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

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REEK and white 27 “TO MY FIRST SENIOR CLASS’’ Not too many years ago I graduated from high school. On the threshold before me stood the world, a world not too unlike the one you face— uneasiness and war clouds hung upon the horizon. My classmates and I wondered where to turn, what paths would best lead us to the culmination of our goals, just as we yesterday, you today, and vour brothers and sisters tomorrow. we went off in many directions, some to halls of higher academic learning, some to factories, some to offices, some here, some there. War, which had been so imminent when we graduated from high school, became a reality my sophomore year in college. ! watched friends one by one leave for the service and for various types of war work; 1 had a difficult time remaining behind, continuing to pursue the path 1 had chosen. During that period and the years that followed, I learned something—something 1, at this time, would like to pass on to you. The more financially lucrative road of today is a real challenge to a young person whose area of experience is necessarily limited. How much more desirable seem the weekly returns of today, be they what they may, than a hard-sought path taking many years of untiring, diligent, unswerving effort beset with manifold trials. hat we can see, the tangible, is always so much more appealing and so much more interesting than the hard-to-picture intangible end. Yet, there are those people who have been willing to travel the latter path. At times they have floundered in bogs along the way, and some have sunk out of sight, vet others have managed to go on and on. What more have they who achieved their desires than those who never started out or got bogged downs? Again it is something intangible, something that cannot be placed on the scales and weighed monetarily. These fortunate people are the ones whose lives are usually full and rich and satisfying; they are the ones who seldom have gnawing at their hearts, unfulfilled wishes and frustrated desires. It is hard for you, just starting out. to realize what the consequences can eventually be of not doing what you now most wish to do. It is true that we are often kept from our objective by elements beyond our control. What then? That is the time another all important factor in life must be recognized. If we have tried in every way conceivable and are still deterred from attaining what we have set out to gain, we must seek an equivalent compensation. That is why it is so vitally important to have wide horizons and varied interests, to be able to adjust and adapt ourselves to situations as they arise. It is perhaps the hardest thing in life to have our plans riddled with the holes of unfulfillment. Yet. it is the truly great man. the really “big” man who can make “the best of it“ seem “even better.” So to you. my first senior class. I. who am close enough to your generation to feel its misgivings about this world, beg you to go on. strive toward that goal. This old sad world of ours will go on and eventually straighten itself out. It. like you, is compartively young; it has a hard rocky path to pass over before it captures the light of real understanding; it, too, has feelings of trepidation about whether it will be able to surmount what now appears to it as almost unsurmountable obstacles. You are not only like the world—you are a sector of that world—an infinitesimal part of it, it is true, but such a significant part. Youth always is. Hold fast to those important ideals of truth and justice that seem to be slipping away from so many of us today. It is so easy to fall into the state of lethargy that has befallen many of our fellow men. What difference does it make? The Atom Bomb with all its terrible repercussions will soon destroy us! One thing we must retain, not only in our minds but in our hearts. i the realization that Atom Bombs possess no minds, no feelings, no. not even means of initial self propulsion. Man is

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26 YERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL TUNES Dedicated to the Seniors 1. “Heartaches” to Gloria Merrill. Don’t give up yet Gloria, (Hmm). 2. “Who Do You Love” to Esther Bristol. We all think it is a certain alumnus in Chicago? Could be huh Blondie? 3. “Always” to Lorraine Poquette and Marvin Blakely. We know love never runs smoothly. 4. “Till the End of Time to Janet Abare and Jack Miner. Best of luck to you two always. 3. “Soon” to Jean LeBeau. We wish you and Art the best of luck. 6. “No Love. No Nothing” to Mary Cooke. There'll soon be a day for you Mary. 7. “Alone” to the following Ernest Chapman. Donald Spooner. Barbara Drew. Edith Griffith. Phyllis Griffith. August Jerger, Prank Bradley. Edith Lawrence. Arthur Danyow. Elsie Miller. Why don’t you five couples get together? R. “1 Love You” to Jane Tracy. We think an ex-soldier would want to know that you do. huh Jane! 9. “Surrender” to Marjorie Wagner. Who is the ex-soldier you want to surrender? 10. “Pm Sure of Your Love” to Molly Burnham. Good luck to you and Donald. 11. “You Are Everything to Me” to Virginia Place. We think Geraid knows already. 12. “Dreams” to Jeanne Guyett. Pleasant dreams Jeannie? 13. “Years and Years Ago” to George Bibeau. Those were the good old days. Huh George? 14. “How Do You Do It” to Molly Jerger. Please tell us how? (Hm) 15. “Personality” to Nancy Partch. And we mean it Nancy. 16. “Sentimental Reasons” to Kay Looby. What a theme song. 17. “Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet to Bill Taylor. 1R. “Stardust” to Estelle Jerry. The dust is in your eyes, huh Estelle. 19. “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” to Colleen Douglass. Nice going Bob. SENIOR CLASS PET PEEVES Janet Abare—“Too many months before graduation with a diamond on my left hand.” George Bibeau—“Why aren’t trees and telephone poles further from the road?” Ernest Chapman—“Sophomores and Freshmen.” Arthur I anyow—“Women.” August Jerger—“Cows.” Molly Jerger—“Noisy people.” Donald Spooner—“All my attempts at love and still I fail.” Bill Taylor—“Listening to Bernard Dike's blah.” Esther Bristol—“Why is Chicago so far away?” Molly Murnham—“Men.” Marj' Cooke—“Letting someone take my wallet and then they took all my pictures.” Colleen Douglass—“He has to be in the Army!” Barbara Drew—“People who think they are pretty nice?” Phvllis Griffith—“American History Class'.” Edith Griffith—“Physiology Class.” Jeanne Guyett—“Bee Hives.” Edith Lawrence—“Somebody bothering me in Study Hall.” Jean LeBeau—“Why doesn’t school start at 9:30 A. M.?” Kathryn Looby—“Bristol Boys.” Nancy Partch—“Everybody is calling me squirrel!” Elsie Miller—“Donald Spooners affectionate love for me.” Virginia Place—“How much longer do I have to wait?” Lorraine Poquette—“Glenn Faye.” Jane Tracy—“My bad luck with colds.” Marjorie Wagner—“George Bibeau borrowing my pen and forgetting to return it. Frank Bradley—“Why didn’t T come to V. H. S. sooner?” Estelle Jerry—“I’m still doing my history!”

