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

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0. R..CV THE MIGHTY FRESHMAN CLASS By A. . Demeritt We all love Wells River 'Cause we’ve lived here all our life. We keep the teachers working Till they say we’re an endless strife! ! The other girls get pretty peeved At our noisy chitter-chat: And as for the boys— Well, we won’t go into that! ! The teachers pass the dirty looks All in our direction. And they seem to think that we’re the ones Who need to stand correction! Hut as we think it over About who has brains and all the rest, We all agree without a doubt The freshmen have the best! ! f9]

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THE JUNIOR HIGH ON THE AIR ANI) ON THE STAGE In previous years we have done some acting on stories which we have read. We greatly enjoyed doing this so we suggested that we do some this year. Our first dramatizations which we presented to the Senior High School were taken from Dickens’s “Christmas Carol.” The three scenes which we presented were: “The Visit of Scrooge’s Nephew.” These parts were played by Maxine Hous- ten, Jane Rowden, and Priscilla Mays; “The Den of Crime,” in which Irene Chamberlain, Priscilla Drown, Margaret Nelson and Idamac Chamberlain took part; and “The Street,” played by David Bidwell, Sam Hutchins, and Paul Kaiser. Near Lincoln’s birthday we presented a program to the Senior High School over the microphone. The program consisted of writings about or by Lincoln. Readings were given about Lincoln the Boy, Lincoln the Man, and Lincoln the President. The an- nouncers for these were Elaine Guay and Paul Kaiser. All the Junior High took part. For many of us it was the first time we had ever talked over a microphone, and we had the privilege of being the first to use the school’s new microphone. At the end of the program the audience joined us in reading the “Gettysburg Address.” While we were reading the interesting story, “Treasure Island,” by Robert Louis Stevenson, we found many good scenes which we tried to develop into short dramatization. We presented to the fifth grade. Senior High School, and parents, four scenes from this story. These were “The Apple Barrel,” The Visit From Black Dog,” “The Blind Man,” and “The Secret of the Oilskin Packet.” The parts were played by the seventh and eighth grades. We have been very lucky to have Miss Wood as our director this year to help us with the dramatizations and broadcasting. We have had such a good time doing these that we want to do more in the future. Jane Rowden, Idamae Chamberlain [«]

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THE MIGHTY SENIORS By Lester Welch ’48 The mighty seniors seven all Never try to get on the ball; They get away with all they can; Rut they keep their room spic and span. The teachers would be delighted to see, All the seniors gel a R. Rut Lo! Behold! They all got A. That’s how the seniors go their way One, three, five, and seven; All the seniors went to heaven. When they got there, what did they say? “THE JUNIORS, where are they?” HOME SWEET HADES By M AKio.N Webster ’49 You say the Seniors went to heaven; How in heck did they get in? I could bet mv bottom dollar That their chance was mighty thin. Must have taken lots of scheming To get into that there place; Old Saint Pete sure was napping. He has guilt upon his face. Rut we, the fourteen Juniors Hold our own and rightful post; We’ve even got a license to come up And haunt you with our ghost. I 1«» J