Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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and the thousands of men who fought and died in the Civil '.Var, or as did our own fathers who fought in 1917 for our freedom and rights. Now all these people fought not only against foreign aggressors but also against people far worse than foreigners - the people who live in this country, take its privileges, and then betray it. You know, we students had far-seeing forefathers who realized that there would always be some people who would not respect the rights of others. Therefore they made laws to govern those people who would seek to ruin the best country on earth. This is only telling you ,on a larger scale, what a few of you are doing in your own community and school. 3van though we have only a small minority of students who are not courteous, honest, industrious, or trustworthy, yetla small per cent can ruin a school. If you need proof of abuses, look at the marks on the desks, tin cans and papers on the lawn, lack of courtesy shown toward fellow students, interrupt tions at play rehearsals, gossiping, cutting clashes, and last but not least the deliberate annoying of several inhabitants of the town. If these offenders cannot carry the responsibility bestowed ... upon them, the majority should do something about it, and enforce laws tocphotect our rights. So let's get wise to ourselves and be better people. Marguerite Benjamin '41 Town Property Town property should be regarded as if it were our own. One of the most important pieces of town property is the school building where there Irermany young folks locking for a good tine. If there happens to be a melancholy person sitting around with nothing to ( or more likely with something to study but without the inclination to study) he will doubtless take cut a jacknife and start carving initials in the furniture. '.Vould he do it at home? Nol Then why does he do it on town property? Other destructive things done at school are breaking furniture, wasting surplus commodities , and marking school books. In other places throughout the town, the same destructive spirit may be found, but the school children are less to blame for it. Think twice before you mar anything which doesn’t belong to you. Regard town property as if it were your very own. Guy Lothian '41,,. School Conduct School is not a place in which to fool away our time;it is a place where we go to study and learn many things. Of course we can have lots of fun in school and be learning at the same time. Much fun and sociability can be obtained from the sports such as bas9bh.ll and basket ball, clubs, and class organizations. All these pleasures help us to ecooperate with each other , and teach us to get along with people, but a student rhould maintain fairly good av-

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