Antioch Community High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Antioch, IL)

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lst row. Mr. Kutil, P.lount, Hr. Stlllson, D. Sohold, Miss Curran, D.W1ll1amaon, Mrs. Dardenne, D. Illliams, P. Hazen. 2nd row. E. Murphy, G. Sitler, R. M. Sheen, A. Christensen. Carney, R.R. Smith, C. Craft, B. Dalgaard, 3rd row. V. Tidmareh, H. Strang, P. Brett, G. Pierce, J. Iarriner, J Bellock SEQUOIA STA!! Editor-1n-ch1ef- ------- ---- ----- ---------- ---- -Dorothy Schold Associate Editors ----- Virginia Tidmarsh and Agnes Christensen Business Manager ----------------- -------------- Den lilliamson Circulation Managers --------- Chester Craft and Bruce Dalgaard Freshman Salesman ------ Sophomore Salesman ---- ------Gayle Pierce and Parker Hazen ----Phyllis Mount and Robert Carney Clubs ------------- ----- ------------------- - ---- Edith lurphy Alumni ------- ---------------- - ------------- --Gvendolyn Sitler Calendar ------------ ---- ------------------------ Helen Strung Athletics ----------- Husic ---- Drama and Snaps --------------- --------------------Robert R. Smith ------------------------Priscilla Brett Jeanette Bellook and Dean Williams Art ------------------------------- -------------- Jane Warriner Secretary ---- ------ Adviser ---- --------------------------Marjorie Sheen -------------------------lisa Curran 18

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SIQUOYAH Sequoyah is entitled to rank as the ablest intelligence produced among the American Indians. He ls a native AMOF' lean of the first rank, a man distinguished by the chief of all virtues--an earnest desireto serve his fellow men. Working without knowledge ot the English language,Sequoy- ah was an old man,when, at the end of twenty years of la- bor, he gave to his tribesman an alphabet. In two years the Cherokees were raised from virtual illiteracy to a de- gree of education, and Sequoyah's achievement has been heralded as one of the greatest forward steps in the his- tory of the American Indian. Hailed as a 'crazy Ind1an,' Sequoyah persevered,and finally reached his goal by form- ing s character representing each of the eighty-five syl- lables of his language. It is a strange thing that no alphabet in all the world reaches the dignity, the simplicity, and the value of the Cherokee alphabet as invented by Sequoyah. The European alphabet goes too far in providing analysis of sound, and permits such large variations in spelling that it is a task of years to learn how to spell correctly in any of the European languages. liththe Sequoyah alphabet a Cher- okee could learn to spell in one day. Thus the labor ot years was saved to the student. So great an intellectual accompllshmentwas this that Canon Kingsley namedthe great red cedars of California, which towered as high as 400 feet into the slr and which were 25 feet through at the base, 'Ssquolas,' because they were typical of the great- est native North Amerlcan Indian. without great opportunities, Sequcyah made wonderful use of the small opportunities he had. In character, in no- bility, in spiritual and mental worth he well deserves a place in the glorious company of Statuary Hallin lashing- ton. Through this history of iequoyah, toiwhom we are indebted for the terms Se uo t and Seguo a, we hope to bring to mfns the virtues possessed by this great leader, virtues to- ward which we may strive as Sequoits of Antioch High. 1?

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