Vinalhaven High School - Exile Yearbook (Vinalhaven, ME)

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6 THE EXILE agamst Negroes and other mmorltx groups The CIO has xnslsted that th1S practlce be ellmlnated A commlt tee has been establlshed for the handllng of thls problem George Meany presldent of the AFL and Wllllam SCh1I'11tZl6I' xts secretary treasurer wlll hold thelr same posts ln the nevx comblned group Vlce presldent of the U A W John Llvlngston wlll get the hlgh post of dlrector of orgamzatlon Most labor people believe that the new organ17at1on vx1ll succeed Hoxx ever It vx1ll have manv problems be fole reachlng complete harmony Semor Edltor TODAX S SLHOOI S We often read altlcles comparmg the school of our parents and grand parents wlth the modern consolldated schools of todav for truly the new school bulldlngs wlth all thelr modern fac1l1t1es are certalnlv a glant step from the l1ttle red schoolhouse of a half centurv ago Golng to a school of long ago mlght have been consldered a trlal because of all the hardshlps xt ern comfort attendlng school should be consldered a prlvllege A schoolhouse of fiftx xears ago xxas made of wood Today thev are made of stone brlck or concrete and usuallx have manx rooms lnstead of 1ust one lr txxo Poor l1ght1ng was one of the worst features of the old schools The w1n doxxs xx ere sometlmes on the front or exen on thr e s1des Now we have glass block 'slCl9S or vxlndoxxs at the back and left The nevx fluorescent llghts g1xe us 1 steadx llght and no glare Llghtmg IS one of the most 1m portant features IH the modern schools A thlrd feature IS the heatlng of the bulldlngs The old schools had xxood stoves that gave off lxttle heat and the room temperatures were verx uneven Todax vxe have electrlcallx controlled furnaces that burn coal or o1l and glve us even temperatures Even our drlnklng water IS supplled novx Wlth llttle danger of germs Our modern bubblers glV6 us good clean water In the old schools drlnklng water vxas elther pumped or carrled from streams ln palls Everx chlld drank from the same dlpper and the same pall of water Later thex had lndlvldual cups but st1ll drank from a communltv pall Other santlary condltlons have been greatly improved vxhere there used to be outslde tollets we now have our basement tollets vxashrooms and even showers There used to be a problem about the desks Tvxo chlldren sat at one desk or at benches wlth Just stools to s1t on We now have modern desks xxlth comfortable stralght backed chalrs to help our posture Methods of teachmg have changed verv much over the vears too The amount of work ln the lower grades has been greatly lessened especlallg m arlthmetlc and spelhng and the xxord method of teachmg readlng IS favored over the earller phonlc method In the schools of our parents and the grades and all the subjects In manv of our modern schools espec lallv 1n the upper grades we now have departmental teachmg That 1s each teacher has certaln subjects Wh1Ch he teaches and the classes move about from room to room Some other sub Jects such as muslc and art are taught bx speclallx tralned teachers Our modern school bands and orchestras xx ere unheard of long ago Specxal schools todav offer new studles for the handlcapped The bllnd chlldren have speclallx deslgned books for studx and other Bldg to learmng There ale also schools for the deaf and clxppled Due to these schools chxldren xx ho formerlx vxould have had a hopeless future novx are plepared to l1xe 1101 mal hx es Modern schools lax great stress on the phx slcal and mental health of the . . i - 2 ' , u u 1 . I , I s n n Y V .Y' ' s I ' '. 'Y ' ' . I . l, 1 n u . I n .V , - u - 1 1 Y . ' 7 K ' 4 I k . V' . . y . V. - I v Y . ' ' 1 - 1 1 . 7 7 11 w ' ' ' J v - . 9 A I . v 1 y , . . . . , K I c n 1 , , ' A n , 1 1 ' 7 presented, but today, with all its mod- grandparents, one teacher taught all , . J -I Y ' Y V . . L x K V V o , o H . ' - U . '. ' 1 ' 7 3 i . Y p V7 by n L, ' 2' ' . . . - , I 9 . ' . . A ' ' ' . K K A A. - K V A A . L 5 . .V u . . . Y L 2 A 7 . . L . tv . 'L .' ll. Q. . L - K , V .. . ' , 7 . , 7 D .I A A tv n v I I v v ' v yt '

