. Activities: Football 1, 2, 3. 4; Football Captain 4; Track 1, 2. 3; Basketball Manager 4; Class Treasurer 2: Halloween Stunts 2, 3; Ring Committee 3: Gift Committee 4; Senior Marshal 3; Reception Committee 4; Monitor 2. 26 THE ACADEMY STUDENT BARBARA SUMNER _ ‘Barb” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Charles Street corner. irtue: By-gone dislike for anything in trousers. Activities: Glee Club 3, 4; Golf 4; Band 3, 4; Soccer 3; Basketball 3.. PRISCILLA SYLVESTER Montgomery. Vermont Weakness: Green Fords. irtue: Home-making ability. ANNA TILDEN _ “Lyn St. Johnsbury Weakness: A. A. Treasurer. irtue: Lyrical ability. Activities: Glee Club Choral Reading 3; Class Poem 4; Librarian 4. VERONA TRIPP _ Trippy” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Blowing that horn. Virtue: Getting music out of it. Activities: Band 3, 4; Band Librarian 3; Band President 4; Monitor 3, 4; Orchestra 4: Glee Club 3. 4; Prophecy Committee 4; Basketball 3; Archery 3. WILLIAM TRIPP _ “Bill’ St. Johnsbury Weakness: Countless trips to Lyndon. irtue: Wrork outside of school. Activities: Soccer 1. 2, 3; Band 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Jazz Orchestra 1, 4; Dramatic Club 2, 3. REGINALD TURNER — “Reggie” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Extensive use of the wrong word in an essay. Virtue: Automobile addict. Activities: Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3; Tennis 5. LORETTA VEILLEUX St. Johnsbury Weakness: Nocturnal missions. irtue: Patience with Student Board material. Activities: Baseball 1. 2. 3; Track 1; Monitor 2; Student Board Secretary 4; Invitation and Announcement Committee 4. SAMUEL WEINER — “Sam” St. Johnsbury Weaknesses: Candy, peanuts, new cars, and talking. Virtue: Open handed generosity. Activities: Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Soccer 2, 3; Winter Sports 4; Choral Reading 4. THE ACADEMY STUDENT CLARENCji, AA HEELOCK — “Pat St. lohnsbury Weakness: Sports page headlines. Virtue: Cartoonist. Activities: Football 1, 2, 3. 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Captain 4: Track 1. 2, 3; Baseball 2, 3. ROBERT WHITE — “Bob” St Johnsbury Weakness: Loquacious discourses on nothing at all. Virtue: Good behavior during his fourth year (by necessity). Activities: Hallowe'en Stunt 2, 3, 4: Chairman of Grinds Committee 4: President of Student Council 4: Reception Committee 3. 4: President of Debate Club 3, 4; Captain of Debate Team 3. t: Glee Club 3, 4: Student Board 4: Salutatorian 4: Honor Student 1, 2, 3, 4; June Dance Committee 4. PAUL WILKIE St. Johnsbury Weakness: His brother’s car. Virtue: Keeping the “Student” out of the red. Activities: Tennis Captain 3, t: Glee Club 3, 4: Class Treasurer 4; Monitor 1; Hallowe’en Stunt 1; Cap and Gown Committee 4; “Student” Board 3, 4; Honor Student 1, 3, 4: Nominating Committee 4: Reception Committee 3. BETTY LOU WITTERS — ‘ Betty” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Skipping out of grinds committee meetings. Virtue: Being the local Walter Winchell. Activities: President of A. A. 4; Vice-President 3; Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary of Dramatic Club 4: Student Board 1, 2, 3. 4; Class Officer 1, 2; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4; Honor Point Letter 1, 2, 3: Division Lieutenant 1, 2, 3; Grinds Committee 4; Winter Sports 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2. 3, 4: Tennis 1. 2. 3; Golf 4: Track 2; Soccer 1, 2, 3. 4; Librarian 4. GORDON WOODS — “Sonny” St. Johnsbury Weakness: Sophomore girls. Virtue: Respectful attention in class. Activities: Baseball 1, 2, 3; Baseball Captain 4; Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Monitor 1, 2, 3, 4; Division Captain 4: Hallowe'en Stunt 2, 3, 4; History Committee 4; Chapel Program Committee 4; Assistant Stage Manager 2. 28 THE ACADEMY STUDENT MAURICE ZABARSKY St. Johnsbury Weakness: Driving to school. Virtue: Never-failing additions to class discussion. Committee: Robert White, Chairman Betty Lou Witters Sheila Cordeau Marjorie Stevens Robert Dresser Norman Atwood CA u to rap hs Arafomg tuftpnt Volume I, No. 8 St. Johnsbury, Vt., June l!)3( EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Kevin Cosgrove Assistant Editor Gratia Nolin News Editor Eleanor Dahlbergh Assistant News Editor Hazel Lavature Literary Editor Lilia Safford Business Manager Paul Wilkie Asst. Business Mgrs. James Cunavelis, Norman Hopper Alumni Editor Exchange Editor Assistant Exchange Editor Boys’ Athletics Girls’ Athletics Robert White Robert Dresser Jack Miltimore Katherine Oldham Margaret Beattie Ann Brown Donald Bovee