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

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THE ACADEMY STUDENT 15 CLASS GRINDS CHARLES CANNING BACON “Charlie” “Farmers are the nation’s foundation” Description: Practical, considerate, self-confident, good-natured. Identification: Walk. Plans: Bay Path Institute. ALFRED LEON BARRETT “Al” We couldn’t get along without him” Activities: Baseball, 1. 2, 3, 4: Football, t, 2, 3, 4; Class treasurer, 3; Hallowe’en stunt, I; Hockey, 1, 2, 3; Monitor, 2. Description: Humorous, sensible, Scotch, accommodating. Identification: Baseball talk. BEVERLY IRENE BEAN “Bev” Keep your eye on her” Description: Attractive, agreeable, sophisticated, independent. Identification: Sally. Plans: Wilfred Academy. MARGARET MARY BEATTIE “Margie” “A protege of learning” Activities: Valedictorian, 4; Glee Club, 2, 4; Latin prize, 3; French prize, 2; Honor student, 1, 2, 3, 4; Debate Club, 3, 4; Interscholastic Debate Team, 3, 4; Student Board, 3, 4; Parent Education Conference. Description: Sympathetic, serious, quiet, painstaking. Identification: Report card. Plans: University of Vermont.

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14 THE AC ADEMY STUDENT them about. This being my second year, I was a real student by now, and although the upperclassmen still looked down on me, I lorded it over the freshmen. 1 started that year with full confidence in the football team. True to my highest expectations, the team emerged undefeated. This included the memorable trouncing of U. I. for the first time in fifteen years. 1 took an active part in this game and feel that a part of the success belongs to me. In track I was one of the lucky ones that went to Andover for the first time. We lost the meet, but the entertainment provided for us more than made up for it. As May and June approached, I began to feel prouder and prouder Next year 1 would be an upperclassman. Then wouldn’t I make things hum! 1 entered my junior year with a zest for a social life. Not a dance passed without my presence. I gave the girls a break by offering to dance with them, and they willingly taught me how. In spite of this happy social mood my interest in athletics was not neglected. All the sports enjoyed successful seasons. It is true, my studies were a little harder and took a considerable portion of my time. At the close of the year 1 was presented with a sheet of paper which was called a “Character Rating’. This, I am sure, helped me to be more conscious of my conduct around school and to strive to overcome my faults. I enjoyed all the commencement exercises of the class of 1936, and thus ended the happiest year of my school life. My last year opened joyfully with new activities, new faces, and still greater responsibilities. Several teachers had been married during the summer and the early months of the school year, resulting in corresponding changes in the teaching staff. The Dramatic Club presented “The Royal Family” and the Glee Club presented an operetta, “Trial by Jury”. Both of these performances were highly representative of the careful work put into their preparation. We defeated L. I. again this year. My social yen was rewarded by the Wintei Carnival, the most picturesque of mid-season activities. Four snow sculptors beautified the lawns in front of the school. The “Spring Cruise” was my last big social event. As the very last days of my Academy life draw to a happy close, I feel a certain loyalty which comes, 1 know, in appreciation of the happy times I owe to the spirit of St. J. A. I am not the highest, nor yet the lowest in scholastic records, but my valedictorian, Margaret Beattie, and my salutatorian, John Noyes, are able representatives of an illustrious class. From the above reminiscences it is clear that I am not to be forgotten in the annals of St. J. A., and that the standards 1 sought to achieve and the loyalty I feel will not be forgotten in the days to come. Theodora Kittredge Anna McGuire Martha Stearns Vera Ralston James Cunavelis

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10 THE ACADEMY STUDENT MARION LUCY BECK “Becky” “All valuable goods come in small packages” Activities: Monitor, 2, 3: Captain of Fairbanks division, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; “Trial by Jury”; Senior Will Committee, 4; Basketball, I, 2, 3; Hallowe’en Stunt, 3, 4. Description: Small, good dancer, quiet, demure. Identification: Explosive giggle. Plans: Brightlook Hospital. PAUL LEO BENNETT “P” “Margie had a little lamb” Activities: Class president, 2: Football, 1, 2, 3; Basketball, I, 2, 3, 4; Track, 1, 2, 3, 4; Hockey, 1, 2, 3; Winter sports, I, 2, 3; Glee Club, 3, 4; Baseball, 2; Monitor, 2. Description: Polite, good natured, obliging, athletic. Identification: Pole. JAMES GEORGE BERRY “Jimmy” “For he's a jolly good fellow” Activities: Soccer, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Track, 1, 2, 3, 4; Movie operator, 1, 2, 3, 4; Hallowe’en stunt, 1, 2; Band, 2, 3, 4; Soccer manager, 3; Winter sports manager. 4; Class Day Committee, 3; Trial by Jury”, 4. Description: Small, friendly, boyish, talkative, dependable. Identification: Bass drum. FRANCIS RAYMOND BLAIR “Snuffy” “A modern night crusader” Activities: Football, 3, 4; Soccer, 1, 2; Jazz orchestra, 1, 2, 3; Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2; Winter sports, t, 2, 3; Hockey, 1; Basketball, 1, 2, 3; Baseball, 1, 2, 3; Class vice-president, 1. Description: Slow-motion, jazzical, confident, generous. Identification: Trumpet. Plans: Orchestra work.