Rangeley High School - Tattler Yearbook (Rangeley, ME)

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THIN TA bullt of stones of y 1st swe, thrrty erght or forty feet long, erghteen feet wrde and srx feet thrck Mrlrtary schools were prouded for the boys who wrshed to belong to the armv ll hen the boss were srxteen years old thev took the publrc examrnatrons, conducted by some of the oldest and most lllllSlT1OL1S mrlr tary leaders Ihe saterdotal order of the Aztecs was numerous, it rs sard that they had more than fue thousand prrests attached to the prrncrpal temple of therr caprtal, and each had hrs work For 1nstance, those who were well rnstructed rn musrc had charge of the cholrs whlle others arranged the dates For the festryals lhese prlests also had a great deal to do wrth educatron, for whrch certain burldmgs were used Ihe curls were mtrusted to the cares of prrestesses, for women were allowed to exercrse sac rdotal functrons, except those of sacrrfrce I routme of monastrc drsclplrne, they deco rated the shrrnes of the gods w1th flowers, fed the fires, and took part rn tne chants and festrvals, endrng many tunes wlth tne human sacrrhce, a trrbute to the terrrble god of war The Peruvlans erected one temple to an rnyrsrble supreme bemg, whom they adored under drfferent names Other temples were oedrcated to the sun, to the moon and also to thunder and lrghtnmg 'Ihe dutres of therr prrests w ere confined to mrmstratron rn these temples where they held naany festrvals and ceremonles Iherr rrtes howexer, were of more rnnocent cast than those of the Mters, tendmg to greater Slhlfltllal wor shr 1 In lDI'lCf then, the C.lYlll73.tlO1l of the Aztecs and Incas whrle srmrlar m some re spects, drffered ID others Ihe punrshment for crrme and robbery was death rn both lands, yet yery drfferent was the polrcy pur sued by the two rn therr mrlrtary system TTLFR Ihe ch rracterrstrcs of therr I'CllglOllS systems had httle resemblance to one another Ihe c1v1l1zat1on of the new world IS comparable to that of the old world, although the pOlltl cal and relrgrous rnstrtutrons of the Babylo nlans, Irvyptrans, and Hebrews are consrd ered wonderfully perfect for therr tlme ll NATURES MOVING PICTURES N these days moxrng plctures hold promrnent place rn the publrc mrnd lNew spapers ady ertrse them and nearly eyery magazrne has an artrcle concernmg therr re spectne merrts or faults In the class room debates are held on thrs subject, whrle some schools and 1nst1tut1ons use motion prctures for educatronal purposes Probably most of us have newer thought of consrderlng the chaugrng beautles of Nature as a mowing plcture, whrch can never be reproduced on a screen Neyer be Consldered a mowlng plcture worth look rng at In the sprmg, everywhere, rs seen signs of revrvmg lrfe and a promrse of thmgs to come Ihe first srgn of sprrng rs the melt mg of Natures warm blanket whrch IS spread over the earth, and the gradual dls appearance of the rce from lakes and ponds How eagerly we watch the lake and make estrmates of the length of trme before there wrll be only the great expanse of blue water Even before the rce and snow are gone we End the pussy willow burstmg forth, and from thrs tune on we watch for the commg of the le yes and buds lhen comes the muddy season when water stands rn pools here and there Fach mornmg we rejorce rn the amount of mud drred up although these changes are gradual, somethmg attracts and compels our attentron In the early mornmg we lrsten for the cawmg of the crows, when we haye heard them we beam to w itch for the robms and I Z , 15 7 I I - l . V1 Y J . . . . . Y - 7 f ' . 7 ' lb ' a , - ' 1. C. I . 717. , .C 3 A ,A ,. , 1 A . . . , , a C v , . C I . . . . r . , - , , Y , 7 K' V AY ' k e 1 +I l Y I ' ' ' . n ' - ' - these institutions the boys were trained in the thC1'3SS, H115 Change of 59350115 15 and Should . , V . . .' . ' C ' - ' W ' 1 ' V 1 . C t 'a . . , . , L . v' V. U ' g a ' . '. ' ' . . 1' ' k ' A ' - - 5 2' . ' '- ' ' ' ' 1 s L V . 2 . ' . ' ' t C V v 1 , ' - 's - .' l , . , v V , I' V D . I . U' lf . , ' L' 'Z ' L

