Gainesville State College - Fathom Yearbook (Gainesvbille, GA)

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ANDREW CARNEGIt was a giant in (he railroad and steel A lifetime passion tor machinery led HENRY FORD to - believed that it was the duty ol a rich man Detroit where, m 1896. he completed his first motor ve to distribute his wealth during his lifetime To that end. hide The Ford Motor Company manufactured the first he established 2800 libraries and many cultural halls Model T in 1909 throughout America One of the most elementary symbols of the American way of hte was established when J. EDGAR HOOVER and his Federal Bureau of Investigation G-men set out to clean up the country His career spanned ob- serving an unprecedented four terms as President of the United States FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was a popular leader who made extensive use of fireside radio chats to explain his plans and generate enthusiasm to ROBERT FROST ' s poetr) metered and told the stories of rural J four-lime winner of the Pulitzer Pn called America ' s poet laureate A plain, homely woman with tremendous appeal to the masses, who was always in the thick of things de ' scribes ELEANOR ROOSEVELT d nd her lifetime of poli- ticking beside her husband during his lour terms The motion-picture industry was revolutionized in Amen ca and DAVID WARK GRIFFITH became known as the Father of the film art and king of directors tor his part m this revolution His camera techniques were the pioneering steps of the industry THURGOOO MARSHALL is the first Negro t justice of the Supreme Court His law caree primarily at civil rights cases The cnppler poliomyelitis was conquered by OR (ONAS SALK m 1953 after more than 2b years of research Polio was reduced by 96 in less than ten year ' search continues in California at the Satk Institute MARTIN LUTHER KING was a leader m the cause of civil rights He had been a pastor before turning to the cause of segregation His leadership earned him the Nobel Peace Pn« in 1964 He was assassinated by Ray in 1968 Lieutenant Colonel IOHN GLENN started America ' s tra els to outer space when he became the first American orbit the earth He had been an avialor m World War and a lest pilot in peacetime GERALD R FORD. !he fust President to achieve the of- fice without an election In 1974, through a series of scandalous events, the Nuon administration toppled and FORD reached the position through approval by Congress

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THEY MADE THEIR MARK Men and women who helped shape America ' s history THOMAS PAINE, a bankrupt Quaker corsetmaker. some- time teacher, preacher and grocer wrole the most bril- liant pamphlet of the American Revolution. His words in Common Sense reflected longings and aspirations that have remained part of American culture to this day DANIEL WEBSTER those law as a career and went on become well known m Ihe courts and in politics He v twice Secret.r, i ways lo the Pr e uded him DOROTHEA D1X worked her entire adult life lor reform of the ensting penal and mental institutions in Ihe mid 1800s The first state hospital in the nation at Trenton. New Jersey was a direct resutl of her efforts The creator of the Cherokee alphabet. SEQUOYAH, was an artist writer and silversmith He used a simple 1821 English primer to compose the characters The famous redwood trees of the Pacific coast bear his name Chief lustice JOHN MARSHALL established fundamental il American constitutional law He is noted for his pretedentai declaration of a Congressional act as unconstitutional He served through live admimstra- Born a slave m Maryland FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught himself to read and write secretly and. at 21. escaped to freedom He was an ardent abolitionist campaigning successfully for Negro suffrage and Civil rights :■■■- The New Colossus. a sonnet composed by EMMA LAZ- ARUS m 1883 is