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

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VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL THE SQUIRREL Along in October, On a clear sunny day, I saw a grey squirrel, Frisking along his way. In his cheek was a nut For his winter’s supply, Kept in a place That was snug, warm and dry. When he saw me he stopped. Was I friend or foe? He sat up and watched me. Bang! Now he’d soon know! —Marie Langeway, ’39 AUTUMN WIND I love to go up to the top of a hill And let the wind whip ’round me; It blows my hair; It billows my dress, As it hastily rushes past me. Onward it goes over hill and dale In search of its mate, Some times fast, Some times slow, Whatever its fancy may be. It slips along picking up leaves And hurling them to earth again As if distasteful, As if shameful Of some of the things it does. But it always rushes past me As if I were a horrible creature. Scorning me. Hating me And never taking me anywhere. —Marie Langeway, ’39 PAGE TEN

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BLUE AND WHITE witches are made of paper and their cats of licorice candy; and when you hear a ring at the doorbell or a tick tock at the window you may be sure that the ghost is no more than the boy who lives next door. Even though we know it is only fun, we still like to keep up the strange old customs. What was once a night of fear is now a night of fun. Who knows wrhat our future will be? The things that we are now afraid of may someday be only jokes. Just the same, it’s interesting to compare today with days gone past. OCTOBER Eleanor Putnam, '42 Do you realize the number of important dates that the month of October holds for one interested in History? On October 1, 1800 Spain ceded Louisiana to France by secret treaty and on the 2nd in 1889 the first Pan-American conference was held in Washington. October 9. 1871, was the date of the Great Chicago Fire and on the 10th in 1845 the United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis. On October 11th in 1890, the I). A. R. organized at Washington, D. C. We all know the importance of October 12, and what happened on that date in 1492. The following day, some years later, in 1792, someone who didn’t believe in the “unlucky 13th’’ laid the cornerstone of the White House in Washington, D. C. In London, England, on the 14th in 1644, William Penn was born, to become a leader of men. John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry took place on the 16th, 1859. The turning point of the Revolution came on October 17, 1777, with the surrender of Burgoyne’s army at Saratoga. The United States obtained Florida from Spain on the 20th in 1820. The first incandescent light was completed by Edison on the 21st day in 1879. On the 22nd in 1915 the first wireless between Arlington, Virginia and Paris, France came into use. The great Statue of Liberty given by France to the United States was unveiled in New York on October 28, 1886. And for the boys and girls Hallowe’en always brings the month to a joyous climax. PAGE NINE

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BLUE AND WHITE DISCOURAGEMENT What’s the use? It’s all in vain. This futile struggle, Trying to gain. I’m done, I tell you! I’ll try no more; I’ll never get farther. It’s a useless bore. I study by day, I study by night— Yet when I’m in class Not a thing goes right. There are other things I’d much rather do- But there’s the answer, “Studying for you.” I get so fed up — So tired—and, gee, What I wouldn’t give For a day that is free From this endless study Morn, noon and night; For a Saturday filled With rest and delight! —Shirley Sheehan, ’40 PAGE ELEVEN