Westport High School - Herald Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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-, 51. ge 4. i ..,,.:,. . --4.-- s'--z-'.-:q::g , 5 ll 5 'xi 22:3 ll e il -1 hole, a besotted auld re- Heralld, J laugh- fit jokes vet we e world he lexi- genious appro- on con- 'HY 'DOY ader in If Noah 'ou. f, 'l1. ald, to y kind. to pub- 'ho had hardly hearty Le with nd An- , whose .nt and Nilliam S, Vera Agnes Condry .rir ll -' 'fZf:sf.-a..k-f- nu' Jtllux, lilllillll , ij --fh 35 - , W, - if ,. A fl' ,T WW 1' Q. I MW' humane Nm- B Ll CT E KATU R. 1 . The Strength of the Strong F LATE years when the value of every second has been computel, the novel-and especially the short story-has become a more powerful tract than millions of didactic discussions. One of the latest to appear is a story purporting to be re- lated by a member of an aboriginal tribe called the Fish-eaters. .He tells how in the begin- ning they lived in isolated families, lawless, each man for himself. Then one day ten members of a tribe called the Meat-eaters came over the mountains and exterminated the families one by one, only a few escaping, aiding each other through fear of capture. From this struggle they had learned one les- son--each of the Meat-eaters, through their union, had gained the strength of ten. To protect themselves they must do the same. Now followed the period of their greatest power-a period when each man had an equal voice in the council. This did not continue long. They multiplied too rapidly for all to take part in the assembly, representation was unknown and one man acquired supreme con- trol. Tf anyone made a discovery or devised an implement, he was given the exclusive use of the same--and soon there existed an aggra- vated system of monopolies. All would-be reformers were murdered by the ruler's sol- diers, conditions grew worse and worse-but at last came a day of reckoning. The Meat- eaters came once more over the mountains and the over-centralized, monopoly-ridden state was powerless as the separate families had been in former days. But this is not alone the experience of fic- titious tribes of savages, Thousands of pages of history of past nations serve merely to prove the truth of this story. The danger of such an end is the gravest peril now menacing some of the present powers. Such must have been the fate of many tribes, long since ex- tinct, unrecorded, forgotten 'A' 'A i' 'k 'N i' Aboriginal man lived alone with his mate like the animals and killed what was necessary for food. But, like the animal in his solitary existence, his condition was necessarily weak. i' i i' 'A' 'A 'A' Gradually, very gradually, these relations spread, drawing more and more distant kins- men into the mutual bond until at last all of a common stock were banded together-and this was the clan. At length all men of a

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But we wish to en- courage the maiden knights in these fields to match lances with the old veterans who, for all their popular favor and prestige, may have to yield their Herald laurels to fresh and more youthful vitality. Nevertheless on account, perhaps, of the distrust of novices in their powers, the Qld Guard, we are thankful to say have not failed us in helping to bear the brunt of the work on this num- ber. There has been much talk about the in- creased cost of the Herald. On account of the inexorable demands of all bidding print- ers for good pay, the price of the Herald though subsidized by a generous yearly gift from the Board of Education, and willingly supported by advertisers, whom we do not half appreciate-the former price of thirty- five cents was forced up to fifty cents. This was done lest the discrepancy between the selling price and the high cost, however much ameliorated by kind subsidy and lib- eral advertising, might be so great as not only to deprive us of a surplus with which to embellish the school with art, but even to leave us, so to speak, in the holef, a most deplorable plight. The Herald staff has become so besotted with drinking in locals that it would re- quire one too strong to put in the Heralld, to stimulate our inebriated senses to laugh- ter. Thus the keenest most poignant jokes escape our dulled appreciation. yet we should be given credit for giving the world a chance to test them. Likewise we hope that study of the lexi- con will be encouraged by the ingenious epithets and appellations, attached appro- priately or not as is to be decided on con- sultation, to the fair girl and brawny boy graduates. However, leaving you gentle reader in the more agreeable companionship of Noah VVebster, we humbly take leave of you. Stuart Updegraff, 'll. NVe wish, on behalf of the f'Herald, to thank all our contributors of every kind. Last termf we spoke of an intention to pub- lish, in this issue, a list of those who had done most for the paper. VVe need hardly repeat that all contributors have our hearty thanks, but especially, beside those with signed articles in both Mid.-Year and An- nual, we wish to thank the following who g, se work and interest has been constant and conscientious: Homer Cope, Wfilliam Cohn, Hicklin Yates, Samuel Ayres, Vera Nathan, S. Campbell, Robert Miller, Agnes jones, D. Thompson, Nellie Rich, Condry NVilson, Clifford Hollebaugh. na .1 .Z 44. story-l' millions latest to lated by the Fis ning th each rr member came or familier aiding From ' son-ei union, p.rotec1 Now power- voice long. take p unkno trol. an im of the

