Washington Academy - Record Yearbook (East Machias, ME)

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THE WASHINGTON RECORD of soc1al1sm do you thlnk of commun1sm7 COH1mUI1lSH1 IS a t0p1C of wldespread dlscussxon because of 1ts threat to our cap1tal1st1c form of government Very few people really know the meantnq of the term communxsm or what lt stands for COmmUl11Sm means the soclal con trol of economlc llfe and common ow ner shlp of property There ire three concepts of commu n1sm The flrst ns the ldea whxch ptctures mankmd at a prlmltrwe stage as hung m a COHdltlOD of economlc equaltty The second 15 the rellglous theory that prnate property bmds men to greed of power and rxches The th1rd IS the most recent concept showlng h1story as a war f classes a war that must end ln the V1ctory of the worklnq class and the X1Ol6I1t abol1t1on of prlxate property Thls IS known as the Marxlan doctrme Karl Marx and Fr1edr1ck Engels brought forth the 1dea of rexolutlonary dlctatorshlp m the Commumst Mamfesto a paper publtshed m London m 1848 show ed the confllct between the property fproletarlatl They clalmed that capltal lsm would be annthxlated and be replaced by common ow nershlp of property a class less socxety Thrs theory whlch was ad xanced in the COmmUH1St lVlan1festo called on the worklng class of the world to unlte and rexolt The greatest experlment 111 commumsm 111 the hxstory of the world was started 111 Russia by the rexolutlon of Noxember 17 1917 led by the Nlarxmn NlkOla1 Lemn Most people th1nk of socmllsm as a part of communlsm whlch 111 a sense IS true Soclallsm tends toward the publlc ow nershlp and control of all lndustrles such a fictorles workshops nuncs for ests and r11lw1vs all the thmqs t it produce weslth Wherews commumsm goes exen further by Qll1111l11l'l11Cj all pri xate property Braun Hoi v1Es 50 WHAT A CAME As the basketball se1son rolled irc und the corner exeryone was looktnq forw ard to the flrst game wlth qremt enthusmsm Th1S game wasnt just any game ol the year but a game wlth our irch rn lls M3Ch13S Our squad practlced hard for that game and felt they had to 1 t Exeryone thought we could oem them but we knew xt would be a hard fought game Fmally the day 'arrlxed Nothtn could be thought of except the game that l1lql'1L There were a lot of dlfferent moods that day Some of the boys looked forw 1rd to the game wlth excltement some w1th a feelmg that lt was rn the bag u most of us looked forward to lt w1th a great deal of nerx ousness A few mmutes before game t1me there was a lot of chatter and nolse If only wouldnt be so nerxous What a feellnq How tense we were' There s the whlstle' The game got off to a fast start wlth ex ery player playmg h1s hardest What a quar ter' We fought hard all the way but lV11ch1'1s was leadmq by 1 score of ten to elght as the second period started That s all rlqht What s one basket7 We can get that and more too one of the boys sa1d Well we dld and 1t the half the score was 111 our fixor by two points sexenteen to flfteen Come on boys fiqht harder thls half someone yelled from the crowd as the ltst half got under way Well w hoexer thit person was got h1s wlsh beciuse we dtd flght harder and 'lt the end of the thxrd quirter the score x IS twenty elqht t twenty wlth good old VV A 111 the lewd 12 I T V ' i 'I Y 1 . V V V . ' 1 , T , , - i 5 ' 3 C 3 5 2 V V V V- V f . 1 -1 ' K vi , I ' .' V A .' c V 1,1 K 8 T . . . . V . . V . . ' C rg V' . . . ' Y ' f- wn 1 . ' , , , Y f. . 4 . .V C V. . S V 0 ' C ' 1 . 1- A U - - , V Q ' A, K C L Vx 'I' V ' 7- V I ki C ' ' ' r ' ' . . 'c v ' r Y C 'L A class fbourgeoisiel and the working class the game would get started the team ' ' ' - f ' . ' ' I ' I , . . ' ,l .' c 'V v - . L 4 . A. V ' 7 ,T Q .-1 -Y 1 C ' 1 ' ' ' L, V V ,C V ' ' V ' ' C lc , ' 5 ' V 2 Q K C 51 .V I ' .k Af V- It Q 'ki .' . A I, v r .N .T C ,VV ' cum' V l 7 sw ' - V A , C , , .Tc , A I .1 'c .l I c ' ' . . V V . V , ' ' 5 B ' A, V V L. 25. . V V: V ' V . , V V K v 5 A ' x ' xv , Bs 'k. ,4.. V C B- v ' c , c c ' 'c V ' V ,' hc c ' f VZ .' ' V V- 0 ' c . 4 ,' If V , '41 t . . A 1 .

