Wells River High School - Chatterbox Yearbook (Wells River, VT)

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THE CHATTERBOX increased our number but has joined us in spirit as well. We are glad to have the new system and hope it will be a great success. Olir Privilege Thursday is a very happy as well as a very beneficial day in Wells River High Why Thursday more than other days ? Because every Thursday afternoon Mrs. Kidder comes to us with her wonderful readings and explanations of Browning. She has been reading “Pippa Passes” to us, a poem which we confess had little meaning for us before. We can not express our appreciation for her interest in us and the gift of her time and talent. Teachers and students are her debtors. We hope she may realize in part how very devoted we are to her and how grateful wc are for her help. $Cb00l SpirifA chool however large is not serving its pulpose in the world if it has’t any school spirit. First wfj t is school spirit? Is it just a school good in athleticior standing? No, its not, its a school in which every Member works for the school, and a school in which ail its members work together. If you went out about your town and said your sister was no good and your brother was worse and that your mother and father fought all the time, what attitude would people take toward you? Would they want to come to your house? Would it increase your individual popular- ity ? No, it would not. It is the same in the school. It is the turning point of your life; if you don’t fit and boost iA your school you are not going to be fitted for life. If you are proud of your school tel1 your next door neighbor, if you are not proud of your school either learn to be proud of it, or go to a school of which you can be proud.

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4 THE CHATTERBOX contribute something for each issue whether it is accepted or not. No prizes are offered since the honor alone ought to be ample reward We take pride in announcing a total of two hundred subscriptions this year. We need the cooperation of the Alumni. If you a -e far away, send us a letter describing your work and surroundings. Think of the good times you had while you weie here. Subscribe to our paper and read how we combine pleasure and learning. In this issue we have tried to show our loyalty to and interest in, the Alumni of W. R. H. S. by com- piling an address list of graduates. We hope this will olease you and all our readers. Suggestions from our friends would be gratefully received. Cbc lunior-Senior We have been asked 8everal time° $ch00l this year what the Junior-Senio? High School means. This rather recent change in the educational system is spreading rabidly o er the country and is being approved by ah educa' ors. The chief aim in changing our old seventh and eighth grades into a Junior High School is to do away with that old fast drawn line between the grades and high school at which place many pupils left school fore er. In the new system the pupil advances with and becomes a part of the high school while still under school age and becomes so interested and embodied into it that no thought of leaving occurs to him. During the years of junior work an intelligent study of each pupil can be made so that he may be better directed in his choice of courses when the time comes for him to de- cide what he shall take. The junior school this year has automatically be- come a vital part of our school life and has not only

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( THE CHATTERBOX Cbc Baseball field Perhaps some of the business men in town and the school board think we have not vused the baseball field enough to pay for their generousity. It is true, but next year we hope to use it more if given the opportunity and we feel sure that our loyal supporters of last year will continue their fine public spirit this year. We sincerely thank them for the use of the baseball field and the other privileges they have enabled us to have. A HIKE IN THE COUNTRY The day of all days occurred when on Monday after- noon. August twenty-second, nine boys of Wells River High School, with the Principal, Mr. French, met at the station of Woodsville to take the airline to Morrisville. Vermont. The ride was about fifty miles, and turned out to be an exciting one. In the first place, Bing Peach, while riding on a train once before was “vamped” and got off and left his clothes and belongings, so we had to keep close watch of him. On getting into the train, we found it pretty well crowded so took seats where we could find them. We looked around to spot our group and located all but “Bing.” When we did at last he was surely upholding his reputation. Well, we won’t pick on him any more! We will find more noble characters and men of confidence, and sure enough, before we had gotten halfway there, we began to realize that we had with us, “Tarzan of the Apes.” He wanted to do trapeze work on the bell rope but, of course, we couldn’t let him. Ellsworth Amidon was taken with a sudden wave of sea-sickness, but we soon fixed that. We arrived in