Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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The C.l..e.rJ.0n rowdy to d fuHQ our country at ny time but w all must bc br ve and thankful th t Wu ere n utrul country at plesent, nd orc not it wer Th standerd of d mocr cy, as cuotcd by Benjamin Frnnmlin, UW must ll n ng togctlcr or most mssurcdly We will h ng seowratcly U If we ell olde by tHlS, Mc snwll become a unioniz d group and shwll concuer all Ev lyn Gould AV RICP AUD OUR LOYPLTY America is Q country to b oloud of It's a country wh Pc peoole m y oottin a norm l emount of fro dom, orosperlty, and han lnsss It wts unon tres unddnent ls CDSC th Constitution of th United Stat s wa loundtd, Q10 now more taan ever realize that tubs same fund1mc1t l r bclng tnr etencd, we ire flgnting to pr s rvt tl m by K r lng our loyalty to our countr It is natural that during o rico sucn Q tnls, of w r und chaos, th feeling of pwtlloti m 1 xrcustd mole tnmn over It 1 t is lov of country nl tn 1 als 10 which it st nds that gives us the cour gc to f191t for its o Today many boy tuxwufhout ountry homing their loy many Am rlcen moth ls o t ns l wlth the thought that, dlthough th ir secz gr t lt must b dono to pre s rve a fr c nwtiou ucz s ou s for future g ner t1ons As or th oeoole who do tbl +lo1 c n be no doubt Ol tl ir 9 trlo c love However, it is not neccs dr, for Q n lson to die for his country ln order to Yzr Q Hl loy lty bOX11d t To mc loyalty m b xprcs d in inole, v ry uwy ll lnv, to llv e lifc which will b nefit otlers n in gon r l to b 1 good C1tlZuU P ullhe Sflft MAY I'M GLAD O B AN AJ RICAN W1ile war is r ging in tn Wuroo mn COUHtTlS , w begin to aporeclatc the fact thet we wc A1cricens Why should Wo aopre cldte thi fwct? America is trying to uohold th ldeels of the world whll civili tion in Europe is crumbling km idol of c WOCF1tlC form of government is one of the most import nt factors which America has pr s rvcd from the time it w s settl d It constitutes m ny things which we should ell Qopreciwte, th most outstnnding of vhich is fre dom Am rica h elmays been fre. l nd The lllst cttlers came to America for freedom of religion and st rted Q democr tic form of governm nt . . 'T f.: .. -' L- 8 3 F. .. , V., . L fl Q - . rw .5 1- - V1 'W - 9 - C-.. s-. - fs. kr C rf- '-'V C I. - Q 4 - - . . ' 'a S ik. K fl - 7 ' L W- N - 1 -3 ls: e a Q ,o im e. A h . . .2 . V- ' 'U -X Q C, H Q L :L . J L 7 3 f' ' V 1 , . . l 1' 1 1. - . 3 . Q In ' f. ...l l L' 4 . L If - - Q 1 'K 4 ug . . v 'B ' .I 0 4 'u '21 ff- ' 'N A 1 x x, . . V. , v - L fs , . 4. ' . Q ,n 1 . 5 J- .N e I 'L , e- . e .-. .A .0 .. ., ' . U ., S '. v r 1 'X : 5 l 3 We ' '1 . ,- . ' ' ' - . ,- ' c l 9 ., F 5' .... 1 r..-S H C3 'J l U .. ' . c ' Y N ' - ,-- f ' . C 6 'J 4 J. -.ull c-53:5 . . Y .. , I ., Y ' V 4, . C ' P, A U , ,L L. ' , c in at 3 . L - - . - , .- 1 - e e f 4 s s a I can 1' lf . S h .N r 1 ,- - -1 , -3- ' . C n o C16 L ff' 'V 9. . - . T . . I. 3. ' Ll ' 1' i,,::lCJ. 1 -L 2- . , - s J 1 '.. rr R S l ' n. CQ. , bil. C RFU 'og H - f . ,, ., ,e , .9 f .V y .pf . 1 alty by ofiering their scrvloss to llgnt lor their country while 2 1 -, .. -. Y. - .1 : -. .. - F - . 1 Q .. -.J 'L '7.,,L L, C .115 C,f.L.J.l1Q- '.J.J.! C V-lb . J. 3 i 4 1.5 . A x ,H A .,., 5 1 - -. .1 4. - ,X c td u 1 . ll 1,,l11:.4 ct., c.. 5 -. , af ' -' ,, 1 h ,, .,. .h I ,, - e N. S C I S L C'-L L' , . S 4.1. ... A Q f ' 4 ' A N , - - -5' 5 -. I '- ' e A - - e, tl ees cf - . in 1.1 ti ., . 'S 0 J 6 '1 L U 1 X 1 Sl' ir f le. 6 D ' .U 6.9 cts Q's 1wHl t vf' 1 . 1, . . ,- . J ' ' f- Q 3 G S6 S n i V G S c 'V G ' U -.. T -- V -X N - - ' ' .J 3 .ld w . . 6. , '5 C 27. , -J c 'Q 7' - at VS L f 3? , - 'f-AE ' Q 1 .- .A l - n .. J- C -b - A v L' o -3 . 4 - I , A 4 , 1 3 'S ,- I A - . . ....- x l . . H 1 S .- 3 - E: . . . 3 fi F. ' ' . ' X , 1 u . 1 F 9. 6 l Q A A A 3 1 . 3 C 5 J. A Q , . ct 3 . ' 53. ' l . - ,L 1 , C 3 ' .,, T C . S QS . 7 fu .. , . 7, - 4' X El 'U Q , . ' S '1' . . ' ' , R ' c. .- 3 R 1 . S .

