Sparta High School - Spartan Yearbook (Sparta, WI)

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x, ' ,Q 1 GIRLS of C Ass of 1901. ? , ,, S , +4 IH-ssw I1-ull. JUIIIIII'JHHIIHIUII. lim-lm!Williams. Imr:nSIn-rwmrl. Ilntlif-llutsmu. l.u!:uX1-lsun. IClsi1'4':lnl-lwul. PHOTO sv FOSTKR a. SHIDELL f'!Ill'!l Kumlsuu I- vru S1-nrt. lil:lm-lm lhuyfh-11. 4'ill'l'il' lfilmun. I-It In lIulm:1'. 4I1:ll'lwII1- .lulms nn. Xlvtrn Smith. XIill V l1:uln'm-IQ. I1l:l f'I:lrlk, BOYS of CLASS of 1901- PHOTO sv MCMARDSON BROS. livvrvtt Willimma, ldrnont Brooks. l-Edwin Ilivh. f'h:w. Roy. lhmsn-Il Ruth. Isuzu' lmwin, Z1-llh' S, Rice. llsxy VV1-bntvr. NUI! Ilutlvdgu, Marcus Ilunrmn 1':nrrul Ayn-ru. Ruin-rt Rllfll'llK'lF,

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jf jf The Class of 1901. jf l 44 APPY is he who has no history. History consists of I feuds, wars and defeats. Our annals are short, not be- cause our lives have not been full and active but because we have had no wars or defeats. ln the fall of '97 the class of 1901, seventy strong entered as Freshmen lI1Il1C Sparta High School. As all other Freshmen classes it was conspicuous for its astonishing number of extra recitations, special meetings in the lecture room with Prof. Doty and numerous drills iII marching through the halls. We re- ceived many kindly suggestions and much friendly advice from our more dignified seniors as to how to conduct ourselves while in the Assembly Room but this was not so necessary for our class as for all other Freshmen classes as we had been stationed in the High School three months of the year before, the Ward school building not beiIIg completed. Everything went smoothly during the winter but in the spring, one of our dearest classmates, Lela Hettman, was taken from ns by death but we will always think ofher as a pride and honor to our class of 1901. The second year the class became famous for its many botany trips. The woods all around the city echoed with the merry voices of the Sophomores seeking rare specimens for their Ht-rbariums and when at the end ofthe year the Herbariums and laboratory drawings were collected they were found to be an exceptionally good set and a fair representation of our work. When we took our examination and found that not one of our class had failed we felt a thrill of joy pass over us as it did six months before when we had the same experience iI1 physiology. Thus passed the second year with more ileasure than pain, more work than play and the next fall found us juniors. Yes we were juniors with two classes below us and only one above and then we felt ourselves of some importance, although wc did not have the dignity ofthe seniors. We shall long be remembered in Leon, Big Creek, VVelsh Valley, Beaver Creek and Angelo for our class parties, and Sparta will not soon forget our entertain- ment of December 8th, given for the benefit of tlIe High School. With the proceeds of this and a chicken pie supper wIIic11 we gave later, we framed for the school the beautiful pictures which hang oII the walls of the lecture room. We developed ourselves physically as well as mentally and the junior girls defeated the Senior girls in the final game of Basket Ball which gave us the championship of the school. So passed the third year and almost before we realized it, we were Seniors. As every year has its Senior class, so has every Senior class sedateness, dignity, and perhaps vanity, and we do not claim our class to be an exception. Our last year has passed all too swiftly and we look forward, almost with regret, when we can no longer say that we are students of the Sparta High. We entered the school as seventy, we go out as twenty-eight. Many have left us and some we have left but we will always think of them as our classmates. Tonight we are one, we are a class, t A PHOTO BV FOSTER In SHIDELL. PRINCIPAL F. E. DOTY. tomorrow we are many, we are individuals, perhaps we shall never be together again, but whenever we are those we hold Inost dear will be our classmates of the old Sparta High, of tlIe class of 1901. IDA CLARK. .900 Classof l90.I. Nihil Sed Optimum. Colors-Blue and Gold. Class Officers. PRESIDENT, ------ IsAAc LEWIS. VICE-PRESIDENT, - CHARLES RAY. SECRETARY, - - - ERNEST Bnooits. TREASURER, RACHEL WILLIAMS. HISTORIAN, - - - IIIA CLARK. Class Roll. Carroll C. Ayers. Ivfary Louise Babcock. james Ernest Brooks. Blanche Edith Boyden. Ida Helen Clark. Elsie Marie Cameron. Carrie Anita Ditman. Marcus C. Hanson. Etta Josephine Homer. Harriet FFHIICCS Hutson. Charlotte Estella johnson. jennie B. Johnston. Clara Bertine KI1lldStlIl. Isaac Lewis. Lulu Nelson. Russell Robert Rath. Edwin Sanborn Rich. Zellie S. Rice. Napoleon Charles Roy. Will j. Rutledge. Thomas Robert Rutledge. Eern Scott. Dora Atwater Sherwood. Meta Belle Smith. Elizabeth Teall. Ray Lawrence Webster. Everett Lyle Williams. Rachel Hannah Williams. 3.0.0 Principal F. E. Doty. Above is presented a likeness of Mr. F. E. Doty, the present principal of he Sparta schools. He was borII in 1865 near Mad- ison where he received his education. He was reared a farmer boy, was graduated from the Madison High School in 1883 and from the State University in in 1888. During the three fol lowing years he taught at Elkhorn and in the Madison High School. He also read law but never sought admission to the bar. In 1891 he was elected city superintendent of schools in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and there organized the first city system of public education in the territory. Three years later, having re- turned to Wisconsin, he took charge of the schools in Waupaca and served there three years. In 1897 he was elected to the charge of the schools in Sparta to succeed Mr. J. NV. Livingstone as principal and supervisor. To his splendid work is largely due the present excellence of our city schools.

