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APRrt 15, 1g7o

rSSUE 26

WASTE OF TIME

by Don CouLsey
Are you one of the luchy students who has a last perlod study?
Well I am and f thlnk a Last perlod
study ls one of the rnost ldlq lc,
stupld, and w
tratlon as thought . A stuslts down,
the whol perlod.
1s
d gaqe to
lle 1n he st
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PRrCE

5A

STUDENT OOVERNMENT DAY

submltted by Ron Bentley

NOTE: As rnentloned 1n last

s N.0.W., Ron Bentley and
Regl Lecours were Weymouth
Hlghrs representatlves to the
State Houee. The foLlowlng ls

weekf

a descrlptlve analysls of

happened durlng
the day.

what

the eourse of

CL

per
E

teacher and sald student

co

te the newspaper or

el

azL

mag-

tt away
If that student wasntt golng
to do homework that perlod or had
no hoynework, lt ls realIy stupld
to take a newspaper or a magazlne
away because all our" Engllsh and
Hlstory teachers are telIlng us to
read and be aware of corrtemporary
affairs and we are shut off from
the outslCe world when the paper ls
taken away, Not all teachers do
thls but man] d/.
Why not 1et /the students go
home lf they h$.ve a last perlod
study? If the
goes home
early he can go\etudent
\o work earller or
he couLd do hls hcmework ln the
prlvacy of his own home wlthout
dlsturbance,
f wonder how much extra last
penlod study teachens get fcr baby*
slttlng?
EDITORS I NOTE: Thls ac'tlcle does
not necessarlly reflect the vlews
or the oplnlons of N.O.W.
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Each year the Massachusetts

leglsS.ature sponsors a day when

hlgh school students, one per

hlgh school, are lnvlted to take

over the dutles of the state
government. On Frlday, Aprl1 3,
Regt LeCcurs, of the vocatlonal
school, and I (Ron Bentley)
went to nepresent Weymouth at
the State House. It wao an event*
fuL day, startlng wLth a
greetlng fron Gov. Sargeant,
who addressed a Jolnt sesslon of
the House and Senate, and the
lntroductlon of the Constttutlonal Offlcers and thelr student counterparts. Maurlce
Donohue, Robert Quinn, and Robert
Crane were some of the offlclals
who took pant. All of the
proceedlngs were shown on l1ve
TV. After a recess was declared,
we were allowed to go to the
varLous commlttee hearlngs to
testlfy for or agalnst a b1L1,
and leann more about the proceeClngs of bll.Ls as they progress ln ccmmlttees. I sat ln
on a heantng about state ald to
prlvate hlgh schools, and there
was some heatecl debate and emotlonaI pleas fnom the etudents
that were attendlng prtvate
schooLs.
The House was called to
order for the afternoon sesslon,
and we were allowed to debate
and vote on three bll,ls, and
(contrd next page)

STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY

(cont. )

ARE TIIEY

GREAT

(cont. )

on others that were passed in the

They have played for many affalrs
Senate. The b111s LncLuded: Lowerlng around lJeymouth.
the votlng age to 18, drug education
Better st111, they donate
program, anti-pollutLon act, and the thelr talent aod tlne to enterVietnam war b f 11 . Al-L of these r,tere tain thase less f ortunate than
easLly passed. The btll for atd tn
ourselves. Thev have played at
prl.vate schoo]-s was passed r af ter
some of the nursing homes in
rnuch debate, B0 65. The Senate alsol^Ieymouth and the tearful eyes of
reJected a bt11 to prohtblt adverthe patients foLl"cwing thH. pertlslng tobacco products in Massaehu- formance, bespeaks the deep
setts.
gratltude the patients feel.
The whol-e day was very LnterestRecently, thls marvelous group
ing and lte certainl-y got better inkept thlngs "humming" at the
slght into the v'orkinfis of our state JMSVC"get together" r.tlth the
government, My only complalnt r^roul-d pupl-ls f rcm PerkJ.ns School f cr
be 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. Thls
De!,IOLAY-RAIITBOW I{INSTFBL SHO}I
ls another f lne exampLe of the
of
accomPLlshments
Productl.ve
tt
ttteenagers
t
.
If you have never been to aa
I,leymouth s
ol-d-fashioned but updated rninstrel
subnnltted bY D. Magraw
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you
oreo
bef
and
have
never
seeo
shora
end men Junping areund a stage tellJng Jokes (cLean, even) between
LINCOLNI S ROAD
acts rphLch lnclude dancers, slnglng,
TO TIIE WHITE HOUSE
and a l-ot of f un" then you have a
as submitted by Ml,ss llelen Norris
golden opportunLty comf,ng up. Today
and tonorrow the Del4olayts and Rain- Fatled in business - 1B3lbow Girl-s of l,rrevmouth are putting one Defeated for legislature - 1832
on. They have been r.rorftfng on tamber-Second fallure in business - 1833
l"ne routlnes and dance,4lnes slnce
Suf f ers nervous breakdown - 1836
last February to *et-/he show ready. Defeated for speaker - 1838
Anyone who has ever seen the show
Defeated for elector - 1840
whlch has been put on for many. yeare, Defeated for Congrees - 1843
can tel-l you that a minstrel show is Defeated for Congrese - 1848
one good time. The shcra wtll be held Defeated for Senate - 1855
at Central- JunLor lllgh at B P.11. and Defeated for Vi.ce-President - 1856
tickets can be obtained at the door Defeated for Senate 1858
(there are hundreds). So, Lf. the
homev,rork lsnrt toa heavy and you get Elected President * L860
a dollar and a half lying around,
go see the shoror. Your11 have a good Succegs is to be measured not so
tLrne.
much by the posltion that one
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has reaChed l"n Life as by the
ARE THEY GREAT?
obstacles r^rhj.ch he has overcome
while tryLng to succeed.
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Dld you knOw that there iS a
great band in $leymouth? llave you
heard 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
Frank
Cummlngs, and Gary Ramsey are the
members of this talented Froup.
LAXATIVE

