Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

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ABNER SEWELL Modest demeanor hides much true worth llAbH Hobby-Books Favorite saying- Nobody home WENDELL PORTER Men lnke bullets go fartherest when they are smooth Buck Hobby Studying German Fasorlte saymg Say Guy U 1 Y u n - vi- y' , , ' - u , as n + . H-X., x 1 f' il

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19 7 THE POHOB The pmt of Abraham Lmcoln By GEO C JENSEN lDeIrvered on the occasron of Flag Rarsrng by Company H, on May 4 19171 ll are not rrret todav for the celebr rtron of a rla festrv rl but upon the most solerrrn and serrous occrsron that hrs assembled thrs natron drrrrng the last half centurv Vle 'rre met to trke stock of our natronal rdeals to prove once rrrore that the 1e'rt prrncrples for whrch nrrllrons of Anrerrcans rn the past have ,.,1ven therr la t full measure of elevotrorr strll keenlv ahve rn Arrrrrre rn herrt Toe rv we r e rt w rr subjected to the supre rrre test of hurrran lernd Vle do not vet fullv realrze that the test of our rrrettle rs upon us To us the war rs strll one of remote calarnrtv f rnrrtral musrc on parade of dazzlrng unrforms Tonrorrow however our heads mav be bowed ov er the open gr rves ot the vouths of the natron our hearts rhleed rn the presence of the stern realrtv of grrrrr mort rl death VK lr rt then when tlrrs dav of sacrrflce shall hrve 111 scended down upon us rndrvrduallv and collectrvelv when the death of the cannon shrll have vrsrted the homes of our de rrest wh rt then slr rll we sav and do How then shall we con duc ourselves ln the full presence of 'r re rt over shadowrng excuse for prrvate 'rnd publrc revenge shall we srnk to the level of the brute whrch first wounds rts vrctrm and then slfrvs rt or shall we prove th rt thrs natron and rts people are great enough to ever nrove upward and upw 'rrd pullrng rts unwrllrng antagonrst alon wrtlr rt An mswer to th rt questron rs rrrrportant for as we answer rt so sh rll we as a people be e rtalogued rn lrrstorv It behov es 11s then to know what are our natron rl prrncrples and to see the great gurdrng lrghts of the country Every people nrrrst have rts popular heroes the men and wonren who are the exponents of natronal re rtness There are heroes to tlt all degrees of c1v1l17at1on and all natrons Onlv that countrv rs really great whrch chooses rts natronal heroes because of then unselflsh devotron to the commonwealth quch a hero rs the embodred expres sron of the rnner conscrousness of the people And lt lb that rnncr conscrousnesrs whrch evert rtself most force fullv at the moments of great natrorrrl stress and there rs no greater stress for a natron thrn that ot war It rs then rn the absence of the ordrnarv crvrl restrarns that a natron prov es her true worth lt rs rn the pre sence of war when grert forces are alert that the natron drs covers that she erther lrves near the gods or nerr the beasts Nor rs rt necessary to ask or to answer the IIHPNUOH Vllro rs the great Anrerrcfrn Hero There rs ev erlrstrng hope for a people 'md for 'r natron that can produce one And rn trrrs furnace the sprrrt of Irncoln rs one of the most keenlv 'rlrve From thrs time forward and forever whether Anrerrca contrnues to lrve or not Abraham I rncoln ceases to be only Amerrcan For rn rnv vears we have apprecrated that the strength of I rncoln drrrrn,, the lrvrl wfrr davs and after lay rn the fact that he was nerther Qorrtlrern or Northern but Arnerrcan Todav we are reforrrrrng the phrase to re'rd th rt he rs nertlrer En, lrsh nor French nor Amerrcan but rnternatronallv human To carry the Sprrrt of I rncoln rnto tlrrs great world fr'1v and rnto the councrls of peace that wrll follow the war r a prrvrlege ol' whrch we nrrght well be proud and for whrch we should be wrllrng to sacrrnc wrthout end But what after all really rs thrs great all pervadrng sprrrt that rs gurdrng the destrnres of Amerrca and to whrch she must ever renrarn true rf she rs to rerrrarn at all? We have not forgotten wrth what krnd consrderatron I