Greenville High School - Chrysalis Yearbook (Greenville, ME)

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THE CHRYSALIS 23 play basketball, football, and other sports, the strength and endurance o- the individual is developed. He acquires speed, .co-ordination, and control of his body and mind. Cour- age and determination are broughi forth. In addition sportsmanship and character are formed. The best sports are the ones that require team play, for teamwork is one of the greatest assets of athletics. In most jobs the ability to work to gether with other people is required, and the training received in playing a game such as football develops this ability. In a school or college sport: provide a rest from studies and bring forth school spirit. Although it is a good thing to be able to take a defeat, it is not always desirable to lose. A winning team boosts the morale of both the players and the fans and keeps up the inter- est in the sport. In order to have such a team, the players must have full development of strength, endurance, speed, a good coach, and a lot of luck. There is a wide variety of sports in which people can participate. Base- ball, hockey, football, basketball, swimming, skating, boxing, wrestling, running, fishing, and hunting are only a few of the many kinds of sports. Sports can be used to prevent juv- enile delinquency. If boys and girls take an ardent interest in building a successful team, they will not spend their time doing harm. ' Robert Diehl, -17 YOU AND THE UNITED NATIONS The first meeting of the United Nations was held in Feb. 1946. The General Assembly adopted a reso- lution on the public information policy initiated by the United States dele- gation that began with the words: The United Nations cannot achieve the purpose for which it had been created unless the peoples of the world are fully informed of its aims and activities. That sentence alone is what holds the United Nations tn- gether. The people have got to back them up in order to get success. They have already won the faith of the people by letting them discuss things such as some of the issues involved between the conclusion of the Dum- barton Oaks conversations and the end of the San Francisco Conference. For the United Nations to keep on being successfulya clear public under- standing of the opportunities and limiEitions inherent in the United Nations structure is an essential foundation. The United Nations have different specialized agencies such as: the Food and Agriculture Organization. the International Labor Organization. and others either now in being or to be created. The United Nations was created to help us deal with the danger, difficul- ties and disagreements we knew would be waiting for us when the fighting stopped. We are shocked and discouraged because the mere establishment of the United Nations has not banished them. We should not be because the problems with which the United Nations must deal are nourished by six years of war and it will take years to resolve and adjust these problems. The processes of international col- laboration are hard and slow, but this

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22 THE CHRYSALIS ideals in the classroom, students must also learn that democracy is an un- finished business, and that injustices do exist. ' The place to remedy and check tht spreading flood of hate and suspicion is the classroom. If we can all be taught so that we will really believe the familiar but vital cry: Know your neighbor and love your neighbor, we will then begin to fully appreciate our American heritage and privileges V. Knowlton '47 ON BOOKS Some books are to be tasted, oth- ers to be swallowed and some few tc be chewed and digested, says Francis Bacon in his essay, On Studies. O. the latter I shall say little as they arc obviously technical books. I wish to deal with those that are to be tastec and those that are to be swallowed In these, Sir Francis Bacon doubtlesc ly was referring tothe stories which open entirely new vistas for us. There is nothing to compare with a book to take us from the common place of ou, surroundings - Wonder, romance and mystery, says Walter de la Mari lie between the covers of books. To a certain extent we are all gyp sies at heart. You may travel ove land and sea by the conventional ships, trains and planes, while I mus use books as a magic carpet to carrg ine to wished-for distant lands. Emil Dickinson was a stay-at-home. Book: were her travelplane. See how wel she has put it in her poem called Ti Book : There is no frigate like a book To take us leagues away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of tollg How frugal is the chariot That bears the human soul! We are not confined to the 20t.. century. Through books we can race backward to old Spain, to the day. when Christ was performing his mir- acles upon earth, to the early days o, England: we can sail with Columbus, Cortez, and DeSoto5 we can fight side by side with our ancestors at Bunker Hill, at Saratoga, and at Gettysburg: we can suffer with Elaine, and rejoice with Rowena. There is no toll, ther, are no restrictions. Oh for a. book and a shady nook Either indoor or out, With the green leaves whisperini overhead Or the street cries all about. Where I may read all at my ease Both of the new and oldg For a jolly good book where on I look Is better to me than gold. -An Old English Song Lois Faulkner '47 THE VALUE OF ATHLETICS The value of athletics to a school, an organization, or a community is indeed great. Athletics not only help the athletes that participate in them, but they also provide entertainment for millions of people. It would b very hard to find a person who, at one time or another, had not sat in the grandstand of a baseball park or who had not watched two football team, clash on the gridiron. However, the main value of ath- letics is to the athlete. In the long hard training practices required to

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24 THE CHRYSALIS is the only way to build strength and life into the United Nations and grad- ually to enlarge its scope and increas its power. There is no other way by which the United Nations can become a true world society and realize the hopes that are placed upon it. Mary Smith 'lib Source: The United Nations Headline Series No. 56 By: Edward Stettinius CAN I TAKE ADVERSE CRITICISM I can usually take adverse criticism cheerfully. If it is about me, I usually try to correct the fault, if I think th criticism is true. If the criticism is not true, I put up an argument. Mo, criticism is true, so I thank the persoi. for telling me before it is too late ani l immediately plan to correct the fault. There are some people who canno. take criticism sensibly and they re gard it as an insult. People of thi sort are usually narrow-minded. think most people are thankful fox criticism, but, of course, that depen, upon the type of criticism. Mary may criticize Sue's cloth. smply because she is jealous of he. Naturally, Sue would not appreciati this because she knows it is not true. But if Dot told Clara she walked like : cow, and it were true, Clara should thank Dot and try to walk better. In other words, true criticism is usual appreciated, and untrue criticism usually caused by jealousy, and f not appreciated by anyone. Joan Porter '50 WHY THE SKUNK HAS A WHITL STRIPE in the land of the animals there once lived a family of skunks. They were a peaceful family and never troubled anyone. It was on a dark and rainy nigh. when all the skunks were out playin. that something unusual happened. A ruccoon had sneaked into the house o, a nearby farmer and stolen a bag of flour and had then dragged it up into a small tree near where the skunks were playing. Just as the skunks were having the best fun they heard a noise in the tree and stepped closer to see what was causing it. As they came in un- uer the tree in which the raccoon was hiding, aa. spray of fine white powder came softly down and landed on the backs of the skunks. The soft rain that was falling was ,,ust enough to make the flour sticky and it stuck to the fur on their backs and tails of the skunks in a wide stripe. Since they are descendants of this first family all skunks now have this identifying stripe on their backs and if you will look closely the next time you meet a skunk you'will see that this white fur closely resembles flour. C. Church '11 IN DEFENSE OF RAINY DAYS I don't see why people grumble s' when they wake up in the mornini and find that it is raining, and has been raining for some time. I really enjoy rainy days. It gives me time to do odd jobs, which if it were always