CIIOICA
Special note: If the leftist wins
all believes in @do liberals, con*
The extreme left anC the extreme servatives, and naziS.. oyou should
ri_qht are both screaming for a rev* head, for Eurone l
olution. 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 Delehanty
you a Little rundovnr of the squad"
The right ying team is cornposed
lt's almost that. time of year
of the I(KK, rninutemen, John Birch
again vrhen all 950 of us, WHS
Societyo and the nazis" Their three siudents step out onto Legion
all*stars are Georgy Tifallace, Les
Field on Gra-duation Day. To be
t4addoz,. and Grancl Drac-ron Sheldcrn.
sure, it is an entertaining show
These groups are practicing hard_ to
(for th,lse r,,rho enjoy high lchocl
get ready for the revolution. Tle
graCuations) " lioieiretr judging
KKK, hardest workers of the squadr., irom prcvious
year6, I'afr airaia
have to fill its guota of a Cathr_rlic, that even the most unthinking cf
a Jewo a blackman, and a Civil: rigtrts those in the audience might tc
ruorker every week" AIso, another
disappcinted with tfre peiformance
hard working squad is the rninutemen t af,. oirl tnree ,'high hcnir essayi_sts.
a- more
squad, who cnly
This is a tralition at We1'mouttr
shcot .:.t
the leftist students.
"asy*gcing
Hiqh
our three tcp stuIf you choose tlre riglrt team here aeits School:
(those with the highbst
are sgne helpful.hints you_better
averages) are reqarded fcr their
remernber: 1) lihite Anglo-Saxon
self*d,iscipline dnd exceptional
Frotestants are suprernen 2) your
mernory for facts ancl figures, and
national anthern is "Gecrgy save
are allowed to compose i sterile
S.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 un4) wear a broriln *r brac]; shirt, ss
mistakeably positive -- ttre
troots o riding pants o and a Wallace* audience
would have
6;meelon
Lenr-rx buttono 5) practice snap5ring it nc other
"t *-y.
(In tlre aneyour heelso salutinqn anC goose
d.4mensional bc,lrger:is universe twc
stepping, S?ecial note; If the
or mcre converseis begin from
right tean wins all Catholicso Jewsr sprate viervpoints aid through
blackso liburals, Com:nunistpo and
tfrlir conversition strive to agree
conservatives.. "yclu Qettcg,Aead for
of
tlre riqht answer, In a polt=Australia j
oi diicourse:
ai*.""iffiffifffi"*
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 no
weathermen" Their three all*pros
atteropt to agree r^rith cne anothern
are AbbieHcffman (Dear Abbie), Rudon insteiC, contradiction is preferrec
and 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 exupcominq revclution. For example,
change of ideao (through constant
the weatherrnen ere practicing bJ.or,.ring-contradiction the conversers
up buildings but the cnly problern
legrg, ) rt rnight be saicl that
is o they are blowing"-up more mernbers ffi
high honor essays represent
than buildinqs.
our didaitic educational proccss:
If you chocse the leftist tean,
the high honor essayist (the
here are some helpful hints to think teacl'rer) speaks in ternrs vrith whicl
abc.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 none
are comradeso 4) rvhen you talk you
else) will probably asks why is
rnust not make any sense, 5) you
there a need for controversy on
shoulcl have a beard and smoke Havana Graduation Day? The answer is
cigars, 5) its against the state to simple: there is always a need
believe in Go<l, short hair, ancl soap, for controversy, 7l pork is fclrbidden to be eaten.
(cont'd next page)
'

YOUR FREE

.G"RADUATION

AND COMMENCEMENf

(cont. }

for without controversy there is

no real learning--there is only memorization. Our high honor essays
should be a representation of WHS
education; it should not be our first
lesson in decieving our audience

with meaningless words and ambigious

phrases "
If it is believed that our three
top memorizers deserve an award,
then shouldn't the e,ward be in the
form of a trophy of some sortr so
that the audience at graduation
can be spared from listening to
three uninspired essays? In this
way, a contest could be held to
select the best three essal's for
Graduation Day. Our best essayists,
not our best studiers and memorizers, deserve this honor.
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w{yMOrJT

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V"IA t_ K

DEV E LO ?IEAI T

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REI,IE}TBER LYN-ANN

LOVE

Atle

IS:

Giving all you have of everything,

Then giving more
Helping all who need it,
Then accepting an offer of
help graciously
Doing anything for someone you
love,
Then accepting the hurt
silentlv when he does noth-

YOU

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/ang

Cornf/rting the person you 1ove,

_And then accepting the pain
when he gives no comfort

litt1e,
not
and
asking for more
LOVING as much as you can and
only asking for a little in

Being offered

return,

ALL MY LO\M,
I{ARK

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UWHAT

A THING FRIENDSHIP IS

WITHOUT END.

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