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

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As Henry WadsworTh LongTellow was inspired To choose Tor The beauTiTuI sTory oT I-liawaTha, The subiecT, The American Indian, we, The June Courier STaTT oT I940. also soIecT The American Indian Tor our Theme. Mr. LongTelIow TeIT deeply ThaT This was The righT and only Theme Tor such a sTory, Tor The American Indians were Truly The TirsT dwellers on our vasT conTinenT. In a Time when They were eiTher greaTIy Teared or haTed, Ivlr. LongTeIlow was somewhaT alarmed as To how The people would receive a long poem abouT The American Indians. We, The sTaTT, aT a Time when These braves are largely TorgoTTen, or are mere picTures, have The same Tear clinging in our hearTs. Sfill aTTer careTul reading and research we believe we owe our TirsT people much. They have given INDIAN us vasT weaITh, while we in Turn have given Them liTTle. Though we may laugh aT Their wiTch docTors, The American Indians have conTribuTed enor- mously To our modern medicine. IT has been said ThaT abouT eighTy-six per cenT oT all our Icnowl- edge concerning drugs has been Taken Trom These people. AgriculTurisTs sTood in amazemenT when They learned ThaT sixTy per cenT oT all Toods used ThroughouT The world Today originaTed wiTh The American Indian. Through Their accuraTe knowl- edge oT AsTronomy, Physics, and MaThemaTics, we Today could surely learn many Things which would beneTiT us greaTly. In some oT The arTs and sciences we have reached on one line a poinT which The Indians reached along a parallel line, many, many years ago. Joining These Two lines we shall undoubTedIy advance Tar in These subiecTs since uniTy means progress. Today in CenTral America are highways and bridges builT approxi- maTeIy 8,000 To l0,000 years ago, and many oT These are s+iII in exisTence and in use. So leT us noT Thinlc oT The American Indian as TuTile, buT as a symbol signiTying greaTness. For all Their gracious giving in The Times oT our ToreTaThers, we have noT TreaTed The Indian iusTIy. We have Torced Them from Their lands, Taken Their crops, shoved Them Trom reservaTion To reservaTion as our Tancy Tlamed wiThin us, or I'2I

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TRADITIONS as Their land proved more TerTile and saTisTying carried on Through governmenT oTTicials who To our greed. We have cheaTed, lied To Them, guard Them as a moTher proTecTs her children. have permiTTed Them To live merely Tor whaT Today The Indian is being educaTed as you and I. Many siTies. be un live a we mighT gain Trom Them. Gradually we have changed: we recognize The Indians noT as wild men, buT as a race oT people who have given us many Things oT vasT worTh which we would never have had wiThouT Their kindly generosiTy. Pro are even sTudying in colleges and univer- Possibly some day These people shall noT der our guidance buT shall be permiTTed To mong us as ciTizens. m HiawaTha, Trom Their many legends, 6. . , X f . . -5 , The American Indians also have a sTrorTg and and Trom Indian TradiTions we have borrowed Tirm TaiTh in devine POWGFI Their TaiThs vary: each Treelyq and These we have woven inTo The Tabric Tribe has his own inTerpreTaTion oT God: each oT our book. We have applied This To our arT, worships as his ancesTors did in The pasT: and our liTeraTure, our arTiclos on clubs and organiza- each carries ouT his Tribal cusToms wiTh uTmosT Tions, giving The besT ThaT our high school TalenTs aIoiliTy. From Their beauTiTul hymns and prayers can render. We honesTIy hope ThaT Through our we Tind poeTry which we are beginning To real- whole-hearTed eTTorTs we have done iusTice in a iZe will never die because oT iTs CIepTh OT Teeling humble way To The Indian-and To his culTure. and Tine expression. OTTen do Their prayers sug- Viola Sharkeyl Ed5+Or,gn,Qhge1C gesT passages Trom our songs and psalms in The Merle Thomas, Edp,Or,gn,Chief Bible. One oT The prayers chosen Trom The lncas, who worship The Sun God, will serve as an illusTraTion : my f CreaTor oT The world , VA ' ,a 'if ii I, Maker oT all men. ' ' ': ' I Lord oT all lords: In My eyes Tail me fT4 5 For longing To see Thee, if ' '- . .E 4,...1. 2 -.1-sf? Hi- For The sole desire To know Thee. '15 , Today The whiTe man no longer can use his Q ,E keen wiTs againsT The Indians. I-Iis dealings are g iiiii 4 'i i A . .' ' I --f' ., 1 ' --' T f' , -f ff, W my by ' f. . s.I:' 'I - -Q -1- if X .:.-4 1' ,..-if t :Q .gf in 4.17 -. ig. .Ag ' i j.,: 'g 'est T 2: Q I Aff 5.1. I I QWTT f erls T ' I . .. 1 'T . V- . Q gf. wwf' , F . ,f ,, we-' 2. izi il, A -I -' q r g, - . 1 T ' 'ii' ' ii ' I I ' i '- ..v-' i 'ir' If . . 1-, i 2 3 ' iii - ' Tif - f 1 T - . .y u . .s '.1..,' gi N2 7 V .-'M' 'i ' 'f ' , 1 . . .f A g as I 'r s I is.. T . .r' 'th :--: i . ii . H ii 'iAi - .ufsr --r v -,Tr '- 4 .. 1 I T T 'si T ' I T vrrs 'T A ' J I I , , T I rs s - .., V '--:g H .ll , vv ll ll u 521 '1-v f i . , ,..., : ,si ,:,. . f.1. 1.33.-h ,,.. Il3l