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

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18 THE CHATTERBOX GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE CLASS OF 1930 Village Hall Monday, June 9, 1930 at 8 OClock Processional Prayer Salutatory and Essay Address to the Graduating Class Essay and Valedictory Recessional Rev. Ben Malcolm Smith Pearl Russell Rev. Albert Sherberg Mary Sawyer --§-- SALUTATORY It would seem strange for a pupil from a neighboring village to welcome the citizens of Wells River to one of their own public buildings, so I am not going to do that; but as a member of the Class of 1930 of Wells River High School and in behalf of my classmates, I welcome each and every one of you to these graduation exercises, parents, friends schoolmates, citizens of Wells River and of neighboring towns, and strangers. Each one is here for some special reason, personal interest in some one or more of our class, loyalty to fellow students, interest in educational matters, perhaps from force of habit; but whatever your reason for being here, we welcome you. —s----- MY VOCATION Work should be considered an opportunity,” so ones life work must be chosen with care. It is a privilege to work, so ones choice should be made, not alone for what money it may bring or for any possible fame to oneself, but for the benefit to others. To illustrate this thought let us recall the answers to a friendly visitor at a stone quarry. He asked the first workman, What are you doing?” The workman replied, I am working for ten shillings a day.” Of the second workman, the visitor asked the same question. His re- ply was, I am cutting stone.” To the third workman, the same question was put, but his answer was, I am building a cathedral.” Which was the most successful of the three?

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THE CHATTERBOX 17 I rather hated to leave the hospital fer it had united most of our class; but 1 went home and one day with several of my neighbors, went to a Home Economics Demonstration at the High School kitchen. Many people were present. Who should appear before us but Pearl Russell. After the lecture, many were waiting to speak to her; I had to wait a long time but finally she recognized me and I invited her out to dinner that evening. She accepted and at dinner told me that after graduating from W. R. H. S. she had spent one year at home and the following year had gone to Smith College and grad- uated. After dinner she seemed to be in a great hurry and explained that she must attend a demonstration where our classmate, Herbert Andrews, was experimenting on electricity and lightning. She told me that recently while he was experimenting, a bolt of electricity had escaped and partly destroyed a house on Maple Street. Why, that was my house, but I thought it was real thunder and light- ning.” My accident had been caused by his experiment, but one should certainly pardon a classmate. —Marjorie Amidon '30 ----5---- FOUR HAPPY YEARS Happy memories, our high school days will seem, When, in later years, the past comes in view For us, like happiness from out a dream, So filled with studies hard, but pleasures too, A good time had with teachers and with friends, Who now must go to friends and places new. Four happy years, but now as Fate intends They go, like clouds from out the sky until Memory, in the years to come, shall send Her dreams of dear old high school days, to fill Each one with thots that ever seem so dear. O school days, may you return again to thrill, For now you’re gone, we know not where, But in our mem’ry lingers Four Happy Years.” —Mary Sawyer '30

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THE CHATTERBOX 19 The one who could be successful in his life work is not one who is simply working to earn his ten shillings a day, but one who, while working, realizes that he is building a cathedral. Work is a necessity. It is necessary to be interested in some line of work to make one’s way, to keep one’s self-respect, to foster one’s initiative. A knowledge of any line of useful work gives one a feeling of security that nothing else can produce. The knowledge that one has it in her power to care for herself and for others produces a feeling of satisfaction that is of more value than the accumulation of money. Work is an honor; work is a trust; work is a blessing. A useful life is not without its work and a helpful member of society has to be willing to work with others and for the benefit of others as well as for ones self; to share honors, accept trusts, bring blessings. A vocation is a calling; any occupation for which one has special abili- ties, for which one qualifies one’s self, or to which one devotes one’s time or life. One’s vocation should be work for which she has some interest; some natural liking; something she has faith in, something she knows will give the results desired. And the desired results are the pleasure and confidence one experiences in doing the work; the knowledge that one is a useful mem- ber of the community in which she lives. It is well if one can choose her life work while attending school; but if she is uncertain about what to choose, she should keep on with her schooling, getting a broader preparation, so that when the choice is made, she will be the better equipped for the task. One’s work should be constructive; in choosing my life work, I have chosen Domestic Science. I have always been interested in it and I believe it will be a great help to me because it is something that I can do to benefit any community that I may be living in. I have chosen Domestic Science because the ability to make nourishing food attractive has always appealed to me; it seems to be the special test, not only of an efficient housekeeper but of a homekeeper as well, to provide for the needs of the family. Many think there is a great deal to contend with in being a housekeeper; there is, but one will find that there is a great deal more responsibility in being a good homekeeper, for then she will be respon- sible not only for the daily duties but for making the home a comfortable and pleasant place for the whole family to share and enjoy. House-keeping is a science; home-keeping an art.” Through scientific study and experiments, the present generation has come to realize the necessity of the different classes of food and the proper amount of each in the daily diet; also that one should take into consideration the right number of calories for each person according to his work. A man doing hard work out of doors requires more calories and a different propoff