Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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1 is TTIS GENERATION PFY3ICALLY FIT? In my estimation many of this c-saeration are net physi- cally fit. The reason I say this is because people are be- coming lazy,•'•sometimes not in- tentionally. If you compare yerr father's childhood with yours I think ycu will find a remarkable difference - partly because inventions have found ways of retting things done with hardly any effort. Also your father may not have had the conveniences you have. For instance, he probably would have to work for the little money he got while you go up to him now and say, Give me a quarter; I want a bottle of pop and som9 potato chips. And then you go home and' watch television. Does this sound familiar? While you are filling your face and doing nothing, your oaoher was orobably working and keeping in shape. Then you wonder why you are p-etting plump or just plain fat. It seems that you could figure out why. Automobiles have made a definite change in our lives. Fortv years ago you would have to walk, ride a horse,or drive a team. Now you get ?nto a car and save your feet for the few tV.ios •.’.'• you ban not possibly find any ether means of transportation. One of uour reasons for be- ing pleasantly plump may be because we have no physical education program in our school. If ycu stop and think-in yar father's time there was not any either. All you have to do to solve this problem is to engage in sports, walk or do something that pertains to. exercise. Some peoole say they would so more exercising if they had the time. This is a poor ex- cuse. Wouldn't you rather- spend a few minutes a day .o exercise your muscles and haw a 1oncer, healthier life? Mary Lou Richard ’6I4. CLASS PLAYS One of the most important pro iects in school, to j point of thinking, is the class plays. They cive you u vivrid picture of waat it must be like on Broadway or other great entertainment areas. They also give you a better chance to get acquainted with vour teachers who work so t ard. trying to make yours th9 very best pla-1'’. And last, they give you the feeling that you belong to the class and have an active part in the participation of a school proj ect . The first step in putting on a olay is the nicking out and ordering of play books for which the student council paya Then we have to learn the different parts that each character has in the play and join them together to make a liferlike story. When every- one has learned his part comoletely, we start to per- form the different actions end movements that moke the pl3y seem life-like. After those have been accomplished and learned by heart, we are just about ready to step out on the ste e and perform the play for an audience. On the night of the play