Vermont Academy - Wildcat Yearbook (Saxtons River, VT)

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Page thirty-four V V Y W 7 f W wilhtat of 1927 for time ever lasting. Under this marble, having the numerals 1927 and IVY written on it, there is to be planted Ivy which we hope some day will cover the whole front of Fuller Hall. YVe also trust that the succeeding classes will follow our example and thus beautify the campus. Now that Commencement is here, we cannot help looking back over our stay of four years here and thinking of the good times that we had here together. We also cannot help regretting that our time to leave the dear old institution has come at last. We can only look forward to a greater Vermont Academy, with a greater trust and faith. HOWARD POUPART Glass Brnpbecp Well, Bobby, you know why I called you up this morning and asked you to spend the evening with me? This editor's job isn't any cinch but it keeps you in touch with a lot of different newspapers-competition you know. In this collection of papers I have news of nearly every one of that old class of 1927 at Vermont Academy, the papers are all of the year 1958 and ,5Q. First is Joe Hardy, he always was Hrst anyway. Joe is in politics and is Rc- publican nominee for Governor of Texas. fDon't see how he got it with all those wild cowboysl. Successful as Joe is, he is still a bachelor and there are hopes of a gold digger landing him yet. Memphis, Tenn. Audria Gardner, leading social light, gave a talk for more women's rights and was listened to by an enthusiastic audience. By the way, Bobby, she married once, but is divorced now. Rockingham Speedway. Lee Bowman, driving his axleless 8, smashes 500 mile record and wins first money. 'l He is still alive anyway, though it is a wonder. I guess he gives Bow chills everytime he races. Oh, yes, they were married soon after commencement. Middlebury Times, Mar. 7. Chief of Police Conlon catches crafty boot- leggerf' Old Chub stuck to his old home town, didn't he, and sure is knocking them dead. Wait, why the bootlegger is a Bowen. Say, I bet that is Doc, I guess he will be out soon, though. New York Times, Aug. 7. Position wanted as private secretary and steno- grapher. Address, Miss Lois Rickerf' That is something I can't understand, I should have thought she would have been married long ago. New York Tribune, Dec. 16. See Jack Heith in his latest hit, 'Across the Sea. ' We have been hearing a lot about this Jack Heith but I never knew till last week it was Eddie Sonsire. Eddie and Lena have a great place out in Holly- wood and Lena plays in some of his pictures. They have two sons at V. A. now, a fullback and a tackle. Bellows Falls Times, Oct. 23. Say, that is some paper. There is a lot of news there for us, though. Academy Notes. Prof. Charles Millet voted most popular teacher on the campus. Charlie is teaching French back at the old school, and Carolyn Whitney is teaching Latin and is Dean of Women. They say the rules aren't so strict now, Bobby, with those two running the school. Boston, Oct. 25. B. U. gives Harvard a trimming. Say, that is unusual, at least I thought so till I read the name of the coach, Paul McNamara. It looks as though Mac was making as good a coach as he did a player. Boston Advertiser, May IO. Kenneth W. Dike, P.H.B., B.A., M.S., has just published his new book, Principles of Education. That is too deep for me. He always was that kind of a student. You know all about Tommy Rood so we'll pass him by. What you don't? Tommy Rood and his music makers? Why, Tommy is the second Paul Whiteman.

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VBUMHBTTQIHUBMP -D - Page thirty-three to do our very best in all that we undertook. We were very glad to welcome to our class Marjorie Dunning, Roy Hardy, Merrick Wheeler, Herrick Bristol, Allen Clark, and Robert Hoyt fall the way from Detroitl. At our first class meeting the following class officers were elected: Robert Eldredge, President, Audria Gardner, Vice-President, Roy Hardy, Secretary and Treasurer, we also kept Mr. Otis as our class adviser, since he had done faithfully his duty in the previous years. We hadn't known Joe Hardy very long but we made a very wise choice when we chose him as our class secretary and treasurer, as time has proven. This year we started off with a boom! Joe Hardy, Mike Smolnicky, Wheat LaClair, Russ Layfield, Bobby Eldredge and Bob Hoyt came out in answer to the coach's thrilling call for football candidates. Joe was elected captain of the next year's team. The good record was kept up. Hardy, Smolnicky, LaClair, all making their letters in basketball while Wheeler, Poupart, and Bristol, all made the squad. On the baseball team we were represented by Hardy, LaClair and Bristol. The track team would have missed Manager Eldredge and Russell Lay- field. This year it was for us to linger behind and bid the Seniors farewell. Of course it was expected that we should learn how to carry on the Commencement exercises, which, according to our custom of doing everything we should, we did. In September 1926 we returned to our old Alma Mater as Seniors. We were very glad to welcome to our honorable class many new students among whom are Nellie Whitney, Alyce Walsh, Elizabeth Howe, Clifford Counihan, Paul Mc- Namara, Ames Purdy, Fred Robinson. Purdy, Counihan, McNamara, all showed their worth on the gridiron. Counihan again proved his steel on the hockey and baseball teams. McNamara showed to our satisfaction that Charlestown could put out some all round athletes. Robinson was voted by the student body as the most studious boy in the Senior class and Betty Howe, the most studious girl. I almost forgot to say that Betty was the best girl athlete in school. At our first class meeting the following officers were appointed as final oflicers of the class of 1927: Robert Eldredge, President, Carolyn Whitney, Vice-President, Roy Hardy, Secretary and Treasurer, again, we kept Mr. Otis as our class adviser. It hardly seemed possible that we were then high and mighty Seniors. The next thing to impossible was to believe that four long years had quietly slipped away into the unchangeable past. It seemed to us that we had been enduring great hardships such as doing Latin, French, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Algebra, Plane Geometry, or else doing a half hour, or hour, on the coal pile for being out of our room during study hour or some other minor thing. Many of us will long remember the training that we received on the farm while we were here. Since we were Seniors, we determined to maintain our high scholastic standing which as the records show, we have done. Our class has always been active in all Extra Curricula Activities, such as Orchestra, Literary Society, Vesper Choir, Science Club, and Life Board. The Life Board would have been greatly handi- capped without the Editor-in-chief, the Literary Editor, the Business Manager, the Editor of the French Department, and Associate Editors, in fact most of the board were Seniors. Our class has always taken an active part in the Christian associations of the school, such as Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Both the President and the Vice- President of the Y. M. C. A. are members of our class. In the girl's organization the Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer are members of our class also. This year our class has decided to start a new custom which we hope will be- come a tradition of the school. We are incorporating into our Class Day Exercises the Planting of the Ivy. We plan to take a brick out of the wall in front of Fuller Hall and replace it by a marble brick which will have a hollow back. In this hollow the Class Roll, Class Will, Class Poem, and the Class Prophecy will be deposited

