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Are you onedents who has aWell I am and fstudy ls one of

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A WASTE OF TIMEby Don CouLsey

STUDENT OOVERNMENT DAYsubmltted by Ron Bentley

NOTE: As rnentloned 1n lastweekf s N.0.W., Ron Bentley andRegl Lecours were WeymouthHlghrs representatlves to theState Houee. The foLlowlng lsa descrlptlve analysls of whathappened durlng the eourse ofthe day.

Each year the MassachusettsleglsS.ature sponsors a day whenhlgh school students, one perhlgh school, are lnvlted to takeover the dutles of the stategovernment. On Frlday, Aprl1 3,Regt LeCcurs, of the vocatlonalschool, and I (Ron Bentley)went to nepresent Weymouth atthe State House. It wao an event*fuL day, startlng wLth agreetlng fron Gov. Sargeant,who addressed a Jolnt sesslon ofthe House and Senate, and thelntroductlon of the Constttu-tlonal Offlcers and thelr stu-dent counterparts. MaurlceDonohue, Robert Quinn, and RobertCrane were some of the offlclalswho took pant. All of theproceedlngs were shown on l1veTV. After a recess was declared,we were allowed to go to thevarLous commlttee hearlngs totestlfy for or agalnst a b1L1,and leann more about the pro-ceeClngs of bll.Ls as they prog-ress ln ccmmlttees. I sat lnon a heantng about state ald toprlvate hlgh schools, and therewas some heatecl debate and emo-tlonaI pleas fnom the etudentsthat were attendlng prtvateschooLs.

The House was called toorder for the afternoon sesslon,and we were allowed to debateand vote on three bll,ls, and

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If that student wasntt golngto do homework that perlod or hadno hoynework, lt ls realIy stupldto take a newspaper or a magazlneaway because all our" Engllsh andHlstory teachers are telIlng us toread and be aware of corrtemporaryaffairs and we are shut off fromthe outslCe world when the paper lstaken away, Not all teachers dothls but man] d/.

Why not 1et /the students gohome lf they h$.ve a last perlodstudy? If the \etudent goes homeearly he can go \o work earller orhe couLd do hls hcmework ln theprlvacy of his own home wlthoutdlsturbance,

f wonder how much extra lastpenlod study teachens get fcr baby*slttlng?EDITORS I NOTE: Thls ac'tlcle doesnot necessarlly reflect the vlewsor the oplnlons of N.O.W.t**tt* *lrn* *tt* * !$ *n* t3tt **ttt*tti* ** **il ***t

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY ARE TIIEY GREAT (cont. )(cont. )

on others that were passed in the They have played for many affalrsSenate. The b111s LncLuded: Lowerlng around lJeymouth.the votlng age to 18, drug education Better st111, they donateprogram, anti-pollutLon act, and the thelr talent aod tlne to enter-Vietnam war b f 11 . Al-L of these r,tere tain thase less f ortunate thaneasLly passed. The btll for atd tn ourselves. Thev have played atprl.vate schoo]-s was passed r af ter some of the nursing homes inrnuch debate, B0 65. The Senate alsol^Ieymouth and the tearful eyes ofreJected a bt11 to prohtblt adver- the patients foLl"cwing thH. per-tlslng tobacco products in Massaehu- formance, bespeaks the deepsetts. gratltude the patients feel.

The whol-e day was very Lnterest- Recently, thls marvelous grouping and lte certainl-y got better in- kept thlngs "humming" at theslght into the v'orkinfis of our state JMSVC"get together" r.tlth thegovernment, My only complalnt r^roul-d pupl-ls f rcm PerkJ.ns School f crbe that too few people cen particl-- the Bltnd. Everyone was aston*pate. lshed at the great musie these:t*****rr***************************** young mugLclans brought forth.

Be sure to hear them. ThlsDe!,IOLAY-RAIITBOW I{INSTFBL SHO}I ls another f lne exampLe of the

Productl.ve accomPLlshments ofIf you have never been to aa

ol-d-fashioned but updated rninstrelshora bef oreo and you have never seeoend men Junping areund a stage tell-Jng Jokes (cLean, even) betweenacts rphLch lnclude dancers, slnglng,and a l-ot of f un" then you have agolden opportunLty comf,ng up. Todayand tonorrow the Del4olayts and Rain- Fatled in business - 1B3l-bow Girl-s of l,rrevmouth are putting one Defeated for legislature - 1832on. They have been r.rorftfng on tamber-Second fallure in business - 1833l"ne routlnes and dance,4lnes slnce Suf f ers nervous breakdown - 1836last February to *et-/he show ready. Defeated for speaker - 1838Anyone who has ever seen the show Defeated for elector - 1840whlch has been put on for many. yeare, Defeated for Congrees - 1843can tel-l you that a minstrel show is Defeated for Congrese - 1848one good time. The shcra wtll be held Defeated for Senate - 1855at Central- JunLor lllgh at B P.11. and Defeated for Vi.ce-President - 1856tickets can be obtained at the door Defeated for Senate 1858(there are hundreds). So, Lf. thehomev,rork lsnrt toa heavy and you get Elected President * L860a dollar and a half lying around,go see the shoror. Your11 have a good Succegs is to be measured not sotLrne. much by the posltion that one********************t***Js*****rr**S.** has reaChed l"n Life as by the

ARE THEY GREAT? obstacles r^rhj.ch he has overcomewhile tryLng to succeed.

