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

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BWENH ROOSEVELT S CHILDHOOD n N Theodore Roosevelt youth never d1ed Teedle as he was called lj was an rnterestxng and lmagrnatlve chlld Although he had ast ma 1 and suffered a great deal he was always full of energy and constantly entertalnmg hrs younger brother and s1ster by telhng them the most fascl natlng storles 'naklng them up as he went along They would be contxnued for weeks sometlmes months A thmk whxch meant a great deal to the life of Teedle and h1s brother and slsters was the most ardent devotron of the most lovlng father and moth er also that of thelr Aunt Anna Bullock who took much of the care of the chlldren as her responsmbxllty smce the mother was never very strong The mother was a southern glrl of the most dellghtful personality The father was from northern people energetlc charltable always cheerful and ready for fun after the day s work He was a wonderful companion to hrs chlldren Unfortunately he was called away to the C1V1l War but would not enl1st as a soldier because of the dlfference 1n the v1ews between hum and hrs wrfe This dliference m op1n1on made no dlfference 1n the devotlon of the young couple but made lt rather hard for them Several summers were spent by the Roosevelt family at Madlson New Jersey where the chxldren had wonderfully free out of door life Theodore Roosevelt ln later llfe carried out the prmclple w1th hrs chlldren that a free llfe for some period 1n the year dld a great deal to stlmulate the lmaglnatlon of the chlld At the age of mne and a half years whxle on a vlslt to Savannah Tee die wrote to hls famlly letters the vocabulary of whrch would scarcely be used by an average twelve year old chlld The other chlldren also wrote astomshmgly good letters whrch IS a proof of the tramlng they recelved from thelr cultured parents In a letter to h1s father Teedle wrrtes about the loss of one of hrs pet mlce One of my mxce got crushed It was the mouse I llked best though It was a common mouse Its name was Brownle It was characterxstxc of Roosevelt to show great frlendshrp for the common place thrngs He always enjoyed most hrs assoclatlon with the plam people to whom he gave hrs most loyal devotlon In May 1869 the famlly saxled for Europe much to the regret of the children who loved the summer months spent on the Hudson They were dreadfully homeslck rn Europe and longed to get back Teedre corre sponded with a little nelghbor frlend of his srsters Her name was Edlth Kermlt Carow Her letters always made hrm feel stlll more homeslck Llttle dld they then reahze that some day thls same Teedle would become Presx dent of the Unlted States and Ednth the mxstress of the Whlte House On Teedne s blrthday the famxly decided that they must do everythmg they could to dxstract hls attennon from has longxng for home The parents I nr s ' at - uv 1 U ' V ' !- . . A I... . ,Qt I . h .4. . p - 1-wurq .- v b , . ., . , . . . . H . ,, . n 1 H U 7 1 , . . . 9 , . ' ! , . ' ' . . . . . it s 9 . ,, . . , . s I ' ' sa - u ' ' 1 . . U . . . . ,, , . . J - V Y Q , . ' ' Cl ' ,Y . . . . . . , . . . . U . ,, . Ib ' Y 1? ' ' ' ' .U