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

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16 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL More recently Mexico, our turbulent southern neighbor, has elected a president in one of the quietest elections ever held in that country, which argues well for the peaceful advances being made in that state. Commander Byrd, of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, recently announced to the world that he has flown over the South Pole, dropped an American flag upon the site, and made important geographical discoveries. This feat makes Commander Byrd the only man to have flown over the two poles. Thus, since our last issue, it is seen that the world has made important forward steps, and steps which are interesting to all of us. Robert W .Larrow, ’32 “WHAT ARE YOUNG PEOPLE THINKING?” In the November issue of the “Delineator” the question of what young people are thinking was discussed. It is a subject about which much may be said. Are young people concerned chiefly with the desire for pleasure, or are they interested in the deeper things of life, such as religion, or the necessity of earning their own living? Older people think that the young of this generation are hastening to their own destruction. Any normal boy or girl likes to dance, go to parties, play basketball, go riding. On the other hand, some grandparents look upon automobiles as sure roads to ruin. There are several types of young people; so of course the whole younger generation isn’t thinking about the same things. The “Delineator” speaks of one class which goes to college with the idea of becoming self-supporting. Their interests may lie in educational work, along religious lines, or be concerned with a business career. There is another class of boys and girls who are wealthy. They go to college to have a good time, not caring whether they learn anything or not. Still another type of person likes research work,—likes to know the subjects that are being discussed everywhere. Many older men and women say that the young people have no religious beliefs. This may be true to a certain extent, but the boys and girls I know belong to some religious sect. Maybe they are

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BLUE AND WHITE 15 Eittorala Joyce Young, ’30, Robert Larrow, ’32 EVENTS OF WORLD INTEREST During the time which has intervened since the last issue of the Blue and White, events have occurred which are worthy of our notice as observers of daily developments and as students of current events. Those interested particularly in National politics have eagerly watched the activities of the special session of the present Congress. After passing a farm relief bill not so radical in its terms as the much discussed McNary-Haugen measure, the House of Representatives promptly passed a tariff act, revising the present statutes upward to a greater extent than indicated by President Hoover in his message. When this revision came before the Senate, however, that “greatest of all deliberative bodies’’ started to talk it to death, and made so many changes that it was necessary to adjourn the session extraordinary without passing the new tariff law. More results are hoped for from the long session now in progress. The eyes of all who hope for permanent international peace were turned to the United States upon the visit of Premier MacDonald of England. Personal contact has done what formal diplomacies did not, and there seems to be an accord between Hoover and MacDonald. The eyes of lovers of peace, too, have been turned upon Manchuria, where the belligerent Soviet Republic and the newly established Chinese government have been engaged in a struggle over the control of a railway. The eyes, however, have been turned in fear, rather than hope. The United States called upon the signers of the Kellogg Pact to use their influence, and although Russia protested that the act was unfriendly, the settlement came about very promptly. In France the cabinet of Aristide Briand has been overthrown, and one headed by Andre Tardieu has taken its place. The retaining of Briand as Foreign Minister, however, signifies that the foreign policy of France will remain unchanged.

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BLUE AND WHITE 17 not active in church work, or are not as strictly religious as their parents, but at least they believe in God and attend some church. Are the parties and dances which young people attend essentially wicked and bad? Boys and girls must do something for excitement. As everyone knows, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” If the younger generation thought of nothing but fun and amusement, would there be students in our high schools and colleges who are fitting themselves to take up the burdens of a nation? The young people of today are courageous. The older generation is beginning to appreciate this and also the direct thinking of youth. In years to come, our parents and grandparents will realize that youth is not bent on its own ruin, and that young people are thinking seriously but in a different way. Joyce Young, ’30 JUST OVER ACROSS THE MEADOW Lois Bristol, ’32 Just over across the meadow, We see where the woods were once green; The maple, robed in crimson, Is now the forest queen. The elm, in her dress of yellow, That is trimmed with the autumn green, Bows to the earth,—her mother, In reverence to her queen. The pine, so stalwart and sturdy, Is armed with the darkest of green, He stands by the courtyard gate way, And guards his stately queen. And when they begin disrobing; When the leaves on the ground are seen; Still staunchly they’ll stand together Around their one-time queen.