Saint Louis High School - Spectre Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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THEY ADE THEIR M RK Men and women who helped shape America's history THOMAS PAINE, a bankrupt Quaker corsetrnalrer, some- trme teacher, preacher and grocer wrote the most onl- lrant pamphlet ot the Amencan Revolutronl Hrs words rn Common Sense rerllectedlongrngs and asprratronslthat have remarned part ol Amerrcan culture to thrs day Chrel lustrce IOHN MARSHALL estahlrstred lundamental prrncrples ol Amerrcan constrtutronal law He rs noted lor hrs precedental declaralron ot a Congressronal act as unconstrtutronal He served through trve admrnrslra' trons, from 18011835 ABRAHAM LINCOLN eprtomrzed the Amerrcan dream ol a humble young man ascendrng to the hrghesl otlrce ol the land He was superbly skrlled at analyzrng complex rs- sues and translatrng them unto meanrnglul words lor the oublrc He was devoted to the preservatron ol the Unron DANIEL WEBSTER chose law as a career and went on to become well-known rn the courts and In polltlcs He was twrce Secretary ot State wrth an eye always lo the Presl- dency whrch eluded hrrn Born a slave rn Maryland, FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught hrmsell to read and wrrte secretly and.at 211 escaped to lreedom, He was an ardent abolrtronrst eampargnrng successtully lor Negro surlrage and crvrl nglrts HARRIET BEECHER STOWE wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin rn an etlort to make the whole natron realrze the rnhumanr- ty ol slavery. Her book resulted rn one ol the most popu- lar and controversral plays on the Amerrcan stage, The Crvrl War was krndled by' lhls work r I J DOROTHEA DIX worked her entrre adult lrle lor relorm ol the exrstrng penal and mental rnstrtutrons rn the mud' 1800's The lrrst stale hosortal rn the natron al Trenton, New lersey was a drrecl result ol her ellorts The New Colossus, a sonnet composed by EMIAA LAZ' ARUS rn 1883 rs rrrsnrrbed on a bronze tablel at the base ol the Statue ol Lrberty She organrzed relrel lor lews and helped tugrtrves lrom the Czar's ghettos to establrsh homes rn Amenca l I The creator ol the Cherokee alphabet, SEQUOVAH, was an artrst, wrrter and srlversmrttr He used asrmple IBZI Englrslr prrmer to compose the characters The lamous redwood trees ol the Pacrlrc coast bear hrs name AMELIA IENKS BLOOMER. best known lor a mode ol dress she adopted durrng her camoargn lor equal rrghts lor women. Though rrorculed untrl she gave up the cos- tume, the term bloomer came to symbolrze womans bro lor rndrvrdual lreedom. - - HORACE GREELEVS adrrronrtron to Go West young man was a rallyrng cry ol the proneers ol Arnerrca He was founder and edrtor ol the New Vorlr Trrbune He was best known lor hrs phrlosophy ol socral relorrn and hrs unsuccesslul bud lorthe Presrdency rn 11172 IOSEPH PULITZER was the tnst rournalrst to reach a tru- ly massrve audlence Hrs New York World newspaper was the symbol ot yellow1ournalrsm wrth rts sensatronal- :sm armed at the common rrran.

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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 5 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 lcalled 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.

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ANDREW CARNEGIE was a grant rn the rarlroad and steel mdustrles He helreved that rt was the duty ot a rrch man to drslrrhute hrs wealth durrng hrs lrletrme To that end, he eslablrshed 2800 lrhrarres and many cultural halls throughout Arnerrca A lrtetlrne passlon lor nlachrnery led HENRY FORD to Detrort where. rn 1896. he completed hrs llrst motor ve hrcle The Ford Motor Company manufactured the lrrst Model T ur 1909 l'irs.. 7 , Servrng an unprecedented tour terms as Presrdent ol the Unrted States, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was a popular leader who made ertensrve use ol lrresrde radro chats to explarrr hrs plans and generate enthusrasrrr to push them through Congress The crrppler polromyelrtrs was conquered by DR. IONAS SILK ln 1953 atter more than Z5 years ot research Polro was reduced hy 962 rn less than len years SALK's re- search cuntrnues rn Calrlornra at the Salk lnslrtute ROBERT FROST's poetry was clear. understated, well metered and told the stones ol rural Amerrca He was a lour trme wrnner ol the Pulrtzer Prrze and has heen called Amerrcas poet laureate MARTIN LUTHER KING was a leader rn the cause ol crvll nghts He had been a pastor helore turmng to the cause ut segregatron. Hrs leadershrp earned hrm the Nobel Peace Prrze rn 1964 He was assassinated by lames Earl Ray rrr 1968 r l One ol the most elementary symbols ol the Amerrcan way ol hte was estahllshed when I. EDGAR HOOVER and hrs Federal Bureau ol lnvestrgatron G-men set out to clean up the country Hrs career spanned over 40 years A plarn, homely woman wrth tremendous appeal to the masses. who was always ln the lhrclr ot thrngs de- scrrbes ELEANUR ROOSEVELT and her Irletrme ot poll' lrclrrng hesrde her hushand durrng has lour terms r l Lreutenant Colonel IOHN GLENN started Amerrcas trav- els to outer space when he became the lrrst Amerlcan to orhlt the earth He had been an avlator ln World War ll and a test prlot rn peacetrme The motron-prcture lndustry was revolutronrzed rn Amen ca and DAVID WARR GRIFFITH hecame known as the Father ol the lrlm art and lung ol dlrectors' tor hrs part rn thrs revolutlon Hrs camera teohnrques were the proneerrng steps ol the rndustry IHURGUOD MARSHALL rs the trrst Negro to serve as a lustrce ol the Supreme Court Hrs law career was armed pnrnarrly at crvrl rrghls cases GERALD R. FORD, the lrrst Presrdenl to achreve the ot- frce wrthout an electron, In 1974, through a serres ol scandalous events, the Nrxon admmrstratron toppled and FORD reached the posrtron through approval hy Congress