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Show Page December The Brigadier 6 Portrait of a patriot 17, 1965 . . . Early U.S. newspaper Jefferson's contribution significant available for reading RTE HAD ACTUALLY by Brent Ashworth With the importance o! the American newspaper, many ponder what this nations papers were really like m the humble beginnings Recently. a student a BY High wu able to .inquire three editions ot the I mted States' tirst newspaper. the Connecticut Courant, whuh gies an understanding ot the sciuo1 'of the early American ever-growin- g r.ew'a;ers EDITIONS tall ha e no head- THREE THE pruned m 1 h Id lines as we know they men !y tlum today; hae a brief ntro-uueler- y statement at tin1 beginot eai h article ning dvei tnuneiils make up most ot me tint and last pages and are mtet mittenth mingled with new s briefs the advertisements Although would seem quite humorous if they were to appear m the breakfast edition ot a modern paper, thev exemplify the character of their times. One advertisement, tor instance, state- "One hundred thousand bneks tor sale by the subscriber, for cash or the followa pair of working ing articles of hay, and a sinfew tons oxen, a " horse waggon gle THE EARLY newspaper was want ads. aKo filled with ''Hun A classic example reads away from the subscriber on the 14the inst Luther Cross an indent ed boy 12 years old. Whoever will return said boy shall receive one cent reward and no charges." Poh'ical news of the nation and the world took up most of the second and third pages On one occasion in 1810. the news of a deHaiation of war upon the United States wa announced with the word. "On Sundav last, the brig Increase, ('apt William Widger. arrived at Maible'aead Com Oien. a per' on the northeoast of Spam, aboil" 4 leagues soul head from Capo Pmas. In possesion of the French, and brings the v vv interesting report. THAT BONAPA ed . Feminine fantasies . DECLAR-K- I WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OK AMERICA. " ONE OF THE most interesting facets of the early American i newspaper was the political ot kind such In an editorial ml m 1810. a eilien mild ue his freedom ol the press to state his edi-te- feelings on the acts ot Congress and the American President. Supriangly enough, the then President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson, usually met with disapproval in such articles. ONE EXAMPLE ot this type, entitled. "Treamry Report." hit hard at what the au'hor termed the Presidents great vv lute-was- h I men ex ot th" amount ot in the mtul Stiies Tnjsurv. The wrikr stated. "The report t Ik Secretary of the Treasury an interest ing document Notwithstanding the great flourishmade ing President Jefferson to one about congress year ago respecting our overflowing treasury. we now find there is a great outcry for money. FOUR MILLIONS. and in peace times, too. are immediately needed for the public service. "DID PRESIDENT Jefferson give a faithful picture of our treasury concerns a year ago when he pretended it would be neces-sarto 'alter the Constitution' in order to enable Congress to find ways and means to spend our monev lest it should become a 'public burden'" Or did be deal out tins kind of language to gull and deceive'1 What sav the people now that they are told it is of is . v v noe-essai- to borrow four millions of dolla-s'1:- In answer to the foraging question. the eariv American newspaper served in much the same The wav as our modern nniv onlv basic dufeonee is drat they were printed I'D y e:r" carder' ' editor's mterest-eXote i .roers m reading may m'o diem in the lournalism room. d 480 K . . Gymnastics, basketball teams set for meets Girls' Gymnastic Team rs now getting m condition ier thm season which comes m late waiter and spring according to Miss Farlene Durrani coach Immediate goal is a demonstration m the latter part of January lor the faeuiiv and parens The girls have obtained sweatshirts that desvgnae them members of the team The girls work The Inter-sehohsti- e . out at Jh.e new Stephen ards Physical Education . p-tUion was more experienced; m the case of Pleasant Grove, t hoy have a sttci. a: elas; for just tli.N apoes." Mis Durrant d of the 9th grade team were Kris Egbert. Li rame Grow. Lauralyn. Bankhead. Nancy Can-no- . ktm Hanson. Lesley Strong. Hall DeHart, and Sylvia Spears. L Rich- Budd- ing Members of the gymnastics team are Sendra Yeung, team captain: Lorraine lloltkamp. Kathy '.rdersen. Kris Egbert. Vickie Bohn. Ju'ie Gardner. Evelyn Harrison. Cheryl Grew ion. Christine Robinson six'b grader1, and Caro! Reimsehnssel The mterseholastic basketball team s also work.ng out m preparation tor their firs: game with Provo High on Jan 18 Miss Parram. PE teacher and adviser for the groin, stated that she expected a lot of go'-- competition dureg the season As was previouslv announced, the 9h Grade Volley ball Team took t rst placv m the region According to Miss Durrani, the team had a good dav and thev "eoudn't do anything wrong " " Tito semen team also d.d well by coming in dvrd n.ace in the Region The girls did a very fine job because much of their eom- - ad-d-- d To you and your family and friends! by Brent Ashworth "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to lime with die blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." These, the words of Thomas Jefferson, exemplify the wisdom of their writer. Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence, was born on April 13. 1743. in Shadwell, Va. At die age of 16. Jefferson entered the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Ya. WHILE AT SCHOOL, he became acquainted with George Wythe. After his graduation, he was admitted to the bar as a lawyer and went to work for Mr. Wythe for the next seven years. Jefferson had little taste for the law profession, however, and abandoned it in 1774 to devote his time to political action and philosophy He served in the Virginia State Legislature from 1769 until he was to the Continental appointed . Congress in 1775. In June of 1776. Jefferson was appointed to head the committee s writing the formal list of crown. British the against THE WORK of Jefferson on this committee culminated with the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Ttaf'clocument has become onejafthe most important in ttnCDvorld's history, as it shows the bravery of a little nation in standing up to the tyranny of a great world power. Jefferson's work in writing the dedai atiort brought him national tame equalled only by Washington's. IN 1779, JEFFERSON returned to Yiiginia to become its second governor (Patrick Henry was the tirst). In his second term. the state was overrun by British forces, and he himself barely escaped capture. In 1784. Jefferson accepted from Congress an appointment as special envoy to assist Benjamin Franklin and John Adams in the negotiation of commercial treaties with European states, and in 1785 he succeeded Bejamin Franklin as United States minister to France. HE WON GREAT acclaim as minister to France; and upon his return to the United States he grev-ience- 1780-81- ). was appointed Secretary of State by President Washington. Political fueds between Jefferson and the Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton evolved into' the forming of the nations first political parties, the Federalists (party of Hamilton) and the Republicans (party of Jefferson). IN 1801, Jefferson became the third President of the United States. It was during his administration that the laigest territory of the nation against the tyranny of the barbary pirates in 1801, and it was under his direction that they were finally defeated by the American navy and marines m 1305. After his two terms as President. Jefferson spent the rest of his life at his famous planation home. Monticello. He continued, however, to be a very influential representative of the American people and often met vvitli high government officials of other nations as well as the U.S. PERHAPS HIS greatest attribute was that he was a patriot. He died, with John Adams, on the Fourth of July. 1826. the fiftieth anniversarv of the Declaration of Independence. |