Spaulding High School - Red and White Yearbook (Rochester, NH)

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THE RED AND WHITE den w1th the marlhuana weed For th1S reason marlhuana lb ca1efullv extermmated vyherever It IS found Coca1ne IS a der1vat1ve of the cocoa leaf It IQ of lesser lmportance than the other drugs but must be lncluded The cocalne hablt IS often f01m6d through the taklng of patent medl cmes Ttken 1n large quantltles lt weakens the w1ll warps the ludgment and d9Stl oy s all sense of moral obllga t1ons Now our knovyledge of the d1ugs themsely es 1s complete we can devote some tlme to a subuect of equal 1m portance Th1s 1s that of d1st11bu tors It IS clearly evldent that they must be a powerful and well org yn lZ9d un1t to funct1on under the ye1y noses of the lavy You can take that statement technlcally as well as l1te1ally for seye1al cases haye been haye taken up the drug hablt yvh1le confined w1th1n p11son walls The leader of the drug 11ngs p1 ob ably IS not W1th1n our count1y but h1s orders are carr1ed out by subo1 d1nates who have terr1tor1es blocked off fo1 them to operate 1n In turn these subordlnates haye terrltorles that are worked for them by peddlers Th1S system makes It dlfhcult to ap plehend the top notchers The layy cannot compete w1th such a form1d able fO1 ce Pol1t1cs IS f1ckle and Wlll not help for fear It w1ll dlsturb a fr1endly natlon The government 1S maklng slow and unsteady steps to ward fightmg thls enemy Whom can we depend upon to defend us? Who can face the opponent w1th equal poyy er? Who? The only thlng that can conquel narcotlcs IS mass oppos1t1on You are the defendants Every person 1n Amer1ca IS your ally Untll you and your helpers start an 3Ct1V6 battle agalnst drugs you are helpless It 19 worth any sacrlflce you can make One thlrd of our cr1m1nals a1e drug addlcts and one fifth of these are of the younger generatlon Dlsgustlng ISU t lt? A battle IS beg1nn1ng Lets r1se 1n un1son agalnst our enemy as we stand to The Star qpanglecl Bmmei Amerlca s heart IS falllng Amer1 ca s youth IS plead1ng Amerlcas people are deaf and senseless to thelr pllght Amerlca s sp1r1tual heart IS st1ong Shall her physlcal heart go wrong? W1th1n vour soul IQ the answer Carrv on the fight and VIC to1y IS yours' Crzme XNUXX XHILS Let us fl1 st find the definltlon of the yyold crlme Cr1me 1s a serlous offense agalnst morallty a s1n n ey1l act The only way to express my op1n1ons on th1s subyect IQ to g1ve examples ot cume and the11 outcome H wen t y ou Qyes I know I havel done thlngs that wele cr1mes but at the tlme seemed very un1mpo1tant'7 Steallng money from home steallng school paper or even cheatlng 1n stud1es a1e all mlnor cr1mes Are We such as these I have ment1oned'? No we are not but there are many who haye been pun1shed because of cr1mes that seemed to them as m1no1 as any of these mentloned Let us take John Smlth fO1 an ex ample John s mothe1 d1ed when John was but three days old He was taken care of by anyone vyho cared to be tled down Wlth a baby John s father cared very l1ttle for John and the other slx chlldren John grew up not eatlng properly dresslng poorly and hatlng h1s father John wasn t a bad boy at heart but he yy as able to go and do as he l1ked No one was wa1t1ng up for h1m when he got home at nlght No one to tell h1m what was r1ght and wrong Isn t lt a wondel that