Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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CHEMIQTS Sir Humphrey Davey C1778 18291 was the most brilllant of Eng li h investlgators Hu early appreciated the v lue of the atomic th ory and adopted it He discovered the anesthetic propertles of nltrous oxide He made a very extended study of the effect of pas sing an electrlc ourr nt through substances and dlscover d by thls m ans s veral new elem nts, notably sodium and potasslum Davey CX3ldlHed the chemical nature of acids as compounds of hydrog n, new view of that t1me He pronounced chlorlne to be an element H 1 famed as the inventor of th miner's safety 1.mp He was pr ldent of the Royal Society of England for s ven years Frank Jood, Jr 'to Chemlstry JOHN MARSHALL fl7 5 l 353 John Marshall was born on Sept mber 2A 1755 at Germantown, On th outbreak of the Revolutlonary var, he gav up his law stud 1 s to Joln the patrlot army, and by 1777 recelved the tlln He was at Valley Forg durlng the terrlble wint 1778 took part ln v ral lmportlnt battles, attended law at Wlllizm and Mary Colleg and the followlng year t th r rank of Cap r of 1777 lectures in was admltted Between 1782 1787 Marshall w s s veral tlmes elected to stat Leelslatur of Va and in 1788 he vas chos n del gate to th t t conv ntlon which adopt d the Federal Constltution No man has equal d hlm in developing thf fund mental prlnciwles of the constl tutlon James Monro led th d bite in favor of the ratiflcatlon As years went by, his r putatlon s a lawyer constantly wld n d sident Washlngton asked hlm to be Attorney G ner 1 of the Unlted t H decllnrd, but cons nted to go to Parls in 1797 witr P10 y and Gerry to settle v rlous qu stlon arlsing from TSSUT1CtlOHS Amerlcan commerce On return to the United States he was elect d to dent Adams Congress and in 18Oo, becrrt ry of Qt te ln the cabinet of Pre 1 On January 31, 1801, he began his career as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court H adopt d new methods of procedure, gave the court uthority that he beli ved it wa intended lt should exert, and by mast rly nalysis of constitutional questions, set pr e dent for the lnt rpret tion of n rly eV ry point of the Constltu tlon as lt existed before the wer of seces ion He Served in thl offlc for thlrty four y ars and was the most famous chlef Justice John Marshall was a steadfast supporter of the Constitution We of our day and age have come to an even greater realization of the great benefits that the constitution provides Beverly Cheeseman 'L5 History C' - l H . , S . 3 ca. . C5 1 X V V ' ' f . Q . x ' .- ' ' A .a ' .. ' .1 y La 1 . . Q G x . 3 . . 1 -' n a u ' ' is Q a 1. . . 'A ' 'A . a 2 A A A , . C, . , - Lf :J ' A Q A L 9 CS ' L . f 3 U is . I! I c . . 5 - 3 . Q 1 , Va 6 4. . ' 1 in ' - ,J - . X . . n . , , X . 4 V2 V l . - . , .. . I f . . I A ' o G A Ku ' ' , ' se e ' 1' ' Q '- 'H 1 ' ' f' if ' L 'T 2 U K ' ' . 3 o e ba . n , l ' ' ' '- tl ii H ri , . J, e 8. 1 J e eau e s a e . - - ... 71 1 - t v Ka g G ' e ' 1 J e ' ' - ' I ' '- ' , , I - x . . . I , ' , ' n U A D U L ' 5 - -- A ' - .- .- ' ,- ' U f me r C LJ A .- . ' l ' PPC - -A - 3 1 'n A F1 . ' . . ' ' nDtil US a G ' 3 U ' f ' L K A .1 I H . I . C. r . . . Y nu ' CJ. Q, Q ' . on 1 2 . J 1 ' 1 -6 H I' 1 .x L3 Ll C' Q A . 'X ' xs ' ' 'Q I ' J l 1 .x ' ' - ' -1 ' J 6 2 'a 1 ' J Q . , o , ga f A 6 .1 S .1 A J 'A 6 ' ' ' A tl G ' nz- ': ' 1 - ' D ' ex U-, Q2 ' - . . , C A 'I S 0 A S . . I O U - U f . A . . ,- , X I I r- Q . ,, 1 r x 1 0