Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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18 THE STUDENTS’ VOICE Francis Arietta Thayer—“Ton- de Thesis: 'Die American Navy. Vice-President of class ’06-7; President. Girls’ Basket Ball team ’06-7-8. Four years Lat- in student. “Her virtues, graced with ex- ternal gifts. Do breed love’s settled passions in my heart.” G len Cove Worthington— “Worthy” 'Phesis: Forest Preservation. Business Manager of “The Students’ Voice.” 1907-8; Boys’ Quartette. “Look here, upon this picture. See what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion’s curls; the front of Jove himself!”

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THE STUDENTS’ VOICE 17 Delklora Deloney—“Dell” Thesis: The Church of Eng- land and Henry the Eighth. Four year Latin student. “She is young, wise, fair; In these to nature she’s imme- diate heir, And these breed honor.” Ralph Marsh kinard—“Richard Mansfield, Jr.” Thesis: The advancement of Commercial Electro-Chemis- try. Boys’ Quartette. “All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. Dessie Margaret Easterday—• “Dess” Thesis: The American Army. “She has a sunny face where’er she goes, A laugh as from her bed she crawls, And yet a smile, as off to sleep she falls.”

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THE STUDENTS VOICE 19 SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY Earl McLaughlin ‘08. There has been no time in history when the necessity for government did not exist. There has been no time in history when some form of government was not known to man, for the relation of man to man necessitates government. The form at times has been crude and undeveloped, yet always in harmony with man and his stage of advancement. As we look back over the past we find social groups num- bering countless thousands. From the very beginning the po- litical institutions of these social bodies have been undergoing an evolution. The development has been due to slow and deliberate human effort. From the dawn of history when men were formed into bar- barous tribes subject to despotic rule until the modern age of civilization when nations stand forth free and self-governed, the law of our fathers that In union there is strength has suf- fered no amendment. Governments are the living exponent of these social conditions; they are called into existence by the people and maintained by them for the benefits which the power of government confers. Governments are not of spontaneous growth. They arc not found by philosophers and lawgivers. Such institutions are the works of human effort directed toward promoting the wel- fare of the people. In the primitive age society was weak and incapable of rul- ing itself, therefore submitted to a despotic rule. But during the progress of time society advanced, increased in power and in- fluence and the governments were forced to change their forms in compliance with the thoughts and feelings of their subjects. Since the progress of the governments from the beginning has been due to the advancement of society, the growth of govern- mental system, as a consequence of social, moral, and intellectual development, must be accepted as a natural law. Our life is one of progress. Men in all civilized lands, im- pelled by the same feeling of humanity, influenced by a common welfare are gaining independence, extending the domain of pri- vate rights, making laws and advancing toward a more perfect state. Since society emerged from the primitive state, since it began to improve, democratic principles have advanced and dem- ocratic institutions established. Since the rise of popular educa- tion in the last century, the advance of this democratic principle has everywhere been ’marked. A few generations ago the ruler was supposed to receive his power from God; now he receives it from the people. Then the people served the ruler, now the ruler is the servant of the people. 1 he idea of the so-called Divine Rights of Kings ’ has been destroyed. Now almost every nation in the civilized world recognizes that governments must be con-