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Y' l SALUTATORY. 1 Delivered by MARCUS HANSON. N a recent study of History I saw a new phase of that rather old subject. It was, that history has been made by a com- paratively small number of individuals. In fact history is but the united biographies of the great men of their times. We have no history in the days when every man lived alone and worked for himself. History does not develop until the race has developed sufficiently to produce an individual capable of changing the condition of the people. He may be a great warrior ora wise counsellor, but he must impress himself upon succeed- ing generations. We know nothing of Egypt except through the biographies of her great kings written on obelisks and tombs. Greece is famous through her great men, her artists, orators and statesmen. In the biographies of a few men like Cicero, Caesar and Emperor Augustus, we see tl1e growing power of Rome. Charlemagne unites tVestern Europe under his rule and lays the foundations of government. William the Conqueror, by his coatluest of Engl ini conlmletely ch tnges English history and found many of the principles of modern government. Luther inhis life revolutionized the church and changed the beliefs of the world. Queen Isabella makes our Western Republic possible by her support of the apparently wild scheme of Columbus. Her act paved the way to Spanish glory in the 16th Century. ln following this idea of the individual as a moulder of his- tory we must not forget that a great leader must have a good fol- lowing to accomplish great deeds. The difference between good leaders with a good following and poor, dissipated leaders with an ignorant following is graphically shown in the history of the last quarter of the Eighteenth Century. In 1776, the American colonies rose in just rebellion against the tyrannical rule of Great Britain. The leaders, as you all know, were brave, patriotic men like Washington, Adams, Pat- rick Henry. They were backed by an intelligent people ---the descendents of men who had braved the wilderness for conscience sake. The result of the revolution was the founding of the United States of America. Having glanced at the American Revolution, let us turn to France. By the avaricious rule of a line dissipated and despotic monarchs anda small privileged class,the Commons of France had been ground down to the condition and nature of brutes. Such a condition could not lastg the worm turns and overthrows the hated monarchy. What is the result here of success? Having been reduced to the nature of brutes, they act as such, and the guillotine is the main factor of success, having as attendantsa frenzied mob, fairly reeking with blood. The people were not intelligentg they still needed the direction of a powerful leader, an individual. He came, and his name was Napoleon. - Let us now return to American history and see why the American revolution was not a failure even after the success at arms. It was because the people were intelligent and possessed the ability to choose the best leaders and pursue the courses which would be of permanent benefit to the nation. Although the people were to be the sovereign power the individual was still needed, both to hx the responsibility and to direct tl1eir business as a na- tion with other governments. For this purpose the ccntral gov- ernment was formed with the president as executive. The growth of our nation from thirteen weak, debt-ridden states to the powerful nation of today, progressive and wealthy, ranked among tl1e great powers, is largely due to the selection of those individuals as presidents who were fearless in doing their duty and capable of directing the policy of the nation. We have many instances of the truest patriotism and self sacrifice on the part of our executives. Personal interests were set aside when the good of the nation was at stake. jefferson opposed personal and party policy in his purchase of Louisana. jackson opposed his personal sympathies in opposing the Nulli- tication Act of South Carolina. Washington was truly wise in avoiding war with England by declining relations with France through their minister, Genet. It was far better than a successful war for the country was poor, her resources having been drained by the long Revolution. All thro' the Century and a quarter of our history we Find instances of the courage, wisdom, and sterling qualities of our presidents. Yet these men who have served the country so ad- mirably have been but,citizens -citizens, yet raised to the most honorable position in the gift of the Western Republic. Our presidents raised up from among the people have equalled and surpassed the diplomacy of older nations and by their sterling qualities have become the ideals of American citizenship. The progress of the nation is directed, as itwere, by the pre- sident, but it is the advancement of the people that makes a na- tion truly progressive. VVe have seen how nations have risen and fallen with the character of their leaders. Our country is doubly secure against a fall, for we have chosen good leaders and the people progress with the times. The day of one man gov- ernment is gone, every individual must feel that he is a respon- sible part of the government. The demands upon the individual, however, are not made by the nation, alone, but the progress of the times demands that each one make something of himself. This occasion, for which we are assembled is significant not only to us who are about to graduate but to all those here present, for that reason alone. W'e have taken the first step toward individual growth to power and usefulness. The presence of this audience shows how ser- iously, how genuinely all good citizens value the struggles of youth for intellectual power. He who truly values education ap- preciates the hopes and fears, the struggles and failures that are incident to its attainment. We appreciate your presence and as I greet you on behalf of the Class of 1901, I know I may bespeak forits members, patience with our shortcomings and sympathy for our failures. In behalf of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and One, I thank you.