Lubec High School - Quoddy Light Yearbook (Lubec, ME)

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THE QUODDY LIGHT few sentnes The Germans were rapxdly creep1ng up on the camp Pat real1z1ng that he must save h1s comrades started on a run makrng a long detour to avo1d and outd1stance the enemy At last he could see the l1ne of tents Halt? shouted a sentry Who goes there? The Germans are commg shouted Pat G1ve the alarm' The sentry tired sev eral shots and they dashed after Pat m the d1rect1on of the carnps They were st1ll a long d1stance from safety Bullets were wh1stl1ng past Pat felt a sudden pa1n ln hrs left arm but only ran the faster B3 th1s t1me the soldlers aroused by the alarm and assembled outs1de the tents The Germans' the Germans' shouted Pat to the Captam They are out there In a few moments the regunent was safe behznd the trenches 1n front of the camp They tfled rn va1n to rally After half an hour s fightmg the enemy retreated rap 1d1y across the plam The next day as Pat w1th bandaged arm sat 1n h1s tent a prwate came 1n and told h1m that the General wanted to sec h1m To see me? exc1a1med Pat What does he want w1th the hkes of me? Someth1ng about last n1ght repl1ed the pr1vate Begorra answered Pat Is xt a court mart1al for sklppmg, or a medal for tell1ng on the Germans? P b Antertruntrsnu Amer1can1sm IS a popular word to day It summanzcs and symbohzes all that IS best and most wholesome 1n our nat1on'1l character It embraces our pat r1ot1sm our character1st1c stralghtforward ness and our love of fa1r p'ay as a nat1on It IS h1s Amer1can1sm or lack of It that determ1nes whether or not a man IS aloyal c1t1zen Amer1can1sm stands for undn med alleg1ance and unwavermg adherence to true Amer1can pr1nc1ples Amer1can1sm knows ne1ther fear nor favor but de mands equal r1ghts equal pr1v1leges and unb1asedJust1ee for all from the h1ghest and most powerful to the weakest and low l1est It was not unt1l the great war brought to us the startllng reahzatzon that one s1xth of our populat1on was fore1gn 1n lan guage and 1deals that the rest of the hun dred m1ll1on began to wonder 1f after all Amer1ca was the meltmg pot of the world We had loud great stress on the clarm that Amer1ca could fuse the races of the world 1nto a new race typxcally Amer1can but upon tr1al th1s 1deal1sm dld not work out Many men have preached the doctrlnes of Amer1can1sm and e1-:pounded ltS pr1nc1 ples to the Amer1can people Wr1ters orators statesmen men of h1gh ab1l1ty have tr1ed to 1mpress xt upon our nat1on'1l consc1ousness but w1th varymg degrees of success Then there came upon the scene Theodore Roosex elt the greatest exponent of Amer1can1sm He was possessed of those character1st1cs mentzoned above that made h1m our foremost Amer1can H bel1eved ln purely Amer1can l1nes and 613 - . H H , , . . 11 N 1 ' ' U 1 , . , . . . , . H H H . . H ' . 1 1 , , . . . . , . u 9 sr . , ' s , ' I - , . u ,, . , . . c . , , , cc . . ,, A . . , an - . ,, . . . . . - u ,, .1 . . ' , s ' ' - . . . - ,, , . . 1 , , . , W. . . 22 0 o :1 . . ,, . Y - - x - -, . , ' . I . . . . I 0 Q Y c ' . ' C , - A n 5 y 1 , . n - n n aYl1 ' ' X ' ' '- . . , I I I ! , - Y . . . . L , c , 1 v ' ' , v Y , . . , .

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THE QUODDY LIGHT thought them best for Amerlca H1s last publ1c words expressed h1s VIEWS on thus matter ln forceful language We have room for but one language here and that IS the Engllsh language for vte mtend to see that the cruclble turns our people out as Amerrcans of American natlonahty and not as dwellers m a polyglot boardmg house and we have room for but one soul loyalty and that 1S loyalty to the Amerl can people Roosevelt from h1s brrth was hampered b J a weak body but after twenty years of hard struggle he conquered lt as he d1d ew ervthlng else H1story w1ll speak of h1m as a great statesman and one of the vs orld s greatest leaders but men and vsomen who are hampered wlth physlcal dlfficultles w1ll remember him w1th tender ness and gratrtude as a man who over came Brownmg The Fllght of the Duchess exerclseda declslve mfluence on hrs llfe They were the hnes recountmg the amb1 t1on of a poor Spflg of an honorable famlly All that the old Dukes had been wlthout bexng It This Duke would fam know he was wlthout being It Roosevelt thlrteen years old felt that those lmes were a1me.l straxght at hlm He resolved then and there actually to be that WhlCh he wanted wlth all h1s heart to appear From the dav he arrxved at manhood untll h1s death hc engaged almost contln uously 1n the publxc servxce H1s l1fe was one of achlevement far 1n excess of most men of h1s tlme Every place he occup1ed was a place for duty and endeavor and when he was not engaged ln the publlc ser 14 v1ce he labored w1th equal earnestness and s1ngleness of purpose for ends wh1ch he beheved to be of moment He was a true frlend of the common people and always labored aga1nst trusts and corporat1ons for the welfare of the workmg class No man ever undertook more unpopular tasks and no man ever carr1ed a d1fficult work through to comple t1on w1th less regard for expedrency or of h1s own comfort He was often attacked and vxhtied h1s1deas were mlsconstrued h1s w1sdom was questloned bnt he never flmched In pOl1t1CS Mr Roosevelt has become the 1dol of the young men of Amerxca not one of whom has not found 1n h1s life and mn fluence an 1ncent1ve to better thmgs H d1d whatever came in h1s way to do and d1d It w1th a zeal an honesty a fearless ness and a deslre for the publlc good that even h1s pohtlcal opponents and cr1t1cs have been obhged to acknowledge and to respect He never perm1tted hxmself to be lnfluenced and never wavered 1n h1s course or let the country have the least doubt of h1s proceedmgs In 1901 Roosevelt was awarded the No bel PTIZC for h1s excellent statesmanshmp IH brlngxng the Russo Japanese war to an agreeable settlement As these prxzes were glven only to the greatest statesmen Roosevelt was consldered superlor to any of hlS day Thls great man was an advocate of pre paredness Dur1ng h1s adm1n1strat1on he raxsed the army and navy to a standard hlgher than ever before He hastened 1n every conccxvable way the work of con , .. . I , ' I ' , ' 5 K . . - . nr ' . . . , . il . c . , , - - y . . I . . . ' W , . . . , ! 1 7 . . . I . y . . , , C I , . . . . - y ' ' . . . . e . - . . . ' I , . . . ' , u Two lines which he found in a work by - - ' - - Q ll 1 , 'ay l , ' ' '- . . . . D 4 ! v l Y , - K . . . I . ' , , - . , ' . I . 3 A L . 2 . vt' - 1. l - C J