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

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24 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL EXCHANGE The new year, 1933, is well begun now, and ought to discover new ideas, originality, and a general improvement in all our high school papers. Let us look over several of these periodicals and pick out some of their best features for comment. Among the stack of magazines lying on my desk the gold of “The Mercury” from St. Albans catches my eye. '['he stories in your literary department are very well written, especially “A Duck—Blind Mystery” and “The Spider. The latter certainly had a surprise ending. Your literary department would be much improved by a few more poems. “Do you know, do you know, that away to the north Is a land of most beautiful things?” These are the opening lines of a poem by Anton Boyle which is found in the last issue of “The Slate” from Fair Haven. It’s a delightful bit of verse, and was evidently written by a true Vermonter as the closing lines are, “Let her snows beat away, and her winter gales blow. And still, hail to Vermont we will sing!” Your poems arc an excellent feature of the “Slate.” You are very fortunate in having so many. Groans ! Shrieks of horror! Screams! What do these suggest? Of course, the cover of the fantastic issue of “The Dial from Brattleboro. Your idea is a novel one, and so far you seem to be the only ones to have tried it. We are interested in the original scheme. “A Wish, bv Lulu Watts, is a fanciful bit of verse, and we liked it. The editorial, “Dreamers,” by the same author is the best one we have discovered in any of the papers. Now for some more originality. The last issue of the “Spaulding Sentinel” that we have received is the anniversary number. How cleverly you have arranged it! Your Exchange and Ac- tivity Departments are especially good. It has seemed to me, as editor of the Exchange department, that the thing to be enjoyed most in your paper was the poem, “Vergil,” that begins. “O Master Vergil, give us of thy fire.”— and ends, “And now we of today but ask to be The followers of the light seen in thine eyes.” T his is about one who no doubt is not appreciated by many students, and upon whom very few would care to write. It has seemed to us that the poem is all the finer for this fact. Now, let us see how states other than Vermont are represented. Far down south to Virginia—from whence comes “The Missile”— You have not stressed your theme unduly. It seems to us to have been carefully worked out. Why don’t you try an Exchange Department? Still farther south to North Carolina, and “Homespun.” probably the best student publication we have received. As soon as we are well between the pages of the last issue, we seem to be among churches, seeing people with bowed heads, hearing softlv tolling bells, and murmured prayers, for Worship was the theme of the last issue. As always, your stories and poems are of the best and in perfect harmony with your theme. We liked “My Gift” especially— “Ml pray for love to fill mv heart. A love for all mankind, A love that will forever make My dreams of life come true.” W e acknowledge the receipt of “The Chronicle.”—Lyman H. S. “The Spirit of D. A. —Derby, Vt. “ 11 i-Spirit”—Enosburg Falls. “The Hardwickian”—Hardwick, Vt. “Searchlight”—Richford. AT. “Catamount”—Beifnington, Vt. “The L.G.S. Messenger”—Townshend Vt. “Lasell Leaves”—Auburndale, Mass.