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

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BLUE AND WHITE LITERARY DEPARTMENT EDITOR, ALICE iRYAN, ’40 ASSISTANT EDITOR, FRANCES RYAN, ’41 QUEEN OF THE SEASONS The king invites all the women in the land to meet in his magnificent ballroom which is located in the royal palace of Paris. Life is monotonous to him. He wants romance with the most beautiful women he can find. But of all the women in the huge ballroom he notices only four. They are Autumn, Summer, Winter and Spring. Autumn, who is dressed in a gown of every hue with a crown of gold around her head, makes a beautiful picture for him to gaze at. But where is her sweetness and corsage of flowers? Has she been cruel enough to destroy them? What a cruel queen she’d make. Who is the lady dressed in the long, shiny white gown, with the cold manner and lack of personality? Why, that is Winter. She’d never brighten his life and court. Poor Summer, she tries so hard to be “Queen of the Seasons.” She never even has a chance to show her gayety and pleasing ways for after the first dance she is overcome by heat. The dancing little lady, who brings all the flowers, whose sweet breath of the morning refreshes tired hours, whose promise of love and happy moments makes life all PAGE SEVEN

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VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL ately by Whitey Killick of the Free Press in a recent article in the aforesaid paper. Mr. Killick said, “ . . . large schools, in some instances, not only have junior varsities and class teams in junior and high schools as feeders, but also reach down into the grammar grades, where leagues are established and each team coached by experienced players. Naturally the opportunity to play is what makes basketball players (we might add baseball and football, too) and many of these youngsters are ready for fairly stiff competition by the sophomore year in high school as a result of this extended opportuinty.” Now this plan would be possible here at V. H. S. and could be worked out to our best advantage. During basketball season if the grades from four and five to eight had separate gym periods two or three times a week (under the guidance of varsity men or a physical instructor) it not only will develop them into athletes, but will develop their minds as well. It would teach them the fundamentals of the game both from a competitive and sportsmanship side. Look out on the playgrounds anytime and see the boys and girls playing. They are wild and disorganized ; which, if under direction, would turn the tide and produce (in the future) your winning teams and return the prestige V. H. S. has lost in recent years. It not only would benefit the players themselves but start up school spirit and a competitive feeling among the other pupils. I feel that the whole reason may not lie in the previous discussion but I also feel it is the main cause for our failure. Taking the second question into consideration I believe that it has been answered in part in our preceding paragraph. There are a lot of other difficulties to be overcome, though, and mainly they are the financial situation. Basketball just about supports itself now and cross country never did. Baseball is a dent in the red and football would be, too. But go back several years and you’ll see that games, in baseball especially, were attended in mobs. The field would be surrounded and the sport would be paying its way. People didn’t go down to cheer the 'local boys on, but went because they knew good baseball and knew where to find it. Talk to some of the old timers and ask them about the past teams and you’ll get surprising replies. Vergennes used to turn out teams that were unbeatable in Vermont and several out of state teams could not accomplish it. Look at the present teams. Do they have goon ones? Fair. Are the games well attended? No. Why ? Because the people and students feels that here is just another defeat, so why should I go and see my team bow down. It stands to reason that the system would not prove effective this year (if started) nor probably next year. But from this year on you’ll see a marked improvement. So in closing let me say, “Don’t be lost in the present failure, but work and hope towards bigger and better games and teams in the future ; this can be attained only through the efforts of you, me, you and YOU. Why not try?” M. F. I. . PAGE SIX

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VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL sunshine and pleasure—she has the most splendid wardrobe in the land, from a gown of pure Easter lilies to the early rose gown of Tune time, she has them all. She’s the Queen of the May, the Queen of Paris, who is youngest, sweetest and fairest. The bride-to-be and lovely lady to mount the throne is Spring, Queen of the Seasons. Mabel Thorpe, Class ’40 THE CONTEST WON The sun beamed down warmly out' of a clear blue, cloudless, spring sky. Against the bright green foliage on the bank the clear blue of the lake presented a strikingly beautiful contrast. The water was perfect; the low chop, which is known among boatmen as “fast water,” was rippling the surface of the lake. It was the last heat of the Class B inboard motor boat race coming up. The judge’s whistle shrilled. The big motor boats, their high-powered engines muttering with suppressed power, moved out to the triangle. Jerry Langdon guided his long “Seagull” into line with the other contestants. He had won the two previous heats and was out to take the last. The ten boats leaped away, their propellers churning up a frothing white wake which merged with the water curling away from their sleek bows. The “Seagull” cut in close to the first buoy to a quick lead, broadsided into the second buoy at dangerously high speed, and was a full lap ahead of the next boat when it completed the necessary ten laps. Jerry stood in front of the judges to receive the prize he had won. with the plaudits of the crowd ringing in his ears. The ceremony over, he picked up his battery-powered. ten-inch speedboat and ran home to show his parents what a nine-year-old can do against stiff competition. Thomas Mundy, Class ’40 EASTER Easter is the time for celebration. The name comes from that of the ancient Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. Eastre, in whose honor a festival of spring was held in April. It is from these old-time festivals that we get our Easter customs today. ‘ Easter also contains the survivals of the Passover feast of the Jews, observed in the memory of the coming out of Egypt. One of the oldest customs is exchanging Easter eggs. Colored eggs are the “bunnies” gift on Easter Eve. Easter cards and white Easter lilies are also greetings. Easter is always celebrated in the church with lily decorations and perhaps a short play with special music. People of many denominations celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, at Easter. Inez Willard, Class ’41 PAGE EIGHT