Hazleton Area Vocational Technical School - Vocari Yearbook (Hazleton, PA)

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ANDREW CARIIEGIE was a grant rn the rarlroad and steel rndustrres He belreved that rt was the duty ol a rrch man to drslrrhule hrs wealth durrng hrs lrlerrme lu that end. he eslalzlrshod 2800 lrlrrarres and many cultural halls throughout Amcrrca, A lrlelrme passron lor machrnery led HENRY FORD ln Detrorl where, rn l896.l1e completed hrs lrrst motor ve- hrzle the Ford Motor Company manulactured the lrrst Model T rn 1909. l!5,,-L, a.r Servrng an unprecedented lour lerrns as Presrdent nl the Llnrled States, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELI was ar popular leader who made enlensrve use ol Irresrde radru chats to crrularn hrs plans and generate enlhusrasrn to push them through Congress The crrppler polromyelrlrs was conquered hy DR. IOMAS SALR rn 1953 alter more than 25 years ul research Polro was reduced by 951, rn less than ten years. SAllt's re- search cuntrnues rn Calrlornra at the Salk Instrtute RDBERI I'ROSI's poetry was elear. understated, well- metered and told the slorres ol rural llmerrca He was a lour-trme wrnner ol the Pulrtzer Prrze and has been called Amerrea's puel laureate IAARIIII LUIHER RING was a leader rn the cause nl uvrl rrghts. He had been a pastor beloro lurnrng to the cause ol segregatrorr, Hrs Ieadershrp earned hrm llre Nobel Peace Prrze rn l96ll He was assassrnated hy lames Earl Ray rn l968 V l One ol lhe must elementary symbols ol the Amerrcan way ol lrfe was eslablrslted when I. EDGAR HOOVER and hrs Federal Bureau nl Inveslrgalron G-men set out to clean up the country Hrs career spanned over 40 years. A plarn, homely woman wrlh tremendous appeal to the masses, who was always rn the tlrrClt ol thrngs de- scrrbes ELEANDR ROOSEVELT and her lrletrme ol pola- lrclnng lresrde her husband durrng hrs tour terms l l Lreulenanl Colonel JOHN GIEIIN slarled Amerrca's trav- els to outer space when he became the lrrsl Amerrcan lo orlzrt the earth. He had been an avratnr rn World War ll and a lest prlut rn peacetrrne. Ihe motron-pruture lndustry was revolulronrzed rn Amen- ca and DAVID WARR GRIFFITII became known as the Father ol the lrlm art and lung ol drreclors lor lrrs part rn thrs revolulron. Hrs camera lechnrques were the proneerrng steps ol the lndustry THURGOOD MARSHALL rs the lrrst Negro to serve as a yustrce ol the Supreme Court. Hrs law career was armed nrrmarrry at crvrl rrglrls cases GERALD R. FORD, the tirst Presrdent to acbreve the ol' lrce wrthout an electron. In 1974, through a serres ol scandalous events. the Nlxon admrmstralron toppled and FDRD reached the pcsrrron through approval by Congress,

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THEY MADE THEIR M RK Men and women who helped shape America's history THOMAS PAINE, a bankrupt Quaker corsetmaker. some- time teacher. preacher and grocer wrote the most brrls tuant pamphlet ot the American Revolution. Hrs words rn Common Sense reltlecterflongings- and asplraluonsllhat have remained Dart ol American culture to this day. DAHlEL WEBSTER chose law as a career and went on to hecomemellsknuwn rn the courts and in polrtics. He was twice Secretary ol Slate with an eye always to the Presi- dency whrch eluded hrm. Chiel luslrce IUHN MARSHALL established lundamenlat principles ol Amerrcan constitutional law. Hers noted lor tus precedenlal dectaralron ot a Congressional act as unconslrlulronal. He served through lrve admimstraf tions, lrom l8Dt-lB3S. l l l , l I l ABRAHAM LINCOLN eprtomrzed the American dream ot a humble young man ascending lo the highest uflrce ol the land. He was superbly skilled at analyzing complex ls- sues and translatrng them into meaningful words lor the public. He was devoted to the preservalron ol the Union. Born a stave rn Maryland. FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught himself to read and write secretly and, at Zl. escaped to lreedom. He was an ardent abotlhonist campaigning successlully lor Negro sultrage and civil rights. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE wrote Uncle Tnm's Cabin In an eltorl to make the whole nation realize the rnhumani- ly ot slavery Her book resulted in one ol the most popue lar and controversial plays on the American stage The Civil War was kindled by' this work. l l DOROTHEA DIA worked her entire adult tile tor relorrn oi the existing penal and mental institutions In the mrd- l8ti0's, The larsl stale hospital rn the nalron at Trenton, New lersey was a direct result ol her ellorts The New Dolossusl' a sonnet composed by EMMA LAZ- ARUS rn IBB3 rs rnscrrbed on a bronze tablet at the base ol the Statue ol Liberty, She organized relrel lor lews and helped tugrluves lrom the C1ar's ghetlos to establish homes rn America. p t The creator ol the Cherokee alphabet, SIQUOVAH, was an artist. writer and sllversmtth. He used asrmple 1821 English primer to compose the characters, The lamous redwood trees ol the Paciluc coast hear his name. AMEIJA liNKS BLOUMER, best known tor a mode ot dress she adopted during her campaign tor equal rrghts lor women Though rrdrculed untrl she gave up the cos- tume, the term hloomer came to symbolize womans ind lor rndrvidual lreedom. HORACE GHEELEYS admonrlron to Go West young man was a rallying cry ol the ornneers ot America He was lounder and editor nl the New York Trrhune, He was best known lor hrs phrlosophy ot socral relorm and hrs unsuccessful had tor the Presidency in t87Z. IDSEPH FULIYZER was the lrrst lournattsl to reach a tru- ly massive audience. Hrs New York World newspaper was the symbol ol yellow ynurnallsm wrlh rts sensatronal- rsm aimed at the common man.

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