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

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2 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL EDITORIAL STAFF OF “BLUE AND WHITE” Editor-In-Chief.........................................Edward Ryan, ’35 Assistant Editor......................................Dorothy Slack, ’37 Business Manager....................................Eleanor Gee, ’35 Assistant Business Manager........................George Noonan, ’35 DEPARTMENT HEADS Literary Editor...............................................Faith Kenyon, ’36 French Department.......................Edith Pecue, ’35, Frances Kellogg, ’35 Alumni Editor.........................................Margaret Bodette, ’36 Exchange Editor......................................... Elaine Beach, ’35 Girls’ Athletics............................................Margaret Booth, ’36 Boys’ Athletics...............................................Aubert Hamel, ’35 School Activities............................................Barbara Ball, ’37 Grinnery....................................................Joan Casey, ’36 Faculty Adviser.......................................-.......Miss McGovern Art Editors ...........................Jennie Dickson, ’35, Hilton Forrest, ’36 Mr. George W. Patterson................Superintendent of Schools MEMBERS OF FACULTY Mr. William H. Carter.....................Principal and Instructor in Science Miss Lucy Booth................................Home Economics and History Miss Margaret Delaney..English, History, Girls’ Athletics, Business Practice Mr. Howard Martin......................Agriculture, Science, Boys’ Athletics Miss Joyce Young..............................................Latin, History Miss Edith McGovern................................................ English Miss Margaret Ryan......................................French and English Mr. Glenn Aiken.....................History, Physics, English and Algebra Miss Rachael Booth........Music, Social Science and Commercial Arithmetic TABLE OF CONTENTS Literary ...................Page 3 Editorial ..................Page 11 French .....................Page 13 School Activities ..........Page 15 Athletics ...............Page 18 Exchange ................Page 19 Alumni ..................Page 20 The Grinnery ........... Page 22

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4 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL Httmtnj Faith Kenyon, ’36, Editor ESSAYS They deal with places, fun. beliefs and hooks, Or people. fancies, and the best of cooks. A light and brief outline is all they need, Informal to the nth degree. Now heed hat 1 have said, and you can soon compete. With maybe Stephen Leacock at your feet. Euphrosyne Ward, ’35 THAT’S THE MAN Marie Little. ’35 He is not a hero in the eyes of the world. He has never performed any marvelous deed; nor was he ever crowned with laurels. But day by day, unheralded, he takes his place in the world’s great enterprise, like part of the silent mechanism of an intricate machine, making no complaint and seeking no applause from a changeable audience of the thrill-seeking hordes. All he asks is recognition in the trade of his choice in order that the compensation which he receives for labor well done will make others happy. Who but a man strong in mind and will can day after day. week after week, year after year, countenance defeat in his struggle upward and still plod on with a smile and a cheery greeting for other wayfarers? Perhaps some think him unlearned in the halls of the sciences; but who can judge how many noble thoughts and glorious aspirations have been crushed by the commonplace? Who can tell to how high a star he had hitched his wagon, only to have the bond severed by some lowlier necessity? He has never braved the rigors of an Arctic winter. However, weather never keeps him from “the job.” “That is the man,” the one who, steady and fearless, is slowly but surely conquering the depression which has crushed many people, destroyed air castles (Who knows how many?) and even ruined those little hopes and desires for the future. He overcomes obstacles to reach his goal, not for honors to be conferred upon him, but to answer the call of duty, having for his battle-cry, “Onward; I must not fail.” Human nature is frail, yet this man’s heart is pure gold and he commands the love which is due him. That is the man, uncrowned by Public Glory, the man who helps to form the bulwark of our nation. Who is he? Why, that’s your dad and mine! And that’s the Man who, daily strong and fine. Unsung, unpraised, toils on—your dad and mine.