Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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floors all around If someone h .a a uhoccllate tar ha takes off the wrapper- anci throws It onto the floor- Tha.re are bo oka drag.— ging around our school rooms», h .c » on ad. t OorBv • vl)riiowr fitilla, ■ In u vQx-'j vrj.it.i. hold Doo4r - line re iff plenty of space In our desks for our books. Reference materials lie on the window sills. If we could keep the papers picked off the floor, our desks cleaned out, and our books Inside our desks the rooms would look so much better. There should also be a place found for the ref- erence material. Let’s try to Jo these things and see how much better our school will look. Joyce Tittemore ’58 How Can We Stop The High Accident Rate This editorial Is to all drivers, especially to those in city traffic. I think more accidents would be prevented if the drivers of large city buses, taxis and trucks, would be more careful when starting out from stops at the side of the road, and when starting out from red lights. Some drivers tend to make a nuisance cf themselves by pushing in front of oncoming cars, and thus causing accidents too frequently. Not only the drivers, but people getting into and out of cars open their do ;rs directly to the oncoming traffic. One emphasis, I think I sh uld make, is to the Jaywalker . I think more of the plicemen sh uld enforce this law. The drivers of oncoming ot r6 are unable to see these people darting in and out of traf: icj and cannot stop in time to prevent an accident. It isn't only these people that I have mentioned that can prevent accidents; it’s everyone of us who gets behind the wheel of an automobile, and the pedestrians as well. So why can't we all be more careful and put a stop to the exceedingly high acci- dent rate. Richard Westcot '59 Miss Gates to Richard W. and Carroll B : Suppose Carroll de- cided that you and he whnuld walk from the Sweet Shop to Enosburg Falls. Let's see now, it would take about fifteen minutes to walk a mile. Where would you be an hour later Alohard? ’ Richard: 1 don't knew about Carroll, but I'd still be at the Sweet 3hep.

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4. Should Eighteen-Year-Olda Be Allowed to Vote There has been much controversy In the United States on whether eichteen-year-olds should be allowed to vote, oome oeople fuel that they should not be allowed to do so because thoy do not havo the nccossary qualifications to make a WJ;SC decision. Other pooplc foci that they should be allowed to voto at this age. I am one of those who feel that a porson of eighteen should be allowed to vote. Just because a young person of oightcen may not have tho qualifications of putting ona good argument with tho fellow next door, r i tizen 1 ho may still possess the qualities noodcd to be a ggod citizen and a wise voter. There i3 an old argument that has been going around, that if a person has to servo in the army at such an age he should also be allowed to vote. T-.kc the two states of Georgia and Kentucky for example. These states How cightoon-yocr-olds to vote. If they did not figure their y©ung pcopic wore capn- blc votfc, and carry responsibilities I should think that they would «.hr n go the- voting '■'go. My lost opinion on why a person of eighteen should be allowed to vote i3 connected with torching civics in school. I nlwrys thought that civics was taught in school so that a DUDil could loom more about our government and tho way it is run. I mu31 admit not everyone has tho common sense to learn civics in school,but I figure if thoy are not old enough to accept responsibilities at this age they may nover do so. Should eightccn-yoar-old3 be allowed to voto? I loavc this thought with the citizens. Think it over • James Messier '58 Winter's Touch Tho messngos left cn the window panes by the frost, ex- quisite and clogant to sec, arc a preview of what is beyond. The ground is coverod with a sheltering clook of downy 3pow and the trees loom up out of tho snow, look ft tho brook; frost has touched it with icy fingers giving it on air of cold aloofness. The sky bends down and tucks its corners protcctingly around tho world. Ponco, serenity, and bonuty arc present in on endless variety of the earth's portrait. Wanito Lafley f60