Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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E. C. WATSON, A.B., Physics. E. L. KING, A.B., B.S., Mathematics and Civics. ESTELLA McCarthy, A.B., Language and Biology. AGNES HUTCHINSON, A.B., Latin and German. ROSE BIXLER, A.B., English and Pedagogy. BERTHA BAILS, A.B., Science and Mathematics. SARA E. HUDSON, Supervisor of Drawing. FRIEDA GOSSRAU, Supervisor of Music. 9

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R. A. HAIGHT, A.M., PhD., Supt. of Schools, Alton, 111. B. C. RICHARDSON, A.M., Principal of the High School. English and Latin. CARRIE G. RICH, (111. State Normal) History. BERTHA W. FERGUSON, A.B., Latin and German. HELEN A. NAYLOR, A.B., Latin and Commercial. CAROLYN M. WEMPEN, B.S., Mathematics. JOSEPHINE GILMORE, Ph.B., English. J. H. KRAFT, A.B., Science.

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An Estimate of Lincoln’s Character. BRAHAM LINCOLN has doubtless been the subject of more literary composition than any other man of modern times, although there is nothing eccentric or abnormal about him ; there were no mysteries in his career to excite curiosity, no doubt as to his purposes and no difference of opinion as to his patriotism or the success of his administration of the government in the most trying period of its existence. Perhaps there is no other man of prominence in American history, or in the history of the human race, whose reputation is more firmly and clearly established, and there is certainly none more beloved and revered, whose character is so well understood, or whose political, moral and intellectual integrity is so fully admitted by his opponents as well as his supporters. Ilis rise from obscurity to fame and power was almost as sudden and startling as that of Napoleon, for it may be truthfully said that when Lincoln was nominated for the presidency he was an unknown man ; he had occupied no important position ; he had rendered no great public service; his reputation was that of a debater and politician, and did not become national until he delivered a remarkable speech at Cooper Union, New York. When the American people were approaching the greatest crisis in their history, it was the hand of Providence that turned the loyal people of the North to this plain man of the prairies, and his rugged figure rose before them as though he had been created for their leader. The higher Lincoln rose the more modest became his manners, the more serene his temper, the more conspicuous his unselfishness, and the more patriotic his motives. With masterful tact and force he assumed responsibilities that made men shudder. He, an humble country lawyer and local politician, suddenly took his place with the world's greatest statesmen, planned and managed the legislation of Congress, proposed financial measures that involved the wealth of the nation, and in the midst of the confusion of war and the clamor of greedy politicians, solved problems that staggered the wisest minds of the nation. The popular story-teller of the cross-roads, the crack debater of the New Salem Literary Club, became an orator of immortal 10