Monmouth Academy - Amaracus Yearbook (Monmouth, ME)

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THE AMARACUS stved for the world w l1e11 tl1e Greeks defettcd tl1e ICYSIHIIS 111 battle Nt first the tr1he was ruled hy a COL1IlLll of elders Zllltl an assembly' of weapon hearmfr 111611 hes1des tl1e ch1et Tl11s Ill ty he co111pared w1tl1 our Senate Ellld House ot Representatnes Durmg the rexgn of Per1cles fue hundred men d1y1ded 111to groups of fifty each ruled tl1e state They rece1yed pay for tl1e1r work tl1us startmff what IS 11ow our C1Xll QCYVICC 11r1es were formed COIlS1btll1g of fiye hundred and o11e men they also recewed wages Tl1ey w ere Cl1OSCI1 as ours of tl1e pres ent day are, but they l1ad power not OIllX of 1nterpret1ng tl1e laws but also of makmfr 11ew ones There I5 l1ttle l1ke11ess 111 rel1g1on, chlefiy because we beheye 111 one God Hlld the Greeks behey ed 1n ma11y Perhaps they had more dey ot1o11 for thelr gods but at first they had no de Slfe to 1n11tate the1r de1t1es nor d1d they heheye tl1at tl1e Gods requlred good conduct of them Greek l1terature at first CO11s15tCd of llCl'UlL songs such as were composed hy Homer H1s poen1s are IIOXX classlc hterature Heslod wrote tl1e hrst hook about an ordmary mans hfe Clllllllldllllllff of tl1e unjust tre1tn1e11t tl1e poor people recened from the wealthy class We 11ow hfue many books o11 moral conduct lust as 11ow , romance played an 1n1portant part 111 hterature as the ldylls of 'Tll6OCI'ltLlS show At one t1me tl1e Greeks led tl1e world 111 trade Money w as lent at a h1gl1 rate of 1nterest The merchants or w ealthy manufacturers were among tl1e most 111flue11t1al 111 pol1t1cs, wl11ch cond1t1o11 CXlbtS today to a Cer tam extent The Greeks could also s Money makes tl1e 1na11 SLICULC 1nd IIINCIIUOII held an 1m portant p1rt 111 tl1e HCll6Il1St1L c1v1l1za t1o11 Some of tl1e common COIIVCII 1e11ces were lllttlllldtli, door openers w lSlllllU n1atl1n1es d1spensers of holy water screws for Hlllllllllllo' Great pressure endless chams a11d an ar range111ent for tUI'I'l1I10' 1 crank and lau11cl11nU 1 l141t XVe st1ll use many of these much nnproved such as screw pressure used 111 n1ak1ng hooks Xn endless cham arrangement 15 seen 1n tl1e XNllldl21SS used 111 some wells and tl1e PI'1l1Cl1JlC of speclfic Grav1ty, d1scovered hy eXrch1medes 1S used Ill CL1I'11'1g paraly s1s VVl1en Thomas Fdl ch111e, people thought It was an en t1rely new thmg but the Greeks had mov1es even though tl1ey dncfered yy 1dely from ours of the present day As for sc1e11ce w1th no telescope an astronomer made a catalogue of 111ne l1L1l1flI'CCl fixed stars Recently we have mzde many CIISCOVCFICS w1t11 tl1e telescope 'I l1e Alexandrlan Xluseum w IS 1 great umverslty wl1ere tl1e Greeks earned o11 expernnents and I'CsClI'Ll1 work Now the great sc1 e11t1sts carry o11 tl1e1r eycpenments 111 tl1e1r own prnate lahorator1es per haps supported hy some company who w1Il put the product on tl1e market XII lo111 111 tl1111ker d1scovered Dar 11111 s theory of CXOll1tlOI1 of man be fore Darwm was thought of SCI e11t1sts dlscoyered tl1at many parts of tl1e land were OIICC covered by seas, a fact 11ow taught 111 our geograph1es Thus wlth our mstruments and ad yantages we haye but recently redls coyered all they knew Charlene Folsom 3 12 4 J 1 1 ' ' ' . 1 Jay, y' Q ' . . Q 1 Q V g - I I . .S .x . . . - ' h it KT . L1 - Q' s ,Y , r 1 '1 s Z r v. '. L - ev f . Y r ' 6 L 2 , ' 1 .. f P 'X V i i - V y .i . v ,, ' f ' ' - C . . . 6 1 :Y 7 . .' . . . so11 invented tl1e motion-picture ma- : V ' l V Q ' D - . ' D . ca ' va V ' Y ' I ,r ' as ' i Af i V Q , V y 1 v . . 7. l . .i ' fi - 1 1 1 f ,T 7 l- , 6 u 5 L . g V . 7 . H - , 1 ' ' . , K V . v H ' ' b K - s s y v ' ' V V Y v V . - ' a ' . ,.,4 J 75' - V ' - I, I.

