Hamilton High School - Hamiltonian Yearbook (South Hamilton, MA)

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TPIK HAMILTONIAN STAFF Kditor-in-Chivj LOUISE MOULTON Assistant Editor BARliARA MAXWELL Reporters Senior lliijh News: BARBARA HAM BETTY BINGLE RUTH JACKSON Sutiscription liusiness Mava(jer ROBERT HAMILTON Advertising Business Manager RICHARD PEALE Commercial: ELLEN UONLON diinior Hiph News: DOROTHY PERKINS PAULINE POWER JANE PERKINS a rculn t io n Ua n ager WALLACE KNOWLTON Assistants WALTER FOWLER DOROTHY VENNARD Athletic Reporters Football: GORDON THOMPSON Baseball: WALLACE KNOWLTON Basketball — Bogs: BEN. ROBERTSON Basketball — Girls: ISABELLE PEALE

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The Hamiltonian HISTORIC SHRINES OF MASSACHUSETTS r AST summer a friend from the West came to visit me ; quite naturally she wanted to see the historic shrines of M assa- chusetts about which she had heard so much. Since Plymouth was the first set- tlement in Massachusetts, 1 took her there first and we visited the Forefather’s Rock known as Plymouth Rock upon which the Pilgrims landed December 21, 1620. ' Fhe honor of first stepping on this stone has been claimed by the descendants of Mary Chilton for her, and of Jcdin Alden for him. Because John Alden was so chival- rous in the episode that terminated with “Why, d on’t you speak for yourself, John,” probably John, with his usual chivalry, said, “Ladies before gentlemen,” and handed the honor ( ver to Miss Chilton. In 1774 an attempt was made to nuwe the rock but it split in two, an incident which was regarded as an omen of the separation of the colonies from England. When the excitement caused by this ac- cident subsided, it was decided to lower the under part of the rock into its original bed on Water Street. It has been covered with a handsome granite canopy and sur- rounded by an iron fence. 4 ' his part of the rock may still be seen in the liarbor. d ' he rest was taken to the square and placed in front of Pilgrim’s hall. There is also in Plymouth the National Monu- ment, which was erected to the Pilgrims and upon which are the names of those who came to America in the “MA - FL(4WER.” On a high hill near the ocean on the outskirts of Provincetown stands an ther Pilgrim Memorial to the Forefathers. The Pilgrim Monument is one of the tallest masonry tow ' ers in America. It was com- pleted in 1607 when President I ' heodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone. ' Fhe in- terior is a circling stone staircase at the top of which there is a beautiful view of lower Cape Cod. The people of Prov- incctown are rightfully proud of this monument for it is one of Massachusetts greatest pieces of architecture. At the foot of the hill upon which this monument stands is a large granite and bronze me- morial wliich commemorates the Compact. A bronze tablet at the shore’s edge marks the spot where the Pilgrims landed in Provincetown before deciding to move to Plymouth. ' Fhen we went to Salem which is noted for its Witch House, Gallows Hill, the House of Seven Gables, and old Derby Wharf. Salem ranks second among the oldest settlements of Massachusetts. Fhe Witchcraft delusion arose here in 1692 and nineteen persons were hanged on Gallows Hill. ' Fhe victims were first tried at the old Witch House which is the oldest house in Salem. In the abstract of the laws of New England printed in 1655 appear these articles: Article HI: ‘AVitchcraft, which is fellowship by covenant with a familiar spirit, to be punished with death.” Article IV: “Considters with witches not to be tolerated, but either to be cut off by death or banishment or other suitable punish- ment.” ' Fhe fanatical outbreak in Salem in the year 169] is one of the most striking incidents in the history of New Englaml. ' Fhe House of Seven Gables has become famous through Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book of the same name. Although Haw- tlwrne had no particular house in mind, everyone has assumed that the house on ' Furner Street was meant. It is one of the oldest houses in Salem, dating from 1662. In the verv early days, Salem was an im- portant port and Old Derbc Wharf was the nrincipal wharf on the harbor. Next we went to Concord and Lcxim -- ton where the Revolutionary War actually started. Eight hundred British, sent by General Gage from Boston to seize the ammunition stored up by the colonists in Concord, met a few minute men on Lex- ington Green and a short fight ensued. ( )n this green every important spot is desig- nated by a monument or statue. ' Fhe British pushed on to Concord only to be repulsed at the old North Bridge by tiie minute men in Concord. Here, at this bridge, was fired the shot “heard round the rorld.” On the Lexington side of the bridge are monuments erected to unknown British soldiers, and on the opposite side stands a bronze minute man to show where the Americans fought so bra •el .