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THE WASHINGTON RECORD ll AZ HOW THE TRAINING TEACHERS HAVE HELPED AT W A When school beqan on September 6 h xxe had no 1de1 th1t xxe xxould have te1chers tr11n1nq 1t W A We soon found out th1t there xfxere to be txxo te1chers from the Norm1l School to teach certaln Freshmen 1nd Sophomore classes Exentu1lly xxe had txxo teachers here from the Normal School They yxere Allen Broxx n from Pembroke and Clxnton Phlnney from Eastport They xx ere both xery soc11ble xxell llked by exeryone 1n school 1nd qlfted xxrth excellent person 1l1t1es They d1d much to help the Fresh men 1nd Sophomores decorate the Com merclal Bulldlnq for the fall SOCIBTS Mr Phmney helped to organtze xolley b1ll qames and other Intramural sport He tauqht General Scxence 1nd Enqlx h I I'Ie t1uqht the sublects xxxth earnestness 1nd xxnth mskrll xx Inch enabled the students to see the q1x s de 'lllcl 1lso q11n 1 qre1t dea of lxnoxxledqe 1t the s1me t1me Exerxone xx as scrrx to see Mr Phmney le1xe W A to return to trannnq 1 the NOfI1l1l School xx as repl nel Rober S Tl In I Blr Htrbor lVIr Broxx n xx 1s to rem11n xx nth us for mne more xx eeks Mr Smith hlled the posltlon left by Mr Phmney and xxas found xery c1p1blc of carrymg out hrs dutres I-Ie coached the V Basketball team and d1d 1 xery q od job He xxas also 1 qreat help to the W A Band durlnq Its practlces for hc played the snare drum xxxth 1 qremt ClC'll of sklll Perhaps Mr Broxxn xxas better knoxx n to the xxhole school than the other txxo tralnrng teachers because he xxas xxlth u lonqer than e1ther of the others xxerc I'Ie xs qlfted xxxth 1 xery pleasmq per on al1ty and xx 1s 1 x1lu1blc xsset to W A dllflllq h1s tralnlnq perlod H x 1 xx II llked by all students exen those xxho xxerent Ill hls classes The sub1ects he taught xxere Buslness Arxthmetlc 1nd We xxere all sorry to see lVIr Broxx n and Mr Smxth return to the Norm1l School but knoxx that they h1d to IIT order to complete thelr studles 1t W S N S We xx1 h them 1nd 1lso Mr Phxnncy thc best of luck IIT the future ELI ABETH GARDNER 50 WHAT IS COMIVIUNISM7 Comnunrsm 1 the sublect of mmny lscus lon Iloxx mlny people re1 y lxncxx xxh1t COIIIIIIIIIIIHIII 1 7 the proct r1at7 the bourgeo1s1e7 When you thunk . if ., ,, gd ,. I . 3 , L , A I I c c I . - . . ' . ' C V . C K Y V 8 , 3 C X . f -1 f K C Q 1 si ' . t L L L r ' .1 ' c K E c c .' c ' ' ' . - . ' f r K L b , . t v ' Y I V C , Q , . 5 ' 3 ' '1 , 1 '. ' ,' y 5 K. - L D . K C . K ,, , ' L' C Q ' 7 I C- C f C L.. . . . 7, I i ' '. ' ' ' ,. ,. , L ' K 1 A k .. K . K . C .4 1 Q c -1. -A 1 ' ' 1 Y r . . C 5 - . ,. ,. . . . . - , ,A Reading. I 5 , s, ' t ' . .Q , , x 1 k s . C t - - - -- S ,- , . - , - , , -I . c , . . . C K - . 5 , V , K , . . 'fr I C . . ' , . .1 . . . I t K . l ' ' 1 t Sf. . . ' - Q Y Y I 4 A L 1 1 1 1 C . . K 1 A. 1 . , H ,. .., g., . -, ...V , -. . - , e .. . t .x t n - . 1.1 . . , . . I a z 2 . . ' 'I 3 C d J . ' ' z X 4 ll ' .' ' ' ' 1 ' ' 5 Q s. lx 11-

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THE WASHINGTON RECORD ust one more qu1rter xf we could hold them now the q1n1e would be ours That l1st perlod was one for the books The Raxders h1d 1 blt of h1rd luck that last qu1rter 1nd wlth two of our best pl1yers fouled out we couldnt stop Machlas from catchlnq up wxth us and t1e1ng the game thlrty nxne to thlrty n1ne at the end of the last quarter We matched them basket for basket and foul shot for foul shot that perlod but we could not pl1y aq11nst f1te Wlth three xarslty men fouled out now only a