St Joseph High School - Josemont Yearbook (Fremont, OH)

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tm '. :W in L lhls trad1t1on relates to us that the lroquols tlred of war had founded for themselves a home beside the peaceful stream and that It was a Wyandot trlbe For many years they llved here and the r1ver as lt flowed by was wltness to the happlness of thelr abode But war the destructlve serpent crept 1n and m tlme the natlon that had been for so many years a refuge and a haven was demollshed Years later the banks of the Sah un dus kee the Wyandot term for clear water became the center of the trlbe Here the red man llV9d loved laughed and fought and held h1s prlsoners of war It was a flourishing settlement and through lt ran the r1ver broken by falls banked by forests and bluffs untrammeled by brldges and lndustry Truly lt was a glor1ous watcher of the ever changmg tlde of human1ty and over 1ts gleammg surface the Indlan pad dled hls canoe So the tlme went on and w1th 1ts golng came strangers to the land of the red man Strangers who stole from them then' home on the r1ver s bank Then the Indlan resentlng the lntruslon warred on the pale bloody confllcts between the savage and the c1v1l1zed the red man and the whlte Years passed but there was no end to the turmoll yet the r1ver flowed quxetly by seelng all yet not able to g1V9 volce to the protest It per haps felt Then came the day when the last red man dlsappeared over the western h1lls and the whlte man became possessor of the country through whlch the Sah un dus kee ran Then great changes took place IH the l1fe of the rner From Its banks the trees were cut and across 1ts rlppllng expanse a brldge was stretched Strange boats salled down the S1lVely stream and the wheels of progress moved rapldly Even 1tS name was changed and It became the Sandusky while the thrlung ullage on 1tS banks was called Lower Sandusky T K S Z5 Sweet Sacred Heart mflamed wlth lose For us your chlldren here GIVE us the grace to do the rlght To please You Fuend so dear You are so good to all of us And we do thank You too Well pray and work to gain success Because It pleases You MRF25 I-I 4 I Eleven I I . , . l use I l I 1 e ' fy- g I g I la- S I 8 , rv - - - u ' ' 7 Y . ,, . 1 1 , Q . a I 1 1 , , ll - - - 73 I Il- YY . 7 I Y . . ' . ' . ' ' . I . I , . , . 1 , . . . ' .' . . l .1 , - ,, . . . . I 9 i . . , , . . Y . . . , K - I faced' men and the swelling breast of the river was the scene of many ' . I , I , ' , ' I , - , ' . . I ' ii ' 7! !! ' ' ' C - . . . . I . . . I ll !7 ' . 1' 7' , Y' ' ll . C 7! . . . . - Y . . V I 9 . u . Y , I , ' K . I I 1 ' ' 'Q ' h l I--If 'fl S I I I I I 1 , ggzw 1 ,

