Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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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

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ART I C L 3 ft. Our irip to Schoolroom Progress U.S.A. PionkUnT5irifcod,thS° ri5th 5° hiGh 3°h ' 1 students of Thi3 exhibit which is hold in two f-i?3 UeS,f rt Burlingt-n. Vc r ;i nt- by the Burllns?on 3- ?l s £2? • r;rt in ao 'lobby F-rd Uuacum and OrooSflold V,’l i 1 3 S'”0» » by pedi- Americans. niicld illngc, and the Encyelo- in Vi. rta nt. The tro n stwrIrdKfr cxhibit is making 1959? aadt UP in 19£5' ’ » U r“cr'Lng1b«ndUSntur° Pr ontic Soh 'l in ' thc a l iooo's If'f st t3 with the £0h Is, rnd the disks which were ?Z ShIws thc 1 S c'bin warden pegs driven into the wans Su?b rt'd b ‘ supplied thc warmth in winter Th a? •il?in'ss The fireploco candles or whnlc Si IsS?; The CORalatcd for pone. They didn't ha • -,-rw n with feathors to work with. - • ny schoolbooks or other materials Du.-lnf?M?So «» » the 18 0.«. confert able. The old standard t b-aLr° G onpliorted -nd more well-illustrated b o ks. ' 3 WCrc rc oc6 with the appo ranee which is romemheSed» in many of h large sJh-oirtoday0 Th Wh C? 13 bjins uscd with electrical appliances. Th y nr °1:L modernized This oxhibit sh ws h w scholia , haw they have progressedtdtte preset da? u«ys nd tho future. p nt aay, with also n hint of Audrey Cummings '59 P 0 E TRY Jot Trails In The Skies Oh th so white trails in thc sky f°yi S0!?0 of °ur hoys ere riding high £r ?t'fnrl’ rlut° 'cm ™d utter a prayor. Per it's our boys that are up there Richard Boudreau '59