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IHII -XMARACIJS stomach' CShe SIIS clo11n on the sofa ind hefnns to er1 B C11rta1n QCLNE II Il1e mme One hou letter Xs tl1e e11rta1n TIHCS Doree1e 15 se1ted at the P11110 Pl'IXllIg softl 'tnd slo11l1 Nlrs Grenlv IS seated 111 tl1e Cl'l tl1' l11 the hreplice The tele pl1o11e r111frs 21nd Urs Grenlv 111511 ers Urs Grenlx Hello Uh' Lula Iec Ql1ClI'l t get the pos1t1on thwt 5 21 sh21me' XVl1'1t3 Toodles O X65 of course 1o11 ll 113.111 h1n1 I ll tr1 to send l11n1 over elther to n1gl1t or tomorrow Xes all rxffht Good l11 fSl1e t11r11s f1I'OL1I'1il to Doreene I Xunt I ull wants Toodles, she 1snt ffolng to I '1r1s Doreene She e tn h'1ve l11n1 for all I care I do11t 11111t l11m 'md tl1'1t 5 '1 fact' but George 11o11t eome lncle no11 11011 IC 1vo11 O fear' 'XIotl1er NVlI'l.t sl1 1ll I do? THX dear Doree11e If l1e d only come lnele I could tell h1m how SUFYX l m1 md ol l111t l1e 11o11t come I1 lele CI 11ter tl1e 111'11d XI 11d Iord Dem 1ree1 UTCLIIC I 1 rd Dem George? IX sl 111 l11111 111 Nl r1e KI 1c1t tl1e 111 1111 1 Doreene 15111 f11ll11 O mother fl nter tl1e mud NXIIII George George erceuse me Ill 1ve 1 s left under the soft 1nd 1f 11 11 o11ld he so k111d ts to 1llo11 me to get flle loo s ple 1d111ff 1 at 1 reene NN l1o sxts lookmff lt the 111211111 16 QIQIS 1nd then looks dt 1 rs Grenl1 I Xlrs Gre11l1 Lert11nl1 George md George ire you 111 an1 l1urry I me'1n N135 there 'lllbtlilllg you NN ere gomg to do rwht 11v1y Ieorge 11111 th'1 X1 '15 there 'IIIXIIIIHU' 1ou Xlrs Gre11l1 XX ell my s1ster Lul'1 NN 21nts l1er dog and I wondered lf you would tilxe It to her for n1e 1011 see SIIG eouldn t go to I 1r1s George 1-1O1f11ll1 H Honest F l me tn I m QOTTX she was d1s 1ppo1nted 11h1 of course Ill take l1e the dog lnek for you Mrs Grenl1 He s o11t here fMrS Grenly goes o11t follo11 ed bv George 1vho looks lnek toward Doreene 1vl1o 1s st1ll It tl1e pm 1 Georffe comes lnele Wltll tl1e dog 1n 1ts lnsket H ed-res to11ard Doreene wl1o IS softly 1 1 111 I1 'lllltl I Doreene floole111g 11p md sn11l111g untly V11ll you Slllg tl11s NNIIII n1e before 11111 fro George Ieorffe oreene iso tlvl Xs Doreene st trts to Slllf George sl11fts tl1e l11sl1et to h1s other l1 1nd pl tees lllN 1rn1 lflbllllil l1er shoulders 1 s 111 tle son lN tl1e cur 111l1 s 111111 111111411 COIVIPARISON OF GREEK AND ANIERICAIN CIVILIZATION I reele 1re 1 tlled tl1e most re n11rle 1l1le people th It h 11e ever 1e IN d IL X111er1e111s of IC t11e1111etl1 Ce11t11r1 hue 111ore 111ve11 IIUIIS llllt the Greeles IHFIIISIICCI 1 lJ'1Clx Ufflllllfl for m'1111 of them llllls y ITIUIIS 11115 1e XIIICTILIII 1111 Greek ClXll17'ltllJIlS 1re Nllllll lr l11 gox ern111e11t Greece X1 ls 1 detnfe r1e1 Xkllllll l1111d ot Q4 XCFHUICIII V119 1 . 