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

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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 .,

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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 was playmg 1ts usual havoc among the people It was overpowerlng the1r un settled m1nds Intemperance lb so often the aftermath of wars But thank God SIDCC 61 our natlon has so far advanced m morals and 1deals that It has already taken precauuons agaxnst th1s ev1l and struck a death blow to Kmg Alcohol by the Nat1on al Prohlbxtlon edxct whrch goes 1nto effect july first At the close of the C1v1l War thxs great danger oppressed the people It was then that Frances E Wxllard came to the front and began her l1fe struggle agamst Alco hol She had to make her own oppor tumty The war v1ct1ms were sure they needed Clara Barton and her Red Cross persuasxon and w1sdom that they needed Temperance and Purlty As It was Clara Barton s work to heal wounds and care for the body xt was Frances W1llard s la bor to heal mmds and care for the soul All her energy and strength was devoted to the uplrftmg of morallty to the better ment of home condxtlons to the convers lon of drunkards to cltlzens Through her efforts the Women s Chr1st1an Temper ance Unxon grew from a t1nv orgamzatxon to aworld Wlde movement The nat1ons were so mfluenced by her work that th1rty five of them adopted the whlte rlbbon as the1r standard for proh1b1t1on Mlss W1llard belxeved m the w1der and broader development of women She was the first woman to demand pol1t1cal equal 1ty a thxng that made the good prudent women of her day catch the1r breath but nothlng thwarted her Burdened by pov ertv and hardshxp sometlmes lackmg even the necess1t1es of lxfe she worked t strengthen her fellow c1t1zens Her work was ldeal It yy as lastlng YVe have only to look at the world W1dC spread of prohlbxtlon at the attentlon pald to suf frage equallty and the great vs ork of Soc1al Pur1ty now bemg carr1ed on and wc w1ll realwe that Frances E W1llard was one of our greatest ploneers Now let us turn to another Amencan woman Harr1et Beecher Stowe a vsoman whose servlce to her country was qu1te diferent and yet equally fmportant It was a SCFVICC of the pen Someone has Sald The pen 19 m1ght1er than the sword Surely Harrxet Beeche Stowe portray al of the evlls of slavery She breathed so much pathos truth and heart throbs into hcr Uncle Tom s Cabm that she mfluenced thousands of men to don the blue to fight for freedom and right Thls book IS Stlll read It stlll goes on 1ts mls slon of softenmg the hearts of 1tS readers of brxnglng more klndness and mercy to llght Harnett Beecher Stowe truly served her country We women of today have opportumtles to serve our country just as the Republlc needed Clara Barton Frances W1llard and Harr1et Beecher Stowe so lt needs and calls for more ploneers today for women who will carry on the great works of re form and reconstructlon Those women dxd not prepare themselves for thexr espe c1al work alone They prepared for Lxfe And when the1r natxon needed them they were ready The Lmted States 1S st1ll U7 i , , Q . . . y O 0 , . T , Y . ' , l' l v N ' r T but they had to be Sh0W11 'DY intelligent proved this by her wonderful and pathetic 7