Thompson's Island Beacon, Vol. 49 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Thompson's Island Beacon, Vol. 49 As this is being written, on April 20, we must say that the Island presents a lovely picture. In fact, many have said that never before has the Island looked so beautiful. An early spring, with ideal weather, has given us opportunity to assist nature in her work, and we have made the most of it. The Sophomore Class presented a very timely and interesting program at Assembly on April 23. It was an adaptation from a radio play, "Talk Their Language, " which appeared in a recent issue of the Scholastic magazine. The story concerned the returned servicemen, and gave practical and valuable advice on how to meet the problems which both our returned heroes and the general public must face. Musical selections completed the program. The sixth graders gave a program at the Assembly on April 30. It was in nature humorous, and there were many interesting recitations and musical selections given. Kenneth W. Duquet, one of our eighth graders, had the honor and distinction of winning a prize of one dollar in war stamps in a contest sponsored by the magazine "Open Road for Boys". Congratulations! This contest was national in scope and those who won prizes were notified by letter, and by having their names printed in the magazine. The principal recreation of the boys during the month was softball. This very popular game was played, in organized competition, by nearly all of the boys. Each of the six league teams played two games each week, and the schedule will not be completed until the close of the school year early in June. Meanwhile the grand American game, baseball, has not been neglected and our diamond was ready for play on April 14. Towards the close of the softball competition attention will be turned to baseball and our summer schedule of games in this sport will be made up. The boys have been hard at work on their individual flower gardens, and for the most part the garden plots have been seeded. During the summer, visitors enjoy lingering at this area, and it is one of the show places of the School. The gardens, cared for entirely by the boys, give each of the students an opportunity to express his individual desires in horticulture, and the results are both interesting and gratifying. A volleyball court is being built on the eastern side of our softball field. We plan to make a great deal of this sport, which ought to be fully as popular as any outdoor team game. Patriot's Day was observed as a full holiday, in memory of Paul Revere, William Dawes and the other local leaders whose great deeds wrote a glorious chapter in American history. The principal part of our celebration was the playing of three ball games, in which more than seventy of our boys took part. In the evening a fine motion picture entertainment was held. A picnic type supper was served in our dining room. This was the first holiday since Washington's birthday, and was thoroughly enjoyed. On April 26, 15 boys had the pleasure of attending the Annual Sugar Party, held by the Vermont Association of Boston. It took place in the Hotel Vendome, and our boys helped by waiting on table. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intenti