Cedar Park Middle School - Cedar Park Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Without realizing it, England instilled in the colonists the individual purpose and ingenuity that necessity breeds. With trade goods cut to a minimum, determined young leaders of the time set out to find ways of surviv- ing without support from the Mother Country. Agricultural methods and machines and labor saving devices were designed by our forefathers. As frontiers opened, Yankee genius had to conquer natural barriers in the wild new country, so suspension bridges were invented and methods of transportation were perfected for the purpose of opening the untamed areas. Later, they sought to section off the land with the revolution- ary and controversial invention - barbed wire. Cooper's 1-horsepower Tom Thumb train in 1830 and later, automobiles like the first Model T, and the 4-horsepower airplane, became American modes of travel from city to city and coast to coast. Americans knew that the fertile lands of this nation would produce unequalled harvests if machines were designed to take over for man. They knew also that trade routes were difficult to travel and manufacturing would have to be done close to home. The cotton gin, textile looms, drill presses and a reaper which could cut six times as much grain as a hand scythe were some of the tools invented. Protection for themselves and for their young country prodded inventors like Eli Whitney to perfect firearms and others to work on plans for the first submarine. Young inventors like Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison tcalled the nation's most valuable citi- zenl visualized machines that would light the country and open up communication with those in the far cor- ners of the nation. The telephone, telegraph, phono- graph and the first light bulb were discovered in the late 1800's and early twentieth century. This American way of doing for oneself inspired many to become inventors in their own right. Some sought to save labor and mass- produce for profit while others envisioned not only riches, but excitement and adventure as they discovered ways to defy nature. Throughout the past 200 years the American mind has been unleashed to take whatever paths necessary to ful- fill the needs. In the last half-century, the pace of dis- covery has been overwhelming and inventions for the taming of the universe lie in the grasp of America while the habit of finding a way is ingrained in its people. The seeds of industrial America were sown by these inventors resulting in today's mechanized society.

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THEY MADE THEIR MARK Men and women who helped shape America's history THOMAS PAINE. a bankrupt Quaker corsetmaker. some time teacher, preacher and grocer wrote the most bnl- lrant pamphlet ol the American Revolution, Hrs words rn Common Sense relflectedllohgrrrgs' and asprratrohslthat have remained part ol American culture to this day DANIEL WEBSTER chose law as a career and went on to become well-known rn the courts and rn politics. He was twice Secretary of Slate wrth an eye always to the Presr- dency which eluded him. f x l x 1 Chrel lustrce l0HN MARSHALL established lundamental principles ol American constitutional law, Hers noted lor his precedental declaration ol a Congressional act as unconstitutional He served through lrve administra- tions. lrom 18011835 ABRAHAM LINCOLN epitomized the American dream ol a humble young rnan ascending to the highest office ol the land. He was superbly skilled al analyzing complex rs- sues and translating them into meaningful words forthe public He was devoted to the preservation of the Union. Born a slave ln Maryland, FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught himself to read and write secretly and.at 21. escaped to freedom. He was an ardent abolrtronrst campaigning successfully for Negro sullrage and crvrl rights HARRIET BEECHER STOWE wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin rn an eflort to make the whule nalron realrle the inhuman:- ty of slavery Her book resulted rn one ofthe most popu- lar and controversial plays on the American stage The Crvrl War was kindled by' this work. r l DOROTHEA DlXAworked her entire adult Ille lor relorm ol the existing penal and mental lnstrtutruns In the mid- 1800's. The first state hosprtal rn the nation at Trenton. New lersey was a drrect result ol her ellorts. the New Colossus, a sonnet composed by EMMA LAZ- ARUS rn 1883 rs inscribed on a bronze tablet at the base ot the Statue of Liberty, She organized relief lor lews and helped lugrtlves lrom the Czar's ghettos to establish homes rn America, l l The creator ol the Cherokee alphabet, SEQUUVAH, was an artist. writer and srlversmrth, He used asin-lple18Z1 English primer to compose the characters. The famous redwood trees ol the Pacific coast hear his name. AMELIA IENKS BLDOMER, best known lor a mode of dress she adopted during her campaign lor equal rights lor women. Though ridiculed until she gave up the cos- lurne, the term bloomer came to symbolize woman's bid lor rndivrdual freedom, HORACE GREELET5 admonrtion to Go West young man was a rallying cry ol the pioneers ol America. He was lpunder and editor of the New York Tribune. He was best known lor his philosophy ul social reform and hrs unsuccesslul brd for the Presidency rrr 1872. TOSEPH PULITZER was the first yournalrst to reach a lru- ly massive audience. His New York World newspaper was the symbol ol yellow journalism with its sensational- rsm armed al the common man.