Lunenburg High School - Echo Yearbook (Lunenburg, MA)

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TECHNICOLOR DREAM fcontinuedl oil by using a variation of the breast stroke. In another interesting display we were shown how the various branches of tho armed forces caused stretchers to float so that the wounded could be transported across water. To accomplish this, inflated pairs of trousers. were placed at intervals along wooden or iron stretchers. Canoeing, boat- ing and swimming races were executed by the students. Our cabin had the distinction of winning the relay race prize. .r .- On Monday we began to think of exams and the books we hadn't read. Procrastination, always my besetting sin, made it necessary for me to cram to catch up. However, I managed to pass the examinations and re- ceived my certification as a Water Safety Instructor. we were fortunate to train under some of the finest aquatic in- structors in the country: Commodore Longfellow, the first life saver in the United Statesg Cal Bryant, the author of all the Red Cross swimming and diving textbooks and Roger Hawthorne who had accompanied Admiral Byrd on his last expedition to the South Pole. He called us to our boating class each day with those words,nLast call for boating. Hurry! Hurry! Hubba, hubba, hubbaln f After ten days at Camp Kiwanis my dreams no longer soared to such extravagant heights as previously. No, I fully realized there was a great deal more to becoming an aquatic champion than just technicolor dreams. Ann Jandron WHAT I HAVE GAINED BY ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL ' Occasionally I surprise mysclf by seeming to know something and then I feel that I have accomplished a great deal during my four high school years. The next moment the jocund feeling departs leaving in its place a true sense of value. I discover that I know far loss than I imagined was possible after having practically completed my fourth year of high school. Languages?? Yes, I have had a smattering of Latin and Frenchg but today I know very little more about these two str.nge languages than I knew four years ago last September 4th. English has been so easy,just a cinch you know, that one just glides by leaving almost all the know- ledge in the books where it originally came from. lhth has been hard- erg therefore, a little more studying, but it still seems that know- ledge hates to leave those books. History has been too easy to bother with. UBN is high enough if no studying has to be put into it. Oh! Oh! here comes Chemistryu lmch to hard to understand so I just forgot about that and so did the teachers. Biology was definitely fun. Here again most of the knowledge stayed in the booksg but I do remember a little about the microscopic animals and the human body, though very little it is. Socially, I am a flop. I learned to dance in my eighth year of school and have gradually lost this knowledge too. I attended parties now and then, but our class was always at swords points so most of the pleasant memories have fled with the wind. All that I have learneiso- cially is how to breeze by quickly. All that has kept me going is sports and more sports! Moat of my pleasant memories are of field or court. I understand the rules of the games but forgot how to play them and to apply these rules. Four years of sports has left me less tired and still in high spirits. This ends my brief sketch of what I have pained by attending high school. Emma Harvey