Sheila Cordeau Columnists Betty Lou Witters Victor Schneider James Cunavelis Elizabeth Richmond Miss Ellis Miss Grover Advisory Board Mrs. Carter Miss Clark Mr. Baldwin Secretaries Maybelle Renfrew Barbara Dow Isabelle Renfrew Emily Healy Ruth Jenne Loretta Veilleux GENERAL INFORMATION The publication is under the management of the two upper classes. The Student is on sale at Randall Whitcomb’s and at Prescott’s Book Store: single copies 10c. Graduation Issue 30c. Address all communications to THE STUDENT, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Yearly subscription price, $1.00. Issued eight times a year. The Cowles Press, Inc., Pythian Building:, St. Johnsbury, Vt. Editorial Board Prof, and Mrs. Hardy at the planting of the Coolidge Elm. Left to right: — Dermot Cosgrove, Dr. Frank Farmer, Mrs. Hardy, Prof. Hardy, Mr. Oldham, Mr. Rowe. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 31 BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER Thornton B. Penfielcl, Ph. D., of Englewood, N. J., has been secured as the Baccalaureate speaker for the ninety-third graduation exercises. The service will take place at Fuller Hall Sunday evening, June 7. Dr. Penfield was graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in the.class of 1886, the class that is holding its fiftieth reunion this year. He was graduated from Columbia University in 1890 and from the Union Theological Seminary in 1893. He next took up post graduate work at New York University and Taylor University. Dr. Penfield has been the assistant secretary on the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, secretary of the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A., and superintendent of the Presbyterian Board of National Missions for northern New Jersey. COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER The Class of 1936 is fortunate in securing Professor Robert Tristram Coffin of Bowdoin College for its Commencement speaker on Monday, June 8. Professor Coffin recently won the Pulitzer prize for the best collection of poetry published during the year. A graduate of Bowdoin in 1915, he secured his Master’s degree from Princeton University in 1916. During the World War he served in the 72’d Artillery Regiment in the A. E. F. Following the War, he received the honor of being appointed a. Rhodes Scholar from Maine to Trinity College of Oxford University. Later, for a number of years, he was professor at Wells College, leaving there to accept the position of professor of English at Bowdoin. Professor Coffin is the author of many books, essays and collections of verse. His collection of poems “Strange Holiness” won him the award for being the most outstanding poet of 1935. “Lost Paradise,” a story of a boy’s life on a Maine farm, has won laudatory comments from critics as has the biography of his father “The Portrait of an American.” —Tack Miltimore 32 THE ACADEMY STUDENT CLASS HISTORY Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here to witness the departure of the illustrious class of ’36 from these halls of St. J. A. which we 133 young aspirants to fame and fortune entered on September 6, 1932. Soon after our arrival the old and popular game of soccer was organized by Mr. Batchelder who also entered the Academy in the fall of ’32. Up until January 3, 1933. we advanced under the fatherly guidance of Mr. Brown, when the task of piloting 133 egotistical freshmen through scholastic reefs was taken over hy our new principal, Mr. Stanley R. Oldham. On March 28, 1933, we paid deserving tribute to the memory of Dr. C. A. Cramton, for many years a-distinguished member of the Board of Trustees. In April, three of our optimistic students, Kathleen Smith, Ruth Kearney and Eleanor Dahlbergh sought to carry off the honors in the University of Vermont Oratorical Contest. In dramatics our sole representatives were Betty Lou Witters and Donald Bovee, who set a standard for the class by their excellent acting in “Shirt Sleeves.” We started our sophomore year minus nineteen classmates and one of our teachers, Mr. Chadwick, who was succeeded by Mr. Robert Hubbard, Mr. Steele being added to the faculty at the same time. Late in the fall we were saddened by the untimely passing of Mr. Brown, a true friend and kindly advisor. We were well represented that year in the field of sports; in football by Homer Stuart, Clarence Wheelock, Paul McGinity, Randall McDonald and Robert Dresser; in winter sports by Gratia Nolin, Betty Lou Witters, Irene Howland and Margaret Sprague; in basketball by Clarence Wheelock and Henry Fuller; in baseball by Clarence Wheelock and Randall McDonald Realizing that we would concentrate better when surveyed by an unseen eye, the faculty wisely transferred the teacher’s desk to the rear of Room 6. