Mesquite High School - Mesquite O Yearbook (Mesquite, TX)

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Righlf The first colonial library was established in Boston, but the readers couldn't check out books. 'L all il. tr' rV,.1 -'f4-'-,- r7+2' X X i C: ' lf X rf' '31 f .7 l , x ' ' ' if-. . ,.' ' .,, I J ,ivy I v. Q, , , - 1 .. tl , ' SS X ' 1 gl U. ll : T l ' T 'Q S 1, -' Q- ' ,.,, V. . . , we Above: Some minuets took three months of daily practice to learn. .uv ' w Above: The popu have been replac lasted for days. lar dances of 1776, The Royal George and Lady Buckley's Whimf' ed by the Bump and the I-lustlef' Balls in the southern states often

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Left: The 1776 dollar would be worth about ll dollars today. This might explain why the price of a whole pig in 1798 was half a dollar. if if .hi ,2 ,1ggg, Below: Believe it or not. early math was more complicated than today. Colonial students had to learn what a firkin. a pun- cheon. and a quintal were. Zh- 1 sg m J- C OQJNl3Q'l-'ZCUT GAZET1 4 .TJV ,i'7 Viff J I Lf4e2,f'f2' 'tsp ff f QQ A. Nx fu vx .Q ,A xv at Abel.,-1 K Y W fe' ei LW' 7 X wi -: ,ii y ulf 4 L.: gt, A 1, 'f ' Q I.. W u N i . -1 f 1:17 -gf i V , I 22, ya, -V t 2, L11-at -X f ff -Q fire-Mi .ffm if Q t els f W in P- - Above: Colonial newspapers were small-sized weeklies with local news. gossip. essays. and reprints of English articles.

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William Billings was a singing master who directed choirs in the colonies. At the of each song, he blew a whistle so that everyone would start on the same note. He Below: Early music scores were written in a circle, so that there were no confusing had a machine that beat time aloud, so that everyone would sing in the same rhythm. page turns. A 5-f i 44.3 V, fs Q mi we ,fe f SX Ngwalkin X... i . A , Q'-T T- x 2: s if . it , if mutt fe ,. X Q ' ii -Q . , .Vg Q-3l, 2fit'fL1f if N c,,f,affggff ' --'f Q i f :,e1f:,e1i A A- .: 7 , ,,lfif - i'71.g?33'5Lv'if 7 .A ' -J X--J i 5-f 1:f:f?lf',i-?5ff:f--f-:ff fi ww 1 ' . in ti?ff' ,A iQ97l.'.f 'i--+'-e-'i . ,. ,i-3' a'f,rff11f,7 . V, Mvv'--, f-5.4, Q F ,Av A- -H 1 final- , . ffl, 'J ..:,- uw - 2 ' .TTY WF , i 'tl A 12, i . . : . ,l i .sf .- ' i ' it I Q9 f':v 'gn 1 rm: ' 1 1 i 'A 12' ' .t F L 4 ,,E, ,321 'ZQC 1 ' ' .www 'M '- - Swv-4 Jlf' t -- is -Z5, 'ml v my . gt :ig .A Ha. . H -ft. Y Left: The Continental Congress included a han on plays in its I774 resolution against every species of extravagance and dissipation.