Sequoia High School - Yearbook (Visalia, CA)

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l N I l ANDREW CARNEGIE was a giant in the railroad and steel industries. He believed that it was the duty ol a rich man to distribute his wealth during his lifetime. To that end, he established 2800 Iibrariu and many cultural halls throughout America. Serving an unprecedented four terms as President of the United States, FRANKLIN DELARO ROOSEVELT was a popular leader who made extensive use of frreside radio chats to explain his plans and generate enthusiasm to push them through Congress. I I t I The crippler poliomyelitis was conquered by DR. IONAS SALK in 1953 after more than 25 years of research. Polio was reduced by 9675 in less than ten years. SALK's re- search continues in California at the Salk Institute, A lifetime passion for machinery led HENRY FORD to Detroit where, in 1896, he completed his first motor ve- hicle. The Ford Motor Company manufactured the first Model T in 1909 ' l l t I ROBERT FROST's poetry was clear, understated, well- metered and told the stories of rural America. He was a tour-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and has been called America's poet laureate. MARTIN LUTHER KING was a leader in the cause of civil rights. He had been a pastor before turning to the cause of segregation. His leadership earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray in 1968. I N One of the most elementary symbols of the American way ol life was established when 1. EDGAR HOOVER and his Federal Bureau of Investigation G-men set out to clean up the country. His career spanned over 40 years. L. A plain, homely woman with tremendous appeal to the masses, who was always in the thick of things del scribes ELEANOR ROOSEVELT and her lifetime of poli- ticlung beside her husband during his four terms. I N l Lieutenant Colonel JOHN GLENN started Americas trav- els to outer space when he became the first American to orbit the earth. He had been an aviator in World War II and a test pilot in peacetime. The motion-picture industry was revolutionized in Ameri- ca and DAVID WARN GRIFFITH became known as the Father of the film art and lung of directors for his part in this revolution. His camera techniques were the pioneering steps of the industry. I I N l THURGOOD MARSHALL is the first Negro to serve as a iustice of the Supreme Court. Hrs law career was aimed primarily al civil rights cases. GERALD R. FORD, the first President lo achieve the ol- Iice without an election. tn 1974, through a series of scandalous events, the Nixon administration toppled and FORD reached the position through approval by Congress.

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Qi 1 7 in 12 ' DRILL PRESS I go, s-c.,.ff,. 5 Hsdsiii 'S M4142 N.. 1 111 i ii... l Tl w 1 h i J . ,. lf W .'lQ ffl - ii i 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 fcalled the nation's most valuable citi- zenj 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. Throughout the past ZOO years the American mind has been unleashed to take 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.