Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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6 Secondly, I mentioned tourist homes. Most tourist homes are run by one woman, or by an old couple who have too much room for themselves and might make a little money by taking in tourists. A tourist home, therefore,is a private home. I would be given a room which might properly be labeled The Perfect Room for a Week-end Guest with EverythingNeces- sary Furnished, although We’d Rather You Didn't Use Anything , After I had been given the What-are-your-credentlals glance and been found up to par with their standards. But I would be expected tofinish my prep- arations for bed and to turn out the light as quickly as possible; and ttould I please not drop my shoes on the floor, mar the furniture, or make any noise to difeturb others in the house. Then I would awake in the morning to the rattle of dishes and the aroma of eggs and bacon, while there wasn’t a restaurant within miles and my stomach was in agony for the lack of food. Not this for me! Oh, no. But if you are in supreme bliss in this please- don't-disturb-us-but-we-may-disturb-you atmosphere, just watch for the common lighted signs of Ye Olde Touriste Inne . But you may ask why I chcfse the cabins. It is true that the steam heat may not heat, that the hot showers take fifteen or twenty minutes to get hot, or the roof might even leak in a rain storm. As for lumpy mattress- es or straw ticks (as I found in one cabin) you can discover these by looking at them first. Now I have given the faults of an overnight cabin. Here are the reasons why I choose one. After paying my rent, a nominal fee which is usually less than at any other place, I am taken to my cabin and given extra bed clothing if I desire it, instructions about the lighting and heating system, and direc- tions to the nearest or best restaurant. After this,I am left entirely an lone unless I desire some other service which I can secure by ringing a bell for them. If I wish I can read in bed all night, bang my shoes on the floor, or even tap dance, as I would be alone and disturbing no one but myself. I can go and come as I please or even keep house and get meals, as I am allowed the freedom of home, ind that is why I call overnight cabins My Traveling Homes , for every one of them is a home for a night. Marjorie Gates '40 Poison in Grasses Today, agriculture owes much to science with some of its ridiculous theories. Now, don't get me wrong. A theory is a pretty useful thing, and if it weren't for theories science would be a long way back on its present road. But also, let me say that today in the re lm of agriculture , we find theories that have been blasted for years. One of the farmers’ endeavors is to ge£ a clover or other pasture plant that is a perennial - that is, lives year after year - and is a hardy plant. Most clovers live for two years but one type is being developed now that really is a perennial. The way science tested the plants to see how long they were to live was to teat them for HCN or for the prussic aelfd content. Now, we know that prussi6 acid is a deadly poison that is

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7. found in corn and sorghums. When it is found in the ratio of five parts per million it is considered dangerous. Well, in a recent test of clover, scientists were astonished to find in one plant,HCN in the. ratio of five hundred parts per million. To prove their point scientists secured an old sheep for experimentation. Newspaper reporters were invited to attend the fatal feast for the sheep. So the old sheep was lea forth to the clump of clover while reporters brought picnic lunches that they might rates no part of the experiment. It was supposed to take thirty minutes for the fatal acid to dd) its work, thus proving the fact that prussic acid is found in some plants in fatal quantaties. hen after three hours the old sheep was as much alive as ever, the baffled scientists returned to their laoratories, ridiculed but convinced that there was a lot about forage poisoning that they did not know. Therefore, it is not advisable for farmers to take too much stock in far flung theories. Winston Pierce '39 My First Experience at a Music Festival A year ago last fall, our music teacher, Mrs H.D. Gates, chose three pupils from the high school singing class to represent Franklin in the Music Festival at Burlington, on May 20, 1938. The three chosen were Geraldine Lothan, Winston Pierce , and myself. We were all very glad to have an opporturity to go to the Music Festival., and we thought it was go- ing to be all fun practicing the music. There was a great deal of fun but we also spent many hours of hard practicing. There were three selec- tions for the mixed chorus and three selections each for the boys' and the girls' choruses. We usually practiced at night and sometimes on Sun- . day afternoon. There were times when it was difficult for us to gat to- gether on account of snow during the winter and mud in the spring, but it was well worth the work . In spite of the rain, we left for Burlington about six o'clock on Friday morning, reaching our destination' about seven fifteen in plenty of time for our first rehearsal at eight in the morning. As soon as we arrived we had to report at the auditorium to find out where we were to spend that night. We were very fortunate to get rooms at hotels - Geral- dine at the Sherwood , and Pierce and I at the Van Ness. Then too, we were told odr numbers which we had to give whenever we went to a rehearsal. That day we had two rehearsals - one at. elaht. A. M. ,as I have already, mentioned, and the other at two P.M. At the close of the aftemoJH cflirs were provided to ts ke us to our hotels. We went up to our rooms and lay down to rest untllsix o'clock .then we went to get Geraldine for supper. After supper we went to a movie, Go Chase Yourself , starring Joe Pen- ner. Asyou have probably guessed , it was very funny. On returning to the hotel we found people dancing on the roof garden and wanted to watch them, but we finally decided that rest was more essential as our singing came the next night.After we had been in bed a short time we were awakened by burglar alarm, for a thief had broken into one of the rooms and stolen some clothes. But being so tired, we .lust rolled over, and went back to sleep again. A little later we were again awakened and told that the burglar was caught trying to sneak down the fire escape.