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TWO THE LOWELL. DECEMBER 12. 1040<br />
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of <strong>Lowell</strong> HlRh School<br />
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U II. S. S. A. Memtttrt I-Yw<br />
STAFF<br />
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NRWH KDITOR—___-aLOniA SPnOIIL<br />
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FKATUItK KniTOlI „.._., i;t> NOIUIOVI.K<br />
STAFF PitOTOaRAI'llKlL.. HIM., JlcDUFFIR<br />
STAFF AUTI8T— . HILL JIANNINQ<br />
Avonna Annult<br />
Durban Dtnn<br />
Ann Bowman<br />
Dtll a raves<br />
Doujr Juhmton<br />
Dill Moliter<br />
Itay Meni*l<br />
JUM Xftkaynma<br />
Jim Welle r<br />
iPacultr AilvUer<br />
KKPOHTKHS<br />
John f r-t»vitloa<br />
Fri.k Qulnn<br />
UnvXa Feltteim.ii<br />
PJerr* Saline*.-<br />
N'aoml Rfuii.<br />
John Pntnaru-t<br />
J#ai. f»nn«<br />
Marjorlt Weiss<br />
i,(irri»lii« He 1 man<br />
Christmas: UnitedStatesandEurope<br />
By Doug, Johnston<br />
Christmas Eve In the United States, llMO.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hustle is over. Children heve wormed<br />
through grownups to press their noses ngainst<br />
department store windows exhibititip mechanical<br />
toys. Good naturtd shopping crowds have jostled<br />
into street curs. <strong>The</strong> last toy soldier has left<br />
the shelves. <strong>The</strong> lust baby doll in on itn way to a<br />
prospectiwe "mother."<br />
Radios aw murmuring carols. Sweetly, sin*<br />
ccrely, "Peace on Earth," Uood Will to Men."<br />
Twelve o'clock. He Is born.<br />
Christmas Eve In London, 1940.<br />
<strong>The</strong> last pedestrian has left the streets, for<br />
safety in the air raid shelter*. Street* are dark,<br />
lonely, deserted, except for an unlit cab creeping<br />
slowly past the taped, unllghted w>...'*»ws. Maybe<br />
there 11 be carols echoing hollcwl^ u. the tomblike<br />
bomb shelters. Ironically, wistfully, "Peace<br />
on Earth, Good Will to Men."<br />
Twelve o'clock. A weary A. R. p. Warden<br />
gaxes at the huddled sleeping figures on tne floor<br />
of the shelter.<br />
"He is born," he r.iurmurs.<br />
Christmas Eve in Berlin. 1940.<br />
Streets are murky, unlighted. A lone cyclist<br />
steers can-fully 'round a crater in the road. w ill<br />
thnre be carols? No. Carols arc an expression<br />
of weakness. Carols ore "vcrboter."<br />
Twelve o'clock. "Heil Hitler."<br />
Politics Good Life Work,<br />
But Won't Make You Rich<br />
By Mrs, Jordan, Head Counselor<br />
Politic* Is the way democratic government<br />
works. It get* pretty raw sometimes; hut right<br />
now everybody in the United Stales can sec It in<br />
better to hare bad poHtiot than no politics at all<br />
In a country. We are young at it: Great Britain,<br />
after centuries of trials and failures, fights<br />
mgaiiut dishonexty and for honesty. And the<br />
United States is learning fmt these days.<br />
Politics Is great business; but do not go into<br />
it to set rich. A great many graduates of this<br />
Ochool have gone into politics; three have been<br />
Cabinet Members; one a longtime Congressman;<br />
one a Governor; one was Mayor of Oakland for<br />
over tuvnly yean; one was Mayor of San Franfhco.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y have served In the State Legislature<br />
and on the Board of Supervisors; muny are hi<br />
such service now. Some arc great, some not<br />
M»t am honest<br />
Huv did they get Into politics? Most of them<br />
began as lawyers. Mayor Pardee of Oakland<br />
•was a dentist; Mayor Schmltz of San Francisco<br />
was a musician; Assessor Washlpsrton Dodge<br />
was n doctor. To Ret into politics, ihoose your<br />
party early; volunteer for election wort in your<br />
precinct; get to know your precinct executive.<br />
Belong to the church you believe in; as ycu como<br />
of age, Join fraternal order* of your kind; thus<br />
people know whet you arc.<br />
But think alvrays of what is good for the<br />
country, not just what's good for your crowd.<br />
If the country got* down, where will your<br />
crowd br, or your union, or ai'r of us? Do not<br />
get rich but nlwayn earn more than you are paid<br />
for. Study the live* or great politicians. U«rah<br />
left enough for hlv widow to H»e on; Etthieman<br />
did not. Lincoln, greatest politician, said, "We<br />
can't outstrip the *orld—we must try to purify<br />
(be world, but we must not hold our wires pure<br />
tbore the world.<br />
•:-. Political rows are good shows; they hold pcopie's<br />
fptenn. Every citizen must be a politician<br />
.to miVe Uda government work. Always vote at<br />
the p/.mar-w, and understand public questions<br />
as well m you can.<br />
jr-->:w-— ,.th<br />
Pastimes While Waiting For Santa Claus!<br />
i<br />
About Grads<br />
Cards Gain Fame And<br />
Name on Local. Campi<br />
Your<br />