John eyer llved to grovy up'7 When he started school he had to work summers to buy h1S clothes for the cold W1nter months No one cared 1f h1s marks were good or poor but John yyanted an educatlon and managed to get one through ha1d work and endurance Today John s father has a fme fam 1ly of ch1ld1en and he IS often told yvhat a wondel ful 1ob he did 1n g1v1ng h1s chlldren the11 educatlon and a home But John knows dlfferent he remembers how h1s father treated h1m when he yyas small and he also knows 25 , . , . . I . , . , ' , . . . . , . . . 7 u 1 nu y 5 , . A' 1' V. YL' ' UA , , CKL ' L 77 KK ' ' ' ' Y Y ' v' 77 v f v Y 1 - - - 9 . ' U '1 r ' ' ' . 7 v v ' ' -1 V f , 1 -v v L . 1 2 - ' y . ' . . . . . Y . Y . x . A, u Y Y . 1 : K . , 1 Q uv, 1 v 1 7 1 L' recorded that tell of CX-COl'lV1?tS that punished by lavv because of Crimes v L . , 1 . , 1 . ' 7 , I u u 1 W . v ,Av . - f 1 y ' v . 4 . L . . l ' , kk. Y, . Y I . . I ,A ' Q L . , nc WY ' 7 . . ' . . Y- ' i , , l K fs . . . L , ' -1' ! 7 n u , . n , . ' 1 - ' . . y . V . 1 ' ' . I . . . . . . . , . , . .'. . . ' 5. I k -- Q ' 1

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'74 THE RED AND WHITE lCOIlt1llLlQd t1on1 Page 95 He1 o1n IQ often sn1ffed 1nto the nose l1ke snuff All the oplum derlx at1x es a1e son1et1mes mlxed xx 1th tobacco cooked 1Ht0 candx lnfused xx1th tea and coffee and f10Z6Il xx1th ICQ cream The d1ugs a1e taken IH th1s manne1 to d1sgu1se the11 dC11d taste Xou xx 1ll not1ce bx these methods the d1ugs can eas1lx be taken bx a 13618011 xxho 18 LIIICOHQCIOUS of the fact These d1ugs mentloned dlQ called hab1tfo1me1s And bx hablt fo1me1s lt ls not meant that the hab1t can be b10k9H bx me1e xx1ll poxx 61 Alcohol and tobacco a1e ent11elx out of the class of d1ugs s1mplx because one max b1eak axxax f1 om thell 1I1flLlQIlC9 1f h1s xx 1ll poxx er 18 st1ong enough Hoxx ex 61 xx 1th drugs of add1ct1on con t1nued use changes the p1ope1t1es of the human sx stem so that 1f the hablt 15 d1scont1nued 1ll effects 1mmed1atelx lesult Vie xx1ll noxx place, xou ln the pos1 t1on of an add1ct takmg a dose of op1um xx h1le x ou 1n1ect the d1 ug 1nto XOU1 a1m xou notlce that xou1 skm has become d1x and has a sllght xel loxx1sh t1nge You can eas1lx pass th1s bx xx 1th the 1ema1k Well ex erx 0116 cannot haxe a good complexlon Xou a1e gettlng a l1ttle dlzzx P1 obablx the deale1 gaxe x ou a St10I1g 61 dose th1s t1me It s H106 to be al1x e 1sn t 1t'? Whx r1ght noxx xou re the most 1mpo1tant 13912011 1n the xxo1ld Nobody can xx h1p xou Youll DIOXS that xou re the toughest hombre al1ve I d hate to tell xou you1 confidence 1s false You xxouldn t b6l19X9 me But vxalt unt1l a few dax s pass and xxe xx1ll x1s1t you aga1n Those few davs haxe passed and he1e xou a1e aftel the drugs effect has xxo1n off the first thmg 1n the l'Il01I11Ilg you seemed to have got up on the xfxrong s1de of the bed Your b1eakfast looked swell but somethmg seemed m1ss1ng and th1s 11 rltated xou You sat dovxn to llsten to the news but It was un1nterest1ng so 3 ou turned the d1al to a 1azz band Hoxv dull the muslc xxas' The1e IS a new nox el you have 1ust puichased on the shelf so you turn to th1s to 1el1eve yourself but the book seems to be the dullest th1ng ex er xx rltten You t15 occupy 1ng xoulself xx 1th clgaiettes but thex seem to taste rathe1 flat Aftei a dax of th1Q a drug addlct must get anothe1 