Lakota High School - Lakhian Yearbook (Kansas, OH)

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ANDREW CARNEGIE was a grant rn the rarlroad and steel rnduslrres He belreved lhat rt was the duty ol a rrch man to drstrrbule hrs wealth durrng hrs lrletrme To that end. he eslablrshed Z800 lrbrarres and many cultural halls throughout Arnerlca A lrletrrrre passron lor machrnery led HENRY FORD lo Detrort where, rn 18964 tre completed hrs lrrst motor ve- hrcle The Ford Motor Company manulaclured the lrrst Model T rn 1909 l 5 4 Servrng an unprecedented lour terms as Presrdent olthe Unrted States, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was a popular leader who made errtensrve use ol lrresrde radro chats to explarn hrs plans and generate enthusrasm to push them through Congress The crrppler polrumyelrtrs was conquered by DR. IONAS SALN rn 1953 after more than 25 years ol research Polro was reduced by 961 rn less than ten years SALK's ref search contrnues rn Calrlorrrra at the Salk lnslrtute ROBERT FRDST's poetry was clear, understated. well metered and lnld the storres ul rural Amerrca He was a lour-lrme wrnner ol lhe Pulll1erPrrze and has been called Amerrca's poel laureale MARTIN LUTHER KING was a leader rn the cause ol crvrl rrghts He had been a pastor belore turnrng to the cause ol segregalron Hrs leadershrp earned hrm the Nobel Peace Prrze rn 1964. He was assassrrraled by lames Earl Ray rrr 1968 r t Une ol the most elementary symbols ol the Arnerrcarr way ol lrle was establrshed when 1. EDGAR HOOVER and hrs Federal Bureau ol Inveslrgalron Gfmen set oul lo clean up the country Hrs career spanned over 40 years ,gm A plarn, homely woman wrlh tremendous appeal to the masses, who was always rn the thrclr ol thrrrgs de- scrrbes ELEANOR ROOSEVELT and her lrletrrrre ot polr trclrrng besrde her husband durrrrg hrs lour terms r t Lreutenani Colonel IDHN GLENN slarted Amerrca's travr els to ouler space when he became the lrrst Amerrcan to orbrl the earth He had been an avratur rn World War ll and a test prlot rn peacetrrrre The motron prclure rnduslry was revolutronrzed rn Amerr ca and DAVID WARK GRIFFITH became lrnown as the Father pl the lrlm art and 'lung ol drreclorsu lor hrs part rrr thrs revolulron Hrs camera lechnroues were the prorreerrng steps ol the rnduslry TNURGOOD MARSHALL rs the lrrst Negro to serve as a ruslrce ol the Supreme Courl Hrs law career was armed prrmarrly at crvrl rrghls cases GERALD R. FORD, the lrrst Presrdenl lo achreve the ol' lrce wrthout an electron ln 1914, through a serres ol scandalous evenls, the Nrrron admrnrstratrdn toppled and FORD reached the pusrtron through approval by Congress

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THEY M DE THEIR MARK Men and women who helped shape America's history THOMAS PAINE, a bankrupt Quaker corsetrnaker, some lrme leaehera preacher and grocer wrote the most brrl llanl pamphlet ol the Amerrcan Revolutroh. Hts words rn Common Sense relllectecl lorrgmgs and asprratuons that have remalned part ol Amerrcan culture to thls day Chrel lustrce IOHN MARSHALL establlshed lundamental pnnctples ol Amerlcan conslututronal law Hers noted lor hrs preceoental declaratron ol a Congresslonal act as unconstrtutlonal He served through lrve adrnmlstra llons,lrom1E0l-1835. ABRAHAM LINCOLN eputomrzed the Amerrcan dream ol a humble young man ascendmg to the hughest olltce ot the land He was superbly skulled at analyzrng complex rs' sues and translatrng them rnto meanmgtul words lor the publuc He was devoted to the preservatron ol the Unuon DANIEL WEBSTER chose law as a career and went on to become well-known rn the courts and an polrtlcs He was twlce Secretary ol State wrlh an eye always to the Pres: dency whrch eluded hrm Born a slave ln Maryland, FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught lumsell to read and wnte secretly and.at 21. escaped to lreedom He was an ardent abolrtronrsl campargnrng successlully lor Negro sullrage and crvrl rrghts HARRIET BEECHER STONE wrote Uncle Torrr's Cabin tn an ellort to make the whole nation reallze the rnhumanrf ty ol slavery Her book resulted ln one ol the most popu- lar and controversual plays on the Amerucan stage The Crvll War was klndled by thus work, l l ' ' 1 DDROTHEA DIX worked her entrre adult lrle lor relorm of the exlstrng penal and mental rnstrlullons rn the mrd- 1800's The lrrst state hosprtal rn the nalron at Trenton, New lersey was a drrect result ol her ellorts The New Colossus, a sonnet composed by EMMA LAI' ARUS rn 1883 as rnscrrbed on a bronze tablet at the base ol the Statue ol Llherty She organrzed relrel tor lews and helped lugulrves from the Czar's ghettos to establlsh homes rn Amerrca l t The creator ol the Cherokee alphabet, SEQUOVAH, was an artust. wnter and snlversmuth He used a srrnple 1821 Englush orrmer to compose the characters The famous redwood trees ol the Pactlrc coast bear has name AMELIA IENKS BLOOIAER, best known tor a mode ol dress she adopted durlng her campargn lor equal rrghts lor women Though rrdrculed untrl she gave up the cos- tume. the term oIoomer came to symbolrze womans bud lor lndtvndual lreedom HORACE GREELETS admonrtron to Go West young man was a rallying cry of the proneers ol Amerrca He was lounder and edntor ol the New York Trroune He was best known lor hls philosophy of socral relorm and hrs unsuccesslul had torthe Fresldency rn 1872. IOSEPH PULITZER was the ltrst yournalrst to reach a tru- ly masslve audrence Hrs New York World newspaper was the symbol ol yellow yournalusmu wrth tts sensatuonalv rsm aimed at the common man

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