Show t n ORA ORATiON nON ON R ROOSEVELT TAKES fiRST i Miss Helen Johnson daughter o ot of Principal and Mrs Mrs E. E E. E Johnson was ri as adjudged the winner in tho oratorical contest held In tho the high school last Friday and sponsored by the Alumni Association Miss Johnsons Johnson's oration was The All American Theodore Roosevelt Eight Fight other students competed They were c Clarise Chatwin Democracy Our Greatest Possession Marguerite Hoggan n The Origin ot of the Constitution Wanda McFarlane Our Fathers Father's s Prayer Jack Shand The Great Transi Trans 1 tion Anderson Anna Our Heritage Shirley Bogh Eogh A Man of ot Whom America Can be Proud Lester Hall Ours The Best Dest Form corm of Qt Government Miss Johnsons Johnson's oration follows I I There Is a line of Brownings that should stand as an epitaph for Theordore Roosevelt I m was wase as e ever er a a. fighter That was the essence of the man the keynote of his career He Ho met ever everything In life Fife with a challenge If it was righteous he ho fought for It If It was wase e evil H he hurled the full weight of his ils personality against it it Hen He never lever n er sidestepped never fought foul He carried tho the fight right to the enemy His first fight was for h health alth and ind bodily vigor When young youn he hers was rs a. a physical weakling but out It was only the ph physical powers that were ere wanting never the intellectual never neer the spiritual The Tho family doctor very ery early pr prescribed a course course ourse which he must follow i ieTer if ere eTer he was o o 0 have a it t stron kroner trong g ib ody and good health Young Roosevelt religiously followed the advice advice e He set himself to t dally daily exercises indoor and out out At ev every ry pp possible opportunity he look took trips Into the fields hills and mountains ire He spent many of his summers and some som some winter months In n the woods w of of Maine Later he years years cars at ranch life lite In the west west These outIngs outings outings out- out Ings he thoroughly enjoyed but the main main aln motive was the obstinate desire desire de de- sire sire Ire of ot himself making physically fit t. t This battle he hewon Yon won by the force of ot sheer determination I I Jk Roosevelt doubtless the most versatile versatile man roan who has ever In- In Tt public life lite In America at lery stop tep In his car career r made friends Not not but with the directness the and that were from tho the Roosevelt Roose ti character The millions who beloved beti be- be loved in him called him Teddy I Re He always tried to avoid trouble 1 i bit when he could not avoid it honorable he took care to make mako It iti i trouble for the other fellow tellow r g e did not wait until the choice as upon him he looked ahead a ld made up him mind just which Bourse urse ourse he would take l if it a certain problem arose arose He was an apostle f both individually I ind d nationally t One secret of his success was wasa wasat a at he did things s himself Herte He rte t things s by his own knowledge kno Continued on page 2 r I ORATION ON ROOSEVELT ROOSEVEL T t TAKES ro FIRST Continued tJ from page I 1 anti and thorn there was only ono one thing that he lie valued more than achievement that was Right This was the fight tight that he was wa waging In every hour of his career career He was concerned concerned concerned con con- only to have the testimony in his own mind and conscience that ho he was right He lie Ie said when a question arose that demanded action action ac nc- ac- ac tion I would act then I would tell my lawyers to justify m my actions by hy proving that It iwas legally corre correct cor cor- re t. t How different to many Q pf Of our present day public officials who make malee excuses that the law prevents thorn them from doing what would be the right thing to do I am glad that now we wo have hae a a aI I her Roosevelt President who sarras says sarr as Teddy would have haye said If 1 need more POwer to meet emergency Ill I'll ask congress tc give I e It to me me The attitude Is Ill find rind a n way or make one While wo we know Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt best as a fighter he lie was a fair fighter His campaign song Bong was Onward Christian Soldiers Unlike some of our other fighting and very aggressive presidents h radiated charm and refinement and love were always alway present in his manner manner Even in th the White House he found time to carry carryon on a persistent correspondence correspondence correspondence dence with his many friends and when he traveled his children received re re- almost daily dally letters from him There must have been it fI i tenderness in the heart of a presIdent president president dent who would find time to read Uncle Remus stories to his five year old boy That's what Theodare Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore dare Roosevelt often did must have been a charm in the ro re of a busy man who could e e interested in the colors of th the autumn leaves the poetry of na na- na- na I ture i One of his favorite quotation quotation- is the line Une from Wordsworth My heart henrt leaps when I 1 behold A rainbow in the sky An evil chance dropped McKinley before an assassins assassin's bullet but there was luck In the th fact that Theodore Roosevelt stop pod ped into his place The young youn reformer re rt- former was well prepared Hr H had male te himself lf physical determinate his was unconformable he had stud stude government he had visited places and returned possessing a knowledge o Of other