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Nursing Program of the ICMS IS one of the best in the state The public health nurse has become an lndlspen sable member of the island communi ties There will be no more monev from the Bingham Associates Fund There will be no state financial aid this year In Town Meeting S1 125 was appro prlated for Publlc Health Nursing Service under the dlrection of ICMS This will help the trustees but they are still planning other ways to help meet this vear s budget needs Editor in Chief IMPROVED LABOR SITUATION The lndustrlal revolution brought about the factory system At first workers worked from sunrise to sun set The hours varied from eleven hours and twenty four minutes in wlnter to thirteen hours ln summer These hours were prevalent until 1845 although a ten hour day for fed eral emplovees was established in 1840 by President Van Buren Local craft unions had appeared in had not accomplished much however In 1842 the right of workers to Join umons was recognized in a state court During the panic of 1837 many unions had gone out of existence More unions came at the end of the Civil War The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor was the first highly centralized labor union It grew rapidly after 1870 Uriah S Stevens was the leader A secret order at first it called for political reforms such as an eight hour day abolition of child labor etc All workers were welcomed skilled or unskilled vshite or black One of the weaknesses of this union was that it had not only wage earning groups but also farmers small shop keepers and people not entirely inter ested in the wage earners welfare Its outstanding contribution was that it emphasized on a national scale the THE EXILE existence of a labor problem and the need for better labor conditions The changes in the kinds of work and 1n the position of the laborer in modern industry have not taken place without many differences of opinion between employer and employee In dustry has been improved by study ing every machine every process and every worker to see how the product can be made best and most economi callv Workers have been paid by piece rates and by incentive wage payment systems in order to get them to produce as much as possible Many laborers have Joined with other workers in labor unions to com pel the employer to give better wages and better working conditions Many labor disputes have arisen when work ers have gone on strikes for these things Employers have tried to meet labor unrest by paying more attention to their workers They have installed better facilities in factories provided for rest periods and m other wavs tr1ed to make work pleasant The eight hour day became standard in 1916 During the 1930 s the five day fortv hour week became the general Since the adoption of the conveyor belt and other methods of speeding up work may workers feel that they are Just cogs in a machine Some of these workers resent their work On Monday December 5 1955 in New York City s Seventy First Regl ment Armory the American Federa tion of Labor and the Congress of In dustrial Organization held their first Joint meeting in almost twenty years That meeting marked the formation of a new organization to be known as the AFL and CIO Thls will mark the end of a split in organized labor that began in October of 1935 when John L Lewis president of the United Mme Workers attacked Wil llam Hutcheson then the leader of the A F L s Carpenters Union Unity committees from both sides have been workmg out problems Some A F L umons still discriminate 5 I Y - ' . 7 Y 7 , Q I' . s 1 n , ' . - A 1 u . A Y 1, Q - - - u . A . i . , . ' 9 ' y Washington's administration. They hours for laborers: l 4 1 1 9 . , , . , - . .- y - T . ' . . - - V 1 u I if YY ' ' L , D , , - . . '. .' .. . 7 . . Y . K , I . . - - ' 7 K . - . . y - , - 7 - I 9 7 ' , - . . . . . , . . . , , . . .

