Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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2. gone unless we plan to do something Just as much worth while and as in- teresting after we leave school. Too many young people have the idea that school is too hard work and takes too much time out of one's life . Even though it may mean work for a while , in the end it will pay. I am sure we will agree that our school days are some of the greatest and happiest days of our lives. Some students have to work hard to get through school, while others who have the opportunity to go to school fail to take it. They don't stop to think until it is too late,and then they say they wished they had known before what it really meant to'go to school and have a great deal of interest in the work while there. I hope in the future years there will be more young students enter- ing high school with determination to complete the course instead of dropping out before they give themselves a fair chance. The beginning is hard, but if we keep our courage and make up our minds to overcome the handicaps which face us at first, we will accomplish what we set out to do. Ruth Harrison '39 Music Vhat is music to you? Is it just a group of notes and lines tossed onto a piece of paper, or is it a way of expressing your emotions? When you hear a good piece of classical music on the radio, do you turn the dial to some other station, or do you stop to get the beauty of it? To enjoy music, you must live it, put yourself into it. To sing a gay song, you must be happy and gay; or vice versa, When you want to dance and laugh, you do not care to listen to a sad song, for then you do not get the meaning of it. Music must do something to you. It must stir your emotions, carry you away with its story, and hold you spellbound withits melody. But have you considered the fact that you must do something to it? It is up to you to make it live or make it die. A lot of peoj 16 can carry a simple tune, but can they really sing? Do they put you in the mood intended by the composer of the song? Do they put expression into the song, or is it lus a lifeless tune? Music, therefore, demands something of you if you would enjoy it to the fullest. For in music as well as in any other line of work or pleasure, the following quotation proves true: 1 Give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you. Marjorie Gates '40

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3. Chewing Gum One of our biggest, and worst habits is chewing gum. That is not saying that chewing gum is one of the worst habits as far as being harmful to the body is concerned, for it doesn't harm the body any, but it is one of the worst appearing habits a person can have. Wherever you go,you see people chewing gum - in schools, theaters, and churches; at parties and social events of all kinds. Some of these people make me think of sheep chewing their cuds, for they s$op only once in a while to say a word or two and sometimes they don't even stop chewing to talk. In public places, sometimes you see signB marked No Smoking . There might also be signs marked No Gum Chewing . Some people can chew gum, and chew ii? all right without being noticed, but two-thirds of the people that chew, can't. Almon Richard '39 4H • »HHt ■» • Shall I Follow the Crowd or Be a Nonconformist? Shall I follow the crowd or be a nonconform!st That is the question asked by hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls of themselves today. To some, perhaps, it is a very difficult question to answer, and yet it is a very simple one. Assume that a young girl goes out with a new boy friend, who takes her to a very nice up-to-date beer parlor. She is asked if she will drink with him. It is then that the question arises, Should I?'.'Smart peo- ple know that the answer is No , but does she? She hems and haws and finally says to herself','Oh, I might as well.He will say that I think myself too good for him; and again, it is what every other person is doing nowadays. So why can t I? Shat very girl could have politely said, No, thank you, I don't care for it , Just as easily as she said? Yes , thus eliminating many a headache and many a heartache. I, for one, think that Should I is one of the greatest questions in the youths' world of today. Howard Olmstead '40 The Well Dressed High School girl The well dressed high school,wears very siihple tailored dresses, which are washable. One craze that high school girls have,is wearing skirts and sweaters or blouses. These sweaters and blouses add wariety to a wardrobe. Another thing which adds variation is a colored bolero with a skirt and blouse. The high school girl may also wear costume , jewelrv which adds that certain touch to her appearance. A adds that something to a dark green or a dark blue s.veater. Or those gold colored necklaces sold for twenty-five cents at the dime stores, may do much toward brightening a dark dress or sweater.