Soldan High School - Scrip Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Woodrow Wilson .9 Q How could the man who sounded the trum- pet of freedom have been nominated for the high office of governor of New jersey at the dictation of the champion state boss and his retainers? It is the general impression that the machine politicians discovered him, but investigation has proved that it was through his published works and public oflices that he revealed his capacity for a career of statesmanship. It was really the best people in America who discovered Woodrow Wilson although the Democratic machine men brought him forward be- lieving that they had in their midst a theorist of statesman-like ideals, who, when transplanted to the field of practical politics, would prove himself a politician in swaddling clothes, honest, easily blindfolded. tame, manageable and perfectly harmless in all the word harmless means as interpreted by the state bosses. But in his speech of acceptance of his nomination he said, I did not seek this nomination, I have made no pledge and have given no promises. If elected, I am left absolutely free to serve you with all singleness of purpose. WDelphine Nichols. Ulysses S. Grant 2 0 I propose to light it out on this line if it takes all summer. These words wired to Washington on his famous last campaign are the keynote to Grant's success. They show the iron determination of will which characterized Grant at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Cold Harbor, and other famous battles. They show his policy first and foremost is concentration. During his last campaign, Grant undoubtedly lost more men in all of his battles than the Confederacy. The people of the North were shocked at the appalling loss of life at Cold Harbor, but they did not know war, and this method of lighting was contrary to all their conceptions as to how a campaign should be managed. Coupled with the inefficient food supply, this constant ham- mering began to tell on the Confederacy and culminated in the surrend- er at Appomattox. That he was relentless in the execution of his purpose was also shown in his campaign against Vicksburg, an almost impenetrable fortress which controlled the Mississippi. Impossible, foolishness, sui- cide, and other epithets were applied when Grant first broached the sub- ject of this campaign. But overcoming these obstacles, he carried out the campaign in twenty days, twenty days of fighting in which the gen- eralship was perfect, twenty days of one of the greatest campaigns the world has ever seen. -Carl Betglund, 8. Edward Everett ,Q 2 A man of unbounded culture, undisputed scholarship, and devoted statesmanship, combined with a wondrous gift of expression, cannot be set aside without some appreciation of his im- portance and accomplishments to the youths of this generation. 128

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,,3,f . 2. ,V 1. Q 'iq lc ? EDITORIAL STAFF EUGENE LOWEY, ................ .. --.. .., - ...... . .... - - .. Etlit0r-ill-Ciflirf IVILSON LELVIS ... ..-. .........,.,.... ,.,... . ,. Business Manager Deparlmenfal Associates MORRIS .IACKS RICHARD flfa'CULI.EgV LULJI MILLER V.fiN DEIVISON E.7ifMA COULTAS ROBERTA TVOODSON CIHURCIE .-1I.Bl'.X' Departmental Assistants EDMUND JUARX lfR.tI.YCI.S' BTIRNIDGE NADINE PURDOM LEAH HIBSHMAN EDNA C. SJIITII THE SCRIP: Published by the Students under direction of the Faculty. Frank Louis Soldan High School, Saint Louis. Issued during the school year from the office, at Union and Kensington avenues. Terms: One year. seventy-tive cents: one term, forty cents. Mailing, ten cents a. term. Entered as second class matter December 16, 1910, at the Post Oniice, Saint Louis, Missouri, under Act of March 3, 1879. VOLUME TWELVE NUMBER FIVE JANUARY, l9l6 Henry Ward Beecher 2 9 He shall never be forgotten by those who are intimately acquainted with his character. Who could forget the most convincing preacher, the great moral reformer, the interesting editor, the distinguished lecturer, Henry Ward Beecher? He probably attracted more attention than any other American orator. He was will- ing to die for his country. He appealed to both ordinary and intelligent, both rich and poor, both narrow-minded and so-called broad-minded peo- ple. Dr. Lyman Abbott, a New York lawyer, and later Mr. Beecher's successor to the pastorate of Plymouth Church in Boston, declared that this illustrious man revolutionized his life. The unconscious application of the principles of oratory as taught by Mr. Beecher unfolded to his audiences the art of true speaking. No political or religious weapon could touch this fearless, earnest, and sin- cere patriot, in the way of evil suggestion. From his mother he inherited his love of nature and music, his ten- derness and sweetness of spirit. From her, also, he gained the rich possession of an inborn love for church and his fellowmen. He loved the experience with the nature of life better than books. In moral genius for statesmanship he has been called the brother of Lincoln, so powerful was he as an advocate of the abolition movement. He served his purpose and seemed to know everything, for he could do anything and do it well. -Lula Millet. 127

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Edward Everett lived during a period of extreme restlessness, per- haps the most stirring and important of American historyg at a time when civil strife was almost inevitable owing to the sectional differences between the North and the South, at a time when the national principles were confused and contradictory. Everett started his career as a college professor and the esteemed editor of the North American Review. He managed this with the same wisdom and grace as Sidney Smith did the Edinburg Review in its eary days. However, in 1825, Everett gave over his editorship to occupy a seat in Congress. Here he strove for ten years with untiring diligence to bring about many new measures that were so badly needed for the good of the country. Some of the most important of those measures which gained his hearty and efficient support were the establishment of the board of education, the establishment of the scientific surveys of the state, the criminal law commission, and the advocation of a sound cur- rency. All the ofhces which Everett held he filled with distinction. But it is because of his sublime gift of oratory that we remember him. His natural gift of expression, his careful discretion in the selection of words gained him great admiration and vast influence in the minds and hearts of his hearers. His speech was that of great eloquence, force, and rea- son. He was broad and unbiased in his utterances, possessing that pow- er of soothing and quieting the feelings of the populace during that period of turmoil and distress. -Kenneth H. Bitting. Samuel Finley Breese Morse 2 ,Q It is no exaggeration to state that Samuel F. B. Morse was the greatest inventor before Edison. His inventions annihilate time and space, and accomplish things which be- fore existed only in the mind of a jules Verne or an H. G. Wells. They have made possible great economic progress. Notwithstanding their importance Morse received from these inventions, which could have been made to yield a fortune, only a tithe of their worth. Morse was not only an inventor and a man of science, he was also an artist, and a lover of beauty in all forms. At one time he was con- sidered the greatest American artist, and was called upon to make por- traits of famous men then living. Morse's father was a congregational clergyman, a very wide-awake and sensible person. His mother came of a good family and was well educated. With parents such as these, it was but natural that young Morse should receive a good start in life. He was sent to school at And- over, and later to Yale College. There he proved a good pupil, especi- ally in chemistry. The experiments in that study interested him greatly, and were useful to him in later life. He was also fond of drawing and painting and in fact became so skillful that he paid part of his college ex- penses by painting portraits. -Leslie Tacke. izs