Lincoln Junior High School - Panthers Lair Yearbook (Orem, UT)

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Finland by Shari Cook The Finns' ancestors were sailors, hunters, and primitive farmers who came to this Finland territory two thousand years ago. Their language is related to the Estonian and Hungarian. So they probably were in close association before they settled in their present homelands. The early Finns, though brave and hardy, were conquered in 1157 by the King of Sweden and were converted to Christianity. They guarded their own customs jealously but readily adjusted to Swedish rule. For the next five centuries Finland was a part of Sweden. In 1710 Peter the Great of Russia entered in- to a bitter struggle with Charles XII of Sweden and overran the whole of Finland. Sweden tried to regain it and did keep the western part. Russia took over all of Finland in 1809 and guaranteed the Finnish constitution. His successors did not keep the pledge but attempted to make the country Russia. The Finns resisted stoutly. The outcome was the Declaration of Independence of December 6, 1917. But the Finns had to fight the new Russian state armies to make good their freedom and not until 1919 was the Finnish republic set up. Events seea sawed from 1940 to 1945 but after the war Finns had to give some of their territory and also spec- ial privileges to Soviet Union. Finland lies as far north as Alaska. About one-third of Finland is north of the Arctic Circle, but the country is fairly warm chiefly because it lies near the Gulf Stream and several seas. win- ters are long and cold, and summers are short and sunny. In northernmost Finland the midnight sun makes daylight last day and night from the middle of May to the end of July. The great glaciers that once covered northe ern Europe make rugged lines of scenic hills and placid, twisting lakes. The forests spread over and between the ridges down to the shores of the lakes. The seas rose for a time and left a heavy clay soil that covered the south part of Finland. the forests here are thick and farming is most productive. The rivers are filled with rapids and excellent for generating electric power. The forests and lakes of Finland form the country's most important natural resources. The forests which cover three out of every four acres of land contain valuable reserves of pine, spruce, and fir trees. The lakes are joined by streams and canals so they form waterways which lumber men used to float timber to the mills and ports. Finland has few minerals, but coppen nickel and iron deposits have been mined since the 1930's. Limestone and granite furnish materials for many of Finland buildings. ggggggSGEEhment has been a republic since 1919.s:The president is elected for six years and they have a House of Representatives of 200 members for three years. There are fifteen electoral dis- tricts with 300 members that elect the president in office by popular vote for every four years, on the basis of proportional representation. The people can vote in Finnish national elections when they are over 21 years of age. In 1906 Finland be: came the first country to allow women to vote. The political parties are the Social Demo- crat, Agrarian Union, Democratic Union, National Union, Swedish Peoples' Party and Finnish Peoples' Party. Each province has a governor which is ap- pointed by the president. Councils which are elected for three-year terms govern in the provinces. Finland has complete freedom in religion and 96 out of one hundred belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Others belong to the Protestant Churches, or Roman Catholic and Jewish Faiths. The population of Finland is 4,056,027 and there are 34 persons to the square mile. Sixty nine percent live in rural regions while thirty one per- cent live in urban. Finland lies in Northern Europe and is bord- ered by Sweden, Norway, the Soviet Union, and the Giuf of Bothnia. Finland is smaller than the com- bined areas of Minnesota and Mississippi. The principal cities are Helsinki, Truku, and Tampere. Helsinki, the capitol, is the chief port of Finland and has a population of 376,554. It was founded in 1550 and became the capital in 1812. It lies on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about 190 miles northwest of Leningrad. It carries on a large trade in farm and wood produets with Great Britian, Germany and Sweden. Its chief man- nfactures are sugar, tobacco, machinery, shipbuild- ing, linen and carpets. The city is the center of culture and education in Finland. The Olympic Games were held in Helsinki in 1952. Truku has a population of 192,804 and is the second largest city. It was founded in 1157 and was the capital of Finland until 1812. It serves as an important port for lumber and dairy products. Tampere has a population of 191,504 and it was founded in 1779. It is Finland's chief manu- facturing center. - Finland's green gold is its trees, mostly pine, spruce and fir. Forestry is closely related to agriculture because so much of it is owned by farmers.

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The Web by Jerry Smith The first time any one attempted to go out-side our solar system was when a group of us fellows built a rocket called the Cyclone. It was an atomic rocket which, when launched, had everything we needed for 20 years. The closer the time came for take off the more excited we became at the thought that we were the first to undertake this experience. The thought hit us - would we make it? Or would we ever come back? One hour left and every thing was re-checked and in working order. Our blood pressure was going up'with excitement. One minute to go and we were all strapped in for the take off. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4- 3-2-1-0. Blast off!! The next thing we knew, we were watching the moon go by. We were going 5,000 miles per second and our speed still increasing. Two hours later we were going past Pluto and still going faster. Four days went by with out any trouble. We were still increasing in speed. We came to the closest star to our sun in six months. We decided to circle it until we slowed down enough to land on a planet. Two weeks later we were able to locate a planet which we could land on. Coming closer to it we could see green patches on it. From up high it looked about like our earth. We decided to land and we as got of the rocket we found ourselves in the middle of a great forest. While exploring around to see all we could see without getting out of sight of the rocket, we suddenly came face to face with a weird creature which resembled a spider, only bigger than a man. We tried every thing we had at hand to kill it but nothing would effect it in any way. This creature captured us and took us to a cave where it had captured other creatures which resembled us. A Hard Job by Lorna Hodgkinson If you think a bunny can never be funny Just wait till some day when it snows; Then gather such facts as you can from his tracks And tell, if you can where he goes! These things, which looked like us, we decided must be people who inhabitated this planet. We tried talking to them but to no avail. Finally through sign language we learned that this creature at certain times would capture any thing it could and put in caves. Then for another period of time it would hibernate and live upon its captives. No matter how hard we tried to escape we were unable to penetrate the strong web which covered the entrance. We knew we had little time left before the creature would be back and when he did come back, we would be doomed under his power. We had to think fast. Finally we remembered that one man was left back at the rocket ship who probably could save us. It was our only chance. We finally made contact with our small radios which we kept strapped to our chests. We told him the only thing we knew which would penetrate the web was the electro guns. On his way to free us, the man came face to face with the same creature. But before the creature had a chance to get hold of the man, the man shot it with the electro gun. The thing Vanished like a puff of smoke and our man was able to free us and all the other prisoners. We decided right then this was no place for us humans, so we returned to the rocks: as fast as we could and headed yer home. L x.

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Lumbering and woodworking are first among their industries. They produce plywood, pulp, cell- ulose, paper, veneer, wallboard, furniture, and lumber for buildings and ships. Other industrial products include metals, textiles, leather, pro- cesses foods, ceramics and glass. Most Finnish industrial plants have fewer than 500 workers. Less than one out of every 10 acres of Fin- land is farm land. But about four out of every ten persons make their living from farming. The aver- age farm covers from five to twenty-five acres. Most Finnish farmers raise cattle, and crops of potatoes, oats, barley, white rye, wheat and hay. Lumber products, metals, and dairy products are the most important exports. Imports include raw materials, manufactured products and food. Finland trades mostly with Great Britian, the Americas, west Germany and the Soviet Union. A11 children.in Finland are provided with free education in public schools. Ninty-nine out of a humdred can read and write. Finland has three universities, four commercial colleges, a technolog- ical institute and several teachers' colleges. The Finnish people love books and sports. To them, a good life is important for improving both the mind and the body. War by Dickie Jarvis War is a very dangerous thing, It makes me shiver inside. And when I think of all those men, Who suffered bled and died. It makes me very proud to know, America was their pride.