Roosevelt High School - Strenuous Life Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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X5 lx' .1 .di tie' cs., ll QALA i A 1. v 1 .i eff Mikeed Fulton xg I s buildings testify to man's progress Es , n - and faith in his civilization so did x i 5 L -,nm-5 7 Reed Fulton, to whom this Strenuous Life is '-...J ' XX dedicated, demonstrate his belief in young gf ' people, as he attempted to guide them ,XV ' Q? YY -fx, to the finer things of life. 1 lx .I r. Fulton passed away on july 1, 1957. i N :He had become an integral part of Roose- X L Q 'xx velt, having served here as an English 3 V 7 G teacher in 1922, when the high school was X i ' ' jx 'J first opened, then returning in 1951 to N' ' 1 J 1 ' --'A' administer as principal until his death. X X 1 N Q ,V Vg . . . . -. - v- V -. He was born in Asotin Washington in .xi H x x X J 1 t px .XI tl 1 1890. He received his B.A. degree from -F M W- 43 ' xWashington State in 1912 where he was X A V 1 5 . . . E A Qi' 1 lv p w X if active in drama, music, Journalism, , .X 2. ' N if .E and a member of the championship ten- tl! EN . . 4 5 nis team. He enrolled in advanced study lt is he 5 3 Q at the University of Chicago and later it ' . 5 . . , , x -,X 1 V ., received his MA. from the University of - T ' x . . X, X al. , 5. 5 X J Washington in 1934. . 'R tl 3 FZ . 3 -4 fs. ' u -4 . With a ma or in ournalism, he con- f . M J lv fx, V tinued this work through the establishment - . ' - xi . X ix ,Q X N ,Q of many high school newspapers and the p '11 1 publishing of eight successful novels 1 K .,,p X for young people. Best known of these are rx Kr 9, ,ug Rookie Coach and the Grand Coulee ' 2,1 lf p yi :K l W A p . . ...J lie, IX Mystery. -4 X As an active member of the community, 1 A X. 'XL X X Mr. Fulton was chairman of the Nl .5 K' board for Friends of the Libraryg a nil A Q 'S member of Rotary Club, a member of the 'S 12,28 gf L Washington and National Education YN. fx, QQ g QX Q Associations. He had gained fame as an K X 'V .1 1 s s X. X N. X excellent speaker, contributing worth- Q ' .J 7' while ideas to youth as well as adults. 5, J .fx Q , , 4, R, 1 H Q ' 1 Whether working among his flowers at lc '-x N ' . . Q X .C-.Q at V ' his beloved Mercer Island home, or behind X H -A ' 1 his desk at Roosevelt, or writing for XA H lx Q if V youth, Reed Fulton strove to do his best, ' , J . ' . . , 4 N , A Q a quality he asked of his students, ' . Q ' V. never comparing one with the other. J s 1 1 1 lx? He once said, The public mind is res- . x v- A ,. . ponsible for much that transpires in a demo- Q X s X X V ' cracy, and educators are responsible for Q Y SX .Q jx Q53 the factors which fashion the public mind. J jj V If V As a tribute to her brother, Lois Fulton lj xl! has drawn the sketch on the opposite page. Mutt.

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