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BLUE AND WHITE 25 Scoring; for the first six are as fol- Points 284 125 106 97 59 43 lows: Name Games Willard 13 Badger 17 Looby 17 Faye 17 Stearns 13 Barrows 10 STUDENT PATROL Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers in Order of Rank for Patrol Sept. 1944-Jan. 1945 Captain— Martha Partch 1st Leutenants— B. Bacon C. Chapman E. MacDonald K. Panton J. Griffis G. Sears 2nd Lieutenants— V. Powers F„ Gilson I lean Danyow. Jackie Myers K. Evarts A. Tucker Sergeants— J. Guyette E. Chapman N. Partch E. Bristol C. Looby B. Norton Corporals— B. Dike R. Lackard T. Norton R. Slack Jean Mvers B. Jordan L. Poquette Promotions for Seniors Captains— Clyde Badger Thelma Williams Madalyn Hunt 1st Lieutenant— Mildred Searles Eva Hallock CLASSROOM BONERS OF 1944 A census taker is a man who goes from house to house increasing the population. The Kodak is the Bible of the Mohammedans. A grass widow is the wife of a vegetarian. A Mayor is a he horse. A skeleton is a man with his inside out and his outside off. Shakespeare was born in the year ot 1564, supposedly on his birthday. Robert Louis Stevenson got married and went on his honeymoon. It was then he wrote “Travels With a Donkey.” Queen Victoria was the only queen who sat on a thorn for 63 years. An interval in music is the distance from one piano to the next. Medieval cathedrals were supported by flying buttocks. The future of “I give” is “You take.” Who signed the Magna Carta? 1 didn’t. Queen Elizabeth was a fat woman. The demands of the Spanish Ambassador she stoutly resisted. Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while traveling from Wsahington to Gettysburg on the back of an envelope. Imports are ports very far inland. It was raining cats and dogs and there were poodles in the road. The Boer War was a pig fight put on for the pleasure of Louis XIV. Capital punishment should not be used too frequently in schools. Where is Cincinnati? Fourth place in the league. Why does cream rise to the top? So people can get it.
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24 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL FAR AWAY . . . I was lonely for my childhood So I wandered back one day— O’er the dusty path of the wild-wood. Where the roses sweetly lay. I walked neath the old grape arbor, By the pump—past the wishing well. And I looked at the tops of the pine trees Where, once, I saw a star that fell. I ran down the wooded lane that led Straight to our old home gate. Supper was on the table— I was afraid that I’d be late. Mother was bustling ’round the fire— Coffee tainted the air Pop was reading his paper Sis was combing her hair. My brother was playing marbles, With the child who lived next door. We called them neighbors, tho really ’Twas over a mile or more. I paused at the edge of the threshold Mother was laughing and gay, Home—at last! ’Twas so lovely, I thrust each care away. After our meal was over— I left for my nightly work, While in corners rounding the woodland Shadows of peace did lurk. Swiftly I passed the well and thepump The roses—the trees—the star— Swiftly I topped the grassy hill Running—running—afar. Afar into the night I went— Over the dusty way I sped. And I woke to hear the bugle call— Finding myself in my khaki bed. Mary Goodspeed A PUN ON JUNE June, you come with roses in your hair You face is warm—your air so gay, The children call with laughing glee— For it is your Graduation Day! Mary Goodspeed. BASKETBALL The 1944 basketball season was a big success with Vergennes winning 13 out of 17 games. The Squad saw Seniors occupying the first six positions. The squad started out the season hy dropping three out of four games. Here E. Willard and Jimmie Stearns joined the squad winning eleven straight games, losing only to Rochester, the State champs, in the finals. In the forecourt, Willard led the attack, averaging slightly over 20 points a game. Helping both in scoring and passwork. Captain Bud Badger and Bob Looby contributed greatly. Jimmie Stearns and Glen Faye were the backbones for our defense. Bob Barrows was a utility man and aided the regular five often. The Headmaster’s Club picked Vergennes to playoff with Pittsford, to later meet Wallingford in the state tournament at Rutland. Vergennes won easily 38 to 28, while running up the score to offset the “Scouts of Wallingford.’’ Wallingford was picked to win the tournament, but Vergennes had different ideas. After a hard fight, and fast game. Vergennes emerged the winner 38 to 32. Earl Willard personally saw to it that Vergennes entered the finals as he tucked away 21 points. Tired from the afternoon game, Vergennes lost to Rochester. For the successful season, a banquet was given at Middlebury Inn. In summarization, Bob Looby, although short, was fast and crafty passing, deadly and scoring when needed. Captain Badger could toss them in too, helping from the left court. Earl Willard was the main bearing in keeping the team together and scoring 284 points. Willard made All State center in the tournament; Glen Faye also found a State birth as guard. Glen’s height and defense contributed greatly to holding down the opponent’s score. Stearns was a scrapper all through the season, grabbing rebound after rebound. Vergennes scored 63S points to a 418 points for their opponents.
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