Foreman High School - Foremanual Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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011101655 f Liber fy tandrng proud and erect on her pedestal on Bedloe s Island tn New York Harbor the statute of L1berty Enhghtenmg the World has become the symbol of freedom to oppressed people everywhere In her uphfted r1ght hand he holds a torch wh1ch gu1des to the New World the homel ss and the tempest tost of the Old World The statue presented to the people of the Un1ted States by the people of France rn commem orat1on of the 100th annxversarv of our 1ndependence was unvelled 1n 1886 after bemg shrpped rn p1eces to th1s country and reassembled on the pedestal whlch the Amencan people gave by popular subscr1pt1on Her gl1sten1ng draped body w1th her torch of llberty aloft has lnspxred and welcomed thousands of 1mm1grants ach year from all parts of the world They came and cont1nue to come as rf 1n response to the l1nes xnscrlbed cn her pedestal GIVE me your trred your poor Your huddled masses yearmng to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teemmg shores Send these the homeless the tempest tost to me I l1ft my lamp bes1de the golden door To most of them Amerrca was refuge a chance for better l1fe And most of them drd get a better chance for l1fe The malorlty of thes new people went 1nto the c1t1es to work 1n factor1es and m1lls 1n small shops and stockyards on new brrdges roads and skyscrapers Or they went 1nto the small mrrmg towns and camps Many too went on the land as pro neers and everybody worked and buxlt and dug and carrred burdens and as Amerlca stands today there 1S hardly a bu1ld1ng hardly a brldge or m1le of raxlway or hlghway hardly anythmg that IS not a part of the labor of the lmmrgrants whom the Statue of L1berty beckoned to her shores But therr work has not been 1n va1n To most all that th1s goddess pledged has been ful f1lled the1r opportun1ty for better educauon freedom of re11g1on speech and press We the Youth of Amenca apprecxatwe of our opportun1t1es and advantaaes Wlll keep farth wrth the Goddess of L1berty Olga Pober 43 tE1a ne Olson repre ented the Goddess of L1berty rn the Arm st ce Day Assembly! . 1 - 11 . . . 11 1 . S - - 11 11 Q . V , - I . A 1 1 Q V . , , . 11 . . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - . . ,, 1 1 - Q . V , 1 1 1 1 - A . , , ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , ' 1 1 1 . 1 1 , 1 . . . v 1 , . 1 S 1 I .

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