Thompson Vocational High School - Owl Yearbook (Thompson, PA)

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THE OV! L respect to the power I represent and that pow er IS you Now when vou salute an ofiicer you salute not the man but the representatne of your own authorlty It IS very Import ant that we get the rlght xdea of the meaning of our government It 19 the same ldea that the officer gaxe h1s soldlers concerning the salut that the goy ernment IS our own or ganlfatxon made posslble bv coop eratlon and home l1fe and xn com mumty llfe In deyeloplng government the famlly ln early tlmes meant a good deal more than It does today l though now lt IS called the founda t10D of soclety The anclent tamxly conslsted of all the unmarrled ch1ld ren the marrled sons and then' all the slayes and seryants The father had absolute power because he w as the head of the famlly H had a rxght to put anyone of them to death or sell them as slaves He was supreme Judge a law glvcr and a protector Slnce phy su al strength alone counted ln the eallv tlmes absolute rule was the only method possible In th1s wav the famlly system was the patteln for the absolute government whlch w as used ln the early states and natlons Gradually for protectlon and other reasons some fam1l1es of the same rel1g1on and same lnterests would un1te1n a group called a clan The most powerful man became leader and he used the same power as the father of the family dld The clans would unlte and become trlbes and stlll physxcal strength contlnu ed to determlne the rules of them The prlclple purpose of each tr1 Je was to secure efflclency ln war The chlef of the trlbe was a leadel 1n w ar and a klnd of presldent IH peace Then the office was handed down IH l1ne of mherltance Trlbes often comblned lnto a clty state elther by conquest of other trlbes or umtmg with them The c1ty was the center of actly 1tv and work of all klnds was carr ed on thus mak 1ng the people become more pro gresslve and enterprlsmg Then flnallv by conquest colomzatlon an nexatlons and trade clty states grew mto natlons The fust forms of goyernment was an absolute monarchy m whlch the ruler had full control over the people But gradually the people began to deslre some lxbertles o the1r own so the leadlng men ol the state acted as councll to 3.lIY1S9 the kmg The tendency to take power from the klng became strong er and 1n some countrles vlolent changes took place and the mon Great Bfltlan IS an example ot a country ln whlch the form of Gov ernment has not changed but the power of the King has been reduced to almost nothlng The representatxves of the people control the Goy ernment Now where the wxll of the people IS sup posed to exercxse a gllldlllg hand IH the affalrs of the Government and where there are no officers who 1nher1t thelr places a democratv Ol republlc has been bullt up Durlng the last century tremend ous progress has been made toward democracy Many reform bllls have been passed extendmg the vote to more of the people Tenny son spoke of the country ln Whlfh reform has been Introduced as the country where Freedom broadens slowly from precedent to prec fl en Also durlng the nineteenth cen tury there was a steady deyelop ment of democracy 1n the Urlted States Thls was partly due to the able leaders of Amerlca who want ed government that represented the common people lnstead ot the ' 17 , - 1 ' V. V , , 1 ' v i - V . Y ,, . . - . 7 U ' ' ' . . . , . . V Y , n A v. v A y - . . 9, v . . . Y . r I K. u , , K' f . . . K ' y . , . Iv a ' . I Q' , . .l . Y ' , Q . iv ' .- , ' s ., ' v 3 ' . ' families, the adopted chlldren, and arcles were completely destroyed. 7 Y , ' ' 1 . J, e . ' 9 l ' I I ' I , 'L fc ' . . S, 1 1 , I .x . . . n. . . . , 'I' u I . , ' r ' 5' ' . D V . 1 ' A ' . ' I 44 . - K , . . ' .. -3 - ' t V7 ' - 'I ' - . . l ' - ' l ' - . I r v - v ' l ' ' , , A

