Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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2 he gets behind the wheel of a car he has tho power of being better than' they are or, to put it bluntly, deader” than they are. When a 130 pound teenager gets behind the wheel of a 2700 lb. car, it is in my opinion, like a man ready to push the detonator connected to an atomic bomb. I'm a teenager and I can't say that I don't like to travel fast in a car, but I think that if the teenagers I ride with would drive at the same rate of speed as their older predecessors, they would not only be the best drivers in the world today, but there might be more of them living until their 21st birthday, Robert Kagnant '63 WHY STUDENTS LEAVE 3CTT00L In today's world you need all the education you can 'ret and yet, there are hundreds of boys and girls leaving school each year. As many as seven- ty-five per cent of these youngsters are going to lead hard lives and all because of the faqt that they left school and did not graduate. In some cases the teenagers have good reasons for leaving, but these are few. Host of them quit school because it costs so much for bocks and clothing that they just can't afford to go. This is really not a good reason because some towns and cities have funds which pay for the youngsters who are too poor to attend school. In doing tiis the towns are giving their future citizens a better chance fo-1 a better living in the fuere. Other teens quit because they just like trouble, and they cannot be bothered with such things as school and school work. So they drop out of school, but they usually terminate b'r getting their ed- ucation in a state reform school. Some teenagers just don't have the mental ability th.:t their classmates have and gen- erally end up two or three years behind the children with whom they started school and they quit because they think they're being ridiculed. And still there are others who ac it just for kicks . They quit and go into a branch of the armed forces, but even here they fsnd it necessary to have an education in order to get anywhere. They usually finish their education in the armed forces. After this they have a more promisin'- future ahead of them. Donna Peaslee '65 HUNTER'S SAFETY COURSE Many states have passed laws compelling young hunters to take and to pass a hunter's safety course before they are issued their hunting license. In these states hunting acci- dents have been cut down as much as half. These lessons teach the youno hunters how to sbeot and use t eir guns care- fully. After a certain number of lessons they have to take a final exam and pass it; then :.hey aro issued their hunting licenses. They learn to psk six basic questions before they shoot

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3 A, What Is its 1. color? 2. size? 3. movement? Ij.. location? E. What is it doing? C. Finally: Where is everybody? However, many hunters are very careful and yaks sure of what they are shooting at. But a lot of hunters are careless and shoot at the first thin taat they see nove. I think that this law should be passed in Vermont. The instructors could be paid by the fees collected from the hunting licenses. Richard Patterson '63 ADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR THE TO1 ] HALL The Franklin Town Hall has been the activity center in Franklin for many years. The school uses it for dances, the plays, basketball, graduation, the sprin concert avid for any other needs I hat may arise. Sorae of these activities re- quire dressing rooms and wa- ter. While the facilities were suitable for ten or twen- ty years ago, they are not for -he present day and age. The basketoalT teams use the town hall all winter and need a fire. If there is to be any heat the boys have to take time from school to build the fire. Sometimes there just isn't an’’ fire. To play basketball when our fingers are freezing requires a spe- cial knack; which most of the teams do not have. Drinking water should be a- vailable but there are no fac- ilities; faucets or fountains. If 3omecne was hurt at basket- ball, water should be avail- able . The dressing rooms have been fixed and the furniture has been removed so the teams will have a warm place to change after a heated game of basketball. The rooms now need seine new chairs and they need to be kept clean. The boys are also getting new fac- ilities by partitions being set u) In the basement. We thank the town for re- moving the stairs which rid the hall of a very dangerous situation. The town hail has been steadily improving and now if the kids from school will refrain from throwing things all over and from writ- ing on the walls, it will be a better place for all concerned. You will notice that No Smoking signs have been placed in the hall in prominent pla- ces. It would be appreciated if you would smoke only in the hallway or down stairs. This will enable us to keep the hall clean, so ple.se observe these rules. Thank you. Laurel Stanley ' 6I4. RESPECT YCUR N IGHBCRS' PROPERTY Most everyone knows what respect your neighbors' prop- erty means, but very few young people put this to use. They automatically forget its meaning: when the proper chance comes to destroy or harm prop- erty. Yet if someone else does anythin to their elong- ngs it is a different story.