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YERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL 2S its mind, its feelings, and its locomotion. It is in mankind’s power to decide whether this vast new field of knowledge is to he used to destroy himself and the civilization he has built and is building or is to be utilized into channels of worthwhile research. You. as a part of mankind, must pledge yourself to do your utmost to see that our world is directed in the right direction. By continuing to study and learn, by constantly keeping yourself well-informed on important issues, by following your deep inclinations and desires to ultimate fulfillment, and by never abandoning those proved ideals based on the inherent worth of every individual, you can do your bit in this direction. Each one of you is an atom of good or evil in a world that has ever had to struggle with the two. It is up to you to decide now that you are going to be an atom of good. In closing, let me extend my very best wishes to an unusually gifted group of young people who have often helped me relive my own senior days. At this time I give to you the hope for humanity you have helped me retain when at times this past year the world has seemed a wee bit cloudy to me. Clasp this hope close to your hearts, and keep it there to be withdrawn only when the road of life you are about to embark upon is especially rockv. W hatever path you choose as the one best suited to you as an individual, I sincerely hope at its pinnacle you will find the real goal of life—the oiie we all seek—HAPPINESS. Mrs. Edna E. Rappaport. FACULTY VOTE Most Poular Girl.........Nancy Partch Most Ambitious Girl.....Jeanne Guyett Best Looking Girl.......Esther Bristol Cutest Girl..............Jean LeBeau Biggest Wolfess.........Gloria Merrill Most likely to Succeed....Nancy Partch Best Sport...............Nancy Partch Quietest Girl .......Marjorie Wagner Most Cooperative Girl....Nancy Partch Most Intelligent Girl......Janet Abare Best Disposition.................Janet Abare STUDENT VOTE Most Poular Girl........Nancy Partch Most Ambitious Girl.....Nancy Partch Cutest Girls...........Esther Bristol .......... Kay Looby Best Looking Girl......Esther Bristol Biggest Wolfess........Gloria Merrill Best Sport..............Nancy Partch Quietest Girl .......Edith Lawrence Most Cooperative Girl..Nancy Partch Best Dressed Girl..Lorraine Poquette Best Personality........Nancy Partch Best Dancer .........Lorraine Poquette Wittiest Girl ............Kay Looby Most Studious Girl......Edith Griffith Least Studious Girl.......Kay Looby Best Disposition........Nancy Partch Most Likely to Succeed ...Nancy Partch I,east Conceited........Nancy Partch FACULTY VOTE Most Popular Boy.....Ernest Chapman Most Ambitious Boy.. .Donald Spooner Best Looking Boy.....Donald Spooner Biggest Wolf...........George Bibeau Most Likely to Succeed Ernest Chapman Best Sport...........Ernest Chapman Quietest Boy...........August Jerger Most Cooperative Boy. Donald Spooner Most Intelligent Boy, Ernest Chapman Best Disposition......Frank Bradley STUDENT VOTE Most Popular Boy.....Ernest Chapman Most Ambitious Boy.... Ernest Chapman Best Looking Boy.....Donald Spooner Biggest Wolf.........George Bibeau Best Sport...........Ernest Chapman Quietest Boy...........August Jerger Most Cooperative Boy. Donald Spooner Most Intelligent Bov, Ernest Chapman Best Dressed Boy.....Donald Spooner Wittiest Boy.........George Bibeau Best Personality.....Ernest Chapman Best Dancer..........George Bibeau Most Studious........Ernest Chapman Least Studious.......George Bibeau Best Disposition.....Donald Spooner Ernest Chapman Most Likely to Succeed. Ernest Chapman Least Conceited......August Jerger Biggest Flirt........George Bibeau