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',E'VENINt3 EXPRESg. Portland, Maine November 3f1962 { _ Ill sons. First, if students are some allowedi to'smoke at schoole who generally wouldn't smok'e' att all at home or, elsowhere, would tt''k'e advantage of the situatlon, and start'' smoking. Thc second is that it is a' dirty habir and the. eivarette butts left around the. school handly add to its besuty."' ! Jane /Eaton, Bonny Eagle ~''~ , ~' ~. ~ r s~ Hi^h senior: "I think studen:.e ~~~t©~~~~~®~~ ~J~'L~Q~oJI l~y~S should he allowed to smoke on Because if tacy emi cs h l pr s . ,, ac co ~ . r~ do not have permission; they wi11 A.~~~i3: Ei" 1 e~01r7J be smoking behind the teachers' backs. I alsoi think that they ...nn~ anu fhinL-~ emnL•ivw ~ehnuld snoula, nav$~. a' certaIn area W~. - -.... ~..._. ........--°-"-°~~ be allowed on the school prem, smoke in and a centain tlme.'• Earl tS'aaon, South Poe,:an3 Gall Webbcn, 4 Bonny Eagde. Paul Dadge Gorha:n High High senior: "Teachers have a High junior: '•I think students. , Junfor: "tvhen hi:h schzol s:u• .smoi.•ing lounge to be used at should be allbwed to smoke at ld ' t ' n so why shou if they h school onlyave permis- dents are . told fdatly t.'hat they certain ttmes, ' ratt't smoke: rebelliousness is the students be a12ow'edi to smoke out~ slon. from their parents. The , result. It is better for adults side at basement break and be- smoking should be restricted to. merely to make known, theit dis- fore school7" . certain, areas of the school, andi aDProvalL but leave the final de- at certain times like recess or cislon to the student." Jim tti:: tney, So;::a c or'land noon. ,. ,,• l~ yizh ••smot:ing should Tony Paine, Bonny Eagle High 1'iargaret Alden, Gorham High i:: ~~ :ot be aila«'ed on junior: "The teachers have hcol p: r,ises, ar.d those caug'ht' senior: "In some schools students a ut dl t i ll ' owe a cer a nea o - e a n enough to do without" acting as :••ottld ba .:ani'shed with due re. ~ kin ide th ch for a sm l' g s e s oo o a schooli police depazt¢nent' en-:^cet fo. :he ineurrin, circum-' forcing a ban on smoking." stances. T-e people who smoke ~a. In other schools students allowed nen''t i to smoke at alI cn schoo? i;nounds can n•ait' untiU a Constance Feich, Gorham High they le..se .<chooLfon their smoke. on' the grounds. Therefore those d ll t t h d t s w o are a u en owe o a junior: "Smoking doesn't do the'Tiey should be stopped and a s k th i ' h ld " e on e prem ses ou ~io school any harm: and if parents nae invok'ed' to stop this prac s feel fontutrate that the are al- y tice "' ld , approve, then the schools shou lowed the privilege." . let the students smoke" joan re aa, boutn Yotxtana! Phyllis Merrill, Greely Institute;. Sandra Itiou2, Deering High H:gh, senior: "No. I doWt think junior: "I think smoking should' ;. Junior: "At Deering smoking is siadents should be allowed to be allowed on school grounds; ' permitted -in the rear of` the s^ioke while at school. I do' not with the permission of' the ..school. I' see nothing wrong, with think„it is necessa2y for' one to parents. With this system the' smoking on school premises as have" a cigarette in the short need1 to sneak a smoke is re- long as the area Is limited: I doian1ount of free tirne we have moved." -not think that, smoking should be during, schcol hours." . ~ " 716m Peterson, Greely Institute permitted Sn' front of the school ` because of' the unfavorable Im- Thomas \'orton, Falmouth Hlgh, junior: "I don't think smoking on pression It creates. I'do think that junior: "I think that we should! school grounds should be allowed teachers should be oni duty out- have a system w}ier'e tae juniors becanise high school students side as they are at Deering." and' seniors could smoke n'ithout' aren't mature enou,^,h to know permission. and the underclass•' whether they should or not. David' Peterson,• Deering High men would have to have written., Therefore I think there should, Xenio: :"Yes: I feel that smoking permission f rom their parents." be strict rules against smoking shotild, be allowed in certain on school gt'ound5," How- Charles I amberi. Falrnouth areas of the school grounds , ever, I also feeli that people who High junio:: "i' am' only one Larry Spilter, Grecly Institute t, liomone: "T d so 't thi k th ' ' p on n a but I y amok'e shouldi be made to under--person s op_nion, actuall stand' the bodily harm it can do: don't think it is a benefit to our sntoking should be allowed on the Because teachers have the privil• s chool. ,,.' am sure if you can't school grounds because it looks ege of smoking It should be given wa'ir to lixh-. up till you're home, cheap and downgrades the schooI. to the students as well." you had }bet:er take your problem and s smoking innyour •r~ootnowhene home to a doctor. Think on it."' David Geary. Deering Hlgh~ You won't be seen:'• ' ., Faltnouth senior: "Smoking at lunch time Pamela Titcow is not necessary, but smoking on' High senior: "Nu. Snoking on schcol premises before and after school grou:rds should, not' be, school should be allowed; It permitted. I am very strongly' should be allowed because there against this because of two rea-' as no good neason to forbid it. The teachcrs can smoke In the .achool, so the students should at -- least be givcn tdtis privilege out- side."