Visual Education (Jan 1923-Dec 1924)

December, 19 2 3 309 story where the fairy prince and princess fall in love with one another and marry and live happily ever after in a beautiful castle, Alden tries to imagine that Priscilla is the beautiful princess, that he is the fairy prince and that the beautiful dream castle is somewhere in the new land to which they are going. He thinks often of Priscilla but he keeps his love for her a secret, fearing to confide in his now close friend, the captain. As if to make up for the life which was taken away, a baby was born and rejoicing in this gift from God the proud Pilgrim father and mother called it, Oceanus Hopkins. At last, to the delight of all the Pilgrims, land is sighted. However, when the men discover that the captain has lead them to the bleak New England shore instead of the Virginia coast, where they are supposed to settle, they become very angry and all commence to quarrel as to what they shall do. Alden rushes into the group and tells them that if they are to land in a wilderness, among savages, they must all stand together. So, before going ashore the men all gather in the cabin and agree to make and obey such laws as might in the future seem best for the colony. They elect John Carver, governor and Captain Miles Standish, military leader. Up to this moment John Alden had expected to return to England, but urged by his friend, Standish and the thoughts of Priscilla, he casts his lot with the other men and becomes, John Alden, the Pilgrim. Once again on land, they fall upon their knees and bless the God who has brought them safely over the vast and stormy ocean. Then Captain Miles Standish gives orders to the men and John Alden and the others to unsling their axes and they are soon busy hewing down trees to build a common house and the other cabins which are to form the new village or New Plymouth town. Here these brave pioneers established a colony where religious liberty is respected and thus they laid the foundations of a mighty nation. THE LANDING, AND THE CLEARING IN THE WILDERNESS TYPE OF SAILOR ON THE MAYFLOWER As soon as the Pilgrims see land they all crowd up to the ship's railing and show how anxious they are to leave the boat, for they have spent nine weary weeks on the ocean. Governor Carver sends Captain Miles Standish and a picked body of strong men on shore first to find the best place for a settlement and to discover the location of the nearest Indian camps, if there are any. There is great excitement as John Alden and the other men, led by the adventurous captain, pile into the little shallop and begin their exploring expedition up the coast. As they sail along they notice how the beautiful thick woods come right down to the water's edge. By nightfall these adventurers find themselves so far from the Mayflower that they are forced to spend the night in this deep forest, not knowing what kind of wild animals or Indians may come upon them. The next morning when they explore the shore they find several mounds or heaps of sand upon which are Indian's bows and arrows. They find these to be In STANTON HECK AS CAPTAIN THOMAS JONES dian graves and not wishing to ransack these they put the bows and arrows back and smooth down the mounds again. This incident shows us how the Pilgrims meant to treat the native Indians fairly from the very beginning. On the way back to the Mayflower, a storm comes up and the little shallop is beaten around in the water so furiously that the men have to put up a great fight to save their lives. Finally they return to the Mayflower and immediate preparations are made for the landing in Plymouth Harbor. Here, on December twenty-first, now known as "forefathers' Day, they stepped from the boat to a huge rock now known as Plymouth Rock. Not Deep — to a Duck An English rider, coming to a river he was unfamiliar with, asked a youngster playing on the bank if it was deep. "No," replied the boy, and the rider started to cross. He soon found that he and his horse had to swim for their lives. When finally he reached the other side he turned and shouted: "I thought you said it wasn't deep." "It aren't," was the reply. "It only takes grandfather's ducks up to their middles." — The Traveler Beacon.