816 Cassie Dr. Ogden, Utah 84405 August 12, 2005 Dear Stan, First, I want to thank you for the yearbook you provided me that somehow I lost along the way. It helped me connect a few things together. What I think happened is that I probably never got home with the book but left it at school at the end of that school year. Next, I want you to know of what I had been doing as school photographer and yearbook editor for many years while I was teaching at Wahlquist. “Meet Mr. Hall” tells about my opportunity to document the school experience in pictures. As I saw that opportunity to make a picture story of the school experience, I soon made file folders of the common happenings during the school year. From those folders and my yearbook work over the years and by the time I retired from teaching in 1983, I had put together a 378-page book. That material sat for a few years when with the magic of computers and the wonder of electronics I saw the opportunity to put together what I not only have in book form but on a PowerPoint program as well. The end result is that that 378 page book is now 750 pages long as I kept adding more and more pictures. I kept saying to myself, “I just have to use this one and that one,” etc., until everything kept getting bigger and bigger. I am now hoping to put the PowerPoint programs on a DVD as well as printing everything in book form, so that people would have two ways of looking at what I have done, with each having a special advantage. PowerPoint gives a big picture, while the book form gives an opportunity to better browse and see the “big picture” more in connection with other things. I also hope to put “The Schoolhouse Beckons” on a web site. I am enclosing in book form and on PowerPoint the following: Meet Mr. Hall Media Center Welcome Assembly 7" Grade Get Acquainted Dance What is Happening Here? Some Thoughts on Healthful Living. Color Review (For some reason this would not record to the CD, with a signal coming up of some infraction occurring. I'll have to straighten that out.) I thought you might enjoy seeing some of these things, especially the ““Media Center,” so that you might know of what has happened in the past in what is now your assignment at school. “Welcome Assembly” along with “7" Grade Get Acquainted Dance” would be especially interesting to Seventh Graders as part of their orientation to Jr. High School. All grades in the school should enjoy the above along with “Color Review” which gives an interesting glimpse into the past. “What is Happening Here?” is a guessing game that leads into “Some Thoughts on Healthful Living.” I have had a lot of fun and great success in showing these two to some church youth groups, which can have a great application in a school setting where they can be used to fill the state requirement in teaching the harmful effects of tobacco as well as alcohol use. I enclose two handouts that I have given to those attending that could also be useful reminders in helping students abstain from using those addictive substances. What I have sent could be of value to students to look at in your media center setting. I have a lot to do yet in getting permission while accrediting the many references I have used. I hope I can get those things done within the next six months. In the meantime, in connection with those responsible in seeing that the state law requiring schools to teach the harmful effect of tobacco use, I would like to come and present those two items myself, having had some experience at doing so. I would like to talk to those responsible and with their approval take advantage of the opportunity to get in the classroom again. I hope you enjoy your Media Center assignment and I would be pleased if I could come and occasionally present things from my picture story of “The Schoolhouse Beckons” which could be very interesting arid entertaining, especially to students who might recognize some of their own family members—most of whom would be grandparents by now. Sincerely yours, oo The Schoolhouse Beckons A picture story of the school experience as it happened in the best of our nation’s traditions. CONTENTS 1. Meet Mr. Hall OwmOeOAANMN 2. The Schoolhouse Beckons 3, Resonations From the Past 4. This Ole School . For God and Country . Registration . First day of School . Getting Acquainted in Class . First Few Days Fe l . Welcome Assembly l . 7" Grade “Get Acquainted Dance.” 12. Back to School for Parents 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Back to School Routine PTA Program and Treat A Walk Through the School Embarrassing Moments Lunchtime Lunchtime Activities It’s Football Time The Agony of Defeat Faculty-Student Football Football in Stormy Weather Football Championship game Art Class 25. Foreign Languages 26. Sewing and Fashion Show 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Cooking Child Care Keeping Beautiful Industrial Arts Language Arts “The Play’s the Thing” Mathematics Music Physical Education 36. Science 37. Social Studies 38. Lessons from “Roots.” 39. This is America’s Story 40. Utah’s Geography 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. Utah Explorations Utah Homebuilders Utah Settlement Utah Trappers and Indians The Railroad in Utah The Railroad Whistle and Charles Lindbergh 47. AMemory Game 48. Electronic Surprises 49. Typing Class 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. Asleep — Awake Serenading the Sleepers Wake Up, Little Suzie Media Center Physically Challenged Career Counseling 56. Teachers 57. Halloween Assembly 58. Halloween Carnival 59. Halloween Spook Alley 60. Halloween Bubble Blowers 61. Report Cards 62. What is Happening Here? 63. Some Thoughts About Healthful Living 64. Smile, You’re on Camera 65. Autumn Dance 66. Happiness is... 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. Walking the Halls Daddy-Daughter Date Thanksgiving A Special Announcement Fund-raising Auction Volleyball 82. 83. 84. 85. Do You Remember? Mother’s and Son’s Party It’s Basketball Time Basketball Championship Game 86. Faculty-Student Basketball Game 87. Faculty vs Physically Challenged 88. Wheelchair Basketball Fundraising Event 89. Charlie Brown’s Valentines 90. St. Patrick’s Day 91. Circus Assembly 92. April Fool 93. Speech Festival 94. Matinee Dances 95. Science Fair 96. Spring Dance 97. After the Dance 98. Physical Education Review 99. The Yellow School Bus 100. It Must be Spring 101. Spring Clean-up 102. Baseball — Softball 103. “W” Day 104. Out-of-School Activities 105. Student Elections 106. Clap and Cheer 107. Teacher Retirement 108. Color Review 109. Awards Assembly 110 . Yearbooks — Play Day 111 . The Last Day of School 73. Winter Comes 74. After the Storm 75. It’s a Blizzard 76. Christmas Assembly 77. Home for Christmas 78. Christmas Program 79. The Forest 80. Touring Assembly Programs 81. Shirt Messages Each of these segments is entertaining and insightful while being uplifting in nature to the viewer. Meet Mr. Hall Hello, there! I am Mr. Hall and I will be your teacher today. Now that’s news. bad I mean really bad news for everybody. And the proof of that fact is coming right up. t I stand in There is something about me that the momen Zonkers. as h R Ce RETR TT aR Meet Mr. Hall Can‘t you hear the indignant excla mations? “Mr. Hall, you should be ashamed of yourself for putting your students asleep. Just look at this dear, precious girl! What’s wrong with a teacher who would put anyone to sleep? Mr. Hall replies, “I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. It is just something that comes naturally to me. Meet Mr. Hall Oh, Teacher, are you such a bore, As to make your students snore! VT isa (ce latm ily meal a1 Ome If all they do is sound their Z's? With sucha class so out of hand, = Let’s send it off to DoZyland! SAD, s eens ees Meet Mr. Hall Meet Mr. Hall I really didn’t put all of those students to sleep— only two of them. But I did gain a reputation for doing it to everyone, because after I had taken the picture of a sleeping student, I was asked to take pictures of other students who went to sleep in other classes. I remember one occasion especially when during the middle of one of my classes, the door opened and a girl with her finger to her lips, speaking in a loud whisper said, “Mr. Hall, Mr. Randall wants you to come and get a picture of a sleeping kid.” I answered in a loud whisper with my finger to my lips, saying, “Shh, Shh, everybody! Let me get my camera.” As I left the classroom the girl was saying, “Shh! Shh! along with everyone else in the class with a finger to his/her lips saying the same thing. Nobody wanted to wake the sleeping kid before I could get his picture. As we went down the hall the girl walked quickly What I have put together came as a result of my school assignment as school photographer for 25 years (1958-1983) while being editor of the yearbook for 18 of those years. After I had worked in that assignment for two years I decided I had a great opportunity to make a picture story of the school experience. The end result was that I had documented the shy, timid, apprehensive seventh graders coming in at the beginning, through all the activities of the school year until many were crying on their way out when their junior high school years were over for them. With the magic of electronics and the wonder of computers I began in the year 2000 to put the story together in the modern slide-film PowerPoint format that follows: Happy viewing! ahead of me turning occasionally with her finger to her lips repeating, “Shh, Shh!” which I mimicked as we moved along. I got the picture of the sleeping kid before he woke up and headed back to my classroom. As I approached I could hear the usual noise that happens when the teacher is absent. As I opened the door some scurried to their seats where everyone again put a his/her lips saying, “Shh! Shh!”along with angelic of expressions. “OK,” I said in a loud whisper. “I know have been up to, you little imps! Did you finger to the most what you have fun while I was gone?” Yes, they had fun. We all laughed together! [hope that no one will go to sleep in the presentations that follow. 