Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

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Bourne High School Canal Currents War T he two men were arguing. One said, War, there’s no reason for it.” The other replied, There’ll always be wars. They are inevitable.” Day in and day out, you hear this same argument. Why should there be wars? Who causes them? They are traceable to you and me. We are ' the cause for these worldwide conflicts. If Jimmy and Johnny are out playing in the field, there’s bound to be an argument between them. Johnny will want to be boss, but so will Jim. It’s the same way with us. We are just a minute example of the things that tend to make Germany and Japan what they are. We say, It would be different if I were running things.” Would it? I doubt it. We would want our country to be the greatest of them all. We are nothing but a bunch of six-year-old Jimmies and Johnnies playing with our more expensive toys. We argue over money and power, whether it be $10,000, or ten cents, one small toy, or one big island. I personally agree with the second fellow in the argument. Wars are inevitable,” unless we change our ways and all do our own, seemingly small, part to make a better, peaceful world. Richard Forsyth, ’47 Patience A S you probably know, the Aeronautics Class are making model airplanes which is pajrt of the course. Day after day the boys work patiently at their models. Except sometimes when we lose our patience. One of the reasons we lose our patience is the slow-drying glue. You stand there holding a piece of wood waiting for the glue to dry. After holding it for a lifetime, you release the pressure on the wood and it snaps back out of place again. That, you say to yourself, is the last straw. You have been standing there holding that piece of wood waiting for the glue to dry; you have stood there through thick and thin, rain and shine, at least that is what it seems like to you. Only to have the wood snap out of place again. You are just about to heave the tube of glue in the ash can, drop the unfinished model on the floor, and walk all over it, when something stops you. You look at the plane which is almost done, and you say to your- self: if you were to quit now, you would be considered a coward, afraid to battle the forces of impatience. So you calmly try it again, while all the time you are trying to keep the bad words from coming out. Then you turn around to converse in low tones with the boys and your eyes fall on a lad over in the corner who is having the same trouble as you are. You see his eyes flashing fire as he tries vainly to get the piece of wood to dry. Finally his patience becomes exhausted and he picks up the unfinished model and crushes it like a rose. You turn away in agony, saying that you will not let the forces of impatience win over you. So you calmly try it again. David Clegg, ’47 U Page Thirty -one

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Canal Currents Bourne High School The Well-dressed Girl I THINK the A, B, C, D, E rule is the only rule stating in five simple words how a girl can be a well-dressed girl. The rule, which no doubt you know, is that a girl is well dressed when she is attractively, becomingly, correctly, distinctively, and economically dressed. If any of the five adverbs were left out, the rule would no longer des- cribe a well-dressed girl. I think we should consider the A, B, Q D, E of the well-dressed girl to prove that each adverb is as important as the other. A girl is attractively dressed when you, a well-bred girl, want to turn your head to look admiringly at her. Clothes are becoming when they make you appear at your best. There are tricks in all trades, and the right dress in the right place is an important one to master. Distinctive clothes help to high-light, to accent you. Make your clothes bring out the distinctive you” that sets you apart from your friends. Economical clothes are those that, cost- ing much or little at the outset, cost little in upkeep after you begin to wear them. I think it is very important to every girl that she be well dressed at all times. Mary Cecchi, ’46 Our Tenants O UR cottage had been vacant for some time now and we were just on the verge of giving up hope, when one nice sunny day in April, we happened to look out and much to our surprise we found a family looking it over. With great expectations, we dashed around and tried to get the gardens, etc., in ship-shape condition so that they would think we were the perfect land- lords. Well, we also hustled around and prepared a little lunch for them so as to urge them on. When at last it was prepared, we opened the door and very cautiously and quietly crept near them, depositing the lunch within their reach. It did not take long for them to dispose of this snack and now that they had lunched, we figured it would be easy enough to talk over a little business with them. They didn’t say much, but finally it looked as though matters were coming to a close and in our favor. They did. At last our wishes had come true, or so we thought, and we would have some very nice neighbors living beside us. But alas! Our happiness surelv did not take long to end. A few hours after our little interview, they began moving their furniture in, and much to our astonishment, they could not even get it in the door. All our dreams went haywire, but we won’t give up hope yet because it is still quite early in the season, and maybe some other little birds will want to move into our cute little cottage next door. Dorothy Tripp, ’46 Page Thirty

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Canal Currents Bourne High School O N the morning of September 5, we trooped into the school and upstairs to become upperclassmen. We were quite proud of ourselves but just a little timid because of some of the stories we had heard, such as: Wait un- til you get So-and-So in this subject.” One of the first things we noticed was that neither Miss Kelleher nor Miss Martin was at school, they now being Mrs. John Farricy and Mrs. Nicanor G. Montt, respectively. Mrs. Fagerquist was also gone. Their places are being taken by Miss Ann Flood. Miss Ada Turner, and Mrs. Butler. When Miss Marie Dodge left to become Mrs. Elton Joy during the Christmas vacation, Mr. Gray took over her language classes and Mrs. Butler began to teach English. On September 11, we were shown movies about safety in automobile driving and bicycle riding by a man from the Registry of Motor Vehicles. Soon thereafter, we had the season-ticket drive for the Athletic Associ- ation. The Juniors were the only ones to make the lOO ® mark and were given free tickets to a movie as a reward. Mrs. Viik presented a Columbus Day play. The Jewels of the Madonna, on October 11. The Madonna was played by Jean Gibbs, Queen Isabella by Patricia Callahan, the astronomer by Leonard Fougere, Columbus by Cecil Page Thirty-two