Dld you knOw that there iS a ******************fr**************great band in $leymouth? llave youheard thern? If not e yeu I ve mts sed 1t .Hi, Bob Gibbons i tti, banana-boy

John McCann, Ken Paterson, Tom Hl" Gross Ginnie- Hel-Lo Dr.Moran, Lisa Giddings, Bob and John FrankCummlngs, and Gary Ramsey are themembers of this talented Froup. LAXATIVE

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LINCOLNI S ROADTO TIIE WHITE HOUSE

as submitted by Ml,ss llelen Norris

' YOUR FREE CIIOICA Special note: If the leftist winsall believes in @do liberals, con*The extreme left anC the extreme servatives, and naziS.. oyou shouldri_qht are both screaming for a rev* head, for Eurone lolution. If their dream comes true, *************ii********************

what side vail1 you choose? Before GRADU/ISION AI,ID C0$q!$NCEI{ENT;_;you choose your teamo I rvill qive by Dennis Delehantyyou a Little rundovnr of the squad"

The right ying team is cornposed lt's almost that. time of yearof the I(KK, rninutemen, John Birch again vrhen all 950 of us, WHSSocietyo and the nazis" Their three siudents step out onto Legionall*stars are Georgy Tifallace, Les Field on Gra-duation Day. To bet4addoz,. and Grancl Drac-ron Sheldcrn. sure, it is an entertaining showThese groups are practicing hard_ to (for th,lse r,,rho enjoy high lchoclget ready for the revolution. Tle graCuations) " lioieiretr judgingKKK, hardest workers of the squadr., irom prcvious year6, I'afr airaiahave to fill its guota of a Cathr_rlic, that even the most unthinking cfa Jewo a blackman, and a Civil: rigtrts those in the audience might tcruorker every week" AIso, another disappcinted with tfre peiformancehard working squad is the rninutemen t af,. oirl tnree ,'high hcnir essayi_sts.a- more

"asy*gcing squad, who cnly This is a tralition at We1'mouttr

shcot .:.t the leftist students. Hiqh School: our three tcp stu-If you choose tlre riglrt team here aeits (those with the highbstare sgne helpful.hints you_better averages) are reqarded fcr theirremernber: 1) lihite Anglo-Saxon self*d,iscipline dnd exceptionalFrotestants are suprernen 2) your mernory for facts ancl figures, andnational anthern is "Gecrgy save are allowed to compose i sterileS.merican€", 3) aLso, greet y?gr essa:r concerning a serected..t*pic.fellow cornrades with liicl T'rallacer The Lone cf theie essays is un-4) wear a broriln *r brac]; shirt, ss mistakeably positive -- ttretroots o riding pants o and a Wallace* audience "t 6;meelon would haveLenr-rx buttono 5) practice snap5ring it nc other *-y. (In tlre ane-your heelso salutinqn anC goose d.4mensional bc,lrger:is universe twcstepping, S?ecial note; If the or mcre converseis begin fromright tean wins all Catholicso Jewsr s€p€rate viervpoints aid throughblackso liburals, Com:nunistpo and tfrlir conversition strive to agreeconservatives.. "yclu Qettcg,Aead for of tlre riqht answer, In a polt=-Australia j ai*.""iffiffifffi"* oi diicourse:

The leftist squad is maclc up cf (vrl1ich doesntt but should exist),the SDS, YIPPtr.Eo Cu*munist" and the two or more conversers make noweathermen" Their three all*pros atteropt to agree r^rith cne anothernare AbbieHcffman (Dear Abbie), Rudon insteiC, contradiction is preferrecand Seale" The squad ls really i{o ',right ans\rrert' is searched for,working hard to get. in shape for the but because of the constant ex-upcominq revclution. For example, change of ideao (through constantthe weatherrnen ere practicing bJ.or,.ring-contradiction the conversersup buildings but the cnly problern legrg, ) rt rnight be saicl thatis o they are blowing"-up more mernbers ffi high honor essays representthan buildinqs. our didaitic educational proccss:

If you chocse the leftist tean, the high honor essayist (thehere are some helpful hints to think teacl'rer) speaks in ternrs vrith whiclabc.ut: 1) vrhat, is yours is also the gradualion audience (the class)your neS.ghbr:rs , 2) red shirt rnust be vrill agtree,worn at aII timeso 3) aLl" friends The editors cf N"O"!i" (if noneare comradeso 4) rvhen you talk you else) will probably asks why isrnust not make any sense, 5) you there a need for controversy onshoulcl have a beard and smoke Havana Graduation Day? The answer iscigars, 5) its against the state to simple: there is always a needbelieve in Go<l, short hair, ancl soap, for controversy, -

7l pork is fclrbidden to be eaten. (cont'd next page)

.G"RADUATION AND COMMENCEMENf (cont. }

for without controversy there isno real learning--there is only mem-orization. Our high honor essaysshould be a representation of WHSeducation; it should not be our firstlesson in decieving our audiencewith meaningless words and ambigiousphrases "If it is believed that our threetop memorizers deserve an award,then shouldn't the e,ward be in theform of a trophy of some sortr sothat the audience at graduationcan be spared from listening tothree uninspired essays? In thisway, a contest could be held toselect the best three essal's forGraduation Day. Our best essayists,not our best studiers and memo-rizers, deserve this honor.****** ** ********* *********** *******

REI,IE}TBER LYN-ANN

LOVE IS:

Giving all you have of every-thing,

Then giving moreHelping all who need it,

Then accepting an offer ofhelp graciously

Doing anything for someone youlove,

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only asking for a little inreturn,

ALL MY LO\M,I{ARK

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