East Aurora High School - Auroran Yearbook (East Aurora, NY)

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if Mm! Elbert Hubbard was born on June 19, 1856, in Bloomington, Illinois. As a young man he was employed by the Larkin Company in Buffalo, New York. In 1883 he moved to East Aurora and a few years later. deciding not to remain with the com- pany, he sold his interest in it. In 1891, Hubbard started tramping through Europe. Meeting William Morris and visiting his Kelmscott Press in England, he was inspired to found a similar press, the Roycroft Press, at East Aurora, New York. Here he wrote in 1894- A Little Journey to the Home of George Eliot, the first of the famous Little Journey booklets, one of which was issued each month from his press for fifteen years there- after. Hubbard began to write articles and mail them to magazine publishers who always rejected and returned them. He said they returned home like the cat. But because he believed them to be good enough for publication he began in 1894. to print the Philistine, an original magazine of pocket size, which was continued until his death for Hubbard's pen had supplied most of the contents. In an 1899 num- ber was printed A Message to Garcia, the most famous single piece that Hub- bard wrote. In our school library is a copy of Hubbard's first writing of the Message to Garcia. The original is the prized possession of the Buffalo Public Library. The Philistine received its name from the group of people mentioned in the book of Solomon in the Bible. They were rebellious, straight forward, and critical, exactly symbolizing Hubbard's policy. In 1908 he began to edit and publish, The Fra, his second monthly magazine, which was continued until 1917. By this time his printing establishment had grown to large proportions. Besides his writings, it was publishing many artistic books, hand-illuminated and hand-bound. To the printing shop Hubbard added furniture and leathershops and a smithy. Painting, clay-moulding, and terracotta work were included and an art school was established. The Roycrofters were formed into a legal corporation in which only the workers held shares. The community and the Roycroft enterprises were continued by Hubbardis son, Elbert II. Hubbard was both individualistic and communal, his writings contain a strong mixture of radicalism and conservatism. His constant theme was efficiency. On May 7, 1915, he perished in' the sinking of the Lusitania when it was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. Elbert Hubbard gave to the little country village of East Aurora world-wide fame. Great men and women came here from every point of the compass. It is fitting that we should recognize the rare ability of the man who put East Aurora on the map. 4 W'

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1 , li' Il P az' I U LJ ' - ' 1.1 7 ' i 1 if DEBICATIUN Q C 3 c 4 xl I J ill vi I '21 2, i c l 4 J Mrs. Peek, we are grateful to have an opportunity in this book to express our Y, xy l genuine graflitude for the many kindnesses you have shown us through our high school years. C As we leave East Aurora High in June of 1957 we may forget old acquaintances 3 but each and every one of us will never forget you and the untiring patience and , lf tolerance you have had with us. J Y The unanimous opinion of our class is that, Hyou,re the greatestf, 'L' J s lt LI i Li LJ vi iJ IJ SJ Q Q u Q 1. 1 - 'I If ft ' ' Q 'N s fi ,, 5 -S 70 A ' l 7 5' fc f 'i 4? .fix if ' l'1 rw V - rl H ' l 3

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