Brattleboro Union High School - Colonel Yearbook (Brattleboro, VT)

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PRESIDENT S ADDRESS Parents, Members of the Faculty Alumnl, ond Friends ANY ol the preeedlng B H 5 5I'lLlLI1IlI'lg ellsses h ue stepped forth mto 1 troubled 1nd perplexed world XX e IFC no exceptxon hvery d1y we he1r of the turther spreld of eommumsm ln Europe nn Asn tI1e Amerle I5 yes eye-n IH the Umted bt1tes the llnd Iounded on 1 entnzen s most eherlshed possessnon en yoyment of the free rrghts of men 'lhousmds ol lilygll sehools tre holding, their eom meneement ewerelses thus week Among, the gr1du1tes 1re m1nye1p1ble Ie 11 ers wI1o e IH 1nd must EUILIL thns n ltlon blele to th lt st lte ol bemy., truly founded on just me Lqllll 1le1ls 'lhns IS our duty tor we must proye th ll thousmds ot Amerle 1n In es lost In two world w lrs were nots1er1t1eed1n x un I xeryone gr1du1t1ngl1ereton1ghth1s 1 job In mln I to muntun hns own welflre 1nd th1t ot otl1ers We must work together to preserye our Ilberty PIIIIS yob w1lI reeyulre only the tnme neeessxry to be 1good 1nd LOHSLICHIIOLIS eltlzen tlleme ILIY 1nt 156 ol tI1e right to xote 1nd ot eyery opportumty whxeh 1 demoer1ey pro 111 es There IS no one ln thls group who doesnt belleye th1t 1ll men eleserxe Lqllll rnehts but there 1re prob lbly people here who 1re bllnd to the IILI thlt mxny un Amerlem LOl'1tIlflOI'1S must ln these Unnted Stltes M1ny Amer1e1ns .1re b1lly ID need of 11d IH the pur eh lslng of good Iood lI'lkIII1 seeurnng hosplt Il 1nd dot tor CIF6 A too low st.1nd1rd of edue 1t1on emsts m some sectnons In sueh loe1l1t1e5 the sp1rle of eommunlsm lg mtes qulelely HILI spreads lrlte 1 pl lglli. trom one home to mother untll we hnd 1 whole group wnth undemo er.1t1C1de IS HI solutlon to stopplng the sprexd of talse doe trmes ns not ID punlshrng the Ill IFIIIILILHLCLI but In eorreetlng unendur1bIe eondntnons 1nd ln te 1eh1ng people not to belxexe the 1IIus1ons whreh lorm so e,1s1Iy ln uneelue lllkl mrnds ueompmned by empty stomlehs At tlmes we rnleht he 1r 1 fellow eountrym ln s1y th1t these un Amerreln 1de1s 1re sound We might eyen hnd ourselses IO0lxIfl5 for .1dx1nt1ges nn the undemo tron of gun 1nd loss should mllee doubly re 1I the trutl1 th1t sI1ouId we w 1nder from nnherxted prmncxples nn moments of error or 1I1rm let us h 1sten to retraee our steps to regann the road whneh 1lone le1ds to peiee lub erty .1nd safety We 1re 1II eonsenous ot the tlets whxeh I hue stated Our yob 15 to te 1eh Amerlcan 1de 1ls 1nd nuer to permlt false prrnenples to seeure .1 foothold wuthnn our n.1t1on Wlth f.uth In our let1ders and f.11th ln God we wlll neyer see the moblllzltlon of the Red reglme spreld oyer our l1nd We pledge you tl1 nt futh Now on tI1e beh1lt of the gr1du1t1ng eI.1ss of 1950 I weleome you to our eommeneement ewerenses Clem! B11 fm Clliltifllllg C111 by Mzrzl z Culzn 51 ' . .. - ' . ' 'z z t' ' - . I 1 3 L ' ' A . 7 L ' ' ' 1 1 ' ' y 1, 1 . 2 . A . .4-1 ' f gk'- . t . 1 . 5 -4 ' ' ' ', 52. In , . ' . - , , , -, ,, . . . , , . . r - - ' v 5' Y S' L' 1 Y f ' . . A -I . 4 -V I . 4 f X Q A V 1 ' . e 1 ' ' , 1 .. i ' f ' 4 I ' 'z 1 ' ' ' 1 1 - f 1 -1 f A s - - f 'r ' Y - ' . . , - 1 1 - . ' 4 ' A - y - . -3 .Lx-Q . nf . . , .v. ' ' ' - n V ' A er.lt1e ways. Howeyer, Ll moment Of 5Cl'lOLlb eonslderal- 4 . . . . . K E 6 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' L54 e A . , , , , , ,, A I ,., . . . . ' ' ' v - 4- . 4 . 1 ' E L 5 K Y - V' . , v . . . - .K-:L 1 1 l Q I I y 4 W, h , ,V 1 1 V A 1 ' 4 I A -Q I I I I' yt 'I I, ' ' 'S .. 1 . 'V ' .1 -, Q., ' . 1 - 1 , . I I I Y I ' .'4 8' 4 2 I vi U A 1 , . ,L 1 1 'A 'A A 1 Y fl ' 'Q ' - , , A , g A A t . 1 . . . . . . - . , 7 A t K A Y ' A QI I -I A' -I A-Q A I S L Af- I . - . - - A . . -' - . 4 ' ' '1 ' ge 1 1 4 ' - 1 L .7. ' I 'J