inscribed on a bronze tablet at the base ol the Statue of Liberty She organized relief for lews and helped fugitives from the Czar ' s ghettos to establish homes in America AMELIA JENKS BLOOMER, best known lor 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 bid for individual freedom ABRAHAM LINCOLN epitomized the American dream of a humble young man ascending to the highest office of the land He was superbly skilled at analyzing complex is- sues and translating them into meaningful words for the public He was devoted lo the preservation ol the Union HARRIET BEECHER STOWE wrote Uncle Tom ' s Cabin m an effort to make Ihe whole nation realize the inhumani- ty of slavery Her book resulted tn one ot the most popu lar and controversial plays on the American stage The Civil War was kindled by this work HORACE GREELEY ' S admonition to Go Wesl young man was a rallying cry ot the pioneers ol America He was founder and editor of Ihe New York Tribune He was best known for his philosophy of social reform and his unsuccessful bid lor the Presidency in 1872 JOSEPH PULITZER was the first journalist to reach a tru- ly massive audience His New York World newspaper was the symbol of yellow journalism wifh its sensational- ism aimed al Ihe common man

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WORKING FOR THE YANKEE DOLLAR A CARD. ' |a,HE public al lerje ■ ri-a|«itully Infnnrsed that • ipplytujio Cep. and eiucka, uf every oorcrlp- obtained it u» aiaat le.w.n.i.ie piica, by N BH.VUItH, K!l..ulli.»lli»llrMt Hair Clotb In every Mrieiy, French and American man. ctuie. m idr luin Capa ur Minki ai 3 Imuia mule . A lajf lOulity iff ihrw aiilrlca torn bihIj ready made N. II. Hie •ultecrib.r ' erlore la No 14 South • nth meet, 4 mre below M.rkei and opp«s-iic Uie aide of iha SehuylktB v,. « prim— if OLD ESTABI.IMI!T1E1 T, OPPOSITE GIRARirS BANK. A GOOD •uorlment of HATS, at No. 61 ttoulb 3d meet, which will b eold at fair pricea. U f Tboee esho wiah • bat of aay qOB li y m fa bioD wbaiever, Aoiihed, cas be accoioaandated, and ilioulj the article nol plrase wbco hoi.bed, tbrre wilt be no obligation oa nfilnnse who nrrter in lake it. apr.l 8 — li II A T S, WHOLESALE AND RfcTAlL, o. 41 Sou Hi Third Strtet WEAR CONGRESS HALL. JOHN C. DYER oiTort for •».•, HATS of e?ery dc cripl.ott, 6f m. per tor qualities, -i-l cheap J C D. IJirticokrly iDtdrt ' he at DtiftB o tbe pubkc In Lit ..-■or d-llar Half, which, for Lw-u-a;. durability tod che.} ot a, are ae4 i»r| ' » i by ior io the city. JOU C. DYEK rc.jH-cfi.liy Inform, bit friend. t»d tbe public, ib«t be h a oj-ened a alorc io tiia lit of bati- ne.» at ibr abore canted place. « bcre h« luteoda Io heap conaiaotly no hm.J • geoei.il aaanriaem of HaTS, which ht will tell at k u tbey caa be pnrcHurd to (be city. nurch Iwftaio pSASSnw ■a-Speciffl -Mhiiflnen RELIEF for the DISTRESSED and BUM lor the WOTOED is found in PERRY DAVIS ' S VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER. Manufactured by PERKY DAVIS «■ SON, COTTOJY. Imagine buying that acre of land you have spotted for $1.25! Or, even at the higher price of $10. Those are the prices offered to our founding fathers to encourage set- tlement of the wilderness areas of this nation. A stage wasn ' t the most comfortable way to go, but you could get from city to city for as little as $3 — at the amazing pace of six miles per hour. Compare today ' s wages with a 12-hour day in the early 1800s. A man earned 50C a day. Of course his dollar bought a little more than today ' s. Butter in 1826 was about 5C lb. in the Midwest; eggs, 3C doz.; torn oc bu., wheat. 