Vergennes Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Vergennes, VT)

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8 THE BLUE AND WHITE. week, this time the guests being invited to the home of A' yman Bristol of this city. The evening was beautiful and nearly all were present. After the guests arrived, they were entertained by a committee from the junior class appointed for that purpose. A guessing contest was proposed and heartily enjoyed by all. This was followed by various other games until cake and ice cream were served. At a late hour the happy crowd broke up, having had a splendid time all the more marked because of the disappointments of the week before. The Seniors were sincerely grately to their schoolmates for the good time they had given them. Alumni Department. Our Aim:— To make this the most interesting page in the paper. From the time when the first class was graduated in 1880 until about 1%96 there existed a strong Alumni Association. Each year at some time in Commencement week the graduates gathered, and renewed the friendships which had been formed during their school life. Frequently a banquet was given to the graduating class. During most of this time a school paper called, “The Progress,” was published. This paper and the association died a natural death about the same time. The former from lack of funds and the latter because of disagreements. This year the students of the High School are issuing a paper and many of the recent graduates wish to organize a new Association which should hold at least one meeting each year. We should be glad to receive letters from all persons interested in this movement. Address, George C. Davies, Vergennes, Vt. Letter from Mrs. Ruth Barnes, ’95. In reply to your recent letter concerning reorganizing the AluTnmi Association, I would say that it would be pleasant if enough of the former graduates would be able to be in Vergennes at Commencement time. I may be wrong, but it seems to me that almost every one takes his vacation later than June and would therefore not be in town at the time you would have a reception. The reception need not be held in June, but at any time that is most convenient to the majority of the members. Alumni Notes. On the evening of Dec. 2, the class of 1905 held their first reunion at the home of Mrs. Middle-brook. All the members were present and reported a very pleasant evening. Dean had returned from Dartmouth, where he is a Freshman, and Ryder had come from the school in Pauton which he is teaching. All the other members of the class are still in town, Miss Ada Willard being employed in the postoffice and Middlebrook in the Enterprise and Vermonter office. Several flash light pictures were taken, but, because of the agitation of some members, the plates were blanks. May the class have many such successful reunions. Seiple, ’04, returned for Thanksgiving from Norwich, where he is much in evidence. Miss Willard, ’04, is teaching a school in Addison. We are informed that, owing to the severity of the disipline, the attendance is rather imgular. Senior Class Notes. At the first class meeting, which was held during the first week of school, the following officers were elected : President, Geo. Davies; vice-presi- dent, Elizabeth Adams; treasurer, W. II. Carter. Attention is called to the fact that every boy in the class made the high school football eleven this season. Has ever a class enjoyed such honors? This brings to mind the fact that our full-back did the most ground-gaining in the recent class game. In one of the recent class meetings, a certain girl could not bear to vote against her Will. Wonder if Carter met the cook at the Logan? The question of giving an entertainment has been agitated for some time. A committee, consist-

