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

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6 TIIE BLUE AND WHITE. school in their efforts by subscribing to the “Blue and White.”' On the other hand the members would, he said, return from the annual banquet in June with a more kindly feeling'toward each other and toward the school which had done so much for all. They would also take up their work again with new courage after-having seen what some of their classmates were doing. After some general discussion, Professor B. C. Rodgers and Ii. W. MeCuen spi ke briefly on the increased size of the school, the work it was- doing and some of its needs. A general committee of seven was then elected to take charge of all of the preliminary work of organization. The committee consists of the following members : Miss Ada B. Crosby, ’91, T. II. Bartley, ’02, .Miss Mary T. Alden, ’05, W. C. Mid-dlebrook, ’05, Roy Spooner, ’04, Miss Edith McGovern, ’99, and Professor B. C. Rodgers. This committee was later subdivided, W. C. Middle-brook, Miss McGovern and Mr. Rodgers being assigned the work of drawing up a constitution and by-laws and the making of preparations for the banquet, while the other members are to take charge of the general correspondence. On March 10, a meeting of the committee was held and it was decided to publish, if possible, a leaflet containing the names and addresses of the alumni of the school. Let us all rally to the support of this movement and do what we can to aid the committee. The following notes may give one an idea as to what a few of the Alumni of the School are doing in1 the world. ’SO, Spencer W. Hindes is State Agent for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. with headquarters in Burlington. ’80, James Ten Broeke holds the chair of Philosophy in MeMaster’s University, Toronto, Ontario. ’84, William C. Fairbanks is now associated with his father who is Superintendent of the Connecticut State Industrial School. ’91, A. Bush Willmarth has become principal of the II. S. in Bennington, Vt. ’92, Ruth B. Fisher is teaching in the State Normal School at Johnson, Vt. 95, Samuel B. Botsford is a successful lawyer in Buffalo. 95, Dr. Charles X. MeCuen is connected with the Emergency Hospital, Haverhill, Mass. ’95, Frank Iv. Goss, who is connected with the A t. Life Insurance Co. was married on January 20 to Mrs. Agnes Belcher of Montpelier. ’90, Orvis Iv. Collins is principal of the II. S. in Valatie, N. Y. '99, M. Catherine Collins is preceptress of the II. S. in Liberty, N. Y. 01, Adolph C. Pilger graduated last year from Middlebury college, is now principal of the H. S. in Hart, Mich. At the banquet to be held June 18, all members of the classes of ’86 and ’90 are asked to make an especial effort to be present as this year is the 20th anniversary of the former and the 10th of the latter. All letters of inquiry should be addressed to Gkorgk C. Daviks, Vergennes, Vt. This article was sent in response to a request from the editor. Other schools will be heard from in our next issue. The Winter at Dartmouth. Winter is by no means the pleasantest season in Hanover. The tints of autumn or the green of spring far surpass the sombre brown of the past winter. From Christmas until Easter is the time when the most studying is done. The examinations, which make or unmake our fortunes, occur early in February and entirely All the minds of undergraduates as well as others. The social life of the College has been greatly increased by smoke-talks, concerts and the entertainments by Dramatic Club and the College Glee and Mandolin Club. The speakers at the smoke-talks have been men of large calibre from different lines of work. Mr. Paul Itedington, ’00, on Forestry, Mr. E. II. Baynes on The American Bison,

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THE BLUE AND WHITE. 6 ■Sophomores— Will you hear to us once more What we have to say to you, That your heads are very big But there’s little in them too. Now in History one you know But little about the Greeks, And in Geometry you shbw Much less knowledge about the streaks. [lines;] Seniors— Now, we hope you did not think You would be left out by us For we know that you are large And can make a lot of fuss. J ust remember dear seniors That we’re here to give advice 'So don’t think that you are it For with us you cut no ice. Sophomore Notes. Harris, ’08, is still in pursuit of the future subjunctive of that Greek verb. Willis, ’08, in history 1. The greatest thing Alanandar the Great ever did was to marry the daughter of Darius, king of Persia. None of Haven’s classmates seem to have followed his example in taking cold water baths. Harrris, ’08, says, “ One of the soldiers was inflated by Ceasar.” Field, ’08, has a new printing outfit. He devel-opes interesting .pictures daily. Freshman Notes. A Fisher one Grand-day rescued two diminutive butterflies on his way to Bristol, which were flying over a Field toward Mars-shell. The Fisher sold these Millers to a naturalist for half-a-nickel, and with this money he bought a Bristol brick, a stick of Tafv and a baked poTat(r)o. It seems that Fisher considers himself an infant from the definition he gave in English the other day ; which was: “All are infants under the age of twenty-one!” Miss Reed :What is a hem ? ” Taft: “ A hem is a gathering on a piece of cloth.” Notes of and for the Alumni. Since our last issue, the movement for the organization of a strong Alumni Association lias gone steadily forward. On March 3, a preliminary meeting was held in the school house. Thomas Bartley, who has been throughout at the head of the movement, told those present his ideas concerning the value of such an association. Mr. Bartley said that the aim of the Association should be to aid in every way possible the Vergennes High School. He then went on to tell of a few of the ways in which much might be accomplished. In the first place it would be the duty of every member to secure as many new members as possible for the school. In the second place the members might greatly increase the Athletic strength of the school by their attendance at games when strong teams were here. And last but not least, they might encourage the members of the

