Glen Cove High School - Profile Yearbook (Glen Cove, NY)

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THE RED A: D GREEN JEFFERSON AND THE CONSTITUTION Thomas Jefferson still lives. He is Immortal. The Constitution will never fall into oblivion. It is Immortal. Linking the destiny of Thomas Jefferson With the destiny of our Constitution, we find the Crowning Virtue in the United States of America. They are Immortal. The period of time between the years 1740 and 1800 is known in American History as “The Heroic Age”, for never in the history of any country at any one period of time, were there as many real heroes, diplomats and statesmen as the British Colonies in America had in George Washington, John Adams. Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Madison, Monroe and a score of others, but ranking high on this list of famous men we find the name of “The Great Liberator”, Thomas Jefferson. I'he circumstances of our history that lie did so much to make, kept him in public life for nearly 40 years. Never has a public servant given so much of himself to the people, as did Jefferson during the time he was a Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, Governor of Virginia, Member of Congress, Author of the Declaration of Independence, first sole Minister to France, first Secretary of State in our new Republic, Vice President under John Adams, third President of the United States, and re-elected, Founder of the University of Virginia, and the first Champion for Religious Freedom in this Country. He laid the foundation for the Constitution with his Declaration of Independence, for in drafting this most most wonderful of all documents he outlined plainly all the grievances and complaints the Colonists had against their mother country, and in brief but precise form made clear all that was necessary for his people to enjoy the liberty and happiness they were endowed with by their Creator. The independence and peace that followed the Revolution did not immediately produce all the advantages which had been anticipated by the ardent Colonists and it became necessary to provide a form of government strong enough to keep these free and independent states, “one and inseparable.” It was then that the men of wisdom in this new Republic were called together and after debating and deliberating for over three months they brought forth that idealistic document, The Constitution; which gives to each of us freedom of speech, religion, thought and action and at the same time curbs abuses upon these privileges by the creation of the three departments into which our government is divided, namely, Legislative, Executive and Judicial, thus equalizing the power into three parts and giving the balance of power to the citizens at large. The new government was then functioning under the leadership of the illustrious and eminent Washington, and Washington recognizing the ability of Thomas Jefferson as an authority on matters of state and International Law appointed him Secretary of State. While he served in this capacity numerous and varied problems confronted the new government and it soon became evident that Articles in addition to, and Amendments of, the Constitution would have to be drafted [30]

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THE RED AND GREEN CLASS OFFICERS John DlOGUARDI David Clark---------------------------- .Nicholas Dallas Miss Thayer---------------------------- Gertrude Roslund.............. Motto—“Aim High.” President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Colors—Maroon and Silver. FRESHMEN ROLL CALL aldock, carl anderson, elizabetli anderson, iver anderson, wesley aufiero, Virginia baldwin, claire hartley, alicc bellingham, mary bernstein, mildred bocigalupo, louis boyle, Joseph brennan, eugene brett, james brigati, elsie burczak, pearl burhans, Stanley canarick, ruth capabianco, percy celano, joseph checola, mildred dark, david dark, john dallas, nicholas danis, anna diegan, william dimenna, frederick dioguardi, john di pietrantonio, lulu doxey, arnold dudgeion, eula duke, john ebel, augusta ehrich, edward falconer, john fanning, imelda fessenden, anna forgione, jeanette fowle, evelyn gliekfield, vivian goldstein, dorothy grabrusky, adolph gregory, helen gregory, tessie haggerty, edward liahn, irene head, marjorie hedger, randolph berbig, rose hogg, elizabeth hunter, janet johnson, elizabeth johnson, elenora kaminski, elizabeth kaminski, sophie kenney, harold kruinenacker, helen lane, george lawson, efhe levin, gabriel lockwood, isabel maccarone, george malin, evelyn maiinski, george malinowski, lawrence mandelup, mollie martino, anthonv miller, helen mordecai, margaret morley, bernard murray, gertrude neafsey, william northage, genevieve obergfell, elso ostofski, helen perkins, robert phillips, gladys prentice, elizabeth ricci, john robertson, Christina roslund, gertrude rudyard, Stanley salvey, joseph scott, isabel sharpe, frank sholman, seymour snedecor, priscilla stoehr, margaret stone, samuel stults, herbert summonwich, Stanley taylor, edward titus, preston trehey, Catherine waskiewic, joseph widegren, violet williams, melville whitely, may whitely, thomas wo Ison, mary young, florence zarembo, theodore zausmer, nathan zielazny, jennie [29]

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THE RED AND GREEN and submitted for approval. To Thomas Jefferson is given all credit for the first ten amendments. It is a recognized fact that many of the articles contained in the Constitution were utterances of Jefferson in the Statute-book of Virginia, which has often been referred to as the Jefferson Code. When John Adams became President after Washington’s retirement, Jefferson was elected Vice President, and later he defeated Adams and became third President of the United States. Although Adams and Jefferson differed greatly in their political opinions and a personal animosity between these two men existed for years, Adams paid Jefferson the greatest tribute one statesman can pay another. Adams at the point of death, not knowing that Jefferson had died but a few hours before, uttered, “Thank God, Jefferson still lives.’’ Jefferson’s final summons came on July 4th, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. During Jefferson’s presidency he negotiated the purchase of Louisiana from Napoleon for fifteen million dollars, for which he was criticised by his political opponents because there was nothing in the Constitution that authorized the buying of land, but he saw then, as we do now the great necessity of controlling the Mississippi and avoiding a war. This is but another evidence of Jefferson’s civic courage in not fearing public criticism. When Jefferson stated in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal he fired the first shot in his attack on slavery. A half century later through the efforts of “The Great Emancipator”, Lincoln, we find another Jeffersonian policy added to our constitution in the thirteenth amendment. Although Jefferson was constantly before the public, the honors bestowed upon him by the people were the smallest tribute they could pay their benefactor, the man who loved them, lead them and trusted them. J. W. Daniels said of Jefferson: When he stood for Independence they said “Rebel.” When he stood for Justice they said, “Communist”. When he stood for Religious Freedom they cried, “Infidel”. When he aroused the people against Monarchy and Concentrated Power they said, “Demagogue”. But the common people heard him gladly and with one accord they said, “All Hail, Our Friend.” Muriel Cohen FIRE PREVENTION The attention of the nation is being invited to Eire Prevention Week, a week in October, during which the people are asked to exercise caution in preventing fires. A glance at the appalling losses in life and property as a result of fires during the past year ought to be sufficient to line every citizen up in support of this campaign. Every dollar burned is wasted, utterly gone. And who pays the loss? The citizen taxpayer. Property that is burned may be insured and the loss partially met by the insurance company, but eventually every dollar that fire licks up is paid by the ultimate consumer, the taxpayer. It is said that the fire losses in the United States are eleven times greater than the average in Europan countries. Does this mean that we are that much less considerate of our lives and property than are the people of foreign lands? If it does, then the time has come to call a halt. The most prolific causes of fire are carelessness in the handling of matches, cigar , cigarettes, defective flues and chimneys, and defective electrical wiring equipment. But throughout it all the outstanding cause is— carelessness. It is difficult to realize a large area such as a city, being razed by fire, but this is not only possible, but has actually happened. I am referring to the great Chicago fire whereby thousands were cast into the streets, robbed of their homes, whereby the toil of years was reduced to ashes in less than a fortnight. Anyone familiar with the history of that period in which the terrible event [31 |