Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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REMINISCENCE; 11 In 1937 twenty-six years ago, I was bori , an offspring of Miss Dewing’s junior and senior English class. My sole purpose Was to stimulate writing and to preserve the best for the members cf the class. As there was no commercial department I was fash- ioned by the faltering typing of Miss Dewing, with purple staining hektograph carbon, and pulled off the sticky gels ting one page at a time, each ending ve cy moist and curled like an ancient scroll. My staff consisted of six members who did what the,r could to help in the publication and assembly of mv oa es, but the hektograph had to be washed between each page and allowed to dry a bit. It could be washed much faste: with warm water, but if the water was too warm some of the el,jtin would melt, nccessitation the refill- ing of the hektorraph pan and waitin' several days for the gelatin to harden again. Eugene Olmstcad '37 dubbed mo Molecule and the name stuck. (If I am a molecule now, I should h ive beer, an atom then, or even a neutron.) As I recall, the sum of ten cents w is charged for my first ten page issue, to cover the cost of the paper and carbon. We bought our own supplies then, vou see. Some of the news that I carried iu that first May 12th pam- phlet consisted of a spelling contest, baseball victories, and a French supper prepared by Miss Sates and her French classes. A play written by Rachel Whiting '37, entitled A Shomer’s Luck- a comedy featuring a husband tryin on a dress He was purchasing for his wife-was produced in the school assembly. Another article in my first issue describes tho thrill of a trip that the agricul- ture class took to Boston with Principal Arthur Sturtovant. :he time of year doubtless added more to tho excitement than ,]ust the dairy and meat packing inJustries-lTe’- Tear’s Eve, no less. Mv third issue describes a debate held on December 17, 1939, by the members of tho junior and senior English class: '’Resolved that Franklin High School should have a student council.'1 he speakers for the affirmative side were Marjorie (lates ’1+G, Howard 01mstead ’l| and h llis King 'hr0. hose who upheld the negative were Marguerite Benjamin ’Isl, Roswell Ploof ’ipl, an-i Genevieve Messier 'lj.0. Barbara Magnant 'lj.1 acted as chairman. Both sides did extremely well, for they h-)d visited other schools which al- ready had working student councils, as a p irt of t.acir research on the subject, '’’he affirmative side won, however, aoth by a ma- jority vote of the whole school and ay the decision of the jud 03: Principal Bturtevant, Mrs. Startevant, and ''is3 Geneva Wilcox. Franklin Junior-Senior High School has boasted of their student council ever since. In 19lp0 I doesribed Wayne Mullen’s experiences at toys State. In 19)4.1 my first picture cover appe ared, thanks to Corinno iennett ’Ipip, who became r, y first art editor. During this year also I grad- uated from the messy hektasraoh to the mimeograph which wc still use today. Through an arrange .or.t between Princif .1 sturtovant and Rev. Stevens, pastor of the Federated Churcc, tnis A 3 Dick