Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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LITERARY Mother, called Diana to the dim figure in the hall, we're going over to lVcstland to say good-hye to Jack and Pam. See you later, and they were off in Tony's father's sedan. Wish you'd brought the roadster instead, Tony. About ten o'cloek the telephone at Fairis rang. Mr. Fair answered it. Miz Fair? Yes, 73 'Tin sorry to tell you that your daughter and Anthony McRae went over the Boulevard Bridge. Unable to escape from the se- dan, they were drowned, eanie over the wire in a crisp, author- itative voice. Snuffed candles --their light gone out just on the threshold of their lives. In after years Mrs. Fair often recalled Di's re- mark on that fateful evening, and with aching heart, but stead- fast faith, turned to I'Ill11 who doeth all things xvellf' Donorur Tnonlrsobr '30 AM BITION Ambition has a road to pave, To where a shining goal exists. We carry our llag, on high to wave, As on we inarcli through dark and mists. We must not let our courage quail, All iirni, and staunch we must remain. ln work and duty, must not fail, Must see ambition does not wane. llut if in striving for llie lofty place, At lirst we do not quite succeed, We must not then give up the race, For we may yet he i11 the lead. CHIIISTINIC .PRITIIAM '31 27 '

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THE CLARION As they arose from the table, Mrs. Fair snuffed the candles on the dining table and Diana whimsically remarked that it al- ways seemed to her that snuffing candles was like sudden death, a life snuffed out without warning licfore its usefulness was over. Oh! don't say such things, Di,,' her mother exclaimed. Whateve1' 'put such a thought into your head ? I don't know, Mother, I just happened to think of it. Guess I feel blue-leaving you and Dad, and everything. Go out on the PO1'Cll, Tony, and I'll join you presently. Di, after gettinga light wrap, joined Tony on the porch where they watched the full moon rise through the lacy foliage of the locust trees lining tl1e drive-way to the house. Tony, old thing, I s'pose I'll see that same old moon rise many times in the coming four years, but it won't he our moon. -Goodness! Here I am, getting sentimental and sad on our last night together for ages V' Ages is right! Now if you were a boy, you could come along to school with me I Yes, but if you WG1'G a girl, you could como abroad and study with me. -So there l 'WVell, let's not fight. Maybe I'll cop an airplane and cross the ocean to visit you if you're good and write oftenf' Oh, that would be nice of you! I'd feel so flattered I My hero risking his young life to visit the lady of his dreams! Really, Tony, you're quite exasperating at timesf' she said a- loud and under her breath added, hut quite adorable all the same. Since your train goes tirst, Di, l'll have the privilege of see- ing the lady of my dreams on her way.-By the way, what shall we do tonight ? Let's take a spin and then go over and say good-bye to Jack and Pam. Good! Come on. , 26

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THE OLARI ON Che Constitution, it LBuarantee of Tlnbivioual liberty In 1787 fifty-tive inen gathered in Philadelphia to prepare the working policy ofa new nation. A nation founded on revolu- tion whose every principle should be in contrast to all past and present governmental policies. Kings and princes were for- gotten. People who had never known any nation but a lnon- archy we1'e to propose a ruler who had heretofore been ruled. They were to suggest to a wo1'ld of kings that there could be no ruler of man other than man 3 that man had no earthly 1113.5- ter but himself. The eyes of the world were focused on that gathering in Philadelphia. Everywhere the connnon people were for a pol- itical Messiah. In France the masses were waiting for the day when the Bastille would be overthrown. ICngland's kings were making a last stand against the inroads of democracy. And there came the Constitution of the United States tJfAl1lGl'iC2.. All men are created equal .......... certain unalienable rights .......... life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. America had said but eleven years before. The idea was not new. In 1700 people knew of John Locke and his theories about Contract Governuient--that governments are instituted among men, deriving their powers from the people governed. John Jaques Rousseau had said that the 'first origin of government was the will of the people, and fourteen years after his death the French set up a republic on that theory. The idea was not new, but heretofore no nation had tried to operate on it. The world turned to regard this new state, which cast aside the governmental policies ot centuries, and dared to say that the com mon people were lit to rule themselves. Kings, nestled in the castles and traditions of ages, sneered. They,ll have a king in ten yearsf, said a meinber of the British Parliament. Trial and error again, reinarked the French minister of the moment. 28