25C bu.; and a cow could be bought for $5 . With travel becoming the American tradi- tion, you could choose train, wagon, horseback or the water. A canal ride, with bed and board included, averaged 3 or 4C per mile. And when you reached your des- tination, you could sit down to a 5, or even 10 course meal for 25 C. (Ladies 20C, in consideration of appetite.) Farmers in the early 1800s could own the famous McCormick Reaper for a mere $100. But the Civil War increased prices as the machine became the first item farmers could buy on time payments for the sum of $1,500. A good suit of clothes then might cost $1.95 and ladies waists (blouses) were marketed for 49c to $3.50 with a whole dress pattern priced at 15c. Cookstoves, quality-satisfaction guaran- teed, could cost you $29.25 at $4 per month and a dandy heating stove could set you back as much as $5.73 and up. The first electric refrigerator cost $900 — which might be enough to make you faint on your 1907 fainting couch that had cost a mere $7.85. Your new baby travelled in the height of fashion in a wicker sleeping coach (stroll- er) for the sum of $12.04. If you had $1,500 in 1903 you could show off in one of the first automobiles. Ah, those were the days. Some of the cur- rent prices are reminiscent of those days, but at frontier prices, which were a whole different story. Hardy pioneers had to pay $2 a pound for sugar, too. And the same for a pound of coffee or pepper. Those items were only 15c per pound back in civ- ilized St. Louis. Flour was marked up 100 times for sale to the frontiersmen and dur- ing the famous Gold Rush, that precious commodity went for $400 a barrel. rOR NEW TORI. VKRV anrveinjodartoa li airorded.to ii aaeifcra the Mail, which la tit- in , KW YfillK i. REE ADAMS ' PATENT SWEI.I.KO Iloaiii Wimllafls Holstc-ul . f jprit. above Bodr.ie.de are put tngeihor with- I out airewa. and by mr.n. nf Ike WiBdlare and bwellrj !lcam, tht Sackief, ie kept crowning and clae- lic at all limea with I lie lea l pn.nbl. trouble, etkicbial HBpn.aible Io obi. n fi. Ibner fund., an other war. Pun: curled H.ir Malraatei cnnilaally on hand. ' WIS I UN SPHINO SE T ROCKING CHAIU«, Vemliait, Tran.|.arcnl as d India Wind.. AU», a great variety of ot niai ' Lti and malrrtal- Inr interior decora- tine, conn jelly on hand ami I ' pnolH.ry VVnrt nf every dearriiilinu ctccuUiJ with Deal. .ear. punctuality anil dc»- pelcb, by ' J II NCOCK ii Co. S. V corner nf Tbi d and Walnut (tretti. PS } II. c. Co er.tef.il for pari (.enure, ibci hope, by coa.Unl altenlmn to burtneie, en.4 a delite to pleats, by keeping, theitchrat B ' hclva IB iheir Inr, to o ' .l. „ I re p.tmn.te apt, I il -It Philadelphia Museum, IN TIIK I I ' I ' KR PiRTOKTIlK CHESNUT STREET, (ABOVE SIXTH.) OPE.Y tlumflwiil Ihr Jay, and ILLUMBfATED ntry ntoiini. Admittance 35 Cents. Tim Murnm i [he olJrst mil littcsi establirhinent in tht Iniled Stilt. . mil tiii.tiii,. ,.,.en.t tollttiimn nl ' tht Animal and Minttal amcdomi ol natutt. Iron, all parts ol tht world. Ilitst att all btau- tifullj arranRtd, so as to enable the viritot to study the objects with ti,.; , ollect.on of t Ben and Wattioti of the Revolution, and or the most d„l,n s uisl cientific men of Europe anil America The Founder. C. V. Peale. desirous of secunn; the Museum p nanentlj- ,n tins city, obtained an act of Incorporation, by which lability of the Institution is insured. The act of Incorporation 1 perpeluit) to the City, and author, I of the Institution. Nol ' hin; can be remo from the Institution under a penalty, and forfeiture ol double the VI on the part of the dooots. that the article] placed in the Museum always remain for the public good. llioman Gibson, Plumber, KEdpr.l.Trlll.l.Y inforin.bierru.Dd.ei il.c I ' nI.lK in (fiural. tlial br carnr. I andS Op flu i.Liiii . in all nahran- in. II N.-rtl llo d ra.ll-. 1. WlH-K on ha .,1 II drama, nf vail Pairm II ii tr ' t rinnk Kei- i. Lei |li Coal m ths- nessi .1 Cain- U-iier Ho Lend and It in 1 itta, Rr-iuila for II nthr i yi H ' oi apparaina ai ihr (.hunt 1 of v n Ihr muul rem- Til HI A SGI0SON. 1 Ijr, Nori . Tlibfil elrae . Vciiit.a.i Blind Warehouse, B a IOISII OI rUSMLT IHII IIIOSD ITHIITI, TMIE .nb-iriher rrrprrl fully Inform, the cnl ant I ' liilid. i|.|,ti and vi ny. ihat he hmcnniiantly