Oxford High School - Clarion Yearbook (Oxford, ME)

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Dunes of Czuzens m a Democracy I feel that more attentnon should be paxd to the problems of the Umted States md that wt should honor and help the men Ill govemment who are workmg for us There IS too much goxng on for 6XC1t6IHCIlt and people thmk only of the fun they themselves can h ue Xl mv young men before bemg drafted to fight for thexr country hardly gnve a thought to world aff'urs or even thexr own countrys HHRIFS When boys are taken from thenr home town and lose a llttle of the freedom they once had they begm to reahze the problems of a Democracy and what our gov emment stands for After servxng some of thelr txme they feel that they have done somethmg to help settle our troubles Many boys away from home Who thought they would never roam Are flghtmg for our country dear And feel that a hard war IS near It seems to me that the same IS true for women and teen agers Most of us thmk about the affalrs of government whxle l1St6IllI'lg to the radio or readmff the newspaper or attendmg church The rest of the t1me we are thmkmg of somethlnff to do to make ourselves happy and enyoy llfe Everyone needs to have recreat1on but lf we thlnk of nothmg else soon our hbertles w1ll be lost There are many 1n the world who cannot do just as they wlsh Soon we w1ll be old enough to vote and we should glve more attentlon to our country and thmk what can be done to help the people who are str1v1ng to keep the Umted States as lt IS today 'Ihere IS need for volunteers 1n the Armed Forces and many keep puttmg It off as they feel somewlut safer outslde the servlce Many are needed on the Home Front 81 cl we should thmk of that Th1nk of all the freedom we would lose 1f Russn or any Commumst Country got control here VVe would not want to see Commumsm rul1ng the Umted States nor Socxahsm Our country was founded by people seekm g hberty to worslnp Cod 'as they choose and Rehglon IS the foundatlon upon whlch our Dem ocmcy 19 bmlt Inch one IS free to follow what ever Rellglon he wlshes All we can do IS hope that each one w1ll stand up for and keep hls own Rellglon as w1th Commumsm here we would not be allowed to Democracy means These nghts would dlsappear lf SOClalISm came We need to guard these nghts whxch Amellca has always had and they axe worth workmg and fightmg for Norma Charles 53 Opportumtles m a Democracy Amenca lb a wonderful pl me to lnt Ask us Ameucans we should know VVc have freedom of speech freedom of press free dom of relxglon free cduc ltxon lnd mmy other rlghts WlIlLll safeguard our llb6I'tl6S as cltlzens of the Unlted States Amerlca IS a countrv which lS envled by many forelgn people who wxsh they had such 1 wonderful place to l1ve ln Thousands from forelgn oppressed countnes have come to our land of the free to start a new lxfe Our lmproved hlghw lys publlc plrks llbr mes llI'llV6I'blt16S mu seums theatres and concert halls are avallable to all In Amerlca we do not have a sole autocratlc ruler but a rule by the people If we were to v1s1t Russla we would very clearly see the advantages of our way of llfe In this country of ours all people are treated equal no matter of wh It race or rellglon VVt ill hve is one grelt fallllly ln thus wonderful land Amerlcfl It wlll always bc known 'ls thc llncl of the free and the home of the br we nf we do om part to keep lt so Reta Owens 52 I I I I I ., 1 ' ' ' ' 1 1 ' . l 1 ' ' , - 5 K I u C . 'C n . 6 x L - C T 4 ' , ' , 1 ' ' ' . , I , - l . I 1 1 , The right to work, and save, and own property, and develop our own abilities is also what . , . Y . . . '. '-. A its 'vsl -f - s-'.f K-Q s- ' I 1 s 1 , , ,B , ' ' , 2 2 '1 ' 1 1 'A J ' ' , . I . . 2 V7 . 1 Q, . 2 . v 7 h , . , 1 a . I 1 2 I I ' . L 1 ' 1 , 1 ' ' ' ' -1 ' 1 . 2 . . 1 1 ' I 1 ' ' . . , .

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PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE MEANING OF DEMOCRACY Democracy Today The boys and girls 1n the schools of the United States today have many contacts with their govemment They have scen policemen directing traflic at busy comers They have heard the President of the United States speak on the radio They have heard of judges trials and yunes They have seen people stand in line at the pools to vote on election day People did not always have reports from thc heads of govemment on the affairs of the na tion They did not always have courts to which they could go for a fair trial nor the nght to vote in elections and to express their ideas Abraham Lmcoln defined Democracy as govemment of the people by the people and for the people He meant that people have the right to govem themselves In order to understand how Democracy came about not only in the United States but in Great Britain as well it is necessary to go back more than 2000 years to the History of Greece The term Democracy comes from the Greek and means the rule of the people Robert Fntz 53 H :story of Democracy Democracy had its start in ancient Greece about 2000 years ago The people of Athens drscussed freely their opinions When conquered by the Romans they did not have the same kind of government but were allowed to choose a representative to speak for them and to be to see that the laws were enforced The Senate did the govemmg the Assembly said Yes and The Teutons next took over and were sort of Democratic tnbes They elected a man to rule and he called town meetings He would tell the people what he was going to do and get them to help him Then came the Magna Carta 1n which the Church was freed The rights of Nobles were to be respected and certam taxes were not to be levied without the consent of the Council No person was to be arrested without a fair tnal The year 1263 brought another Democratic move when citizens were summoned to Parliament as well as Nobles Then the two houses of Parlxa ment were formed the House of Lords and the House of Commons The Pet1t1on of Rlghts of 1678 stated that only Parliament could levy taxes and other rulings were drawn up This later became worthless and the English people began to come to Amenca in search of further Liberty and justice In 1744 the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and adopted the Declaration of Rights In 1776 Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness were guaranteed in the Declaration of Independence The Constitution of the United States was written in 1787 The Bill of Rights serves as the Comerstone of Amencan Democracy We shall preserve these Rights only by dill gently studymg and voting on every issue Only in this way will Democracy live Verna Colby 52 ea I . . I K n I . x 'lt x K K . K ' ' Q . , H Q 2 Pl 1 7 . . , . . . I KK Y, I I , . responsible for carrying their opinions. The Romans had two Councils: Senate and Assembly. 1 I Q 7, 1 , a JINOYY. , . , . 7 , .

