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

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THE RED AND WHITE 15 high ideals and principles that they hold sacred can we expect these United States to continue to hold its high place in the World. Money In Circulation LORRAINE PARKER, '53 Let's take the dime. Once this little coin was bright and shiny with the print of a new year upon its face. The idime's first experience was a pleasant one indeed. It was with an elderly woman who gently placed him in her large purse, later to trade him for a spool of red thread. His second experience was like that of many oth- ers to come. He was jostled, stepped on, thrown, and every other active ac- tion a person could possibly do. Many years went by and the dime grew in size and less in value. The worst experience he had ever known was the time he was caught, yes caught! in the hem of a man's coat, not to be found until one year later. He was terribly frightened and lonely as it was very dark in this hem and the little coin was desperately hoping that some day a hand that entered the pocket so many times would discover the ripped steam and surprisingly iind this lonely coin to trade him for some- thing. Another time, this now out- dated coin was sealed, or should I say trapped, in the corner of a store cash register later to be dis-covered by a new employee that hung onto him un- til she was sure she spent him wisely. This little dime met many different types of people in his travels over the continent, many of the people whom he had been with spent wisely while others spent him foolishly. x Other experiences familiar to these happened to the coin, but just lately did the dime begin to realize that not only he, but millions of other dimes, were getting the same treatment. The dime woke up to this fact when he was deposited in the bank by what seemed to look like a farmer. At the bank they separate-d all the money according to its value and placed him among his fellow companions, broth- ers, sisters, and great-grandfather coins. They all had so much to tell him of their experiences with many diierent persons that they talked all day and through the night which caused him to be very sleepy the fol- lowing morning. In spite of his drowsiness, he was grasped from his companions Cwithout even having a chance to say good-byeb and thrown into a strange hand. The dime is still in circulation as far as I know, so suppose you take a look at the dime or dimes you are now carrying. He is either the dime I am talking about or a very close rela- tive. The only advice this coin ever gave was spend me wisely. WHEN TELEVISION TELEPHONES ARE IN USE fCo'ntimLed from Page .91 through the A's and just starting the B.'s. Mr. Brown had decided to play golf in the afternoon, but as he was leav- ing the telephone rang. Being right beside the phone, he answered it. There on the line was his boss. He wanted John to work all afternoon, and John knew it would be difficult to put him om now that they were facing each other on the screen of the television telephone. John went to work. In the evening the family of John Brown had a discussion about the new telephone. The Mr. and Mrs. de- cided they didn't paticularly like the idea of seeing everybody and being seen by everybody who they talked with on the phone. The kids thought it was the next best invention after the rocket ship. Now all we have to do is wait until we get television telephones to de- cide whether we agree with Mr. and Mrs. John Brown or their kids,

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14 THE RED AND WHITE We had two hundred feet to go. I took out my pistol and when I had a chance I thought I would shoot at one of them. I would see some yel- low slime shoot out where the bullet went in and then the animal would fall dead. They were gaining on us, slowly but surely. At about a hundred feet to go we came to a ledge which was about twenty feet high. We had ropes hang- ing down where we had come down into the canyon. I climbed up my rope and the professor was about five feet from the top. The ants were all about the bottom of the ledge by now. I started over to help the professor up, when his rope broke. He fell and hit the rocks below. The ants began to devour him immediately. Before the ants could get up the ledge I was twenty-five feet above. After seeing the second professor eaten I was almost running. The ants didn't seem to tire at all. The profes- sor must have tasted good because they were only five feet behind me when I reached the top. I stumbled up the last few feet and raced to the jeep. I unhitched the trailer and pushed OE some of the heavy supplies on the jeep. I drove straight to the village, making it in about a week. When I got there I told the officials and they thought I was 6'nuts. They sent me back to America where I have told the story over and over, That happened over fifty years ago. I am an old man now and haven't many years to live. Some day someone else will find that canyon and then he, too, will have a story to tell. Nose: That part of the human body that shines, snubs, snoops and sneezes. Morals In Government THOMAS GRAY, '53 Regardless of many claims to the contrary, our present administration is not completely to blame for the scandals and underhanded doings in our government. These conditions have been brought about by the apathetic attitude of the public to- ward morality and the maintenance of our democratic principles. Americans of today do not hold the same ideals in as high esteem and respect as did their forefathers. It has been smart to gamble, manly and clever to swindle, and thus making it easier for our youth to slip down into moral degradation of every description. Despite pessimistic claims by so- called experts, who say, Nothing can be done, nay, it is nothing short of an outright moral and spiritual revolu- tion that will awaken people to a sense of uprightness and honor! Some say that we have lost many of the democratic rights provided for in our Constitution. This is true, but we still have the right to vote and the obligation as free citizens to vote right As long as this right is abused, we shall have a rotten, in- eflicient government. Too many citi- zens vote to keep the icebox full. Labor or other organized groups will usually vote for the candidate who promises the most, his character and capability are secondary considera- tions. The solution, therefore, is to clean out not only the government and' re- place its officials, but to enlighten the minds and strengthen the characters of the electorate before democracy is further endangered. In order to bring about this change, our youth must be taught to hold in reverence the ideals which have built our nation. The youth of the nation are tomorrow's leaders and upon them rests the greatest responsibility. Only if our young people are instilled with

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