Jefferson Davis High School - Beauvoir Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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.,. --In , V 'fro ee - ' . levee-eyes 1 K B E A U V o 1 R , , . ,sas , ,rc f has V EFFERSON AVIS l L As our school bears the honored name of Jefferson Davis, a distinguished l Americana and as we realize that many of our students are not familiar with his y services rendered to the United States, we are taking this opportunity to present ' the following facts: if jefferson. Davis.was secretary of war He sent George D. McClellan to the rl under President Pierce. Crimea to study the military tactics of the 'l First to suggest transcontinental railroads Bfmeh and Russian 31'm1eS- . connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific. n He appointed Robert E. Lee as Super- je Distinguished services in the Black lnfendent of West Pomt. , Hawk war. h . He advanced Albert Sidney Johnson to Served valiantly in the war with Mexico. 1mP0l'fant IJOSIS- Hero at Monterreyg wounded at Buena He had forte fepalfed and many of them 1 Vistag scaled the walls of the City of febullt- l' Mexico. He. strengthened forts on the Western , He introduced the wedge movement and frontier, frequently drawing on arsenals in saved the day at Buena Vista. the South fe do lt- United States senator from Mississippi. He had the NVestern part of the continent Fi,-St .to Suggest Camels as ships of the encplored for scientlnc geographical and umnhabitable VVest to convey military ragoad work' stores. e was responsible for the new senate F' - hall the new house of re resentatives and 1 xrst to suggest buying Panama Canal ' . P , . . I Zone. for inttension of many public bulldxngs Y First to Suggest buying Cuba. , gilildihzgs mgton, especially the treasury L anlge-Igggined American trade with China He was responsible for the construction Q ' , , of the aqueduct system in the national AHe .suggested closer relations with South capital, merica. - . . . 2 Hefounddth S th I ttt . He urged preparedness for war. H C sblmg siman ni-diu lolz, f He emerged the United Sfefee Army by on fhfiigiiioiivaig Ol h'2ffIT5d0f'bZSQie our regiments' feathers instead of the f He organized cavalry service that was ggddessh Cap O a pagan adapts? 'O our needs' , , He had cabin John Bridge built with its He :introduced light infantry, or rifle sys- span of 220 feet' rein' O tactics' He was nominated for president by -He caused the manufacture of guns, Lfassachusetts in 1860. nrles' and plstols' , , He refused to allow his name to be pre- , He rendered mvaluflble Sefvlee to Celt 5 sented for president at the Charleston con- ' Armory- . vention. ' He Ordered the ffomfel' Sufeeyed. He stood strongly' for the Union, but , He put you-ng ofhcers in training for sur- stressed the constitutional right of a state ' veymg expeditions. to secede. i . e e eff -.-e.'- 'rig - -- , N ft, A -QL, , .Q ,

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B E A U V 0 I R '3f??7lfl?f-,3E:,1,:.1551?ffE'5ieL':..,: :. r .X... , if--A '- V 6 . .., Q a 9 ' 'hi l' SWCTIYSRIU It has been the aim of the Staff of the Beauvoir to fulfill the promise of '28 to present a better and more complete Annual to the students of '29. We hope this An' nual will be worthy of a place in that Treasure Chest that exists for everyone -to be frequently brought to the light and reviewed with pride and pleasureg to recall the story in word and picture of friends and days of years gone by. In keeping with the name of our school we have included a pen portrait and a sketch of the life of that great leader, jefferson Davis. Criginal drawings of the ultrafnevv Modernistic art have been combined with the Modern, and we sin' cerely hope the efforts of the Art Staff will meet with the approval of faculty and students. ' f :f'W1f'k'YeI'S:-2-:ww-f. - -.-Y -Q xi 1' '53'Qg2'e -- f '-11 '- 4-mf h ,..e,-2.-.,,e,,,, ,V ,mul A qi? - W , rf-i.,-Walls -aaa.- 'A - Aa. q., -4-1-..c-aw, . -aa X .M A ., ,,. -. ,,.-: M .aim ,.,A1X-gn.,-.,,,.-,iv - ...M .M . N. , 9 xr

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