William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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,. . .,,. 0 D. . I Brhrlnprmvnt nf the Glnlnniw. H 1 RINCIPLES, like ultimate particles of matter, and the laws of God, are eternal, indestructable and unchangeable. They have existed in the moral realm of our world since the advent ofiman, and devious as may be their manifestations, according to circumstances, they remain the same, inherently, 'and always exhibit the same tendencies. When God gave to man an intelligent soul, and invested him with the prerogatives of moral free agency, then was born that instinctive love of liberty, which through all past time, has manifest- ed itself in individuals and in societies: and in every age, the consciences of men have boldly and indignantly asked in presence of oppression, If 1'm design'd. yon Lord1ing's slave By Nature's laws designed. Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind? ' If not, why am I subject to His cruelty and scorn? Or why has man the will and power ' 'V To make his fellows mourn? ' Eachicolony got much of itsform of colonial government from England. The Americans got their natural love of Liberty from England, and also their determination to tax themselves through their representatives. They conten- ded for the same principles of government that the people of Englandcon- tended for from 1215, when they forced King John to sign the Magna Charta, to the Revolution of 1688 when the liberty of England was firmly established. It has been said, God sifted the whole English nation to send the best into the wilderness of New England. These people, like the people of Virginia, were lirm opposers of England's tyranny. The colonies always looked at-England as their mother country, until she acted so arbitarily toward them. As Washington said: 'tArbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of libe1'ty abused to ylicenvtiousnessf' V Before the French and Indian War, the colonies were treated fairly well by England, because the French were back of the English settlements, and naturally a sense of danger bound the colonies closer together towa1'ds Eng- land for help. For this reason England did not strictly enforce the Navigation Acts. But as soon as the French had lost their territor in Ame ' U th I . y rica, e English began to enforce the Navigation Acts, and to make other laws regard- ing commerce. In the town-meetings, and the meetings on county-court da fs in 5 the diferent colonies, the people began to express their sentiments about the arbi- t . . . I ,- . iaiy in e of England. During the French and Indian VVar, the Americans had

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THE GLEAVI thls old mountaln as the f,l1mCUllDl9S nea1 WVl11Cl1 we are always standlng How small and weak we feel befole we tly to master these d1HicuIt1es, but when we have surmounted them how much st1 ongex we feel than when we are standlnv neal by contemplatmg then stlengthl I th1nk 1f we 1eal1zed what lt meant to leach the Summlt of thls sort of mountaln we should nevel pass one by w1th out cllmblnfr to lts top FRANCEb OWL As 1 Slt hole th1s aftel noon and thlnk of the lessons to plepale fo1 to mouow, the ghosts of Judge Pyncheon and Napoleon seem to attl act my attentlon, and the vallables, constants and l1m1ts axe all 1n a heap, unt1l I hardly know whether Napoleon IS s1tt1ng 1n the fatal chau 1n the P5 ncheon pallol or Judge Pyncheon flglltlllg at Waterloo F01 fear of gettlng the man Whose gleatness IS sald to have been llke that of a UDIVGI se confused wlth the man s1tt1n9g IU the a1 rn chan I shall close thls and ploceed to study MAMMA OWL FRIDAY APRIL 10 1903 I felt a 1el1ef th1s mo1n1n,q when I thought that thls was F1 lday but when MISS McDonald announced a test fo1 Monday, I WISIIGLI It were Tuesday How I do dread tests' I know I shall dream of thls one I went home aftel school and Ofot my prose for Monday 'Ihen I else was not so ha1d but befole I tmlshed the second I felt that Heller would lather have dled wlthout fame than to have h1s beautlful Imp1omptu so mlselably lendexed I am sure that Flances never leaves he1 most dlflioult p16C0 to be p1 2101210661 the day before he1 lesson The th11d I played vel y well and I declded to play 1t hlst fo1 my teacher and perhaps he would not ask fo1 the othels I emex fred fr