Bridgton High School - Corona Yearbook (Bridgton, ME)

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THE CORONA 3 I Edz'tor'z'afs VETERANS AND THE SCHOOLS Now is a time of reconversion here and abroad for every living person in the world. The people in the world are going through a period of unrest that can be settled only through the knowledge of current affairs throughout the world. The only way to gain adequate knowl- edge about these things is through study and it is up to the schools to provide these courses of study. All schools are faced with these.prob- lems now and it is the schools who will receive either the credit or the blame in future years. Returning veterans, anxious to take their places in the world of tomorrow, are returning to the studies that the war interrupted in the hope of learning things which will be of great value in their roles of being our future citizens. These returning veterans are face to face with a great many problems. There are those few, of course, who are too lazy to go to work, too lazy to take an interest in their studies and just go to school be- cause.through the G. I. Bill of Rights they are guaranteed financial aid in con- tinuing their previously interrupted edu- cations. These few will make it hard for those who are returning to school in a sincere effort to benefit themselves and humanity. Most of the schools are welcoming the veterans cordially and others with dis- trust as to what kind of students these men will make. In the not too far future the schools all over the country will be packed and all of these students must and should be taken care of. How are so many going to be taken care of? That is a question that must be answered soon and the sooner the better it will be for everyone concerned. Schools nowadays are much better prepared naturally to undertake this re- sponsibility: however, they do not have the courses necessary. Schools should study more about current affairs then most of them do. They should hold spe- cial courses which will help students to understand present world conditions as well as the affairs of fifty or a hundred years ago. If civilization is to advance, schools must advance, because it is only through the schools, through the human mind. that the present day situation can he taken care of. CONNIE CROSSMAN, 46. I WANT TO JOIN THE UNO Dear UNO: I want to join the UN. I am only one citizen of a country of 135,- 000,000 My country is a member of the United Nations Organization. That's good. But why can't I be a member, too? I know what your answer will be-that the UNO is not designed to take individ- ual citizens as members. Only govern- ments can be members. They participate through representatives on the Security Council, in the General Assembly, on the Economic and Social Council, the World Court, the Secretariat, I know. But I'm not satisfied. None of the Sections of the UN has a place for the individual citizen. Now I know that one begins to de- mand membership in an international or- ganization of this kind: one raises all kinds of questions. Many people think that we are not ready for world govern- ment. Harold Stassen who wants world government more than most people says that we are not ready.

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'THE CORONA Publzfsltfd by tho Students of l31'idgto1z, High School Bridgton, Maine june, 1946 - Price 50 Cent THE CORONA STAFF EdI.l'0I'-ill-CI'liC?f CONSTANCE CROSSMAN, '46 Busincss Ilffatnager DONALD GRAY, '46 Associate Edit ITOURDON SCRIBNER, '46 NORMAN BIOULTON, '48 DORIS PACKARD, '47 EDNA KILGORE, '46 Assistant Editor NIELVIN BOUTILIER. '47 Assistant Business Nfazzager RONALD MURCH, '47 OYS VVINNIFRED HILTON, '47 AIARJORIE BLAKE, '47 ROBERT HOW'ARD, '49 RACHEL HOWARD, '49

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4 THE CORONA Well, I still want to join the UN. Now right here someone says, How can you join the UN as an individual and still fulfill your duties in your own coun- try ? That question is worth looking at. National sovereignty means that your own government has control over your actions. It can make you go to war or it can keep you out of it. You have to pay taxes and assure other obligations to your government. That is fine. Why do I want to join the UN? VVell, you remember the League of Nations? The governments were members of that, but the people were not. Their only con- nection with the League was through their political leaders, and if these leaders were not very interested in the League there was no way for the people to keep a close connection with it. They could, of course, protest to their leaders, or vote them out of office. But votes are rarely cast on the basis of a single issue, espe- cially an issue like that of supporting an international organization. Now, I know, that at first, the part which the individual can play must be very smallg very limited. It must not conflict with his own country. It must not impair his loyalty or violate national sovereignty. A very limited part, how- ever, is better than none. No one has to scrap sovereign equal- ity to let me in. No one has to undo the work already done. just add a wing to that new building that they are planning 5 a wing with a door through which a plain man can walk and say I BELONG HERE. MICKEY BOUTILIER, '47.