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FHL OVS L VI c non hope that xouv school daxs xllll cxer be bllght xR7ItII much fleedom to thlnk and to IIXQ BX the rules that X our teachers haxe struggled mth mlght To prepare and to happlly glxe Iet not moss cox ered elror hold thee at lts slde As the vuorld on truths current glld8S by Qtlll frelghted lx 1th treasured thoughts fllendshly s and hopes We depart then today wlth a s gh But fondlv our thoughts vslll retuln to our school As we later ln llfe drlft apart And our souls shall rejolce a We cherlsh the rule That forever shall dwell ln our Then farewell to our school lnd farewell to our frlends Who hale llghted our pathwax l l h oxe Though todav we must part y ct oul pray ers ulll ascend That our school be unlted aboxc Hclell Whltman MEANING AND DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT A gox ernment IS the agencl through whlch the pulposes o the state ale formulated and exec' tccl It IS a means by vshlch to seculc o operatlon and thlough coopcratlol we ale able to malntaln peace sec Uflty lustlce and publlc serxlces more easllx than lf lndlxlduals act ed alone VVhen a schoolhouse ls bullt to day It lb not done by comblned manual labor but slnce It ls a pub llc bulldlng the communlty LOOINI ates ln paylng for lt Comml nltl llfe IS posslble onll through coop elatlon alld SIIIL6 LXCIXOIIC need clothlng f od and shelter each Olt has to depend upon another T an vsolk IS the sole road to su ce stul lndustry VI hat would thls vso ld be lf ex erwone lnslsted upon slolk mg for hlmself' Xou lexer sau successful basketball team made ull of flxe blllllant play els xx hen each one vs as always trvln to outsh nc llls team mates and wln all the glorx for hlmself Just as that team vsould fall short of x hat It V1 :lt do so would we No one of u can accompllsh anythlng molth XNIIIIC wlthout teamwork Moreol el' gcx ernment brlngs contact wlth othels and broadens our wlewpollts Government help us to be lndependent from f0I'8lgI1 countrles and protects our plo perty from crlmlnals In oul 93115 days a flst flght was the mo t pel suaslle means of settllng a polltlcal dlspute but now peace and order are malntalned by workers coopel atlng wlth the government Thr govcrnment performs functlons for the b tt rment of the country It cares fO1 the D001 and helpless pro xldes free educatlon and protects the publlc morals health and llfe A number of boys vs ho llved ln the clty were asked what goxcrr ment meant to them They sald pollc man because he arrests peo ple and makes us keep off the gl ass IH the parks These ansu QI mlght make some people thlnk that gox elnment restllcts oul IDCIIXICILIZII llcedom and It does to a certalll ey tellt but we should not be elflsh It lb our duty to submlt to what IS best T01 all people In one ot the tralnlng camp dur ln the war an officer told a squ d of new recl UltS that he NNdI1tCCI them to get a rlght ldea of salute He sald I do not want you to thlllk you are compelled to salute me as an lndlxldual but rathel to FLIICICI 1 1 v I6 1 I I 1 1 . . L1 1 V 1 vt- -1 ' 4 L-' - 1 ' '-' Q 1' X . ,' . fs 1 - x 1 . A , I V ' Y 5 Y l s 1 ' I W ' . L' I . v v 1 .'v W fb 11. , . c . - S. . . , , , , , , Y , ' . .. t . n , - L . . . A. , v v K, A. V . - ' - ' ' . ' 7 , , . Y , ' ' ' N . , . I . ' rl sw , v . ' 1 s 1 v 1 1 1 , 1 v 1 1 ..- , . 1. 1 , ' , w' ' v -' '1 v 1 V 1 1 1 c , 1 ' ' , v, , , . . .. ,,. . : , A L K 1, Q ' I rg . - . ' ' ' ' Y- ' ' s s 1 s 1 1 ,M K . . . . 1 N l jk' f 1 l .L . . v Q . ' , . ., ' V Y' 4 ig 1 1 1 .1 v r . y . ' . v v ' I v . cr' N .S . I s u Y . . . K 3 v , 1 I 3 1 S , , J - . . , K .. . . . hearts. - - L A Q ' v 2 I I I . , v y ' 1 5 , '- I v . . A Q . . , , , . s n, 7 4 ' 'X 3 Y I ' A S sf Q 1 . 1 V E. ' ' ' , - 1. 1 . l W 1 l V ' , . 9 Y ' V . . 1 r 1 x 1- ' Y 14 ' , - . . -1 , 1 .. 5 I v I ' ,I 1 ' nu V ' . - if L- 1 c. ' h . , . 1 .A 1 I ' ' .' '. , . 1 l . . 1 1 1' 1 1 - v K- v 1 As x in K - . 1 ' 2 1 . -5 1 i '1 ' ' c' ' . . . . 1, s - , 1 - . - ' A' -- , ' m . . . v . . I - I w v , V, . , 1 1 1 L I . Y . . . V ' I . - K. . . . 1 K , ' 1 11 , - 1 D . .. - '- ' - g ' ' .' ki . 1 ' y . 1 ' 1 11 1 ' 1 ' L ' D 1' 1 ' ' 1 1 , ' , 7 V K 1 . . 1 ' 1 A . .1 ' 5' H ' I Q4 -I , 1 1 ' V' I ' ' 5 0 . I 1 . 1 . . - 1 ' ' A ' K .V - ,