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THE BLUE AND WHITE. Pres. Lucius Tuttle, of the Boston Maine R. R., on Advice to Young Men, Mr. Chas. M. Jessup of New Yotk City on The Responsibility of an American Citizen, Hon. C. H. Prouty, ’75, member of the Interstate Commerce commission, on The Freight Rate. The basket ball season of 1905-06 has been a most successful one for Dartmouth. The team won every home game but one, losing only to Colgate. The home games were concluded with the astonishing victory over Williams, which was not able to score a basket from the floor, but made all her seven points from fouls. On the trips Dartmouth defeated Columbia, Princeton, Williams and Colgate. One game was lost with the Wesleyan team, concluding a series of four games with that college this season. Dartmouth, by defeating Columbia, Princeton, Yale and Williams, which has , won from Pennsylvania and Harvard, is acknowledged the champion among the Eastern colleges.. The relay team has lost the two mile race to Yale in a meet at New York. At the B. A. A. meet Dartmouth won the two mile relay from Pennsylvania. This coming spring wall have a dual meet with Harvard, May 5, and two weeks later will occur the New England Intercollegiate Meet. Among the non-athletic organizations, the Dramatic club took its first trip early in January, meeting with good success. Another trip will be taken after Easter. The Glee and Mandolin Club' enjoyed a very successful trip to different points in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, returning with many flattering comments of the Press. The Debating teams, however, were not successful in winning either from Brown or Williams, but nevertheless deserve great credit for the work they did. The team represented Dartmouth well and there is no disgrace in losing manfully. The Freshmen Debating society has maintained an existence during the winter and the team to represent us against the Sophomores has been chosen. Such an organization is very helpful and I think a debating society might well be established in V. II. S. Since there are no facilities for basket ball, the winter term could be devoted to debates both between classes and with other schools. Debating gives practical work that every one should take up in order to speak well. Probably the most important event of the winter was the opening of Dartmouth Hall for academic uses. The exercises connected with the opening were of the simplest character, the formal exercises attending the presentation of the building to the College trustees by the Alumni taking place at Commencement. I take from “The Dartmouth” a description of the building. “New Dartmouth Hall takes its place as the most elaborate and expensive structure in the group of buildings that comprise the new Dartmouth. The building is constiucted of red brick, and is trimmed with the Deer Island granite from Maine. The building is one hundred and fifty-six feet wide. New Dartmouth contains on its three floors forty-two rooms, eight on the first floor, fifteen on the second and nineteen on the third. The first floor will be devoted to the exclusive use of the English department. In addition New Dartmouth will be the home of the Latin, Greek, French, German, Philosophy and Art Departments. Each recitation room is twenty-five feet square and is fitted with convenient black-board accomodations. The desks consist of but a single heavy plank of birch with chair seating. The large auditorium corresponding to the Old Chapel occupies the center of the first floor. It is one story in height, seventy-four feet long and fifty-four wide. Sloping towards the speaker’s platform on the east side of the room, old-fashioned bench seats are used, except in the pit, where the revolving table armchairs are used. The beautiful and graceful belfry which surmounted the old building has been accurately duplicated in the new. The bell is the gift of J. W. Pierce, ’05, and the clock of Dr. W. T. Smith, dean of the Medical school. New Dartmouth is simply the old resurrected, but in more enduring material. As the old Dartmouth was the leader and the center of the College during the first century of its existence, so the new Dartmouth in beauty and sumptuousness assumes the position of leadership among the buildings of the Dartmouth of today.” Richard Dean, Dartmouth ’09.