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chlldren who attend them Our phVS1 cal exam1nat1ons by ou1 doctors and nurses are an annual event whlch usually takes place early 1n the year Our ey es and ears are screen tested by the teachers Later susplclous cases are 19 tested by the nurse She then reports to the parents on the re sults of the exam1nat1ons and encour ages them to take the necessary steps to remedy any defects Dental and tonsll cl1n1cs make It posslble for par ents to 1809129 help for thelr chlldren at small expense Shots fol whooplng cough pollo and other dlseases are also glven by the doctor Health which 1s taught as a sub Ject ln school teaches the chlldren good health hablts safety rules and the use of proper foods Last but certamly not least many 1nte1scholast1c act1y1t1es such as bas ketball and baseball have been added to our curr1culum Besldes g1v1ng our h1gh school students much pleasure they serxe to encourage good sports Yes thefe are many wax s IH wh1ch our schools have been 1mproved for us and the ch1ldren of today should learn to appreclate them They should only remember the lI'lClLlStI'lOl,l9 peo ple who made these schools posslble md work hud for the success that w1ll make tll91I'fdl'I'11l16's teachers and tovs ns proud of them JLIIHOI ECl1tOl NARCOTICS Death lnsanlty heartbreak s1cl1 ness yes all of these are caused by hablt formmg drugs to whlch people become chamed In approxlmately thlrty days the hablt can be estab llshed and a persons llfe can be changed to torture and wondermg about where the next bracer vylll come from Narcotlcs xre sometlmes used ln medlclne or as medlcme to brlng sleep or reheve pam However people sometlmes use a drug too often or ln too large a quantlty and so get 1nto THE EXILE the hablt of uslng lt all the tlme as a stlmulus Large or polsonous doses can cause stupor comas and some tlmes convulslons and death Of course there are many narcotlcs and each one affects the bodv 1n a d1ffe1 ent way Belladonna for example drles the throat dlms the v1s1on en larges the pup1ls and causes del1r1um xx hereas some act upon the bram the allmentary tubes or the bronchlal tubes Not only do they have dlffer ent effects on SDQCIHC parts of the body but they also effect varlous peo ple dlfferently For example some people are affected phvslcallv 1nd othels mentally The pr1nc1pal narcotlcs a1e op1um ivuth 1ts zlkalolds such as morphla codem thebala and preparatlons of It paregor1c laudanum etcb bella donna camphor henbane caffelne chloral hydrate alcohol Indlan hemp hops bromlde of potasslum herom n1cot1ne chloroform and stramomum All of these are dangerous to anyone but chlldlen are more llkely to res 11Qk of g1v1ng them to chlldren 1s gleater Lately the ma1 ket has been flooded mth so called pamcures carm1na tlyes COlfllZ-ll? soothlng sy rups etc xy h1ch ale sald to be harmless but are xctually mlxtules contalmng narcot 1cs vyhlch have been made ple ts mt t1st1ng One should bevy lre of these The use of narcotlcs my narcotlcs ln any form IS a soulce of very real dangel ln th1s day and age Young people especlallx should be constant lx on the llert for one never knows where the narcotxc monster IQ golng to strlke next Sophomore EdltOF SALK VACCINE Pol1o is a dlsease that lnyures or destroys the central nervous svstem It paraly zes the muscles of the body It 19 caused by a tlny v1rus of whlch there are three known types A vlrus 19 a small organlsm that l1ves and re produces onlv ln l1v1ng cells V - A . u 1 - A A 7 7 1 1 1 ' 1 . K . 1 K 1 ' lv 1 K - - K' y L l . , , . 1 , 1 1 1 v ' 1 - 1 V - ., ' s x 1 1 ' 1 A v ' I . . - I - . , , 1 v A 9 v V L 1 WY 1' . ' ' 1 ' ' 1 V ' - A A A - ' ' ,, ,y , , ' , ' ' ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 A1 1 K1 . If -VY A' - K' - 1 1 ' 1 ' D ' f ' 1 1 9 1, ' a ' 1 'Au rx: Aw 1 hw l .V K ' ' ' I K 1 2 1 , r ' 1 'K 1 1 K1 K1 - ' 1' f I 1 l yy I 4 . ' 1 ' 1 1 , 1 A1 ' 7' ' Lv Z 1 ' L1 .1 kr I , A 1 A ty A 7 I 7 1 I ' 1' 1 1 1 v - ' I A , 7 I V7 I A y xv 7 . 7 4 7 7 L A A A A A' 9 7 7 7 1 'fv 'll r s 1 A A 7 7 't ' ' v V 1 1 , K 1, 7 Y 1 7 1 1 .Y '- manshlp and fan- play' pond to thelr IHHUSHCB, therefore the 1 1 .Y I 11 A ' ' v 1 I 7 4 Y , 7 ' A 4 ' A 1 L 1 A n c . .7 1 ' ' 'lv ' , ' , ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' - 1 1 1 . , , , ' v ' 1 - 11 ' 1 1 1 K A 1 1 A A ' ' '7 1 L1 ' I as . s 'z s ,. . ' . ' A ' I . '1ly 2 .Y I 7 l 1 1 ' V ' . v 4 1 Y 1 1 Y 5 A . ---- 1 1 ' ' 1 , l 7 1 , A U , A A ' . . . ' 2 , , 1- 1 9 - 7 A 1, Y 7 K y , ' ' ' I Y L 1l 1, 1 1 . ' . - . Y . 1 , .7 U71 - - . , . . 1 v ,, ,, Y. . . . . . Y . . 2 1 1 . U' 1 . . f, , , 1 1 .7 .7 1 . . , , . . . 1 -