Proctor High School - Proctorian Yearbook (Proctor, VT)

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THE SUTHERLAND MOON AND MORTAL Oh moon what art thou? What meanest thou By thy radiance bright? Why castest thou Such weird light ? Is there yet hope for us, Mortals of great sin. Who into heinous depths Have sunk, Until We are akin To beasts who have no place In which to hide Their shame-marred face? Yea. Mortal, there is yet hope; For by my light ye shall know That in the darkest hour , A light Shines forth to guide You weaklings, who cower And shrink from final judgment. Seek! Seek that light And. finding. follow, And hold to the Truth. Lest you lose once more Your peace And Joy Sublime! -M. C. Elam. '30.

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THE SUTHERLANU '1 Inheriteti from his pioneer ancestors was a strain of deep melancholy that could not be hidden. With his indomitable will, he iived down the sharpness of these melancholy attacks, but beneath all his moods, even his merriest, lay a current of sobemess. 1n unguarded moments he gave way to grief with complete unconsciousness. Lincoln's understanding of people and human emotions stood him in good stead in his dealings with the affairs of the nation and its subjects. He was President during- the last vital stage in the early history of the American nation. By its mere magnitude the Civil War compelled a change which was presided over by Abraham Lincoln. It is beyond us to fathom how he was able to lead the country out of the old ways into the new. We do know. however. that every act of his private and public life testified not only to his belief in. but his reliance on, a Power higher and wiser than himself. Fate had placed America as an independent nation, and Fate placed one man at the cross-mads of national destiny as a leeden commanded by the laws of God and man. In the practice of justice and patriotism Lincoln completed the last chapter of his life with an act that no other man was so well fitted forethat of freeing the slaves. This meant more than severing the bonds of a foreign race. As an Emancipator, Lincoln liberated the citizens of his generation and those of future ages from the disastrous evils that result from slavery of any kind. What more could one citizen do for a nation? We wonder if that nation was worthy of so noble a. man? Abraham Lincoln was a man of patience, of faith. of broad principles and high aspirations; shaping and preparing in silent hope and meditation the path by Which the nation might mount to higher levels. Lincoln may have visualized the future of America, but whether the nation has reached or ever will reach the oasis of his dreams, we cannot say. Lincoln could not foretell what the country's higher levels would be. He only knew the mag- nitude of his task and that he was not dismayed. A life, governed by true seIf-sacrificing patriotism, jus- tice tempered with mercyein utter oblivion of self, with itaalglce toward none, with charity for all Lincoln, the Man of e s. Muriel Elem tBO.

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THE SUTHERLAND 'J B A S E B A L L I Pittsford, 13. Pmctol'. 2. Pittsford took the lead all the way through in this game. As it was one of the first of the Marble Valleyr League games it was rather a poor start for the home team. All the players for Pittsford were in splendid form and, although it was :1 rather long drawn out affair, we 'hand it to the Pittsford aggregation. Fair Haven, 26. Proctor. 4. The Fair Haven outfit swamped the home team in this game. The game was for the opponents all the way through. The game went slowly. for every man on the Fair Haven team was hitting. West Rutland, 6. Proctor, 5. This was one of the most exciting games. played by the home team this season. The scores ran close and. for a time. it looked as if the home team would come out as victor. In the ninth inning West Rutland forged ahead and boosted the score giving the opposing team the victory. Brandon, 2. Proctor, 14. In this game the home team showed decided improvement. Freddie Chehy distinguished himself :in getting a three bagger and. incidentally. bringing in two runs. Brandon's short stop made a home run, boosting the teanfs score a point. Middlehury and Ludlow are the last of the League games. to be played on May 25th and J une lst. respectively.