Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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7 Many things Nokomis taught him. from Hiawatha's Childhood by H. W. Longfellow Many years ago there lived a brave young chief of the Iroquois Indians whose name was Hiawatha. He was a wise man and stressed the ar1s of peace. He taught his red brothers to make canoes, to raise corn, and to write by means of pictures. But he accomplished another great deed - he united five of the Iroquois tribes and made them the strongest of the Indian nations. As a group they were known as the League of Five Nations. Hokendauqua, an Indian name meaning Seek, is a village in the approximate center of the five wards, which like the five tribes, make up our League or Township. Here is situated the wigwam of learning, which like Nokomis, protects, leads, and counsels the braves and maidens who come to her seeking knowledge. The foundation stones of the League were said to be: Health, Happiness, Righteousness, Justice, Power, and Strength of Character, and after many years these ideals developed into traits of character of the members of the League, who in turn came to be regarded as the chief tribes of the East. Same Indians, especially Hiawatha, were known for their remarkably good humor, generosity, intelligence, and honesty. Many, too, like Hiawatha, showed a great talent for poetry, oratory, and political organization. Still others, unlike Hiawatha, were savages of the lowest order. Perhaps we, White Brothers, will learn a lesson from the strength of this people that will stand us in good stead in the years to come. Perhaps we will learn a lesson from his tragedy - the loss of his lands, his families, his freedom, and the respect he once enioyed. For his strength lay in the social and religious patterns which taught the sacredness of the individual and his importance to the life of the tribe. His tragedy was -a result of his inability to lay aside his local preiudices, his local gods, his local sovereignty, and to ioin hands with those who might have been his allies in the time of crisis. We, the class of 1953, believe we exemplify the spirit of unity and oneness of the Indian nation, coupled with those attributes that enable his white brothers to supplant him in his home land. We are thankful that here, at this our wigwam, we have been taught those things which are inherently sought after by all who obey the Great Spirit regardless of their color: Health, Happiness, Righteousness, Jus- tice, Power, and Strength of Character. Having found them, we will strive to use them as we walk the Trail of Life. From the red deer's hide Nokomis Made a cloak for Hiawatha, From the red deer's flesh Nokomis Made a banquet in his honor. All the village came and feasted, All the guests praised Hiawatha, Called him Strong-Heart, Soan-ge-taha! Called him Loon-Heart, Mahn-go-taysee! 5

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ffdma The youth that from his mother's home goes forth to Whitehall High Can ne'er be said to wildly roam, or fade in clouds well nigh So let us now the truth bestow, and here our altars raise, And our dear Alma Mater praise, our Alma Mater praise. When poverty ensnares the home, poor girls will sob and weep Or, if their strength won't let them come, they'll soon in silence sleep And, so, with love and sacrifice, to her let's altars raise, And our dear Alma Mater praise, our Alma Mater praise. Her graduates are strong and firm, and build both hearth and home Her sons and daughters will each term back to her altars roam And there will bend and bow and pray, until a shrine they raise And their dear Alma Mater praise, their Alma Mater praise. -Hellman lTune1 Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes l 4

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