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The Glarinn D MOCRACY AS I SLE I! Although democracy is our system of government and since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in is notzing but an ex eriment end is open to criticism is an nidealn and should not be called a Uformu of gcve has been 1776 it Democracy nm nt, for a 'form' is practiced as a benificial factor to the state, but an 'ideal' is an idea that has not yet b en cle rly developed America and some European countries practice this government and in the past have found it satisfactory But at the present, socialistlc ideas are being forced uvon us, trying tocbstroy our existing government democracy The failure of the ,eople to cooperate with one another and the officials and to speak their minds has also caused democracy to be weakened, for democracy is Wthe rule of the people for the eople, by the people, and for thefelfare of all U When does not express his mind, some autocrat steps inn and control The Declaration of Independence states that all men created equal with certain natural rights, among wnich are one takes are life, liberty, and the pursuit of nan iness Our government provides for these natural rights John Locke thought that government should be by the consent of the governed This standard stxrted in the time of the Roman Republic when all gathered to express their ide s and such a way as th y wished since then to a repr s nt tive which, America is th nkful The Pilgrims were thankful themselves and for having free our Thanlzsgiving Now, we have thankful hcre under democratic 'our forefathers brought forth t c ntral spot for a popular vote, give their consent to be governed in This st ndard has gone long way vote instead of Q popular vote in l62O for being fre to govern worship, which we comm norat by many mor things for wdich to be rule We may be thankful that on this continent, a new net vlth liberty and justice for ll,' that 1 n free schoold that r not supervised by nttion l gov rnment but by th gov rnment of the st te, therefore, no propaganda can oe t ught by the per sons t aching At the present tim our gov rnment is under a gr t strain bec use of the war in th uropean countries Our boys are being trained for war, so th t they will be E ' V I A D ' L ' 1 g p - . H . r e ' I I ' e a . U I 'K , ' , l T 4. 1 'A' 1 , - . - ' A' .1 2 I 'G H, I A f . f- N . a , . , L Ay' 5 , rg 1 . Q . 0 ful. , 2 . 0 a a e , g ' rs ' CL 'I . e ' . a f . a ' ' - ' G .1 3. L. A .. -- but still the people have a chance to express their ideas, for a . 1 e -- Q Q , M c I 1- 1. L. G LA G 1 - 1 3 ' 9 e A v L ' ' ' 7 L . ' . c . 1 . . d ion 1 a W we 'ave . , a e ,e. f ' , e ' , e e 1 a ' -' t . ' a . A- - e, . D le, - e ea . A I P. 5 c 6 JL A - ' '1 at A