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 33 We sustained another sorrow that year in the death of Mr. Perley F. Hazen, the president of the Board of Trustees and an invaluable aid and a constant friend of the Academy. Rested and browned by the summer sun, we returned to St. J. A. in the fall of ’34 secure in our position as upper class-men. A new department, home economics, had been added to the curriculum with Mrs. Maynard Trafton as its head. A romantic element was furnished by Miss Annabelle Leicht and Mr. Alfred Hubbard, both newcomers to the Academy faculty. Six members of our class, Clarence Wheelock, Homer Stuart, Henry Fuller, Randall McDonald, Paul McGinity and Robert Dresser assisted by certain members of the senior ar.d sophomore classes, broke the jinx of fifteen years by defeating L. I. and maintaining a perfect record for the entire football season. Under the tutelage of Mr. Oldham debating was firmly established at the academy as an interscholastic activity, while certain dramatically inclined members of our class took part in the play “Tourists Accommodated” which was presented to a large and appreciative audience in the spring of 1935. The track team of which several of our classmates were outstanding members had a successful season. In the girls’ interclass track meet we emerged victorious with Irene Howland the high scorer of the afternoon for the second consecutive year. Upon returning for our senior year in the fall of ’35, we found many changes in our faculty. Mr. Rowe, who had accepted a position as principal at Fairfax High School, was replaced by Mr. Baldwin. Miss Clark succeeded Miss Estes, and Mr. Chase was added to the faculty due to the increase in the number of students, the largest in the history of the school. Mr. Peters arrived to take charge of the new agricultural course, the Future Farmers of America. The football team with Captain Stuart and several other seniors, notably Fuller, McGinity, Wheelock and McDonald had a successful season with the exception of the I.. I. game in which the expectations of the Academy suffered a severe setback when an inspired Lyndon team held our eleven to a scoreless tie. 34 THE ACADEMY STUDENT Our debate team in its second year was successful in winning four out of seven debates. The winter sports teams came through the season capturing the winter sports title from Newport and L. I. Robert White was named principal for the next appointment at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and Albert Bahrt as the third alternate. This is the second time such a position has been attained by a St. J. A. student, and we feel it a great honor to our class. Our basketball team had no outstanding victories or defeats except the game with Montpelier at the Northeastern tournament when they were defeated in a close overtime game by a score of 28 to 27. With Captain Woods leading our baseball nine, that sport officially got under way with three defeats followed by two victories. Now, at the end of four years of endeavor, we are graduating with 20 honor students, a number slightly above average, the highest ranking of whom are Kathleen Smith, valedictorian and Robert White, salutatorian. Thus, from the above record of our achievements it is clear that our class though neither outstanding or insignificant has not fallen below the standards of St. Johnsbury Academy whose ideals we shall try to uphold in the days to come. Committee: Joseph Brown, Chairman Eleanor Dahlbergh Harriette Stanton Barbara Dow Gordon Woods CLASS WILL We, the class of 1936 of St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, being to the best of our knowledge of sound mind, body, and spirit, do make and declare this to be our last will and testament: FIRST: We, having inherited the doubtful dignity of conducting class meetings, do in our turn bequeath the same to the incoming Senior class. 