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W-Iermnnt Qtahemp Page zhmy-,QW lie is in Europe now. Even the king of Siam did the Charleston when he played t ere. Philadelphia Ledger, Iuly 7. R. Shepard puts thru' big land dealf' Dick and Alyce CWalshl live in Philly, and Dick is doing great in real estate. Herels one from Wyoming. Lander, Sept. 28. Bristol and Clark, owners of the Prize Stock farm, carry off Western titlef' They have taken up scientific farming. Well, I wish them luck. Dud Muschette should have taken up farming, he had so much training at V. A. Instead, he is only a lawyer and argues to his heart's content. North Adams, Mass., June 5. Purdy's great six ring circus and animal show delighted two large audiences here yesterday. Purdy himself, as Jack the Giant- killer, made the hit of the evening. Springfield, Mass., Jan. 8. Merrick Wheeler, chemist for the ammunition plant here has invented a new shell which will devastate an area of 1,000 square feet. I guess that will keep the men away from his home. Whom did he marry? Why, Betty Howe of the great and only I927. Albany, Feb. 12. Thomas J. Riley, D. D. preached a sermon of fire and brimstone against present day morals. He has written a book on that same sub- ject. Must be it keeps on his mind. Montpelier March 6. Vermont has three women representatives at the state house this year. Mrs. H. R. Smith, formerly Florence Morrison, Mrs. Anibal Gomez, formerly Patricia Parker, and Miss Mae Tinkham. The old state will be upside down with those three women in politics. New York, March 23. Wheat LaClair, famous outfielder, has finally come to terms and will play another season for the Giants. I saw him last summer. He sure can hit the ball. Chicago, June 7. Crafty crook again eludes police. Clifford Counihan gets away with 550,000 in notes and bonds. Cliff seems to be dodging police as wel-l as he did T. C. A. football players. Boston Herald, June Io. Simonds leads band to victory in New England title contest. Well, what do you know, Si is still tooting the trumpet. Must be he learned something about classical music from Miss Tibbets, after all. Hanibal lVIo., Sept. 9. Ellis Hull, the great musician gave an organ recital here last night. He was very well received by a large audience. Looks as though Ellis learned to play the pipe organ at that. How to Grow Thin in thirty Days. Enroll now for this course. Great new discovery. just lose weight. Address Miss Muriel Buxton, 48 Williams Street, North Adams, Mass. There is a real classy advertisement, Bobby. Well, Bobby, that is all but a few clippings and letters. Fred Robinson is teaching math at Brown University and has found a new simpler method of solving trig problems. I wish he had invented that sooner. I might have been able to understand some of it. Egbert Tuttle, after running through his fortune and being sued for divorce by his wife, went to Paris, climbed the Eiffel tower and jumped off. What an end for poor Tut. Say, this is the best yet. Mike Smolnicky and Bill Steinhoff are missionaries in Africa. Well, you never can tell what a change may come into a man's life. On the side, Mike is teaching the natives to play football and Steiny is leading cheering. You can't teach old dogs new tricks, at least they never forget the old ones. James Castle runs a clothing store and his wife, Nellie Whitney, spends the profits. Sparky johnson, remember Old Reliable Sparky? He made his million from trans-Atlantic dirigible lines and is happily retired, living on his income. Helen Alexander and Doris Cook are working in the office of Ezra Dike, the Wall Street magnate. Ez thought there was more money in stocks than in saxophone playing.