supplx Trouble 16 sults xxhen th1s supplx IQ not f01th com1ng The x1ct1m must IGCQIVG med1cal care Th1s usuallx means confinement IH an 1nsane asx lum ulltll the addlct IS e1the1 1101 mal 1ncu1ablx 1nsane 01 dead Ask xou1self th1s qu stlon novx ii ould xou l1ke to see xou1self noxx Xl ould xou l1ke to see xourself xou1 b1othe1 O1 s1ster xour xx1fe O1 ch1l dren 111 such a cond1t1on as tl'11S9 If It xx e1e ln xou1 DOVSCI xou xx ould 11se aga1nst th1s ex1l Hovx '7 Let s 1ead on a b1t befole xxe dex elop a method of combat The afo1e ment1oned d1ugs a1e ones that 1nduce d1993S9 Woxx as a con trast vxe vx1ll studx the hab1t f01IT11Ilg d1ugs that do not produce se11ous sx mptoms befo1e and aftei xx1hd1ax1x al In thlN g1oup a1e cocalne and mauhuana A gene1alh1gh ne1xous ness ls the p1111c1pal s1gn of xx1thd1axx al and ex en th1s can be ox 61 come unde1 e'cpe1t medlcal ca1e NIa11huana IS Ame11cas oxxn con t11but1on to the xxo1ld of na1cot1cs Th1s xxeed xxas the hasheesh of the Old Han of the Mountalns xx ho steeped h1s br1gands 1n tea made f1om ITS leax es and sent them dovxn to slaugh ter the Chr1st1an Crusade1s 1n S931 ch of the Holx G1a1l Hasheesh IS the Arablan xxord for assassln Todax we call the plant the klller weed It 18 the bhang of Indxa the k1f of Morocco and the dagga of South Af1 ICH In RIQXICO It IS the loco Weed loco belng a colloqulallsm mean1ng wacky Manx unusual xncldents have been acc1ed1ted to the loco weed Ou1 own New Hampshlre has one 1n 1ts 1eco1d A farmei rented an unused pastu1e f01 h1s herd That nlght manv of the cows d1d not appear at the gate Those that were there showed slgns of 1ntox1cat1on These xx ere unsteadv and unable to support thelr torsos 1n the manne1 all good cows should The fa1mer found the 1est of h1s herd elther slck or dead 1n the pasture Further 1nvest1gat1on showed that the pasture was ox e1r1d 1.1 . -1 . v Q Y' - 1 'w v 1 U T 11 i . . . . 1 L M n . 1 . . . 7 . 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P6 THE RED AND IIHITE that he wrll make hrs father sorrx for hrs manx mrstakes John s father rs extremelx proud and should be of hrs chrldren and would lrke to take them places xxrth hrm but John hasnt forgotten and never wrll grxe hrs father the satrsfactron of berng rn hrs company Thrs rs slowly pun rshrng John s father but John belrexes he deserxes thrs and more too Thr-, rs one tr ue storx rn a mrllron I know John xerx xx ell today and he has told me that he drd a great manx thrngs rn hrs chrldhood that had he been caught xxould haxe placed hrm rn an rndustrral home He alwaxs savs that he xx as an unusually lucky box and I guess he must haxe been Had John been placed rn an rndustrral home he mrght haxe rebelled and trred to pax back socretx as he rs now pax rng back hrs father How manx boxs vxould haxe been as lucky as fr Now let us take for another example of crrme a box about thrrteen years of age one of sexen chrldren Let us for the present name thrs boy Jo and remember that no box lrvrng ever had a better mother and father than thrs box had Becau e Jo xxas the x oungest bov perhaps hrs mother vxas too good to hrm but he xx as grx en all the advantages that many boys of todax ar e unable to get Jo started traxelrng around wrth other boys of about hrs age began to smoke and plax cards for money The bovs met darlx rn Jos garage One day thex planned a trrp Jos