Dickinson Accredited Evening High School - Owl Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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SIlh.Q WINNING ORATORICAL IIOMA9 jeiferson xx as to serxe his country m mtny remtrle 1bIe xx ays m the lone I e cnt stretched vetore I n but the most :I usrnous monor of 1II lcerecuec to Ium xx 1s for his conrrlbuuon of thu ere nt Iocument IHI DI C I ARA I ION UI INDI PLNDINCI He dad not utter my plrtxeullrly neva thoueht IH vyordtne Il but he chd breuhe Into ll IHSPIFIIIOFIS that droxe the pltrlots on to thenr 1Ie1I thu hum tn hberty yxhnch today we c1II DI MOCRACX cfferson sud III men 1re cretted eeyuxl III ire endovsed by thenr C rmtor vuth certun mthenable rnehts to secure these rights Governments Ire msntuted lmone men and 'IHESI2 GOVLRNMLNTS DIQRIVI' 'IHLIR JUST POWERS PROM 'II-IE CONSFNT OI 'I HI: GOVI RNLD 'Ihe long long years of the Reyolunon are oyer 'Ihe Colonnes 1re free Wlmat else rem1ms7 My fncnds there snll remuns the revurd ot xtlor the pnze that had 1IIurcd through the confhct 1 new muon 1 goxcrnment dermne xts yust powers from the consent of the boyemed Wlmlle the erelt natnons of Furope speculated on our prospects vnhnle LIBLRIY trembled ln the b1I.1ncc the spmt of etferson was exolyme the outcome A few zz sery few years oftr.1ns1t1on md then the call went forth for the Constntutlonal Com cntnon Iwfry hse men took pm ID the dehbermons of thu conxenuon Among them were the tblest men ID the country George W1sI1uneton vns presxdent of the comcnnon I-Ins ,good sense courtesy md furness were in lHll50I'l mt fletor tn bnneme hxrmony our of the mmy confheune niets xxhneh were presented Benytmm Irmlelm yus the dean OI delegates As 1 young, mln he hld hrst proposed the Albmy IJIIII ot Umon and u hrs old nee hrs Iemdly humor .md phulosophy were helpiul nn brlnpne lbout 1 workable pltn rmes Nitdnson wx as one ot the most leuxe members ot the conxentnon He had spent much tlme m clreful study of other systems ot ecnernment In both tnelent Ind mo ern tlmes md m the conyennon Ins re 1cIy Ienowsle ee of Ircts gene hum 1 xery ereu nt ee o 1 s cel e c er tle c0I1SIIIlIIIl J' I'fe I. .'A AI-A -mir. I . 'IJ' I . . -IVI ' ' ' . t-. c ' 2 EQ. f' I I ' e ' . I . ' ' I I ' I I.. ' I I 'I I I 'i4 ' . I I 7 'c 'Q -W 1 4 I ' ' 'A' 4 v. T, 7 'I' ja' I IIA 1 A A In I A A , . A ' ' 'I in 'I .I 44 ' If ', -, I .-. 'V - 1 . -A I' -A , L 7 , . 4 Y 4 k 4 4' I 4 'A' 1 . -, I .n' ISA I K- ' A ', 1 . :I I tl N I . vi A 'L v A 4' I f 1 '. . , .Q ' - 1 , . , . - .- y ,'. I . , . . , v v v v. f -I ,A A A V. . 'I I ' I I V- -I . V K I . .' .L ' N- A . ,A ' I V , V. 1 .K . ' . 'l , y. Q- ' y Ink- . . - - ' I Y ' .I I L 1' I If V . ' . ' Y is '.f 'll ' '. ' A. I :. 'I '..' ' ' c .rdyyx JA . s tI .It he h.1 b--1 c.tII -d th- UIIAIII' ot' I - I ' cn. .U ' '-' '- by K I I .Ie'c'1I' N ,,f- -jf' M' ' ' 'NAI' - X,

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Stiff! 