rncoln hrnrself welcomed back rnto the unron those who had strayed from rt and had fought agarnst rt welcomed them back lovrngly rn the face of thousands of strong men and women who crred for revenge He knew then as rrrrnv rnotlnr elrd not th rt these were not trartors but honest ouls wrtlr srneere convrctrons A11 Those who ern fr l1t vou to th els rtlr wrtlrorrt nralrce and wrthout 1 rrrl l A love tlrrt overrrdes all exc se prrv 1te or publre revenge rs rprrcrless herrt r Dt e Nor have we for otten how tlrrs sprrrt of natronal con srderatron rnd tarrness handed brek to Chrna for the edu ertron ot her vorrtlr Arrrerrcrs shrre of the rndernnrtv rrrev b the rllre el rrrtrons rt the trnre of I1 ver uprr rn s And where shall we look for another natron wrth r eonscrence so keen th rt rt rrrust pertorce rn full Justrce to rtself rnd to others pav twentv nrrllrons of dollars for rslrnds whreh lrrd rlre rdv been crptured vv rr And a rm where rs that other powerful natron whrch would toler 111 a comparatrv elv rnsrgnrflcant natron snarl 111 at rts hee ls for a lon period ot vears when wrth a srn le decrsrve blow rt nrrglrt have ended torever rrrd ended rt profltablv tor the larger natr0n And flnrllv where shall we look for another world power whrch wrll patrentlv take rnsult after rnsult for ne rrlv tlrrer vears and vet keep clearlv rn nrrnd that the rear rrrasses of the antagonrzrng countrv are not at fault th rt nearer the throne than the people stands a power dan erous to denrocraev Vlho but a people wrth a great rele rl ern be rrrrrrdfrrl under such crrcumstances that rt rs lar rrrore cour 1 eous to suffer rnjurv than to allow the sprrrt of nrtronal reven e to stalk abroad rn the land These are the new pennants whrch Amerrca has proud 'rs prrzes of the nursance these consrder rtrons for the strrcken south for the we rl1lrn tlrrrrr tor the conquored countrv of Qpam for the troublesome Nlevrco and now for the tremendouslv rrrrstrkrn Cerrrran people These are our standards and the chrel stanelard bearer rs Abralranr I rncoln lfor the lrst flftv vears we have been makrng prl rrrrrages to the terrrple ol tlrrs great nran and prlrng hrgh upon hrs alt rr to be consurrrrned bv the tires of hrs soul 0111 rratrorral werknesses our false prrdes our readrness to carrv a ehrp upon the shoulder our ernbellrshed rdeas that we rre the lords of creatron And ever as we have Ill rde the e srerrhces we have heard the 'rdrrronrtron whrch rs rrprellv be eorrrrng '1 natronrl slogan V! 1th nralrce to w rrd none wrtlr chrrrtv tor rll I pon tlrrs Amerrca has burlt her phrlosophv untrl todav we are prepared to de clrre 1nd to rrght for rt that all natrons have a rrght to evrst be thev rert or srrrall The tlreorv that mrght Ill rkes rrght rs profounellv unAnrerrcan rnd undemocratrc rnd we rrrust rdd our rrrrte to blast such a drabolrcal doc trrrre l'l1e elerrrocr rtrc phrlosoplrv of Irncoln that rrght rnrkes rrrrght rs 1t. war wrth the phrlosophv of lNretche that rnrght makes rrght If the former rs to lrve we wrll hrve to fight for rt And now we aetuallv stand upon the verge of thrs fight wlrrle r few patrrotre str rgglers have already carrred our brnner rnto the frav The natron rs slowly avvakenrng to the realrzrtron that once more rt rs vvrllrng to make a. rrrr lrtv sacrrtice for rts grert prrncrple of Consrderatron lor the Rrghts of All Other Vle enter now rnto the w rr wrth the delrberatron of a people that knows whrther rt goes Vle have not been led astray bv leaders The natron rrself hr raduallv become conscrous of the great rrrte rnrl presse re of rts soul lt rs not that we have lost dollars or s rrps or even crtrzens Were that all we should have been rn the war long ago A great natronal soul can never be selfrslr The prrncrple of Consrderatron for the Rrghts of Others has been most outrageously violated Surely and wrth deliberate forethought we answer the challenge whrch autocracy has cast at the feet of demo . . 4 x L Lv - .2 ' gi .2 'Lg L. 0 ,I ee .' - L H ,- 1' 'z 3 1 1' .' . .' 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