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

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28 VERGENNES HIGH SCHOOL

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BLUE AND WHITE 27 LITERARY AN OPEN FIRE I was sitting drowsily in front of the open door of the stove. The room was dark except where a stray moonbeam came creeping across the floor. The fire was low in the stove, showing only a few red coals in the center. The coals were filled with cracks and caverns, which, to my drowsy imagination, seemed to be large enough for me to enter. Short, red tongues of flame darted forth and seemed to motion me to enter and explore the unknown regions underneath those burning coals. I was watching a little flame trying to light a piece of coal that lay near by, but being unable to do it, gave up in disgust and disappeared just as a large lump gave way and fell, disclosing a small round hole right in the center of the fire. A little man made entirely of fire came forth and motioned me to follow. I stepped into the red-hot cavern which, instead of burning me as I had supposed, gave out no heat. I followed my guide through a long bright passage, the walls of which were covered with millions of glittering rubies. I was so busy watching the sight that I took my eyes off my guide and when I looked again he was gone. I immediately started to find my way back again. I had not wandered many minutes when I suddenly realized that I had allowed myself to be trapped and that I could not find my way out. There were scores of passages all just alike and not going in any particular direction. I had wandered into a small cave-like place in search of an opening when the floor gave away and I fell through into darkness. The place where I now found myself was darkened and cold and appeared to be some kind of fine dust mixed with large stones. I groped my way along for some minutes, plowing through dust up to my knees and crawling over stones, when suddenly without any warning, a large chunk of the roof broke through and allowed a red hot coal to drop on my head. In an instant the scene changed, there was a loud bang and I found myself on the floor with the chair on top of me. I had fallen asleep and burned my head on the stove. Constance Thorne, ’49. T IFE AT ITS BEST OR WORST She thinks she might have a chance with him. This means she must make friends of all the boy’s girl friends and learn their habits and customs until she can use these to eliminate the others from the race. After all, this has happened, she finds herself happy, so happy that she cannot do a thing at home sans sit around and think of him or call up all her girl friends to make sure they are not trying to sneak a date in somewhere. A girl enjoys this seventh heaven for about two weeks until she finds herself another male whom she cannot do without. This sort of thing goes on until she is either married or becomes an old maid. If she is married she is happy for two years, once in a while, then she finds she must have everything she sees. As I said before, she knows how to get things so she is happy until the hubby is fresh out of money and soon she finds he is fresh out of a wife. This is not always the case because some girls cannot wait until the husband is broke so they can get a divorce and a substantial alimony. To really understand all the good and poor things there are about the weaker sex, we must start from birth. Here we run onto our first reason, which happens to be the very fact that they are born. After the thing has happened we try to make up for it by trying to teach them a little sense. (Which often comes to naught.) From the start a girl makes more noise than is good for any person, (save another girl, for they are used to it among themselves.) Over-looking all these things, we find a baby girl is very cute until she reaches the age of reason. Whereupon she learns it is feminine to (Continued on page 29)

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BLUE AND WHITE 29 LIFE AT ITS BEST OR WORST (Continued from page 27) cry and scream when she wants anything. This also comes in handy in later life. From the first grade through the sixth she is almost normal but in the seventh she finds she just is not in unless she has a string of boys. This leads to the ultimate insanity of many boys who are not prepared to bump into a clinging female everytime they turn around. Perhaps even this could be overlooked because they are young yet, but when they reach the tenth and eleventh grade (especially if they have an older sister whom they must keep up with) they really start in. First she must make a list of eligibles and then she starts on the first and works down until she comes to the right person. You would not think such a person could like any girl but they do. This is not entirely their fault for no one can resist what has been going on for years, so we learn that this is the reason one mourns the death of a lady. It is interesting to note the names a girl is known by: Scotland—Lassie I r el and—Col 1 een America—You name it and we have it Sweden—Jenny This last one leads us to the story that says, The Wright brothers made the first airplane and it was named the “Flying Jenny” because the motor sounded so like a woman and also because it went up in the air for short hops. E. G. C. BEAUTY Beauty is the thing we love, Beauty is so like a dove. Beauty is so near our heart. Beauty from us will never part. Beauty strikes us everywhere, Beauty is our greatest care. Beauty sounds so sweet to me. Beauty gave to me the sea. Beauty is a friend of mine, Beauty is not hard to find. Ann Milo, “49.” EXCHANGE “E. J. H. S. Commentator,” Essex Junction, Vt. Your paper is printed well and is very well written. Your advertisements and other feature presentations arc very aptly constructed. “Newsy Bits,” S, R. H. S. South Royalton, Vt. Your paper is well printed and is very “newsy,” but we missed the joke section. •‘The Longhorn” W. H. S. Water bury, Vt. Your paper is interesting and was read and enjoyed by all. Your way of advertising is unique. “Poultney Polonious,” P.H.S. Poultney, Vt. Your paper is well printed and edited. Your many illustrations are excellent and your different features are very original. We still like the joke section, too. “R.H.S. Chips,” Richmond, Vt. We wish to compliment your very nicely constructed magazine. We especially enjoyed your Latin crossword puzzle and literary section. “The Dial,” B.H.S. Biattleboro, Vt. Your paper is printed well and is interesting in every way. The illustrations are good and the advertisements are excellent. “The Mirror,” W.H.S., Wilmington, Vt. We believe that your paper is definitely worthy of being placed among the best in the state. It is very well printed and assembled. The many fine illustrations in color do a lot toward making vour paper what it is. We have enjoyed reading your various school papers, and we are looking forward to many more copies. Grant Laber, ’49.