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I4 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD- certain territory. or of certain racial charac- teristics united under one common rule-and now we have the tribe. Iirom this it is but a short step to the more highly organized nation, and our tracing of primeval man to the con- dition in which history finds him is completed. But this was a slow growth-each stage took centuries to develop. Thus we see society was formed primarily for the purpose of protection and it is to gain the help of his fellows that leads man into social relations. The society thus created has certain duties toward its individual -units. Consideration of the'cause of its formation shows that the first duty must be the securing to men of their rights and compelling them to perform their duties. Aristotle has said: jus- tice is the bond of men in states, and the ad- ministration of justice is the principle of order inpolitical society. All men must have life, liberty and the freedom of the pursuit of hap- piness-this is a rule now almost universally recognized. But the securing to one of these rights depends on the assent and concurrence of all others. All men, however, will not deal justly if left to the guidance of their own will or fancy. Here arises the need for laws and authority to compel the units to obey the man- dates of society in general. It is self-evident that the more complicated human relations be- come, in just that ratio increases the need for individual restraint. In the past ages a fam- ily of fishers or hunters leading an isolated ex- istence in some lonely spot needed few laws, b-ut as it expanded into the clan, the tribe, the nation, the necessity for the impartial rod of authority increased until the complicated ex- istence of the present day is the result. This instrument used by society to secure its ends, the agent of the body politic, is gov- ernment. A group of savages eating shell- fish by the seashore has no written laws, no legislature, no courts, no president, but it has some customs that take the place of laws, and a head, as the father of the family or the chief of the tribe, who sees that the customs are fol- lowed. Government will always be rude and simple where society is rude and Simple .and will gi-ow and become powerful with society. But there will be government wherever there is society and society wherever there are men. 1 have said that man is weak, powerless, when outside the pale of society, when 110i united with his fellows, uniting his strength with theirs, gaining all their power, and re- strained by commo-n laws. He is equally weak where one individual or set of individuals restrains the wills of the many and, as was the case with the Fish-eaters, is blindly followed by the unwitting comm-oners. A race in such a state, when apparently at the height of its power, gradually reverts to its original weak- ness and loses all the strength of union. Such has been the history of nations. They have become stronger and stronger, then has followed an age of great prosperity when, materially, they appeared on the crest of the wave. But prosperity breeds corruption and over-confidence-internally they.were weak and suddenly they fell. In the days of her greatest integrity, Rome easily conquered' the wild Teutonic tribes and made them subjects of the city. But gradually from the time of Caesar and Pompey the government grew more and more centralized till at last Rome was equivalent to one man, the Emperor. And gradually also the people lost their former characteristics and became merely a huge .beast blindly following the man in power. And what was the result-over-centralization had produced weakness so when again the Teutonic hordes came down upon the land, they no longer found the well-led, well- manned legions of former times opposing them -and the mistress of the world was con- quered by a host of untrained savages. Several of the modern nations are now en- joying material prosperity to- an extent never before dreamed of and we of the United States are regarded as the acme of perfection in present day development. We are at pres- ent strong enough to render all fear of out- side intervention negligible-the question con- fronting us is: holding to our present course, can we ma Qf the 1'I'1O causes of 1 financial in this countr They have status and greater WC is to be fo us the gre: or drag 'ui often show fident it if ready thri companies privileges same posi ing undei monarchy I do n ment, but legal rule power m mulacrag America all huma indirectlj ment or If the o than any legal goi identical ceptiona the nat states ai ments: ganized consistii ends, b railroac olies. amples Schmid New H ception It is strongl