Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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1. t EIIT0HIAL3 The Student Council at F. H. S. 4 Our Student Council Is made up of one representative from each class. W« have two seniors In It because one is our president. We fre each supposed to do our Job well for the general good of our own class or the school itself. Sometimes our patient and long suffering president, Messier, has a hard time to keep us all calm, under his control, and to the point, but somehow he manages; we don t know how. We do all we can for the school Itself, and try to make our council work for the general good »f it. Some of our members are very active in it, maybe too much so at time?, and others are not active enough when they should express their own •pinion». We try to pleaee everyone but usually after a meeting some representative is disgusted or even enraged at the others. We often misunderstand each other or the adviser,and sometimes the adviser misunderstands us. But, that all goes with a law making body. Also, sometimes we fail to reach decisions on some topic because we can't decide what we do want. In this case,almost always, someone has to give in to the ethers. Although we sometimes get off the pcint we end up in some kind of decision which doesn't please everyone In the school. But, wo have learned that we can't plea.se everyone. We ore ell trying to do our best, to the best of our ability and the best we know hoV. We know we get crltlolsed at times but Just remember, the student council members were voted In by you. We all thiflk our president 1« doing a very good J»b. If you, ns a class member, would like to have something dis- cussed in the Student Council and voted upon, speah to your class representative and he will do his best. So from this point of view, let's all get together, try to understand our Student Council better, and make the best use of the Student Council itself. Elizabeth Myott '58 Russia's Intercontinental Missile Russia has bee» boasting of an intercontinental missile that with an atomic-warhead could find and wipe out any city in the world. Although the Russians have sent up Sputnik II, I doubt very much If Russia, has an Intercontinental missile

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2 which could find certain clt;y in the world. It's rulte a tent to boost two satellites into outer space, but that hasn’t too muon to do with accuracy. Accuracy is what I am question- ing. ive rfm’t know for sure whether the Russians really have an intercontinental missile or not, hut I am fairly sure that if they have got one, it isn't nearly as accurate as they say it is. I think Russ1a is just trying to scare the free world into staying out of her way and her business. If Russi° has such a missile so much for them, but boasting of such a missile without it, will get them quite a way in the propaganda line. By just saying they have such a missile, the free countries bordering and around the Iron-Curtain get panic strlken. If the Russians have an intercontinental missile, how can they be so sure they can 6trike any city they vrant with it. After all, they haven't ever tried the thing out. Russian bosses say that if there was another war intercontinental bomb- ers would be worthless. If this is true why don't they get rid of their big jet bombers of which they have so many. The nussian leaders think that if they can convince the countries aroun.v the Iron-Curtain that they could beat the free-world in a third world war, some f the countries might be made t sink behind the Iron- Curtain. Although the Russians have launched two satellites into uter space, I dcubt if they received much information from them. me Sputnik 1 ked like a o nvincer t a big scare pro- gram that they have cooked up. A lot of people think that if the Russians can send up earth satellites it could be that they have interc ntinental missiles. This is just what the Russian bosses want, for they figure that if they can scare the people they will get their way much easier. I doubt it if the Russians will try anything as 1 ng as the fi'ee-w rid sticks together. Let's cooperate, do -ur bit and not get frightened. Carroll Brudreau '58 Lltterbugs Why are people such litterbug6? Why arc they '■ careless about where they throw things? If y-u ride along the highway in a car you see papers all along the sidos rf the r ad. There are trash cans all along the way, but the peoole will not stop to throw their trash in the jans. Instead,they Just throw it at of the oar windows. It is the came way at school. There are waste paper baskets in every r m. Instead of carrying the paper vo the fcaoW 1 will threw them m the floor or chuck them ir the desk where i;hey are sitting. There are'also chocolate bar papere on the