Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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2. have read. There should be a law against printing some comic books or selling then at the news stands. Movies and television are also examples of mind poisons. They are like comic books. There are some good ones and some that aren't. There are some programs on television that are for the younger generation and some for the older generation too. But the generation that is in between is the one that is going in circles. Members of this generation don't know whether to believe everything they see and hear or not. Some take it one way while others will take it another. Liquor and other strong drinks are also mind poisons — not as much to children, but to teen-agers and adults. Once they take a drink, they can't seen to stop, but keep on drink- ing. Alcohol stuns the brain causing people to perforn acts they would ordinarily be ashamed of. With all these mind poisons around it's no wonder there is so much juvenile delinquency. It's not the children who write and draw the conic books, write and produce the movies and television shows, make anc sell liquor, but the ahui-ts themselves. They are the ones who should know better than to make these mind poisons that I have pointed out. Arreta Ench '56 TYPING - THE MOST USEFUL SUBJECT Typing, I thinkjis the most useful subject I have studied. There are so many practical applications. I have taken typing as a course, for five years. This year is my sixth year at the typevriter. By taking typing for a couple years you ar - eligible to take Office Practice , which consists of regular office work on a small basis. You learn to type stencils and master copies, and also to oper te tht mimeograph and roxograph' machines. I have a portable typewriter at home,which I use almost exclusively for homework, book reports and letters. Typing your homework certainly makes neater papers and greater accuracy, both of which help you to get better marks. Num- erous people who have had typing in high school v ith other subjects, such as stenography, bookkeeping, English and math- ematics, have acquired good jobs in office work without attending a college. Married women with families often need extra money, or