1958 Donald R. Hall Yearbook picture A sign over a library entrance indicated HALF OF KNOWLEDGE IS KNOWING WHERE TO FINDIT So, where do we go to find it and what is knowledge? Webster tells us that “knowledge is the sum of what is known: the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by mankind.” We find what we are looking for in Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Almanacs, Atlases, Thesauruses, Textbooks, Filmstrips, Recordings, Biographies, Etc. The library is a place loaded with great treasures for those who are searching. Teresa found something she wanted and is signing out. Many things can be found by using the library’s card catalogue. Mrs. Arrelano, the librarian, is always a good resource person. The library prep room is such a busy place, with books to catalogue, magazines to identify, decorations to beautify, etc. & ‘ pene teen ennnnnnnne Much can be learned by reading fiction and non-fiction materials, from slide-films and recordings, and from animated discussions with the librarian. “A good discussion increases the dimensions of everyone who takes part.” —Randolph Silliman Bourne st ee Saceetace oe Lieep Every year during National Book Week the library holds a book fair where all students can browse and purchase paperback books while making selections from a choice of 300 titles. Appropriately dressed Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Arellano create a happy atmosphere as a circus clown and ring announcer. From reading magazines, from reference books. The students purchase an average of 2 books apiece at costs ranging from 50 cents to $1.25 per book. Linus and Snoopy, two of our favorite people, are part of our book fair. Delighted students peruse the variety of books placed before them. This group wanted to show off its reading skills for the photographer. A nearby poster on the wall shows other Peanuts characters where Lucy speaks her mind in a very emphatic way. READ and WORK with a purpose: “Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.” —Thomas Carlyle Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success. —- T. T. Munger Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies. —Lord Chesterfield The secret of success is constancy of purpose. —Benjamin Disraeli There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves. — Arthur P. Stanley What we get out of life is in direct proportion to what we put into it. -Herbert M. Lehman A person is really only alive when he is moving forward to something more. —Winfred Rhoades The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall. Nations perish. Civilizations grow old and die out. And after an era of darkness new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again, and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men’s hearts of the hearts of men centuries died. —Clarence Day, Jr. The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and changes the order of nations. —Henry Giles When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman. —Jean de la Bruyere A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family. Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it. And the love of knowledge, in a young mind, is almost a warrant against the inferior excitement of passions and vices. —Horace Mann If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, and the people do not become religious, I do not know what is to become of us as a nation. And the thought is one to cause solemn reflection on the part of every patriot and Christian. If truth be not diffused, error will be. —Daniel Webster Books are the legacies that genius leaves to mankind, to be delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to those that are yet unborn. —Joseph Addison Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, natural science at a standstill, philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in darkness. —Albert Bartholin Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter. —Edwin Paxton Hood A dose of poison can do its work only once, but a bad book can go poisoning people’s minds for any length of time. —Sir John Murray These We Halloween type decorations provide a pleasing atmosphere. Good reading also increases our knowledge. should always remember that, “Knowledge is power.” While this bulletin board tells of a Fall Harvest of Books we ought to consider other harvests, such as the results of our actions. Will the harvest be such as to add great joy and happiness to our lives, or will it bring negative sorrowful results. Mrs. Arrelano and a student helper take corn stalks from a neighboring cornfield with which to decorate the library. Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession, —a property entirely our own. A greater vividness and permanency of impressions secured, and facts thus acquired becomes registered in the mind in a way that mere imparted information can never produce. —Thomas Carlyle As soon as a true thought has entered our mind, it gives a light which makes us see a crowd of other objects which we have never perceived before. —Vicomte Francois Rene de Chateaubriand The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. —Benjamin Disraeli It is knowledge that ultimately gives salvation. —Mahatma Gandhi I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. —Rudyard Kipling These posters encourage us to read. _ What we know here is very little, but what we are ignorant of is immense. —Marquis Pierre Simon de Laplace To me the pleasure of knowing is so great, so wonderful—nothing has meant so much to me in all my life, as certain knowledge. (said Hermoine). Yes, it is the greatest thing in life—to know. It is really to be happy, to be free. —David H. Lawrence The wise man realizes how little he knows: it is the foolish person who imagines that he knows everything. —Jawaharial Nehur The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action. —Sir Philip Sidney Discussion should be one of the most important things 1n the world, for it is almost our only arena of thinking . . Without discussion intellectual experience is only an exercise in a private gymnasium. —Randolph Silliman Bourne To knowledge we must add faith. Faith is important in all aspects of life. There is no progress without faith. Faith is geared to the future, while knowledge is geared to the past. Faith is adventurous; knowledge is not. — What influence will the computer age today have on “The Age of The Book?” in one form or another will always be it will be of good and uplifting in which we live Reading material with us. We hope material. ed at ad £ ® Bg O c © <x 2 = Ir Mrs Holmes and Arellano dress in oriental style. Dixie Deardon as a 9th Grader at Wahlquist Mrs. Holmes is another staff member who attended Wahlquist School, 1951-54. She worked 34 years in the Weber School District, 20 of which were at Wahiquist. ‘““What the world needs now,” according to the song, “Ts love, sweet love.” The ‘Checkout desk 1s" crowded with those who found something re EEE Se of interest. Can we find that precious treasure in our hearts? Can we live all those principles that will lead us to ae ; “greater and more beautiful living with each other, to happiness, to health, to brotherhood, to everything?” The student off icers throw out some plast ic hands as a form of greet ing. The stage isf illed w ith those who w ill partic we have an assembly to school . Student back program to welcome everyone Before the first week 1S Over 9 introduced and the new 7th graders are especia lly made welcome _ School standards and officers are ipa te in the welcomi trad it 10nSs are rev ing program. iewed, school sp and skits ki are g iven 1r1 t 1s encourage d, to preview some 0 f the years act 1V1 ties inane ffort to show what is in the future for everyone Welcome Assembly “There comes to me and my fellow institutions from every hamlet and city in the United States this call, ‘Send to us citizens of the Republic!’ In answer to this call I strive to equip my students with a breadth of knowledge in the physical sciences, in the social sciences, and in the arts that will permit them to stand in the center of the universe and to determine what they best can do for the welfare of humanity. I also train them to think by having them deduce from facts truths beneficial to their fellows. I also instill in them high standards and ideals of ethical character. “With a liberal body of knowledge, the ability to As president of the Girls’ Association, Pat gives some advice on how to have a successful year: Have pride and selfrespect. Be neat and clean. Be polite. Be happy. Have consideration and respect for others. Take advantage of your opportunities. Be responsible. Do your duties. Be where you are supposed to be. Do what you are supposed to do and do it the best that you can. If you are looking for fulfillment in life, then let your thing be to be respectful, be responsible and you will be fulfilled. Aaron W. Tracy, president of Weber Jr. College, 1923-1935, often presented in a dramatic reading style, his feelings about the role of the student and the school. His statement is worth including in any welcome to the new school year. think purposefully, and the possession of high ethical principles, they become the embodiment of good citizenship. They are tolerant, self-reliant, courageous, and independent thinkers. They are strong leaders and intelligent followers. “They habitually maintain themselves in good health, in a serviceable vocation, and in choice home relations. They study the problems of life and assume responsibility for faithful citizenship. They participate in the body politic and help to create a righteous public opinion. They make sacrifices to hold public offices. They struggle for national well-being by obeying the Constitution and assisting other to obey it. They expose and fight corruption. They see that there is equal economic opportunity and also equal educational opportunity. They struggle for national and international good will. They are vital citizens of our Republic.” —The Marriotts, p. 655. What a noble thing for everyone to be true citizens of the Republic! What great things for the good of everyone can be accomplished when one conscientiously works at filling his responsibilities of citizenship. Citizen is defined by Webster as 1. “an inhabitant of a city or town; one entitled to the rights and privileges of a freeman. 2. A native or naturalized person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to protection from it.” Republic is defined as, “A government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law.” Welcome Assembly Joy and Susan demonstrate how and how not to dress for school. The skirt should be just at the knee. Learning doesn’t come by just sitting and looking at the books. It helps, also, to do homework at times. Mr. Yorgason made up a song in order to give his feelings about homework: ““Wasn’t bad!” he determined because of the alternatives. Can you agree with him? Lawrence M. Yorgason They say I have to go to school to learn to read and Kevin and Verl tell us to be well groomed and These neat and clean in what we wear. girls really got into their books as they presented a skit about studying. “You've got to get into them,” they tell us. write. And I must do this, but can’t do that; can’t even start a fight. I sit and suffer through the day and hope that for tonight vats They won’t give me any English to read, essays to write, history, algebra, I’m so uptight ‘cause I hate homework. It’s so bad. When I got home from school today, my friends, they came to call To watch our favorite program on the tube and have a ball. And then we killed some time and played and soon it was too late To pay attention to the English to read, essays to write, history, algebra, I’m so uptight. ‘Cause I hate homework. It’s so bad. And when the weekend came and then we really got it on. Welcome Assembly We skied and bowled and swam and danced and stayed up clear till dawn. Then all too soon the fun was gone and Monday rolled around And I forgot about the English to read, essays to write, history, algebra, I’m so uptight. ‘Cause I hate homework. It’s so bad. But the moral of this story, friends, I’m oh, so sad to say Is something more than hatin’ homework every single day. For through the years I’ve learned to know that there’s one thing that’s worse. And that is: If I couldn’t read, if I couldn’t write my history, algebra I’d really be uptight. So I did my homework! Wasn’t bad! This couple is promoting school spirit. Now, how about school spirit? We’ ve got the spirit! We have been led in a few cheers, we have heard something about the history and great traditions of Wahlquist. Seventh graders have joined together in singing the school song for the first time, so we are ready for another exciting school year. Wahlquist School Song, “The Green and the Gold.” Oh, Wahlquist, we love thee Best school in the land! Forever in fame and glory We have a presentation to get us excited about the sports activities for the coming year. Of course, something has to be said about all the vending machines and what they offer. “Just pick up your wrappers and empty cans, please!” We proudly will stand For courage and friendship And loyalty bold, Fight shoulder to shoulder As we carry the green and gold. No grey skies above us, Our day’s always bright. We're proud of the way we’re marching, We follow the right. We'll always remember your standards so high Your spirit and great traditions Never in us will die! Let’s see what some people have said about Traditions and Standards. What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it. —~Thomas Carlyle Welcome Assembly I am an adorer of ancient institutions, and it hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives. —Mahatma Gandhi Tradition is the joyful memory of a people. --Jose Edmundo Clemente It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. —Sir Walter Scott out for the day we see some students taking some All the education young men receive will be in vain if they do not learn good manners. —Mahatma Gandhi into the books and dedicated to doing their homework. Do you think the little girl in the middle has homework from all those books? The suggestion that Good manners are the happy way of doing things. —-Emerson Responsibility, is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber. —Frank Crane It takes vince going Becky, a doubting to have as Doctor Tim, as Lucy, however, Linus, a great year. The that we are to conreally best year ever! Yes! The best year ever! After the welcome assembly ended and school was suggestions to heart. These three are really getting she took some home from the library just for the joy of reading seems reasonable. Welcome to the 7th Grade GET ACQUAINTED DANCE. Seventh graders get involved in a number of orientation activities to help them adjust as newcomers to the school, but they are not too enthusiastic about a get-acquainted dance. At the beginning, the girls flock to one side of the gym, while the boys crowd to the other side. They just stand and shyly look across at each other while the music plays. Finally, the dance director impatiently tells them, “You boys better get yourself a girl, and you girls had better get yourself a boy and start dancing or we’ll send you back to class!” What could be the cause of these tremulous expressions? With that imposing threat the more courageous ones respond, because anything is better than going back to class. Well, almost anything, some ponder. How desperate can a person get? Who is ready to make the first move and get the dance going? nen ha Seventh Grade Get-acquainted Dance Two student body officers encourage the girls to get involved. “Come on, Lana,” her aggressive “Pll dance with someone Paula snares friend Mr. DeVries conscious, urges, if you will.” a rather reluctant Don. leads Judy into an enclave of selfbashful, shrinking, timid, nervous and apprehensive boys. Bashful, except for Kenneth, who someone said, had been chasing Gayle all over elementary school, and finally caught up with her in junior high. CUS OE MTC to rescue him from her clutches. Seventh Grade Get-acquainted Dance “Go get ‘em, Richard!” Bart encourages, as he gives a helpful push toward the anxiously (?) waiting girls. This couple seems happy to get involved in the dance, while Debbie (below) is lucky enough (7) to sit the dance out because of a broken leg. Eventually a few couples get out on the floor and the dance in underway. We have lots of fun once we get going, which makes us wonder what there was to be so bashful about. What might be the cause of these expressions? lf we could hear the sounds that go with these expressions, we would know immediately what was going on. y . 28$s) 2 a ce 3 | Bee Li S38 ne 6s © Eo aa © Oo 0 > asx Gc= nH== E29 q 26 = © 232 ees coe mos oO SOF ae ae = cc Saeed z°3 Wi es a < Onv Gos ao. <9 Jj 0 Qa = — 286 O O on — oe Ee qs Can you tell that we are getting to some scary parts of the movie? Shellie puts a protective arm around her little friend Marie, and as the suspense mounts she shields her from seeing the more frightful things. We sometimes cover our eyes, because the action is too terrifying to watch. For some the action is too much to watch, while others compensate with nervous giggles. The boys try to act non-chalant as if nothing bothers them. “The movie doesn’t scare us,” the boys claim. “Its the screaming of the girls that sends shivers up our spines and stands our hair on end.” Maybe a few shivers are building here. Now we’re seeing some excitement. Are the screams of the girls really causing the nervous agitation building here. These wide-eyes can’t disguise this boy’s feelings. Provide your own descriptions of student expressions, some of which we have already seen. Which among them shows the greatest fright? Now we come to the final scenes of the movie. Suspense music plays as Sue approaches and closely examines the wax figure ... then the voice, “You shouldn’t have done that, my dear!” “Itis Kathy! It’s Kathy’s body under the wax! | knew it! | knew it all the time.” Then the monster villain begins his pursuit of Sue... The screaming augments the physical tension as the crowd goes wild. Pandemonium Will the damsel be saved from a horrific fate? Will her rescue be achieved? reigns. As in all scary shows, at the moment the h eroine seems doomed to a terrible fate, rescue comes just in time as the handsome hero rescues the bea utiful maiden from the monster villain’s clutches. What a relief! it’s all over! How much longer could we have survived the terrifying moments until the happy ending came? English Class, then you recognized lf you kept your eyes wide open, as you were advised to do in in one of his usual terrifying roles