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

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CHARACTER S K E T O H E S OF ’06 NAMES UIIOIALITY BY-NORD VICTIM OF CUPID APPLELLATION IDENTIFICATION CHIEF DELIGHT AIR CASTLE Geo. Davies Jap “Blank!” In Summer Darthmouth Feet Cross Country Walks Of Auburn Hair Julia Woodman Pigmy “Scandalous!” Vacations Juliet Lengthy tresses Yachting Romeo Leslie Willis Dutchman “Rotten!” By Spasms T ubby Smile “As You Like It” Artist Flora Burge Scotch “0, Gee!” Often Roly-poly G. A. P. Band Concerts Actress Elizabeth Adams Arab “O, Go On!” Always Tib A Bill Scanning Lap-dog Harold Stone Yank “Splash!” Bashful Skee Freckles Cicero! To Own a Bath House Alice Mullen Irish • “Why, Why!” Mon’s and Wed’s Sweet Alice Curls Playing Dolls Boarding School Belle Parker Filipino “Now C.!” Sure Birdie (Departed) Reminiscence Lynn Foster Young Canadian “Don’t Git Flip!” When in Bristol Cy His Laugh Giggling B. T. Lineman Anna Tier Esquimaux ? Hardly Tear-drop Dimple Punctuality Teaching W. H. Carter Pole “Kid Trick!” Now and Forever Bill Length Hating Cottage by the Sea Gertrude Fisher Angles “He’ll Find Out!” A Little Bangs Arms Corn Roasts Variable CHARACTER SKETCHES OF 7 O T NAMES DISPOSITION MI HE (SHE) THINKS HE (SHE) IS WHAT HE (SHE) REAL-| LY IS APPELLATION IDENTIFICATION CHIEF DELIGHT BY-WORD Leo Pratt Hilarious Pretty Big A Joke Johnnie Bull Corpulence Sleeping “By Jove!” Leonard LeBoeuf Antagonistic Up in History Athelete Jo Beef Gift of Gab Touch-downs “All Skee!” Geo. Slack Pugnacious It 1 ude Pacer Derby CombingThatHair “Wha’cheGiven Us!” Grace Parker Sunny Good Dancer Grasshopper Der Fraulien Heels A Bank “For Cat’s Sake!” Geo. Meigs Just so Polished Student Farmer Nutmegs Beard String ‘‘Fire and Brimstone!” S. Woodman Fierce ' Orator Maniac Woody Gesticulations Pumpkin Pies “Great Caesar!” Henrietta Fisher Ray Meullier Spicy Artist Smart Sour Grapes F. Hen Tommy Her Face Squint Biology A Posy “Grab!” “Thunder!” Wyman Bristol Squeaky The Only Pebble A Junior Broomstick Spectacles Vera “By George!” Jennie Harris Mild A Bird Bridget Joy Beauty A Grin “Land!” Benjamin Bristol Precise A Banker Mania’s Boy Mr. B. Bristol Scholastic Bearing Girls “My Gracious!” Vera Bullard Meek Governess Old Maid Eyes Commentaries “Up a Stump!” Rexford Adams Uncliangable Mechanic Canoe Builder Shinney Sobriety Skating “By Jinks!” Woodburn Harris Sleepy Perfect Boy A Freak Tow-head A Book I)ancing(?) “That’s So!” Harold Newton Happy go lucky A Model A Problem Brownie Brogue 11 is Own Way “Cheese It!”

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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.

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TIIE BLUE ANI) WHITE. 11 Grinds. Limericks. Our Teachers. There’s gladness in their gladness when they’re glad, And there’s sadness in their sadness when they’re sad, . But the gladness in their gladness And the sadness in their sadness Are nothing to their madness when they’re mad.— Ex. To make a small limerick Isn’t hard; for most any old stick Can grind out a few In a minute or two. No indeed, it’s not much of a trick. “Miss Evelyn!” Cried Alden: “Oh, that to love me you’ll learn For you ever I languish and yearn. Of you I’d ne’er tire My heart is afire.” Said she : “Then you must have heart-burn.” “Mr. Alden!” Said Miss Gough, “Dear, how well you propose. How e’er did you do it? I wish you’d disclose. Oh please now, do tell!” Said Alden then, “Well I’ve had practice and know how it goes.” Our editor surely’s a peach He works us a limerick each Though with Tib he do spoon By the light of the moon, Other pebbles there are on the beach. There was once a fellow7 named Slack, Whose hair was decidedly black; He thought he was fine Playing back of the line, But on a school team to gain he hadn’t the knack. Haven, ’OS, is a cute little boy. His map, “Ellen’s Isle,” is a toy. Ilis poor heart will break He’s been oft heard to state For his Ellen, so sweet and so coy. The quarter, ’05, is named Stone, At tackling he’s game to the bone; And when he gets through We’ll feel mighty blue For he’s certainly in a class all alone. There was once a brave Indian, a Sioux Who had a pappose, aged tioux. Its name wras Amusin, Being plain English Susan— A name among Indians quite nioux. There w7as a young man, so we’ve heard Who could sprint like the flight of a bird. His end runs were fine. But his bucking the line Against the “school team” was abstlrd.