Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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2 He meant to help Stevenson, but he hurt him more than he helped him. Just what did he gain? Nothing. '.Thy was Truman so against Ike ? Was it because he thought a Republican President and Congress would uncover a great many scandals in the Federal Government? I believe for this reason, mainly, that Truman threw so much mud at Eisenhower and the Republican party. Truman was angry because Eisenhower would not run for President on the Democratic ticket four years ago. Leland West, '56 WHATS WRONG WITH DEER SEASON? Rutland Hunters' First Fatality of '52 Season ; Second Hunter Killed-Two Shot ; Condition of Y atorbury Hunter Hit by Stray Bullet Still Critical . These are some of the headlines from The Burlington Free Press , summing up the good luck some hunters had during' the first four days of Vermont's 193'2 deer hunting season. These are typical headlines of newspapers dtirin ' each derr season. It sets us all wondering if anything can ' a -one to novent such wanton killing, and such serious accidents, r. id if anything will be done. No mention is made of the ecus and horses that each year are shot by enthusiastic, but rafctle-b. ainod and trigger-happy Nimrods. Some people are wondering: if it might not be a very good plan to require each applicant for a hunting license to pass some kind of test, as we are required to do before we can receive a driver's license. They maintain that a gun powerful enough bo kill a door is as deadly a weapon as a car, and endangers life and property equally in the hands of an unskilled and car-loss person. Some say that all hunters should have their eyes examined before vonturmg into the woods. Optometrists and opticians in the state of Vermont have offered free eye examinations to all hunters this fall. Now, you bo's who shoot in the general direction of a rustling leaf or a whispering p5.no, don't you thin).: it visor to see what you're shooting at before you pull the trigger? Is it • ot bettor to carry your rifle pointed at the ground instead of at the back of your hunt- ing companion? Shooting deaths and acciderts can be avoided. It's nig] time our legislature passed laws with teeth in, to deal with careless hunters. Mary Towle, '53

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3 STUDENT COURT A student court is based on the same idea as a regular court, in which you have a jury and judge composed only ox ' high school students. The main purpose of a student court is to make people realize the value of school property or any other property, and also to make people have a little consideration of others, all of which I am sure we could stand. The teachers say that a student court wouldn't work because the jury or group of students wou3d.be too severe. They say students would be much more severe than a teacher would be. I suppose this is true. If you don't like the person and have a grudge against hi you would want hi • to have a hard job to do for a considerable leng’nt otire. Personally, I a' ve -• much in favor of a student court, mainly because I was one of the four delegatos from the student council who went to tho Student Coun il Co: vention in Burlington last year. There we discovered that many of the schools have s■: dent courts. Of course, these schools were much larger than ours. I have hear .: many students say t‘. r would like to have a student court, but truthfully they don't know anything about one, or what it is all about. If you students want a student court, let's get together, talk with teachers, and find out more about student courts. There is no time like the present; so let's got going! Beverly Hubbard, '55 TK3 HOT LUNCH PROGRAM for tab] help Ben Hade yen eacl sell ti.C 1: meal This year hot lunches began November 3. A new stove was bought tbr, lunch room and parents donated several bushels of root vege- cs and canned goods for this program. later cn tho government s too. fhe Hot Lunch Committee consists of four people: '• hel.ua amin, Katheryn Lothian, Eunice Clark, and Frances rlrcdcn. ’ iiio f.escxOi run j roc. lunches last year and has tno „oo agai x this , Crer one unc.red students have signed up to uako hot nrc. ss and etid at hod to bring his own plate and silver. Alfred Cclumb a the lunch tickets in the office, and tho lower grades buy their ecs from their teachers. The price is 'ifteen cents for student s, and twenty-five cents for adult neala.