Price Vincent watching students the widest expressions among those SOME THOUGHTS ON HEALTHFUL LIVING Halloween fright! ? Halloween fright! ? Do you remember these expressions? How could we forget these expressions of students watching, “The House of Wax,” starring Vincent Price. We already know that these boys and girls are suffering from “Halloween Fright,” . . but what is Causing this girl’s expression? | Have you guessed what’ s happening to these students ? If not, maybe some dialogue will help? Halloween fright! What terr ible th Halloween ing is happen ing here ? fright Halloween fright! Whatever could it be? It must be someth ing awful — ~ nw “Ouch!” can't look.” Does the raised sleeve tell us something? “| can’t look, either.” If you haven’t guessed by now what’s going on. . Look out! Look out! Look out! Just look at those looks. What do they see? John doesn’t even flinch. Is he a brave boy or what? Double ouch! Does covering your eyes not make it hurt as much? “This is not what | call fun!” Diane closes her eyes while wincing and still looking pretty. lf what you see is what you get, Chad doesn’t want to see it. “Oh, wow, wowwa!” bravely mutters, “Right Onnnnnn!” Debbie smilingly says, “It doesn’t even hurt!” “You wanna bet?” So what are those behind her thinking? sobs a sigh of relief. Gulp! _ takes her “shot” with a swallow. ; winces while flinches from the shock that goes all down the line. gasps, wh ie tensely wa ts her turn. ine think ing? Kerr le is rig ht beh ind her wi th an express ion that sa ys “You re hurting her, Doctor, and | m next Please don t do that to me a Once aga In , We’ ve seen the gi Ir | on the left . Is the boy following her wonder ing if he is going toh IS doom? Leslie tells everybody, Hey, that wasn t too bad after all!” Comparing “Ouches | ” Comparing scratch tests that can indicate tubercular infect lion This April 1, 1934, newspaper reported that the 441 cases of Measles for the week brought the March total to 750, 1200 being infected since the first of the year. There was one death from measles, that of a 3 year old. The month of March also showed 13 cases of whooping cough, 10 of chickenpox, and two of mumps. The city health officer, whose duty it is to tack quarantine signs on houses where there is contagion had a busy month. Now that it’s over, everyone wonders why they ever worried about it. The vaccinations the students just received have prevented many of the childhood diseases as shown on the quarantine signs below. Up until the 1940’s - such signs were commonly posted on houses where the sick were confined. Young people walking the streets and seeing such signs would quickly and fearfully run to the opposite side of the street in order to get as far away from the contagion as possible. Can you see them running as fast as they could with their panic-stricken faces? Before we turn our attention to a certain boy in this picture (the author) and the subject of vaccina- tions, let’s take a good look at the girls and what they were wearing in 1936, Can you locate Donald, the smallest boy in the center of this picture of 6" graders at Lewis School in Ogden, Utah, taken in 1936? He was one of those 1200 students infected with Measles, while a 4th grader, as reported in the newspaper of April 1, 1934. , City | Physician Careful kt hioccsaets Advises/ Treatment Patients tHhiace Ke te hear of genresyi. Over the next 2 years he contacted many of the childhood diseases of the time, which caused him to miss a lot of school days. His school report cards indicate something of his health problems... .. His 4th grade card indicated that he began that grade weighing 57 pounds. His 5th grade card told that he wei ghed the same 57 pounds, while his 6th grade card indicated that he weighted 59 pounds and was 4 ft. 5 inches tall to begin that school year. Today’s generation is very fortunate in that practically all of those earlier childhood diseases that caused Donald so many problems have been eliminated. Chart from TIME magazine, March 29, 1999, showing top 10 causes of death for 1900 and 1996, pg. 110. ! Pneumonia and ; Influenza Diseases ccidents Donald : Pneumonia and | A close-up of the author in the center of the picture. Many diseases of the past that were often fatal have been eliminated because of vaccines developed to fight off and control the affliction. The “Black Death” or bubonic plague of Europe killed 75 million people in the 14th Influenza Diabetes AIDS Suicide Chronic liver diseas Notice the changes between 1900 and 1996. Unfortunately most of the present causes of death are tobacco and alcohol related. The following chart shows that the people of Utah are the healthiest found anywhere because they consume less alcohol and tobacco than other areas. century. It was caused by rodents and mosquitoes. An earlier epidemic in the 6th century killed anestimated 100 million people in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The world-wide “Influenza” epidemic at the close of World War I, [1918] killed 21,000,000 people world wide. 500,000 in the U.S. The “AIDS” epidemic of the present time has killed 20 million with 35 million more infected,and with the numbers growing rapidly each day. DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION FROM THE FOLLOWING DISEASES: Cause Six Nations United 1946 of Europe States Utah Tuberculosis 79.5 Cancer 137.5 Diseases of the nervous system 117.6 most of them. It is because of this, that the Utah state government along with other states require as part of the school curriculum that the harmful affects attributed to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other harmful drugs be taught in the classroom. 5:5 60.0 103.7 Diseases of the circulatory system 58.5 224.0 348.7 Diseases of the respiratory system Diseases of the digestive system 171.6 118.8 96,3 48.5 63.7 51.3 26.5 76.3 24.9 Kidney diseases 56.9 Infant mortality (first year of life, S16 5: 2918 T17 per thousand live births) Death Rate (per thousand) Following is a chart from TIME magazine that indicates the causes of death during the past century. Most of the health problems that afflict us today are brought about because of harmful life-style choices. Vaccinations may never be found to control most of the things listed, while a commonsense approach to healthful living would eliminate 33.7 138.9 Birth Rate (per thousand) Sources: Ue QS 6.8 19.0 28.0 International Health Yearbook, Vital Statistics of the U.S. No vaccine is necessary to control the greatest health hazards found in the world today. These terrible addictions that cause great suffering at costs of billions of dollars each year can be eliminated if people would make the right choices. Just stay away from drugs! The most common drugs are not the hard ones often mentioned like cocaine, amphetamines, marijuana, etc., but are the ones easily purchased every day because stores have a license (permission) to sell and inflict injury upon the people. What are these most common drugs? Up-to-date chart needed. TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL CONTAIN TODAY’S MOST COMMONLY INGESTED DRUGS. CONSIDER THESE WARNINGS THAT MAY COMPLICATE PREGNANCY SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide. Many years ago two medical doctors, who were concerned about smoking mothers and what the effect of their addiction might have on their developing fetuses, made a study of such mothers covering a period of several years. They discovered just what the above warnings on packages of cigarettes indicate. Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy. SMOKING ENDS DESTROYS IN A SLOW HEALTH WHICH OFTEN AGONIZING DEATH Besides nicotine, cigarette smoke consists of more than 4,700 chemical compounds, including cardiac poisons, cancer-causing agents, and industrial solvents, which can cause heart disease, once considered primarily men’s diseases, increased sharply in women as more began smoking. Inhaling the hot toxic fumes from the burning tobacco burns the linings of the air passages and reduces the smoker’s ability to fight off disease. The large particles in smoke form a corrosive tar containing many poisonous chemicals. This tar collects in the smoker’s lungs, exposing the smoker to these dangerous chemicals. A pregnant women who smokes passes the toxic chemicals she takes in to the developing fetus, where the chemicals can cause a spontaneous abortion or can cause the baby to have a lower birth weight or birth defects. —Grolier’s Encyclopedia This message is often seen in the media. Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, As aresult of their studies, they wrote a book entitled, ‘Born Without a Chance.” wherein they told the sad stories of babies born who were retarded and deficient in many ways as a result of the poisons the mothers had passed on to them. How unfortunate for those babies who are “Born Without a Chance!” BORN WITHOUT A CHANCE! What a terrible burden to be put on anyone! — Consider the following: An Associated Press article in the Standard Examiner of April 1, 2001, tells the sad story of “Ten babies born to the same drug-addicted mother. Each was addicted to drugs at birth. One 5 year old boy is just learning to crawl and stand. His older seven year old brother is brain damaged and still in diapers. The article concludes telling, “Seven of the other siblings are developmentally delayed. Four are HIV- positive.” We should all be grateful to be born in a family where the mother is free of alcohol, tobacco and other debilitating drugs that can cause serious life-long damage to a new-born baby. SMOKING IS ADDICTIVE © Nicotine, the most widely used addicting drug in Three Good Reasons to Stop Smoking While You are Pregnant: American society, affects the chemistry of the brain. 