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THE TATTLER mon goyernment wrth the mam body and the quarters whrch they occupred were per manently connected yvrth the parent crty the drmensrons of whrch yyere much larger than those of the modern caprtal of Mexrco 'lhe goyernment of the Aztecs was an electrye monarchy Four of the prrncrpal nobles, who had been chosen by the1r own body rn the precedrng relgn, filled the office of electors, to whom yyere added, wrth merely an honorary rank, the two roy al allres from two of the nerghborrng states The soyer crgn was selected from the brothers or nephews of the deceased prmce lhus, the electron was always restrrcted to the same famrly lhe laws of the -X7tecs were regrstered and shown to the people by parntrngs A greater part of these laws, as rn any natron not perfectly ClY1ll7Cd, related to the se currty of persons rather than to property Xll the great crrmes affarnst socrety yyere made cfrprtal lhreyrng, accordmg to the degree of the offence, was punlshed by slay ery or death Xet these Mexrcans could haye been under no great fear of thrs crrme, for the1r houses were neyer secured by fas pumshed rn the young wrth death, and rn the older persons wrth loss of rank and property lhe rrtes of mrrrmge were celebrated wlth rs much formalrty as rn any Chrrstmn country, 1nd thrs lDStltl1t10I1 was held ln sur h reyerence that .1 trrbunal was rnstltuted for the purpose of decrdrng questrons such as are noyy settled rn courts lhe most remarkable prrt of the Xftec rode was that relatrng to slayes lhere were seyeml classes of slayes, prrsoners taken rn war, crlmrnals, and chlldren who because of extreme poyerty had been sold rnto slry ery by therr parents In thrs last case often tunes, wrth the master s consent, the prrents substltuted others of the1r chlldren, drs trrbutrng the burden more equrtably Slayes were allowed to haye the1r oyyn famrlres 'lherr chrldren were free and were allowed to hold property and slaves 'lherr mrlrtary code was stern It was death for a soldrer to leaye hrs colors, to attack an enemy before the swnal was gryen or to plunder another s booty Hosprtals were establrshed rn the prrnc pal crtres for the care of the srck and as homes for drs abled soldrers 1 he source of the Peruyran cryrhzatron rs traced to the central part of Peru 'lhe Sun, the great parent and lrght of mankmd sent two of hrs chrldren to gather the natn es rnto communrtres and to teach hem the arts of cryrlrzed lrfe Ihrs celestral parr, brother and srster, trayeled through the country lhey bore wrth them a golden wedge, and yyere drrected to take up the1r resrdence on the spot where the sacred em blem should wrthout effort, srnk 111'tO the ground lhey proceeded 1 short drstance Into the central part of Peru, where the wedge speedlly sank rnto the earth and drs apperred foreyer Here, the chrldren of the bun establrshed the1r resrdence the brother teachrng the men the arts of agrr mysterres of sprnnrng and weayrng e date estrmated for the establrshment of the1r capltrl Lugco, was durrug the early prrt of the twelfth century -Xt Hrst the progress of the Peruyrans of Incas was yery slow Gradually by the wrsdom of the1r polrcres and by 1 well regu lated monarchrrl government, they annexed the nelghhorrng trrbes lhe more savage nrtrons, who y ere opposed to annevrtron, were conquered lhe rncrent c1ty of Cuzco gradually rn creased rn yyealth and populatron and therr rude dwellrngs yyere supplanted by more solrd structures The fortress of Cuzco w as but a part of a system of fortrfrcatrons establlshed through out the domrnrons 'lhese fortresses were 14 v ,' ' . Y 1 v ' . ' ' - v ' V 1 ' v , l ' A v K - , . 7 ' -. v v 7 , ' 1 ' A V .Y ey v ' a . 7 . . , V . Y B U . . Y v u . r W y . l , ' v L V . 1 Y I . V , v ' ' 1. ' ' v Y' y . v. . , - ' Y sc 1 - I I , C , , V M i , . V r . C , 'L l V . C l ' S V - U 7 a , ' . ' v h I X I Y L V A . J- K , tenings of any kind. Nearlyv all Crimes were culture, the srster instructing women in the ' ' 1 Y' K ' ' ' ' ' , ' ' . Th V. - ' - Y ' Z ' - 'L ' . dv , ' 1 ' ' ' 'L ' 'f ' ' '- l 1 v y. : . t , 4 ' 1 K ' ' l' . ' . , I' C ' - K - B Y N. . . .I 4 L 1 'L , 4 v ' - ' 1 ' I K . V w . 1. ' -7 Q I f, - V- 1 ' . ' y' . J. ' D ' ' ' , . I W ' .' ' L V ' , . ,, - K. ' .2 . V ' v y ' ' '. '. 2 ' , - ' - ' v. 7' w 1 I v

