Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-10-04
Barton Academy and
Graded School
THE ATHLETIC SITUATION.

Graded School
THE ATHLETIC SITUATION.
Any school which has ever been rep
resented by strong athletic teams
wants them again. Barton academy
has had them, and with the present
enthusiasm will have them again with
in short time. The school would like
to see every boy trying for place on
its teams, but that is the ideal condi-
tion, and we cannot expect it. But
during the last two weeks over half the
boys have been regular in attending
the fall baseball practice, and these
afternoons on the diamond have been
long and hard. Under such conditions
| it is natural that the squad should
show improvement, but in many cases
| this improvement has been little less
than remarkable. With large num-
ber of veterans under the capable lead
ership of Wallace Abbott, the team
should bring much credit to itself and
to the school in the spring. Battery
practice will be held in the cage during
the winter months, and particular at
tention will be directed toward devel-
oping pitching material from the un-
der classes. After the fall baseball
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with the intention of making it rec
ogniZed sport of the school. If enough
candidates appear, class teams will be
picked and from them we hope to OBJ
tain material for good team. The
game has not been played in Barton
recently, every boy will enter the
squad on an equal footing so at least
twenty candidates should report every
afternoon. If the same enthusiasm,
the same willingness, which has DOM
| mated the baseball workouts mani
tests itself, the school should be proud
| Of, and Barton intensely interested in
It's basketball team.
THE ANNUAL CORN ROAST
The annual corn roast at Wakeman's,
the first social event of the school year,
took place on Monday evening. Sept.
! 25, at z. 80 o'clock. In spite of the fact
that it had rained during the after
noon, leaving everything rather damp,
| the evening was quite warm and pleas
ant and everyone arrived, with more or
| less difficulty, at the fire which was on
hill above the house. There was a
plentiful supply of corn and apples,
which We're roasted, or rather burned,
by the freshman boys, for the rest Of
the academy. After everyone had eat
en- all they cared for, the young men
of the class of 1920 were subjected to
a little ordeal to make them true and
loyal members of our illustrious acad-
emy. A generous coating of black
from the embers was applied to their
faces, their heads were covered with
molasses from a bottle, thoughtfully
brought by the older boys, and the
"Freshies" were requested to make
sin n
both alone and in unison, for the
amusement of the students and teach
ers. Many Of the demonstrations did
credit to the class and everyone was
:. sorry when they were over, but when
the fire had burned down, the boys and
girls gave the academy yell which was
/. followed by the freshmen with their
! yell and then everyone started home
ward, more or less difficult journey
since the night was very dark and the
pasture rough. but everyone was in
high spirits and admitted the usual
good time at this affair. The members
of the academy are very grateful for
the fun, which is always TO be bad at
these roasts given every year by Mr..
Wakeman.
THE GLEE CLUBS.
The Boys and Girls Giee clubs were
formed this week and the officers are
as follows: Boys president, Rawson
Calkins; vice president, Ross Wright !;
secretary and treasurer, Leslie Elliott.
Girls president, Florence Miles; Sec
retary- y-treasurer, Airline Bald vim.
VISITORS.
Rev. l. A. Ranney, Miss Vera Lewis
of West Burke. Mrs. A. Twiss Of Bar
ton, Mrs. Kim Page, Louis Dame of
'12, of Chicago.
We're the freshmen girls wearing
badges of honor last week?
, The physics class began their labora-
tory work this week much to the grief
of the scholars.
Miss Bertha Simon of Albany entered
the academy Monday, making the
membership 106.
The first fire drill was called Tues
day. The time required to empty the
building was 80 seconds.
Paul Parker and Perley Drew were
absent from school Wednesday and
Thursday attending court at Newport.
Another Loan Library case, which
contains many very interesting books,
has been received from the state de-
partment of education.
The seniors held their first class
meeting Thursday and the following
officers were elected: President, Lee
Emerson; vice president, Rawson
Calkins; secretary Walter
Metcalf.
| HOLLAND
Gntended for last week.
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