countries an anto anon and to this he added his true spirit of democracy Roosevelt was was was-a a born leader wit an instinct to command He did tild not scorn corn or flout the popular will He had too confirmed a conviction of the rl right ht of the people for that He esteemed it his particular function function tion as a man In interested instructed b by a grew grea grea with the headship of com com- non affairs to lead the popular mind to inspire and t to educate it His administration had a profound profound profound pro pro- found effect on the tho nation nation He found the prestige of the govern- govern mn like that of a new boy In He left It firmly establish 1 n the first rank admired anc eared feared its favor sought after Its citizenship respected in the remotest est corners of the globe Theodore Roosevelt revitalized the American nation His administration sparkles with the lite achievement of bl big things He made possible the construction o of the panama canal and who today Oday could fall fail to see the great reat benefits of that great reat tie between oceans oceans and even the states of our great republic His far sightedness was responsible for the policy of conservation conservation conservation con con- which means so m much ch to lour our rich nation nation He was the first to effectively curtail the he activities of the great trust and stupendous money Interests In the conflict between capital and labor ho was very definitely on the tho side of labor But his greatest contribution to the foreward movement of his U time e ewas was ft as in arousing the public conscience conscience conscience con con- science the strengthening of the nations moral purl purpose ose and and aud the erecting of or a new new sta standard Clard of public service in t the e ma management management and progress of national attain affairs When Spanish oppre oppression no longer be endured by the suffering suffering suffer suffer- suffering ing Cubans Cubans Roosevelt was Vas deeply stirred as were wore thousands of others by the tho injustices and downright tyranny of ot the Spanish rule rule When in 1898 the sinking of our good goodship goodship ship Maine proved we could no nolon lon longer er keep out o of the war Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt was among the first to volUnteer volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer his his' services to fight tight for or freedom of r the oppressed cubans His r regiment ilm t which will wiH always r be known as acs the Rough Riders was raised armed and drilled by himself He began a Jl L. L the battle of San Juan hill as colonel and ended the war with the title of ot Brigadier General However the title of Colonel Conol affectionately af at- stuck to him all his bis Hf life e At the tho outbreak of tho the World War ho e expressed sympathy with the Allies and denounced the tho neutrality neutrality neu neu- policy of President Wilson He believed it was iwas not a 11 lofty lotty thing but an evil thing to practice a timid and selfish neutrality between between be be- lwe tween n right and wrong that It was wrong for an Individual and still more wrong rong for a nation He believed we fight for our own rl rights we fight tight for tor the rights of mankind This b great eat struggle le Is for the fundamentals of oC our civilization and democracy The cause Is the cause of or humanity and the cause ause of right demands that America Am Am- erica orIca enter the World War War Val Time proved that America could not stay out put of the war war Who knows how hOI ouch the horrible conflict could have been shortened had the leading heading of Roosevelt been heeded Hi His Hid last years ears were not years of retirement They were years full ull of lIfo life and action He traveled extensively In Africa and South America continually adding to the scientific knowledge of the world The end came peacefully after sixty years of real life Full of tl fighting for Cor right His last thought was for his sons to whom he had given the precious denied to him of taking art in their countries greatest ht for tor His sister tolls tells how In those shadowy hours he called her to him and in the waviest of whispers said Im lad Its I that lie here and that my boys in the fight tight there are ate over Presidents die Nations die Nations live live This president lived as a a. true patriot possessing every characteristic character character- of the All American He vas brave learned cultured pro pro- He was an athel te a a ranchman an author n orator a solider a a. politician a ant nt farmer a n naturalist a a hunter a statesman a benefactor of man main kind He was ever a fighter tighter so one fight more the best and last which was worthy of all the rest rest With voice and pen he roused the minds and the hearts of his country men 1 their hl high h mission In defense of human luman rl rights It was not given Iven to him to fall on the field flold of battle ut tIt he went down with his face to the forces of evil ovIl with which he had never sought a truce Not gold but only man can make a nation great reat and strong Men who for truth and honors honor's sake Stand fast and suffer lon long gave men who work while others sleep Who Vho dare while others fly fly fly- They Thoy build a nations nation's greatest strength th And lift it to the sky a man man All All American Ideal of strength as is men should b ble bu le passed through the lines alone AS a type t-pe for the sons of liberty Here Hero where his fathers lathers dwelt Honor and strength th to to Roosevelt Roosevelt |