Arms Academy - Student Yearbook (Shelburne Falls, MA)

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if 'iv .. -P.-I -'lf arf? 1:-5' ..r -1. .r -L The Arms Student lvlvavltwftvltfrlt JLTflLW1LirJLif1L'w.lL1Tlf33 . L EG- le 531 lf? s Literary Abraham Lincoln Early in the summer of 1806 a young married couple built a cabin near Nolin Creek, Kentucky. They were much like other young people of their time, with little money or education, yet it was they who were the parents of one of the world's greatest men, Abraham Lincoln. As every one knows Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, a desire which soon materialized. H served but one term at the end of which he returned home to continue his law practice. It was a bitter disappointment in 1854 when he was defeated as candidate for senator from Illinois by Stephen Douglas, with whom he had carried on the famous Lincoln - Douglas debates. A greater vic- tory soon recompensed this defeat, however, for in 1861, after a brilliant campaign, :ll Us ti Ib O 4 E F a 3 e :Cl :fl Li e 4 a e D2 e :G E Fl 4 E k E F E e a E 5 .J 1809. His childhood is interesting and Lincoln became president. 'L- -GQ rather unusual, but it is somewhat like that , , , , , if!- ar of many other pioneer olnldl-en, He ro- Heavy .responsibilities weighed down the ml: C: ceived little formal education, but he new Pfesldenti and there Were thflse who qfj -J' eagerly reed the few books belonging to doubted that the man from the wilderness -1. k him and from them he gained his ideas of Of 111111015 ,00'-lld glllde the 11911021 lfhfollgh :Q :VL life. such a cr1s1s. T51 avert war was impossible Ji: - - - - and the dark ays of civil stri e which -D? -The roving Spmt Seemed to be In the followed, taxed to the utmost the strength fl '1 Lincoln family, for when Abraham was f th 1 d f th t. I 1862 1 .r- E seven, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln moved 0 e ea er 0 e na lon' n ' 8' ' in-, - though the war by no means over, a sweep- 'L from the more settled region of Kentucky . . J- L? to Indiana. Less than two years later a ing.Uni0n Victory gave Lmcolfl oliportunlty HU.. e Plague me community fsmlsis. tzaisiisr rirnsifsas 122222 at il whl hail grown up- ther? and Nancy Jan. 1, 1863 all slaves should become free li: D: nco n was one of its victims. Since e F th t time the C fedex, tg :Q ...r Thomas Lincoln had a large family, there m n' rom B' OH on . a es 'JE -1. being Several youu cousins who resided were slowly but surely defeated, until the D: , g battle of Gettysburg crushed the rebel :il :fm there, he keenly felt the need of a helpmate. f 1 A h t t. 1 te t th d d. t. 11: Li Therefore, about a year later, he brought owes' S Of lme 3 r 3 e e 19a lon :Q :Q home a new mother whose love and care of the Gettysburg cemetery' Lmcoln 1-1 C: did much toward makin Lincoln 3 eat delivered his immortal address. The EG' ..r and ood man g gr inspiration which this masterpiece of L E ,Pg .dl h oratory has given to thousands upon thou- 5 -r . mf passe raplh Y and Soon 1: e boy sands of people all over the United States 1- E gnc? n grfiw io mia 00 hl.Ab0ut td at time is the greatest memorial to Lincoln's great fa- - I e B211 5 Ijlngriw, to H1815 an 2, was work. How much those lines, government T5 we t af fncqns career egan' Of 9' of the people, by the people, and for.the :U J time he clerked in a general store and later ii , F-.. he became interested in local politics. In xiigsgih hlgfahxgilfdggs bin rgggliotielil QT 7 -J? i834 he became 9' member of the state leg' years, but his spirit still lives in the hearts Y'- - 1 t d d l te M - - J- G: lslqlulie an servgv. Selffa ima' eau' of the grateful people. The ideals which I-fl Ii Xara ht xg: Ztiummlsfi gjwtgg bgrreelgeafg were his for the future of our great nation LGF . . ' have in some measure been carried out by :Q comfse of tug? he xlilarrleei Ma'ryhT0dd of his successors. His was a great gift, a gift 3: L? Lexmgtolglf bentuc y han f as t ef yfars to be treasured through the ages. He firmly gl- -r. passed e ecame t e at er 0 our believed that we should live with malice .r- h ld - ' ' ll: C 1 ren- toward none, with charity toward all, with Q :lie As he grew older and became more firmness in the right as God gives us see in- -r successful, he desired election to Congress, the right. This was the creed of the man 1- -1 J- L? sl 'manaanaiiiuiuriniuiliuiLJ1.JLJLJLiL.1111T5EL 0 T ET' W' A Sir W rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, 27 '

