Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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4. school, while other towns have been even more fortunate and had big, new gymnasiums and auditoriums built co aid the schools. ‘ • • These improvements along with executive cnar.gea -'n the bigger schools seem to make their officials very sh rt-sigh- ted and cold to the officials from schools aucn as o11! s 'dose basketball facilities aren’t as good, Host of these school officials, complaining cf „he facil- ities of the schools lacking the proper facilit es, want both games clayed on their floor. inis doesn't give us a chance to devolco and clay before our own crowds so often It also cuts do r. the linajicial income and sta -s up the expense which smai] schools aren't able to absorb and still compete on equal terms. These other schools used to be glod to play on smaller floors oefore they ot their bigger and better floors. I can't recall a visiting player ever being seriously injured or exposed to a disease from placing on our floor, he use the floor and aren't kicking on the facilities for we olcy mainly because we love the game rather then the giorv and promotional end of the sport. 'e realize that some coaches are billing to play on our floor and we will do our utmost to make the.i welcome and treat thorn as our guests. There are also other schools thst vjculd play here but the league schedule prevents it. If some of the league members and their officials would realize that interscholastic sports are to promote better understanding and co-operation between schools and not to gam headlines and glory for certain schools, more aspiring athletes would have a better chance to develop into better players and be better prepared to find their places in the world. —Brsdley Magnant, '51 Miss Gates: 7ayne, will you park your gum far th period? 'Yayne: Yes, I'll park it here on the desk, but if a cop comes along, I’ll have to move it.

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THE STORK 5 POETRY CHRISTMAS IS NEAR The snow is falling in great big flakes Out west around the Great Lakes. Many cities and farms are all snowed in Piled over with white like flour in a bin. With winds blowing at a great rate The snow is drifting like waves on a lake The drifts are so very high That cars and busses can't get by. No lights or electricity for heat; Not even a paper to sell, nor anything sweet; Elevators stuck above the street; Few people can find a place to eat. —Betty Barnum, '51 As Christmas day is drawing near, Christmas songs you shall hear; We soon shall have our shopping done, For later it just isn't fun To find the stores like an empty chest No gifts to suit our friends the best; The stores already have begun to trim, So their store windows won't be so dim; On the streets are lighted trees so bright -- A very pretty sight at night, Especialy if the ground 1b whit e. — John Stanley, •52 THANKSGIVING DAY POOR HE I'm writing a poem as you may see, Trying my best to please thee, I am thinking and .thinking with all my might, Way along in the windy night, And now I'm sleepy and must go to bed, So olease forgive me, while I rest my poor head. --J. Benjamin, '53 Thanksgiving Day is here once more Everyone is happy and gay- Never has there been so much fun before As on this Thanksgiving day. The children will all play together While mother cooks the turkey brown The men will chat about the weather As in the parlor they sit arounl —Nancy Chaffee, '5