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

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12 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL Sppartettmtt iPrattrata j Laurette Beliveau, '34, Elinor Kimball, ’34, Editors -----------------------------------------------------------— Vendredi, le Treize Jennie Dickson, ’35 Jo etait line garconniere. Un vendredi, Jo et huit aniies sont allees a sa mansarde. Dans sa mansarde il y avait un tronc qui autrefois avait appartenu a sa grand’mere. Le tronc avait ete noir mais a present il etait barbouille. La dans la mansarde il apparait sombre. Jo est allee au tronc qu’on avait epoussete recemment. Elle a travaille avec la serrure ceremonieusement. Comme elle l’a ouvert, un cri d’horreur s’est echappe de ses levres. En regardant l’interieur du tronc les filles ont vu la forme d’une vieille femme. Son corps s’etait ratatinc. Pour completer cette scene terrible le corps etait couvert d’un drap. Un poig-nard restait a ses pieds—tache de sang. Jo a ferme le couvert avec bruit et les filles sont decendues comme la mai-son s’illuminait. Elies ont vu une domestique negre qui a gronde les filles parce qu’elles faisaient un tel bruit. “Mais, Marthe-er-er cherches Jean. Vas a la mansarde! Oh, C’est terrible !” Jean, le chauffeur etait un negre aussi—et apres que dix minutes s’etaient ecoulees il est descendu de la mansarde. “Appelles le maitre! Un meurtre!’’ “J’appellerai mon pere.” M. Hamilton et Jo sont alles a la mansarde. Quelques minutes plus tard ils sont descendus. Le poignard etait dans les mains de Jo et le corps dans les bras de M. Hamilton et tons les deux riaient. “Mesdames et Messieurs, M. Sherlock Holmes annoncera le plus de-jouant et le plus serieux denouement des temps modernes. On a trouve le poignard de “John Silver” et le corps de “Sybil.” Ils seront employes dur-ant la prochaine assemblee du “Guild Litteraire.” Le Cercle Frangais Frances Kellogg, ’35 Le cercle franca is est reuni en jan-vier. Les rapports de la secretaire et du tresorier etaient donnes. Puis le programme etait presente. Le cercle a chante “Frere Jacques” et “L’Alouette.” Une piece intitulee “Quatre Soupes” etait donnee par la premiere classe. Puis, David Ryan a discute “La Vie de la Fontaine.” Les Fables intitulees “La Laitiere et le Pot au lait” et “La Poule aux Oeufs d’ors etaient lus par Lee Fiske et Edith Pecue. Charles et Edward Ryan ont presente “Quel Bon-heur.” Margaret Carter a parle des mots franqais employes en parlant anglais. Puis le cesfcle a joue des jeux. Apres les jeux les rafraichissements de ponche et des gateaux secs etaient ser-vis. Le cercle est reuni encore le dix-neuf avril. Dans la discution des affaires Edward Ryan etait choisi le chef de la danse pour le benefice du cercle. Puis on a presente le suivant: Margaret Carter a discute “Les Contes des Fees.” On a presente un drame amusant, “Bar-be Bleue.” Puis tout le monde a chante “Compere et Commere,” “Il etait une Bergere,” et “La Marseillaise.” Nous avons joue un jeu d’observation. Apres un petit gouter, tout le monde est parti. Tout le monde s’est bien amuse.

