De Soto High School - Desotonian Yearbook (De Soto, MO)

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r-1 6 A-wa Directory SUE WEBER -- BSE School of the Ozarks MSE University of Missouri fCo1umbiaQ. MIKE WEBER -- AAS Texarkana Co llege BSE Southern State. CLAYTON WHITENER -- BSE Southeast Missouri State. JIM WILSON -- BA Missouri Baptist College MAT Webster College. JUANITA WYMAN -- BS, MAT Southeast Missouri State CHUCK FIGLE -- Student Teacher, RUSS BOYD, Advisor. Southeast Missou ri State iii ,,..ff'

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THEY MADE THEIR M RK Men and women who helped shape America's history THOMAS PAINE. a bankrupt Quaker corsetmaker, some- time teacher, preacher and grocer wrote the most bril- liant pamphlet of the American Revolution, His words rn Common Sense rellleotedllongrngsand asptrationslthat have remained part of American cultureto this day DANIEL WEBSTER chose law as a career and went on to becomewelleknown rn the courts and in politics He was twice Secretary of State with an eye always to the Presl- dency which eluded him. 5 1 Chief lustrce JOHN MARSHALL established fundamental principles ofltmerrcan constitutional law. He is noted for his precedenlal declaration of a Congressional act as unconstitutional He served through five administra- tions. from 180lf1835. I . 1. K ., 9, .R A r 7 , 'H 4' 4' ,, -V . 2' , 'Y ' F sae- ga if A 'gall A ABRAHAM LINCOLN epitomized the American dream ofa humble young man ascending to the highest office of the land He was superbly skilled at anatyzlng complex ls- sues and translating them into meaningful words for the public He was devoted to the preservation of the Unlon Born a slave ln Maryland, FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught himself to read and write secretly and,at 21. escaped to freedom. He was an ardent abohtronrst campaigning successfully for Negro suffrage and clvrl rights, HARRIET BEECHER STOWE wrote Uncle Tum's Cabin rn an effort to make the whole nation reahze the mhumam- ty of slavery, Her book resulted rn one of the most popu- lar and controversial plays on the American stage. The Civil War was kindled by this work. l 1 DOROTHEA DIX worked her entire adult ltle for reform of the existing penal and mental institutions rn the mid- 1800's. The first state hospital in the nation at Trenton, New Jersey was a direct result of her efforts. The New Colossus, a sonnet composed hy EMMA LAZ- ARUS tn 1883 rs inscribed on a bronze tablet at the base of the Statue of Liberty. She organized relief for lews and helped fugltlves from the Czar's gheltos to establish homes tn Amerlca. r N The creator of the Cherokee alphabet, SEQUDVAH, was an artrst, writer and srlversmrth. He used a slmpIe18Z1 English primer to compose the characters. The famous redwood trees of the Pacific coast bear his name. AMELIA JENKS BLDOMER, best known for a mode of dress she adopted during her campaign for equal rights for women. Though ridiculed until she gave up the cos' tume, the term bloomer came to symbolize woman's bld for individual freedom. HURACE GREELEYS admonition to Go West young man was a rallying cry of the pioneers of America. He was founder and editor of the New York Tribune. He was best known for his philosophy of social reform and his unsuccessful bid for the Presidency rn 1872. IOSEPH PULlTZElt was the first journalist to reach a tru- ly massive audience His New York World newspaper was the symbol of yellow journalism wrth its sensational- tsm aimed at the common man,