Southwest High School - Roundup Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT BY JOAN DFICKE It IS a cold bleak wlntel s day A drlzzlln f laln IS falllng thlough the fog The gl03I'1lI1g' and the C1 eaklng of the tlred old shlp IS the only sound saxe that of the ocean and the xxaxes slapplng agalnst the hull of the xessel to dlsturb youl thoughts You ale xx ondellng what IS to become of you and Allce xoul wlfe and the lest of those wlth you ln thls strange adx enture Drealy day bv dl ealy day youl COLl13.g6 IS slowly sllpplng aw ay Ex eryone IS fl lghtened ex ery one s nelxes are langled bv the endless houls of waltlng waltlng waltlng Suddenly a cly D161 ces the all shattellng youl cogltatlon Land' land ahead' You can heal your healt IJOUHdlIlg ln youl eals Could It be' Had you hnallx reached thls new land thls Amerlca' You pray Deal God let lt be tlue Let thls be Amer ICA The deck has become fllled wlth people 8XClt6d yet glaxely sllent Youl wlfe lolns you Hel face 18 pale and drawn Hel llps t1QmblQ Wlth one 3CC0ld the xoyagers bowlng thell heads ln playel glxe thanks to God f0l safe dellx 61 ance to thlS DI omlsed land and 13186 thell VOICES ln Hls pralse Fxely 10106 rlrgs stlong and cleal There IS no longel any feal A meetlng has been called ln the cabln of the shlp The men are grouped dl ound a lalge clude wooden table ln the centel of the loom Thell heads ale loxx G1 ed as they agaln turn to the LOld for guldance and help Although the loom IS qulte dalk the onlv lumlnatlon comlng 110m a slngle stub of a candle on the table xou can see thell solemn taees xx hlch cleal ly dlsplax the sel IOUSHCSS of thls OCCdSlOll FOI hele on thls tw entleth day of Decembel ln the yeal ol OUI lO1d 1620 you and the Othel Pllgllms ale gathel ed togethel to dl xxx up a Chdl tel f01 youl colony ln whlch a man may V101 shlp as he pleases Is not thls the cluse f0l xx hlch you left Eng all IH xaln you rex elently lesolxe Upon youl shouldels falls a gl eat task an ex 611 2,11-33.t6'l l6SDOHS1b1lltV You ale ama7ed and ex en a llttle frlghtened as vou leallze the extent the lmmellslty of thls thlng, It IS not onlx the colony xx hlch you ale hele to establlsh That IS but the beglnnlng Who knows xx hat may folloxx voul humble 9ffO1 ts l Suddenly xou no longel see the dlmly llghted loom You no longel heal the humdl um buff of XOICGS As lt ln a x lslon you see a great pow 61 ful natlon a leadel among countrles a state lespected by all the world A peaceful natlon a Godly IIHUOH stl IX lng, ex 61 to abollsh w dl and hatl ed Someone 15 calllng y0lll name John Rlgdalel It IS youl tuln to slgn thls gleat document You step folxxald to the table and take the plume ln youl hand XOLII eyes scan the D31Cl'1ITl6l'lt Cel taln phlases seem to st md out Haxlns, undel taken f0l the glolx of God to plant the fn st colony ln NO1th6l ll Vllgllllii solemnlv and mutually IH the pl esence of God do cox enant and comblne 0u1SBlNeS togethel fO1 the genel al good of the colonv unto xx hlch xxe pl omlse all due submlsslon and obedlence Wlth a steady hand you add voul name to these alleady lnscllbed there Leadels have been chosen John Cd1XEl has been elected gox elnol You feel that thls IS a xxlse cholce fol he IS a good and honol able man You also healtlly agl ee to the selectlon ot Captaln Myles StdHdlSh as mlll tal x leadel fO1 although he 18 not a Pllgl lm xou llke thls felloxx and know hlm to be actlxe and dallng, and well f1tt6d T01 the posltlon The compact has been slgned the l9dd8lN chosen you letuln to the deck The fog has llfted You xlexx the coast of xoul new home You leallle that thele wlll be xxolk hald xx Olk but somehow you feel that all IS xx ell I Uh! , 1 1 1 . , A' 9 1 v 1 1 1 1 ' . v 1 1' , ' 1 . 1 1 1' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1' ' 7 11 ' 1 1' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 , . . J 1 A. 1 . . . 3 . - Y 1 y 1 . 11 v ' . Y . . vd . . 1 ' 1 1 . 1 1 1 1. 1 ' - it 1 A1 1 1 .yy 1 1 1 1 . I 1 I 'S' j ' U 1 ' 1 J ' 1' 1 H 1 - yi ' 11' v 1. 1 1' ' ' 1 . , ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . . , . L, . .v , 1 1 1 1 . v 1 ' 1 1 . 1 1 '1 . 1 1 1 1 -1 v 1 . 1 -1 ' 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 . . 1 I 1 . 1 -1 3 I I I -1 1 1. 1 1 I 1 v 1 1 - 1 1 .1 1 1 v - 1 .1 7 1 1. 1 1 1 .1 1 1' 1 1 I 1 v . 1 1, 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 131 ' 1 A1 1 L1 sl K1 'K1 2 A1 1 1 ' 1 - land? For whlch thls long, hard Journey has been made? It must not be 1 ' 1 ' 7 1 1 1 7 1 1 C v ' ' 1 1 1 . 1 ' 1 ' 1 , ' ' 11 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 7- 1 1 1 1 1 rr 1 ' 1 -1 ' 1 1.1. 1 1 v 1 11 1. 1 1 , . , ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 , ., . t . 1 ' 9 1 ' Y A 1' 7' 7- 1 1 'A1 r1 1 1 1 . .1 . 1 1 . . K6 ' 7? 'x1 y 1 1 L1' 7- '51 1-1 1 ' 7 K1 . 11 1 . 1 ' 1 . 1 . . , . '. sz . 'I ' 1 ' 'J 1 ' 11 D 1 1 . 1 . ' 1 l 1 1 1 I . 11 v 1 . . . ,, . I M 1 . ,, . .,,. . 1 . . I 1 .L -A1 1 v.k1 . Y 1 .L1 1 T 1 I 1 '1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' '- 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 A ' 1 ' 1' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 v 1 ' ' ' 1 ' 1 1 A1 L1' T y 1 1x1 K. , 1 1 1 A, 1 1 ' 1' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 if 1 vi 1 1 1 v v 1 v uv V 1 fl