35 THE ACADEMY STUDENT SECOND: To the Junior brothers of the “Lodge”, the Senior members give, devise, and bequeath their unfailing ability to study under any conditions with the suggestion that they move their headquarters thinking that by this time their welcome has been outworn. THIRD: To those whom they will serve best, the individuals of the class leave the following: To James Cunavelis NORMAN ROUNDY ATWOOD leaves his accordian being sure that the members of the Junior class would rather hear that than Jimmie’s voice. ALBERT EDGAR BAHRT leaves his unfailing ability to be late to Walter Bradley, for it seems a shame to see W alt always coming in first. HENRY HOLDER FULLER leaves a bottle of glue to Lilia Safford so they will stick together. EDWARD ELLIOT BROUGH leaves his excess avoirdupois to Henry Corse so that he may be a man instead of a shadow. To Donald Roberts JACK CLIFTON MILTIMORE leaves untouched and unused the splendid physique which was willed to him last year by Merriman Wellard. ROBERT HASTINGS WHITE gives, devises, and bequeaths his study hours, 7.30 to 12 P. M., to George Kellogg with the suggestion that he could make good use of them. To Marjorie Sherrer HARRIETT STOKER CALDER-WOOD leaves her noontime walks from school to the corner of Pearl Street with Maurice Deforge. GEORGE EDMUND OLLIVER gives and bequeaths his admirers among the under classmen to any one who will take them off his hands. MARJORIE ISABEL STEVENS leaves her interest in Roger Miller to Natalie Bartlett with regrets. DONALD ERNEST BOVEE leaves his sport’s column to “Pete” Cunavelis with the provision that he find himself a new moniker. 36 THE ACADEMY STUDENT FREDERICK ROBERT BEAN gives, clevises, and bequeaths his interest in the Bean truck to Keith Wells MacPher-son so that Keith might journey to North Danville when the family car is in use. MARGARET ELIZABETH SPRAGUE will leave her interest in Paul Bennett to any girl who will promise to take as active a part in his athletic career as she has. SAMUEL DAVID WEINER leaves his name “the Mal-com Campbell of St. J. A.” to Eugene Rosselot before Gene usurps it. FREDERICK GORDON MELHMAN gives, devises, and bequeaths his charming ways and manners to Paul McGinitv knowing that Paul might profit by them. RANDALL ANGUS MacDONALD has kindly donated his track shoes to Paul Joseph, alias “Doc”. Wells with the hope that they will prove a source of inspiration to hasten his arrival at school each morning. BETTY LOU WITTERS wanted to leave Paul McGinity with some person she could trust, but knowing no such person in the school and also knowing Paul, she has decided to come back for another year. WILLIAM FREDERICK TRIPP leaves his well known bicycle to Elbridge Colburn so that Elbridge might further his relationship with a girl at Lynclonville. ROBERT DUANE DRESSER leaves his chronic grudge against the A. A. to James Cunavelis since most of “Pete’s” reforms seem to be for this organization. DOROTHY JANE KII.BURN leaves her brilliant red tresses to John Noyes so that when John blushes it might not be so noticeable. ALTHEA MARY McFARLAND leaves her unused domineering personality to Nancy Hafner. ROBERT HASTINGS WHITE gives, devises, and bequeaths his ability to be concise to Victor Schneider. PAUL IRWIN WILKIE leaves his dancing technique to Milton Lang, the would-be man-about-town. THE ACADEMY STUDENT :S7 To any of those persons who have been causing them trouble LILLIAN ABBOTT LINDSLEY and FRANCES RACHEL MARSHALL give, devise, and bequeath their respective interests in the drummer boy on High Street and the tall dark inn-keeper on Railroad Street. RUTH BEAN wills her charm and grace on the dance floor to light-footed Edmund Graves. HOMER HOWLAND STUART leaves his ability to bluff his' way through American history to anyone who needs it, in hopes that there is enough to go around. To Gene Rosselot JOSEPH EDWARD BROWN leaves his extraordinary power over women with the provision that he shall not use it on Anna. CLARENCE ALLEN WHEELOCK gives, devises, and bequeaths his ability in sports to Vernon Hadley. To Albert Barney RALPH ARMSTRONG CONLY leaves Mr. Ranger’s paternal and ever-vigilant guidance. KEVIN MICHAEL COSGROVE bequeaths his membership in the “Lodge” to anyone who has a house big enough to accommodate the other members. KATHLEEN MARGARET SMITH bequeaths her extreme conscientiousness to Alice Kimball knowing that she will be able to make use of it. To Muriel Lindsley DOROTHY LEE HIGGINS wills her affection for the Student Council and its president. MARION LOUISE LUMBRA gives, devises and bequeaths her surplus of high notes to Ralph Morse hoping that he puts them to good use. To Pauline Wells LOUIS PAUL BENOIT leaves his ever-present reticence, and we all trust she will use it. ISABELL HARRIET and MAYBELL ELIZABETH RENFREW leave their combined interests in Henry Holder Fuller to Lilia Safford so that she will have a stronger hold on him. To Leslie Farr MYRTLE HARRIET FIRESTONE wills her dignified manners and refined ways. 38 THE ACADEMY STUDENT NORMA IRENE HOWLAND and MILDRED LOUISE IRWIN leave their study hours to Howard Bovee and Ashley Howland for use next year. To Melverda Pierce FLEURETTE EMMA