Roosevelt High School - Bwana Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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138.75136 ROOSEVELT IN THE BAD LANDS HE tram came to a stop and a slender young man of average height Rf! is wxth a moustache and glasses descended the steps Then the tram limi went on havmg accomplnshed nts mlsslon whxch was to deposit a New York dude pol1t1c1an and would be hunter named Theodore Roosevelt xn the Bad Lands of Dakota He had just recovered from an attack of cholera morbus and though he had wrltten hrs mother from Chicago that he was already feelmg hke a fightmg cock the marks of hns lllness were stlll on his face Besldes he wore glasses whrch were consldered nn the Bad Lands as a slgn of defectrve moral character He was not however a sxght to awaken plty m the eyes of the mhabltants of Lrttle Mlssourl Roosevelt had wanted to shoot buffalo whlle there were stlll some left and at the suggestlon of a frnend came to Little M1ssour1 Thrs gateway to the Bad Lands was the headquarters for guldes and hunters who took portsmen mto the heart of the savage country The regxon was very noted for game The gurde Roosevelt found for hrs buffalo hunt was oe Ferns a short stocky young fellow of about Roosevelt s age wlth a droopmg mous tache He declded that the camp of Gregor Lang fifty mlles up the rlver was the best headquarters for the hunt So they nmmedlately set out and were greeted heartily by Lang at thelr arrival Lang was well educated and he and Roosevelt found many mterests rn common They talked txll mrdmght but next mormnfr Roosevelt was as resh as joe who had gone to bed after supper It ramed contlnuously for a week and every mormng Joe would suggest staymg m but Roosevelt would overrule htm and they hunted but wlth no success The weather cleared but st1ll thelr luck dxd not change More than once joe looked at Roosevelt wondermg when the pleasant four eyed tenderfoot would begm to worry about gettxng a cold and admxt at last that the game was too much for hxm But the tenderfoot had a dogged streak and would not qult Thelr persrstence was finally rewarded and Roosevelt kllled a buffalo accomplxsh 1ng hls mlsslon Roosevelt had become mterested m Western lxfe and decxded to buy a ranch He hired Sylvanus Ferrls Joes brother and B111 Merrifield two of hrs new acquaintances to take charge of the cattle He went back East at thus tnme to a campalgn for a thxrd term nn the New York Leg1slature Hrs famlly thought his cattle venture foolhardy but Roosevelt was un daunted He was re elected to this offxce but just at this ttme a great sor row came mto his lxfe Hls mother and wlfe dxed wlthm sxx hours of each other He was stunned wlth grlef and at a letter asking hlm to come to Dakota to mspect hrs cattle Roosevelt returned west Roosevelt was well llked on the ranch by all of hls men but he stood for no dlshonesty or laziness He could rlde as well as most of hls men ll! F 241 .' ' ' gxf L . - , . If ' .Wy . . . . . . . r 1,4 X y Q Q s ' 9 9 1 1 U . . . ,, . . . Y - 9 s ' as ' r as - - v 9 . . . . U . . . ,, 1 . . H . . . ,, . 9 n ' S . . . . J , , . . v 1 ' . G . . - 1 1 . , b I . . f 1 , . Y . . 1 9 ' , . - .l vy - 1 s 4 ' . . , . . ' 1 V Y , . , - ' ' s 1 s ' ' V U . . - 1 fl 1, I

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BVJZHH a boat to row ln perhaps It won t be so bad after all what w1th rowmg box mv and Chrxstmas and playmg 1n between lessons and the rums Roo evelt s love for huntmg showed early ln llfe In Egypt he and h father would Cro out and shoot game Much to hrs delight h1s father gaxe h1m a breech loader for Chrlstmas He was now so full of energy that he would even rather exhaust hrs energeuc father by gomg farther and farther seek ng more game Teed1e wrxtes to h1S Aunt Anna I have had great enjoyment 1n the shoo 1n here as I have procured between