Lyman Hall High school - Singer Chronicle Yearbook (Wallingford, CT)

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IX. THE CHRONICLE lion for the protection of the weak, to alleviate child labor. In the fulfillment of these ideals, they make no compromise with greed, or brutality, or injustice, but are earnestly campaigning to develop a higher culture, a livelier spirit of citizenship, and a loftier morality in the individual and in the nation. I cannot say just how many women are to-day marching behind this banner of progress, but I do know the figures run into the millions. Difficult as this is to ascertain still it is twice as hard to attempt to estimate the influence which they exercise as individuals and as a body. One and all they radiate an influence whose result must and will he in the upbuilding of an America, greater if possible, than the America of to-day. The unmistakable signs of the times point to the inevitable possession, at no distant future, of woman’s full and equal right to vote, which can only result in still greater good for the republic. And to what shall we attribute America's greatness of to-day? De Toqueville’s opinion summarizes the topic as nothing else can. He says, “If I were asked to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of the American people ought mainly to be attributed. 1 should reply; to the superiority of its women.” Before you to-night are many of America’s future women. With us, perhaps. lies the destiny of our nation, to be shaped at our will. This opportunity is the American girl’s inheritance. May we, in true American spirit, accept this inheritance, and bring about its fulfillment to the great glory of our nation. Classmates, this nation, this vast country where so many foreign-born have gathered for personal liberty, is ours to love, and we love it. We love the flag, the symbol of its purity, its bravery, its truth. It should mean a great deal to us as time goes on—as we add our poor powers to others to keep our flag untarnished through peace and war, to keep it the pure emblem of all it stands for. We must fight all foes of the flag to-day, narrowness. graft and greed. We must make our flag mean in years to come what it has meant through the years past, a symbol of hope, an inspiration to greater achievements. Ours is an inborn love for the Stars and Stripes, that of the immigrant, a love implanted by a desire for liberty and democracy, nevertheless, these two loves are equally strong, the foundation of this great country of ours. Let us here to-night then pledge our lasting allegiance to the land we love, to the flag we love, and let us bend every effort to the furthering of the glory of our nation, the nation of which we are proud, the land of equal liberties, of equal power and of equal rights. With this pledge, then, classmates, ever foremost in our hearts, let us say farewell. Charlotte Doehr ’20 CLASS CHARGE Miriam Lu.m '20

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VIII. THE CHRONICLE. Day for folly, night for schooling! New Year’s Day is over and spent, 111 or well, I must be content.” As she tumbles into her bed, too tired even to say her prayers, she murmurs : “All service ranks the same with God, There is no last nor first.” How many of us, like Pippa, have wondered if the happiness of the rich and powerful were not greater than ours? There is so much need in the world to-day for those who have found contentment for those have come to realize that a happy spirit is the source of joy. Is it not worth while for each of us to let himself feel the power of Pippa’s life? As the message of one little peasant influenced a village, so might we bring home the truth that “All service ranks the safe with God, There is no last nor first.” Elizabeth Martin ’20 1 THE AMERICAN GIRL’S INHERITANCE The future of America lies with the present generation. That is to say, we, assembled before you to-night must willingly assume with all our heart and soul responsibilities which our fathers before us have so nobly shouldered. You ask how can mere children prepare to enlighten the world and dispel the clouds of darkness hovering about us? Who shall accomplish this remarkable feat in this era of national unrest and foreign controversies? Small white hands shall perform the almost impossible; small white hands shall turn the madly onrushing steed of dissent, checking and guiding it as easily as if guided by his master’s touch. This honor will fall to the American women. They alone can execute this prodigious undertaking with successful exactitude. Impressive and often thrilling as have been the tales of our great-great grandmothers in past epochs of American history and important as was the part they played in the development of our great republic from the first magnitudinous step when they so bravely fared forth into the unknown wilderness, to the last most trying sacrifice, so fresh in our minds, inflicting a wound that time can never obscure, a scar jagged and livid, yet it is safe to say, and none the less truthfully, that at no time has woman formed such an important factor in controlling affairs of momentuous importance to the universe as at the present time. But why is it that woman is the pilot of our ship that has so safely weathered many a stormy sea? She stands at the helm ever progressing arid striving for her destined landing, never diverting her attentions to the deluding temptation of graft and paying positions. Her code is established on a basis as firm and immovable as the rock of Gibraltar itself. And do I hear you ask what is that code? What are the principles for which they intend to stand? An enumeration of them with no details will suffice for they are a topic of popular discussion. The problems attacked by American women are many. They aim to improve the condition of life among the poor, to agitate sanitary reforms, to promote the health, happiness, and efficiency of slum dwellers, to establish and aid educational institutions of all sorts, to rectify some forms of municipal government and administration, to crush vice and crime, ignorance and disease, to procure humane legisla-

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