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TECHNICOLOR DREAM Awakening from my scintillating technicolor dream in which I fan- tastically imagined myself a prototype of the beauteous Esther Wil- liens, I found myself being dragged from the train by my faithful com- panion, Marge. Yes, after my ten day sojourn at the Red Cross National Aquotio School situated at South Hanson, Massachusetts, I had fanciful visions of vying with that famed saquatic star for swimming honors in Hollywood. But a dream like a rainbow colored bubble can all to soon be shattereda Harge's rebuffs for my absent minded conduct were enough to obliterate my most profou d hallucinations. Here we were at the South Hanson station waiting to be conveyed to our destination. After a short ride in oomo into o full view of tho Camp. Surrounded by majestic, verdant pines and swaying birches camp Kiwanis nestled in a picturescue spot on the shore of a sparkling lake Truly an ideal location for instruction in aquatic sports. ' After registration we hastened to find a bunk in one of the thirty cabins. large and I were several hours late, so we had unex- pected difficulty in finding vacant cots. We explored the circle of cabins without success. However, in one hut we had noticed space for bedsg therefore we deposited our bags and dufflcs on the floor just as the dinner bell rang. To be sure we shouldn't be deprived of our places by some other tardy student, we marked these menacing words on the floor--uKeep off! Place reserved.' Then off we rushed to dinner. Zoundsi Just in time! Such a ravonoug group and such a hub-bubl It certainly looked like a jovial time ahead. Immediately after the meal a meeting of all students was called. During this assembly we were given our schedules and introduced to our instructors under whose competent guidance in boating, swimming and first aid we gained the valuable experience most necessary to our sum- mer jobs in camps, city pools or Red Cross water safety programs. The urgency of having our physical examinations completed by the end of that day was also impressed upon us. Immediately after we were dis- missed, everyone bolted for the doctor's office. Of course two hu - dred examinations in less than u half hour is a physical impossibility for any physician, so three quarters of the students reported to class without so much as a peek inside the doctor's office. ' Everyone vms very attentive, wide awake and full of vim and vigor on that first day not even daunted by the immense amount of literature to be covered before the end of the course. . After supper all the students seized their books and again made a mad rush for the dtctor's office. There we sat for three solid hours attempting to read a line or two between yawns. But once again we were dismissed with a curt, nCome back tomorrow. That's all for to- night.n we were a tired, disgusted and dejected group until from out of the crowd came this booming voice, Holy cats! By the time we get in to see the doctor, we'll be too old to take the course.' with that our depression lifted, and saying goodnight we slowly wended our way back to our cabins. There we became acquainted with our room mates who proved to be very interesting and congenial. As several of the girls had attended aquatic school the previous year, they helped us to become orientated and accustomed to the camp routine. All went smoothly for the next few days--physical examinations were a thing of the past--surburns were row the burning problems. Ouch! Did they hurt! Due to' the retarded season no one had acquired a basic tan. Instead we were obliged to take the su in large doses which was not conducive to comfort and good humor. Our spirits were revived, however, when discovered that we were to be entertained by an aquatic demonstration on Sunday. lhe feature attraction of the exhibition was the stunt of swimming through flaming

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COMIC BOOKS I doubt if I'm alone in usually referred to as 'lfunnyu and girls read these idiotic reading for unbalanced people, reading. Comic books are rot diculous and nonsensical pictures with not so much ledge of proper reading, In my opinion the comic ishing from news-stands renlly do many boys and goods ' J I have observed many children, especially bovs from these books, The pictures that are printed are so deeply imaginative that certain individuals try to pr be some super physical being derived from their reading. The certain imaginative person as an ideal, even though there is PGTSOTIU The reading of conic books is absolutely u educatioral boys and girls lose education in school by gaining the habit stituting comic reading for school work. This practice is of ried on during school hours when the student should occupy studying and gaining accurate knowledge. There should time with Nothing to do while' ttending school since it tution which gives you something to do and to occupy vour Another bad feature of comic books is the inrense wasted. To prove that the reading of cosics is a waste of will first grant that it is true that these books were sent to Kthe disapproval of reading comi bocksi' Nevertheless, thousands books which in my opinion are for they have reason to en even reading, but merely lfokin as usirg t book could girls a pr , who seem in comic m IISVG c books, of boys perfect joy such g at ri- he know- by van- ofitable affected agazines etend to y hold a no such . Many sub- car- time of ten his r be any is an insti- time time that is time, I wounded endless learned anything of value? In my opinion he has not. In the first place, the reader has wasted his money in order to waste his time. Few boys and girls have less than two or three books, since they buy them in bun- dles at s lower cost.--A cost for cheap reading. Sometimes I wonder where the writers of these ubooks' come from and what kind of people they can be to write such material for the young people of America. The writers of these books, with no doubt, make large profits when young people continue to buy this kind of serviceman lying in hospitals for the sole purpose of passing hours away. But after reading these books, has the reader reading material. Porh nough attertion to lure doubt that the writers people, but that does ops the colorful cover of the book att the purchaser into buying it. The know what they are doing to the minds not seem to stop the publishing of t book. To the writers it is a good money scheme which does no the ideas and outlook of children. The majority of the so-called comic books are not really These books about gangsters and heroes are illustrated so as attention to the reader. The form of speech used in these racts e- re is no of young he comic good for comical. to bring books is contrary to that taught in school. Therefore, these comic books are not really comical, but deal with gangsters, heroes, plotters and murderers. Are these books good reading matter for children? Is any- thing accomplished by reading these books? 'From what I know about them, I believe that they are not good reading for the future citizens of America. Lucy Hirsch