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

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BLUE AND WHITE 19 ing” and “groaning. As we are all creatures of habit, the upper-classmen should respect the visitors’ feelings, and set an example for the younger and newer pupils. Cheers for the opponents were also advocated. The school song has been practiced with the hope of singing it at the games. We tried out cheering at the gym and have had “pep” meetings under the leadership of Mary Lance, our new cheer-leader. A very successful military whist party was held by the Juniors on January twenty-first to defray the expenses of the Junior Prom. Mr. Wesley W. Smith, who is State Chairman of the Americanism Com- EIGHTH GRADE On Friday, February twelfth, the Eighth Grade gave their assembly program. “Students of V. H. S.,” sung by the whole school, opened the program. Then followed the play, “Old Fashioned Valentines.” The characters were: Grandmother. Margaret Bodette; boy. Parker Leonard; maiden, Norma Bristol; lover, Theodore LeBeau; little maiden, Faith Kenyon; three girls in blue. Betty Bristol, Bessie Dugan and Gertrude Collom; bride, Joan Casey; groom, Truman Martin; doll. Ethel Sorrell; Cupid, Vincent Ringer; WASHINGTON On February nineteenth we fittingly observed the bicentennial of Washington’s birth by welcoming the Reverend F. F. Adams as assembly speaker. Mr. Adams spoke of our first president as a “great” man in more ways than one: as a man of great vision, in that he refused the title of king and would not accept pay for his generalship; as a man of creative power, originality and commanding personality in that he used printed forms for correspondence, was self taught in higher mathematics, and as shown in the ingenious ways in which he outwitted his enemies; as a mittee, recently announced that the Vergennes Post would award a medal to the pupil who should write the best comprehensive essay on “The Life of George Washington.” Rules have been drawn up and posted. The Lincoln Assembly, February twelfth, opened with the singing of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” under the direction of Professor Dickinson, Winifred Gaunya accompanying. Mr. Carter read several excerpts from the story of Hannah Slater Jacobs, the daughter of a crippled Civil War veteran. Lincoln’s reception of the earnest little girl showed the sympathy which lay behind so many of his acts. In conclusion the “Star Spangled Banner” was sung. ASSEMBLY PROGRAM door keeper, Jeannette Sullivan. The scene was in a living room on Valentine’s Eve. Grandmother described the various old-fashioned valentines of her girl-hood, which were then shown in tableaux, resplendent with lace, rib -bons and flowers. After this the boy begged to show her the valentines he was sending. Her consent was given, and valentines were distributed to the members of the faculty in this novel way. Faith Kenyon, ’36 PROGRAM man of faith, in that he attended church whenever possible and urged his men to do likewise, trusting God in darkest moments; and as a great statesman and man of truth—“a doer not a be-er.” He never replied to his enemies, but kept silence instead of trying to justify himself. Mr. Adams added interest to his talk by the use of humorous anecdotes. In closing he quoted Lincoln’s tribute to Washington’s name—“It will shine on through the ages.” Gertrude Fishman, ’32