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THE TATTLFR chrldren count the drfferent krnds of brrds they see from day to day -Ks our eyes lrft to the horrron, Saddleback looms up, ent el oped rn soft trnts of layender, prnk, and gold lhen as the days grow warmer, and the flowers begrn to bloom, how ple rsurt rt rs to srt out of doors and re rd VN rrt rs so ra rs rday rn r Then rf eyer tonre perfect days, Then Heaven trres Earth rf rt be rn tune And or er rt softly her war nr ear lry s VVhether we look or whether we lrsten, VVe hear lrfe murmur or see rt glrsten, lr tery clotl feels a strr of mrght An rnstrntt wrthrn rt whrch reaches and towers, And, groprng blrndly about rt for lrglrt C lrrnbs to 1 soul rn grrss and flowers I he flush of lrfe may well be seen T rrrllrrre, brrk or er hrlls ind t rlleys I he cow shp startles rn meadows green I lrt butterrup e rtches the sun rn rts tlrrlree, And there s net er a leaf or 'r blade too mean To be some happy creature s palace l rter rn the season the gardens are at therr best lhere rs no one to whom the green ness of the hrlls and frelds, th changrng sun set on the mountanrs, and the wonderful rnoonhght effec ts on the lrke do not present r pu ture whrch rs neyer to be forgotten Occasronally a thunder shower, awful rn rts splendor, follows the path of the lake, and leaxes an rmpressron on one s memory of heaw, bl ck clouds torn by great eharns of lrghtnrng ln the autumn the changes are as rrumer ous Yew befrutres appear rlhe golden rod rnd purple rsters rclorn the fields the frost trrrts the lerxes of the mrple and bm lr trees rnd opens the chestnut burs Xt tlns season our rtterrtron rs talled to great flocks o nrt s tlyrng sou rward -Xnc we ee squrrrels and chrpmunks gatherrng nuts for therr wrrrter hoard lhe deep blue of the sky rs reflected nr the lrke, at the approach of Not ember the blue gradually takes on r grry rsh hue, pro phetrc of the hrst snowstorm Now we see sr 'ns of wrnter, tlouds hoxer rng oxer Srddlebuk leayrng behrnd pttehes of snow Brgelow, lsennebago, and the other mountarns look cold and forbrddrng Then comes the clear frosty nrghts Morn rng Ends a shrmmerrng coatrng of ree oxer the ponds w hrc lr later gn es plate to a solrd fleld nr both pond rnd lake, blottrng out the great expanse of water lhe trees strnd lrke sentrnels along the shores, therr branehes coyered wrth snow, rather than the green of sprrng and the trrrted shades of fall ll e are not surprrsed some mornrng to nnd the w hole earth enyeloped rn a w hrte, rex blanket, sparklrng lrke dramorrds rn the sunlrght 'lhen comes to us the realrfatron that wrrrter as well as une has perfect days drf ferent rt rs true, but fully as beautrful On cold brtnrg, wrnter exenrngs, what a pleasure rt rs to watch the progress of the stars through the sky lhe red lrght of Nf ns the rrsrng of Orron, hrgher rrrd hrgher, and the Gradual crrcurt of the great drpper about the pole star, seem lrke true frrends whom we are glad to greetavarn 'lhe poet has well expressed the thought, whrch such grandeur nrsprres 5 t s hurt over the se tus look up tothe rnrg, bod Stars look down rt me St rrs r lry rnrllron y ears X e rnnllron yerrs and a day, But bod and I shall lrxe and lore V5 hen the st irs haye pas ed away Ks the fllm moyes, the scenes of sprnrg are reperted, drtlerent rn pwrtreulars, yet esstntrallt the same New spetres of flowers are drscoyered and eherrshed some rare brrd rs seen, w lnle others, not seen, tlll the 'nr wrth melodres X rture presents 1 eontrnurl morrng pre ture lhe scenes change from trme trme, and new maryels appear Lan we End a motron preture more perfect or more rnterestrng than thrt whreh romes from . unknown sonrr e l X I It 16 f , . . . . V . , h K L K e , 3 l ' ' LSL ' z ' ' , ' .' 3 . ' 1 : kt x ' . 'X . 1 ll: .rezsr r jrne? ' X , Y -, . - . .'vs. ' ' , ' K. , , - ax.: . . Y ' , ' ' ' v . v . . Y Y I . . 4. . I t 7 . . . . . :Y 1, 1 . , L . r- - if , . C '. LSJ - . ,, ' 1 , . 4 . ' r.. 4 r, P lt. K ' I 1 .' ' ,. Z ., , . ' 8.2 .i 1 . Y , ' f V 4 k ' - L , . ' L 1 V so as L . . D 'U sz 'Y - 9 ,. . 7 F I i . . e c cs' ' ' c - wh Y 4 Y V K . 4 l ,, ,A .. k , 1 L s v . 1 . L , , ', ., , ' '. . Stars shine over' the land, . . , , ,- , , .- . . ' ' . 'tx s ' ' 'f r 5 a, ' H S 1 ' 2 'rhty' ' , x A z f x K ' . Cz 5 shall e a ' ' -' Q, ' 'r:' ' ' ' ' . . . . 1 n l f 'f 7 s,z 1' z j . N , e e' ' z ' ' ' .' - Y , .. . v, . ,rv ' 1. t .F V. ,', , ' L - ' . l - I V4 h - V I I 2 'Z 'sl 1 'L ' . I' ' 5 ' ' ' ' Q f 1 ' S 1 ' I . - ' as . v -. v 1 s V if . 1 . I . .. . . lm V 1 i 5 S L ph. 2 .V M l.L I .41 vi K M K f l l, 5 tl ,. . l ' s . . . 1 Rl K . , u 'l A 1 ' l ll L' A Q 'l ' . . e ' , I '. , , .L . L 1 - ' A ' . . M , . . . to , . i q i e ' - ' ' z' ' . - , , 4 1 1 r r A y s.f x 1 , L L ty , - h u l -, t. . ' 5 K L ' r , , 'rn . . 1, , . s , vs . -, . . . . .- h I . . , . , . . I s ' ' ' J 7 ,- A ' xr Li' . ' K L ' . ,. ,. ., l,.