Hudson High School - True Blue Yearbook (Hudson, WI)

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TRUE BLUE 17 in the past, on the history of the world. All through the ages of history, woman has been prominent in public life. Aristotle placed Sappho in the same rank with Homer and Archilochus. The women of Rome were noted for their cul- ture and education. Cornelia, the daughter of Scipio Africanus wielded such influence over her sons that they became leaders in the Agrarian movement. It was she who referred to her sons as jewels. Perhaps no woman ever had exerted more powerover men than did Madame Roland over the Girondist during the terrible French Revolution. Queen Elizabeth secured peace with France and Scotland, and during her reign England prospered as never before. Literature flourished, and the brightest literary period in English History is the Elizabethan era. Victoria was another Queen who, by her patience, industry, tact and good judgment exerted an unbounded moral control over British policies. , Jennie Lind, who endowed the schools of Sweden with money earned by means of her songs; Florence Nightingale the sanitary reformer of the British army, and Clara Barton the organizer of the Red Cross society are household words throughout the civilized world. Perhaps the woman best known to the people of the pres- ent generation is Frances E. Willard. She was the organizer and leader of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Words fail to adequately express appreciation of Her life’s work. Her death is mourned in a million homes, and her name will ever remain among the brightest stars in the galaxy of the world’s illustrious workers in the cause of humanity. The Mormon Church. By Esther Flynn. This essay was an explanation of the origin of the Mormon church, and something of the life of Joseph Smith its founder. The founder was born in a village in the State of New York. His educational advantages were few, but he was naturally of a reli- gious temperament. This religious tendency was increased by religious excitement which prevailed in the vicinity of his home during his boyhood.

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1G THUE BLUE branches of the tree of life. From Milton we rise with hope and gather confidence as we advance, in the belief that the most perfect mental discipline, and civilization are not antagonistic to poetry; but that it attains its highest development when under the most enlightened judgment. With the advance of civilization, however, there seems to be a proportional decline in the powers of the imagination and fancy. Consequently there is a decay in poetry. Nations, like individuals, only once in their history appear in the freshness of their youth, and in the bloom of beauty. Such a period having once passed further attempts are useless. Thus it is with prose. It may have the substance but it can never have the music and splendor, or the supernatural charm and rapture of poetry. It has been said that we are growing prosaical; that the influence of modern scien- tific discoveries, the growth of the trades and manufactures will kill the poetic spirit. Human nature, however, is the same as it always has been, surroundings alone are different. The human heart responds to the same notes and the same impulses. Poetry that charms now will ever inspire us. So long as the hearts exults with rapture, droops with sorrow, palpitates with hope, or is overwhelmed with despair, melts with love, rages with jealousy, glows with anger, is maddened with revenge; in short, is subject to the innumerable feelings wnich can find utterance only in the language of the bard; so long will there be material for poetry, and so long will it be ap- preciated by the human race. There will come a time when the picturings of the bard shall be made real, when man’s moral and intellectual nature shall be more fully developed, and when Christianity shall so influence the hearts and minds of men that the imagination will take hold of the people, and poetry become the original once more. What Women Have Done. By Eva Greenfield. What women have done was the subject of Miss Eva Green- field’s Essay. Nowdays there are confusing opinions regarding woman’s proper sphere. Miss Greenfield thinks we can obtain the best knowledge of woman’s ability by considering her influence

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18 TRUE BLUE He was given to thinking and pondering over religious ques- tions, and while alone in a retired place he had a vision. An angel seemed to appear to him and told him how a people had left Jeru- salem, and under divine guidance constructed ships and crossed the ocean landing in South America. They increased in numbers and covered the continent, crossing the Isthmus of Panama, and spreading into North America. There were two kinds of these people,those who followed Divine commands and those who refused to do so. The former were the Mormons, the latter the American Indians. The former developed a brilliant civilization in Central America, remains of which can be seen to this day. This race, as the Isrealites of old, were blessed in their obedience and chast- ened for their iniquities. The Indians made war upon them and they became extinct years before Christ, the last of them disappearing in New York State. Before extinction, however, the history of the race was buried in the hillside. The place of concealment was discovered to Smith by an angel, and after fourteen hundred years the sacred writings were recovered. The Mormons accept the teachings of Christ, and consider the teachings of the book of Mormon as sup- plementary. Miss Flynn concluded her essay with “by their fruits ye shall know them,” and called attention to what they had accomplished in a material way in subduing the western desert. Spade Oration. By Maude Dorgan. The speaker of the graduating class presents the Juniors a spade and taught them its uses in school work. First, however, she modestly called their attention to the 1'act that the class of 1902, was most glorious that ever graduated from the Hudson High school, or any other High school, or ever wTould. She said: “On an occasion like this it is customary for the Seniors to give some wholesome advice to the Juniors. When dis- couraged at any time during your course, remember with what perseverance the class of Nineteen Hundred Two struggled on, and in the end you may be almost as successful in your undertak-