Renville High School - Renvillon Yearbook (Renville, MN)

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THEY MADE THEIR MARK Men and women who helped shape America's history THOMAS PAINI. t bantfupl Quaker corsetmaher some teacher preacher and {roctt wrote the most bn» hant pamphlet ol the America Revolution. Hu worth m Common Some rejected longings end aspirations.lhat have remjmed part ol American culture to this day Oel lustier JOHN MAKSHAU esUbHsMd fundamental principle Ol American constitutional law He is noted lor Ins precedent ! declaration ol a Concessional act » unconstitutional He served throofh (ne admmatra tmns, »rom 180! 1835 ' A OANKl WEBSTER chose low as a career and went on to become wen known m the courts and m politics He was fence Secretary ol State with an eye always to the Presi dency nh h eluded him Born a slave m Maryland FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught himself to read and write secretly and at 21. escaped to freedom He was an ardent aboMmnoi campaigning successfully tor Ne«ro suffrage and cnril rights DOROTHEA on worked her entire adult life for reform ol the ousting penal and mental institutions m the mid 1800 s The first stale hospital m the nalmn at Trenton. New Jersey was a direct result ol her efforts v . A The New Colossus a sonnet composed by EMMA LAZ- ARUS .n 1883 ft inscribed on a bronze tablet at the base o! the Statue ol liberty She organised relief lor Jews and helped fugitives Irom the Car s ghettos lo establish homes m America The creator of the Cherokee alphabet SEQUOYAH, was an artist writer and silversmith He used a simple 1821 English primer lo compose the characters The famous redwood trees ol the Pacif coast bear h«s name AMELIA JINKS BLOOMER best known tor a mode ol dress she adopted during her campaign lor equal rights lor women Though ridiculed until she gave up the cos turn the Term bloomer came to symbolice woman s hd lor individual freedom ABRAHAM LINCOLN epitomized the American dream of a humble young man ascending to the highest office ol (he land He was superbly shilled al analyzing com pin is- sues and translating them into meaningful words lor the PuMk He was devoted lo the preservation ol the Umon HARRIET BEECHER STOWE wrote Uncle Tom t Cabm m an effort to make the whole nation realm the mhumam ty ol slavery Her book resulted m one ol the most popu lar and controversial plays on the American stage The Cnnl War was hmdfed by' this work HORACE GREELEY'S admonition to Go West young man was a rallying cry o Ihe pioneers ol America He was founder and editor of the New York Tribune He was best known for his philosophy of social reform and ha unsuccessful fed lor the Presidency m 1872 JOSEPH PUUT2ER was the first lOurnMat to reach a tn hr massive audience Ha New You World newspaper was the symbol ol yellow fournaiam with its sensational am aimed at the common man

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DRILL PRESS phonograph Without realizing it, England instilled in the colonists the individual purpose and ingenuity that necessity breeds. With trade goods cut to a minimum, determined young leaders of the time set out to find ways of surviv- ing without support from the Mother Country. Agricultural methods and machines and labor saving devices were designed by our forefathers. As frontiers opened, Yankee genius had to conquer natural barriers in the wild new country, so suspension bridges were invented and methods of transportation were perfected for the purpose of opening the untamed areas. Later, they sought to section off the land with the revolution- ary and controversial invention — barbed wire. Cooper's 1-horsepower Tom Thumb train in 1830 and later, automobiles like the first Model T, and the 4-horsepower airplane ; became American modes of travel from city to city and coast to coast. Americans knew that the fertile lands of this nation would produce unequalled harvests if machines were designed to take over for man. They knew also that trade routes were difficult to travel and manufacturing would have to be done close to home. The cotton gin, textile looms, drill presses and a reaper which could cut six times as much grain as a hand scythe were some of the tools invented. Protection for themselves and for their young country prodded inventors like Eli Whitney to perfect firearms and others to work on plans for the first submarine. Young inventors like Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison (called the nation's most valuable citi- zen) visualized machines that would light the country and open up communication with those in the far cor- ners of the nation. The telephone, telegraph, phono- graph and the first light bulb were discovered in the late 1800's and early twentieth century. This American way of doing for oneself inspired many to become inventors in their own right. Some sought to save labor and mass- produce for profit while others envisioned not only riches, but excitement and adventure as they discovered ways to defy nature. ThroughoilKthe Past 200 years the American mind has been unleashed to lake whatever paths necessary to ful- fill the needs. In the last half-century, the pace of dis- covery has been overwhelming and inventions for the taming of the universe lie in the grasp of America while the habit of finding a way is ingrained in its people. The seeds of industrial America were sown by these inventors resulting in today's mechanized society.

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 ANOREW CARNEGIE «as a giant the railroad « S ste«4 industries He believed that it an the duty ofa ikI) men to distribute his w«a»th durmg his lifetime To that end he established 2800 i brents and many cultural hails thioughout America Serving an unprecedented four terms as President ol the United States FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT «as a popular leader «mo made eitenvve use ot fireside radio chats to eipiom fus plans and (cneiate enthusiasm to push them throu(b Confess The cnppler poliomyelitis «as conquered by OR fONAS SALK m 19S3 after more than n years o research Poho «as reduced by % m less than ten years SALK s re search continues m California at (he Salk institute A lifetime passion tor machinery led HENRY FOND to Detroit «here n 18%. he completed ha first motor e hicle The Ford Motor Company manufactured the first Model r « 1909 ROBERT FROST » poetry «as dear understated «ell metered and told the stories of rural America He «as a tour time «inner ot the Pulitzer Pnzc and has been called America s poet laureate r One of the most elementary symbols of the American ■ay ot life «as established «hen I EDGAR HOOVER and h s Federal Bureau of Investigate G men set out to dean up the country Hrs career spanned over 40 years A plam. homely «oman «nth tremendous appeal to the masses «ho «as always m the thick of things de senbes EEUNOR ROOSEVELT and her Met,me ol po be lung beside her husband during his tour terms MARTIN LUTHER KING «as a leader m the cause of end rights He had been a pastor before turning to the cause of segregate H leadership earned him the Nob Peace Prize m !%4 He «as assassinated by James Earl Ray m 1968 lieutenant Colonel K)HN GLENN started America s trav ets to outer space «hen he became the first American to orbit the earth He had been an aviator m World War II and a test paol m peacetime The motion picture industry «as revolutionized in Ameei ca and DAVID NARK GRIFFITH became known as the “Father ot the Mm art and king ot directors ‘ for his part m this revolution His camera techniques «ere the pmneering steps ot the industry THURGOOO MARSHALL is the first Negro to serve as a justice ol the Supreme Court His law career «as a med primarily at owl rights cases GERALD R TORO the first President to achieve the of ( • wlhout an election 1« 1974 through a senes ot scandalous events the Nuon administration toppled and FORD reached the position through approval by Congress