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The Herztage of Democracy Amerlea has aeeompllshed her share toward progress The Amerlcan wlldemess made It pos snble to bunld new eommunltles and new lIldll9tl'lL5 Creat eredlt IS due to the proneers and to the men and women of char letc r who helped to bulld the n mon 'I hls must not be lost Slght of as new problems mse today Amcneans h wc e lrrlc d the Ideal of liberty further than any CIVI llzed people True llberty will guard the rights of those who h we buxlt the lndustrles as well as the rlghts of those who ply the trades DL moera cy means free cltlzens workmg together for the eommon good When any one group trxes to rule the n others lose thelr llb6I'tl6S That leads to Dxctatorshlp Democracy IS a soelal futh m the dlgnlty of man the worthlness of everv man wom ln and ehlld Thls toreh of Amerlean Llbertv must be kept burnmg day and night Crrls and boys ln school today are ente rm f tlns herltage of Democraey It IS up to us to see that Amencan Democracy never becomes a Dxctatorshnp ROS3ll6 Thomas 52 A Flghtmg Heart Danny was a very determmed boy and an able student He wasnt very rugged however and hrs chlef thought was to try to earn h1s letter IH some sport Darny was a Seruor ln high school and he hadn t as yet even come elose to aehlevmg hrs most cherrshed dream Danny up untxl thls year had only gone out for B lscball and Swlmmmg but as he had no luck w1th these nn has first three years of school he deelded that smee he was now 1n hrs last year he had better go out for all of the sports so that he could somehow earn that cherrshed letter When Football season eame around D mny reported to the coaeh and durmg all the practlee seem to play the game as well as he wanted to When the Football squad was finally made up Danny was not on the squad Next came Basketball and there was Danny out there working hxs heart out He trled and trled but lust couldnt play thus game The one tlung that Danny could do was to lump There were a lot of tall boys on the team but lt seemed that the one to always come up Wlth the re bound was Danny How ever he would usually lose the ball after he got the rebound Sure enough when the team was cut down Danny was one of the boys who was left out He was feelmg pretty blue about thls but resolved to keep on trymg No matter how deject ed he felt Danny st1ll had courage and determl nat1on He trxed Baseball agaln 1n the sprlng He was m a few games but he stlll dxdn t play enough to gain hls letter He trled SWIIIHHIDQ Hockey Tennis and Volley Ball all ln vam Lastly he tned out for the Track team He hadnt been out for Track lonff when he notxced that he just couldnt compete wlth the other boys There vs ould be somethmg elther he couldnt run fast enough or he couldnt throw the vselghts far enough Fven Dannys flghtmg he art was all set to gnu up wlu n the kmdlv coaeh eame to hlm and told hun to be sure to rc port for pr zetlee tln nc xt d rx H1 s ud th it he had something that Dan ny eould do md do well The nc xt d ry ht show md D mm xx h lt It xx 15 Danny worked hard on this new found hope 1nd when the Traek se :son got underw my he vs is the star of the team and the talk of the town Hrs reeord bre akmg cxplonts xn the bro id jump and the hlgh jump earned for him a seholarshlp to college but the most lm port ant thlng to lum was that he had eamed hls letter Courage and determmatlon had won Duane MacKendrxck 53 . ' s . I- . . . ' - I f I I ' ' ' t'- 1 1 2 s s s s ' 1 1 ' I 1 'B ' 1 R - - a ' - 1 1 ' 3 ' .. - 1 s .2 ' s I ' sf ' ' '- ' X L. ' , ' ' .' ' 1 ' ' ' ' .5 ' 1 V x . . v ' ' ' 1 ' ' 4 1 1 x . 1 l' 3 ' 1 4 x . I , ,, . , . , , . . . 1 A s , . K 1 1 X b . ' u sessions he was the hardest working boy on the team. The only trouble was that he couldnlt . ' x ' , ' 1 1' J 2 ' I . 7 7 ' , . 1 4 , . U, ' 1 J 1 I ,S A1 t li 2-' R A' A I ' I - N l i 'P I I 2 u l I ' x N- s s R - ' - s I xA- 1 lr. s N-Z ' 1 x t ' ' , ' 2 2 -' 1 tj 1 1' 'z' 'zz 2 ' - z 2 . -' J 'z ' ' 'z 'Q . A I 1- - , xi ' X sp ' k- ' I 2 ' . ' ' ' . - I . 1 ' . s T, s A ' 1 ' ' ' . L - H I ' 1 . 2 1 . , .