Belle Plaine High School - Tigerian Yearbook (Belle Plaine, MN)

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ANDREW DARNEGIE was a grant rn the rallroad and steel rnduslrres. He lzelreved that rt was the duty ol a rrch man to tlrstnoute hrs wealth dorrng hrs Irletrme In that end. he estnlrlrshed 2800 lrbrarres and many cultural halls throughout Amerrca A trletrme passron tor machmery led HENRY FORD to Detrort where, rn 1895. he completed hrs lust motor ve- hrcle Tlte Ford Motor Company manufactured the lrrst Model T rn 1909 Servrng an unprecedented tour terms as Presrdent ol the Unrted States. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was o popular leader who made ertenstve use ol lnesrde rrrdlo chats to explam hrs plans and generate errlrlusrasm to push them through Congress the crrppler potrpmyelrlrs was conquered by DR. lONAS SALlt rn 1953 alter mare than 25 years ot research Palm was reduced by 961 rn less than len years. SALlt's re- searclr contrnues rn Calrlornra at the Salk lnstrtule ROBERT FROS1's poetry was clear. understated, welt- metered and told the stones ol rural Amerrca He was a tour-lxme wrnner ol the Putrtzer Pnze and has been called Amerrl:a's noel laureate MARTIN LUIHER KING was a leader rn the cause ol cunt rrghts He had been a pastor hetoreturmng to the cause ol segregatron Hrs leadershrp earned hrm the Nobel Peace Prrze rn 1964 He was assassmated by James Earl Ray rn 1968 l t One ol the most elementary symbols ol the Amerrcan way ol lrle was establrshed when 1. EDGAR HDDVER and hrs Federal Bureau ol lnvestrgation G-men set out to clean up the country Hrs career spanned over 40 years. A plarn. homely woman wrth tremendous appeal ta the masses. who was always rn the thrclr ol thrngs de- scrrhes ELERNON ROOSEVELT and her Irletlme ol polr- trcklng hesrde her husband durrng hrs lour terms. r l J Lreutenanl Colonel IONN GLENN started Amertca's travs els to outer space when he became the lrrst Amerrcan to orbrt the earth He had been an avrator rn World War II and a test prlot ID peacetrme. The motron-prcture lndustry was revolutronrzed rn Amer:- ca and DAVID WARK ERIFFIIH became known as the Father ol the lrlm arl and kung ol dneclors tor hrs part rn thus revolutran. Hrs camera tcchmuues were the ploneermg steps ol the lndustry TNURGOOD MARSHALL rs the trrst Negro to serve as a gustlce ol the Supreme Court Hrs law career was armed prrmarrly at clvrl rrghts cases GERALD R. FORD. the lrrst Presrdent to achieve the Dt' tree wrthout an electron. In 1974. through a serres ol scandalous events. the Nrxon admrnrstratron toppled and FORD reached the posrtron through approval by Congress.

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THEY MADE THEIR MARK Men and women who helped shape America's history THOMAS PAlNE, a bankrupt Quaker corsetmaker, some- time teacher, preacher and grocer wrote the most bril- ltant pamphlet of the American Revolution, Hts words rn Common Sense retllectedllorigrrrgs' and asprratronsllhat have remained part ol American culture to this day. DANIEL WEBSTER chose law as a career and went on to become well-known rn the courts and rn politics He was twice Secretary of Slate with an eye always to the Presi- dency which eluded him. Q 1 tlhrel lusttce IUHN MARSHALL established lundamenlat principles ol American constitutional law. Hers noted lor hrs precuderrlal declaration ol a Congressional act as urrconstrtutronat He served through live admrnrstra' tions. lrom l80l-1835 4 I r T al ll 1 I L l l ABRAHAM LINCOLN eprtomrzed the Amerrcan dream ofa humble young man ascendrng to the highest ollrce ol the land. He was superbly skilled at analyzrrrg complex rs- sues and translating them rnto meanrngful words lor the pu htrc, He was devoted to the preservation ot the Union, Born a slave in Maryland, FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught hrmself to read and wrrte secretly and.at Zl. escaped to treedom. He was an ardent abolttrorust campaigning successfully lor Negro suffrage and crvrl rights, HARRIET BEECHER STUWE wrote Uncle Torn's Cabin in an elfort to make the whole nation realize the inhumane- ty ol slavery. Her oooh resulted in one ol the most popu- lar and controversial plays on the American stage The Crvrl War was kindled t1y'thrs work l DIIROTHEA OIR worked her entire adult lrle lor relorm ot the existing penal and mental mstttutrons rn the mrd' t800's. The lrrst state hosortal rn the nation at Trenton. Newlersey was a direct result ot her eltorts. The New Colossus, a sorrrret composed by EMMA Ull- ARUS fn 1883 rs inscribed on a hronre tablet at the hase ol the Statue ot Liberty, She organrzod relrel lor lews arid helped lugrtrves lrom the Czar's ghetlos to estahhsh homes in Amerrca l I The creator dt the Cherokee alphabet. SEQUOYAH, was an artist, writer and orlversmrth He used a simple l82l English Urrrner to compose the characters. The famous redwood trees ol the Pacrllc coast bear hrs name AMELIA IENIIS BLOOMER. best known lor a mode ol dress she adopted during her campatgn for equal rights lor women. Though ridiculed until she gave up the cos- tume, the term UIIIDOTTIEYM came to symbolize worrran's bud lor rndrvrdual lreedom. HORACE GREEIEYS admonition to Go West young man was a rallyrng cry ot the pioneers ol America. He was tounder and editor ol the New York Trrbune, Ile was best known lor his olulosoohy ol socral relorm and hrs unsuccesslul bid lor the Presidency m 1872 JOSEPH PULITZER was the lust rournallst lo reach a tru- ly massive audrence, Hrs New York World newspaper was the symbol ol yellow journalism with tts sensational- ism armed at the common man.

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