Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-23
Bar&oN NAcademY and Sraded School
A Department for School News
GIRLS ATHLETIC CLUB OF B. A.


One of the most interesting clubssof
Barton Academy is the Girls Athletic
club of B. A. 1t was organized with
the help of Mr.. Bates and the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Mary Uric vice president. Julia King;
secretary; Nellie Cooke and treasurer
Doris Whitcher. 1t is their aim to
better the school spirit in every way
possible. A basket ball team for girls
is under way and they plan to play
surrounding teams just as soon as they
are in playing order. A number of
sports such as snowshoeing. skating,
coasting, hiking and indoor amuse-
ments will be INDUCED in and the girls
expect to have rousing good Itime.
When the class of 1915 returned to
cold B. A" for their final year at
that school, they met new teachers
with new ideas. These ideas have
been presented to the students of Bar
ton academy and especially to the
senior class. for upon them rests a
large majority of the responsibility of
behavior. spirit and influence of the
school. Therefore the members of the
class put their best foot foremost and
set to work with a will for the good
OF their Alma Mater
Every one of the class has been
obliged to do his best for there are
only only fifteen members of the pres
ent graduating class, while there are
nearly one-hundred members of the
academy At the very beginning of
the year they clubbed together and
chose their officers as follows: presi-
dent, John Thorpe; vjce-president,
Orr1n Carpenter; secretary, Mary
Uric; and for treasurer, Leonie Wheel
er. who has faithfully served her class
in that position for the last three years.
At once the class decided to give a
reception and on the evening of October
28 they gave very successful mas
querade and social to the teachers and
students of the school, in Odd Fellows
Hall.
The class has worked with vim and
vigor for the betterment of all phases
of school life and we sincerely hope
that they will continue to do so.
Tuesday morning, November "a the
school had the pleasure of listening to
very practical talk by Rev. Irwin
Ranney. His remarks were based on
the biblical quotation, There is lion
in the way" The lion may typify any
one of a number Of obstacles that we
| come across daily in our work. LaZi-
ness. cowardliness. pessimism, short
| sighteGness. self-satisfactlon and the
like. Often we allow ourselves to
| come under the influence of one or
more of these mental states instead of
asserting ourselves and becoming, not
victims, but masters Of our circum-
stances. The speaker gave many in
teresting suggestions as to the way in
which we as pupils should attack our
daily problems
The following is taken from Charles
Benefits masterpiece entitled Hang
ing On: You won't get anywhere by
giving up, letting go your hold and
sitting back to rest. The thing to do is
to hang on till your task is done; your
rest will be all the sweeter for know
ing that you don't have to begin all
over again. The way to get ahead is
to begin where you left off not to begin
all over again If you add to your store
of knowledge only one little fact day,
make sure that that much can't get
away from you. Hang on to what you
have and add more to it as fast as you
can. Learn never to give up when you
have set your teeth and said I'LL do it =
Cultivate the bulldogs grit, use your
mans brain, and nothing on earth can
prevent your getting what you want. I"
Mr.. Ranney is the first citizen of
Barton to visit the school this year for
the purpose of addressing the high
school. Occasions like this one not
only offer the pupils an opportunity to
listen to sage advice but bring our cit
izens in contact with the work of the
school. We appreciate such visits and
hope we may have more of them.
The Junior class organized for the
present school year at class meeting
held Oct. FL, 1914, with the election of
the following officers: president. Glenn
Comstock vice president, Harlan Sears /;
secretary and treasurer, Sadie Wilson.