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THE BLUE AND WHITE. games. In no spirit of fault finding then, we wish to remind the spectators that the Dome team’s reputation depends largely upon the treatment which visiting teams receive. The question of abolishing football is being seriously considered in other places, especially by college authorities. Another season, can we not cheer on our team just as well from behind the sidelines, thus giving better satisfaction to all ? We often hear such expressions as “what good will Latin ever do me ? ” or “how can I ever use this or that subject?” There is too great a tendency to estimate the worth of any single study by the amount of help it will be in earning money. Do we not gain, by faithful study, things worth infinitely more than anything we buy with this same money ? For every hard problem in mathematics we master, for every difficult Latin sentence we work out, there comes to us a larger measure of self-control, a greater power of grasping truth. Every new subject, earnestly pursued, gives us a broader view of life, and leaves us better fitted to meet, calmly and steadfastly, the difficulties and discouragements that come to us. Another question that comes to each student of foreign languages is, “shall I crib ? ” It would be well for every student to say “No !” at once, and stick to it. Aside from any question of unfairness, it does not pay. If we begin by depending on such help we undermine our own powers of memory and self-dependence. “ Oh 1 ” they say “I can crib just a few words.” But Why those few ? Let us begin by depending entirely upon ourselves, and we shall find that we can do so more and more surely. Let us enter upon all our school work, not with a question of its worth, but with a whole-hearted determination to get all we can out of it, though we may forget in a few years most of the facts about a subject, yet the effect it had in the formation-of our character, that indefinable something it brought to us, remains, and will remain throughout our lives. Social. The Senior Corn Roast. We advise all future senior classes to meet as soon as possible. We, the class of 1900, did not fully realize our importance until we gathered at -Miss Fisher’s on the evening of September first. Afier a raid on the wood pile, we started for the pasture, where the roast was to take place. Here we soon kindled a blazing fire on a grassy knoll and at once proceeded to business. The great juicy ears on the ends of long sticks were gathered about the best heap of coals and naturally many were lost, notwithstanding heroic feats of rescue. It was apparent even to envious rivals that Mr. Rodgers could have had the largest number of empty cobs if the girls had not amused themselves by knocking his roasts into the the in a tremendously tantalizing manner. At last the fire began to die down and the satisfied band started toward the house, From the steps we looked back at the smoldering embers of our fire, which still cast a ghostly glow upon the sky. Several of the party remarked about the darkness as we entered the house. Inside the large rooms were all lighted in welcome and soon we were served with delicious sherbet. Then, after the hop in which most of the party joined, we started homewar d. Here general information ends. All united in saying they had never enjoyed an evening more. Hallowe’en Party. The juniors, realizing their obligations to the seniors, gave a party in their honor at the home of Miss Vera Bullard, of New Haven. The night being dark and stormy only fifteen braved the elements and arrived safe although a little belated. '1'he evening was spent in playing games and in lively conversation until the guests, mindful of the long distance before them, departed, each reporting a good time, which was by no means decreased by difficulties in getting there. Considering the fact that so fewr wore able to attend, another attempt was made the following WHAT AND HOW SHALL WE STUDY?

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THE BLUE AND WHITE. 9 ing of Miss Woodman, Miss Burge and Young has been appointed to estimate the cost and character of an entertainment. “ ) could some pow’r ha’ the giftie gin ’em To have seen themselves as others saw ’em It had from many a whimsy freed ’em And foolish notion.—(With an apology to Burns.) The result of the class game will doubtless put an end to such vain and empty boasts in future. This much-needed warning Inis checked dangerous ambition and physical force, which might, other wise, have led on to unknown limits. Not a junior was seen at Haven’s, the usual rendezvous, on the evening of the fatal Dec. 4th. Booth and Ball, Goddard, ’06, formerly valued members of our class, are home on their ( hristmas vacations. Barton is studying electricity in Lynn, Mass. Junior Class Notes. About the middle of October in a class-meeting the Juniors voted to give the Seniors a Hallowe’en party A committee of five was elected : Woodman, chairman; Miss Harris, Miss Bullard, Pratt and Meigs. They devised some unique invitations. These were wrapped in corn husk and tied with yellow ribbon. The party was to be held at the home of Miss Bullard in New Haven on the evening of November third, but, owing to the inclemency of the weather, few could attend. On the following Monday another meeting was called and Wyman Bristol kindly offered to entertain at his home on Water street. The offer was accepted and a committee of three appointed, Wyman Bristol, chairman, Miss Parker and Miss Fisher. Invitations were duly sent to the revered seniors and faculty for the evening of the tenth. Promptly at eight o’clock our guests assembled and the ice was broken by “Twenty questions and answers.” About everything in the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms received a minute description including the sixth hair in the middle of the sixth ring from the end of the tail of a tiger kitten six days old waiting patiently for its eyes to open somewhere in a hay mow in the horse bam of our classmate Woodman. Then the game of “Prayer Meeting” followed. Brother Davies was choosen leader. The “Flower Wedding” was the next in turn, followed by refreshments. After refreshments two tables of whist and one of Sherlock Holmes were made up. The others under the leadership of our Latin teacher played “Matching Words” and “Shouting Proveros:” No clocks or watches were turned back, and, as a result, we all had a jolly good time and went our various ways just as- the street lights went out. “Say, do you beleive it, my father went after me Friday night. I got home though before papa. O ! my mother was mad. Isn’t that killing!” In the Football game last year we had Freshies to help us. We were not served up at the “Pig-meat Sociable” either. This year we ventured alone and the picked players of the other classes could not score on our ten men. What won’t we do next year when those wily Seniors absent themselves? Perhaps you’ll hear from us in Baseball. At Middlebury, “Where’s LeBoeuf?” “I left him with the ‘Hello’ girl.” “See, Winter comes to rule the varied year, Sullen, and sad, withall his rising train, Vapors and clouds and storms.”—Thomson.