ROY leaves her intense interest in physiology class. IDA MAYE SAFFORD wills her “nose for news” to Barbara Hansen who already has a similar appendage. JUNE GRATIA NOL1N wills her good looking clothes to Phyllis Campion to supplement her own. To Donald Roberts MAURICE ZABARSKY leaves his kiddie car which the Senior class willed to him last year. DORIS ROBERTS bequeaths her daily rides to and from the Center to Louise Whitney and hopes she gets as much pleasure from them as Doris has. VIRGINIA BALL leaves her expressive eyes to Rhoda Brown although Rhoda seems to be doing all right with her own. To Marguerite Donaghy BARBARA BLODGETT gives her power of concentration, feeling that she could make good use of it. To Martha Stearns ANN BROWN leaves her cleverness and popularity. ELEANOR CELIA DAHLBERGH wills her ability to “‘talk turkey” to Victor Schneider. RUTH ELIZABETH JENNE gives and bequeaths her cleverness and daintiness to Dean Bragg for his use next fall. To anyone who wants them GORDON EVERETT HOPPER leaves his titian locks hoping they will enjoy them as much as he has. To Jeanette Stetson DONALD JOHN BLACK leaves his sweet, girlish ways. EMILY HEALY wills her eloquent and convincing vocabulary to Eleanor Hale as hers is getting rather shop-worn. To the incoming Freshman class BARBARA ON A DOW leaves her dignified manners and refined ways. MURIEL UTILDA DROWN gives, devises, and bequeaths her ability to sew to Katherine Hershey Oldham. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 39 GORDON GLENN WOODS leaves Barbara Wilcomb to Chester Witters hoping that she will take the same interest in Chet’s baseball games that she has in his. MARTIN CLIFTON GRANGER wills his everlasting interest in English literature to Maude Noyes hoping that she will get as much enjoyment from that course as he did. DONALD MacDOWELL leaves his interest in Arlington to Robert Stuart hoping that he soon finds a short cut to that section of town. To Alice Kimball and Lillian Charette BARBARA SUMNER unwillingly leaves her interest in the Summer Street skating rink. MARY SHEILA CORDEAU and FREDERICK GORDON MEHLMAN leave their ability to have a good time on Sunday afternoons to Connie Roberts and John Noyes hoping that they will be as successful. ELEANOR RUTH DROWN wills her long walks home at night to Portia Morrison, knowing that Portia has a boy friend who walks home with her. AILEEN GERTRUDE BLODGETT wills her ability to gather all the school scandal to Alice Johnson, who already has that tendency. ARTHUR HENRY HAFNER, JR. wills to Roland Car-rigan his ability in track, hoping that Roland will be successful in the future. FOURTH : Whereupon, we hereby constitute and appoint the “Student” executor of this our last will and testament. FIFTH : In witness whereof, we hereunto set our hand and seal and publish and declare this to be our last will and testament at St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, this sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six. —CLASS OF 1936 WITNESSES: LILLIAN LINDSLEY DOROTHY LEE HIGGINS ARTHUR HAFNER DONALD E. BOVEE 40 THE ACADEMY STUDENT CLASS POEM TRAIL MAKERS In this game of life Each a hill must scale, And no two labor On a common trail. But each must climb, Be he strong or frail. The choices he makes Say he’ll win or fail. The ascent is rugged With beckoning peaks. And each intently A foot-hold seeks. The way may be steep; The path may be rough, But, only cowards Say, “Enough.” Upheld by the song Of caroling birds, We onward push Without vain words. As we come to a brook With violets lined, We quench our thirst And are glad we’ve climbed. We take not the trail The worldly advise. We must set our goals Which lead to the skies. THE ACADEMY STUDENT 41 Some set their faces Toward the prize, Then make dashes Up the rise. While countless others Wander around; Aims forgotten, They’re pleasure bound. Some grades take minutes, And some take years. Some travel gayly; Some climb with tears. We must keep our zeal Till the very end, And joy and courage To others lend. When we reach the summit Victorious at last, Will we gladly stand To view the past? Is our view as fair As it ought to be? Or are there parts We dare not see? —Anna Tilden CAu to£ rap hs 42 THE ACADEMY STUDENT CLUBS THE GLEE CLUBS The Academy Glee Clubs have enjoyed a successful year under the excellent direction of Miss Stevenson. Faye Stiles served as president of the fifty-three members of the Girls’ Glee Club while John Noyes presided over the twenty-four members of the boys’ organization, and Victor Schneider acted as secretary-treasurer of both clubs. During