Standish High School - Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Standish, ME)

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He made his home with Mariah and Mr. Watkins for five years while going through grade school and equivalent of high school. Upon entering this school he had to have a surname and according to the exslave custom, Carver George was transformed into George Carver. After leaving the security of Nariah Watkins home, he moved from town to town, attending school when he had enough money and working for his board and room. In the course of time he arrived in Olathe, Kansas, where he was taken in by Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Seymour. When the Seymours moved to Minneapolis, Kansas, they took George with them. It was during this time that his body began to stretch to the six feet which he was finally to attain. Although he still stammered, his power of mimicry was much appreciated as was his musical ability.q Lucy Seymour started a laundry in Minneopolis and from her George learned how to iron ruffled shirts and petticoats. From then on, wherever he went, he made his way by starting a laundry. It was while he was in the laundry business that he added the Washington to his name. Being in business, he received his first mail. There happened to be another George Carver in town, a white man. George added the Washington to his name to distinguish himself from the white man. When he had completed his high school education, George was not satisfied. He wanted to go to college to acquire more knowledge to help the negro people. He wrote to Highland Uni- versity and was accepted, but when he appeared in the fall he was turned away because he was a negro. Thus George became acquainted with race prejudice. From there he moved to the Great American Desert, settl- ed some land and tried to farmg but he was unhappy. The only consolation he had was the beautiful scenery which he loved to paint. He p oved his claim on June 25, 1888, but he did not live on the land the required five years to get it free from the government. Instead, he took out a mortgage for three hundred dollars on it. He traveled with that money and finally settled in Winter- set, Iowa, where he met Dr. and Mrs. Nilholland. Mrs. Milholland was very much interested in paintinggand in return for the help George gave her in art, she taught him how to sing. It was through her persistency that he was finally persuaded to enter Simpson College. He enrolled in the art course and proved himself a very talented and a patient student. Before George realized it, he was making friends. Because of his natural shyness, the fact that he was colored, his unnaturally high pitched voice and the impediment in his speech, he tried to avoid contact with his fellow students but was drawn to them in spite of himself, Gradually, he overcame most of hisishyness and even developed a beautiful speaking voice. Ho was known as a brilliant student who was much depended upon by his superiors.

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X His work is well known. As a scientist, artist, and a human being, he was ulways doing whatever he could for the negro people. Many honorary degrees were conferred upon Dr. Carver,but he is said to have appreciated the smiles of eager young students more than anything else. Upon his death on January S, l9h3, he was mourned as a great man, by the white and black alike. The colored people had a right to say,HWe are proud of our George.N Shirley Sullivan 'LQ ,ff T If X ,f'!, 1 9 y if F ,, lk Q cy -X X fliiuiflfiwlefiiks' an l 7 so ,. n P3621 e ,,-,, .nu- I , - 1 I , ,W I , I my ,, .. y ty x 1 l 'lf' if , 5' c ' i f g fd Q f f f I E N f ' ' 4 lj X I 1 i i