Conant High School - Yearbook (Jaffrey, NH)

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A DRIVF FETCH OF THE NAQHINGTON TRIP Frlday, Aprll 16 dawned beautlful and clear seemed 3USDiClOuS that the gods should favor us w1th such a day on whlch to start rlr long antlclpated trlp The hour of our arrlval ln Boston gave us more than enough tlme to explore the New York from brow to tern before lt emerged from anchorage 118 sea was calm C much to our dellghtb and the swaylng of the boat Has hardly notlceable The tour through Phllg delphla was very lHStTuCt1V6 Tne many large department stores famous Market gtreet lnterested us very much The large Cry tal Tea Room where we had lunch a mazed us beyond words vlth 1ts beautlful gardens lmpressed uS all greatly Tne many shrlnes and altars 1D all parts of the garden added to the beauty Flofers of all varletles and descrlp tlon were 1D f ll bloom and made the grounds very color ful In the Monastery we vlslted the Catacombs Wh1Ch are repllcas of the famous catacombs ln Rome Our V1Slt to beautlful Mount Vernon wa on the hot test day of our tr1p e VlS1t6d Geor e Wash1ngton's tomb whlch 15 ln a secluded spot of the grounds Ne en Joyed Mount Vernon's loca t1on especlally I 15 s t uated on a h1ll OV6F1OOK1Hg the majestlc Potomac from wh1ch constantly blows a cool breeze We vent to the Arl1ngtOn Natlonal Cemetery vhlch vaS part of the estate of GED eral Robert E Lee but vaS conflscated at the end Of the C1v1l by the govern ment and made 1nto a cemetery for our great honored dead Here 15 the Tomb of the Jn known soldler and the large marble amphltheatheatre erect ed lH honor of hlm Before the tomb a guard 13 on duty nlght and day We then went lnto tne Lee IHDSIOH whlch of typlcal southern archltec ture wlth hlgh round plllars 1D the front Close to the house are the slave quarters and also the JIDS cellar of the manslon both of WhlCh are very lDb6T6St1Hg Our v1s1t to the Congres slonal Llbrary was very short Here are m1111005 of books and copy of the CODSt1tdtlOU whlch 15 preserved by chemlcals b tween txo thlCKH6SuSS of glass At the Blreau of Prlntlng and Engraving hundreds of thou sands of dollars' worth of pa per money was belng made Would that we had long arms or tongs wlth whlch to reach down for some of the money ' Je caught a gllmpse of a 3lO0,000 blll, but much to our chagrln lt was carefully concealed ln a glass case We could have spent hours and hours there, watchlng the money lelng made and count ed by deft and nlmble flngers, but our tlme was llmlted The tal was saw the tour through the Capl most engoyable Here we House of Representa t1V6S and the Selate ln sesslon The sesslons are altogether dlf LJ -- Q V' C . 4 A - , My ' .1 4 , E. It . J , A I .1 D J Z . . . . . . , . . , - S 0 S v ' ' 1 ' - S . . , . . T1 ' . ' ' - . xv V. U ..V.L , , ld . . is - o ' ... ' , X 1 KA . , on ' ' . f s . of I ' . Q 1. . The Franciscan Monastery volumes, and also the original V. . . , . 1 . . ' . 4 . e t 1 ' - FU I' . v ' ' . 5 o XF J S ' L ' 1 ' . . W , . . 1 - . A - ' o I ' I L - ' , . . . t . 1 - p , .0 h O