Foreign<br />
Correspondent<br />
i<br />
Greetings friends {?). This is<br />
you our Foreign Correspondent all<br />
dccl ueckvcl fit in a new straight jacket,<br />
bunging you thn latest news from<br />
the southwest corner of u padded<br />
cell.<br />
A Piedmont High student hasn't<br />
minted a day of school from kindergarten<br />
to I • high junfor year.<br />
K must be the fudge sundaes they<br />
pass around in every clasrf.<br />
1 AIN'T DRUNK (Hie)<br />
Judge: "Because a man is en His<br />
knees in the middle ft the<br />
rond, it does not nccerwarily<br />
follow that he is drunk,<br />
does it?"<br />
Policeman: "No sir, it docs not.<br />
But this one was trying to<br />
roll up the white line.<br />
—<strong>The</strong> Tattler.<br />
—h—<br />
<strong>The</strong> little nngels in a physics<br />
class at Huyward Union High decided<br />
to have Komc fun not long<br />
ago and locked their worthy pedagogue<br />
out of the room. Teacher<br />
hud his revenge by keeping *he<br />
class after school ?nd making it<br />
listen to a lecture on "Safety in<br />
Locking Doors in Public Buitdinijs,"<br />
—L—<br />
KOOTEKS GET IMUXES<br />
Fremont High in Oakland<br />
awards candy barn to students<br />
who cheer the loudest and show the<br />
n:oJt school spirit at footbnlt<br />
games. In other words:<br />
If you go to Fremont High<br />
And a candy bar you'd like to try<br />
Tlie loudrr you yell<br />
And the more you raise<br />
—your voice in »ong the mo.c<br />
chance you have of winning one-<br />
Soe?<br />
And now. with our Great Aunt<br />
Mat'lan having another attack rt'<br />
i\\f D. T.'s, rre must leave you. To,<br />
ta, you lucky people.<br />
What <strong>The</strong>y Want<br />
For Christinas<br />
Xow that the holiday* arc clov<br />
ing in nnd the spirit of Christmas<br />
has invaded l»wcll, n-c dcciditl to<br />
ask a pertinent question: "What<br />
do you want for Christmas?" Th-?y<br />
hnvc ancHxml ..s folloM:<br />
"MldKv" Decknun—Gynl>plar.e.<br />
ACRIO .Mi»to» — Georcc Potty's<br />
datiuhtiT.<br />
Janet Rim—Aviation IcMons.<br />
-Kal lUmrox— Orance lipstick<br />
fo; Shirley Goicoviti-h.<br />
J C %<br />
*. K 'lera—Ten in'nuIcK with<br />
"Hal" Uimrow.<br />
l.oul»e firecr- Private telephone<br />
and telephone numlwr.<br />
Jlax Sinerr—Mr«. Oliver's hox oC<br />
Kleenex.<br />
Shirley Il.rl—St. I,rnatiu«.<br />
Al Herman—A natuml voice noiln.<br />
AmonB other thinirs thounht up<br />
liy our "clever" students as Clirlstfi»<br />
re S ! , a Letter Box<br />
Bing! Crajihl itang! Is<br />
'.tming down the chimney? And<br />
we thought thnt Santa was comint<br />
tarly thin year? But it was<br />
i'»ly the mailman, who had gotten<br />
tii«- Christmas spirit a 1'ttle early<br />
this year, unburdening himself of<br />
hi.s pack of letteri Tor Ali'.i secretary<br />
ty answer.<br />
—L—<br />
Uear Alt'* Secretary*<br />
I hare a burning quMtioti in my<br />
simple mind. Can a president uf<br />
the Mtudent body be impeached?<br />
Don't mUuPderitland. Car I Itaaka<br />
In a nice fellow- and all of that. It<br />
just happen* that I am curinu*<br />
about being able to corrupt tlie<br />
guv-rnment. Thnnlot.<br />
—Subversive Activity Element,<br />
Number 183812!!<br />
Dt-ar Subversive Element:<br />
"<strong>The</strong>re is no machinery in <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
lot the impenchiwnt of an officer,<br />
UA we triut lliey arc alt upstanding<br />
young students." Thiu siwke principal<br />
Stephens. He remembers<br />
only one such case when the inut.a-<br />
K«i of the IUd and WW'e wai re*<br />
moved from office t'or lack of activity<br />
in ihf vxcvutloii of the duties<br />
cf his office. —Ali's Secretary.<br />
Dear AiE's Secretary:<br />
How about giving u* the low-<br />
(jown or\ Ihnt cute new usinlant<br />
fuotball ccuch?<br />
—Curious CutEes.<br />
l>e.\r All** Secretary:<br />
Would you please Inform us cu*<br />
noibi KirU if the new assistant<br />
football roach has a woman.<br />
—"Just Wondering,"<br />
Dear Ju»t Wondvring and<br />
Curiiou.1 Cuties:<br />
Sorry that we must be the<br />
bearer of Hitch «ad tidings, but<br />
Coach Felling ban been In a Male<br />
uf matrimonial blian far Io these<br />
many years. Too, too bad, girb.<br />
>»c itympathExr.<br />
—AH'* Srcrclarj.<br />
—L—<br />
i^car AH'K Secretary:<br />
,tl»u we have any janitor* at Low-<br />
»<br />
Grant. Santa<br />
were<br />
0 ." 1 ife aIhl?lM that ««" those<br />
feet? What ripened to oo- footuall<br />
w-m? . :>ut that's UeiUlo t;.o<br />
Oym \U-vk"? ? Th Thin^ ar« nal!y<br />
l>ad l>ad. j'l hi heir . ur r<br />
ft.et. ft.<br />
A A<br />
—An Athlftu.<br />
Deft, athlete:<br />
LoA-cli will at (om^ futisr* date<br />
have a chiropodist here twice a<br />
wtck to look after «ur athletes' aill"K<br />
feeu In the meantime, we aug-<br />
« cal Ilf Fra.ik Quinn<br />
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