Roosevelt High School - Bwana Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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EUJHNE There were cowbovs from Dakota and Texas ranchrnen irorn the Roc les prospecto s from the coast bronco busters two un nnen herrffs and other oftxcers of the law rubblncf elbows w1th amblers and bad men Alongslde of these were a bunch of Easterners some pollcemen from New York to serve the1r Chlef agaln football baseball tenms polo and olt players nd athletes of every type It was a motley and xx elrd assortment lndeed But the men had one common bond they could rxde and fi ht they were afraxd of nothlng and they adored Roosevelt Roosevelt rode up facmg the reglment whxch had been carefully selected and sard Gent'emen you are now about to take oatls and be rrustered IHIO t e serv1ce of your country If any of you dont mean bt sxness let lnm IU I shall depend on you to see xt through Of course not a man Flxnched Every one of them was behlnd the1 leader and wanted to st1ck lt out At last they dxsembarl ed ln Cuba the refuge ot the1r enemy The revlments 1mmed1ately proceeded to advance to meet the foe Under the swelter1ng hot sun throu h the tall burnt grass and wlth no SIRI! of the shghtest breeze they went on They shovx ed the1r mlght 1n the battle of Las Guaslmas after whxch Wood was made Brlffadler General Roosevelt succeedlng hmm as Colonel W1th Roosevelt IH command the Ulor1ous battles of El Caney San juan and Santlago were fought and made famous because of the Rough Rxders How ever thls IS all hlstory but It can not adequately brxncf to lvght the courage and bravery of the Rough R1ders Through the Flery Furnace they rode 1nc1ted and encouraged by the heat of the1r leader and Uu1de H15 own undymg and powerful xalor and audaclty was comrnunxcated to h1S Rough R1ders And so wxll the name of Rough R1ders be glorrfied and renowned through all our wonderful h1story 1-IA ROLD MILLFR 1.11 4. . l, . . A .A ZX' ' 2 r 2 'Z -g . 2 s ' . , b g ' H . A . ' .. ' vs ' A - g U . . . M. . t, 3 a . ' ' . . G . U . . D , bf ' D . , A , 1 A h - 'f . ' 1 . Q, ' say so now. An hour from now it will be too late to back out. Once you're ' , 4 1 - 'vs . V . .r ' b l O' O' T . , ,D , .3 ' Y ' 7 . . . . . .D . Q . . U . ,, . . v 1 b - . Y . . U , . b . A . . ' 7 A6 ' 13 ' . ' b .

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BWEHH and often helped m roundmg up cattle Sooner or later most men looked upon h1m as an equal ln Splte of hls toothbrush and habxt of shaving and stopped callmg h1m a tenderfoot Roosevelt who had been weak 1n body and subject to rllness had m three years developed a robust constltutlon He had come close to the heart of the plain American He loved the companions of hrs Joys and labors and they m turn regarded htm with an admlratlon and devotlon whlch was deeper because of the amazmg fact that he had come from the ranks of the dudes When Roosevelt was Presldent all hxs frrends from the Bad Lands had to come and see h1m Occasionally some had dlfflculty 1n gettmg past the guard It took Sylvanus Ferris two days to convlnce the door keeper that Roosevelt wanted to see h1m Roosevelt was lndlgnant and told Sylvanus to shoot through the wlndow the next trme he couldnt get 1n Roosevelt never forgot these frlends and always remembered hls llfe rn the Bad Lands Cl AIRE WEILER ROOSEVELTS ROUGH RIDERS HE Presldent deslres to raxse volunteers m your Terrltory to form ! 5 part of a regiment of mounted r1F1emen to be commanded by Leonard H951 Wood Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Lleutenant Colonel He desires that the men selected be young sound good shots and good riders and that you expedlte by all means nn your power the enrollment of these men R A ALGER Secretary of War The last sentence of thls telegram recelved by the governors of four Western Terrltorles glves a falr descrlptlon of the Rough Rlders as thas reglment was promptly nlcknamed It was just such a command as Roose velt had long dreamed of takmg Why was he not Colonel then? Secretary Alger a frxend of hls offered h1m the post but Roosevelt thought he had not suFE1c1ent mllxtary experlence for lt He knew of Leonard Wood an army surgeon who had seen actnve field experlence xn Indlan campaigns and 'elt that here was an xdeal man w1th whom he could serve Then why don t you take the colonelcy and I w1ll appoint Wood l1eu tenant colonel? asked Secretary Alger No replled Roosex elt bluntly I feel that I would be cllmblng to preferment upon another man s shoulders The response to the message was 1mmed1ate Men came pourmg 1nto San Antonio the recrultmg ground ln droves Wlth two or three tlmes as many appllcatxons as vacancles the regxment was recrulted rn record time wxth all anxlous to lxck them Spamards Xu: 1 , 1 - v 1 s s 9 sm n 1 . . , . 