chapel period on the day school closed for the Christmas holidays, the combined Glee Clubs sang Christmas songs including Silent Night” which was flashed on the screen with beautiful slides. After vacation, work was begun for the annual Music Festival to be held at Burlington on May 1 and 2. A great deal of time and care was spent on these songs in order to give finished performances. The chapel periods on Mondays and Thursdays were given over to the Glee Clubs so that they might rehearse together. On April 27 the annual concert was given at Fuller Hall before an appreciative audience. On Tuesday nights during April twenty-two chosen girls rehearsed at Brantview their selection for the festival. Twelve chosen boys also went to Burlington to sing three numbers in the all-state chorus. Miss Stevenson’s hard work on the girls’ number was highly honored by the criticism of Mr. McConathy, nationally known music critic and publisher. He said, St. Johnsburv Academy. ‘I Dream of Jeanie’. Exquisitely done. The diction was particularly clear and effective. The tone quality delightful, the last chord floating exquisitely, the scale passage just as clean and clear as could be. A charming piece of work.” The entire girls’ chorus sang three selections, and then all the schools sang several numbers in unison. The Academy Glee Clubs sang during the division play contest on Friday, June 5, and at the Baccalaureate Service, June 7. The girls who went to Burlington have been asked to sing again during the Commencement Exercises on June 8. Combined Glee Clubs 44 THE ACADEMY STUDENT The Glee Clubs have had an enjoyable and successful year and are looking forward to beginning a similar one next fall. Miss Stevenson is to be congratulated on the fine concerts she directed. —Lilia Sat't'ord DRAMATIC CLUB The Green and White Players have had an active and successful year under the able direction of Miss Clark and Mr. Baldwin. Twenty-two aspiring actors were added to the club and the forty-five members were divided into six working groups. The officers were as follows: President, Donald Bovee; Vice-President, Lilia Safford; Treasurer, Edward Brough; and Secretary, Betty-Lou Witters. A remarkable accomplishment of the club was the fact that every member took part in a public performance, some in “The Enemy”, the three act play; some in “Drums of Oude,” “The Man on the Curb”, and “Nancy Orr’s Day”, the three one-act plays; and others in the chapel plays. Six group plays were to have been given in chapel, but due to the epidemic of grippe and other difficulties two of them were cancelled. Many of the members appeared in “Station Y Y Y Y”. a one-act chapel play given on May 20. “The Man on the Curb” was entered in the State One-Act Play Contest. The Green and White Players have enjoyed and profited by their year’s work and are looking forward to another interesting season with Miss Clark and Mr. Baldwin. — Betty-Lou Witters DEBATING In 1935 St. Johnsbury Academy joined the Vermont Interscholastic Debate League. Although interest and enthusiasm ran high, the team lost three of the four matches the first year. Under the able coaching of Principal Oldham the 1936 season showed marked improvement, the team winning four out of seven Green and White Players THE ACADEMY STUDENT 46 debates. The subjects debated were Resolved: that the government should give grants of federal aid to different states in order to equalize educational opportunities and Resolved: that a system of socialized medicine should be adopted making available to all complete medical care at public expense. On the question of socialized medicine, which was debated this year, the affirmative teams attempted to prove that there was a need for a fundamental change in existing conditions, that the plan was desirable and practical. The negative claimed that the plan was impractical, a menace to sound medical practice and the cost was prohibitive. The Academy team took the negative side in all the debates except one against Orleans. They met the U. V. M. Freshmen twice, winning one decision and losing-one. Spaulding and Montpelier High School defeated them, while they were victorious over Montpelier Seminary and Orleans High School. The debaters were judged on organization of material, delivery, sportsmanship, and teamwork. The members of the Academy teams were Robert White, Donald Bovee, Victor Schneider, Margaret Beattie, Barbara Blodgett, Eleanor Friend, Olive Burrington and Eleanor Dahlbergh. Under Mr. Oldham’s tutelage debating, as an intellectual activity, has proved to he both interesting and profitable and bids fair to be a