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

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BLUE AND WHITE 2i Barrows: Here’s a snapshot of my girl at the beach. Sullivan: Snapshot? Boy, I'd call that an exposure. Father: How did you make out in Trig? Lee Fiske: I got a hundred in the . course. Father: That’s fine. Lee Fiske: Yes, I made 35 in the first, 25 in the second, and I got 40 in the third quiz. G. W. P. 3rd: (Rushing into the Home Ec Room) Quick give me something for my head. Bystander: Wouldn’t take it as a gift Marion Harrington in A. H. class: It was his father who really gave him his start in life. The lats time Mr. Barry was down south he saw a little negro boy sitting on the s dewalk, eating a huge watermelon and having quite a time, by his panting and grunting. Mr. Barry: What’s the matter little boy, too much watermelon? Negro boy: No. Sir! Not enough nigger. A negro cemetery is not necessarily a black berrying ground. Hardware Dealer: What kind of pruning shears do you want little boy? Robert Elliot: Oh any kind—just so I can open a can of prunes with them. Tasted Like Ham Miss Aiken entered her biology classroom. “Today,” she announced, “I intend to show you the inner workings of the frog.” As she unwrapped the package the students exclaimed: “Why, Miss Aiken, that is two ham sandwiches.” “Ah! how stupid of me,” said the perplexed Miss Aiken. “I could have sworn I ate my lunch a few moments ago.” Some Car, Eh, Ding? Dave Smith stopped his Buick at a gasoline filling station in Yergennes. “How far is it to Montpelier,” he inquired. “About 60 miles, sir.” replied the gas man. “All right, give me 10 gallons of gas and a quart of oil,” replied Dave. Soon Ed Nuttal drove up with his Durant and asked how far it was to Montpelier. “About 60 miles,” came the answer. “Well, give me 5 gallons of gas and 2 quarts of oil,” said Ed. Then came Ding Booth with his rusty old Ford. Ding got out and asked the same question, “60 miles,” answered the man with the hose. “Give me a buckket of water, a can of 3-in-one oil and hold this darn thing until I can get in.” replied Ding.

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26 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL Exrhattgp Alfred Miller, '38, Editor Spaulding Sentinel Barre, Vt. Since our last issue, we have had two issues from you. While we find your December cover design the more attractive. your March number makes more interesting reading. Your French knock-knocks would do credit to a native. W. H. S. Airwaves Waterbury, Vt. In each of the three issues we have received from you. we notice excellent fiction. You also have some very talented poets. Enosburg Falls Hi Spirit Enosburg Falls, Vt. Your December number has an attractive cover design, and your April number, some good fiction. Might we suggest a table of contents? The Hourglass Orleans, Vt. Your December number with its ap- propriate coloring is the clearest mimeograph paper we have seen. We appreciate your humorous poems and wish we could read those interesting looking shorthand stories. R. H. S. Chips Richmond, Vt. You have a very good poetry department and some interesting editorials. The mimeographing, however, is difficult to read in places. L. H. S. Review Londonderry, Vt. Your March number has it all over anything you’ve put out yet. Both your fiction and your poetry are due for a big hand. The Chronicle Wallingford, Conn.. The fiction in your April number is excellent. We consider it a decided improvement over last time. The Dial Brattleboro, Vt. You must be a versatile bunch. Your January number is full of the zest of the great outdoors, while the February number is full of dreamy fiction; different as day and night and both good. The Reflector Woburn, Mass. Your stories are good, but your outstanding feature, of course, is those cartoons scattered through the magazine. Somebody deserves a lot of credit for them. We are glad to welcome a new school magazine into our midst, The Poultney Polonius of Poultney, Vt. A very good initial issue. Your personality quiz beats anything of its kind we’ve seen in its line. Keep up the good work. SLIPS THAT PASS IN THE TYPE From Exchanges (No hard feelin’s, folks) The Peopleonian (telling of their champion girls’ Basketball team) “A plague was awarded the winning-coach.” The Dial “Spurned on by close to nine hundred rooters, B. H. S. turned what started to be an interesting contest into a one-sied shellacking.” And our own magazine, The Blue and White, “Some back current of wind carried the ear’s (bear’s) scent to the buck’s nose.

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28 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL Prof. Patterson Is now working on a permanent wave for prosperity. Also hopes to get out for the next touring season a combination article that can be eaten as a hot dog or smoked as a cigar. Is trying to motorize nightmares. Is crossing some of Edison’s golden rod with the ladyslipper to grow overshoes. Has patented a self-expanding rubber derby for Chemistry students who suddenly develop swelled heads. Quite Unbelievable, Bob! Bob was boasting that his family traced its ancestry much farther back than the Conqueror. “I suppose,” sneered Cushman, “you’ll be telling us that your forefathers were in the Ark with Noah?” “Certainly not,” said Bob with a lift of his eyebrows. “My people had a boat of their own.” Mr. Patterson III: Well, do you understand the engine now, Arthur? Art. Booth: Perfectly. There’s only one thing I should like to ask: Do you put the water and the gasoline in the same hole? WE ARE FEATURING NEW PERFECTION OIL STOVES Famed for their dependability, economy and convenience. In addition to the above three outstanding qualities, new beauty in line and color have been added. Stop in today. J. W. 8c D. E. RYAN Compliments of THE NATIONAL BANK OF VERGENNES