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18 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL RECITAL On Wednesday morning, January 20th, the Vergennes High School had the unusual treat of listening to a recital given by Professor Dickinson, who has recently taken over the work of music instruction in the school. He gave an interesting account of the work of Edward MacDowell and played three MR. DONALD BARBER, U. February 5. 1932, an unexpected speaker, Mr. Donald Barber, imparted to us some of his knowledge gained through travel. Mr. Barber gave us some first hand information about the Panama Canal. He told about his dealings with some of the shopkeepers there and his visit to the ancient city of Panama. He next spoke about the destroyers of the Battle Fleet, giving a of MacDowell s compositions, interpreting each. The numbers chosen were: “To a Wandering Iceberg,” “XVI XX,” and “Indian Lodge.” His program ended with a vocal solo, “Song of Steel.” Elaine Beach, ’35 . AIR SERVICE RESERVE very good description of the ships and the torpedoes they fired. Taking us on the U. S. S. Mississippi, he explained the process of loading and firing the huge guns aboard her. Last came an explanation of how the airplane catapults worked on board ship. This talk gripped us with its account of thrilling adventure. Willard Adams, ’33 OLYMPICS Monday and Tuesday, February eighth and ninth, assemblies were held. The purpose of these assemblies was to bring to the pupils of the school first hand information on the Olympic Winter Games held at Lake Placid. Slips of paper bearing different topics for discussion were passed to those who had been fortunate enough to visit Lake Placid over the week end. For a half hour each day Vergennes High School pupils were brought to Lake Placid in imagination, where they saw the ski jumpers in action, shooting out into space 290 feet above the level of the ground; the bob-sled teams roaring down the dangerous mile and a half run at the speed of seventy-five miles per hour; and the flash of the skates in the arena as Shea and Jaffree swept the United States into four first places in the 500, 1500, 2000 and 10,000 meter races. There follows a list of those who spoke and their topics: Theodore Ralli, the Bob-Run; Robert Coty, the Bob-Sled Teams; Donald Clark, the Ski Jump; Miss Maxham, the Ski Jumpers; Floyd Cuison. the Arena; Robert Lar-row. the Decorations at Lake Placid; Mr. Fogg, the Dog Teams; Mr. Smith, the Stadium; William Garrow, Fancy Skating; Miss Rooth, the Costumes of Different Contestants; Aubert Hamel, the Hockey Games; Mr. Carter, the Hockey Goal Keeper ; Winifred Gaunya, the Skating Races; and Miss Delaney, Ski Jumping. Paul Jordan, ’32 January fourteenth the Juniors staged a sandwich sale to raise money for the annual Prom. January fifteenth and sixteenth Mr. Carter devoted the assembly periods to talks on sportsmanship. He elaborated on the sportsman’s creed: “Fair play for all and a sporting chance for the under-dog.” Divers members of the school pointed out the little courtesies which should be observed in order to make the visiting teams feel at home. Among these was refraining from “boo-

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20 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL Atljlrttra BOYS’ ATHLETICS Donald Clark, ’32, Editor Basketball, 1931-1932 The basketball season for the boys this year has not been a success from the standpoint of games won and lost. Out of fifteen games played so far the team has won only five. The schedule included some of the best teams of the State, and in many of the games lost, the margin of victory for the opponents was small. In the game with Middle-bury, one of the strongest teams in the State, our boys were ahead at one time, but they were finally worn down by the larger players and had to submit, but to the very low score of 27 to 14. In the Winooski game the boys held their rivals to a 30 to 16 count, and in the Milton game they pushed the up-staters to three overtime periods to win. Milton has lost but one game this season. Every one expected that the alumni team would walk over the undergraduates, but to the surprise of all, they took the old-timers in to camp to the tune of 23 to 15. The season’s record follows: Bristol 39 V. H. S. 34 Brandon 26 14 Sigma Delta 19 28 Winooski 37 15 Brandon 18 4 Alumni 15 23 Milton 25 23 Essex Junction 25 19 Essex Junction 34 11 Middlebury 27 14 Bristol 19 13 Winooski 30 16 V. I. S. 13 18 V. I. s. 23 25 Milton 28 17 Villa Barlow 13 17 VERGENNES HIGH WINS OVER VILLA BARLOW IN TWO GAMES (Quoted from Enterprise of Feb. 25th) “In two games with Villa Barlow, of St. Albans, one played last week and one last night, the Vergennes High Quintet smothered the St. Albans boys in hard fought contests. “The first game was one of those contests in which the losing team suddenly rallies and grabs victory from apparent defeat. At the end of the first half the score was 11 to 3 in favor of the St. Albans Five. Then the local boys began to make their score climb. When there were only two minutes of play time left, they were within one of a tie, the figures standing at 13 to 12 in favor of the visitors. The Vergennes team was now reduced by fouls to only four men. During the last two minutes these four rolled up 5 points to their opponents 0, thus enabling them to walk off with a victory of 17 to 13. The scores were made by the following players: C. Ryan, 8; Ted Ralli, 7, and D. Ryan, 2. “In the game last night the local boys rolled up 33 points to 21 made by Barlow. Ted Ralli was high scorer for Vergennes, making 15 out of the 33. Other points were made by the following players: C. Ryan, 4; D. Ryan 4; Clark, 3; Gee, 3; and Cotey 4.”