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

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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

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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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THE RED AND WHITE had he not been pun1shed and had been fi ee he would have asked to be punished for he Sald he knew he had done a wrong and should be punished H1s letters from the home were ln teresting telling of h1S daily l1fe and of the other boy s there He even said he was beglnnlng to enioy belng there H1s parents were allowed to y1s1t him Weekly and found lnste 1d of a bu1ld 1ng with bars alound it as they had expected to find a beautlful brick bulldmg Wlth fields for outdooi spoi ts pool tables glme looms and beautl ful llylng and bedl ooms The boy s had one houl of dally work th It they had to do and aftel th1s they mlght do LS they wlshed eyccept bleak any of the set rules Their matron was beautiful pleaslng and so un delstandmg that one would belleye he had known her a l1fe t1me She understood boys and very seldom had to punlsh the boys placed under her would do nothing that would hult he1 ln any way Aftel six months we1e up Jo and the other boy we1e allowed to go home and home to them seemed like heay en Duung these src months Jo s mother had grown older and her halr was gray but she wanted to for get those terrlble months and wanted to help Jo forget them She had al ways bCl16V6d that if her ch1ld1en were ey er hurt 01 1n t10l1ble that she was the one to blame md that she was belng punished for her sms She told the members of the famlly that thls subiect was ney er to be mentloned to Jo and that he wasn t to be treated any differently than he had been be fore thls had happened Jo benefited from his experlence and he often sa1d that perhaps it would have been better for the other boys involved lf they too had been punished rather than to have got awav w1th such a punishable crlme Jo has many friends today and I dont bel1eve any boy can leach his standard of honesty and rel1ab1l1ty How do I know so much about Jo s case? Well vou see Jos mother IS my mother and Jo IS my youngel brother and I wouldn t exchange him for another no matter what he has done 1n the past Jo learned h1S lesson the hard way but I belleye It to be the best Way He has found that we are all pun1shed for our wrongs and iewarded for ou1 good deeds This episode m Jo s l1fe affected h1S whole family and has left a scar on each of them that cm never be erased But we all thank God that he le uned that Crlme does not pay before lt was too late I bel1eve every one has good polnts as well as bad and should be given a chance to show wh xt they can do wlth some help Yet how many of us glV6 a person a chance to show h1s good points? It is eas1e1 to believe lles about someone rzther than the truth If I had money I would build a play g1ound for boys who need asslstance I would teach them to swim and keep phy slcally fit I would also teach them that we are all punished for our mistakes and that crime does not say 1ng to me Remember daughter your mlstakes of today are vour chll dlen s of tomol row and don t punlsh them for somethlng you haye done In the past T1y to understand them and they w1ll understand you and t1y to please you rather than hurt you How much better this world would be 1f We helped those 1n need rather than hu1t1ng them We aren t so good that we have no faults If we would always 1emember that there IS so much good 1n the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us that It doesn t behooye any of us to talk about the rest of us thlq wox ld would be a wonderful place to l1ye in Never as long as we find people t'1lk1ng about others and hultlng them w1ll this wo1 ld be clean and safe fol oul boys and glrls to live 1n The Latln examlnatlon questlon read G1ye the prlnclpal parts of a Latin verb One student wrote Sllpp0 Sllp pere falh bumptus The paper came back corrected wlth these Words F3110 failele fluncto suspendum ' . 1 v K 7 4 ' Y ' , . 7 - . . 7 tvs . ka C 2 . K V . 2 y ,, . L ,,, L c ' - . . ' K 1 . v I J 4 . , . W , K n . u K 9 5 L Z! X 7 Z . . . , , L, C n, A Y A ' . ' A rs - t' - .w . 4 . . ' ' ' ' - . z ' 2 1 v ' v - c . ' K D ' ' ' v 1 v 1 . , - U n K. , ' w . . - , , 1 1 ' 1 l . Y ' ' 7 . .l Y ' - ' u ' V 7 L 77 . - . av. I can ' m cal e. The boys worshlpped hel, and P U, fzemembel' my other ' ' . 1 v . v I I I 4 Y . . t ' V . 9, . V1 ' . A , 7 . I I . Q ' v .' ' 1 1 , I v 1 v ' , v - , V , by 7 n . 1 - . n - L v' ' . ' , 9 , , . . .. ' ! Z L Y v 1 KC n L c ' N ' Q - v 1 A' . , ' 1 , w . , . 7, ' - - '7 K c . V . . . L C ' x y n 7 7 Y . 7 ' v Q ' v I 3 . L . . I 1 ' 1 - U ' - A ' ' ' . A K - 11. , I , ' 1 1 ' . , . 9 , CK ' ' a , - 1 1 1 - , 17