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Ten s S - sl? The Plan of the Josemont IS Derlwed from the Hlstory of Fremont The 1925 Josemont has been planned to reflect and perpetuate not merely another year of school l1fe at St Joseph H1gh School but the school l1fe of St Joseph Hlgh agamst the colorful background of Its hls torlc settlng It s very name which IS a contracted comblnatlon of Joseph and Fre mont has been chosen Wlth a v1ew to dlfferentlatmg It from annuals of other schools of the same name by addmg the d1st1nct1ve local touch It seems but log1cal therefore to follow out th1S ldea by drawlng upon local hlstory for the themes of lllustratlon and motlfs of deslgn So rlch and varled has been the avallable source materlal that lt was lmposslble to exhaust the matter 1n a slngle volume but made p0SS1blQ the plan of a consecutlve serles of annuals each of Wh1Ch wlll prove a sequel to that of the precedmg year by hnklng the h1stor1c assoclatlon of thlS locahty w1th the present development of St Joseph Hlgh School The hlstory of the Aborlgmes the Wyandot Indlans has furnlshed the keynote of deslgn and lllustratlon as well as the unlfylng prlnclple for the 1925 Josemont Every phase of Wyandot llfe from the httle pa poose to the Indlan graves finds adaptatlon and apphcatlon ln the lllus 1nto the border des1gn and lettemng A brlef summary of the early hls tory of Fremont W'lll serve to elucldate the sketches Durlng that perlod of years Whlch fills the western annals w1th storxes of mtrlgue and bloody confl1ct the plams and pra1r1es of the Lower San dusky Valley were the homes of the most powerful and most generous of the savage natlons The border country of Pennsylvanla V1rg1n1a Ken tucky and the first settlements 1n Ohlo saw the Indlan at war and too often hls character has been estlmated by h1S conduct when 1nsp1red bv a natural deslre for revenge Here we see h1m at home far removed from h1s enemy and percene the softer s1de of hls untamed nature Less than a century ago these plams now covered by a thrlvlnfr clty presented all that lnterestlng var 1ety of scenes of Indlan llfe pr1m1t1ve and agrlcultural--crude cablns canoe bulldlng amusement the councll fire around whlch palnted war rlors planned campalgns 'md expedltlons havlng for thelr ultlmate object the preserxatlon of the xast beautlful forest and the beloved huntmg grounds the return and welcome of war partles and the terrlfylng and not always harmless treatment of prlsoners As the story leads Hundreds of years ago back ln the age of the anclents a beautlful rn er sang happllv as 1ts waters coursed rapldlv to the sea and on 1ts shores the mound bullders went about the task of erect 1ng lastlng monuments to thelr memory Then another race came to take tihelr place and we find the sole record of these people 1n old Indlan tra 1t1on 'I I I 'I I 4' KA - is at I I les se n .' vl,l l- je .. V 1 - -, ' . I . . I , ' . .. . D. u .l H I ' '. - ' '. ' . - ' . l . . , u I i .. .u . . l. - i trations, while the beadwork of these Indians has worked itself admirably I . 0 , i . , . . . y 4 A 1 . ' U . L . . A t Q . i . l y ' . y , .Y L . 7 . . 5- , . . h l -. - l , , : ,, . ' , . I . . ,K I . . Y . . 1 . . Q - 7 I I. .H , . . - ef as e n I I l l 43.

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Twelve S- .l.-,MLI I l .5 la. The Name of Fremont When the name of Lower Sandusky was to be changed to Flemont ln honor of the great Path Flnder over the ROCk18S Mr Hayes as the lawyer for the pet1t1on presented lt to court and flnlshed by offerlng the only remonstrance agalnst the change Thls was 1n the form of humor ous verslflcatlon consxstlng of seven stanzas fzom Judge Howland The Iollowlng IS a copy of thls I'9IYl0l1St1 ance as read to the Court bi Presldent Rutherford B Hayes who was at that tlme Attorney for the P6t1t10ll There IS a pra5 er now golng around Whlch I d1Sl1k8 to hear To change the name of thlS old town I hold so xely dea1 They pray the court to alter It And let lt stand Sandusky yet And not John C Fremont Sandusky IS a pleasant name T1s short and easy spoken D9SC9Hd1Hg to us by a chaln That nex er should be broken Then let us hand lt down the stream Of T1me to after ages And Sandusky be the theme Of futu1e balds and sages Won t the old honest SAGUMS TISS And say to us pale faces Do you ou1 2':Ll1C19llt name dGSp1S6 And chan e our 1QStlHg places? Our fathers slumbered he1e Thelr splrlts c1y Oh don t Alter the name to us so dear And substltute F1 emontf Therefore my pray er shall st1ll 1ema1n Unt1l my XOICC grows husky Oh change the PEOPLE not the name Of my old home Sandusky' TIIT I-I or I, 0 a P - , I Q Y , . 'uk l Y . I I I I fig , ,- , l 4 -' I - P ' + l ' ' K6 ' Y! , L , . . . , . , I ' . - I - . . hr. n - , ' v ' 2 , I I u ' y , ' , N ' I '. I 1 ' '- ' I I Li ' X , l - I pray to God they won't g P I l I il ' , , - ' I 7 I . . . l U . I ' 7 I I ' . T in 1 li Y 7 ' - A 1 , N 0 . 7 . U . . - 3 I D l . .I .A , , , 1 J I . . ,, - , - U 7 1 ' - ' L 1 n , - l , U P l , . , l V I l I I ' I a A