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

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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.

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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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18 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL § rl)nnl Artimtira Thelma Floyd, ’31, Mary Bourget, ’33 FRESHIES’ INITIATION As you may guess, the Seniors were not the ones to let a class of Freshmen, especially Freshmen as fresh and green as we were (past tense), start their high school career'without any welcome. To prepare us for the coming ordeals they had us wear green ribbons (a pre-war custom), and in addition had the girls carry horns and the boys dolls. They also wanted us to clean the districts around their desks, but we wouldn’t stoop to that! At last the dreaded evening, that of September 6, came! The “Freshies” were in their “Seventh Heaven” of delight (they usually are), and trooped hilariously to the gym. It is really quite a delightful process, this initiating! Those scheming Shylocks had us do everything from electrocuting us to making us hop over imaginary lakes and jump from church steeples of the same class. After all these exertions they served us cookies and punch. Another consolation was ours in the thought that our turn was coming and that we would be Seniors some day . . . maybe! Mary Bourget, ’33 THE FRENCH PICNIC We decided when starting on Tuesday afternoon, September twenty-fourth, to have a one hundred per cent French picnic—not a one-fourth French and a three-fourths English one. We reached Fisher’s woods after a brief French walk. There we proceeded to play our French games, which Mrs. Patterson explained. We did not understand them, but they went much better than they would have if we had. We then sang French songs, or tried our best to, but it was more or less of a continuous solo by Mrs. Patterson. Very hungry from this great exertion we proceeded to eat of French hot-dogs and French fried marshmallows. Robert Larrow made it more Frenchy by talking as loudly as possible, waving his hands, and pointing.