Waterbury High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Waterbury, VT)

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, LONGHORN their agency way up on the mountain top. Look, I know what they're do- ingg they're getting in contact with men on Mars. I don't see why 'they didn't think of things like this when we were in school. It is really getting dark now. We had better take a quick glimpse of the rest of the world. Let,s go down to Arabia to see what we can find. Wow! ! Look at all the women! What is happening? It looks like a colony of women. Why, no! It's 'Al' Eastman running a harem. He has sent out a general invitation for all the girls in the Class of 1951 to join his happy groupg but we certainly shall not go! He looks so fat and lazy! I Besides, we never could compete with those dark skinned beauties. Boy! That was certainly a full day! It was a lot of fun to peek in on all of our old classmates. They all have done very well for themselves fwith the exception of a fewb. Let,s close our observatory and go back behind those big, brick walls. How frantic the guards must have been, when they learned We squeezed through the bars for the twentieth consecutive year. Probably next time we will be too buxom to slip outf' THE ZANY SIsTERs, NANCY AND VIRGINIA.

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LONGHORN sight and let's find out if they carried out their dream. Why, of course, there they are in Jitterybuggboon! ! What in the world is Alyce doing? She's teaching the natives to jitterbug - and just look at her go! Oh, there's 'Melody' Gilman and 'Strangler' Hooker. They're playing those in- struments like mad, while the poor natives are doing their very best to keep in time with the music. They sure must miss their tom-toms. Rosalie is really having fun! Who wouldn't, driving around in a car like that - especially in Africa! She's teaching the natives how to drive. That drivers' training course back at W. H. S. did her some good after all, didn't it? It's a good thing there aren't many trees down there, just the same. Oops, there goes another hut smashed to the ground, but Rosalie doesn't seem to care. She has a native wrecking crew following her to pick up the debris. Why do you suppose Alyce and the natives have stopped attempting to jitterbug, and Rosalie has stopped her destructive journey through the village? Oh, here's the reason. The missionary has arrived to conduct his daily services. It's our old friend, Jim Lovely! The natives certainly seem to love him - especially the young people. Now he's telling the young folks to come to the youth group meeting which will be held in the evening - and to please remember to bring sandwiches for refreshments! He's started the sermon, so let's leave before we fall asleep! We certainly never expected to find so many old classmates in one place. Br-r-r-r - that blizzard up there in Alaska is really something! Anybody is crazy to be out in it, but there's a blur that looks like a person. He's shouting and waving somethingg wonder what it is! The Eskimos are coming out of their igloos and seem to be buying whatever it is. Oh, the blizzard has stopped. Look, it's our speedy little friend, Supersalesman Corriveau! And he's selling electric pajamas to the Eskimos. He always could sell almost anything! What do you suppose that huge igloo at the end of the row is? There's a sign that says 'Nice hot seats inside! Let us peer into its interior. Why, it's a theater and Barb Lemery is selling tickets - that's quite a pile of fish she's got there. Guess these Eskimos don't have much cash, but you would think she could find some place to put the fish rather than to sit on them! The fioor show is just beginning - oh, goody -- an acrobat duo -- 'Queenie' Deal and 'Role 'Em Over' Adams. Boy, look at 'em go. Brother! You certainly never would have guessed those two quiet girls would end up pulling each other's hair. Bang! They're both out! Here comes Barb to drag them out. Gee, she really get's around. Oh! Oh! Looks like trouble up in the back row. Manager Gladys 'Kick 'Em Out' Bragdon is telling a couple Eskimo teensters if they want to rub noses to please find a more appropriate place. Well, let's move along. It's getting dark, and we want to find the rest of '51 before night falls. My gracious! Look at that big upheaval in the ground! ! It looks as if the whole world were one large erupting volcano. I wonder what can be happening! It's our old classmate, Kenneth Dibbell, testing out his new jet propelled airplane - UNDERGROUND! ! ! What will he think of next? What's that contraption up there on that mountain top? It looks like some big summer resort. Let's peer more closely and find out. It's a dating agency for the unfortunates and just observe who's operating it, none other than Mary Keefe and Selma Izor. I wonder why they situated

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LONGHORN Class Essay Ascende Etsi Saxa Sint Asperan The Class of 1951 has chosen for its motto, Ascende etsi saxa sint asperaf' fClimb though the rocks be rugged.J We feel that this expresses our desire to succeed and to accomplish the things we will try to do. To achieve our goals, our strong determination, faith and hope are needed, and all through school we have learned how best we can lead a happy life. That it is diiiicult to think about our vocations and make definite plans is true. However, now is the time to prepare ourselves for what is to come. The habits acquired now remain with us throughout life, whether or not they are to our advantage. Having been shown by our parents and our teachers and instructed by our own minds, we have learned the path to right, that is, the path to happiness. Now that We are, in a sense, entering a new part of our life, we ask ourselves if we can stand up to the duties set before us, for throughout our high school years we have prepared to adjust ourselves in our community. We realize that the road will not be easy and We cannot hope to scale the heights without enduring pain and hardships. Even worse it would be to spend our life in idle quest, always being discouraged, never succeeding. We are privileged to have obtained a sound education and to have access to all the opportunities offered to today's youth. With this valuable foun- dation, we are enabled to promote well the ideas we have acquired. James Russell Lowell once said, Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. So it is with us, for upon this decision will rest our whole future happiness. It is not easy to make a choice for we have changed our minds over and over, hoping to select a vocation that will be most suitable to us. Our future may be a bit more uncertain than it has been for previous graduating classes since we cannot fathom what is in store for us. Know- ing that the peace of our country is threatened, we hesitate to continue our plans, however these things must be taken in our stride, and we must look forward to brighter days. Consider the point brought out in a poem writ- ten by Ella Wheeler Wilcox: It is easy enough to be pleasant When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is one who will smile When everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with the years, And the smile that is worth the praises of earth Is the one that shines through the tears. So we must struggle on and up and Climb though the rocks be rug- ged. - MARY KEEFE.