1. You will have a healthier pregnancy. 2. Your unborn baby will grow better because it will get more food and oxygen. 3. Your baby is more likely to be born healthy. Acetylcholine acts like a “key”— it is released from Information in the brain is transmitted between nerve cells by the chemical acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter. one cell and moves to the next cell, which it activates by fitting into a “lock,” called a receptor. Nicotine, which resembles acetylcholine in shape, interferes with this process by fitting in the acetylcholine receptors, thereby stimulating the nervous system. This gives the smoker an initial physical lift. Unlike acetylcholine, however, which returns to its point of origin once the information is processed, nicotine stays attached to the acetylcholine receptor for a relatively long time, blocking normal information transmission and acting like a depressant. The brain then produces more acetylcholine and receptor sites to bring information transmission back to normal. When not smoking, the smoker has too much acetylcholine and becomes and anxious due to nicotine smokers describe smoking happening is that smoking symptoms. nervous, hypersensitive, withdrawal. Thus, when as relaxing, what is really suppresses their nicotine When a smoker quits, the brain takes one to two weeks to readjust the amount of acetylcholine back to normal levels. Some of the brain changes caused by smoking are believed to be permanent, which makes quitting smoking extremely difficult, and may explain why some people who have quit smoking for years quickly go back to their old smoking levels after a single cigarette. —Grolier’s Encyclopedia REMEMBER There is no vaccine that will eliminate Nicotine addiction, alcohol addiction, gambling addiction, nor addiction to pornography Or any other addiction. The important combatant needed is the personal determination and willpower to avoid situations that could bring anyone under the burdensome and destructive yoke of an addiction. REMEMBER DESIRE - DETERMINATION - WILLPOWER On Aug. 21, 1978, Joseph A. Califano, Jr., then Secretary of the U. S. Department ofHealth, Education, and Welfare, wrote to schools throughout the country asking students to write essays and draw posters telling what they thought about cigarette smoking and what could be done to reduce the enormous social, economic, and human costs of cigarette smoking, and, also, what we can do to help create a “smoke-free” world in which all of us could live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Following is an sample poster: One student poster showed a package of “Kool” cigarettes, while telling, “It is not COOL to smoke “KOOL” cigarettes. Nicotine: A poisonous alkaloid that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide. An Alkaloid is a mildly alkaline compound, mostly of plant origin and of moderate molecular complexity. Even in very small amounts, they produce physiological effects on the body. strong Nearly 3000 alkaloids have been recorded. One of them Coniine, obtained from seeds of the hemlock, is highly poisonous; less than 0.2 gram (0.007 oz) is fatal. This was the famous poison used in the execution of Socrates. Another alkaloid is Nicotine which is a potent insecticide. Tobacco smokers absorb small amounts of nicotine from inhaled smoke, and they may feel certain physiological effects as a result. In small doses nicotine serves as a nerve stimulant, especially upon the autonomic nervous system, promoting the flow of adrenaline and other internal secretions. In larger doses, nicotine paralyzes the autono-nervous system by preventing the transmission of nerve impulses across the spaces between adjoining nerve cells. Still larger doses of nicotine may cause convulsions and death. The effects of nicotine upon the nervous system vary among individuals. In some persons nicotine hastens the formation of gastric ulcers. Cigarette smoking is responsible for 87% of lung cancer cases. Alcohol. Oral cancer and cancers of the larynx, throat, esophagus, and liver occur more frequently among heavy drinkers of alcohol, especially when accompanied by cigarette smoking or use of chewing tobacco. Smokeless Tobacco. Use of chewing tobacco or snuff increases risk of cancers of the mouth, larynx, throat, and esophagus. —Funk and Wagnels Encyclopedia Smoking: Leading Cause of Avoidable, Premature Death * Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the U.S. + * Tobacco products are responsible for more than 430,000 deaths each year due to cancer, respiratory illness, heart disease, and other health problems. . Cigarettes kill more Americans each year than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, illegal drugs, and fires combined. From Educational Supplement to the Standard-Examiner, Monday, October 20, 2003 The TRUTH About * Those who die as a result of smoking would have lived 12 to 15 years longer if they had not smoked. Tobacco Very few people dispute the fact that tobacco is harmful to their health. However, many are surprised and even shocked when they learn how severely cigarettes damage the human body and injure families and society as a whole. The following facts illustrate tobacco’s toxic contents and effects: Lists of Chemicals Found in Tobacco cause cancer. About 50 of those chemicals are tumor causing, while three of them are radioactive. So, it’s really no surprise that cigarettes are deadly. Here are a few of the chemicals and where they are normally found: liquid) Ammonia (toilet and floor cleaner) Arsenic (rat poison) Benzene (carcinogen) Benzo(a)pyrene (car exhaust) Butane (lighter fluid) Cadmium (batteries) Carbon Monoxide (car Exhaust) Cresol (explosives) Dimethylamine (agricultural fungicide) DDT/Dieldrin (pesticides) Hydroquinone (photographic developer) Isoprene (synthetic rubber) Methane (swamp and sewer gas) Methanol (rocket fuel, antifreeze) Methylamine (rocket propellant) Naphthalene (mothballs) Nicotine (insecticide) Nitrogen Dioxide (deadly poison) Phenol (plywood adhesive) Propane (tractor fuel) Formaldeide (body preservative Stearic Acrylonitrile Ethanol (poisonous (alcohol) tissue Facts About Teens and Tobacco * The average teenage smoker starts at 14.5 years old and becomes a daily smoker before age 18. og people do not begin to smoke as children or teenagers (before age 19), it is unlikely that they will. * Although only 5% of daily smokers surveyed in high school said they would definitely be smoking five years later, close to 75% were actually smoking 7-9 years later. carcinogens, which means they are known to Furfural (industrial solvent) Hexamine (barbecue lighter) Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison) Hydrogen Sulfide (toxic * The yearly death toll from tobacco can be compared to seven 737s crashing each day, each without any survivors. * Each and every day, another 3,000 young people become regular smokers, and nearly 1,000 of them will eventually die as a result of their smoking. The truth is that there are more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes. About 450 of them are Acetaldehyde (solid fuel Acetone (paint stripper) Acetic acid (vinegar) Acetylene (metal welding) Acrolein (tear gas) Worldwide, 200 million children alive today will eventually die from diseases caused by tobacco. * Approximately 2/3 of the adolescents who smoke said they wanted to quit. 70% said they would not start smoking if they could make that choice again. * 8.3% of Utah youth in grades 9l-12 smoke, while 3.8% chew. When polled about dating, 80% of girls and 70% of boys said they won’t date a smoker. sewer gas) Pyrene (coal tar) Acid (candle SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health. wax) This ad suggests that smoking is a very manly thing to do. -10- TEAR HERE SEE a a nen Out Ue Ne CoS Rebraska; King County, Wosheetgton and in facet Pann heer PCR USES eGR eee CRC Dee ari oe Can you describe the subtleties in this tobacco ad which suggests that smoking is a desirable womanly thing to do. tiie isn’t it a strange paradox that the U.S. Government that has the responsibility to “promote the general welfare” of its citizens, not only permits the sale of a poisonous product but allows its free distribution, knowing that the product causes serious health problems that eventually end in prolonged suffering and debilitating death. “A More Mellow Camel.” The claim that some cigarettes are “More Mellow’ than others is a giveaway to the fact that all cigarettes are extremely harsh and irritating to the respiratory system. Hence the expression “Smoker's Cough,” a phrase never used in cigarette advertising, that reveals one true result from smoking tobacco. “Pleasure to Burn,” should read, “Misery to Saifevais Taertment af Healthy Servers Maided Sy The Tohania Tad initiative. DB Suffer!” If tobacco ads were truthful we would see more ads like these. Tobacco products in all their forms are advertised in a very appealing way. What each product should include is a skull and crossbones, the symbol in times past, which was a_ warning that the substance was poisonous. There is a warning with this ad telling, “This product may cause gum disease and tooth loss.” How could it then be, “Another fine product.” Another fine product from U.S. Tobacco Co. ay. Bee Ere e Et Peod SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking See eeBirth dan. lniury, Prematureee Birth, And Low Weight. te tegstainmimciy hte ® a alll ge ae ae So, the tobacco advertising suggests that every