permanent and important organization of the school. —Eleanor Dahlbergh F. F. A. ACTIVITIES Organized in January, the Saint Johnsbury Chapter of the Future Farmers of America has had an active half year of existence. Made up of boys studying vocational agriculture, the organization has participated in chapter, school, and community activities. The members have put on a chapel program depicting a typical F. F. A. meeting, participated in the regional F. F. A. public speaking contest, staged an F. F. A. circus, tested over THE ACADEMY STUDENT -U 300 samples of milk for surrounding farmers, put on an F. F. A. program at Green Mountain Grange Number 1, and donated over $30 to the Academy for new equipment. BAND The band, under the direction of Mrs. Hubbard, started its season by playing for the home football games last fall. Weeks before the Lyndon game they were seen marching around the Academy grounds under the tutelage of Mr. Chase. As a result they led the parade of students out to Hazen Field before the game and between halves formed an L and an S on the held. During the year the band played at chapel every Friday morning, and for special occasions, such as the Elks’ play and one of the Green and White productions. Instrumental classes have been inaugurated at the Academy this year. There is a beginners’ class made up of those who have never before played a musical instrument and an advanced class consisting of band members who are desirous of improving their skill. The beginners’ class performed at the school night exercises by playing several short selections studied in class. During the past few months the band has been enlarged by admitting those of the beginners’ class who have reached a degree of skill enabling them to play the more advanced music. It is hoped that from these classes enough, new material will be found to form a band worthy of a school of our size. The band played at the district track meet on Mav 23 and at the state track meet at Northheld on May 30. The officers are as follows: President, Verona Tripp; Vice-President, Ronald Reed; Librarian, Alice Johnson; Sergeant-at-arms, Franklin Brickett. 48 THE ACADEMY STUDENT ATHLETICS The St. J. A. athletic teams on the whole won more games than last year and came a little closer to the successful 1932-1933 season when all the major sports produced winning teams. A good sum of money was made by St. J. A. and Lyndon Institute on their annual battle on the gridiron. This meant that more and better athletic equipment could be purchased for next year. FOOTBALL Coach Kalijarvi had a number of veterans returning for the opening of the season. Maurice Deforge won Ed McGinity’s place as field general and Henry Fuller took over Funkhouser’s end job. The team defeated Woodsville, Littleton, and Newport by fairly safe margins and walloped Groveton by a score of 27 - 0. Next came the toughest game of the year with Clark School of Hanover, perhaps too close to the L. I. game. The heavy Clark backs hammered hard against a fighting St. J. A. line which held successfully. With a minute left to play and the ball on the St. J. A. 30-yard line in the possession of the locals, a speedy and heavy Clark fullback intercepted a flat pass, and before the Scaletowners could recover, he had scored the game’s only touchdown and provided the 6-0 victory for the prep school boys. Last and most important was the L. I. game in which hopes of winning two games in succession over the Red and White were smothered. It was the first time in many years that St. J. A. had entered the game as the general favorite. The Green and White backfield couldn't get started, and meanwhile Sylce and Fairchild, two great Lyndon halfbacks, almost scored on four attempts from the r,ne foot line. When the smoke had cleared away, the score was L. I. 0 and St. J. A. 0. Season’s record: Won 5, lost 1, tied 1. Track Team 50 THE ACADEMY STUDENT BASKETBALL Bennett, McGinity, Handy, E. Wheelock, C. Wheelock, Fuller and Deforge were last year’s players who were back on the floor. All had some varsity experience; some of them two years. They defeated Montpelier. Barton, Newport, and Lyndon twice, but met reverses at the hands of Orleans three times, Barton, Newport, Concord Business College, and Montpelier twice. In many cases the team showed flashes of the playing of which it was capable, but it could not keep up the fast pace. Defensively the quintet was good but on the attack usually weak. The men on the forward line seemed to take turns scoring the points. For several games Deforge was superb in shooting; then Fuller became the attacker for a time, but he