Washington Academy - Record Yearbook (East Machias, ME)

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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

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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 ThlS m1ght 1nd1cate that our form of government would do the same for others that nt has done for us Th1s m1ght not be true however for people are not all ev actly al1ke The solut1on of course 19 to combme all the d1fferent forms of government 1n a way sat1sfactory to all Th1s IS easy to wr1te but though It IS true It IS not so easy to do But It cannot be posslble that all the great m1nds of our t1me can thllll of noth1ng but war Somewhere some hovs there IS a solut1on to the qre pro lems fac1ng us today If we as the leadmg I1'1tlOlI of the vxorld cont1nue to QIVQ a1d to other coun tr1es as we are now domq 1nl 1f we evtend our a1d program we vxlll do much for them and ourselves as vxell for xxe vull have vxon many more fr1ends There are many ways to r1d ourselxes of war but all these th1ngs are much eas1er sa1d than done Unt1l everyone IS able to agree better than now we are cer ta1n to have trouble Though no actual vxar may start we st1ll cannot feel secure One thlng to not1ce IS that those who start the wars are those who can best afford the hardsh1ps VuhlCh It vull bflllg about Those who fight and d1e on the battlefields are not the ones who started the confl1ct Th1S IS another of the mayor problems As long as a few powerful 1n d1v1duals are runn1ng a country It IS not safe For a country to be run as It should the people must have somethmq to say All 1n all the problem of war and peace IS a d1fHcult one There IS probably no llV1Hg man who can solve It alone but 1f ln t1me the advances of SCIBHCC are d1 vetted to more peaceful channels and even novx progress IS be1ng made me may hope for a better and a happler vxorld for the future EVERARD CROCKER IR 51 LETS DO OUR HOMEWORK D1d you ever see two gxrls get together 1n the even1ng to study? It goes l1ke th1S o have you learned your French verb xoulonr that Mrs Beam ass1qned for tomorrovx? e xeux tu xeux 11 veut I savt Aubrey last mqht Dldllt he come dovx II to your house? No vxhere d1d you see hlm oxer to Mach1as? e veux tu veux 1l veut Oh Mrs Beam 1ss1qned an Enqllsh theme for tomorrevx Perhaps vxe had better leave our French for novv and do that OK then Gee mama bought me a dwrlmq dress yesterday you should see Really? Whit color IS 1t? Oh me ve just qot to qet our studymq done because game tcmorrovx n1ght By the vtay s pose vxe ll VklI'l7 I do11t knovx but anyvsay you can see Aubrey and find out vxhy he d1dnt come clovx n last n1ght You re not k1dd1n ' Hovx lonq d1d Mrs Beam say th1s theme had to be any vu ay? Oh she sa1d that three or four pages xx ould be plenty Goodness Ive been vtorkmq on It an hour already and Dldn t vxe have a svs ell crovxd at our barn dance last Hlgl'It7 We sure d1d I vtonder vthere Clara spent so much of her txme dur1ng the even mgm? Oh you knovx the Normal School lt s qu1te popular among the Sen1or q1rls What are you qomq to WFIIE about Betty? I cant th1nk of a subyect d1d you knovt Florence passed her adm1ttance tests? Really? VVonder hoxx that happened? Well I s pose I ought to go home can you take me now? 4 . I , .- z , Q , S , , .. .t Q , . . 7 . . v . . Q . . I7 , , .. 7 . S . 7 ' 1 ' - QS., '. ' ' L K K f, Q ' x at ti- - '. ' ' D . . v 'T' , , I , s L 4 , v ' ' ' + , c 1 .. . , . . - - , - 1t. K an . . I ' 7' - C -1 - . 7 I , ' ' Q 1 . ' ,- , - we have to go to Calals to a Basketball . , . L 7 i , , . 7 ' . ' ' ' 11 . V f 7 - . 17 o V Q ' rx 1 . . V I 1 V ' ' s , - n , . V . . I. . H , . . AA 7 , , - , 1 W Lk' K 1-11 7 7 V K- . - 1. . , , U I 7 - . 4 bl 1 , , - , - 1 - . . , 1-11 1 . . K L , , -. V ' I . . y Il ' . ' 7 H rv I C . I v