aspect of the good life comes from smoking and “What m= les ae : you’re looking for” can be found in a cigarette. Along = ith the alluring advertising is found the required small print that really tells the truth about smoking - an ad- dictive habit that lends nothing to success, beauty, glamour, robust manhood, etc., but is a debilitating substance which is just the opposite of what is portrayed while causing severe health problems to the users. Smoking is the costliest and deadliest health problem in America and perhaps the world. : So how could it be COOL ; to smoke KOOLS Do smoking and swimming really go together? Hardly a place to light up a smoke but intent seems to convey some- or any other thing unusually glamorous in this night setting of colorful brand of cigarettes. lights while pausing for a relaxing moment in the pool. Let’s consider a demonstration that a medical doctor performed for the student body of Wahlquist School. He came bringing with him a pigeon in a cage, a small goldfish bowl containing about a quart of water and a small goldfish, along with a simple smoking machine Cigarette B (see the following pages). \ ra SURGEON GENERAL'S WARSENG: Uuitting Smoking Heaith. Here’s Joe Camel, a supposedly suave character who assumes many roles to convey a messageof life at its best; that he is a person really going places and having great times while receiving the admiration of those who | surround him. In this case he wears a pilot’s uniform to convey the message that he is “top-gun” of a fighting unit, smoking the ever-present cigarette as a symbol of his great success and stature in life. Smoking machine Copsaight {co} Grokes Interactive Inc. The doctor lit the cigarette and then started si- phoning off the water from the gallon jar. As the water siphoned off, it drew into the jar all the smoke from the cigarette. By the time the jar was empty of water, the cigarette had been smoked and the jar completely filled with a cloud of tobacco smoke. The doctor removed the lid and reaching in with an eyedropper he collected some droplets from the condensation of smoke that had adhered to the top and sides of the jar. 12. He then put a couple of drops in the fish bow] and asked the audience to pay careful attention for a few minutes. It wasn’t long until the fish was floating on top of the water, dead from the poisons that had entered its system. This, even though the droplets had been greatly diluted in the water of the fish bowl, indicating just how powerful the poisons are. Next, the doctor took more droplets from the smoking machine, put the eye dropper down the pigeon’s gullet, squeezed in some droplets, placed the bird back in its cage, and again asked the audie nce to watch. It wasn’t long before the bird was it its death throws thrashing around in the cage until it finall y stopped, “Deader than a dead pigeon!” as the doctor pointe d out. Now a pigeon is quite a large bird, and the doctor had in mind really making a point, because when the expression “deader than a dead pigeon” is made, it means that the victim is really dead, no question about it! The doctor then asked for volunteers. “Ts there any one present who would like to have me place a droplet of this tobacco concentrate on your tongu e?” Can you understand why there were no volunteers? When anyone smokes a cigarette, he/she doesn’t get a dose of nicotine and other poisons from the tobacco as was found in the amount conta ined in the droplet from the smoke concentrate. The poison s come more slowly and eventually over the years bring the debilitating consequences of continued use. Considering the tremendous cost of Cigarettes and alcohol and the damages done to a person’s health, why would anyone still smoke and drink alcoho lic beverages? _ Tobacco is a product that kills one out of every 3 of its users. If not by instant heart attack, then by a slow agonizing death. Let’s consider another addictive and destructive product. An alcoholic is a person affected with alcoholism . Alcholism is a chronic and usually progressiv e illness involving the excessive Inappropriate inges tion of ethyl alcohol whether in the form of familiar alcoholic beverages or as a constituent of other substances. Alcoholism is thought to arise from a combination of 13- BURDEN-BEARERS OF THE BOTTLE Questions with this topic: What is an alcoholic? Wha tproblems does alcoholism impose on families and communities? Can an alcoholic be helped? In what ways? Who are the burden-bearers of the bottle? a wide range of physiological, psychological, social, and genetic factors. It is characterized by an emotional and often physical dependence on alcohol, and it frequently leads to brain damage or early death. Some 10 percent of the adult drinkers in the U.S. are considered alcoholics or at least they experience drink- ing problems to some degree. More males than females are affected, but drinking among the young and among women is increasing. Alcohol has direct toxic as well as sedative effect s on the body, and failure to take care of nutritional and other physical needs during prolonged perio ds of excessive drinking may further complicate matter s. Advanced cases often require hospitalization. The effects on major organ systems are cumulative and include a wide range of digestive-system disord ers such as ulcers, inflammation of the pancreas, and cirrhosis of the liver. The central and peripheral nervous systems can be permanently damag ed. Blackouts, hallucinations, and extreme tremor may occur. The latter symptoms are involved in the most seriou s alcohol withdrawal syndrome, delirium tremens, which can prove fatal if not treated or treated improperly . —Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia THE NAKED TRUTH SALOON (A reprint of an ad from the Boise Democrat, Feb. 24, 1886.) AMESSAGE FROM JAMES N. LAWRENCE, PROPRIETOR Friends and Neighbors: Having just opened a commodious shop for the sale of liquid fire, I embra ce this opportunity of informing you that I have commenced the business of making: Drunkards, paupers, and beggars for the sober, industrious, and respectable portion of the community to support. I shall deal in spirits which will incite men to deeds of riot, robbery, and bloodshed, and by so doing, diminish the comfort, augment the expenses, and endanger the welfare of the community. I will on short notice, for a small sum and with great expectations undertake to prepare victims for the asylums, poor farms, prisons | and gallows. 3. Not having to get up during the night for a smoke, or having to stand outside in the cold to satisfy one’s addiction. 4. Able to enjoy the taste of many delicious foods. 5. Having more energy and zest for life. 6. Being free from bad breath and yellow stains on teeth and fingers. 7. Enjoy better health with little absenteeism on the job. 8. Better concentration at what you are doing without the anticipation involved in finding the next opportunity to get ones fix of nicotine or alcohol. 9. Not creating fire hazards with cigarettes. 10. Not creating problems with non-smoking neighbors. I will furnish an article that will increase accidents, multiply the number of distressing diseases, and render those who are harmless, incurable. [ will deal in drugs which will deprive some of life, many of reason, most of property, and all of their peace; which will cause fathers to become fiends, and wives widows; children to become orphans; and all, mendicants [beggars]. LET’S CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ABOUT HEALTH. I will cause many of the rising generations to grow up in ignorance and prove a burden and a nuisance to the nation. I will cause mothers to forget their offspring and cruelty to take the place of love... and if any be To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when not well. —Samuel Johnson so impertinent as to ask me why I have the audacity to bring such accumulated misery upon the people, my honest reply is, “Money.” The spirit trade is lucrative ... Without health life is not life; it is not living life. Without health life is only a state of languor and an image of death. —Francois Babelais From the United States government I have purchased the right to demolish the character, destroy the health, shorten the lives and ruin the souls of those who choose to honor me with their custom. It is health, which is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. -Mahatma Gandhi How is that for “Truth in advertising?” Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. —Ben Franklin If everyone could be truthful in advertising their products, Oh, what a greater place we would have in which to live! EXPAND YOUR MIND, DON’T BLOW IT! He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. —Arabian Proverb We have every reason to develop to full potential whatever faculties we might have been blessed with. To “blow” or destroy our minds in harmful ways is Sickness and disease are in weak minds the sources of melancholy; but that which is painful to to cut ourselves off from the happiness that should be everyone’s heritage. the body, may be profitable to the soul. Sickness puts us in mind of our mortality, and, while we drive on heedlessly in the full career of worldly pomp and jolity, kindly pulls us by the ear, and brings us to a proper sense of our duty. —Richard E. Burton TAKE SOME TIME TO NAME A FEW BENEFITS THAT COME FROM NOT USING ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO 1. Hundreds of dollars saved each month that could be spent on useful things. 