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

 - Class of 1930

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10 VEBGENNES HIGH SCHOOL IGp Sppartnmtt iFrattrata Arza Dean, '31. Gertrude Leonard, ’31, Editeurs. ENNEMIS MAIS CAMARADES Void un incident qui s’est passe pendant la grande guerre. 11 eut lieu en France en 1(,17. Deux soldats blesses gisaient sur le champs de bataille. L’un etait arneri-cain, 1’autre allemand. Tous les deux avaient soif. L’Americain leva son bidon pour boire le pen d’eau qui lui restait. Tout a coup il la baissa. II avait remarque que son compagnon. blesse comme lui, avait soif aussi. Im-mediatement il lui donna le contenu de son bidon. Puis il aperqut un trou dans lequel ils pourraient s’abriter. Bien qu’il fut presque epuise il reussit enfin a tirer 1’ allemand dans le trou. Mais helas! Au moment ou l’Amer-icain se cachait dans le trou il y avait un grand bruit. Quelqu’un avait jete une grenade. Tout de suite notre heros tomba dans le trou. Il fut blesse de nouveau, et cette fois mortellement. Deux heures plus tard leur corps etaient trouves par un conducteur d’ambulance. Ils etaient cote a cote, la main dans la main, un sourire aux levres. Gertrude Leonard, ’31 LE NICKEL PERDU “Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu! Pourquoi ne vient-il pas? Il y a presque deux heures que je l’attends et il n’est pas encore ici! Ce suspens est terrible! Il ne me reste que quinze minutes! Mon Dieu!’’ Des larmes coulaient des yeux noirs comme 1’ebonie de Verna, et elle raar-chait de long en large d’un pas rapide. Elle jettait des coups d’oeil presque craintifs dans la ruelle qui conduisait a la grande rue de la petite ville. Les freres et soeurs la regardaient d’un air desespere. Ils n’y pouvaient rien. Elle n’aperqut metne .pas la petite Agnes qui, toute enfant qu’elle etait, tachait d’ar-reter les larmes qui coulaient sur les belles joues de sa soettr. Verna n’etait pas consolable. Tout a coup elle regarde par la fenctre et jette un cri perqant. Voila son frere Georgie qui court a toute vitesse. Ou’est ce qu’il serrait si fidelement dans sa petite main mal-propre? Aussitot qu’il etait rentre Verna lui dit: “Que faisiez vous, miserable? Oil etiez-vous? Regardez-moi qui vous attend depuis deux heures! Dites moi!’’ Pauvre Georgie! Oue faire? Verna etait exasperee et tres fachee de lui. “Mais Verna.” dit Georgie, “i’ai perdu un nickel en jouant aux billcs dans bailee et j’y suis reste plus d’utie heure ])our le regagner. Sans cela je n’aurais pas pu acheter votre chose, n’est-ce-pas? A cet instant elle saisit la boite de rouge violemment de sa main, et apres s’en etre servie elle s’est hatee vers la pharmacie du coin ou l’attendait son nouvel ami, le fidele M. Peterson. Arza L. Dean. ’31. VIVE LA FRANCE! C’etait en Alsace pendant la grande guerre. Dans la ville de Thann, il y avait un garqon qui s’appelait Pierre Delsart. et qui avait onze ans. Dans la ville presque tout le monde etaient allemand, mais la famille Delsart res-

