Higgins Classical Institute - Scroll Yearbook (Charleston, ME)

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8 H. C. I.SCROLL When this War is over We hope and pray that we won't have another. It doesn't bring very high hopes for not having another if we are going to get trained to fight and kill instead of learning things that would be both a benefit to ourselves and a. more peaceful nation. Yes, it is a good thing for boys to have a year's military training if they are eighteen and out of high school as we shall have to have army enough to pro-- tect ourselves. On the other hand let the eighteen-year-olds stay in high sch-ool until they get their diplomas if they have that much ambition and then give them the year's training. I know I will like it better if it is that way. I hope I'm not considered a fifth colum- nist, but give us a chance and we'1l Hnish our education and do a better job of living afterwards. O. Brown '47

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H. C. I. S 9 ROLL p 1 proved to establish uniform rules and regu- lations. Secondly, punishment of war criminals. Justice should be quick and stern or the hcrror of mass reprisals cannot be averted. It is Russiafs opinion that punishment is the sole concern of the countries that have felt the fc-rce of German savagery. The United States thinks in terms of political and mili- tary individuals, while Russia holds that big business is just as guilty as those whose hands drip blood . 'I'hird, with respect to a demand on Ger- many for reparation there is complete agreement. Some are for the destruction of German industries and compulsion of Ger- many to a purely agricultural state. But the occupied countries, looted and ravaged, wait to be rebuilt. The staggering cost should be borne by the Germans. If Germany is turned into an agricultural natio-n, how can they pay either in cash or kind? Some Americans think that German industries should be thrown into high-gear to produce goods for the looted countries. Germany, however, is not to retain her industrial su- premacy. There is no doubt that the Ger- mans will attempt every kind of deceit and evasion. An efllcient system can estimate German needs and shut down on the sur- pluses. German borrowing should be put under a magnifying glass before authoriza- tion. Summing up, these are the determinations cf the United States in respect to the treat- ment of the Reich. ill Military occupation to drive home the fact of defeat and to en- force permanent disarmament, until the Germans prove a capacity for self-govern- ment: 123 The punishment of war criminals by military tribunals, and C31 Sweat and sacrifice 'by the German people until the ruin caused by the German fury has been paid in full, and the process by which this is d-c-ne, safeguarded by Allied control 01 German industry and finances. W. Allen '45 WHAT SHOULD WE D0 WITH JAPAN? What should we do with Japan? That is one of the most puzzling questions that has come out of this war. The Japanese started their war against China, in 1936 and in 1941, spurred on by the Germans, attacked the United States. Now that the United States have the Jap- anese on the defensive the great question is -What shall we do with Japan after we conquer her? Shall we let her govern her- self? I would say No , very emphatically. I think that Japan should be given to the Chinese peo-ple. One reason for this is that the Chinese have suffered a great, deal at the hands of these barbarians, and should have a just compensation. Another reason why the Chinese should have Japan, instead of the United States, is because Japan is very near to China and wouldn't be so hard to control from there. If the United States to-ok over the go-vern- ment of Japan it would have to send over an army of occupation to control the country. This project would prove to be very costly and very troublesome. Probably the United States will have enough troubles at home without having to take care of thc Japs. Of course, the United States should pro- mote the Democratic way of living in that troubled country. We should send -sfver mis- sionaries, doctors and other essential pro-- fessional men to teach them our religion and new way of combating malnutrition, of which there is a. great deal in Japan. On the whole, I think that if Japan is taken over by the Chinese, with the help of the United States, she can build Japan into a country that will be not much different from our own. A. A. '46 BHDITARY TRAINING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL BOY This is 9, question ln many of the young men's minds today as well as in many other peoples'. A bill is now being taken up at Washington for the boys to have a year's training after the war. Does this mean that the boy that turns eighteen while in high school will have to go for his t-raining be- fore he gets his diploma? If it does mean that he will, I don't think it should be. Dur- ing war time and when they are in great need of men it is better for a, boy of eight- een to go rather than a man with a Wife and three or four children. It shouldn't be necessary, however, to take a boy out of high school when we have peace and break up his education. The year's training given to him would show him a little of the United States and maybe of the world. It would do the boy who is eighteen and out of high school some go-od, but for a boy who is eighteen and not out of high school, it would only break down his will to continue his education. The army would build the boy up physi- cally but not in character and mental abil- ity. The school is the best known character building place outside of the home. What good would it do us to leave high school to learn to kill and to learn more about blood- shed? The army gives a boy traits which make him seem older than the ordinary high school boy. Let the boys that don't care to finish high take the year's training now. But for those boys who want to continue school, let them take their year's training as S0-Urn as they leave high school.

