Fort Dodge High School - Dodger Yearbook (Fort Dodge, IA)

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,-QVC S 5 5 5 J ia 5 J ii dl Xi C4 ,43VC G Forefwor BUSINESS CYCLES have shown that depression lasts only a limited time. We who are now in high school will enter into adult responsibilities with more opportunity to succeed than any past student body, for, during the last year, a lesson has been brought home to us which it would have been impossible to learn in any way except through direct experi- ence. It is a lesson in valuation-in selecting from a glam- orous maze only those things that are actually essential to wholesome living. This period of economic stress, requiring the distinguish- ing of the necessary from the dispensable, has taught concentration on those things which will be ultimately beneficial. More and more we turn to the appreciation of real worth and, in doing so, we take as our inspiration men and women who saw early that success is founded upon intense purpose and concentration toward one ideal. Now is the time to set a goal for our own Achievement, NVith this thought in mind, we have attempted to bring before the readers of this volume the outstanding represent- atives of several walks in life-men and women of accom- plishment-who have lived at some time in Fort Dodge. A few were graduated from our own high school. These people, among whom there is a writer, an artist, a financial expert, a musician, a versatile citizen, a coach, a poet, a clergyman, and a dietitian, have become famgus nationally and, in some cases, have extended their fame into foreign countries. Let them serve as living examples and as inspirations to far greater effort toward a similar Achievement, 5'-Qaf ' Dai'-Q1' Da-Q3D.4i'i70i'-fiibat' -h bar-L ' Dai'-if

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r Q 07- ECSQ- .ye 657.54 LQ,.39c,L2--.yQL'2f- EQ?-.?5'Q2,.6'Qf2 Jonathan Prentziss Dolliver To THE MEMORY of a former townsman, whose name has ever been on the lips of the people of Fort Dodge as a worthy model for attainment-a man whose integrity, whose force, and whose brilliancy raised him far above his contemporaries -to Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver, we dedicate this, our Achievement volume. One-time United States Senator, nominated for the vice- presidency, heralded by many as a future president, Mr. Dolliver died at the height of a distinguished career. Mr. Dolliver was born in West Virginia in 1858, son of a minister noted for his orations. Completing his education in the state university, he started for the middlewest and settled in Fort Dodge to practice law. The first few years were full of hardship, but in 1884 he was given his chance to make a name when he was appointed temporary chairman of the Republican State Convention. He delivered an address which was a co-ordination of physical, oral, and mental harmony replete with wit and humor. Overnight the whole country became aware that he would become an outstanding political leader. In 1889 he entered the lower house of Congress from the tenth district, and represented this section for twelve years. He refused a nomination for the vice-presidency on the advice of his friends, who claimed that A vice-president never becomes a president. His death on October 15, 1910, was a shock to the thou- sands of people who loved him. Mr. Dolliveris popularity was aided greatly by his magnanimous personality and by the fact that he was a clever conversationalist with an endless supply of wit. He was an ardent lover of art, music, and nature. He succeeded because he always had the strength of his convictions and rarely compromised on any issue.