Leavitt Area High School - Angelus Yearbook (Turner, ME)

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A POST-WAR PROBLEM What is happening to our teen-age boys and girls who left school dur- ing the war to take jobs? Are they still at work? Are they back at school? Just what are these thousands of teen-age boys and girls doing? A recent survey shows that from the ten thousand who have left school only five thousand have work permits. Doubtless there are some who are working illegally, but what about the rest? In one town school authorities sought to find out. They sent post cards to a few parents whose children, in spite of the fact that their work permits had expired, had not returned to school. Replies to two hundred and sixty-four of these were as follows: seventy-three children had re- turned to school, forty-three had entered the armed services, sixteen had left the city, forty-four had no jobs and no plans. The eighty-eight parents who didn't answer were called upon by the school authorities. From this investigation it was discovered that most of the children who had tak-en good paying jobs during the war had lost them. Then they had taken others with a little less pay until they got too low for their satisfaction. Finally they just quit work altogether. They either went home and loafed or loitered on street corners and pool rooms. Full-time jobs are scarce and part-time jobs which can be combined with school are practically nonexistent. Most boys working part-time are working for their father. -Som-e girls have kept their jobs but they are jobs grown-uns woulcln't want. Either the pay is low or the conditions undesirable. Grown-ups want a place to eat but the teen-agers don't care if they go without. 'During the war, negro teen-agers found jobs very few and far be- tween. Now there are practically none. The only chance for a negro girl is at some home doing menial tasks. For pay they get only their room and board. How are we going to meet this problem? How are we going to get them back to school? As long as a single job-seeking woman, white or Negro, remains un- employed, as long as there is a single hard-working father in the United States who cannot make a decent living, no teen-ager should be allowed to depress wages. The most logical answer is to make school more interesting. The school enrollment for this year is much lower than for the last so this must be one answer-more interesting education. All responsibility however cannot be placed on the schools. If parents have no other values than the be-all and end-all of the job, we cannot ex- pect children to have them either. It is the duty of the fathers and mothers of this country to see that their child or children return to schoolg to teach them thepvalue of an educationg to prove that an education promis- es a better chance of making a good living. These teen-agers have been kicked'Q around and it seems that the men and the women of this country shoul i see to it that their children go back to school before the delinquent faced with permanent unemployment, becomes a seed 'bed for a future dictator. THELMA BISBEE, Assistant Editor-in-Chief rbi 'wry N. ,, an-QRQ mf wi Wi- .. tl! I www '4: '. m' 'ffl

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LEAVTTT ANGELUS EARLINE EDNA BEAN Beanie Monmouth, Maine Baskehball 1235 Claes. President 1233 Vice-President 143g Girls' Glee 'Clunb 11, 2, 3, 433 Senior Drama 143. Beanie likes her fellows, Especially in green. Could this Ibe, by any chance, Because of a Marine? Even 'though you've on-ly been 'with us three years, Beanie, most of us have ,got bo kn-ow you quite well and have found that you are a lot of fun. Be true to the Marines and yrou'll b-e happy. MORTIMER PATRIDGE BECKLER Mort,' Live1'1uore, Maine Fre-shinan-Sophomore Prize Speaking 11, 235 Inter- class Basketball 11, 2, 3, 435 Vice-Preslident of S.A.A. 1335 Junior Drama 133g Senior Drama 1433 Oper- etta 1333 Class President 1433 'Prolphecy f-or Girls 143. Mort, 'they say you're most dated. Cain this really be true? Could it 'be that, Mabel 1su't the only gal flor you? We've -really had a lot of fun 'with you, Mort, in spite of all our teasing. Keexp up with the world and yvou'll keep up with your girls, boo. BEVERLY IRENE BEIRRY h Bev Hartford, Maine' Girls' Glee Club 11, 2, 3, 435 Mixed Chorus 1135 Class Editor 143. Beverly is a jolly lasts, Just as jolly as can Deg To see her dance a funny jig. Is certainly something to fsee. You have had especially hard luck, Bev, with va- rious sickiiessles. We hope that fortune smiles more favorably in the future. 'Fez-ai