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BLUE AND WHITE 11 iEiittorialH Edward Ryan, ’35, Editor OUR GYM On May 14, 1925, a notice was inserted in the “Enterprise and Vermonter” by the prudential committee stating that the Baptist church had been offered by the Vermont State Baptist Convention to the high school for use as a gymnasium. The next week the “Enterprise” was managed by school students. W. Rogers made a plea for the gym and gave opinions of prominent men in our town upon the project. Some thought seven to eight thousand dollars could he saved. On May 28. 1925, a meeting was held in the City Hall to vote on the question and the building was accepted. Op, June 12. 1925, an Alumni Banquet was held in the gym with one hundred twenty-five present. Talks were given on the benefits of athletics. This was the first formal gathering in the new gym. Church properties were removed; the side walls covered; windows screened ; baskets put in place, and everything made ready for basketball by Dec. 10, 1925. That fall it was decided to have a girls’ basketball team and our team was to enter in the Marble Valley League. The first party was on Oct. 22. 1925, when Grade 6 gave a Hallowe’en party. This was closely followed by another staged by the seniors. On Dec. 11 the V. H. S. lassies opened basketball warfare against the Bristol feminites. Miss Lyon had charge of the team then. On Jan. 6 the Junior Hikers won over the V. I. S. scrappers. These were probably the two first games played on our floor. Some of the girls on the team then were K. Edwards, F. Fishman, M. Gardner. R. Field. D. Collins, T. Jarvis, M. Rvan and C. Tracy. They met Brandon on Jan .15, 1926. The boys on the team at that time were Swenson, Norton, Palmer, Blak-lev, Ryan, Parent , Milo, Brown and Warner, who clashed with Black River Academy on Jan. 16, 1926. To show that these ancient students also had spirit we uncover the fact that a food sale was held on Jan. 30, 1926, for equipment for the team. Another interesting fact is that the first Junior Prom in the gym was held on Mav 28. 1926, by the good old class of ’27.' In the fall of 1931 the platform at the south end of the gym was removed and a new floor laid. Many a happy night was passed on hands and knees by the students and teachers both. Our morale was kept up at this time by the rendering of “Old Black Joe” and other selections by those who dared attempt imitations of Lawrence Tibbett. By this time a girls’ dressing room was added where formerly was a balcony. It wasn’t until the winter of ’33 and ’34 that the boys really “got the feel of the floor” and started hanging scalps to their belts. This last season was probably the best in the history of the school, although the team was handicapped by the loss of the gym and equipment. That was a fateful night (Jan. 29) when our good old gym vanished into smoke, leaving only ruins where once a loved building had stood —the old building where good times were had, victories won and defeats sustained, mistakes made and lessons learned. It was a part of the student body—a part taken away. Will a new gym take its place in our hearts? Edward Ryan, ’35. The linoleum cut of our old gym, which forms the frontispiece of this issue, was drawn by Jeannette Graves, '37, and cut by R. Kingman, ’34.

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BLUE AND WHITE 13 Mais Oui, le Printemps! Shirley Haven, ’34 Oh! Comme je l’aime! Quoi? Mais oui, le printemps. Quand les oiseaux chantent, et le soleil hrille, et—-et; “Mademoiselle, quand est-ce que Louis XIV est devenu roi de France?” Et les fleurs fleurissent. et— “Mademoiselle!” Qui etait celui a qui Mademoiselle la maitresse d’histoire posait cette question? Pas moi. je pense. Et on peut aller a l’ecole sans man- teaux et— “Mademoiselle Shirley! Voulez-vous repondre a cette question? “Oui, mais qu’-est-ce qui etait la question ?” “Quand est-ce que Louis XIV est devenu roi de France?” “Oh, madame en 1643.” Ma ntenant, oil etais-je? Mais oui, en printemps. Et les ab-eilles bourdonnent—et----- GIRLS’ ATHLETICS Faith Kenyon. ’36 The girls’ basketball season started off with a bang, with the Alumnae close on the heels of the V. H. S. team in the first game, the score being 13-9. Then followed a game at Middlebury, which ended 15-23, in favor of the opposing team. With Captain Brown back-in playing trim, we soon wreaked vengeance on them, however, and polished off a return game with a score of 59 to the 14 scored by M. H. S. Beeman’s Academy was played next, the first game ending 34-15, and the second 30-5, with both games won by V. H. S. Two Bristol games ended favorably for the local team. The score of the first was 38-25, and of the second, 33-23. After the loss of our gym, it took courage to travel all the way to Hines-burg for a return game, but the Junior Varsity girls did it, and took the game. 13-11. The home game had been played some weeks previously with a score of 12-6 in favor of our Junior Varsity. An impromptu Alumnae vs. Junior Varsity game was played also, which ended with a score of 10-22 in favor of the Alumnae. Captain Brown was high scorer in all games save the return Bristol game, in which Margaret Carter scored 18 pts. The school feels that during the past three seasons the team has built up something of a record. Thirty-four scheduled games were played, with only two defeats, one by Burlington in the ’.32-’33 season, and one by Middlebury in ’33-’34. NEWS BULLETINS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Joyce Young, a senior at U. V. M.. made the Dean’s Honor List during the past semester. She has a record of y2A- J4B, or an average of 90 per cent. She was recently elected to the Class Walk Committee for Commencement Week. George W. Patterson. Ill, a senior at U .V. M., has been elected to deliver the “Address to Ira Allen” during Senior week. He is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, manager of track, and president of the A. T. E. E. He has served on the “Ariel” and “Cynic and participated in debating. He was recently elected Chairman of the Boatride Committee for Commencement Week. He attained a place on the Scholastic Honor List for the last semester with a mark of A or B in all subjects. Katherine Ryan, a senior at U. V. M.. attained a place on the Scholastic Honor List for last semester with an average mark of B in all subjects.