La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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To our citizens who had the vision of a hig- her and better LaPorte, and to those whose de- votion to an ideal is consummated in the loy- alty and happiness of her people this chron- icle of 1926 is respect- fully dedicated. six

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 RALPH K. PETERING, Managing Editor Associate Editors HAROLD DECKER. O. E. CODDINGTON JOSEPHINE BOWMAN Art Editors George Rowley Sara Jane Taylor Maurice Ordung, Junior Art Editor Athletic Editors Robert Coffeen Edna Mae Swan Helen Henry. Activities Editor Mildred Walker. Junior Activities Asst. Edwin Steele. Literary Editor Mary Elizabeth Jack. Drama Editor Calendar Francis Fargher George Griewank Eloise Bueltzingsloewen. Snapshots Jokes Mildred Bair Winefred Dunham Agnes Berger. Junior Associate Louise Loetz, Sophomore Associate John Shrock. Freshman Associate Five

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QUIET dawn lighting up the East, sent its message to all the world that the sun was not far behind. Standing on the highest point of elevation the noble figure of an American Indian was silhouetted against the sky, stretching his hands to the great Manitou above, who had kept him through the hardships of the winter and tin seasons of shortage. Now he had plenty and he was grateful. The Indian, as a native of a vast and varying land, has not been re- garded with the reverence due him. It would Ik impossible to find a race of people that would surpass the American Indian in bravery and cour- age. The Iudiun was athletic, lived in the open, and had clean habits. This true patron of nature lived with and loved nature. From Her he learned to talk and to understand many things. He un- derstood the problems of the different animals and sympathized with them when they were in trouble. Nature was the sole background for his simple life. He was not an Indian who killed wantonly and indiscrimi- nately, for self satisfaction; instead he considered his food a provision for his need given to him by the Manitou. He had experienced starvation and appreciated his bounties. The Indian was honest, loyal and true to all he knew. Upon being befriended he always remained true and nothing but the breaking of his trust would make him an enemy. He would not hesitate to share his last morsel of food with anyone. Back of all this was the one dominating influence in his life, religion. The Indian’s religion was not brought over in the Mayflower, hut seems to have been an outgrowth of his communications with Nature. The fact that the Indian had been found to have a comprehensive conception of a Great Spirit that ruled all things, is welcomed by all followers of re- ligion and social science. It is no wonder then that we take the Indian as a symbol of our felicity and prosperity. For years, wandering bands of Indians were continually going and coming from the East to the West, sometimes in search of food and other times on the warpath. With the soft, marshy Kankakee region lying to the south, and the sandy rolling country lying to the north, travelers were forced to direct their course either to the only passable strip of land that fortunately lay between the barriers or make a long detour to the south. The convergence of the trails in this manner, and the fact that it was only a day’s journey from the Chicago river caused many travelers to stop over night by the shores of a group of sparkling Seven