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

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TH E QUODDX LIGHT Structxon and repa1r He provlded for the severest tests of endurance and flghtmg qualltxes of sh1ps and kept the department ahve to the necess1ty of havzng ample sup pl1es constantly on hand It 15 to th1s late ex presldent that credlt IS due for obta'n1ng the Canal locatlon and construct1on by and for the Umted States Hls own words explaln how lt was done I took Panama first and let Congress de bate lt afterwards The completxon of thlQ great work after many fa1lures by other countr1es w1ll rem'11n as a staue to h1s memory Under Roosevelt s leadershlp was begun the movement for government supervlsxon of large bus1ness concerns He bel1eved that corporate busmess should be done openly and not secretly Publ1c1ty he bel1eved was the remedy for many corpo rate CVIIS H1s llterary and sc1ent1f1c work alone gave hlma reputat1on and a place mth whxch almost any man would be sat1sfied John Burroughs Roosevelt s companlon ln many out of door rambles says was a naturallst on the broadest grounds un1t1ng much techmcal knowledge wlth knowledge of the dallv hves and habxts of all forms of w11d lxfe He probably knew ten fold more natural h1story than all the proceed1ng Presldents and one IS safe to say more human h1story also The hardshlps he underwent the devot zon he showed to hlS countrymen the cour age hc d1splayed 1n actlon are best brought out by not1c1ng how the men he command ed are devoted to h1s memory Such a man was Theodore Roosevelt and such were h1s works Hrs name and his memory w1ll l1ve forever and the story of h1s llfe w1ll adorn the pages of h1story as a model of Amerrcanlsm We cannot all ach1eve careers hke that thlngs he accomphshed But h1s hfe offers prob zbly the best example of the finest and hlghest ldealsof Amer1can c1t1zensh1p We can however be l1ke hmm 1E we follow the te'1ch1ngs h1S life gives us and try to l1ve w1th the same stralghtforwardness loyalty and courage shown by h1s ldeals of a true Amerxcan Then we shall have 'xt tamed a reallv true Amer1can1sm E D 0 Q1 qi 514 Q15 7 , , . . , , , v 9 ' . - . l , - LC I h I - 1 ,, a . . , I C . ' 1 - 1 9 ' I: , ' of Roosevelt, nor can we all accomplish the . ' ' 2 ' g ' . . 1 Q n n . . ' . . . C 1 9 I . ' . . . Y. . 4 . . ! . I Y 1 , . ' 1 , 1 tl ' - - , . He . . . l l l I ' .S. ., '2 1-:L .1

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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

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THE QUODDX LIGHT Svulutaturg Ely: Gina! llinmen ni th: Qlrpulrllr Four years 'wo when we first entered High School as Freshmen we scarcely dared thlnle of our graduation it vsas so far aw av But the years have passed quickly 'may and to night ue are at the close of our school life in Lubec and wc face the opening of a new career Dear friends of Lubec we have felt your interest 1n us and have seen your co oper 'mon both with the teachers and with us We realize that you have aided us at every opportun1ty given and it IS not as strang ers but as true fr1ends that we earnestly and sincerely welcome you here to night We desire this even1ng to be one of pleas ure to you To you dear parents who have so dih gently urged us onward through our school eareer, we pay the greatest tribute And it is not only with a welcome, but vs 1th heartfelt thanks that we greet you Our mothers ' Xou women vsho have in order to educate your children VVe ap precmte your eiforts And lt is because of you that I haye chosen as my subject The Great Women of the Republic Our Republlc has many great women, but I have seleeted three perhaps not the greatest but who appealed to me the most to show how the women 'md the mothers hive struggled md labored for the better ment of our n mon Duimg the p lst few years everyone h is heard of ind been gre mtly interested in the Amerle Ln Reel Cross Many tunes h we the people of the Lnited St mtes blessed this orgamzatlon for its aid to their loved ones over there Xvlth what willingness and kindness the Red Cross nurses cared for our boys Lnder shot and shell during hardships and discomforts these angels of mercy yy orked Have ue ever thought of the Oflglfl of the Red Cross? Of eourse it was some 11 lustrious gentleman vs ho organized this Ah but no It was a woman who was the p1oneer of this practical work At the out break of the c,1V1l VVar Clara Barton loyal American girl left her well paying position at Washmgton and devoted her self to the humane eare of the soldiers on the battlefiell Night and day Miss Bar ton worked bandagmg wounds bringing in the wounded and burying the dead In 1864 because of her capabihty and earn estness, she was glven charge of the army hospitals on the james river and there nursed the Blue and the Gray side by side War She carried on relief work during the famine in Russia and during the mas sacres in Armenia And 1n our own Span ish American War she did personal work in the Held Miss Barton s entire life vsas spent in serving others serving her na tion She was a noble woman a woman who not only introduced, but developed the greatest humamtanan movement ever begun in our country The nation never can pay the honor and respect due her for setting sueh 1 lasting example to posterity The close of the QIVII War brought 1 new pioneer into the field Imemper mee 1161 vm! B C5 l , x Y ., ,, . . . . , . . V , . . I . , en- ' v C y - If V ,D I . l 7 I ' I i I V X t . A A L Y X . I . , X U x . . - , , - - . Y . . i H C . Y ' U . , - a u n - . 1' ' I l I , ' 1 9 3' s ' ' K' - ' . . L . ' , L v , ,. , . ' . . Y K . y . L ' ' ' 4 . . r - . ' . - . L Y' ' , ' . A . . C ' endured hardships and sacrificed pleasures Nor did her work end with the Civil I 1 , . , . . . . - an Bc . N-,, .x - - y . C . L . I . , , . . ' . r 51 1 V 3 y ' , , . . e , g Q A 1 J z ' z . ' 1 - - A ' ' s 2 ' A ' 'v' ' A 1 A L L A ' x 2 1 C 1 it L 5 xy' xi - . 1 L D x l 1 'T l v ' - - 1 1 '. I . ' 1' z A - A ' . , I . 1 ' 1 ' 2 f. r Q - , A ' , ' A , I , 2 .,