2. Not suffering nicotine fits or delirium tremens. What are our country’s greatest health hazards, costing billions of dollars a year that are preventable? The answer is the use of alcohol and tobacco. -14- What is the product that kills one out of every 3 of its users, and whose death is often slow and extremely painful? We are speaking of tobacco use, of course. THE “TOBACCO TERRORISTS” done about the tobacco companies distribution of their poisons. The tobacco companies are too powerful and what federal, state, or local government wants to give up the money that tobacco taxes bring to their coffers! This, notwithstanding the fact that tobacco money generated by those taxes does not come anywhere near to what governments have to spend in order to There is great concern today about terrorist tactics of spreading poisons that will kill offa large number of people. Such terrorists plan secretly and act in secrecy to achieve their ends. While the government and populace are terrified at the possibilities of widespread death that might result from such actions, very little concern is shown about the “Tobacco Terrorists” who spread pernicious poisons each day that decimates and kill thousands each year. In comparison to those terrorists who act in secrecy the “Tobacco Terrorists” act openly and freely while promoting their product as something admirable and somehow beneficial to one’s well being. cover the medical expenses and other costs of tobacco consumption. Still, year after year, the same conditions exist. Will anyone ever have the courage to do what needs to be done in order to put the “Tobacco Terrorists” out of business? An Associated Press article appearing in many national newspapers on June 1, 2005, tells, “Tobacco industry targeted women.” So, what else is new? The tobacco people are continually looking for ways to make addicts of their poisonous products. Their giving of free cigarettes to World War II soldiers was not done out of altruistic reasons as a way of thanking After many years of medical evidence that their potential victims for fighting for their country! It cigarettes were, indeed, harmful to the smoker’s health. Yet, always looking for new strategies to dispense their poisons, the “Tobacco Terrorists” pretend to have real concern for the welfare of the smoking public. On the one hand while admitting that When a returning soldier of that war was asked by his parents why he had taken up smoking, he responded, “Well, they (the cigarettes) were free!” Yes, in the short term they were, but the “Tobacco Terrorists” knew what the long-term situation would be. A lifetime of monetary profits coming in from the unfortunate emphatically proved the harmful effects of smoking, the tobacco companies finally had to agree that their was all according to well-conceived plans. there is no such thing as a safe cigarette they also coerced victim. major cause of lung cancer in smokers. The “Tobacco Terrorists” never give up. They post their warning labels on their product as proscribed tells how “tobacco companies looked for ways to modify their cigarettes to give women the illusion they overshadowed by attractive advertising that promotes smoking as something manly for men to do or as are always there. But the advertising to the contrary hints of a better and more satisfying life through claim to have reduced the carcinogens that are the by law which is hardly noticeable because it is something becoming to a women’s personality, all of which is done with the alluring and seductive hope that someone will smoke that first addictive cigarette! WARNING: Smoking is addictive and dangerous to your health, Reductions in carcinogens (PAHs, nitrosamines, and catechols) have NOT been proven to result in a safer cigarette. This product produces tar, carbon monoxide, and other harmful by-products, While other poisonous substances are carefully controlled by government, nothing definitive is ever -15- Back, now, to the aforementioned article, which could puff their way into a better life.” Such modification is difficult because the poisons smoking. Remember , the glamorous pictures always associated with women smokers? It is so “hip” and the thing to do. The article concludes by telling of the success the “Tobacco Terrorists” have had in targeting women. “Worldwide smoking rates among women are expected to increase 20 percent by 2025, ‘driven by the growth of female markets in developing countries,’ while men’s smoking rates are steadily declining; the Harvard report says. “Carpenter said there is no evidence in the trove of documents that suggests tobacco companies have stopped targeting women.” They will continue targeting and capturing anyone that they can with little effort done to thwart them in their devious plans. The report also tells “More than 4,000 chemicals are in one cigarette.” Which chemicals destroy the human body. In spite of such reports, the “Tobacco Terrorists” ( Ji [NI Lt E FIRST BEDUCED continue in their destruction of the health and general oment in cigarettes that we believe is important welfare of the citizens. They will continue unheeded in their strategies at addicting newcomers to their news for you—and destined to change the fubure of cigarettes. This month, we are introducinga sae ene ini neni aN products. The government may continue taxing tobacco products along with occasional fines but that will never Aswe all know, smoking is addictive and hazardous to your health. However, the medical community has identified specific carcinogens that are a major cause of lung cancer in smokers. In a groundbreaking move, we have greatly reduced many of these. put an end to the harm that the companies do Why is this so? Is it because we have only politicians and no statesmen in government? The statesmen would do the right thing concerning tobacco products while the politician depends on tobacco money Let me be perfectly clear —there is no such thing as a safe cigarette, and we do not encourage anyone to smoke. But, in poreininon OMNI is the best alternative. While OMNT has not yet been proven to reduce health risks, the significant reduction of carcinogen levels is, in our opinion, a major step in the right direction. oe for Disease Control” which indicates “Around 440,000 people die each year from smoking related diseases, resulting in $75 billion in direct medical costs.” [Which costs are ultimately paid by the taxpayer] AN Open Lerrer To AMERICAN SMOKERS: ] am writing to tell you abouta new as was done in the case of cranberries. Who is to blame for such double standards? Various newspapers and magazines often carry tobacco facts as given by the government “Center to help get him in office and keep him there. Too many people are bought off and kept from doing the right www.ommnicigs.com Bennett§, LeBow CEO, Vector Tobacco thing. A suggestion. The leading factions of the “Tobacco Terrorists” network should all be rounded up and sent off to a specially designed prison to live out their days This open letter to American Smokers is very apologetic in recognizing the damage that smoking causes, but makes the claim that if one will smoke their particular brand, which “has not yet proven to reduce health risks,” just might be “a major step in the right for their crimes committed against society. Automated smoking machines, operating continuously, would fill their cellblocks with the deleterious carcinogenic cloudy smoke of their product, which would engulf them continuously. direction.” What a feeble attempt to make smoking seem less harmful! ‘No! Not so!” The politician would shout. That would be cruel and unusual punishment!” How would it be any different from what the Remember the uproar that was caused a few years back when it was thought that cranberries, that berry so much used at Thanksgiving time to enhance the turkey meal, might cause cancer! The thought that such was the case ruined the cranberry crop for a short time until such claims were proved to be false. There are no such false claims against the cancerous and other ills caused by cigarette smoking. Yet nothing is done to destroy the tobacco crop such “Tobacco Terrorists” do to others around the clock on a daily basis? “What is good for the goose, should be good for the gander,” is a common expression. In committing such crimes the offender should be able to take what he, himself, dishes out. Let them die in the same environment that they create for others. Would that be too horrible a sentence? Of course, it will never happen. The tobacco people will continue their rampage against society while doing ie. