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

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BLUE AND WHITE 29 Blue and White loosened up and showed the spectators some football. Sheridan put one across on a line buck, and then to top this, Milo grabbed the ball and trotted 80 yards for a second touchdown. At the close of the game there was quite a list of disabled on the Vergennes squad. Among these were Bob Jackman with a bad eye, D. Gee with a wrenched back, and T. Scott with a bruised leg, all of which goes to show that it was really quite a game. GIRLS’ ATHLETICS Katherine Ryan, ’30 The ’29-’30 basket ball season opened with quite a response to practice appeals. The girls are in high spirits for the first game with Hinesburg. Last June four of the girls on the team graduated, but we have some snappy reserves left. There is Doris Barton, our captain, whose skill as guard is known by all with whom we have played; and Joyce Young, who is trying for center. In Mary Bunch we have reason to expect a dependable forward. A belligerent guard, whose motto is “They shall not pass,” is Florence Dugan. Katherine Ryan will probably hold down the position of forward. Wilma Wood'is also playing her usual good game. These girls are in running as candidates for the first team. We also have good material to back them in Marion Jodoin, Gertrude Fishman, Harriet Daigneault, Dorothy Remele, Eleanor Forrest, Mary Bourget and Esther Graves.

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28 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL Atfjletira Robert Collom, ’30, Katherine Ryan, ’30 BOYS’ ATHLETICS—FOOTBALL Robert Collom, ’30 The boys have played three games, won two, and tied one. 1 he football season this year was an unusually short one, owing to a late start. The players were as follows: Bob Jackman, Captain. R. Ballard, R. Sheridan, T. Ralli. George and Richard Torrey, W. Carter, R. Ryan, F. Casey, T. Scott, D. Gee, W. Paine, Walter and David Ryan, H. Richardson, A. Smith, L. Ashley, M. Milo, J. La-Grand and R. Kingman. Games The first game of the season was played at Vergennes with Essex Junction, October 26. The score was 14-0 in favor of Vergennes. The contest was a snappy one, the score being a tie until the last quarter. In the second half our boys seemed to gather new strength and in the last quarter made a get away from the opposing team. Most of the points were made on line plunges and end runs; the visiting team excelled in the air. On November 2, the Blue and White squad made a trip to Essex Junction to play them a return game, and brought back a 6-6 tie. The game was a hard fought battle for both teams. Essex Junction scored in the second quarter, but the Vergennes boys were aroused, and they failed to make any more scores in the rest of the game. In the third quarter the most spectacular thing in the whole game, this far, happened. Bob Ballard, star halfback of the Blue and White took the ball, tucked it under his arm, and made an end run of fifty yards for a touchdown, making the final score 6-6. Both teams fought hard, Vergennes holding Essex at the goal repeatedly. The Vermont Industrial School being the final victim of the season, the Blue and White proceeded to the Industrial School field and on November 9 added another trophy to the list. The game seesawed back and forth during the first half. In the second half the

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30 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL Alumni William H. Carter, Jr., ’31. BIXBY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Onslow Brown, ’29 Its silenced dome darkened with somberness, Concealing within its shadows numberless hosts Marching again. The accompanying drum rolls on; Tropic beasts glide through swinging vines as Natives silently, noiselessly move away in. hollowed Canoes. From within soft strains of Humoresque Issue forth while masters play on enchantingly. Again the pirate ship sails the bounding main ; the Sea Devil, confident, daring, commands. Log Cabins smoulder, Indians slink into their home, the forest. Romantic West speaks, guns report, ropes and saddles are Placed on outlaw stallions. Perry struggles on, gnawed With hunger, numbed with cold. Midst chaos and confusion Sit the poet, the thinker, the planner, the idealist. 1925 Watson Rogers graduated from the Academic Department of the University of Vermont last June and has entered the Medical College. 1926—Julia Waterman, attending the University of Vermont, is a member of the Burlington Symphony Orchestra. 1928—Carol Wilson was elected Editor of the Scop and President of her class at Virginia College. Ruth Spooner is taking a business course at Bay Bath Institute. George Patterson III is attending Antioch College. 1929 Margaret Ambrose was employed during the summer at the Colonial Tea House. Ruth Barton was employed at Basin Harbor Lodge during the summer. Malcolm Benton is a Freshman at the University of Vermont. Bessie Bigalow is attending Burlington Business College. Alida Boyd is a student in Plattsburg Normal School. Rachael Booth is attending Middlebury College. Onslow Brown is taking the training course of the General