Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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13 VERMONT LOSING OUT? Why is Vermont maple syrup being crowded out by that of New York itato and the Province of Quebec? A month ago over television, I saw a sugaring program, stressing ver- strongly that Quebec was the maple sugar land. Why? Take, for oxanplc, the number of sugar places in Franklin that arc being evacuated or cut down. This year in Vormont, 3cnnington County is leading in maplo syrup production. Every year more and more farmers Oithor aro not taking the time to sugar or arc selling the sugar maples for lumber. Northern Now York State also has been crowding us out in the last few years, «ron't the Vermonters proud of their fine maple products? It takes more than a few'hard working farmers to keep Vormont th- leading state in maple products. If wo cut down sugar bushes wo aro destroying more than maple syrup. After a forest has been cut down the wild life is homeless and th re remains no more beautiful scenery. Bare woodlots also mean erosion and loss of soil, alternat- ing with drought. Tho Vormont maple sugar makers could very easily got to- gothcr and receive state aid on the setting out of new maple trocs. The reason most su ar bushes are evacuated is because tho trees are old and run down. Let's keep Vermont ahead. Let's plant more sugar maples and care for thosvj we have. Why give someone else the credit for what should bo ours? Patricia Olnstcad '$6 OUR AMERICA Wo who live on this continent of North America, between the forty-ninth parallel and the Rio Gr-ndc have inherited a land so precious to our for fathers that th y valued it more hignly than th ir own lives. This land of ours is our heri- tage. Nathan Hale di.,d for it, George Washington fought for it, Abraham Lincoln proservodit, countloss young men have

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2 e suffered for it, free citizens have enjoyed it, suppressed people have coveted it, and we have inherited it. It is with pride, joy, and affection that we should look over the years of hardship, tears, and glory, and fane« It is to the future we must look with faith and determination, and with a steadfast patriotism and loyalty to our country. If we are to remain free men we must maintain a constant vigil, for in every society there are those people, without morals or standards, who are willing to bleed the society, by any accessible means, for their own benefit. If we want to keep our America and be free men, we must weed out these menaces to society. Wc must be willing to guard our horn land with our liv ..s. When we walk by a flagpole and sco Old Glory waving in the breeze wo must always remember to respect it and what it stands for. I am sure, that in the event of any catastrophe, we, as Americans, will band together and defend our birthright with all our hearts, and I am equally sure that when froomon ore bended together undor ono flag with the determination to remain free, there is no evil in the world, no mutter how strong, that can conquer them. Bruce Corey ’56 m SCHOOL SPIRIT It seems to me that school spirit is one thing that we here at Lranklin are lacking. It is not Just the kids in school that are lacking in this. Me have had some basket- o- l? games M? a winter when I think that there were no more than twenty or twenty-five spectators, counting students. Some of you night say, We: 1 what do you expect? This is just a snaj... town.-1 Yes, the town is small but it isn’t that small, Anotner argument is this, !‘You:re not in the league, so whan; does it amount to? No, we’-re not in the league out there s a very good reason. Cur hall isn't iargf- gnouffb. This s a very poor argument also, b:cause we ar« Jti tnf» basehc.il league ami we get evan srs.’.l , jr crowds. Sane people may say that wq play too late, Well, perhaps we uc 't there are still several in the village who could