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The Clarion Most of the peoole who s ttled Am rica he high ideals which have been passed dowr through tae y And now we not only have fre dom of religion in America, but n ny oth r trlng hlch con stltute a democratic form OI governm nt fre dom of speech free dom of th press, nd 1 CHQHCG to gov rn ourselves When th world is et ce, reoole, as a general rule, giv little tcought to these things which the country offers They twke them more or less for granted But, h n a war comes uoon then, th y begin to reellze wh t it m ans to live in 1 fr coun try It giv s 1 person a fo ling of neace to walx long the sheet and not fear thst, at any tomcat a bomb may fall, to think that at the sound of an lrplsne v need not hurry to n und rground shelter, as they do in Englsnd We csn lso b tH7HXfUl that we hav right to voic our OOlllOHS, wit out feer of being ur ested as we Jould be in some uronean countries, for 1HSt8HC , in G rm any This brings the idea of dict torship to mind In meny of the cauhri s in Europe, dictntorship is oreval nt This is, without a doubt, one of the ceuses of the war in europe today tae desire for domlnstion I America, heving a democracy and worxing lor t irk for ourselves but sneak our mlnds, for people dl glad to hear our ideas In America the soclml syst m dlflers from that of the European countries Although there is not such marked difference in the social standing of the dll erent cl es of osonle in the urooean countries today, as in f uddl times, it is till quite invortant But, here in America, it memes no di ference whether me ere rich or ooor, we all h v eounl right Our social ystem lso dilfers from thdt of the European countries, in th t our stdnddrd of liv ing is higher We h ve m ny more conf ni nc s, such s automo blles, and electricsl eoolldnces Thes eh11g which cl sslfy as n cessities the people of Vurooe xould undoubt dly consider luxuries When v stop to con ider ll thes taing , we are indeed thankful thet we ere Am ric ns Eleznor Gould '41 PATPIO :N Wh n w think of oat11oe1sm our first thought lS of our fla next we thinv O1 our netlondl wnth m nTh Stir Spdngled B nnern Noah ebster define o triotism in Dia w ll known nlmo ri l Dio tion ryu HThe love of on country the passion which lnflu ences one to serv on 's country eitc r in def nding it from invasion or orot cting it rights nd P int inlng its lwws nd institutions in vigor nd purity U i , in V 7 , I , , - ,A N - , I V fn I ' I Y I n I I V Q' '17 Y I , v u V u. el. . . , . 1 Q 1 . , I c ears. ' ., 1 1. R2 3 X' . S I A 2: W '- l 1 4 lg 2 C , I , '- 1 A- - C - 7' 3. L e E3 ' 3 . CN a -fygn 3 1 'z e - K., 5. uct 1 ,- v 1 . ' -. 1. I A 5 , fs' I . C 'I A u u My S J f . ' r , . . ' 1 5 'B 3. . G c be '- . 7 C 4 55 Y C 5. - ' c' v. c iT l , I 4: 5 f c A F... 4 n.' 'ff I e. fe C M 1 la . , A rv 1-1 f., ' ' x. A Ls. o L... CL J C, -- L -e ,e S fe C ' .. 'X fl -, ' 2 'Q' la - '-1 . , - -. f 'J '-' 7' IL 1 S S - ' L - A ,, . . J , k'. Q 1-1 C c 1 C . ' - L A ,., . A , 1 s ' '3 ' .,, . 4 , I A - 1 1 C u n . . en.. s . -. . , , higher ideals, there 1S very little domination. We cannot only ,, . I- A '5 , I NL Q ' '3 .. t . -. . 3 K ' S 5 J -' - A 1 , 3 1 L --4 - 1.0, ,x ij ., C l 5 5 RD S ' - X - .ga I. . O c H L. 7. . . -. L ' ' F. 8 c I S . c. 31 R C, - , .L EA, C L ' I 1 . A- . P, ' 1 9. . 1 S E3 3 ' Z1 . - , 4- , et ., 4' E C. Q I 3 1. LS ' W3 21 S 'Z A-I A I ,,-' . . -- . 1 A ' . T -3 S E7 'N 6 1 S 1 ,e c. Q S .1. . -ar . mffw e .L .. 'A ' e e -- 1 t , '. ' gg f, . -L e 1: c S , C I . fl, ' . 1: 4, s - fi ' S - F7. ' if -' ..A 3 9. - fu 3 S : 'B Ci o , , e - ., 1 ,, ' 1: 3 , - E.: -- 6 . D - I ' fi S ' 9 ufi 1 c Pe . Pe ., .