Fenger Academy High School - Courier Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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- ' ' I. fy ,1 ' 1 f , nl! 5 ,fy .Jlflf A F' l fjftk s fy I! BME form an independent nation and elected XVash- ington as their first president. Washington was inaugurated in April, 1789, and a ball was held to celebrate the occasion. Our third scene is a view of the ball. The covered wagon and the gold rush, the driving of the last spike into the Union Pacific Railroad, and the entrance of the last state into the Union all describe the rapid growth and the development of the West. With the development of the West there came an increase in industries and a demand for labor and machinery. Immi- grants from the four corners of the earth came journeying into the country eager for political and religious liberty and willing to work. All these stories have been carefully pictured by our artists. Today these immigrants are truly a part of us, so closely connected with us as to be included in that sweeping term Q'Americanf' They are united with us under che care of Uncle Sam with one unwavering purpose in mind: to make America Hrst. So for our last illustration we give you this-Uncle Sam, and that world wide symbol, freedom from oppression, the Statue of Liberty.

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OU Since we Hnd the Courier staff, like the world is composed of all types of students, each dif- fering from the other in many respects: some being hard-workers, others jovial and laughingg artists and musicians, leaders and followers-they are truly a cross-section of our world. Many have recently come from Europeg some can date their ancestry back to immigrants who came to this country when it was yet very young, but their spirit differs not from that which inspired the Pilgrims of long ago. They, these students, are just as eager and loyal to their causeg pos- sibly this fact induced our Courier staff to choose Americanism for their theme. In tribute to the determination and hardy for- titude of the Pilgrims we chose for our Hrst illustration the signing of the Mayflower Com- pact. The eagerness of the first colonists to make further progress led to many expeditions into the rich and verdant Southwest. The ex- plorers often were threatened with the danger of attack from hostile India-ns as they crossed the Appalachians. We have illustrated one of these attacks in our second 'scene-Daniel Hoone,s Conflict with the Indians. Feeling that the tyrannical government by the British was jeopardizing their liberty, the colonies united to 9

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3 CO TENTS FOREWORD DEDICATION SCHOOL VIEWS THEME STORY OF COURIER ADMINISTRATION SENIOR CLASS UNDERGRADS BRANCI-IES SERVICES ATHLETICS ACTIVITIES VARIETY EQK