Abington High School - Abhis Yearbook (Abington, MA)

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DEDICATION To all Abington High School alumni now enrolled in the armed services of their country the ABHIS t ' ' ' s af gratefully dedmztes this issue of its magazine.

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THE ABHIS VOL. XXX DECEMBER, 1950 No 1 The ABHIS is published twice a year by the smdents of Abington High School, at 75 cents a copy for the December issue and 31.50 for the june issue. Advertising rates may be had upon request to the Business Manager Subscriptions may be sent to the Business Manager. ABHIS STAFF 1950- 1951 Editor-in-Chief Literary Editor Business Manager Literary Staff Assistants Audrey Reynolds Claire Devlin Margaret Howe ' Ann Kempster Business Staff Assistants Shirley Pratt Carol Ouellette William Crook Barbara Jones - Literary and Business: Typing: Arr: Nancy Slayter Art George Cullinane Typists Janet Hunter Faculty Advisers Martha Crane Marjorie Kristiansen Kathleen Reardon Charles Nesbitt Joanne Reynolds Patricia Benson Janet Hultrnan John johnson Michael Sanna Bertha Ransom Helen Andrews Miss Annie Chadbourne Mrs. Carolyn Ferguson Mrs. Fanna Ashworth TABLE OF CONTENTS STAFF .,............ .........,..,,...........,...........,,..,.,..,........,..... EDITORIALS ............ LITERARY ....,.t,............... ABOUT CHRISTMAS .s..., POETRY ..........t.,....,......,..,,....,. SENIOR COMMENTARIES ...... A.H.S. DIARY .,,......,......t.... ALUMNI ....,,,...... SPORTS ................. SCHOOL NEWS ,.t.....

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THE ABHIS 5 EDITORIALS THE CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM I believe in the sacredness and ,dignity of the individual. I believe that all men derive the right of freedom equally from God. I pledge to resist aggression and tyranny wherever they appear on earth. This is in part the pledge of the millions of people in the world who have recently signed the Freedom Scrolls, the pledge of free people every- where who are praying daily that sometime, some- how, in the future the world may live in peace. From Labor Day until U. N. Day on October 24 the Freedom Crusade was carried on. The theme of the Crusade was truth. Thousands of people who signed the scrolls backed up their signature with a voluntary contribution. With the money collected several new radio stations will be operated, in the western sector of Berlin, day and night, broadcast- ing the truth to the enslaved people of the world. This is an effort to stab the armor of the Iron Cur- tain, an effort to win the war of propaganda being fought at this time. It is true that not all of these broadcasts will get through, but we know that a large part of the information, folk music, and hope will reach the communist people. On October 24, U. N. Day, the Freedom Bell, weighing ten tons and standing eight feet tall, was presented to the mayor of Berlin. It is a symbol of democracy's War against communism, a symbol of our fight between the Big Truth of democracy and the Big Lie of communism. Enshrined beneath the bell are the thousands of scrolls bearing our signaniresg the hope of free people everywhere. No words more fitting could be inscribed on the bell than those of a great American who stood for freedom-Abraham Lincoln, That this world, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. As Christmas time draws near each of us thinks more deeply of the love, peace, and purity for which our Savior stood. We who live in a free country should learn to think more of our free- domg to realize that in order to gain world peace each individual must strive to overcome his preju- dices and petty dislikes. Above all, we must guard and hold high the ideals of our country, America, the land with a promise. Thomas Wolfe writes, So then to every man his chance, to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining golden opportunity - to every man the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and vision can com- bine to make him-this, seeker, is the promise of America. It is for us, especially the youth of the rising generation, to make this the promise of the world, not of America alone. May we accept the Freedom Crusade as a challenge and go forward, continually putting aside evil and lies for those things which are right and just, that some day our world may live in peace and security. MARTHA CRANE, '51 SHALL THERE BE WORLD WAR III? Today the whole world is beginning to wonder whether or not there is going to be a third world war. Everyone hopes that there will never be one, but the situation in Korea leads people to do se- rious thinking about it. It is a question of whether we should let the Russians start a real war, or put her out of circula- tion before she has a chance to get started. Many people think we should bomb Russia and put her leaders out of the war before she gets started. The Democratic way of thinking is to let the other per- son strike Hrst, which most people believe we should not do. We also have the problem of the Chinese Com- munists. They could strike at any one of several placesg for example, Burma, Siam, or Indo-China. It would be quite easy for them to overrun these countries if they could get a start because the coun- tries ate so backward in their machinery and their modes of living. These countries also have rubber, oil, tin, iron, and gold, as well as enormous export crops which the Communists in China desperately need for barter with the enemy world. Altogether, possession of Southeast Asia would give them food, industrial materials, and a source of dollar ex- change through exports. If we are to keep' Chinese Communists and Rus- sia from starting another war, we shall have to show them that we mean business, instead of send- ing polite little notes, telling them to stop lighting, which they utterly disregard. The main idea of Russia is to start little revolu- tions around the borders of China and Russia, therefore getting our troops over there to try to stop them and thus draining our country of its military power and leaving it exposed to Russian attack. That is why the United Nations takes weeks arguing about sending the troops, to make sure that they really need them. It will take a great amount of time and work be- fore we shall be able to convince the Russian people that they are in the wrong, but we all hope that with the leadership of the United Nations' Coun- cil we shall be able to turn their attention to more constructive things than war. MARLENE RANSOM, '53