Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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«■ talking about most of the tine. We have to put up with them, I guess, so let's make the best of it and show then that we really are adults! Ruth Ann Magnant '67 leat.o 7- ado’it yjnrcrNE Many people do not under- stand the things of epilepsy. Penns a of the ignorance of it, r. ey fear it. Today 00 per cent of epileptics seizures are controllable by drugs. Educating the public may help in many ways. There are sever- al types of epilepsy, from grand nal to petit mal. With petit mal a person may talk with any other person and suddenly go silent and last stare into space. Some others throw tantrums or sieges of temper. Toople with migraine headaches are susceptible to epilepsy, because such head- aches can precede an epileptic attack. Scientist do not know the actual causes of epilepsy, but the; think maybe it comas from some type of injury. A mild typo of epll sy - petit mal- o£fe-»n eftrr4i ta an -ditavy factor. Some children outgrow theso seizures and some develop into grand mal or mixed types of seizures. A perron affected, rarely shows intellectual ac emotional deterioration and i« essential- ly like everyone else. The grand mal sei zure usu- ally has a twitching mevernent. -c oy muscle in the body being involved in violent convulsive with foamy saliva . faring eyes, and urination. There are machines today that will detect the typos of epiletic siezures. They put a person into cne cf the seizures so the doctors can study and measure the attacks. Epilepsy is caused by brief, recurrent episodes of abnormal energy roleased by the injured or functionally inpaired brain cells, resulting in so-called seizures. These seizures nay occur at intervals. The lehgth of time between at- tacks vary from ono day, one to two years, or 200 or 300 days. Epilepsy does not cause insanity. It is not cc.csid sred he re i t a ry, a 1 though th e ten- -.icy or predisposition may- be found in certain types. Eighty.per cent can and do lend .a i lives. Men and women with epilepsy are employable and children v'ith epolepsy should attend regular school classes. When people understand and acr.opt these facts, then we will have erased the wide- spread . misunderstand ir.g a ad ignorance about epilepsy. Then we will have a great step in the science of medicine. Lynda Eiwcod '67 7, • «kb ' y.V p SEASONS Tfe sQ GREETINGS RvOO-- i'c hf y ff ff v. w c; if “cy

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TRADITIONS GOOD AND BAD Traditions are something in which we all,at one time or another, take part. Some of these may be Thanksgiving , Christmas , and birthdays These a?e some of the many very good American traditions in which many millions participate yoarly. Family worship is one of the greatest traditions ;that families most often neglect. These I have mentioned are but a few of tho good traditions. Now , let us turn to the Skeletons in our closets . The tradition which makes me shudder is a dreaded word which makes most adults cringe------ Halloween. On the last day of October everyone makes his last minute adjustments before youngsters and oldsters run wildly through streets and yards, on a march of destruction and vandalism. This year alone rany thous- ands of dollars of damage were accumulated throughout Franklin county alone. Hero are but a fow of the many acts which go down on record, to rundown the reputation cf the towns on which these acts were performed. After taking bay and strew- ing it for miles along the high-, way, tho young vandals of a nearby town returned to the barn, from where they stole the hay, and set tho barn on fire, completely destroying tho build- ing. A reel of dial telephone, cable costing about $ 00 to $900 was first unrolled about the streets and then, the remainder of the reel was sent hurtling into a brook. In another town was an incident which involved the younger set. After receiv- ing a bushel of tomatoes, the students used thorn to pelt on- coming cars, then sot fire to a 3. brush pile in the center of the park, and called the town fire department to extinguish the flames. Now, may I ask you, if this is the kind of tradition ti t we want to keep alivo n o.r country for tho following g,nora- tions to copy end partake in. I believe the facts gpeck for (horn- selves . Lyle Glidden '68 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL? In 1961;, the State Ifepart- mont of Education node it known that the high schools in this state had until July 1967, to meet the minumum standards set by them. What has been accom- plished? Well, as far 83 we, tho studonts have heard, NOTH- ING! 11 We have a Steering Committee, a School Board, and a large group cf town officials who talk, aid talk cr,d talk, but take no action. Nothing has been done to meet the large deficiencies in the building, lack of teachers, or courses . So this shows that little attempt is teing made to !©p .,e school open. But on the oth 'r hand, the Union Seven the. j : being formed by Swanton, Ugh- gate, Alburg, and St. Anne's, is waiting for Franklin to get moving and let them know, or.„ way or tho other. We, the students would like to know, before Juno 9th, if we can look forward to com- ing back to Franklin High or if wo ere being dipped cut. I think that we have the right, are the ones most affecta tJ know, or to have p joj.Jt' 'UOrkitt for us, who do know, what is going on, and where we are