mlracle could haxe saxed the qame The subst1tutes played w1th all they had but could not stop the Bulldogs from endmg the game by a score of fifty two to forty one I1 the future we hope to haue 1 team that w1ll really qo to town and show Ma chlas that 1ts luck cant hold out lndefl mtely WAYNE KINGHORN 51 THE H BOMB Is man QOIIIQ to brmg about hrs own destruct1on7 Or IS he gomg to make a world where all may hxe IH peace and plenty7 Wxll the development of a wea pon whtch w1ll dwarf exen the Atomlc bomb brmq about peace or exen greater warfare7 These are only 1 few of the many questlons bemg asked today and w ho IS there to truly answer them? Perhaps man can go on blllldlllg more and more terrxble weapons of war and stlll not endanqer the human r1ce I posslble that lf we qo on wlth our re search and contlnue our progress along thls lllle then enough people w1ll reall e what could con1e 1nd w1ll cease the1r XX'1I'I'lIlq snmply through fe1r of the re sults It IS 1lso possxble howexer that e1ch country w1ll keep on trytnq to out do the others untll somethmg w1II be perfected w hlch II brnnq ab aut t l destructlon Probably there w1ll 1lw1xs be llklllflllq O thlg earth as long 1s lt st1nc ut there 19 no need of the terrlble w 1rs w 1qed so often If we must flqht let us do II wlth words rather than bullets No matter how the future m IX I1 to us now wlth all the QFCWI strldes bemg taken III research 1nd dexelopment of IICX Il llIIqS there w1ll con1e 111 1nswer to ow problems It does not seem now th It there w1ll be an end of the adx1nces of sctence and we must 1ll hope th1t they w1ll brxnf us toward peace rather th1n w 1r Our sc1ent1sts 1re now dexelopnq 111 exen qre1ter weapon of destructlcn th U1 the Atom bomb 1nd prob1bly III 1 short tlme somethmg exen worse w1ll come along But 1snt It posslble that out of 1ll thls there w1ll come somethtnq w hxch 1ll cl humamty rather than brlnq SLITTCFIIIQ 1nd mxsery to lt? The mlnd of 111111 must be for all Those w ho 1re able to m ake such tools of destructlon can surely use the1r knowledge to lead us toward pe1ce We must haxe better and n1ore power ful weapons than the Russmns or wc w1ll be conquered Thns IS 11ow cur chef argument for 'Ill 1ncre1sed productxon of such tools of war as the Atom bo nl 1nd now the Hydrogen bomb Thls f course a true statement for we must be prepared It does not IUCWII he ex that we must ann our exery effort tc 'IICl wars Instead we must work exen l11r cr for peace Certamly we dlsaqree w1th Commu msm for we behexe that our w1x of hfe est 1d so II ll 1t1f ur tnd1rd of lnxmq 1 uqher tl II other countrtes 'lllll our IIIIIOII IS 1 1 powerful I 5 I S C -' ' ' ' w'i ' 1 2 c on I KC I L - T I . K I l .T :. 1 .A C 'C lv-1 ut I K ' Q C Q ' I n Q , K . J ' Q I ls. b c C ' .T V L- C I L. 'L ' .K -. .K K t , ' - ' ' - ' , ' t A' tok . . - v K 1 - - A K I .I , . A Q c ' '-' .1 I , V . k el, If 1 g ,T I . 4 f K Q ' C . ' ' Q Q ' a ' 5 f K . , ' ' . C t I' 'A c ' K1 'l , ' c 'c . -' l ' ' ' - I ' L L ' : ' , Q I I C . c c 1 , T 1 1' 7 ' ' - I I v v 1 v' . V ' Y ' SL.. V C 'A-V Y. . t I . ai 1 af w nf ' ' Lf ' C ,. .S I , A C .T , A - -, , capable of bringing about a better world Q . T K . . L . Q 1 C 3 j 1 1 ' y ' - ' , ' A , 1 . Q . , 1 , Y , - v . .T .1 ' , I L I C I I c K TT ' L ' 5 ' K v , ' ' ' 1 2 2 , I ' I . is, o - ' V x V . S C , '.1.' 'er 1 ' K 1 . r is ' - ' ' , 2' ' 1. . V V. I . 5 , 5. . . C L1, ' . c 'I A I , ' A ' 'c I' , l lc A K 1 x 1 - is b at 3 it is fro: all inf' dns. 3 C : ,',' ' , ' ' , O s a . ' A 's It 1:1 L I V. I, K .. . L z . -Cy