1 . 3 .J . . . . . r'- ,' Nfx' L . . VG ' Ctr' - . . f ' - ' 1 1 1 ' s v v 4. sv . . , . 9 . . . . . . U . ,, . 9 s v - v r v ' 1 1 A ss 1 . - - - 1 1 ' as as sy ' y as ' - 9 9 ' 9 11 1 1 - v ' ' so ' ' as 4 C

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EWHHH INTIMATE VIEW OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT V OST presldents have made a declded 1mpress1on on the hearts of the Tai, people one definlte outstandmg characterxstlc has become assoc1 ated wlth each When we thlnk of Washmgton ,ve thlnk of h1s d1g n1ty when Lmcoln IS mentloned we see a kmdly man Uaunt of figure and frlendly to all but when Theodore Roosevelt IS spoken of we lmmedlately thmk of the broadness of h1s character the many sxded aspects of the man We see hlm as the great chlef beloved of all we see hlm as the jovial com panlon and humor1st and we see hlm as the brllllant statesman and patr1ot1c c1t1zen The followmg IS an extractlon from the b1ography wrrtten by hxs sxster wmch 1llLl'StI'3t6S the ch1ld1sh lnnocence of the Colonel s pranks One luncheon durmg the tlme that my brother was governor stands out clearly 1n my mind 0W1I1g to an amuslng 1nc1dent connected wlth lt My d1n1ng room at 422 Mad1son Avenue was small and fourteen people were the actual l1m1t that lt could hold One day he hav1ng told me that he was brmglng ten people to lunch and reallzmg his hospitable mcllnatxons I had the table set for the l1m1t of fourteen We were already thlrteen when the door bell rang and looklrg out of the wmdow he turned to me with a troubled expresslon and Sald I thlnk I see two people comlng up the front and sa1d Theodore I have not places for fifteen you sa1d there would be only ten I am dellghted to have fourteen but you w1ll have to tell one of those people that he w1ll have to go somewhere else for lunch He went out lnto the hall and ln a moment returned wlth one of h1s beloved Rough Rlders and an axr of trxumph cn hrs face I whlspered Were there really two and who was the other and what has happened to h1m9 He whlspered back like a chrld who has had a successful result 1n s0me game Yes there were two the other was the president of the Umverslty of I told them they had to toss up and the Rough Rlder won' th1s w1th a chuckle of dehght' Another mcxdent of the prxvate hfe of the xllustrmous presldent IS related by hls mece who upon recelvlnv an 1nv1tat1on for a v1s1t at the Whlte House realized the wonderful opportunltles of llstenlng to the great men of the world at the Roosevelt mformal luncheons It was decxded that Cor1nne would be seated between the presldent and john Burroughs the great natu ral1st Dxsappolnted to find that the conversatxon would not center on poh tlcs Cormne prepared to hear some marvelous ormthologlcal tales Imaglne her amazement when she heard the followmg conversatlon as Mr Roosevelt leaned across to Mr Burroughs john thls mornlng I heard a chlppy spar row and he sang twee twee r1ght1n my ear Mr Presxdent you must be mistaken It was not a chxppy sparrow lf It sang twee twee The note of the chxppy sparrow IS twee twee twee From that moment the great cont1nental affaxrs the mternatlcnal crlses of all kmds were utterly forgotten II cu FUI ,W - . . . . .- J- , ' . 3 . . . , . v b Q . . . . . . y - . D 1 i . I ' . q . . . V . . . , 1 H . . . . A . . y . 9 9 - v . A . , . . . , . . 1 3 steps, and that will make fifteenf I suddenly decided to be unusually firm, l 1 K , I l ' 9 ' 1 . , . ! 3 ' . . . , 1 7 9 . , . . , x ' W ' 7, . . y v . . D . . . . . . y , . . , . H . . . . . , ' K 3 ' ' YI K6 ' J 7 7 ' ' 5 , . . . i , ' ' L 7 1, 1 1 ' y . . S cz'