Clinton High School - Syllabus Yearbook (Clinton, ME)

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EDITORIALS EVERYBODY'S PROBLEMS Since I started High School in 1952, a new problem has developed. Practically everybody has the same problem--the T. V. set. So do not misunderstand me--I like television. I can spend hour after hour watching programs. I think that television has many advantages: I like to see what makes the news, just as it happened, or to watch a crime story or a comedy. I do not like to devote all my time to watching television because I have a book report due tommorrow. I should know when the Civil War started when American History class rolls around. I think that all of us have some projects to do that we keep putting off. Before tele- vision was invented, the family used to talk over the day's affairs, and then go to work on their individual projects. Now we are apt to rush through a meal and rush back to watch T.V. because the hero is about ready to polish off the villain. I think that most of the people will be able to find a solution to the problem. We have overcome other problems which have arisen from the radio, the automobile, and the hydrogen bomb. We had intelligence enough to invent T.V. 1 think that we have in- telligence enough to overcome the problems that have arisen from it. How about it? Has anyone found a good solution to this problem? If you have, please pass it on to me! Steve Gerald Assistant Editor-in-Chief AND NOW WHAT? Today the youth of America is faced with countless problems when graduating from high school. Our boys have the inevitable call to the Armed Forces staring them in the face. Many of us are tempted to begin work immediately because we had rather be earning money instead of spending it for a college education. Statistics have proven that in wartime the highest rate of deaths is from the teenagers because actually they are too young and inexperienced to be fighting. They are not able to adjust themselves to Service as readily as the age group over twenty years of age. If they would go to college first, they would have three or four years in which to mature and learn. Then they would be much better prepared to enter the service. In our great competitive world of today, what chance would we high school graduates have for the better jobs or advancement with the thousands of college graduates com- peting with us ? I say, More education is our answer for the future! Judith McKenney Editor-in-Chief

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 r. yi ; PEGGY JOYCE DIXON I'm quite a flirt so it is told but seems to me that story's old”. Basketball 1,2; Scorekeeper 3; Junior team coach 2,3; Speaking Contest 1; Class Treasurer 2,3,4; Glee Club 1,2, 3. Yearbook Staff 4; Prom Committee 2; Freshman's Rec. Com. 2; Softball 1, Scorekeeper 2,3; Honor Roll 1,2, 3,4; Nuts and Bolts” 3; That Crazy Smith Family” 4; Girls' State Delegate 3; School Bookkeeper 4; Essey Winner 4; P.A.D. Sec. 4; MERL CLARK » He may be short and he may be wise but he's a terror for his size. Student Council 1,4; Yearbook Staff 4; Speaking Contest 1; Baseball 1,2, 3,4; Basketball Manager 1,2, 3,4; Nuts and Bolts 3; That Crazy Smith Family 4; Honor Roll 2, 3; She has a big happy smile and lots of things worthwhile . Basketball 1,2, 3,4. Softball 1.2; Student Council 1,3; Glee Club 1,2,3; Nuts and Bolts: 3; That Crazy Smith Family 4; Vice-President 4; Sec. of Class 2; Class Marshall 3. Prom Com. 2; Yearbook staff 4; Freshman's Rec. Com. 2; Ass’t. Magazine Manager 4; Honor Roll 1,2,3; 8