Marlborough High School - Marlborough High Yearbook (Marlborough, MA)

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When President Monroe declared his policy of no-outside inter¬ ference from the countries of the Eastern Hemisphere, ' the situation was far different from that of the present day. Then, the United States stood alone in the Western Hemisphere, a bulwark of defense and protection for all the smaller countries in South America, Today, the United States doos not stand alone, With hor are all the Pan-American countries—big and small. They have their Monroe Doctrine also. In a way they are protecting these. United States from possible invasion. But more than that, the small South American countries—small in population but large in value—have a wealth of raw materials in their natural resources which have not been even half exhausted. 4 In the last World War, the United States was called The Arsenal of Democracy.” In this war, the country has been doing much the same kind of work on a greater scale. ' This arsenal” could not exist without the raw rubber, nitrate, and other products of South America. The relation between the United States and the South American ' countries can be illustrated by a simple example. Picture a large, well developed, intelligent man who is angry with another person for a serious injustice done to him. Because of this, he challenges that man to a fight. The man he challenges comes to the place of combat equipped with a baseball bat—taking an unfair advantage over his opponent. Standing over to the side, watching every¬ thing, is a boy. He is not big, nor very strong, but he does own a baseball bat. He lets the man without a bet take his and that man proceeds to fight on even terms with his opponent—end wins. The United States is the large man who did not have a bat— or the necessary materials for war. The South American democracies signify the small boy with the bat—the resources for an all-out conflict. The man who brought c bat depicts the totalitarian governments of the world. They were prepared for this war, for’ they planned it, but they did not count on the boy with the bat In standing by the United States, the people of South America give courage and fortitude to our workers and soldiers. The people here feel that now they are not fighting clone. They know that whatever happens, our back door will always be closed and defended The Pcn-Anoriocn people love ' their individual countries as we Americans love our native land, end they have reason for this love just cs we ; hcve for - ours. Our continents ere somewhat dif¬ ferent in climate, natural resources, and customs; but our purpose is the sene: to defect the forces opposing us end trying to des¬ troy our way of life. Let our continents unite so that we ncy be colled The United States of these Americas, Nicholas Koffc

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Johnny has just reached his sixteenth birthday. What about it? you may ask. Well as is natural with almost every normal American boy. he wants to get his driving, license. He. ' s. been counting on it for some time but he ' s not so sure now, because Dad hasn ' t said anything about it lately. Finally our young aspirant puts the question before the war department and then awaits the reaction. The head of the family muses a while, and finally says that he isn ' t sure that he should let Johnny have a license, because new cars can ' t be bought now without a priority rating and a lot of red tape, Johnny indignantly makes it known that he will never smash up a car. He knows how to drive. But then there is the tire shortage. Father argues that there aren ' t many more miles in the present tires and he doesn ' t want any youngster cruising around town, and picking up his f rlends just to have a good time. Here the would-be driver adopts other tactics by saying that he could do a lot of errands for the family. Half convinced, the man of the hour (for Johnny at least) sits silently for a while. Seeing the tide of battle turning, father is quickly informed that the car would be washed, polished, and cleaned, inside and out, every week, or. well, at le st every t?;o weeks. Prospects brighten as the last remark registers. Perhaps it wouldn ' t do much harm to le ' t him get his license, thinks father, He wouldn ' t be able to have the car much except over the week-end. and then he ' d be so busy doing his homework and cleaning up the car, that little time for driving would remain. Continued silence indicates a temporary advantage, so Johnny follows up. reminding Dad of the way he gets so tired when driving on a long trip. He himself could help out quite a bit in the case and Dad could sit back and take it easy, (There was a good points Why didn ' t I think of it before?) Just then, Mother, who has until now kept a discreet silence, helpfully suggests that perhaps she could go shopping more often if Johnny could take her, leaving Dad free to putter around the house or listen to his favorite radio program, (That should surely be the decisive argument.) Johnny nods gratefully to Mom, and glances at Dad for signs of further weakening. A long silence follows. He decides to rest his case and avait the verdict. You ' ve guessed it. Johnny is driving around on a pink slip and will shortly become a full-fledged operator. To him, this is life. . —Allison P. Stevens