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

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BLUE AND WHITE 21 STUNT NIGHT Stunt night, held on March 17. was one of the high spots of the school year. The freshman stunt, under the direction of Miss Margaret Ryan, had a cast consisting of the following stu-■dents: Shirley Sheehan, Lloyd Kirby, Raymond Ryan, Arden Slack. Catherine Larrow, Barbara Mack. Mabel Thorpe and I lazel Evarts. Miss M. Joyce Young directed the sophomores in a rollicking skit “Let the Wedding Bells Ring.” This was judged the best stunt. Cast consisted of: Hazel Rogers, Glenn St. Jean. Marie Slack, Terence Gage, Howard Tatro, Lucille Mundy, Kittredge Haven. Roger Collins, Ralph Jackman, Hosea Langeway, Warren Miller. Muriel Clark, Anna Coyle. Jane Willard and Marie Ruscoe. The juniors wrote their own stunt, .-a mock debate entitled “Resolved that United States Senators Be Forbidden to Wear Red Neckties.” The judges gave this stunt, directed by Miss Cohen, honorable mention. Cast: Alfred Miller. David Smith, Forrest Rivers. Mary Gage. Marilyn Powers, Catherine Thorpe. Richard Barrows, Jack Anderson. Marie McCormick. Maurice Beli-veau. Arthur Booth. Clifford Douglas, Howard Washburn and Elaine Hamel. The senior stunt, under the direction of Miss Aiken, was a burlesque melodrama “And the Villain Still Pursued her.” Cast: Lawrence Austin, Marion Harrington, Charles Field, Emily Clark, Richard Austin, Kenneth Sullivan, Jeanette Danvow and Violet Manchester. The periods between the acts were filled by a vocal solo by Eleanor Langeway. dancing by Norma LeBeau. Betty Mundy. George Adams, June Stagg, Muriel Yattaw, Dorothy Fuller, Della Hammond and Ray Barrows, selections by girls' chorus, and the Boy Scout Band, under the direction of Frank H. Pierce. BLUE AND WHITE PARTY The campaign to get the Blue and White out of the red reached a climax in a party in the gym on April 7. The Tadio. on which tickets had been sold tor several weeks, was awarded. Many F. F. A. The Vergennes chapter of F. F. A. wish to tell you of some of their most worthwhile accomplishments during the latter part of the school year. Perhaps the clearest way to paint this picture is by month. different games were played. Mr. Geo. Patterson's electric victrola furnished music for dancing. Refreshments were served. NEWS January—We started the Junior D. H. I. A. testing. Five boys took over the responsibility of testing 114-cows. The chapter attended the Farm Products show at Burlington. Ralph Haight won first prize for eggs.

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20 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL i’dinnl Artiuitips Robert Elliott, ’37, Editor DEBATING The 1937 V. H. S. debating season was one of the more successful in recent years. People’s Academy of Mor-risville, former state champions, and runners-up this year, were defeated in a close 2-1 decision. The loss column showed a defeat at the hands of Burlington state semi-finalists this year, and Middlebury. On account of the technical difficulty of the question, “Resolved: That all electric utilities should be governmen-tally owned and operated.’’ it was decided to form two teams, one to debate the affirmative, and one the negative side of the question. The team personnels were as follows : Affirmative: Speakers. Alma Hunt, Katharine Mack, Alfred Miller, Marie Slack; nomographer. Jeannette Graves; coach, Mr. Patterson. Negative: Speakers, Harold Cushman. Lee Fiske. Robert Elliott; alternate. Elaine Pratt; coach. Miss Delaney. Each team won and lost one debate. The affirmative team opened the season against Burlington February 3. immediately after the mid-year examination period. The inadequate preparation and lack of experience told heavily on the Vergennes team and the result was a victory for Burlington, 3-0. On February 10. the negative team journeyed to Middlebury, accompanied by the affirmative team as observers. This debate resulted in a win for Middlebury. This was the low spot of the season, both contests had been lost by a wide margin. But better things were to come. A certain amount of rivalry had arisen between the two teams and in preparation for the last half of the season, they engaged in two trial skirmishes. The first resulted in an unofficial victory for the negative, while the second, conducted on February 16, before the Vergennes Forum, was not judged. On February 17, the affirmative team exchanged arguments with the for-ensicists from People’s Academy of Morrisville, easily one of the outstanding teams in the state, and who had already defeated Burlington. Feverish preparations were made, new charts, new speeches, drill in delivery by Mrs. Patterson, the coach’s mother; the team ate and slept debate for several days before the contest. The debate was the best heard in Vergennes for some time. 1 he Morrisville team had a very fine oratorical style, but the Vergennes team, which had combed stacks of government reports for statistics came out victoriously with a decision of 2-1. The only other loss sustained by Morrisville was that inflicted by Proctor, in a later debate which decided the state championship. Inasmuch as Winooski was unable to carry out arrangements for a debate here, the negative team had but one chance to prove its argumentative ability. There will be two experienced debaters returning next year, Marie Slack and Alfred Miller, both members of the team that defeated People’s Academy, so the future of debating seems assured for 1938.

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22 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL February—The chapter in co-operation with the Home-Making department, put on the Chamber of Commerce banquet, serving 100 people. A Radio Skit was also presented as our contribution to the “Vermont School of the Air” over Station WDEV. March-Several members started a co-operative chick hatching project, which turned out successfully. The chapter decided to sell seed to raise money for the chapter treasury. April—12 members attended the egg and chicken show at Randolph. The local public speaking contest was held. Howard Tatro was the winner of the local and also the regional contest. May—Thus far we have worked up a float, which won third place at Warner’s Farm Day. The members attended the state F. F. A. convention held May 8. at Milton, and are looking forward to the state judging contest May 21 and 22 to be held at U. V. M. We are planning to continue the meetings throughout the summer months. A Long Trail hike through the Mansfifield region is also being considered. H. W. Langeway, chapter reporter PUBLIC SPEAKING ASSEMBLIES In assemblies on March 16, 17, 18, the public speaking class, coached by Miss Margaret Delaney, demonstrated capably the progress they had made during the first semester. Speeches DRAMATIC CLUB On February 10, the assembly was entertained by an amusing one-act play, “Where But in America,” given by were delivered by the following students : Lawrence Austin, Richard Austin, Richard Barrows, Leslie Booth, Emily Clark, Beulah Davis, Robert Floyd, Alma Hunt, Joseph Jermain, Katherine Mack and Violet Manchester. PRESENTATION three Junior High students: Sylvia Yat-taw. Ruth Merrill and Stuart Haven, under the direction of Miss Augusta Cohen.