Oxford High School - Clarion Yearbook (Oxford, ME)

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AMERICA America is a land of love, For all who wish to see A haven in the night so darkg It's bright as bright can be. In this land where freedom sings A song so strong and loud, The opportunities it gives Make each one very proud. Some people come from far and wide To build a home right here O that this land were large enough To save all men from fear Lillian Whitney '52 QUERY Have you ever walked down a woodland lane And seen a bear all might and main? Have you heard a squirrel in a tree Chattering scolding at bird or bee? Have you seen a possum with its young If not then go out where the mosses grow For beauty lifts when spirits are low Have you ever seen the flowers bloom Or majestic trees that breezes groom? And have you sat by a bubbling brook Where fishes play in a shady nook? Have you ever seen the deer That come and play from far and near? If not go out and see Some of the wonders provided so free , . Y . , . . 1 I ' ' Y Y I l Have you seen the hills in the distance gleam . U . . . . y r - - , V Y Y w ' ' 1 ' l Q . 1 A f 'J ' ' . L ' ,ai it , I The mountains rising in distant sheen Where springs give water pure to any And the brooks and streams are many? Have you ever called out but to be mocked By toxxerinv cliffs of solid rock? If not then f o forth and see For mountain and wood are full of me L y Fred Bartlett 52

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EDITORIAL COIVIIVIUNISIVI Th1s system by whlcha small group wlshes to control the world has never won approval mn a free e1ect1on Commumsts get control by any effe ct1ve method One effectwe method ofplantmg Commumsts 10 schools and colleges IS usmg some bmg name as a front' Then the boys and g1rls who fall under Commumst mfluence are ln danger of losmg happy l1ves as Amerxcan c1t1zens In textbooks used by the Commumsts the fa11ures and bad pomnts of Amer1ca are emphaslzed The m1nor1ty of underfed uneducated and maltreated people are made to stand out wh11e the few good polnts about Russla are stressed If Communlsts ever came 1nto control ln Amerlca the capltalwould be ln Moscow and every person would be under Communlst rule All o r ganm za t 10 n s wouldbe d1ssolved All property would belong to the government Everythmg now a part of Amermca would become the exact oppos1te Under Commumst control unlons would not exlst as agents of the people but as agents of the government W1111am Green head of the World Federat1on of Labor has sald that no labor orgamzatlon can be free under Communlsm If anyone should strlke he would be kllled Once Communlsts become prorrunent 1n a umon It IS practmcally lmpossxble to throw them out In nmeteen umons 1n the Un1ted States Cornmumsts are leaders The thmg Cornmumsts consmder the1r worst enemy 1s relmglon As the1r alm IS complete domlnatlon of mmd and body from blrth to death re11g1on has no place The1r ldea 15 that anythmg that promotes Commumsmls moral therefore the1r goal ms the complete destructmon of any rel1g1on whatsoever In the event of Commurust rule educatlon would stop and only tralnlng be allowed Lemnhas sa1d that 1f a chlld were glven to hlm for hms f1rst elght years he would be a Communlst forever Instead of belng taught how to th1nk as ln Amerlca now chxldren would be taught what to thmk A11ch11drenwou1dbe taught as 1nRuss1a now to hate anyone who objects to complete Commumst domlnatlon When you thlnk that nothlng llke thls could happen 1nAmer1ca conslder for a mlnute the close call whlch came between 1941 and 1944 when Henry Wallace was V1ce Pres1dent of the Umted States IV1r Wallace was a fel1ow traveler one of those persons who follow the Commumst Party l1ne w1thout ho1d1ng a member shlp card The most effect1ve way known to combat Commumsm 1s detectlon exposure and prosecutlon Any Commumst w1l1 uphold Stalln but de nounce the Pres1dent of the Umted States W11l1am Foster head of the Communlst Party IH the Unlted States has declared that some day a Communlst wmll head the government of a Sovlet world It IS the duty andprlvllege of all Amerlcans to work and strlve to prove hls prophecy false Patrlcla Mayberry 52 .m.m--- 7 ! . . . . . ,I I . , , Y ' ! l 1 . . . . 1 - 9 I . . . I v 1 . . I I ' Y . - 1 V ' ' , - ' II . . y 1 1 - x 9 , 7 . ' ' l

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SPRING Spring is coming, fresh and greeng Snow gives way to soft brown dirtg The big storm door is replaced by a screen Robins sing and sparrows chirp. Brooklets rise and flood the dell, Then laughing, fall into the pool. Upon the hill we hear the bell, Calling the children in to school Boys are out with their bats and balls Puppies romp on the soft green floor Girls are talking to their dolls The season of seasons is here once more Francis Herrick 5 CANDY Candy is a delicacy That appeals to all But it s funny seems to me Tastes better where it oughtn' In class and study hall Patricia Mayberry HATS It's fun to go out on Easter And see all the funny hats Some look like real live animals Some abound with feathers Of red and green and blue And no matter where you go They would surely spoil your View Then you'll see a basket Held on with a piece of string Why not put on real live hens And really adorn the thing? Next is a mass of fe athers And my' it is surely fine But one wouldn t be a bit surprised If it flew away any time The ladies do feel so beautiful When they get on their head att1re But personally I think some hats Look worse than a house on fire' Jean Foster '52 . . , Z . ' D , Y ' t be . . ,5 And others resemble bats. I ' , '