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51' 'FT' 1 e ' The tennis Student In E.63dJ'1'1TJ WJ Lvl Url WJ LTVJL I i inf-itirflirihwritwrltw rf E531 ' 13: y il is Eel ,s 'VW' ri E :fl place, because dad said he hated them I took notice of everything, for I had deter- R Lt worse than poison, mined to escape. The village was hemmed :fl :U 1rAfter this I made ten Successful trips' in on two sides by mountains, and ahsmall D: D: but the ear I was thirty-five was the first river 'ran through one' side of the village. Q Y N ll h - h : -El time I had much of any trouble with the hotlelng e t eSe t Inger I Sew that 3 5 Indians. This time my dad and I had gone 9 ence for escape was .Shm' I was taken :Cl h f h 1 o1 lo d D: into the wilderness for more furs. We had Into t e Center 0 t e YI lege an onn to D: it Ab f o1 1 :G :U not been there more than two weeks, when e Ste' e' , out two rn1nnteS e terwer S e' l hi I discovered e arty of Seven Indians going the lnhabitants of the village came to get a DI P :U :U north. 1 to1d dad ond he said that wo 10014 Mme- B: I? would follow them up andlwipe Out the At nightl was given some supper. Then :Q :Q Whole seven. Hiding our things IH a eave being bound securely, I was put into a LE: h nearby, we started to follow the IIid1aI1S. tepee guarded by two Strong robust, '.L,-'rl :il Late in the afternoon wo sighted them Indlans- I learned from my guards that U: -of making their way toward a 'riverfa mile ef noteo rneolerne ehref WeS expected ln :lf-l -1 away. Here on the bank they made camp oernh that nrght- After that they World tp Lb for the night, thinking that they would decide what to do with me. About mid- :IQ :Cl cross the river in the morning' Crossing night he arrived, and of all the war Whoops :U -D? the river, We made camp behind a rock, any one ever heard! My! new the eelo 1... TE where we could pick off the Indians easily. Sh1VerS ren up ,and down my hack bone- gh' ..r After eating a supper of dried meat, pa lay The next rnornlng after breakfast I Wes 1- -L down and went to sleep while I kept watch. egeln bound to the Stake- Then Came the fg- -P? About mid-night I Woke him up, and he pow-wow ofthe chiefs. It lasted till about -11: 'CE Stood guard While I Slept' About half past noon when dinner was eaten. After dinner :q if fem., pa aroused me and Said that the Ialearned that I was to undergo several J1: E Indians were astir. Eating a hurried break- onrerent tortoreS- fl Q. fast, we prepared for the massacre. But to f'FolloWing the pow-wow heaps of brush J- D: our disappointment, they did not er0SS. were gathered and piled about my stake. feud :Lf Keeping on the other side, they continued Offering up a Short, prayer to God 1 waited J- -DJ? up stream. for them to begin their horrible task. I Eo- 'IQ After crossing the river we followed red not long to Welt- Jost as they were J- P:-' them on ml nightfau. Then'We Went back about to set the brush on fire, an Indain :hi :ll ' dashed through the crowd and up to me. into the woods a Way and made camp. I , :cj LE ' He was Just in time to save me. He told ri... ....r kept guard the first half of the night, and , , , -D2 pa the other half. About an hour after the other Indlahs if they burned me they Ql- -J. having gone off duty We were attacked by would have to burn him, because when he 1. . -L ' ' was still a young warrior I had saved his J- D: the Indians. I was taken captive and pa , , ,IQ :Q was tomahawked in a struggle for freedom. hte end,noW he Would Seve nnne- He had 'fi' ht I Wes marched he the camp fire, Seeurely a great influence over the tribe, because he ifj -V bound, and laid between two warriors for We'S at rneolelne mans eonSeooent1y they 11: F: the remainder of the night. Of course, were eonn1oeheo,to let rne, go- He eseorted ill :tr Pa's death was a sad blow to me, but the me out of the Vihegtelhglvrngtrne e lliorh arid -LGF G: only way I could think of it was that he Sorne erroWS- e , me o ma e he e Q had been too hasty for Indian blood and heeenee the Others hhght Capture me egam' -LJ: E? new they had taken his. The next Believe me, I did make haste, securing my lj- ,DE morning, after burying my pa, We een, mealsdwihh the bohf ind aiirow. Fihallyg ih- tinued on to the village for I learned be- Hfflvff ornev an ere am Se e an L. LF 7 7 77 --1. cause I understood their lingo, that was Sohho' F E , where they were going. Hiking. all that I should hate to have been in your The-1 'Lg l dayh stopping only ht noon for Iihnnef, We place, said Willie when Grand-dad was 3:1- .r ma e camp on anot er river. ere was through. -, 'L l bound again and laid between two warriors , , J .DH so I could not escape. This kept up about 'Welt hhatfwas the only tight place I WG'- -L e Week. have been in in my life. Sometime later I if -li-J? HE 1 . will tell you some more stories. 