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H.C.I.SCROLL 9 THE I I E i I i 1 1-.do-v l I l E . i , f 1 1 l i 1 1 l EENIERS ALLEN, AI. XVALTER Obie,' llonor Essay Mt. Dcsurl ll. S. 1, 25 Gilman II. S. 3, II. C. I. I, SL'l'ilXYl Boanxl 4, NVintf'r Eclilorg Scroll Iiourcl 45 Varsity lhrsketbnll 4. K'Tl1e kindcst man, the bcst conditionld und llIlXX'Cill'll,'Cl spirit in doing cou1'l0sics.', -SllllliCSpl'1ll'C. llow's your AlgClJl'il class coming, XV1lllC1'l', HHOYVN, RECINALD S. RL'x', Class Day Reading lloulnncl ll. S. lg Il. C. l. 2, 3, 4, Vill'SllV Ifoolbull 3, 4, Varsity Buskclbull 4, Vursily linsvlmll 3, 4, -I. V. liasu-lmll 2, Al. V. Basketball 2, 'ig fl. A. Council 4, junior Plzwg Svnior Play, Prim' Spvnking 2, Son-oucl prize, Vice Prvs. junior Class. llr- coulcl uol lnil lo clcligbl il cnllivulcd pub- lic U NVL- know llnzl you lnwc' Ll wvukm-ss for blonclus, Rox. liilflill, XIARILYN C, Blalrilyn Class Propllcuy Il. C. l. I, 2, 3, -lg Fl'l'llCll Club 3, 4, Vic-1: I'n-s. 53, Cla-0 Club 3, 4, Svc:'v-'l'rc':1s. 4, Pres. -15 Opvrvllu pzlrl l, 2, 43 Girl llc'sD1'Y0s l, 2, 3, 41 Privm' Spvulxing lg Scruwl Bourcl l, 2g Scroll lioanxl 53, -I, Chorus 4, Pop Concert I, 2, 3. Kind and swc-ct in ull ways, Upriglll nncl iust lo thc- vucl ol livr clzlysf' Xlurilvn clo von prcfcr liigli C or the bi-flu . 1 . h sms F IHC.-XIJS, B.-XRISARA T.. limbs lrl'XYlSlUll Il. S. l, 2, S3 Il. C. l. 4. 'Ullunx s tlnc snuu' llll'0llgllUIll llic yvur, I ull of balppincss, lun and Clll'Cl'.n Wu zulniirc your disposition Hubs. Cood luck. ISISIIOP, PAUL LINCOLN l3isl1', Ilonor lissnv Coombs ll. lg ll. C. l. 2, 3. 4g Boys, Clvc Club 2, 3, -lg flilllli'l'1l Club 25 French Club 35 l,lli'l'i'll1l pzlrl 2, 43 junior Pluyg Scruwl Boznwl SS. -'Ig lfull lirlilor 4g Prize Speaking 2g Scroll Iiourml 2, 3, 4, I.itcrau'v and Art Editor 4, Orch- vslru 4, Pop Concvrl 22, 3g Recital 45 Senior l'l1u'g Draunulic Club 2, 3. Ho was n scholar and ll ripv and good oncg 1-wr-vmling wisv, fair spoken, and persuading. -Sl1ilk9S1'JC1ll'l'. Xlusl inspimlion always run to classics?