Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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EDITORIALS SCHOOL SPIRIT An example of lack of school spirit was shown the night we played the Alumni in basketball for the first time this year. This lack of spirit wasn't among boys only or girls only, but was just about equally divided. Yes, this is a free world and no one can tel] anyone else who to cheer for or stop you from cheering anyone else. Mo one can stop you from cheering the opp- osing team, but nevertheless we should have some loyalty to our school. Not only should our school spirit be practiced at home, but also abroad. There's a difference between clapping when the other team makes a basket and sitting and yelling at the too of your lungs, while booing your school team just as loud and long, I don't believe any team should, be booed. Anyone who boos the opposite team lacks school s )irit as much a3 the one who boos his school team. Sc. ool s irit should, be practiced in caring for school as well as other public property. Another ca e o' no school spirit is the behavior in the main room when a teacher leaves for a few minutes, or, as in the case of the past three days, when a teacher has been sick and couldn't come to school. I'll ad lit you think you cm have a swell time, I felt t.ia.t way until I was left in charge of the main room a few times. I was sorry anyone in Franklin, boy or girl, knew how to make airplanes out of a piece of paper. There also was a great excess of spit balls, wads of paper, broken pencils, pieces of plastic rulers, and erasers. Let's practice some better behavior and school spirit. I’ll try to practice what I'm preaching, also. —Ann Towle, '51 THE WAR Once again the United States is at war. It has already been engaged in two vrorld wars, a civil v ar and many other wars fought in our early history. After every war plans for a better ?nd. ever lasting peace have been established only to be broken by a new war.

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2 The war brings with it much blood shed, hardship and sorrow and more hate. There is a war being fought now and for many it means nothing, as they are making more money and have no friends or relations involved in the fighting. For others life goes on, but there is no peaoe in their minds and will not be until the war is over. Much money is spent to supply enough machinery for the forces but this is not nearly as important as human life. Many lives are lost at war which is the cause of sorrow and hate for many relations and friends. There is a job for everyone to do to gain peace and keep it. Many people can not agree with family and friends so how can they help to keep a foreign relation. Laziness, jealousy or selfishness is the main start of trouble. Dis- agreements of religion, or too many people or nations wanting the same thing (mostly land, money or power) but not being able to compromise, results in war. Money, power and land should mean nothing compared to happiness and freedom. War is a man made thing and with more willing help it seems as though a new side on peace could be established., —Lucille LaFlame, ’51 VANDALISM Vandalism is becoming a serious oroblem in this town. It is not the school children only that are to blame. Some of the older ones are mixed up in this also. What fun is there in bothering older people who are unable to move with alacrity and who find it difficult to get uo or down. If it is fun, why do these vandals run? They don't seem to realize the seriousness of what they are doing. There are legal oenalties for this sort of thing.