Lansing Central High School - Oracle Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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I-L K OSI TCHEK 6 BROS, Announce their Spring and S: :'::z.:,f':'.::::fi'if.'f'fff. Men'S and BOYS' Suits To Which You Are Cordially Infvifed. The New York Christian Advocate has this story about Colonel Theodore Roose- velt, showing that he was not always the lluent orator and extemporaneous speaker that he is today: He was a wide-awake. hustling youth. good at his books. but better at his sports, a lover of all out-door g'Zi11165,8.I1d a healthy. hardy. sturdy American boy. At school he was required to write essays. deliver orations. speak pieces. and his playmates still delight to relate how Ted brought down the house by his method of rendering that old stand-by, Marco Bozzarisf' s'.All'llldI1ig'l1t.lll his guarded tent, The Turk lay dreaming of the hour XVl1eu Greece. her knee in suppliauce bent, Should tremble at his power. He rose with confidence and began : At n1iduip:l1t.in his guarded tent. The Turk lay dreaming of the hour XVlieu Greece. lierlcnee-- Then his memory failed him and he repeated: Greece her knee? he shouted desperately: Greece her knee-- Once more The old professor looked over his spectacles and encouraging remarked: Grease her knees once more, Theodore: perhaps sl1e'll go then. or -r' prrnrst SPAU Q - 7 , ., 1 LQTING LMANUDQLCTURERQ Ak fi - ,. ' ' ' WW-2-my-w-use-vs OF ---: LANSING ALL K1NDSi' ::::S.:::f::::::ef MICH. Street Cars Run to Yards ggzrifgrlpgielggl

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hundred rifles rings out. As many of the foes fall before the sure and steady aim of the noble patriots. But with odds twenty to one against them the result is certain: slowly and in good order the defenders with- draw into the main part of the fortress. where they will make their last stand. All know that death is near at hand, but no murmur is heard against the tardy reinforcements: their thoughts are of their homes and their God. lt is only a sort of outwork that the Mexicans have gained. but it encourages them to still greater efforts. Onward they rush, over the wall they come, and upon the devoted band pour volley after volley, but those who remain continue to tire with the same steadiness and cool- ness that made them so feared among their enemies. For six long hours the hand-to-hand conflict rages, even the wounded in the hospital tiring upon their foes until their own lives are destroyed by the sword or pistol of one of their blood-thirsty enemies. Staunch and true to the last, Col. Travis and David Crockett light side by side until both find the death they preferred to slavery and oppression. . . They come-like autumn leaves they fall. Yet hordes on hordes they onward rush: lVith gory tramp they mount the wall, Till numbers the defenders crush. The last was felled, the fight to gaing VVell may the ruftians quake to tell How Travis and his hundred fell Amid a thousand foemen slain. They died the Spartans death, But not in hopeless strife: Like brothers died, and their expiring breath Was Freedoms breath of life. The news was quickly spread through Texas, and a spirit of revenge was aroused in the hearts of the patriots, but this was changed to rage against their foes when they heard of the slaughter of 412 American prisoners, who had surrendered at Goliad on the condition that they should be treated as prisoners of war are treated by civilized nations. Ezrzjf 0116 qffbcnz :wus sho!! This shows truly the result of the youthful training of the Spanish people in watching scenes of cruelty worthy ofa Caligula. Less than a month later there was a reckoning. On April 21,

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18311. Gen. Houston. with only 300 men. met Santa Ana on the banks of the San Jacinto River. and there the fury of the Texans. fighting for in- dependence. and their homes and families they loved so well. Won the day with odds tive to one against them. Remember the Alamo and Goliadf' was their battle-cry. and when the Mexicans heard the fury of that shout their line wavered for an instant. Like a Whirlwind the troops of the patriots rushed upon them. swept them from their feet. and the whole Mexican line was in a complete rout. Far and Wide they were scattered over the plain. closely pursued by the furious Texans. until at last. wearied out, the Mexicans begged for quarter. Like civilized people and true Americans. the Texans gave them good treatment in return for the cruel murder of their countrymen. Santa Ana himself was captured. and finally recognized tl1e Republic of Texas. and in 1844 she entered the Union. At last Texas was free, but at what a cost! Almost a thousand men perished on the Texan side alone during the struggle. Is it worth all it cost? Yes! cry the spirits of Travis. Bowie and Crockett. Had we a thousand lives we would give them all for the cause of liberty. Yes! shouts the American volunteer of today as he goes forth to death. perhaps, but still with undaunted valor. to the tune of The Star Spangled Banner or America Yesl will the youth of the future cry, if their country has need of them. and in their hearts will re-echo the last words that David Crockett wrote: Luz1H:RTY AND INDE- rifzxoexcic lf'oREyrt1c! .AR'1'HI'1i T. R1-:Asoxi-Lk.