Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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4 One lesson which I believe well worth learning is how to use our tongues and when to bridle them. Mary Columb '49 CONDITION OF SCHOOL GROUNDS The F.H.S. school grounds could certainly use some fixing up. The condition of them is disgraceful, apd I think something ought to be done about them. Mere talking doesn t get us anywhere. What we want is actioni He have drawn up a petition to have a clean-up day, but whether we do or not remains to be seen. The school grounds are cluttered with papers, orange peel, ashes, etc. The ashes have been behind the schoolhouse for some time now, but no effort has been made to remove them. A bicycle rack was once built, but that has fallen down and none has been made to replace the old one; so the bicycles are all lying around the school yard. Nov , a person who comes visiting our school doesn't get a very fine impression, if ho has to trip over a bicycle with Bvery other step he takes. Don't you think it would be swell if we could have another bicycle rack to stand the bicycles in ? AI90, , accidents are prevented if the bicycles are standing up, because chil- dren can't trip over them,then; and a person can get seriously injured by tripping over a bicycle. Now what do you say, F.H.S.? Let'3 get our yards cleaned and fixed , so that we can have as good a reputation of having clean yards as any of our neighboring schools, % Sheila Lahue '49 VALUES OF VISUAL EDUCATION Visual education has many advantages and is more important than most people thinlc. It has been said that there are disadvantages, but, in cur opinion, these don't hold. The disadvantage v hich was stated was that the pupils were restless and made undue noise after a movie. This may be true, but we think that the reason for this is poor venti- lation and the fact that the pupils have been sitting so stiff and cramped for so lohg that they want to move and stretbh afterward. The advantages arc many. More material is covered, uninteresting subjects are dealt with interestingly and in story form, the slow read- ing pupil is benefited because because he can keep up with the rest -

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3. EDITORIALS RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility should play a major role in everybody s life,in the home. at school, or at other public places. It is a good plan or ■i cr zccr in'high school, or even younger, to begin to take on some re- JnSricIbility. A person of high school age or younger should have some chores to do around 1fod make it his responsibility to see that these re done. He should be able to get out and run errands, or to do- odd jobs at home,or for someone else,to earn his spending money and enough ‘nere to buy some of his clothes or other necessities. Anyone of this age , and especially older, should make it his re- sponsibility to abide'by the rules or laws of the town and its cuila- :r 3. ne ought to take part in keeping these laws obeyed, and tne ol- der persons should help make these laws. The students of a high school should take part in discussions, sports , and'other activities. If a student is chosen a a chairman J qnme committee or eaen as a member of some committee, he s..oula maue it his responsibility to carry out his duties as best he can. The studem 3hould make it their responsibility to see that sehoox property is not i , ' t especially that school desks arc not marred or marked. High school” students who do this and other destructive acts do not have much sense of resoect or responsibility for their scnool. If a student is olng out for a snort and makes the teem, he should ma.ee it his re-P°n sibilitv to do nis best for the team,as well as have a good time him- self. He should be able to be depended on, and not refuseJ0 Practice and expect to play, or to practice and then refuse to play at one las minute. A student should do his bc-st to obey the laws and regulations of hi 3 school. Robert Cyr '49 HOLD YOU TONGUE X have often heard people jokingly make remarks about women's tongues and how they can turn a story about a feather into a featner beSfbut few people realize the length, width and oreadth of the human tongue, I have listened to people talking in informal groups to young and Oil talking on the streets; and I believe few people really give due consideration to the influence our words have. .Vords are wonderful thin -s. They may be sweet, or they may have a terrible sting, ihey can warm,like sunshine,a lonely heart. gry words can cut and lash from a poisoned, or even from a sharp though honest, tongue.

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r of the class in this, and the material presented will be remembered much longer and in greater detail. Safety rules, for instance, can be taught by visual education. It is a very good idea to have safety movies too, because if an acci- dent is seen on the screen it will remain vividly in the mind;whereas if it wore read in the paper it would soon be forgotten. Visual edu- cation is a great help. Alton Lothian '48 Lloyd Richard '48 AHA I DON'T MARX THAT DESK TOP fhe desk tops that we e sanded and varnished by the shop boys about four years ago have been marked, and are beginning to look dread- ful. Sven if this one does love that one it is no sign tte t it has to be advertised, at least not on the desk tops. It seems to me that pupils should take interest in the looks of their school and net mark on desks, for this will spoil anyone's good impression of F.H.S. Most of the carving is none to pas away time, I suppose, but in- stead of doing that why not spend that time studying English, history, or social science, I'm sure it would be much more profitable. If the dosk3 were your- own property it would be different, but ince they're not yours it is a mild form of sabotage to mark them. Pupils who mark not only their own desks but others’ also are very mean ‘ Decause then an innocent person gets the blame for something he didn't do. So the next time you're tempted to ark on a desk top remember that sixty-five per cent you had in Phglirh yesterday and study, be- cause busy hands have no time for mischief. Madeline Messier '49 ■st -st»-t -st-t -it •“ • -:t't» -• 4t-:t -it st -:t • t vt»' t■ «• st-t ■ 't-'f• t'ft !ft-St Sfff'- ft ffft tint ftSHfHt