New Dorp High School - Argonaut Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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WHAT WE OWE TO THGMAS JEFFERSON JeTTerson had TalTh un The common people Has was The vlsuon or an America upholding The banner oT luberTy he was The early aposTle of The new world democracy Now ThaT The UnuTed STaTes Tunds nTseTT engaged ID a unnversal con TlncT an opporTune Tlme presenTs uTselT Tor a deep consmderahon oT The orngun oT Those democrahc concepTs whuch have provoked The a denT deslre Tor lfberTy among :Ts cnTlzens ThroughouT The hxsTory oT Amernca The common people have never possessed a Truend more TauThTul Than Thomas JeTTerson We To no less exTenT Than our predecessors owe To him The basis oT The Ideals Tor whlch we are making The supreme sacruTace during The presenT crnsls l-le belweved un The people and he knew whaT we realuze Today ThaT The governmenT ns helpless has absoluTely no drav :ng Torce unless The people are There behxnd :T grumly deTerm1ned To achneve Thenr goal Though The way may seem rough JeTTerson may seem To be gone and TorgoTTen now buTh1s sp1rlT enknndles The Tlames oT l:berTy IU The hearTs oT a Tree people sending rays oT hope and The braghTness oT The dawnlng day over a world shrouded sn The shadows oT darkesT nnghT Thomas JeTTerson dnd more Than any oTher man IU The hnsTory oT America Towards The manuTesT deshny oT our greaT naTuon During hrs admunnsTraT:on ThaT greaT Transachon w1Th France The purchase oT Louisiana was compleTed WnTh The acgu1suTlon oT Thus huge TracT oT land The area oT The oreglnal ThurTeen sTaTes was doubled l-low much we owe JeTTerson Today Tor puTT1ng Through ThaT deal Today ThaT ruch TerTule land ws helpnng To rn eT The T emendous eeds oT Thl counTry and :Ts allies by supplyung huge guanTnT1es oT Tood A large per cenT oT The oul which rs so lndlspensable IU The successTul execuhon oT Thus war TS Taken Trom ThaT same land wh ch JeTTerson boughT a llTTle over a cenTury ago In The same sechon oT Amerlca once doTTed wfTh a handTul oT hardy Tronhersmen clTnes have sprung up and wuTh Them has come The noisy roar oT TacTorues TacTorues Trom whose assembly lunes are rolling The planes Tanks and Teeps The guns and The ammunuTron upon which The TaTe oT a naT1on may depend The work which he dld Then now makes peace and securuTy seem a llTTle nearer and The ulTumaTe crushnng deTeaT oT The Toe becomes a realnTy I O . . . .. , . I . . . T . . . .. . . F . , I ' I - . , , . - . , s T . , . . , . . T ' ' ' Te.. r. n 's T I . T . . , , T