Lincoln Junior High School - Lincoln Life Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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SweetEMemwries Like the beauty of an old time rose, Whose misty fragrance still recalls The colored joys of by-gone times, The thought of Lincoln school days falls Like sweet perfume, upon the room Called memory. And spreads its scent to hours spent In merriment And revelry. And oftentimes in hours of work, One stream of thought toward Lincoln fiows. And from Time's page a fragrant scent Is wafted from our rainbow rose Of memory. aEVA HINITZ, an Alumnus. Signs Of Spring I heard a robin sing this morn, Thatis Why I know that spring is here; His sweet clear notes woke me at dawn, iiWhat cheer, What cheer! That's how I know that spring is here. Around the hill the brook glides on, That's how I know that spring is here: It sings an endless happy song, iiWhat cheer, what cheer! Thatis how I know that spring is here. Among the leaves the crocus grows: That's Why I know that spring is here: It lifts its head from wintry sndws, HWhat cheer, What cheer! Now we all know that spring is here. -KENNETH PETERSON, 8A.

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s... R . q 'x THOMAS J EFFERSON tPrize EssayeCityl The American Government of today owes much to certain men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The greatest documents we have were- written by men of that time. George Washington perhaps was the most famous, but following close behind him is one whom all school children connect with the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson, the author of this remarkable document, was a line scholar and could read and speak several languages. He was not gifted as a great orator, but with his pen, he rendered great services for the cause of liberty. He was the third president of the United States and during his terms in oHice, he helped to increase growth and commerce and to spread popular education. During the Virginia Convention, Jefferson became famous throughout the colonies. This resulted in his appointment as a delegate to the Continental Congress on the tenth of June, 1776, where he was made chairman of a commit- tee to draft a Declaration of Independence. As chairman, Jefferson wrote this document. With the exception of one or two phrases, the Declaration is entirely his own words. The f1rst law passed by the House of Burgesses of Virginia set down very detailed laws of religion by which the people had to abide. When Thomas Jefferson was appointed with two other men, to revise the code of Virginia, he took from the statute-book all laws relating to worship and religion and put in their place a single paragraph which he considered as important as the Declaration of Independence. For nine years, from 1777 to 1786, Jefferson, and other men believing the same as he, fought the clergy of Virginia to secure this simple solution of the religious problem. The greatest triumph of Jefferson's career came through his connection with the treaty for the annexation of the Louisiana Territory to the United States. It was perhaps the greatest benelit he ever bestowed upon his country and it contributed more to his honor than any other incident or public act with which he was connected. At the same time it was the lirst instance in which a president of the United States ever used his personal and political influence to crowd through congress an act which he himself declared unconstitutional. There is no doubt that during Jeffersonls time he was considered no greater than some of our Congressmen are today. He might not have been praised then, but he lived to see his country helped through his own efforts. He died July 4, 1826, just lifty years after the Declaration of Independence. VIRGINIA FAHR.