1 '. 11 . ' ' 1 Q. I 1 ' 2' y. I , 2 ' g' . 2 ' . g s-2 1' ' 1' I C q I It C V 'Y H ' ' k 'g 2 2 ? e I .1 . 1' f : I J'-er-no, 2t IS c . I I -I -1 I A l In c J' I Z., 'I -er- - , ' ' 2. . 1 1 ' - 1 1 1 ci' 11 I' Q. if I , .' ' 1 2 i 1' .. 7 V . ' 5 ' , ' 2' 1' 2 . - , ' ' ' ' 3 1' , ' 2 , . , , ' 7 ' b- - -- M C - - 2 2 .. 1t. g x 7' 1 ' 7 .r 1 .. 2 D - , Q 1 . 2 . - - 1 -. V . , . . , L H to t l ' ' ,' 'r ? Ch, 2 ' 1 ' 2 , ' ' . , , D ' , , 2 . . 2 . . 1 Her- 6 2 . . . . , ' iv L ' ' , ' , ' 'Y S ' - 1 i ' Y 7 . ' , Y , , I 'Q f D 0 e C - I ' . ', . ' 2 1111. g .f 1 , 2 . C Y 1' 6 ' ' 5 2. , Q . , g 2 .. ta I . , , 2 y . . H . ., . 2 1 1l2y g V 12 2 . 3 1 vc ' , C C 1 x i V. 2 S . . 'g I k f l 't. l . - 1 5 , F . H L 32 . I'fg:D 1 sf' . l-O Mrs. Grenly: I 'll IICIIYJ you if l e21n. I say W- 1 , ' ' , 1 . y Q V 5. V. Zn. . 5. 2 , ' ' Q J' 2 , 2 2 2 2 - 3 5, - 1- ' 2 . 21nd JK 111: l E g If ' tillll Q 1 2' sl: 'v' f21ll.'.1 1 2 ' 1 .1 2 P1-' -' 1' 1. , '.i.7. ID 1 : ,1 1 - V g . W- NW -Q11' ' ',.'1l.'. f ' . ' 1, I - 1 ' 1' if 1 I . lflli 1 - 's 2 1 IE - A 5 - C 1 2' , ' 2 '2 A ' 2 2 '- g : Ifr- , .' 1-l t- tt l' 'e . Tl ' J ' 2 J tl er- ll - yill :ee I-l my ' - -' 2 'f - ' - l121t Q 2 . 2 if - ' yo ' 5 f - 2 2 '- ' 5 ' EI 2 ' g 2 1' - . in it-? ' ks 12 ' gl D1- '2 ' 3 tl 1 .1 - 2 2 l l 2 1 ' NI ' ' '2?2 1 1-

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IHE AVIARACU3 ATTENDING THE COUNTRY FAIR T IS a g1or1ous October day The trees have changed from the green tl1at thex haxe been all summer and are dressed 1n brlffht orange red and xelloxx 'Iherc are fexv Heecy xvh1te clouds IH the br1ght blue sky a11d all the surroundmfr h1lls l1e shxmmer mg 1n the golden autumn sunshme ot Town Ia1r Bugglesburg Xll the townspeople have been on the fa1r Grounds s1nce elght o clock 111 tl1e mormnff On arr1v1ng 'tt the fur the hrst thmv one sees 19 the horse pulhng con test xxh1ch 15 the mam attract1on of the day Almost every one IS Gathered around a pa1r of horses of a beautlful roan color that are stra1n1ng every muscle 1n the1r bod1es The1r dr1ver stands behmd them talk1ng 1n a loxv vo1ce almost pleadmg Come on boys pull hard' 5111 r1ffhtY oxv together pull pull Standmg 1n the most consp1cuous place 1n front of the small crowd IS the mayor of Bugglesburg He IS a large th1ckset man wxth a fat red face small blue exes and a larffe