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FHL UW L xxcalthx oncs st elr uurrements xxerc abolrahed and then propertx holdrng requrre ments After the adoptlon of thc constrtutrorr racc drstrnctrons xx ere blctted out and noxx the sex barrrer has been broken and xxomen haxe an equal xorce xxrth men rn chooarng. thc ofhcers and makrng thc laxxs of our countrx One reaaon xx hx the great xx orld xxar xxas fought xxas as prcsrderrt Wrlson exprebsed rt that the xx orld mrght be saved for democracx lt resulted rn a complete xrctorx of the free peoples oxer those ruled bx ancrent monarchs Noxx rf the xxorld falls to make the adxancc THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT The functrons of our gox ernm nt are of urlxersal concern and ext rv rerbon rn the Unrted States rs at fected bx rts problems In explarn Ing the functrona of goxernmcnt I shall center my attentron upon three of rts most apecrfrc problems name lx labor Taxatron and educatron Vlhat re Labor' In an economlc sense labor IS human effort erthcr phxalcal or mental or both dlrectefl to some useful and productrxe end and 1s the marn frctor rn the pro ductrorr and dlstrrbutron ot xx ealth Thrs questron rs one of thc grcatest problema facrng Amcrrcm socret todax The dexclopment of thc usc cf machlncrx and the rrrcreascd portance of capital canre xxrth the Irrdustrral Rexolutron e arated the employ cr from thc cm ploxee and unfortunatelx h duced labor to a posrtron rmrl rr to that of land and capital The la bor element rn productron 1 on a nt hlch lt ics es r fault of the people themserx es Cox ernment alrrost exerxxxhere 1 rn then hands The part of the pecple noxx IS to elect those xx ho xxrll repr e sent therr Interests rn the goxcrn ment those xx ho are honest uprrght true Amerrcans xxho xxrll not be bought or aold xx ho xxrll not xxork for therr oxxn selfrsh dlmb This rs the onlx xxax t t the people hlxc of gettrng thfrr demanda from a goxernment of the people by the pecple and for the p ople whose just clarmb are derrxed from the consent of the gox erned Anna Blngham dlfferent baarb from that of land and caprtal Laborers are hrmrm berngs rnd must be treated not as potentral machlnes but as rndrxld uals Abraham Llncoln Sdld fre Gox rnment rs ercpresslv charffcd xx rth the duty of proxrdrng for th gencral vxelfare The emplrxcr thrng from opposrt x rexx polnts The tendency of the employ er rs to loxx r xx ages and not prrceb rn equal pro portrons xxhrle the laborcr rs con stantly demandlng hrgher xxage Todax the greatest emphasrs rs placed upon the emplovment srtua tron Thrs countrx rs rust passrng through one of the greatest crrsrs rn hrstorx Lnemplox ment produces poxe tx sufferrng rgnorance rn cttrcrenc xrcc and crlme on hc rart of the uncmplox ed and thosr Jepcndent upon hrm To see thc xxo ker has somcthrng, 'o d rs a necessarx xx ay to safe guard hrs rn terests To correct an cx rl remox the cause rs alxxays good adxrce rf rt can bc carrred out I xxrll quot Ior xou a fcxx relief measures of 18 ' T ' 'H I' P rr: r grous re- me . xx c 3.11 .. lt s the ' . . V . A , ' V 1 1 1 V ' - . f- V 1 ' V' 1 V- 1 l AV V . V V 'S ' 1 c . A , ' I L' I xx , . ' ' V. . A, ' V ' . ' V V 1 V ' V . V 1 V' 1 , 1 ,- X 1 . . . , . ' . V ' ' V V ' V 4, V - , v l V 1 1 v 1 1 1 Q. V ' V' ' 1 K ' 1- 1' . V V' X 1 - i ' ' ' I , -L. V ' V V' V . V I , , ' 1 V 'V 1 ' V 'V ' , , V V 1 1 1 y v1 y 'sv 2 Ve V1 V1,. ' v1,1. fx' x'. 1' ' irl- A- K f ' V V i 'V ' 1 1 r 1 n 4 Y 1 11 ' 1 1 1 -7' 0 1 , . c , - A ' l , v . 1 V v ' ' ' ' .. A V - , , , ' V 1 1 V 1 1- . 'vlv 1 I ul l : . 1 l 1 1 1 A C A 1 I - w '1 1 1 ' V 1 V ' ' -' - . ' i3 ' v - 1 -V ' A V59 ' . K, 3 J . V ' ' O 2 1 V ' V V , ' ' ' ' rg w A L1 1 s ' . . ,- - . V ' and the laborer seem to see every- 1 w ' 1 1 N . 1 1. vi y . y f . ' ' A I 1 . 1 L1' 1 1 1 1 - 1' 1' , ' 'Q ' i 'K J X --1 V l g' A .' ' ' VV' .. . . ' V . .' ' ' ' ' F. 1 A Y ' L' ' ' ' . ' 4 ' 1 'V 1 1 1 L1.L1 .lv 4 l 1 1 I 1 1 1 I ' , 1 - . . . .- U . ' ' L' ' ' ' ' ' 'V 1 1 'V ' V 1 V -' 7 1 1 1 I M K ' Y' v 'Q v 1 . ' uf 1 . - V, ' , A., , .VYV, V'.,, 1 ..' t , , . ' , .. . ' .. . .. im- ,. ' , V . V , - 1 . 11 ' 1 .1 -' V , ' V , J ' . It has p- ' r' ' 3 l f . o 5 ' 1 1 V ,. A A A - 1 A-K-1 -tr v1 v V1 1 1 'LV ' - 1 1 1 1 1 tt 1 1 1 4 1' .1 - , ' asp re- c .. 1 , fe 1 1 1 1. l Q. . 1 1 11 1 fl . 1 1 'l V1 1 '. 1 . 1' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 ' 1 A , 1 h ' ' .1 A 1 --' 1' U , ' 1 1 ' 'S . ' - 1 V , V 1 ' 1 K- - mV -