Calvert High School - Calvertana Yearbook (Tiffin, OH)

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' A i' ,faq ii 'U , fa' o G 1 as tae Q ra . ts' Ulibe Qpirit Tttlncunquerahle BY VERNON MURPHY, '32 With this oration Vernon Murphy won seconrl honorable mention in the Diocesan Public Speaking Contest for boys, maintaining Calverfs record of always placing a boy among the honofspeakers. Today, we are gathered to pay our of Boston, were entrenched the well various tributes to the character and trained, disciplined troop of the most works of MThe Father of Our Country. powerful nation o n earth. About Our words of praise, however, mean him was a handful of fervent patriots, page thirty one nothing to Wash- ington himself. The silence of the tomb has long since closed his ears to the sound of human voices. We review his life and sing his praises, not as a sol- ace to the dead, but as an inspiration to the living. To me there is not only inspira- tion, but a peculiar fascination in the life story of George Washington. Almost every step in that life was one taken in the face of tre- mendous obstacles, but crude soldiers, most of them in - working clothes in which they had hur- riedly left the farms. Working with an army such as this, he vias expected to defeat the forces of England, and he did it. Eight months later he drove the British from Loston. His campaign on Long Island and about New Yoi . was one long 4-er .J of reverses. ou' of which he weve a brilliant victort With little support from home, and a y e t , Washington rose above them all, the powerful, domi- nating spirit who knew not the meaning of the word de- feat, His life is a crowded series of events, every one of which is an inspi- ration to the high school boy who is about to face the mountain-like difficul- ties of life. There is a challenge to the modern young man in the picture of Washing- ton, as he assumed command of the Con- tinental Army and surveyed the hope- less task before him. Across on the hills i VERNON MURPHY discouraged army about ' im, he faced a winter which should have s e e n his annihilation, but from which he emerged more glorious and uncon- querable. During the night of December 25th a fierce gale tossed huge ice cakes about the turbulent surface of the Delaware. A cold, driving sleet pierced the very souls of the half-fr-,zen men about him. Through the darkness of the night. cams: the signal to push small boats on to the angry waves of a possible icy grave. The 19: U f-U .w ,N . pqlt 292

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WU - - U lg Eiga arf as cj H .5 7 U 1, :QA 3, QC 635, V Q 53 pd :J qc gf 'H is Srsxnixc- ff!.j1 in right! -Anna Ynnrlcnherg, Christine Yonrln-nh:-rg. Dorothy Sn-islovv, Ignncs Imnn-lc. M.iry Alice Rumen-hlug, H.-it-1. LN.l.i. km,-yu iii.-htwn. S HM. -fic!! lu Iighlj- Dorothy B4-nncr. l.ollisc L:1l'lomzxinc. liosexnny K4-lla-r, Xlury Ellen Phillips, Julia Burklmrt. flOB15IERciIAL As in all the other activities, Calvert has champions in the com- ' mercial field. ln the Sectional COlTlll'1CI'l'l'1l Meet held at junior ILNTRANTS ' High in Tilhn, April 23, in which twelve schools competed, total- ing a.. average of forty-five participants in every contest, thirteen representatives of Calvert placed Within the upper half of every group with one exception. First place in the junior shorthand contest was taken by Dorothy Benner, While Helen Ewald v on second place in both junior shorthand and junior typing. Kathryn Michaels took tn fl place in senior typing, and James Inuuele took second place in bookkeeping. Kathryn Michaels, Dorothy Benner, and Helen Ewald went to the State Com- .nerrfal Contest at Bowling Green, May lil-, to try for higher honors. Helen Ewald iv on fourth place in the state in novice typing. CHUM Unusually busy and interesting was the past year for the Calvert Girl fr . .N Scouts. Under the ca tainc ' of Miss Hildeffarde Fleck and Miss Carola bcoui s P 5 P Fox, Troops 2 and 3 began the year in best form. National Girl Scout week was observed by unique demonstrations, in the down town scout room, of what scout training does for better health and home-making. Before Christmas the girls dressed dolls for the poor children of the city, following this up with a city-Wide cookie sale in which Troop 2 led. These activities were intermingled with hikes, out- door slippers, laying and following trails. Early in the fall the Girl Scout leaders of the city elected Miss Fleck president oi the group. Later in the year Miss Mary Louise Hohler assumed the captaincy of Troop 3 in place of Miss Fox. Requests from some of the parents made it advisable to change the meeting time this year from 6:30 P. M. to 3:10 in the afternoon. ze: gg as Q 9-2 page thirty

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7,1 .uma L A EQ iff! N , Q J 3 Wggytqgn 5 .. wig? EQ 253555 at 5 br 4 vegan 'L ib-W vigiigszat W 0 '-pposite shore was reached and, into the teeth of that driving sleet, he set off for Tretzton, eight miles away. The vic- torio s blow was struck. Then, back over the same cruel way, back over the same icy waters, and a second English force. at Princeton, was forced to sur- render to a supposedly defeated Wash- tngton. The winter at Valley Forge was but anonher proof of Yvashingtoifs uncon- guerfble spirit. Once again an appar- ent' indifferent Continental Congress failed to send adequate supplies and protection. Loyal and brave men, crazed I-jr lvmger, fell before him begging for iloofl. VQ ':.Lei' lilizzards tore their tat- 'eged tents io shreds and covered many '.-'itl' the ity blanket of deathg while luat-lf in the colonies, seated around clfrierv home fires, jealous rivals plotted have resigned his commission. Day after day he saw the row of mer- ciful graves grow longer. Day after day he saw the drill grounds turn red with blood from the frozen feet of his half dead men, who had nothing but rags to replace their worn-out shoes. It was Washington's blackest and bitterest hour. But he kept those loyal men to- gether, he made a lighting, palpitating army out of those frozen skeletons, and from the tomb of Valley Forge he marched out a force that was to strike decisive blows for American inde- pendence. Today then, let my tribute be to the unconquerable spirit of George Wash- ingtong to George Washingtciri who knew not the meaning of the word Nde- featwg to George YVashington, the in- spiration of a high school boy who is ls -1,-all and ruin. A lesser man would about to face the difliculties of life. ew 7 M ig- A xv o oo E . , h 0 o 9 v Anal, ' 15 0 0 0 c l' Q Q page thzrty mo