Canaan High School - Lasso Yearbook (Canaan, CT)

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in the world, there is always a great deal of propaganda distributed, which usually has a strong effect on the per- sons who see only the patriotic and honorable side of that horrible imple- ment of so-called justice, which is war. The condition of America just before the world war well illustrated this chaotic state. If a vote were to be taken at that time, many people would be too greatly influenced by propaganda to vote according to their better judgment. Congress is made up of the repre- sentatives of the people of America. lf the United States does not want war, it follows that their representa- tive should be those people who like- wise think of war as the world's greatest evil. As it is in the power of Congress to declare offensive war, we will or will not, have war according to the desires of the people. Ameri- ca's slogan should now be, Peace at any cost! Eileen Morris, '39. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING The building of the Bureau of En- graving and Printing of the United States is known as the world's largest engraving plant. ln this building are designed, printed, and finished all the paper money, stamps and securities of our government. Extreme care is used to prevent fraud or error in the process of mak- ing our governments money. The plates from which our currency is printed are as carefully guarded as any treasure our government possesses. Visitors are permitted, however, to see from specially built galleries on each floor, how the money and pos- tage stamps are printed. There are many interesting exhib- its in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing showing the different kinds of securities that have been printed in the past. In this collection is the larg- est gold note ever issued. Paid guides conduct the visitors through the building and explain the different operations of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Joseph Fungo, '38. SWING VERSION OF OLD SONGS Today jazz singers are taking the old sweet melodies and are singing them in the new style. Personally, l thing it is a pity that old songs such as Loch Lomond , l..ove's Old Sweet Song, and many others, which were formerly sung and played with a sort of reverence should be stripped of all their natural beauty in this man- ner. Not so long ago there was a con- test on the radio between the swing version and the old version of those songs. Of course, the audience ap- plauded greatly on both sides. The winner was to be announced the fol- lowing week, but unfortunately l missed the program. l imagine the old version won, even though the songs are still sung in the swing style. Swing music is all right in its prop- er place, but in my opinion it is very poor taste to play songs in that rhythm which were never meant to be played in a jazzed-up, present day manner. Lucille Smith, '38,

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ing where the shelves are located, what books reside upon them, and under what number and classifica- tion the books belong. The second lesson consists of hand- ing your map to the librarian and learning about the catalogue cards. Most of this period is occupied by questions from the pupils. The third lesson is the most im- portant. It is the most important be- cause the last thing the students have to do is to make their own book. It is in this lesson that the pupils learn that there is more than one index, more than one introduction, and all the construction needed to compile a book. Of course, we can't speak about the lessons and not include the teach- er, a librarian in this case. The name is Mrs. Eddy. She is a model instruc- tor in that she is very patient and does not use unnecessary words. She has just recently been asked to speak on the advantages of such a course as the above mentioned. She took with her a few of the books that were written and constructed by the pupils in or- der to impress upon her listeners that this course has its advantages. Personally, I think that, all in all, it is a grand course. A Sophomore. , NEATNESS Neatness is a small word which means being clean, but some people do not use this word personally. A neat persons reminds me of a smooth ice pond which has a clean, white surface. Neatness does not mean just having your clothes clean, but it also means clean skin, clean finger nails, and hair kept in proper order. To have a bright-looking face you need not use powder, rouge, and lip- stick, but soap and hot water is all that is necessary. A person should keep not only himself neat, but also his books, papers, and other belong- ings. A home is usually judged by the appearance of the person in it. One Wearing a great deal of war paint, or whatever you may want to call it, re- minds me of a painted doll or a model in a store window. The average per- son wears cosmetics, but is careful how she applies them. Esther Yale, '40, WHO SHOULD HAVE THE POWER TO DECLARE WAR? Today a typical American news- paper has for its headlines the word war . An aggressive world has devel- oped even since the War to End Wars was fought. This brings the question before the minds of American citi- zens of how war is to be declared. The Ludlow resolution, recently in- troduced into Congress, presents a solution to this problem. But do we, as American citizens, want this resolu- tion to be put into effect? The ques- tion is, shall the people of America have the right to declare war? If at the time of a world crisis, when a state of war is impending, time were taken to have a national referen- dum concerning the topic, would not those whom we might term as enemies, be able to take advantage of our con- dition of uncertainty and attack us at a most inopportune moment? Ac- cording to some of our most promin- ent students in America this is very possible and such an event might eas- ily cripple our defensive program. When such a state of unrest exists 4

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THE SENIOR CLASS Bernard Blass, tti, Warren Pire Fungo, Bruno Blodgett, Joseph Willis eel, R OITQII Lorch, L rthur -A right to ft row, le CP T ch, Betty 01.1 C essie Gustafson, B ude Gertr Smith, Benoit, Lucille Pauline W.. nd ro C0 Se very. A esta, Robert qll eAl CII ney, G Tier reen, B othy OI' opf, D H Marianne WZ 0 l Front Rice. Harriet upre 62. B Elizabeth Bosworth, 6113 Laffargue, L ian V n, Vi W 1'0 B ell, ockw R Evelyn i, perin QS G eebe, Mary B argery Richardson, M F. B. rin. ador. s Bate, Lena Peso CQ mp, P Fran Ca 3-Y e aupre, Mrs. M ylord, Tracy B Ga SCU Eil