Petersham High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Petersham, MA)

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the answer is WYes.N I believe that an afternoon spent in the woods can serve as the greatest way tc forget and yet secure the answer to a great many problems. Many are the shady nooks in the woods where one could remain to study the life of the woods. Souir- rels run this way and that, clattering and chattering among themselves. Small birds fly back and forth from bush to bush, looking you over and sizing you up. A rabbit pokes his head over a pile of brush and jumps away startled, only to return a moment later to take another look at the figure under the pine. The quietness of it all seems to soothe all the little things of life that bother us. When I return home a great feeling of refreshment is with me and alike a feeling of hunger, which leads me to the pantry post haste. The next time things seem to be going wrong join me some- where in my wanderings. HOW I FEEL WHEN MY REPORT IS WORS3 THAN EXPECTED Arthur Reid, '41 At thc end of the ranking period there is a great deal of excitement,both at home and in school when Mr. Arnold gives out the rank cards. Now, when my card is better than expected, I gladly throw it on the table for inspection. Dut, if this is not the case, I hold off until I have made a successful plan of attack. Also, I create a great deal of suspense by telling my mother I have an A on my report card. This trick will remain good as long as Arthur is spelled with an A. Upon looking at my last report card, my mother decided I must be a C.G.C. boy, but after a more careful examination she concluded I was an agent for F and F cough drops. Wow, when she asks why there are no A's a good excuse must be rendered at once. For instance, the Supreme Court declared the three A's unconstitutional, and if you can't have three why bother with one? Such excuses as those will bring amazing results. THE PEN Arthur Coolidge, '40 Pens are the transporters of men's thoughts to paper as well as the fate of many a man. There are large pens as well as small pens, and fountain as well as cuillsg but they all have the same power either in the hand of the rich or in the hand of the poor. The pen is used for practically all illegal as well