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THE MORGAN I-ICDRSE N 1795 there was brought rnto Vermont a colt whrch was later to become almost 1 legend Thrs anrmrl eame from Sprrngfield Massaehusetts 1s p ryment tor .1 debt owed to ustrn Morgan 1 srngrng mrster who lrved at Randolph Vt As the new ow ner h rd lrttle use for the colt he rented hrm to a frrmer tor frtteen dol l1rs a ye 1r The lrttle anrm1lw1s used for 1ll krnds ot farm work 1nd w1s also found to be 1ble to o1rtstep all eomers rn short races held 1t C h ISL s Mrll ln the mean trme the lrttle horse had dexeloped leg 1nd chest mus eles whreh were unhelrd of rn horses of hrs srae Hrs werght wls less than 1 000 pounds rnd hrs herght only I4 hands approxrmately 56 rnehes It wrs Slll tl t seventy pounds of thrs horse w 15 Llelllil to 1 hundred of any other The aneestr1l b1ekgrounel of thrs rnrmrl was belreved to be of some Ar 1br1n 1nd possrbly some thoroughbred breedrng M ustrn Morgan dred rn 1798 1nd the then hwe year old horse was named after hrm The anrm1l thanged hands several trmes 1nd srred mrny eolts lt was not untrl he was qurte old th1t people begrn to realrze that here was a lrne of horses w rth eh 1r1eterrstres drstrnct and drfferent from those of any other horses known ustrn Morgan contrnued to thrrxe 1nd be came world reknow ned to horsemen rs the founder ot a new and remarkable breed He dred rt the age of thrrty as the result of an acerdent Many of hrs sons and and lrnes of breedrng Among the most noted were Woodbury General Gates and Ethan Allen Some years after the Morgan horse h1d been well establrshed rn the world Colonel oseph Brttell bee 1me rnterested rn the breed 1nd started 1 375 000 breedrng farm at Weybrrdge Vt to perpetu1te thrs lrne Before hrs death he deeded the farm to the U S Gowernment from that trme on rt bee1me known rs the Unrted States Morgan Horse laarm Srnee then the f1rm hrs been earrred on by the Goxernment as 11 research proy eet rn performance rnxestrgatrons wrth Morgan horses The arm of the study has been to preserve lflel to rm prove rn some ways the orrgrn1l Morg1n breed N 1906 the Morgrn was prrm1rrly 1 hrrness horse but lbout that trme the drreetors of the f1rm re ll rzed that the future of the breed l1y rn the f1et th It rt must be made more adaptable for use under s1ddle consequently the rendeney has been to elrmrnate the eoarse heavy wrthers and low baeks 1nel to rmprove the legs and garts of the anrmal The Morg1n of tod1y strll marntarns the small shlpely head the powerfully muscled quarters and the gre1t endurrnee 1nd rntellr gence of hrs forefathers but he rs hner boned Vermont hrs become frmous lb the home of Mor gms Tod1y even though the r1rsrng of horses h1s slackened greatly there 1re strll many frrms se rttered throughout the state where thrs rnrmrl strll thrrwes As soon IS the Morg1ns bee 1me estlblrshed as 1 breed they spread not only throughout the entrre Unrted States but to other eountrres Because of therr remarkable endurrnee they were used to 1 great extent rn the lfmy The lrrst Vermont C11 1lry one thousand men mounted on Morg1n horses fought rn many de ersrxe eng lgLlTlLl'ltS durrng the C rsrl Wllf Of these one thorrs1nd horses whreh went rnto brttle erght hundred were krlled durrng the seventy hve blttllb md skrr mrshes rn whreh they p1rtrerp1ted Gener1l Sherrelrn s frmous horse Rrenzr whreh he rode on hrs frmous rrde from Wrnellester twenty mrles rwry was r yet bl 1ek Morg 1n At present there rs some eontroxersy between 1 1st ern 1nd XX'estern Morgrn breeders rs to whreh seetron rs produerng the trrrer type of horse lrom most re ports howexer the only drtferenee seems to be that the Western bred Morgrn h 18 heawrer quarters and eo1rser legs qualrtres whreh m 1ke hrm more adapt 1ble for use rn hrndlrng e1ttle 1nd rn roprng HI U S Morgrn I 1rm has been rn the news eol umns lrtely The Gosernment rs tryrng to elose out the farm bee 1use rt rs not showrng a profit How eser the project rs meetrng wrth consrderable opposr tron from I:1stern Morgan breeders because the farm 1dds tremendously to the prestrge of the breed The l1test reports of the Morgrn Regrstry show that there rre 5000 Morgan horses rn the Unrted States and undoubtedly many more whreh 1re not regrstered In terest rn horse showrng rs rt 1n 1ll trme hrgh now and Morgms seem to be gunrng rn number qualrty 1nd fn or If most shows Although the demand for average horses rs not so gre 1t rn the I 1st ls rt h1s been prexr ously good qu1lrty horses 1re strll rn strong demrnd 1nd eomm1nd exeellent prrees There rs rlso great rn terest rn horse b1ek rrdrng now 1nd thrs sport wrll no doubt remrrn pop1rl1r for some trme The prrees of good Morgm horses xarres to rgrert extent rn relrtron to drfferent seetrons of the eountry 1nd also to the breedrng whreh the horse e 1rrres At 1n establrshed breedrng f1rm rt rs almost rmpossrble to buy a good promrsrng eolt for less than three hundreel dollars The prrees for mrture m1res 1nd stallrons de pends largely upon how true to type they 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