Moreno Valley High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Sunnymead, CA)

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1)1111 E ANDREW CARNEGIE wjs i guinl in the railroad aniJ steel mdusl ' ies He belteved that it was the duty ol a ncti man to distribute his wealth during his lifetime To that end. he established 2800 libraries and many cultural halls throughout America mm Sefwing an unprecedented four lefms as President ol the United States. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was a popular leader who made extensive use of fireside radio chats to explain his plans and generate enthusiasm to push them through Congress A lifetime passion for maLhmcfy led HENRY FORD to Detroit where, in 1896, he completed his lirst motor ve hide The Ford Motor Company manufactured the lirst ■■Model T in 190« way ol iiie was estabiishefl wnen J. EDGAR HOOVER and his Federal Bureau of Investigation ' G men set out to clean up the country His cateer spanned over 40 years. The motion picture industry wa ' , rr oiut ' oni;ed m Ameri ca and DAVIO VfARK GRIFFITH became known as the ■Father of the film art ' and ' ■king of directors ' to his part in this revolution His cameia techniques were the pioneering steps ol the industry ROBERT FROST ' S poetry was clear, understated, well metered and told the stones of rural America He was a lour time winner ol the Pulitzer Prize and has been called Americas poet laureate A plain, homely woman with tremendous appeal to the masses, who was always in the thick of things de- scribes ELEANOR ROOSEVELT and her lifetime ol poli- ticking beside her husband during his four terms THURGOOD MARSHALL i; the ,r;t Neir; ' : :..e-. i% a justice ol the Supreme Court. His law career was aimed primarily at civtl rights cases. The cnppler poliomyelitis was conquered by Oft. JONAS SALK m 1953 after more than 25 years of research Polio was reduced by 96 0 m less than ten years. SALKs re- search continues in California at the Salk Institute MARTIN LUTHER KING was a leader in the cause of civil rights He had been a pastor before turning to the cause ot segregation His leadership earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 He was assassinated by James Earl Ray m 1968 Lieutenant Colonel JOHN GLENN started America s trav els to outer space when he became the first American to orbil the earth He had been an aviator m World War II and a test pilot m peacetime GERALD R. FORD, the tirsl President to achieve the of- fice without an election In 1974. through a series ol scandalous events, the Niion administration toppled and FORD reached the position through approval by Congress

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THEY MADE THEIR MARK Men and women who helped shape America ' s history THOMAS PAINE, a banktupl Quaker corsetmaket. some- Iitne leacher. preacher and grocer wrote the most bril- liant pamphlel of the American Revolution. His words in Common Sense rettiected longings and aspirations that have remained part o( American culture to Ihis day Chief Justice JOHN MARSHALL established lundamental principles of American constitutional taw He is noted (or his precedental declaration of a Congressional act as unconstitutional He served through five administra- tions, from 1801 183S DANIEL WEBSTER ctiose law as a career and went on to become well-known in the courts and m politics. He was twice Secretary of State witli an ey e always to the Presi- dency which eluded him. DOROTHEA DIX worked her entire adult life tor reloim ot the eiistmg penal and mental institutions m the mid- 1800 ' s The first state hospital m the nation at Trenton, New Jersey was a direct result of her efforts The creator of the Cherokee alphabet, SEQUOYAH, wa an artist, writer and silversmith He used a simple 1821 English primer to compose the characters The famous redwood trees ot the Pacific coast bear his name Born a slave in lUlaryland. FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught himself to read and write secretly and. at 21, escaped to freedom He was an ardent abolitionist campaigning successfully lor Negro suffrage and civil rights The New Colossus, a sonnet composed by EMMA LAZ- ARUS in 1883 IS inscriljed on a bronze tablet at the base of the Statue of Liberty She organized relief for Jews and helped fugitives from the Czar s ghettos lo establish homes in America. AMELIA JENKS BLOOMER, best known lor a mode ot dress she adopted dunng her campaign for equal rights tor women Tnough ridiculed until she gave up the cos- tume, the term ' bloomer ' came to symbolize woman ' s bid for individual lieedom ABRAHAM LINCOLN epitomized the American dream of a humble young man ascending lo the highest office of the land He was superbly skilled at analyzing complei is sues and translating them into meaningful words for Ihe public. He was devoted to the preservation of the Union HARRIET BEECHfR SIOWE wrote Uncle Toms Cabin m an effort to make Ihe whole nation realize Ihe inhumani- ty of slavery Her book resulted in one ot the most popu- lar and controversial plays on Ihe American stage The Civil War was kindled by this work HORACE GREELEY ' S jdmonilion to Go West young man ' was a rallying cry of the pioneers of America He was founder and editor ot the New York Tribune He was t)esl known for his philosophy of social reform and his unsuccessful bid for the Presidency m IB ? JOSEPH PUIIULR ».!■. thf tirsi |OU .iUst to rejth 3 liu ly massive audience His New York World newspjper was the symbol ol yellow lournalism with its sensational ism aimed at the common man

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NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF FARMERS! fhPCrealfsl livciUti •f the Age! Tlu- Ifcirbcfl Wire Fern . r»fcii«odJ)j- J. F. filiddeo.