brother had charge of a store rn a small town a short drstance from hrs home and because he had no safe rn hrs store he vxas oblrged to take hrs money home each nrght and put rt rn a drawer Only the famrly knew where he kept hrs money and rt was usually guarded Jo must have sard somethrng to the other boys about hrs brother brrngrng home hrs store monex each nrght so the boys told Jo that they would go on a trrp wrth hrm rf he would steal hrs brother s money and keys to hrs store Jo thrnkrng the boys would call hrm yellow warted untrl hrs mother and father had gone out for the evenrng then when hrs srsters xx ere rn the lrxrng room xx ent to the dr avx er and took both the monex and the kexs The bovs started out and reached the store about mrdnrght In the meantrme Jo s mother and the parents of the other boxs were out lookrng for the boys No one thought of look rng to see rf the money was mrssrng as thex xx ere too busx vxorrx rng about the boxs All thrs trme wasted gave the boxs trme to get to the store and load up xxrth candx smokrng ma terrals and bottles of tonrc a xerx satrsfactorx dret for gr ovxrng boxs Thex also took along wrth them cans of cat food and mrlk for a krtten Jo had taken along wrth hrm to prevent hrs srster from takrng rt to Nevx York xxrth her Mornrng came and the pa rents found no boys At about 5 30 o clock Jo s mother looked for the monex and findrng rt mrssrng sent fathers after them 'xl hen thex reached the store thex found that the boxs had been there Jo knoxxrng hrs brother had to open the store rn the mornrng had left the kex s rn the store door for hrm Later the box s xx ere caught and taken to the polrce statron a trred hungrx and xx orrred group Each vxas glven a prrx ate hearrng Jo sard that rt was all hrs fault and vxhen asked rf he xx as the onlx one that had thought of thrs prank he sard rt was all hrs fault and that he had gone rnto the store alone and had taken all the grocer res The other boxs not knowrng that Jo had taken all the blame told a drffer ent story thus showrng that Jo was tr x rng to shreld the other boys Hoxx manx boy s would have done as Jo drd takrng all the blame when he knew he would be punrshed for cr1me'7 Jo and one of the other five boys vxere sent to an rndustrral school for a term of srx weeks Does that seem long? Well rt was the first case that had ex er been there for such a short perrod of trme All the other cases had been sent there untrl they had reached the age of twenty one Jo told hrs mother who by thrs trme was sobbrng and cryrng that he was gorng to be punrshed because he realrzed that he needed to be and that g Y 7 G Y. . 7 v . 1 V L 7 ', V ' V 9 V V V V . V 1 Y . N V- I u L ' ' t 3 a Y - ' ' V ' v 5. F YQ L. ' . - ' ' 7 , ' , . . . . n. A , L K 7 A' ' Y L 'j ' . V V V . V V V' A -V xg, u V V V vw . u . 7 . ' ! I ' v 1 V' v ' - ' L e! 5 K L! ' 7 ., V , V ' . '- I V V ' 1 V V' V V V ' Q ' L . nv, xp Y 0 . 7 v. I . - , . Y. . 7 , , ' . ., ' 7 7 John. her husband and the other boys .' V ' 7 V . V , v . by . . . L w A , , , . . . V ' ' V , ' ' v Y ' . . . V, ' V I Q 1 w V 1 VV V V V '-. V ' . ' ' . V L .V 7 ' V 7 4, 9 v 7 V V- . V ' , . . . v 1 I l .1 v ' . . . , . 1 V l 4 . v -1 v , , . , . r , f ' - Y. 2 . . V . ,H ,. V V' 'V v v ' N' . x , -1 . . . , , 4 L1 L K 7, K , ' V ' , ' V V VL V Y . . . . . 7 Y v 7 . l 3 . , . - ' 7 D 7 Y Y . . , 7 7