Newport High School - Blunita Yearbook (Newport, PA)

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ThE BUJE AMD- ar-UTS George Washington: The boy Vuo Made The Man In order to appreciate the intensely human quality. the straggle against adverse conditions which M made this ’First American, one needs a glimpse of Lthe boy and his environment tv;o centuries age. Gear ,e Washington was born February 22. 1732 in snail cottage which stood a few miles up the Potomac at Bridges Creelc. At this time the Atlantic seaboard was practically a vast stretch of virgin forests through which Indians roved. It was an age of pioneers when plain people like . ashingtons had to shift for themselves and children had to ork hard. As for schooling, George, being the eldest son of Augustine ' sain .ton. had only that education which ( Virginia could afford, although his father, when not some sea faring adventure, sent his first wife’s two sons for their education. Even as a boy George ashington enjoyed an enviable reputation for bravery, a strong physique and an ability to tamo unruly aorses. Besided he is pictured as being unusually studious. While other children rare engaged in some game at recess or playtime, he was behind tho door ciphering. When he was eleven years old his father died leaving the bulk of his estate to Lawrence and Augustine, Georges’ half-brothers. To George fell the responsibility of his mother and her snail income. Everything depended on his own efforts. At sixteen his school days were over. His lilting fer mathematics had turned T 'ashin gton’s practical mind to the study oi surveyin'-. i.3 a surveyor he could make sufficient money to fulfil his duty toward his mother an:’, those dopondont on her. So at the a.;e of sixteen Washington became a surveyor. Already his outward appearance had much of the impressiveness which distinguished him in later years when he steed heed and shoulders above hi3 fellows, with a fine breadth of chest, a face nobly moulded, 1-r.go p?oy eyes shcwin , power to command as well as to c-wakon tho admiration ar.d affection of these around him. Soon Washington was appointed public surveyor, a position he held for throe years. This boy was to be a man of the people, whose touch has been with them sinco tho day ho saw the light first in the old Dominion of Virginia. —Ruth Spangler NEEDED, for every student in all extra curricular activities, a purpose, doepsoutod and compelling. There is a lot te to said for having praise and godd - ords for opponents in a contest. Cas sar used .11 his superlatives in speaking of his onemior. Then '■’hen he had defeated them his own worth si. power went without saving.

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