Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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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.