Ludington High School - Oriole Yearbook (Ludington, MI)

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edaccmom C599 TO THE FACULTY OF LUDINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, VUE. THE SENIOR CLASS OI: 1927, DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF THE ORIOLE. THEY HAVE GUIDED US I- Al'I'lII5Ul.LY IN OUR PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY OF LIFE, MAY THIS DEDICATION BE AN INDICATION OF OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION OF THEIR AID AND INSPIRATION TO US. q v srqffgml HM ,U ',.Xf,m,N,, VW, ,r-m-Q M, ,, I5 I Sp-gf f Irfy, 'I' If yIItI??III'1gnw:v1,'4mWA' IIIIIIHIWILIIII.GIpCrwv:'IIII- 'II 1' WHL 1 f I I7 II? III, 'IIIIMUII 'I'IIfII ! M,-I l AW NLM II! In I W I ,M fu sf H qw: I WV in 'Mm' l IL I II V' 91 12.43,-L ,f, .'.I c,'II' fl!'3,4!l1' ' N ffl I I M' HW MII I I7I

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4 PWM Tllll ' 'I '1' f..1.' i- I 67 wiczzclefzzwrd Qlrcmce me N the spring of 1675 there passed up the eastern shore of Lake Michigan an Indian canoe bearing three men. The cause of their northward jour- ney was an urgent one, for they paused only when fatigue was overpower- ing. resuming their course after a few hours of rest. One of the three lay dangerously ill in the bottom of the craft. The two who labored to hasten the conclusion of the journey saw that their hopes to reach the mission house at Mackinac were small. As time passed their fears grew into a certainty. At a point about half way up the lake the sick man indicated a desire to land. The boat was guided into a river that flowed into the lake, and a rude shelter was built. I-Ie died within a few hours, and his companions, after erecting a cross to mark his resting place, continued on their way, bearing the sad news of the death of Pere Jacques Marquette. The great French Jesuit was not forgotten. For years his grave was visit- ed by those who passed that way. Red men and white alike paid homage to the memory of the man who had so completely won their love and admiration. He lives for the Indian, in legend: for the white man, in written history. Linked with the picture of Pere Marquette there is another-the American Indian. The story of the Indians of northern Michigan is not so bloody a one as that of their eastern neighbors. The French traders did not trouble the red man. But with the coming of the English and, later, the settlers of the east coast, the Indian soon read his fate. Many went North into Canada. Others crossed the Mississippi vallley and lived on the plains of the West. Then, in 1762, the now famous Pontiac devised a plan for the repulsion of the invaders. Over- powering numbers prevented a successful conclusion of his conspiracy, and he knew that the day of the Indian had passed. As the hold of the paleface grew upon the land. the picturesque inhabitants of the forest receded farther and farther, until there was left at the scene of their former haunts only the memory and tradition of the life they had led, Because there is much of that tradition left to Ludington and Northern Michigan, and because one of the most famous historical sites in America, the first grave of Pere Marquette, lies within two miles of this city, much of the art work of this volume of the Oriole will suggest one of the most fascinating char- acters of history, the American Indian. Tl' ' il' ' l Inf- ' 1' rl'l I 'Vu :Kill ' ',,Iin'f'u ' , IIT I it Lqlovmgmwl,I,f.mMll1'm.q? ,-H. lf ., me, ?WL,mmr41g.f3, llililiiiiiigwlm 4i,h.4,1l,'m 7 Jmgn, .M Qll 44 i M JL, bw ,, -v.u?,li I,,, 45 ' JU. ' .12- -,Ill . I ,Hg 1,55 I 1,1 N, . , iiilldli Hr- HCI IIN lliifil VIH' 161 ...vlfvlllellfji , Iiflim' , vw 'III JN Iwi H 49 ' , , L I9l