1? Y-A The Constututlon Adapted to the Malntenance of Ltberty By Vrsertsr T Rt sso 'lhe story of mln s struggle for freedom dues little to the Lll'llLSl tunes Itherty 118 exer been II w tr with the dnme rteht of lenngs ll1e tnetent rey ubhes of Creeee md Rome nexer hes1t1ted to e1st out 1 pow erlul eruzen should lus power mentee hherty Lxen the 1ll powerful C 1es1r dad not dtre to t1lee the utle of lung beetuse tt me mt to the Romtns the eomplete suppressxon of lrberty But 'tncrent Greece and Rome 1re no more wflllll. they remuned true to the llLllS of liberty they grew strong .1nd prospered hut when they ll7ll'lLlOIlLLl these prtnetples they pertshed 1nd stnle rnto obhuon Republtes of l1ter due ind of YIFIOLIS forms hue 1ppe1red 'llltll' eonstttuttons eonsrsted of old errors ttssued wtth h1sty unyenttons eoneened on the spur of tl1e moment But thetr iffurs .tt length became eom ulsed md therr hberty w IS subyerted It remamed for the fathers of o11r Constttutron to tchrexe the fin1l yretory tn thus long struggle for freedom Wlmen the Amerrcan Colontes were granted thetr tndepen denee II the Tre 1ty of Parts rn 1783 they were reeognrzed by the powers of l'urope not 15 1 muon but ts 13 States loosely banded together for 1 eommon etuse ohn lrslee ctlled the nevet few years the most errtteal perrod tn Amertem hxstory The stfttesman of thts perrod soon s1w that the Artteles of Confederttton were wholly madequate for the presermtton of the Umon Wttlm mueh drffreulty 1 Ieder1l Comentron was finally called for the expressed purpose of reytsnng the Artteles of Con fedemtton The delegates met and at the hrst meetmg tmes Wtlson 11 delegate from Pennsylyanrt sud After the lapse of sts thousmd ye1rs smee the erettton of the world Amerret now presents the first msttnee of 1 people 1ssembled to wergh dehberttely 1nd ctlmly tnd to deerde letsurely and pe1ee1bly upon the form of gox ernment by whteh they wrll btnd themselyes and therr posterrty I,1d1es and gentlemen let us ptuse for 1 moment 1nd eonstder th1t group of men who entered Independenee Hall at Ph1l1delph11 tn the Summer ot 17's Here were stern md sertous New Lnglanders determmed l1wyers of Massmehusetts frtendly u 1lsers of Pennsyly 1n11 1nd rteh planters of Vtrgtntt Men from 1ll wllles of hfe men who drffered rn thelr w 1y of w orshrpmg Cod 1ssembled to hue the 1dx1nt1 e of thetr yomt wtsdom but brmgrng together 1ll therr preyudtees 1ll thetr p1ss1ons therr errors of oprmon therr loe,1l Interests .1nd therr selhsh news Wlmen these men l11d l5SLI11blLl tn Independenee H.1ll they Chose George wIlSll mgton lb Presrdent of the Conyentton XX,lSlllI'lgl0l'l whose deeds exen tt th1t d tx llll won the 1Ll1'l1ll'lIlOD of the world 1s th1t of 1 true 1nd unselhsh letder ot men The doors were loeleed 1nd tn tnyunetton of strtet seereey w 1s put upon eyeryone 'lhe results of thetr work were know n nn the lollowtne September when tfter four months of seeret e1xer1tton of fl erlu nought 1n s lrltet e vue 1t1e tme COHNIIILIIIOD ot e Umted 5t1tes iw X 3' 1 if yu y , ,AL , : er f if --- W A .. ,Y ,gf . . . . ' .'l:1' . . 4 L' I K ..' 5' , ., .i ' . rt I rx' V .SI 'I , 'v 7' '1- 'A iL'.'g A 1' 4' 'I' 'V -. Q ' A ' 1 1 ' 4 ' I 4 V- I .4 4' '4 ' 1 A '. A A 'Y ' lr ' A ' 'K 'Q . I 4 Y 17 4 Y ' , f A A . v . ,V 1 . .'. I 'I 4' ,v ' 4 . , ' '. v. . , .' ' , . . . -.L V . .K '- ' Y, . Y. . -- T.. y , v.yf 1 . L . . .I . .. -, . - - ' ' fy . ' ' . ' -2 vi Y ' A A A A ,L 4 A ' . I 1 V 'W Y L :' Al YA D 1 4 A A A '4 '. .v - . .' .' - 4 'Y Yf .t . 4 '4 .Y ' V, ' 'I 4 ' 4 I 4 V A 1 4 4 AI' 4 'L 'As Y 4 V, . V 5' 41 -' 7 W- 4 ', L t' A ' . X' ' . ' v , , , , , 4 -, 1 , It , , R75 . . v, . ' 4 ' I 4 4' ' 1 4' '4 -' vl, v'- .A 1 1 r, A . . ' , ' .' ,k', , 1 .Q 1 . n , y- y . . d-ll-.' . lp.y'A'l l .d,p -l lel.',1.1' l- , ,' l 'th- ,1- ' 7.1 g-gYx's f X 1 fs If y, ' , U 1 gx 'XX N 'A Y ' X 'e'.-.rrdx