Lunenburg High School - Echo Yearbook (Lunenburg, MA)

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,--7- Y. - - -,- -v The American people have not needed to depend on physical fitness for existence in recent years because of the vast oceans which separx tioning. Now conditions have len in the armed services to good physical shape also. The dition or else. Over there it The country is definitely physical physical education programs. training to their curricula. aged. have neglected our condi- only should we expect the fit but we should be in Europe have to be in con- is the survival of the fittest. ated us from belligerent nations, hence we changed. Not be physically civilians in becoming more conscious of the need for education. Local schools are planning for more extensive Colleges are also adding more physical Sports and athletics are being encour- By Stanley Page This war means that we will have to give up many of our peacetime rights. The movements of aliens will be carefully watched. The Jap- anese from the West Coast have been sent inland so that they won't be able to communicate with the submarines or airplanes off the coastm Du ing the war there will be a limited press censorship, and all let- ters that go out of the country will be carefully checked so that no vital news can reach the enemy. Weather reports are not being broad- cast so that none can go out of the country. Radio stations are care- ful that no one can communicate with the enemy over the air. People writing to sailors in the Navy can never disclose the position of the ship. War time has been established in order to conserve on electri- city. By Nellie Maki The efforts of the young people should not be slighted because they are proving that they, too, can lend a helping hand in America's darkest hours. Records and statistics show that in the last three months, the sale of stamps and bonds has increased through the ef- forts of the younger generation. I, personally, know of a boy who works every week-end in a restaurant, who buys three defense savings stamps every pay day. It does one's heart good to see nYoung America, waking up.n Many of our boys will be By Paul Wickham inducted into military service of one kind or another, and be forced to give up their formal education for civilian life. The army, navy, or other service gives the young men many educational opportunities cation received in the armed services cannot take then takes over and . However, the edu- the place of formal civilian education. In the last war, only twenty-two per cent of the men inducted into the armed services had at least a high school educa- tion. At the end of the war, the other seventy-eight per cent of the men could find no jobs, for the lack of education. At the end of thi! war, it will be even more difficult, even for those who have just a high school education, not a college education. Therefore, education will be a defense against many jobless men. By Copeland Hague 9 2

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The need for office workers of all kinds in army camps is acute. Army officers have found that they have all too few draftees to fill the positions of teletypists, stenographers, bookkeepers, and other office workers. Consequently there are classes being held in camps to train boys for such positions. The boy who has noticed this fact and taken advantage of it will be better prepared and have more chance to obtain a more desirable position in the army. By Evelyn Severance The problem of this June's graduates who are not going to go to college is-4What Job Can I Apply For. 'We have High School Education Limits. In other words, we do not have all the subjects that large high schools have, but, as the old adage goes: There's no use cry- ing over spilt milk.n If we apply for a defense job, the majority of us graduates are too young. As you know there is a law in this state which prohibits a male under eighteen years of age from working more than eight hours a day. The defense plants want someone who is not affected by this law. Also in our small schools we have no Industrial Art Course. Let me explain Industrial Arts a little bit. Metal work- ing, machine running and wood working are the important ones. If we had had this training we would not be lost in a defense plant but since we haven't, we wouldn't know our way around. Of course we know that an inexperienced person will not have any time wasted trying to teach him--not at these times when a few minutes mean so much. By Robert Logan All the schools do not have mechanical arts or suitable business courses to get work directly from high school. The NYA, the National Youth Administration, is the answer to this lack. This organization has courses that students can take while still going to high school. The student, however, must be willing to give up out-of-school time for these courses and training. A few of the courses are sewing, mechanics, radio, electricity, foundry, and welding. The study of machinery teaches a student how to run different machines and how to repair machinery. The person who studies electricity or radio can get jobs in the Army or Navy. By taking these courses, and specializing in one field, a student can get good advancements and good salaries, and does not have to stay in small positions with small pay. By Ruth Arnold In schools, the NYA plays a great part by helping the students because it gives them a job after school hours. For example: getting supplies for the teachers, doing odd jobs for the principal and teachers, taking care of the smaller children while waiting for the buses to take them home. It also provides a larger boy to take care of the entrance to the school yard. He stops cars and bicycles from entering the school in such a hurry. This is one way the NYA helps the Boys and Girls of the Lunenburg Junior Senior High School. By Howard Powell 9 l

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'THE TIME, THE TLDE, THE PLACE 'By-Joy Burnap A lonely figure walked along the narrow path, approaching the river. Although not an old man--in his late thirties, perhaps--his shoulders were bent, weighted with discouragement. He walked with a loitering gait, due to a certain characteristic--not laziness at all, but the lack of ambition, which comes from several attempts blocked by failure. E A friendly squirrel scampered across his path,paused and pondered, blinked soft brown eyes, and whisked himself away, but only to approach nearer again and scurry onto the bench just ahead. As the man came up to it, the squirrel was frightened,'and scurried away. T The man seated himself heavily on the bench. As he looked up, he was astonished at his surroundings. Here in the park, was this not the same spot, where, over twenty years ago, he had been as discouraged as he was now--as ndown--and out' and depressed? Yet, he had been given a chance then--a chance he had never expected to have again. Yes, it was here on this very spot that he ------ . ' He approached the gentleman who was seated on the bench reading the morning paper, and asked for a light. It was his last cigarette, but he would have no need of it very soon. p The man on the bench was cordial, although well-dressed and appar- ently successful, as opposed to the shabbiness and Vagabond attitude of the younger man. He seemed interested in the man, who had asked him for a light. Perhaps it was the characteristic of noldnessn in a face that should have been so youthful, that made him feel this way. He de- tained him by starting a conversation,--showing him the latest head- lines in his paper. It was really his own paper, he stated, explaining his part in it as a journalist. Soon, he would be only a part of the headlines Qthe words were spoken ironicallyl along with the millions of other men going to fight in the uGreat War.n 'The hardest part of leaving your job to serve your country, however, is getting someone to take your place,n he added, depressed. Then it was the young man's turn to speak. He had a little ex4 perience at reporting, too. He had made attempts at other work,though, and had failed. Still, reporting was what he really wanted to do. There was no doubt about it. He had a knack for writing--he liked it, Before he was through, he had assured the other man that he was the only one who could ably take his place ----- . Now, that same man, who had been so confident in himself, at that time, who had been so sure he could be a success, just when a new hope had risen over the brink of oblivion, again found himself in the same predicament as before. Instead, there was no hope rising above the brink of oblivion, now, no one sitting there on the bench beside him, as before, offering him an opportunity to make good. Only an abandoned yesterday's newspaper lay there, and he carefully folded it, placing it in his vest pocket. 7 fcont. on next pagej 9 3