John Bartram High School - Trailmarker Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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William E. Burkard

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The Trailmarker Class of February 1942 JOHN BARTRAM HIGH SCHGOL PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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January Zttthf 1942. To the Members of the Fourth Class of the john Bartrarn High School- Your gift to the school was the painting showing the discovery, by John Bar- tram and his son William. of the bubbling springs or 'gfountainsv in Florida. This incident occurred during a trip made by John Bartram in 1765 shortly after his appointment as official Botanist to the King for the Colonies. The trip through the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida followed, lasting through the fall and winter of 1766. John Bartram was at that time sixty-six years old - quite a voyage for one of his years. He had physical endurance, no hardship was permitted to interfere with the faithful performance of his duties. The 'afountainsn in Florida, caused by the up-rush of waters from subterranean Caverns, were probably similar to those that may be seen today by tourists at Silver Springs and other places. To John Bartram they were a constant source of wonder. He was fond of the strange and the unusual in Nature. His very start as a botanist was based on his Wonder at the perfection of design in the humble daisy. It was in the tield of botany that he became famous, but John Bartram's fame was no accidental thing. He had the qualities of greatness. This is shown by the friendship of other great men, their respect for him, and his extensive correspondence with famous scholars abroad. For each of you, the members of this modern Fourth Class and spiritual sons and daughters of John Bartram, I Wish these qualities that were responsible for the success of the man whose name this school so proudly bears - Faithfulness to duty, Physical endurance, An inquiring mind. i if 'J WILLIAM E. BURKARD, Principal. 5 t