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BLUE AND WHITE 9 animal had dug and dug in the snow that had packed in between the branches of an immense fallen tree until he had uncovered the den of an old bear, who had thought he was safe until spring. The man takes the axe and tries to kill the bear, who is getting the best of poor Fido. As he approaches him to strike, the bear knocks the axe away about four feet. He gets the axe and tries again, but every time the bear knocks the axe from his hand. The struggle between dog and man and the bear goes on until the man sees that he is not going to be able to kill old Bruin with an axe. He sends the boy home and keeps watch of the dog and the bear, who seem to have declared an armistice. After a long half hour the boy returns on horseback, bringing a rifle and ammunition. Of course the story is soon ended now, but we are convinced that a bear is a good boxing opponent. OUTSIDE THE LINE OF DUTY It was a dark, rainy day in the valley of the Wild Moose. The rain descended in torrents and rolled in streams from the already saturated land. For the valley was in the grip of one of the worst floods that its history had ever known. The Wild Moose, ordinarily a tranquil stream which meandered through its fertile valley on its way to the sea, was now a roaring torrent, sweeping wildly over the rolling acres which had once been the pride of the peaceful farmers who dwelt by its banks. The railroad, upon which the little town of Malton depended for its communication with the outside world, was perilously near destruction as the waters swept about its embankments, and fifty isolated survivors of the wrecked town gazed anxiously along its stretching steel tracks for the help that might never come. In the railroad terminal of Clinton, thirty miles away, a wearied train dispatcher addressed the gathering of firemen and engineers who had crowded into his office: “The water is high, the tracks may be gone, but they are waiting for you down there. No one will be ordered to go. but volunteers will please step forward.” It can be said to the credit of them all that there was not one among them who would not willingly have given his life if it was necessary, but in justice to their families, wives and children who were dependent upon them they could not go. Nevertheless, six men stepped forward, and the dispatcher indicated two of them by a nod of his head. Without a word they turned on their heels and left the room. Ten minutes later a freight engine, with a box car attached, pulled out of the terminal. The engine puffed slowly along the tracks and safely felt its way over twenty-five miles of treacherous embankment before entering the hardest hit district of the valley. In some places the water was over the tracks, but still the small engine crept on. Finally they reached the last bend and slowly rounded it. There, dimly seen through the driving rain, were the refugees, huddled upon the station platform. The whistle of the engine burst forth in a shrill shriek of triumph. Then, upon the very brink of success, there was a grinding of metal, a burst of escaping steam, and the waters closed over their victims. Today, in a small town in a western state, there is a small shaft of marble, erected “to perpetuate the memory of the heroic sacrifice of James Franklin and William Smith, killed in courageous performance outside the line of duty.” Robert W. Larrow, ’32



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BLUE AND WHITE 11 tait toujours franqaise. Ils parlaient la langue de la belle France, et ils avaient clans la maison un petit dra-peau de la patrie bien aimee. Le grand pere de Pierre avait ete marechal sous Napoleon 111. A cause de cela le sang loyal coulait dans les veines de toute la famille. Son grand-pere avait (lit a Pierre avant qu‘il eut mort: “Pierre, restez toujours loyal a la France, et la jour viendra ou le drapeau franqais flottera de nouveau au-dessus de FAlsace.” Et apres toutes les afflictions qu’ils avaient souffertes, ce jour est enfin arrive. Les braves soldats de la France etaient venus, ils marchaient dans la grande rue ou pres-que toutes les maisons etaient vides. ceux qui voulaient se faire allemand les ayant abandonees, mais il y avait une maison qui n’etait pas vide. La demeurait la famille Delsart, et a la porte Pierre Delsart criait, “Vive la France!” Robert W. Larrovv, ’32 Casablanca le 8 mai Lettre de sa correspondant frangaise a Mile Lois Bristol My dear friend: I received your pretty letter. Thank you for it. Now 1 know how you are. I like your portrait. Can you sent me a “photo” of yourself? I will be very much pleased. Dear me! 1 cannot write a sentence without mistakes, can you translate my poor letter? Your french is good, but you write only a few words of french and it seems difficult to me for translating your English. Look at this big sentence I write, it is an example (but a piteous one). Have you a big work at school? Here you work very much and 1 must prepare a composition of chemistry for to-morrow morning. Do you learn chemistry? And do you like it. I am very fond of it. but I don’t like physic (it is a terrible thing). Now I will write “framjais.” Vous me elites qu’il fait froid a Yer-gennes. Ici il fait tres beau depuis quelques jours. Le soleil brille et chauffe. Notre jardin est splendide; plein de roses, de daturas, de geraniums et deternelles violettes; les massifs de leucanies sont aussi en fleurs; les mimosas sont bien vertes, leurs boules jaune out ete mangees par les sauterelles; e’est bien dommage mais ce qu’il y a de plus beau ce sont les plantes “gralles” remplies de fleurs mauves qui souvrent au soleil et s’endorment avec Jui. J’aime bien le Maroc vraiment, mais j’aime par dessus tout la France ou je vais cette annee pendant les grandes vacances. Je ne crois pas que j’aille jamais en Amerique, mais si nous ne nous voyons pas il est deja tres agreable de vous ecrire. Your affectionate Marthe.

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