Delaware Academy and Central School - Kalends Yearbook (Delhi, NY)

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4 lst row: L. Buel, D. Rotzler, L. Dibble, J. Laidlaw, H. Sturdevant, J. XVilson, L. Ayers, J. Hamilton, H. Merritt, H, Maxim, E. Laidlaw, WV. Roc-kerfellerg 2nd row: L. Liddle, G. Cleaveland, J. Dropp, R. Harper, A. Mable, C. Parrish, M. McDonald, A. Dehning, E. Thompson, XV. Fuller, D. Dart, A. Brownell, J. Northrupg 3rd row: M. Oliver, R. Aitkens, R. XVooley, G. Muir, B. Aikens, V. Gielskie, 'l'. Gavitt, M. Griffin. D. McKee, C. Delalmeter, L, Dayton, 4th row: L. Bryclen, M. Clark, l-', Moody, T. Short, B. Brown, C. Hawley, B. Hotchkin, M. Rivenburg, J. Brown, J. Sohlafer, T, Gile, T. Hutsong 5th row: M. Hume, G. Gabriels'on, l-I. NV:1tson, N. Skovsende, N. Hewitt, K. Russell, B. MeNee, A. Bisbee, I, Hafele, M. Jack, J. Page, M. XVorden, A. Mostert, President - - Lois IXYRES Vice-p1'eside11f - JACK HAMILTON Secretary - - HELEN STURDEVANT Treasurer - - JOHN VVILSON 'THERE were seventy-six fledglings who, on September 3, 1941, were first introduced to the flying Held of knowledge at Delaware Academy. XVe have not only kept our scholastic averages at a very .high level but many of us have belonged to the school clubs and organizations, such as the band, the Girls' Choir, Girls' Athletics, Cain Raisers and D. Afs football, baseball, basketball and track teams. ln the local prize speaking contest, first placewwas awarded to Anne Mable, one of our very active new flying cadets. Leonard Dayton received a H rating for his clarinet solo at Kingston, in the State Music Contest, We the new ilying cadets of Delaware Academy, certainly can be proud of this record. 20 D '

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ng 3 ll YES, that's just what D. A. is. The ground school trains future pilots in the rudiments of aviation, while our Alma Mater gives us the ground training necessary before we take off on our solo flights into the busy world. Down at one end of our huge hangar Mr. Brown puts his fledglings through courses of shop work and agriculture comparable to the training for air corps mechanics. Going from the hum of machines, we look into the English, French and Latin classes. Here hopeful students must wrestle with the languages of the world. So must future pilots understand the language of aeronautics, which has its own Ulingo' just as rail- roading and seafaring do. Next comes the all important subject of math. Bank accounts and income taxes must be figured out with the same mathematical accuracy as wing plans and fuselage structure. Not only plain arithmetic, but also its more advanced applications in algebra, geometry and trigonometry serve to prepare us for climbing into engineering or accounting. A more technical angle comes from the the art room where Mr. Vosburgh super- vises the mechanical drawing students. This, of course, closely resembles drafting work that flying cadets must master at ground school. Art, chiefly composed of representation and design, brings out talents of pupils as more advanced training prepares pilots for special service. Science, including physics and chemistry, compares with the test flights in which experi- ments and trials are conducted with sound knowledge to improve design and performance. Good pilots are interested in past and present developments of aviation. So are good history students, Knowledge of the past is experience which helps plan for the future. Civics and citizenship, like Flight training, give us ideas on how we should pilot our lives and how the instruments of our government are operated. . A real pilot has to know his way around. His map work is just good old geography inthe beginning, Our students stay in one place to learn about other places, but the flying cadets have to find their locations en route. Donit forget those who learn to work in the administration department either. Re- ports, plans and schedules must be taken care of promptly. Not too different from our own typing and commercial work, is it? Q .Girls, as a rule, are not found in ground school corps, but their basic training 'for soar- ing into the future is given in the home economics department where cooking, sewing and housekeeping take the place of flight instructions. The music which our students produce differs greatly from the noise and confusion of the airport, and our rhythm is far sweeter than the drone of Boling pursuit planes, but flying in precision formation requires as much harmony as that of a band or choir. Boys in ground school have time off every now and then for recreation. So do we. In the gym and on the athletic field Delaware Academy's cadets engage in invigorating sports to relieve the drudgery of facts and figures. And even speech training is linked up with the ground corps, because someone has to learn to be a radio operator to keep 'em flying on the right course. Yes, indeed, we Hedglings are hard at work in our ground school training. When we finally learn all that is necessary for being full fledged pilots of tomorrow's affairs, We get our wings in the form of diplomas and Hy away to new worlds. 22 sqft-sawfwf