stomach He stands xx1th h1s feet placed far apart and h1s thumbs hooked 1n h1s xest the front of xx h1ch 1S ornamented xx1th a large gold xvatch cha1n He has a xx ad of tobacco 1n h1s mouth and he 19 ex1dentlx d1s pleased at the xvay the horses are pull 1ng for he sp1ts the tobacco through h1s teeth makmg a hxssmg sound and clears h1s throat loudlx and frequentlx Passmg bex ond th1s small group of 1nterested onlookers a loxx xvh1te xxashed bu1ld1ng IS seen It IS here tl1at the preserx es pastrx and needle work prepared bx tl1e xxomen of the toxx I1 are on CYIIIIHIUOH On one s1de ot th1s bulldmg Ib the one and only Beano stand and nearby tl1e te11t xx here the lad1es of the church serxe FICIILIOUS home baked beans and brow nbread On the other s1de are the cow sheds The exh1b1 t1on of hxe stock COITSINIIS of one very fCI'OC1OL1:lOOlxlI'lg bull 1 half dozen cows Wlill n11ld gentle exes three or four spotted IICIICYQ two sheep and a goat On a bench 111 front of the exh1b1 t1on buxldmff s1t tl1ree of tl1e women folk of tl1e town One of them a tall woman xxxth '1 scraxvny neck of UOSSIP xx h1le the second tells how she cured l1er dog ot the Hts No one knows what the thlrd 1S saymg but all three are hav1ng an enjoyable t1me At three thnrtx the farmers gather up the1r thmgs and prepare to start home for fa1r or no fa1r the chores must be done on t1me By s1x o clock the grounds are deserted ex eryone has gone home feehnff that the fa1r xvas a complete success Ph5ll1sBa1ley 31 L1chheld London Watch 1 lf I DEAR FRIEND Here I am 1n London VISIIIIIQI mx old frlend Samuel Johnson I find that l1e llves 1n a xerx poor house xxh1ch 15 about ready to fall down Here he has poor men and xvomen xxhom he xvorks for and takes care of I xv1ll try to descrxbe h1m to xou as I see h1m He ls a huge fat mm of bad manners and of awkw ard appear ' 1 . 13 ' ' ' V Y , c 1 ' I U . ' V Y sc xv , ' v C 6 I V I I 1 , .V Y Y . . I C - O Y v J Y ,I ' , k , - V c ,. 5 b .I si ' . T I L kd I 1 1 a '- ' V C 1 , L T L ' a Q It is the day , ' ' ' 9 ' at ' .' Y Q .I . I v .I L' , 1 L. tj xl kr . n u Q . , . . ' g. . . . . U yr . . . . . gg - ' L 2 . ' . H , . '. 4 . f ' r 6 . I .K I . . 'f Y ' I '- -W' ' I v 15 ' ' ' l relating to the other two a choice bit V. k- ' 6 1 . r . N r V . . b - f A . . I l b .- y , 7 V . . . . ,I H L - it 1 1 v ' ' L ' g . - g . N - - as ' ' , , ...... ' . ' 1 . . ' Q ' . N - 33 1 ' 1 ' ' I ', J'- v ,Y ! b I l l Q 1 1 ' ' ' , ' ' 1 5, v5f. v. y Q Av : v 2, Y Y I r ' 5 , f . Q 's v r' v - L - '- a 1 V I - n Y u u V k , u K ,v - , ,- , . -