one and two hundred skxns I expect to procure some more m Syrxa As you are probably aware Fathe presented me on Chrlstmas Wlth a double barrelled breech loadlng shotgun whxch I never move on shore w1thout exceptmg on Sundays The largest b1rd I hare vet k1lled 15 a Crane whlch I shot as It rose from a lagoon near Thebes On the homeward trlp from Egypt the sa1lors were qulte enthused over l1ttle Teed1e and caught numerous spec1mens for h1m whlch he stuffed on deck to the amusement and mterest of a large aud1ence Although a phys1cally weak ch1ld Theodore Roosevelt showed the strength of character to work hard even though It caused h1m much pam to overcome h1s weakne s and he garned the strong body Wh1Ch he 1S known to have had 1n later l1fe It was character1st1c of Roosex elt to strlve for a th1ng and not stop unt1l he had reached hls goal EMILY BAUSCH V Q 'wr f' 5 1 -If Q I . . ' ' ' l .- . , , 5, . . r . . . . ,, U. . , - , . . . .A S . 1: b . , . . .' l . . AA ' 71 ' ' sk ' ' , 1 +. . , t g , . . , I' - y - D 1 , . . 7 . . Q . . 7! 7 ' an I ' vw ' ' ' ' a , . . A 1 , , . S , l . . . . 7 . ,wvfg X X v- , R ' x I . y 1 Q 1 - - W g' Q 5 - - , 5 xx- Q

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BWEHH and often helped m roundmg up cattle Sooner or later most men looked upon h1m as an equal ln Splte of hls toothbrush and habxt of shaving and stopped callmg h1m a tenderfoot Roosevelt who had been weak 1n body and subject to rllness had m three years developed a robust constltutlon He had come close to the heart of the plain American He loved the companions of hrs Joys and labors and they m turn regarded htm with an admlratlon and devotlon whlch was deeper because of the amazmg fact that he had come from the ranks of the dudes When Roosevelt was Presldent all hxs frrends from the Bad Lands had to come and see h1m Occasionally some had dlfflculty 1n gettmg past the guard It took Sylvanus Ferris two days to convlnce the door keeper that Roosevelt wanted to see h1m Roosevelt was lndlgnant and told Sylvanus to shoot through the wlndow the next trme he couldnt get 1n Roosevelt never forgot these frlends and always remembered hls llfe rn the Bad Lands Cl AIRE WEILER ROOSEVELTS ROUGH RIDERS HE Presldent deslres to raxse volunteers m your Terrltory to form ! 5 part of a regiment of mounted r1F1emen to be commanded by Leonard H951 Wood Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Lleutenant Colonel He desires that the men selected be young sound good shots and good riders and that you expedlte by all means nn your power the enrollment of these men R A ALGER Secretary of War The last sentence of thls telegram recelved by the governors of four Western Terrltorles glves a falr descrlptlon of the Rough Rlders as thas reglment was promptly nlcknamed It was just such a command as Roose velt had long dreamed of takmg Why was he not Colonel then? Secretary Alger a frxend of hls offered h1m the post but Roosevelt thought he had not suFE1c1ent mllxtary experlence for lt He knew of Leonard Wood an army surgeon who had seen actnve field experlence xn Indlan campaigns and 'elt that here was an xdeal man w1th whom he could serve Then why don t you take the colonelcy and I w1ll appoint Wood l1eu tenant colonel? asked Secretary Alger No replled Roosex elt bluntly I feel that I would be cllmblng to preferment upon another man s shoulders The response to the message was 1mmed1ate Men came pourmg 1nto San Antonio the recrultmg ground ln droves Wlth two or three tlmes as many appllcatxons as vacancles the regxment was recrulted rn record time wxth all anxlous to lxck them Spamards Xu: 1 , 1 - v 1 s s 9 sm n 1 . . , . 1 . 3 .J . . . . . r'- ,' Nfx' L . . VG ' Ctr' - . . f ' - ' 1 1 1 ' s v v 4. sv . . , . 9 . . . . . . U . ,, . 9 s v - v r v ' 1 1 A ss 1 . - - - 1 1 ' as as sy ' y as ' - 9 9 ' 9 11 1 1 - v ' ' so ' ' as 4 C