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO HARM THAT WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL? Webster’s definition of Nicotine: A poisonous alkaloid that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide. If tobacco ingredients are used for making poisonous sprays to destroy insects, how could they be good for human application? Don’t succumb to persuasions that could make you other than the best you could be. Protect your health and the beauty that is yours by not smoking. (Faces copied from an unremembered textbook) A copy of the poster the author made (1978) in response to Secretary Califano’s plea for such as a means to help make the smoke-free world he anticipated. all that they can to inflict their poisons upon others. It will be done with an occasional slap on the hand for their actions that will momentarily relieve the souls of the politicians who allow the damage to continue. Once enticed, why do people smoke? It is not because the sensation is pleasurable or satisfying, as tobacco companies like to claim. The true answer came forth when a schoolteacher asked a ninth grader why he smoked. His answer gave the real reason. “Because I can’t quit!” That is the only reason why anyone uses that addictive debilitating substance. “Because I can’t quit!” causes the “Tobacco Terrorists” to gleefully wring their hands in anticipation of ever-greater profits while addicting everyone they can to their poisonous product. With dollar signs flooding their minds they have no regard, nor conscience, for the evils they bring to society. Evils such as making pathetic slaves to a ruinous habit while depriving them of their much-needed money that could be spent for more wholesome lifestyle activities. The “Tobacco Terrorists” kill half a million people each year while daily wounding thousands more in addicting them to the nicotine habit; yet that is not reason enough to stop them in their terrorist activities! It has been 27 years since Secretary Califano asked students “what we can do to help create a ‘smoke-free’ world in which all of us could live longer, healthier, and happier lives,” with little progress having been made in that effort. Could his dream for us ever be realized in that regard? -17- THE NAKED TRUTH SALOON (Reprint of an ad from the Boise Democrat, Feb. 24, 1886.) AMESSAGE FROM JAMES N. LAWRENCE, PROPRIETOR Friends and Neighbors: Having just opened a commodious shop for the sale of liquid fire, I embrace this opportunity of informing you that I have commenced the business of making: Drunkards, paupers, and beggars for the sober, industrious, and respectable portion of the community to support. I shall deal in spirits which will incite men to deeds of riot, robbery, and bloodshed, and by so doing, diminish the comfort, augment the expenses, and endanger the welfare of the community. I will on short notice, for a small sum and with great expectations undertake to prepare victims for the asylums, poor farms, prisons and gallows. [will furnish an article that will increase accidents, multiply the number of distressing diseases, and render those who are harmless, incurable. I will deal in drugs which will deprive some of life, many of reason, most of property, and all of their peace; which will cause fathers to become fiends, and wives widows; children to become orphans; and all, mendicants [beggars]. I will cause many of the rising generations to grow up 1n ignorance and prove a burden and a nuisance to the nation. I will cause mothers to forget their offspring and cruelty to take the place of love... andif any be so impertinent as to ask me why [have the audacity to bring such accumulated misery upon the people, my honest reply is, “Money.” The spirit trade is lucrative... From the United States government I have purchased the right to demolish the character, destroy the health, shorten the lives and ruin the souls of those who choose to honor me with their custom. I pledge myself to do all I have promised. Those who wish any of the evils before specified upon themselves or their dear friends are requested to meet me at my bar where I will for a few cents furnish them with the certain means of doing so. How is that for “Truth in advertising?” WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO HARM THAT WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL? Webster’s definition of Nicotine: A poisonous alkaloid that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide. lf tobacco ingredients are used for making poisonous sprays to destroy insects, how could they be good for human application? DON’T SUCCUMB MAKE YOU OTHER PROTECT BEAUTY THAT TO PERSUASIONS THAT COULD THAN THE BEST YOU COULD BE. YOUR HEALTH AND THE IS YOURS BY NOT SMOKING! DMaML 1178 These students insisted on having their picture taken before settling down to watch some slides. So here we have it. Now let’s see what some of our school activities look like in color. (On slide film the students viewed, but unfortunately only black-and-white appears on the printed page.) Ben Lomond in the early morning with shadows upon it, while in the foreground are the tilled fields following the harvest. mountains as viewed from the school grounds. Wahlquist Jr. High School in late afternoon with the front of the building in deep shadows. Color Review Cheerleaders decorating the goal posts before a football game Heading for the buses after school is out. Mr. Shaw making the morning announcements. The stands are full at the football game on a cloudy overcast day. This telephoto view brings the mountains right up close. Color Review || | Some of the action on the playing field... . . . along with the reaction of the fans in the stands. Here’s our football team dressed in their green and gold shirts of our school colors with white bottoms that are soon dirtied as a result of the action on the field. and the first shot going up for a basket. “Here we are in the cafeteria. We look better in color, don’t we?” | Color Review BO , < anaes Seana oe ar eens The girls are always joyously involved. Now we are lined up at the candy store for an after lunch snack.No vending machines yet, so we have to wait in line again for something. _ Yes, the boys usually hang out in one place while the girls will be gathered somewhere And here are the girls, with a couple of boys sneaking into the picture. else. Color Review Ah, the fun of a blindfold and an opportunity to break open a pinata for all of its goodies! “Pat, don’t you dare push that girls’ face down in the foun- ) Here’s an outdoor beautiful creation that will soon be tain.” We know she is just showing off for the photographer. How do you like the colors and styles of the 60’s, anyway? smashed to pieces in the excitement of this great tradition. Bienvenidos a todos los alumnos en la clase de Espanol. A girl’s chorus is seated and ready to start singing. Color Review The desks are now filled as Mr. Bench gives some instruction. Here’s Mr. Curtis with the “Mellodettes,” our girls group that brings so many interesting touches to our music program. Four classrooms are shown with the Curtain s drawn back ready for a large group presen tation in the Utah History classes. A single empty classroom is shown here. Suddenly it is filled and waiting for an Opport unity to discuss further the material presented in the large group. Color Review A view from the farthest point of the 4 classrooms shows that items presented on the screen by an c YO D : o> @ - £ a © § o—_ SY =o ee 5 a GS) oS 2s sam SE © a. wn 5 oO = > > 2. @® co ° ‘Oo ® OW = 5 c ow é Now we are looking from the stage area to see what things look like in these large presentations. 2% © Again the seats are full giving a perspective of what those seated in the back rooms can see. 8. 4 to put on a planned skit, or something £So overhead projector, slide film , or movie pr ojects can still be seen quite well by those in the back areas. The stage area provides an opportunity Is someone ready to clean house here? Color Review creas pre aaneans Rane ak RS peNanna This group is getting some final instruction on the presentation they will give. “The more the merrier,” is often helpful when presenting something. Most of one class was involved in this presentation. While the stage was used mostly for instructional purposes, it was often used for assembly programs such as the accordionists shown here in a theater-in-the-round situation with 8 classes looking on. Often many classroom holiday programs were presented on the stage such as at Christm as time, when student groups performed a short version of Dickens “Christmas Carol” as a way of celebrating that holiday. Many really happy times were enjoyed in that place! Here a group is busy at their typewriters, “Letting their fingers do the working!” It’s time for the Science Fair, and it’s nice to see some color associated with that event. Color Review “Look out for the quick sand!” and this display tells how it happens. Drawings, photographs, jars, and explanations help in the presentation of this topic. This project tells how water is purified by the filtration method. This Phys. Ed. Review gets going with a big leap over the top of a human pyramid. Mathematical calculations are detailed in this project. A girl’s drill team goes through its routine. ea Color Review The round dancers are showing off their colors. Handsome couples perform their dancing routine. The stands are full of participants waiting for their turn to get on the gym floor. < 4 g 2 Here we see the stands filled almost to Capacity at the Weber High School gym where our review was held. Now we are at the Spring Dance where Mr. and Miss Congeniality will soon occupy the beautifully decorated bench enclosure. A few couples take the floor as the music starts. Color Review We have the usual animated conversations around the beautiful decorations. Colorful balloons occupy this corner inside the crepe paper surroundings. The centerpiece of all these decorations is a colorful ball inside these steamers. Here we are at “W” day activities again with a chance to see Penny and Margaret in color. | Color Review These Part art ofof th the school watching d behind ind th the the various activities. crowd A winner breaks the tape as he completes the 100 yard dash. 12 kids seem to be more interested in each other than in the designated activities on the playground. Can you blame them? Oh, Oh, be careful not to get a spray of water me on you as you approach the water fountain! Color Review Well, it's time for yearbooks already. How quickly the year has gone! We lounge around on the grass signing the yearbooks . . or on the bleachers... or wherever we can get comfortable signing the books. Suddenly, in a few minutes time, we have had a rather short review of a year’s activities.