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

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Right: Riflemen from Virginia could put up with all sorts of hard- ships during the war: they were known to eat boiled candles and moccasins when their rations ran out. i ,, . 1 I Above: Disease in the colonies was widespread and medical knowl- edge was limited. For example, to stop a fever, it was suggested that the nurse take two herring and slit them down the back and bind them to the sole of the patient's feet. Operations were very risky. Doctors relied on speed and the strength of the assistants who held down the strapped patient. lf the operation lasted longer than 20 minutes, the patient usually died of shock. ,yt , 35:1 ' +3 i Above: Taking the waters was a fashionable pastime in the colt nies. John Quincy Adams taught himself to dive at the age of 61.

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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.

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o the other When the first successful colonial newspaper the Below When you see a typical school book of 1776, our history News Letter came out in 1704 it took two men with a and literature books don't look so bad after all. Religion and eti- press ten hours to turn out 600 copies quette were the main subjects of colonial books. CDBLO, 1 i as it is in ive our u S-: And Hormeoox OF HGHTEENTH CENTURY 4444 Lefl: Early forms of tennis, handball and golf were played in the colonies. Golf, called kolf, was played with little leather balls stuffed with feathers. A man who played golf, said Benjamin Rush, would live ten years the longer.