Bay View High School - Oracle Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Q Q ? S '1' 1 c T 4 L, X T X ' if f '.'A 2 o the Spirit of George Washington we dedicate the 1952 Oracle Annual, that spirit which has outlived the memory of his deeds as a general and his policies as a states- man, which emhodies Loyalty, Patriotism, unselfishness, Devo- tion, Integrity: that undaunted and self-sacrificing spirit which was kindled hy an unquenchahle desire to secure the liberties of his fellow men, and which led him to take the destinies of a newly horn country into his hands in order that the last great experiment for promoting human happiness might prosper . . . With the vision of that spiritual pattern ever before us, may we strive to quit ourselves well in the shaping of that nearer influence, the Spirit of Bay View.

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I I P r----l 'f--- -Y ir It I0 o aut 0-9 I.-0 1 I 4 v he A ' ' . AfA'Q 'Q ll. ECRGE VVASI-IINGTONS DIARY Washington staging a barbecue, enjoying himself at a horse-race, tinkering with his plow - the lighter and more intimate incidents you never imagined were a part of his life, are revealed through his diaries. These glimpses present a clear and authentic view of Washington the man, and clarify or destroy the legendary myths that have shrouded many of his biographies. May you, through reading, come to have a deeper sense of familiarity with this greatest character of American history. URVEYING of Lord FairfaX's Land Beyond the Blue Ridge Qage 16D . . . 1748, March, Tuesday, 15th-We set out early with Intent to Run round ye sd. Land but being taken in a Rain and it Increasing very fast obliged us to return it clearing about one oClock and our time being too Precious to Loose we a second time ventur'd out and Worked hard till Night and then return'd to Penningtons we got our Supper and was lighted into a Room and I not being so good a Woodsman as ye rest of my Company striped myself very orderly and went in to ye Bed as they called it when to my surprize I found it to be nothing but a Little Straw-Matted together without Sheets or any thing else but only one thread Bear blanket . . . I made a Promise not to Sleep so from that time forward chusing rather to sleep in y. open Air before a fire . . . Wednesday 23d-Rain'd till about two oClock and ' Clear'd when we were agreeably surpris'd at y. sight of thirty odd Indians coming from War with only one scalp . . . Tuesday 29th-This Morning went out and Survey'd five Hundred Acres of Land . . . on our way Shot two Wild Turkies. . . . Fryday 8th-We Camped this Night in ye Woods near a Wild Meadow where was a Large Stack of Hay after we had Pitched our Tent and made a Q12 g Very Large Fire we pull'd out our Knapsack in order to Recruit our- selves every Conej was his own Cook our Spits was Forked Sticks our 'gms if Plates was a Large Chip as for Dishes we had none . . . 1753-October, Wednesday, 31st-I was commissioned and appointed by the Honourable Robert Dinwiddie, Esqg Governor, etc., of Virginia, to visit and deliver a letter to the Commandant of the French forces on the Ohio, and set out on the intended Journey the same day . . . at the Place where the Ohio Company intended to erect a Port, lives Shingiss, king of the Delawares: We called upon him, to invite him to Council at the LoggsTown . . . 26th-We met in Council at the Long-House, about 9 o'clock, where I spoke to them Q. as follows: Brothers, I have called you together in Council by order of your Brother, the Governor,of Virginia, to acquaint you, that I am sent, with all possible Dispatch, to vis- it, and deliver a Letter to the French Commandant, of very great Importance to your Brothers, the Englishg and I dare say, to you their Friends and Allies . . . You see, 4- Brothers, I have gotten thus far on my Journey. His Honour desired me to - .A apply to you for some of your young Men, to conduct and provide Pro- visions for us on our Wayg and be a safe-guard against those French ' 4' Indians who have taken up the hatchet against us. I have spoken thus particularly to g I you Brothers, because his Honour our Governor treats you as good Friends and Alliesg and holds you in great Esteem. To confirm what I have said, I give you this String of ' P Wampum . . . December 23d-Our Horses were now so weak and feeble, and the 4- 9.01 lul l , '1l i