Greece Arcadia High School - Chronos Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Without realizing it, England instilled in the colonists the individual purpose and ingenuity that necessity breeds. With trade goods cut to a minimum, determined young leaders of the time set out to find ways of surviv- ing without support from the Mother Country. Agricultural methods and machines and labor saving devices were designed by our forefathers. As frontiers opened, Yankee genius had to conquer natural barriers in the wild new country, so suspension bridges were invented and methods of transportation were perfected for the purpose of opening the untamed areas. Later, they sought to section off the land with the revolution- ary and controversial invention - barbed wire. Cooper's 1-horsepower Tom Thumb train in 1830 and later, automobiles like the first Model T, and the 4-horsepower airplane 5 became American modes of travel from city to city and coast to coast. Americans knew that the fertile lands of this nation would produce unequalled harvests if machines were designed to take over for man. They knew also that trade routes were difficult to travel and manufacturing would have to be done close to home. The cotton gin, textile looms, drill presses and a reaper which could cut six times as much grain as a hand scythe were some of the tools invented. Protection for themselves and for their young country prodded inventors like Eli Whitney to perfect firearms and others to work on plans for the first submarine. Young inventors like Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison fcalled the nation's most valuable citi- zenl visualized machines that would light the country and open up communication with those inthe far cor- ners of the nation. The telephone, telegraph, phono- graph and the first light bulb were discovered in the late 1800's and early twentieth century. This American way of doing for oneself inspired many to become inventors in their own right. Some sought to save labor and mass- produce for profit while others envisioned not only riches, but excitement and adventure as they discovered ways to defy nature. Throughout the past 200 years the American mind has been unleashed to take whatever paths necessary to ful- fill the needs. ln the last half-century, the pace of dis- covery has been overwhelming and inventions for the taming of the universe lie in thegrasp of America while the habit of finding a way is ingrained in its people. The seeds of industrial America were sown by these inventors resulting in today's mechanized society.

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EY MADE THEIR M RK en and women who helped shape America's history inkrupt Quaker corselmaker, some- er and grocer wrote the most bril- -American Revolution, His words in :ted longings and aspirations that If American culture to this day. IARSHILL established fundamental n constitutional law. lle is noted for aration of a Congressional act as served through live administra- 5. l I ipitomiled the American dream of a acending to the highest office ofthe ly sltilled at analyzing complex is- :hem into meaningful words for the id to the preservation of the Union. DANIEL WEBSTER chose law as a career and went on to become well-known in the courts and in politics. He was twice Secretary of State with an eye always to the Presi- dency which eluded him. I l l I Born a slave in Maryland. FREDERICK DDUGLASS 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. HARRIET BEECHER STONE wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in an effort to make the whole nation realize the inhumani- ty of slavery. Her book resulted in one of the most popu- lar and controversial plays on the American stage. The Civil War was kindled by this work. I l DOROTHEA DIX worked her entire adult life for reform of the existing penal and mental institutions in the mid- l800's. The first stale hospital in the nation at Trenton, New lersey was a direct result of her efforts. The New Colossus. a sonnet composed by EMIM LAZ- ARUS in 1883 is inscribed on a bronze tablet at the base of the Statue of Liberty. She organized relief for Jews and helped fugitives from the Czar's ghettos to establish homes in America. I l The creator of the Cherokee alphabet, SEQUOYIH. 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 hs name. I l I I AlELlR IEHKS BLOWER, best known for 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. HORRCE fiREElEV'S admonition to Go West young man was a rallying cry of the pioneers ot America. He was founder and editor of the New York Tribune He was best known for his philosophy ol social reform and his unsuccessful bid lor the Presidency in 1872. IUSEPH l'llLlTlER was the first journalist to reach a tru- ly massive audience His New York World newspaper was the symbol of yellow iournaIism with its sensational- ism aimed at the common man.