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

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THE ACADEMY STUDENT (5 Teacher”. Arlene Henderson, our great reformer, says it won’t work — she tried it! Marian Hamilton flunked out of college when she told her chemistry teacher that NaNo3 stood for Barney’s nickname. Dorothy Mansfield is hidden away in a Tibetan monastery after hearing about George’s harem. Gerald McCormick has returned to England with his wife, who wanted to see her homeland once more. Virginia Leavitt is now prosperous after setting up the “Desrochers and Leavitt Research Laboratories”. They have analyzed several little rocks, which are of good value. Elaine Mayo is now a teacher at McGill’s University — in memory of Kenny! Dorothy Jenne is editor of the Little Rock Daily Rocket starring “Lottie Lamb” in their new comic strip. Aline Demers runs a smart hat shop in Florida. Part of her success is due to Becky MacKenzie who skillfully balances the budget each month. Jean Buck is running a dude ranch in East Topolampo, Texas. Loretta Cook is now famous for originating Splatinench, a language combination of Spanish, Latin, and French. Class Prophecy Committee Aline Demers, Chairman Dale Barber Bernard Krobalski Katherine Gleason Joyce Lord CLASS POEM by Gerald McCormick On the fifth of June there graduates A class, Known since 1940 As the class of 1944. There are things that the class ought never to forget, Such as How the seniors looked to us while freshmen, with our heads barely showing in the froth Of Activities.

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THE ACADEMY STUDENT 5 Edmund White after spending ten years unsuccessfully dealing in used Fords, has gone to Hollywood to compete with Charles Boyer. Carroll Church is a world-famous lecturer. His latest series of talks has been on the Mephitis Mephitica. Clifford Lovering is now repairing television sets for the natives in darkest Africa. Edward Plumley is the collector of internal revenue in Victory. Leslie White is running a taxi between West Burke and St. J. Blonde-haired girls get free rides. Rodney Stanton has left the United States and gone to Paris to design ladies’ fashions. Morris Stevens has just opened up a new dance hall called Moonlight, just across the street from Sunset. Lorraine Wright is working on a process to stop hens from laying eggs. She always did hate them. Ann Tony had found an antidote for her curly hair; and when she saw the results, she ended it all. John Canty is still keeping up his 1-A standing of being man about town. He is running the noted Stardust Taxi Co. Lina Bullock is running a doghouse for hen-pecked husbands. Jean Whitcomb is teaching the Southerners her Yankee drawl. Poor Southerners ! Gloria Cassady has revolutionized business by making shoes without heels. Elaine Scott is now running a school on “How to Get Fat in Six Easy Lessons”. Irene Drouin is helping Krobalski to pick up his pennies on Fifth Avenue. Marion Conly is principal of the St. Johnsbury Trade School. She isn’t teaching them distributive education — just principalling. Althea Flanders is an expert boogie-woogie rug cutter. She has been trying her hardest to make Lucille Worster lift her feet. Ruth Legendre has settled down in Sing Song, Vt. She comes to town occasionally to check up on the progress of her store. Dorothy Rich lost her fortune when she bought an investment in Kay Gleason’s “Synthetic Gum Co.” Catherine Douglas is working for the benefit of high school students by teaching them the method of “How Not to be Seen and Heard by the

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THE ACADEMY STUDENT 7 How brief were the breathing spells and rest periods Which we knew as “vacations.” Also: The Jabber column, and the great amusement we had, Reading the gossip. But to contribute Was another matter, All the moron jokes. Various romances, of various lengths And temperatures. And of course, Mayo and McGill, Almost a habit. The Age of Flight: our friends Richard Grady, Fred Brown, Earle Long, Carroll Church. The draft, AND The man-shortage, Made acute by the departure Of Ned White, the “Freshman’s Dream,” Of Hank Corra, and Sully Handy. The home-front: Mr. Twombly in Chapel Giving the latest percentages Of war-stamp sales. The Minute-man Pennant. That never-to-be- forgotten Scrap Drive. Wow! I guess. Sports: What males there were turning up-At the girls’ basketball games. The boys playing the girls, Wearing overshoes and mittens. Hazen Field with its level expanse, movable bleachers (we moved ’em as freshmen), And- (didn’t we, boys?) - the cool winds Thereon. Classes: Latin, of course — “Femin, feminae, femin-, femin-, er.