1- .1 ar ynone afternoon It noticed we were J- Pj: approaching the Indian village. Of course W. H. T. '30, El .r ' J, fr ig .my --- Meng- ---mr--of to '- v- ' o-- Wo- - I - V I I I EQ'LTLTLTLWLWJLWJLWJLTJLTJLinLWJLWJLTJLTJLTJLTJLTJLTJLWJgTJL'fJL'ff1iff? 3 ri I

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who led the nation through strife and bloodshed. Truly he was a great man, a man whose fame will increase with each passing year. As it has been said, he was strong and tall like the trees he felled, the kind broadness of the fields filled his heart, silence and solitude were his boyhood friends and when only a great man could save the nation, God called Abraham Lincoln and found him ready. The above essay was written in a forty-minute class period, with only a few notes as a guide. The Lincoln medal, given by the Illinois Watch Company of Spring- field, Ohio, for the best essay, was awarded to Miss Harriet Kemp. This is a copy of the original, just as it was written in class. The Artist Little .lack Frost is an artist, With brushes and colors bright He travels over the woods and fields And colors the leaves at night. Here a splash of crimson And there of yellow or brown He paints a pretty picture As he travels around the town. Margaret Smith, '29. Peanuts and Pennies Lupino was a monkey which belonged to Lupo, the Italian organ-grinder. Every morning, even when the rain was pattering gently on the sloping roof of his room, Lupo would swing Lupino up on one shoulder and sling the little hurdy-gurdy on the other, and saunter out to earn his living by making music and collecting pennies. Lupino was dressed in a blue uniform, with red braid on the front and on the pockets, and he wore a red hat, carefully mended. Lupo could not sew very well, it is true, but when he discovered that the pennies were dropping out through a hole in the hat and that the children were pick- ing them up and using them over again, he sat right down with a little needle and a big thread that he happened to have, and stopped up the leak! And because he had more thread than he needed, and some extra patches of cloth, he put two more pockets on the uniform, big pockets like pouches that would hold a great many pennies. The two had a very happy time together, wandering about the city, and nobody in the little house where they lived could decide whether or not Lupo was fonder of Lupino than Lupino was of Lupo! One day, a warm, sunny day, when all the children were rolling hoops in the park, and when the windows were wide open with the white curtains blowing, Lupo picked up his monkey and said, Come on. We go to Mario's restaurant today. This restaurant was the nicest place in the city, Lupo thought. There he could sit down with many friends and chatter fast in Italian and eat a big bowl of the good macaroni, while Lupino played in the open court or dozed in the sun and dreamed about monkey-land. On this fine day Lupo was no sooner inside the door of the restaurant than he saw an old jolly friend whom he had left behind him in Italy years before. They greeted each other and slapped each other on' the back, and then sat down to have lunch, talking fast all the time. But first, before they ate, Lupo tied the monkey to the railing outside the door. Lupino looked at them, very slyly out of one eye and saw that they were not paying much attention to him. Then he hopped until he got as far out in the court as his chain would let him go, sitting down on his hind legs he pushed his cap far back on his head and looked at some children who were playing hop-scotch. Their singing and hopping made him want to dance, too, so he jumped up and down, and a little bell that was fastened to his uniform like a button tinkled and tinkled. The children stopped playing at once and gathered around him in a circle. One of them, however, took one last big hop, she had a bag of peanuts in her hand, and she jumped so hard that one fell out and rolled under Lupino's nose. He put out his little claw, picked up the nut, and