Colebrook Academy - Clipper Yearbook (Colebrook, NH)

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1 2 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 IO ll 12 75 14 H5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 24 25 26 CLJPPEK QUIZ From what point in the United States could one look due south into Canada? what tree is the national tree of the United States? Are there any Town Criers nowadays? f 'Are whipping posts still in use as a form of punishment? Who first said, UThe mail must go throughn? when was the first daily newspaper in the United States? The words, nwhat hath God wroughtn are famous for what reason? Name four kinds of lilies used for food. ' What do the letters NDN and HSN mean on some coins? ' Give the first line of, nAmerica For Me,N by Henry Van Dyke. whence do we get the line HA thing of beauty is a joy forever? How many states are named for presidents? what is the motto on the Supreme Court Building? which state Capital has 48 steps each inscribed with the name of state in the Union? which of the 15 original l5 states was named for Queen Elizabeth? what is the difference between a tarentella and tarantula? In baseball what is a Uswitch hitteru? What was the first book written on a typewriter? Where is the geographic center of the United States? Nhat English word has two contradictory meanings? What part of ing? ' the people of the world use a knife and Is the Mississippi or the Missouri the longer river? Name the state which has l0,000 lakes. To whom is Katherine Cornell married? which is Shakespearefs shortest play? Where is the Isle of Langerhans located? ey ape -22- K P Y 26 8 fork in eat-

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off Kto leave? He didn't even take any Jack Cmoneyj Everything he purchased was on the jawbone Ccreditl Why not make an appointment to read this humorous book? You will never regret it. Arlene Forbes '45 THEHUNUMWQXDMEDY By William Saroyan This book, written only as an American knows how, shows the trul' American hiloso hv of life. De ictina an averase American .J - .0 . O ? family, the Macauleys, in an average village, Ithaca, in an average state California the book is full of human stirrin- ,lim,ses of y 2 9 our great way of life. lt is a struggle of Macauleys, a fatherless American family, to live and gain an education in the ways of Americans. Marcus, the oldest boy, supports the family until he is called to warg then it is up to Homer, a lad of fourteen, to Hcarry onn. Homer Hcarries onn as a delivery boy, Ulysses, a little boy of four and Homer's brother, also Hcarries onn in the only way he knowsirw--learning the ways of our complicated, simple life. Homer and Ulysses are the characters making the book what iti:--witty and honespun. The author puts many beautiful PSSSSQCS--G1d68th5 our nwonderful .iu.akcs --into the lips of Ira. Lxcuuloy, F ..,,, 1 . One could not fail to be deeply touched by the pathos and truth expressed in The Hunan Comedy. Parker Hicks '45 'N V' ,XX I UNLYJOKLD By Wendell WlllklG What could be more exciting than a dangerous air trip around the world into the battlefields and front lines of today's war? As you read, you meet not those of the past whom history has made great, but the great people of the present who are making history. The book constantly reminds us that the world is in reality small, that other nations count on us, and--most important--that understanding and mutual respect must unite not just nations but the peoples of this earth into none worldn, livable, peaceful, and prosperous. This book is extraordinary in that the author reveals to us things at which correspondents could only hint, about which reporters could say noth- ing. After you have read these essential inside facts, perhaps you can decide whether Mr. Willkie is a politician or an author, an adventurer or a diplomat. Anyway, our thanks go to him for letting us in on the happenings that are so vital to us in a story that will strike some responsive chord in any reader. . Beverly Marshall '45 -g1-

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'S 2 ' 52 'YZ-ei , 2-ff Winl ,izgf 'i':-T21 f 1 ,, , , '!5Z?, '.Ac - .7 a o ' ix w 1 Q., -Q I J V My l ' , If f Www X. ' . C7 sf iff. , ,gf ...LDCJJXIJ Or :Mate Down t ' ugh the centuries freedom of speech has meant the free- ing of the tongue from tyrannical ntongue-tiers.N In the last three centuries, years of radical ideas and back-to-nature philosophy, free- dom of speech has been looked on as a nmustn and taken for granted as a natural function. At present it is an ideal which the United Nations are fighting to restore to oppressed nations and preserve for all future generations. As freedom of speech is regarded as a nmustn, it is therefore necessary that it be guaranteed in some measure. In ancient Greece freedom of expression was construed to mean accordance with the ruling regime. Socrates drank the hemlock because he believed as we today that man's speech is dictated by his conscience and not by one man. The first significant outburst of man's clamor for free speech culmi- nated in the signing of the Magna Carta on the banks of the Runnymede. The few barons who made King John nsign away his kingdomn did not realize the influence it would have on future English generations. This document has been nwrittenu into England's law and reaffirmed by so many sovereigns that it is a principle no true Britisher would do without. It was this influence and the feeling of complete democracy in tht colonies that prompted the founders of this country to include in the Constitution the clause, NCongress shall make no law abridging the fax dom of speech.H These men may have been impetuous in their actions, but, like the shrewd Yankee, their guarantee had to be in writing. This amendment to the constitution has served the people of this natio to the present. It has been affirmed again and again but never so strongly as by President Roosevelt, who said that there shall be ufreedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world.n If this country is to long endure as a land of the free, freedom of speech must prevail. The shipbuilder would not build if he didn't have a spokesman, or MRosieH would not rivet if she couldn't chew her gum and nwagn her tongue in peace. Truly, if this freedom of speech were not guaranteed, our country would no longer be the poet's, nSweet land of liberty.N , A Parker Hicks '43 -25-