was followed by Wheelock as the scoring threat. For a losing team they did well in keeping the average score of their opponents close to the St. J. A. average. There was a difference of only four points. Against Montpelier in the district tournament they played exceedingly good basketball for over three quarters; then the capital team put on a drive and won by one point, 28 - 27. BASEBALL At the time this goes to press the baseball team has completed only half of its schedule. Pat Wheelock, Hazen and Ben-net were disqualified. The team lost its first three starts to Newport, Craftsbury, and Orleans, and won its last two games from Barton 18-7 and Newport Center 14-5. With these last two victories in hand, they should continue to win and be on the black side of 500. TRACK The track outlook is bright this year with Fuller, Bennett and Bradley, all state champions, returning. The dash men, Schneider and Eldon Wheelock, are improving, and if there are no casualties, we should be near the top of the heap at Norwich state meet. Art Ayer, weight and broad jump man, did not return and will be sorely missed. The team won a close dual meet from Spaulding 60 - 57 and took trips to Dartmouth and Andover but did not make good showings due to lack of early practice and extremely keen competition. —James Cunavelis THE ACADEMY STUDENT 51 GIRLS’ SPORTS Two new sports, hiking and golf, were added to the athletic program this year and were received with much enthusiasm. About twenty girls took golf under Mr. Baldwin’s direction and the same number came out for hiking and soccer under the direction of Miss Fitch. Then came winter sports and basketball, the girls’ favorites. There were four winter sports meets at Lyndon, Newport, East Ryegate and St. Johnsbury. Thanks to the girls’ assistance, the St. J. A. team won the cup for the triangular meets and also the one at Ryegate. In basketball the Seniors finally won the Dorothy Q. Adams’ banner and will proudly put on their class numerals “1936” with those of the other winners. This spring, baseball, tennis, and track are great attractions. Interclass games in baseball have not been completed, so no definite winners can be announced. There is no real team in track as yet. Perhaps in another year, outside meets may be held. As for tennis, they say practice makes perfect, and we’re still practicing. Although our defeat at St. Albans last Saturday, May 16, dampened our spirits somewhat, we are looking forward to a better showing when they visit us here on May 23. —Sheila Cordeau LAST CHAPEL The first event in the graduating exercises of the class of 1936 Avas the last chapel held on Friday. June 5. The program planned by a senior committee was as follows: Processional—Orchestra Poem—Gratia Nolin Scripture—Henry Fuller Prayer—Margaret Sprague Announcements—Lindol French Awards—Mr. Oldham Presentation of Gift—Kevin Cosgrove Acceptance of Gift—Dr. Dale Atwood Rally Song—Students led by Miss Stevenson Oath of Allegiance—Students Senior Song—Class of 1936 Class Promotion Exercises—Students Recessional—Orchestra 52 THE ACADEMY STUDENT New life and beauty for your rugs and upholstered furniture Clean Rugs and Furniture add so much to your health and the appearance of your home WE DO MOTHPROOFING PALMER BROTHERS 72-78 Eastern Ave.. St. Johnsbury, Vt. 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Classical, scientific, general and secretarial courses. Marked success in preparing students for college. On approved list of New England College Entrance Board. Well equipped to take care of a boy or girl who desires an extra year of preparation before entering college. Football, basketball, track, baseball, soccer, skating, hockey. Experienced coaches. Winter sports featured. Boys and girls glee club, orchestras, dramatic and debate clubs, and school paper. Student Government Association helps to maintain standards and traditions. Freedom with responsibility the watchwords. Modern class rooms, good gymnasium, splendid new auditorium. Brantview, one of the finest girls dormitories in New England, in an estate of twenty-five acres. Charlotte Fairbanks Cottage for boys. Athletic field, with football gridiron, baseball field, and track. The Athenaeum, the town library, has twenty-seven thousand volumes and is near the Academy. The Fairbanks Museum of Natural History, one of the best in New England, available for study by the science classes. Tuition of $550 covers all expenses. Aid for worthy boys and girls provided by a scholarship fund. For catalogue, terms and other information, address STANLEY R. OLDHAM, Principal Saint Johnsbury, Vermont I