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

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 THE ACADEMY STUDENT 15 CLASS HISTORY TIME: April 16, 1942 PLACE: Alumni Office PROBLEM: Class History CHARACTERS: The Committee Currier: Now, we’ve got to get down to business. This has to be finished by April 27. You've had some time to think this over. What ideas have you got? Stanhope: We should start way back at the beginning of our history. Now what happened our freshman year? Poole: I know the class bells scared me. Rodger: There were two new organizations started that year—the Allied Youth and the French Club. Nutting: Archery, tennis, and golf were started as girls’ sports. Currier: How many members were there in our class when we entered the Academy? Stanhope: It says here in this notebook that the enrollment of the freshman class in 1938 was 149 students. Poole: Yes, but since then some members of the class have left, some new ones have come and a few seniors have decided it would be easier to take four years in five. That leaves about 116 students that will be graduating. Rodger: 1 remember that the hurricane caused quite a bit of excitement that year. Because the lights went out, everybody used it as an excuse for not having his homework done the next day—and it worked. Currier: I think our freshman reception deserves mention. All the freshman girls came out in their first formals. The boys we: e there, too, but most of them were standing around the hall. I guess the reason was that they didn’t know much about dancing then. Stanhope Then nothing much happened until about the middle of the year when we had a chance to struggle through our first midyear exams; but I think most of our class survived. Poole: Then spring came and it was soon time for the final examinations, and the summer vacation. Rodger: Yes, but before we knew it, it was September again and that meant back to school.

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14 THE ACADEMY STUDENT Sweet voices singing ‘Holy Night’— ‘The Savior is born’—the tinkle of sleigh bells Merry and bright; the huge silent snow drifts, Evenings, walking home—cold mornings— And gray smoke rising from the chimneys.” A memory is a lovely thing, A vision that stirs. The beauty That is love makes a precious, Eternal memory to brighten sad hours: “Recall the lingering loveliness of Mother’s smile, Of a child lying asleep in his warm bed; The vision of incense curling around the candles At Benediction—soft organ music Swelling, lifting to the heavens— In praise of God ; The gay laugh of friends together, And best of all, the smile of the stranger who looks at you.” The finer things in life: “The touch of soft satin—candlelight And flowers—the delicate rose— The smouldering loveliness of the orchid. The mystic glow of soft lights through the stained glass windows.” What man has not felt the inward glow, 'This sense of satisfaction that comes From beauty and love. It can be mountains or yawning canyons Elaborate Gothic towers—Woolworth’s mighty monument Pointing heavenward—or little things— “Cool summer breezes at evening, Ocean waves washing the sand, Warm red apples lying in the September sun, Homecoming footsteps on the front porch.” Youth finds beauty everywhere. —Anita Tegu This poem originated from lists of “My Beautiful Things” prepared as an assignment in senior English. The form of the poem is entirely the work of Anita Tegu.

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16 THE ACADEMY STUDENT 4 Nutting: I guess during the summer vacation our class decided they would work their sophomore year. As a result, they settled right down to some hard studying, and in June they led the other classes in the number of honor students. Currier: Yes, but in May they took a little time off from studying and concentrated on their sophomore reception, which was the first dance put on by our class. Stanhope: I remember that dance. Everyone seemed to have a good time. And the class had learned something about dancing somewhere. Poole: Then it was time for the final examinations and we were finally half way through high school. I remember that summer the time flew and it was September once more and we were back paying our registration fee and getting our schedule cards in Room 2. Rodger: The first highlight of that year was the Hallowe’en Party. The faculty had a very interesting entertainment for us. Miss Ata-mian read a bedtime story to the rest of the faculty, who were attired in flannel night attire. And then a dance was held in the gym after the entertainment was over. Nutting: Now what else happened that year? Oh yes, our class had at last attained the age where they had the privilege of purchasing their class rings. Currier: And another important thing that happened that year was the first Girls’ State. This is much the same as Boys’ State and is sponsored by the American Legion. The three girls from our class that attended the first Girls’ State were Velma Rash, Rosemary Jones, and Dorothy Whaley. Stanhope: Now we don’t want this to get boring with too many facts, so we’d better get started on our senior year. There seem to be more things that happened during our last year, or perhaps it’s because we can remember them better. Poole: Well, this year started off with a bang by having a successful freshman reception. Everyone seemed to be enjoying himself. And for a change—the freshmen could dance. Rodger: We had another interesting entertainment put on by the faculty at the Hallowe’en Party this year, too. It was more or less educational to the students. Members of the faculty demonstrated the “Evolution of the Dance.” Nutting: Oh, we mustn’t forget to mention our hot dog sale at the L. I. football game. Even though it rained, both the team and the dogs were successful.