Bolton High School - Bruin Yearbook (Alexandria, LA)

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DEDICATION We, the Senior Class of 1934 of Bolton High School, have been taught the ideals of citizenship by precept hut recently we have attained a deeper insight into that virtue from example for we have seen in tin» flesh as noble a type of patriotic civic service as ever we have read of in hooks. ()ur schools were closed ami the school system of our parish was facing disruption. Only boundless tact, unselfish sacrifice, fearless perseverance, sound judgment could have found a solution for this impasse. These qualities were not lacking in our citizenry but were displayed at once in such high degree that with a minimum of delay our schools were reopened on a sound basis. For the Seniors, the completion of our full four year course was thus made possible; for low'er classes there was assurance for the future; for all there was perhaps an even greater boon than these in the contemplation of a community rising in loyal defense and support of its youth. Therefore in grateful appreciation of material result and in- spiring example we dedicate this Bruin to the concept of noble citizenship embodied in the men and women of our community.

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Far hack in the beginning of trade on Red River, the Indians bartered furs and skins with the Spaniards and French for gawdy trinkets and amusing pretties. Poling their rough canoes over the swift current to the waiting ships, they gloried in the wealth of multi-colored trifles and received them in return for the contents of their traps, almost worth their weight in gold. This practice was the origin of the future flourishing stream of boats which ran to and from thriving cities carrying cargoes of cotton and sugar. The very keynote of transportation on the Red is found in such transactions. Each one led to another and finally to the big deals which made Louisiana planters the wealthiest of the South. Just so, the keynote of this Bruin is the development which began in this valley with the introduction of Red River navigation. 3

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“If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And the earth's base huilt on stubble