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

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BLUE AND WHITE THE GRINNERY Raymond Ryan, ’40 PAGE NINETEEN

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VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL VIEW AND REVIEW Your Editors— INTRODUCING— With this issue the “Blue and White” starts a new feature, “View and Review,” an informal page of comments on school life by your editors and by the students in general. There will appear suggestions for a better school, compliments for deserving projects, and well meant, constructive criticism. We sincerely hope that you will read this page, accept the comments graciously, and appreciate it. ECHOES FROM LAST YEAR: In a last year’s issue of the “Blue and White” there was an editorial advocating a school bus for Vergennes High. This was to be used when athletic teams or other groups made trips away from Vergennes. Among other things, the greater safety, the closer supervision, and ultimate economy were pointed out. Another school year is now begun, with just as much need for such a bus, and also just as much lack of ft. Let’s try to do something about this somehow. GIRLS’ ATHLETICS: While in early fall the VHS boys are training for Cross Country. the girls are idle as far as sports are concerned. They would like an early sport to fill in until time for the basketball season. In view of the fact that Student Board mentioned some faint idea about having archery, w h y couldn’t that be for girl’s athletics in September and October? You girls should get together on this. BASKETBALL: The basketball season, our biggest and most important athletic event of the school year, begins soon. Now is the time to decide that the fellows on the team will have the complete and unreserved support from everyone of us— from the faculty to the seventh graders. A team plays better for a school that is behind them, and the school that gets behind its team gains something, whether the team always wins or not. Here is a chance to let VHS be heard from—to prove that we are a red-blooded, “raring to go” American high school! AHEAD OR BEHIND— Anyone who has helped get a car out of the mud knows where his strength is of the greatest value. It isn’t at the front, halfpushing, half-pulling; it’s right behind shoving! And this is the way it should be with the leaders and advisors of our various activities. Each must do his part and a little more. When there is some overlapping there is some force behind the project, and— things go places! YOUR COMMENTS: Now that you, the reader, have seen this page, you have an idea of what its plan is and the opportunity for improvement it presents. We, the editors, do not wish to be the only ones represented. Your views and opinions are eagerly invited. We await your comments. PAGE EIGHTEEN

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VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Goddard : What do they put water on fire for? A. Slack: To cool it off. Mr. Goddard : I won’t hold anyone responsible for anything that I don't know. V. Shortsleeves: Then you won’t be very responsible. Mr. Dopp: What’s one way England had for raising money? C. Franklin : Food Sales. Mr. Goddard: If I got $25,000 a year you wouldn’t see me. A. Slack: Maybe it would be worth it. Miss Young: Give me three Latin verbs and their principal parts. Student: Dogo, dogere, pupsi, bitum. Skato, Skatere, fallsi, bumpura. Slido, Slidere, slipsi, fallum. Mr. Goddard. Who was the greatest inventor? L. Senesac: Pat. Pending. Mr. Dopp: (in General Science) This apple here represents the sun, this orange the earth, and my hat Mars. Student: Is Mars inhabited ? Mr. Wallace: I will not continue class until this room settles down. Voice: Go home and sleep it off. Miss Delaney: Are you listening Clifton ? C. O’Brien : (misunderstanding the question?) No. Voice heard in a room : You may come in if you stay in one place. C. Lajoie: One place won’t hold me. Wanted: A joke on Mr. Barry,. will come out in the next issue, adv. Wanted : All dumb cracks found on test papers. No names need be attached, adv. Teacher: Why are you so late for school Barrows? R. Barrows: Because school started before I got here. Miss Delaney in Commercial: 1.0321 ‘‘Where should the point come?” Student: “Two points to the South.” Teacher: What happened in 1938? Student: Well let me see. Teacher: Well, hurry up, we’ve only got 40 minutes. Student: Oh! I know, the War of 1812. Mr. Wallace: You can always speak more intimately in the dark. Mr. Barry : Be sure to pick up the floors. Mr. Goddard: Do you want to know something Arden? A. Slack: No. Mr. Goddard: I was just going to tell you not to ask Kirby because he doesn’t know either. PAGE TWENTY