Washington Academy - Record Yearbook (East Machias, ME)

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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

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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 NVASI-IINGTON RECORD Sure Dad Im gomg to take the car Im t1red out arent you? Studylng always g1xes me a headache And the next HIOFHIIIQ they go to school w1th a tale of woe about studvmg all exemng BETH I-IxrmoN DO MY FIRST DATE The most exc1t1ng day of mv llfe came on the 25th day of uly I was lust HIEIIQIIICI up my mmd whether to take a sun bath or to go SVKIIHXIIIIIQ when my sister told me to come down st'urs because there was 1 fellow to see me I ran down the stalrs and nearly broke mv neck xn the mad rush to beat the dog to the door I d1dnt want the dog to mterfere w1th any of my busmess QSPBCIHIIY on such a rare occaslon I threw open the door and there stood Dxckxe Sears blushlng and handxng me 1 bouquet of dandellons I took the flow put them III a glass of water Poor Dxckle He just stood there w1th th1t lo k of hx He began to say some thmq but he yust couldnt say what he wanted to I asked h1m to come IH Then he saxd rathe1 hurrledly I'Iow about tak mg a l1ttle spm m my new car? I dashed back mto the house and got my sweater so that I wouldnt be too chlllv But by the tlme we got underway I wnshed that I had brought 1 fur coat along 1nstead of a llttle thm sweater Dxckle s car was an old model A Ford wxth no w xndow s and practlcally no doors When he really got the old thlnq a gomg I had to hang on to the dashboard By the tlme we had reached M1Chl3S I had helped pitch three blowouts and walked 1 couple of m1les for some qis When we re ached town Dlckxe md I hwd to walk through town beciuse he was afraxd that he would be stopped bw the town cop He saxd that he 1ust dldnt have the 50c or maybe more to spare We went to the moves 'at my expense Dlckle was broke After the show we heided for home By the txme we got there I was neirly t1red out We droxe mto the y'1rd 1nd lt seemed to me that I lust couldnt get out of thwt old tmp fast enough I yelled good bye to D1ck1e and thanked 1m I went unto the house and stood up for the next fue hours You probably haxe guessed by thls tlme why I just couldnt slt down AUDREY RAMSDEII 52 TEACHING A GIRL TO RUN AN OUTBOARD Some boys complam th'1t teachmg x glrl to drne 15 a lob They would prob ably change thelr mlnds 1f they ever trled to teach one to run an outboard motor she wanted to run the motor so I slo cd It down and we changed pl'1ces I1 tru 1 1 to keep the boat headed stralght h kept moung the motor back a d f h Our path through the water looked l1ke a snake s back A few days later she thought she w ould l1ke to be able to take the boat out alone so she pestered me to teach her how to start control and stop the motor Fmally I had to gne m but I trled to dampen her sp1r1ts by lett1ng her carry the motor to the boat Before she had gone ten steps I declded that It would be better for the motor 1f I carrxed It myself I let her fill the gas tank and she got more 111 the boat and w iter than m the tank After she had been shown the dlf ferent xalxes and controls she attempted to stirt the motor When she pulled the start1ng cord out she w is afraxd th1t lt would backflre and klck her 15 I I I -I -II I II c ,I .I . .' . 5. I ' N , , C O I A . I I . I . c I : I III I . I I c c I f af 11 -if -I I -I I C C L Q B 5 K . V .V I I an C C I 3 Q 3 2 J ' J C ' I I Y a I nI I sq K I A . Y Y Y 1 1 - V L 1 J I ' . J ' C A 5 C - 1 I- . ers and handed them to my sister. She One day out in the middle of the Vmlzc F K K,-1sI I . , I V I .T -XI A I I S II I I I c .I. I lIIl U C' o 's. ' - ' , s c I X I S I ' 'A n ort . . 1 c . VI C I I v ' ' I . , 6 . . vc , C I .I a eq V I I ' I c I I .I K c .I. I1 I .I c .I, .I c ' 2 ' , I ' 1 1 .' . . .' v 1 K A, , ks 5, ' k. vc ks C I c I