om the pa1lo1 feelmg that a walk would 1ef1esh me, and now slnce 1 have wutten my LIIELIY for to clay, I w1ll call mv llttle blothex to walk wlth me LEWISE OWL ThlS aftel noon I was at home alone f01 a sholt tune I had locked all the doo1 s, and had just gone up stan s, when I heard some one t1y1ng to play on the p1ano F01 a moment I was so f1 lghtened that I hardly knew what to do but soon declded to sneak down stuns and take a glance 1nto the sxttmfr loom I was gleatly astonlshed to hnd my cat walklng up and down on the piano keys, seemlngly enjoymg the muslc The cat always llkes to be 1n the house near someone I suppose he was lonesome, and thlnklng that no one was at home, thought he would entel tam h1mself by playmg a select1on on the plano LOUISE OWL . ' 13 ' v I ' . . I h I . . , I , I I I - ca ' ' . . A ' ' w . ' , , , ,' I 1' ' ' - 4 ' -H 'Q - . O 5 Q '- l I . . Q . A , . g . . ' . 65 . ' I . h . . went to the parlor to practice, for tomorrow is my lesson day. The Hrst exer- ' I , I . ' I . ' ' ' 1 ' . 77 ' . n 1 - 1 5 1 v v . u ' ' I , - 1 1 ' . , . ' ' ' ' , ' z- , . l . I . , - I w ' '

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'l'l'IE GLEAVI lea1 ned that then tl oops could Hvht as Well as the B11t1sh tl oops Thls gave the Ameucans new confidence 1n then powel to 1es1st ty1anny We may compale colonlal and Buush gove1 ments bv an ontlme E l d K 1 EX6Cl1tlV6 ng an ma Am 61 1ca Govel no1 House of Loxds fEngland 9 houses House of Commons 2 Leg1slat1ve Qouncll LAme11ca 2 bodies House of Deputies Supeuol Com ts 3 Judlcxal both had the same LoWe1 COl11lIS lhe colonlal oHic1als obtalned then posltlons 1n Cll1'f61 ent Wavs The gove1no1s ln Lonnectlcut and Rhode Island wele elected bv the people but ID Nlfuyland and Pennsylvama, they wele appolnted by the plopuetols and ln 1he lest of the colonles they Wcle appomted by the klno' The 001111011 ln e Ameucan colonlal assemblles Was appomted, and the House of Deputles was elected ln both England and Ameuca the Judges 16C61V6d then 0611068 by appolntment ln England, they held ofhce fo1 l1fe 01 duung good behav1o1, u 1U Ameuca the lxlll0 01 gove1 nor could put them out of oflice at any t1me The people of Inngland dld not gain then l1be1 ty at any pal tlculal t1me It 0-Lew slowly but Slllliily The hast gleat event ID the h1sto1y of Engllsh fleedom was the Magna Lha1ta ln 1915, by whlch thlee ughts deal to GVCIY Enfrllshman wele obtalned those of the t11al by July, no taxatlon Wlthout 1ep xesentatlon, flee and unlestucted justlce The next step towald f1ee1 and bet tel govelnment was the House of Commons 1n 1265 Th1s was the Iilst t1me m the h1sto1y of England that all classes wele 1ep1esented1n the natlonal coun c l 111 eat advancement was made ln the xelgn of Edwald III Palllament was then d1v1ded 1nto two bodles and the pet1t1ons of the commons became laws as soon as Slaned by the kind Pal llament also galned the ught to lmpeach lung s OMCGIS and ID thls Wav made the lung 1espons1ble to Palhament, Ol the people The Enofllsh Refmmatlon paved the way for fxeedom of thought and use of Pm 1tan1sm The Petltlon of Rlghts was the outgl owth of th1s 1I1'flLl6IlC9 Th1s petltlon plovlded no t1 oops should be qua1te1 ed on people 1n lC1I1l8 of peace, that them should be no a1b1t1a1v taxatlon O1 a1b1t1a1y1mp11sonment Llbeltv was assuled thc people of England 1n the B111 of Rlghts, Whlch was b1ought about by the Envhsh Revolutlon 'lhe leadmg pI1IlC1pl6S of the B1ll of Rlfrh s ale no qua1te11ng of llOOpS 1n t1me ot peace, no suspenslon of the wut of o 15 ' . I p 0 1 . 1: ' . ' . ' ' . ' 1 1 '1 - , , - I I. . I I H . I ............... .......... ........ 4 D . ' --------1- ---.. .-.- 1 '. v I l . -3 . f I 4 . . l s , .I ...... ,... . ..'4I l 1 . ............. 4 . , , . l I I 1, ' , ......,.. -4I - lI . V I' .' . 1 . . . I . . , - ............. .................... -4 I I u 1 1 ,, . . - . .I . . . . I I .. , , - 1 ' , . . . ' ' 7 , , d ' I 1 ' - -' . 4 ' L I I Q - za' . . I. I I. I . . II - n - , - , . ' . .' ' . b t a zo . ' ,' v' Q - 1 ' D . . . I . 5 . 1 , . ' ' . .' . . . . L D ,, . n 7 7 I I . , . 1 -' ' ' l I Q . Q - . - I I , - v u ' ' - F3 I 1 ' 1 . n . 1 l ' 1 . ' . . - I I . I: U. , L. Ll 9 - , ' - .' I-K Q I I u c 0 I, .II I r I I. I . . I ' , .I . - ' ' . ' 1 I l I A . l I ' l I 4 1-1 . 1 . I. I I I I, I I I , .... I . . . . I D . ,., ll