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

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The sfrengfh of democracy Iles vvufhun flue ummorfal words of Thomas Jefferson All men are creafed equal They form fhe ummovable foundafuon sfone of Amerucan freedom Egualufy luberfy fhe :deals for whuch our forefafhers vv llungly gave fheur luves sfull sfur fhe hearfs of a free people and leave fhem defermuned fo preserve fhe governmenf of fhe people by fhe people and for fhe people Thomas Jefferson made a noble guff fo '-Xmeruca when he sef forfh so clearly he pruncuples and deals for whuch we sfand un flue Declarafuon of Independence Today N6 are fughfung for fhose same rughfs lufe luberfy and flue pursuuf of happuness for whuch he foughf so long ago Oppressuon and fyranny are words whuch once fransformed unfo realufy and experuenced by a people can never perush Ameruca us nof daunfed never has been daunfed and never will be daunfed when any oppressor fhreafens de sfrucfuon because Ameruca us made up of people who are ready fo fzghf fo flue funush uf flue :deals sef forfh un fhe Declarafuon of Independence are endangered If a naflon such as ours as ruled by fhe people nfs success or faulure depends on flue abulufy of flue people fo acf wusely un choosung fheur rep resenfafuves and rulers The people musf have some form of educafuon uf fhey are fo acf prudenfly Buf sunce fhe malorufy of fhe cufuzens of fhe Unufed Sfafes fund fhemselves funancually unable fo meef fhe demands puf educafuon asude Thomas Jefferson was one of fhe fursf fo feel fhe need for a remedy of fhus sufuafuon and fo acf accordingly l-le advo cafed free educafuon for fhe people un general and he humself founded fhe Unuversufy of Vargnnua Today fhe plan vvhuch he sfarfed has expanded over fhe enfure Unufed Sfafes and fhe people are becomung more and more aware of fhe facf fhaf fhey are largely responsuble for fhe course wluuch fhe ruafuon falces In domesfuc and forengn affaurs Ameruca has been called fhe melfung pol of fhe world because of fhe many counfrues vvhuch are represenfed here Nof only do we fund a muxfure of nafuonalufy buf also duversufued opunuons on relugrous obluoa fuofus Durung a war a nafuon musf be unufed uf vucfory us fo be achleved and one of fhe greafesf hundrances fo fhus unufy us relnguous preguduce Thomas Jefferson playeo a greaf parf ln moldlng publuc opunuon on fhls ublecf l-le wrofe fhe Qfafufe of Reluguous Freedom for Vurgunua and ef an example for every sfafe fo ennulafe Today we are un fhe fhroes of war and fhls nafuoru can acf much more effuclenfly uf If pufs nnfo prac fuce flue splruf of reluguous folerance whuclu characferuzed Jefferson so well 7 u I T 1 + 4 - ' of privafe educaflon, fhey musf safisfy fhe mosf urgenf needs firsf and