Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES radt was it the throttle and the years trlp wasa decxded success In 1911 H L Thornton became Master Mecha mc and declded to make lt an engxne of trlple expan snon and to Econonuze at the same t1me Mlss Stewart who had been 1 rnachlmst xn the F M H S Shops some years before became lnterested 1n the structure and was appomted Machnnlst 1n Enghsh Department Mlss Selma Stempel had now taken the place left vacant by Mxss Cummxnffs Mlss Carol Scott htd taken Mr Dlcks place and MISS Lllv Robmson had Mlss Knoepller s work mn the uuddle of thxs year One pxece was left out of the englne and nt had become much easter to govern The wnter englneered the run durmg thxs year Thexe was st1ll some IrI'lLI1OI1 wh1ch at one t1me nearly caused a head end colhston wxth engme number 1912 In 1913 the shops were cons1derably enlarged and the force mcreased It was declded by Master Mechanlc Thornton aftera consu1tat1on w1thSupt Schall and the Trustees of the Company that the eng1ne should have a thorough overhaulmg after wh1ch1t was to be released for good The englne up to thls t1me had been of compound constructlon It was declded to change It IHIO a sxmple quadruple expanszon engme Mr Van Voltmbergh pomted out the defects IH the boller so xt was converted 1nto the superheater type Mr Repass made the blue punts and the fmal work was begun As the lubucmtmg of the mechanlsm h td been pool Mlss Stewarts olly Enghsh was brought mto pl ty Mxss Garrett md M1ss Sk1nner the successor of MISS Scott now figured the necessary angles It was also found th tt the fuel wh1ch they had been usmg was ne1ther samtary nor econonucal Mxss H111 was secured and tn the Domestxc Sclence Labaratory worked out thls dllficulty w1th apparent ease Wtth such competent machmxsts after such prev1ous expermments xt IS no wonder th tt the most perfect englne ever turned out of F M H S was run from the old shop on May 29th On the green colored tender were the large golden Hgures 1913 It was now re tdy for servlce havlng made lts trlal trlp dr1ven by Byron He1t7n1an Now comes an seemmg contradlctlon 1n the wr1ters tale Thus splend1d new engxne was to be dls mantled unnledmately If 'tn eng1ne IS buxlt for servxce why should thts one be made useless? The answer IS thus Each part has been so shaped and perfected ln the four years that 1t w1ll do 1ts part ethc1ently 1n any engme wherem xt IS placed W1ll the parts ofthe engme of 1913 be parts of englnes that make successful tr1ps through the road of l1fe or w1l1 they permlt themselves to rust out ln the valley of 1dleness and pleasure 22 ' 1 ' ' .' . ' I 5 5 1. 2 I V ' ' '. . . 6 ' 2 . ', s . 2 C ' Is- . V ' 'T .T 1 1 taken Miss Cook's place. Miss Anna Tiede took up ' 1 r 1 ' I . In 4 I ' ' ' , , . . . . , . - . 2 ' . . . . 3

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TI-II: HILII-l SLI-IOOL TIMES Class H1SlOfy, or the Construchon of an Engme H A PARK N 1909 F M Myers became Master any It ,gf echunc I the F M H Jw Machme Shops underE F Schall YU X 4 I jfklx lf fylyflkl Supeuntendent ofMot1ve Power Shortly after tikmg 11131118 new S1tll'lllOll the tonstructlon I' new langlne was begun The plans for 1ts CODSlIAllCtlOI1 were smular to those used mn the erechon of foxmex en glnes yet 1t w ts to have all the lltest lI'I1pTOVClH8DtS M1ssL1theryne Cooke was nude Apprentlce I structor to iSSlSt Mr Myers as sl1e had a thorough knowledge of the h1story of such constluctxons L R Wooctward was 'lppolnted Erectmg Foreman and spent ptrt of etch day xn the Sclence Laboratory worklng on 1ts complehon Because she had 1 famlh arlty w1th German structures Mlss Knoeffler was made General Foreman M1ss Cummxngs havmff the necessary knowledge of the Anc1ent Latln methods was selected as Shop Foreman Before the structure was timshed she took a tr1p to Europe to recover from a nervous breakdown caused by too large asslgnments 1n the pr1nc1pal parts of valve sets Durmg her absence her place was taken by Mrs Evernnffh im Mlss Mabel Mxles wis m ide Foreman of the Amr Department md put the lfnbhsh Meehan msm 1nto excellent wolkxng order mostly woxklng She was asslsted by M1ss Rea who llliCWlSC a1ded Mlss Looke lhe structure was very cfflclent and the seventv seven puts worked wxth but xery l1ttle f11ct1on It wts pxloted on 1ts f1lSttIlp by Don Ilette who brou ht 1ts lllp to a very successful close After three months ldlLIlCS5 lt w ts found th tt varlous parts had completely rusted out and needed rep mzng A L Mithews had now taken M1 Myers place under IL F Schall and wts assxsted by Mlss Cooke Mzss Zella Byram had succeeded Mrs Everlnf ham md Mlss Cummm s had taken Mxss M1les place ass1sted by Mmss Okell Mxss Vmme Garret now floured out the xn fles and curves of the constructzon and Robert Dlck had succeeded Mr Woodwud A the work had not been quxte successful heretofore owmv to the lick of blue prmts I-I D Repass was assxgned th1s work Instead of 1 smgle cyl1nder mt was dec1ded to make lt a double cy11nder engme The parts now numbered forty three and much 1nter nal fr1ct1on had been done away wxth Thomas Con - N .- 21 QE, N . . 3 ' ' Z, z . '. ' ' .' if z ' S M 1 ' 0 . . , s. ' f 2 2 ff - X est ' - A - . ' l,..Y : Efzgilllff. A c ' I . L Q I I t 'Y We ,wh t I . I ' ' . ' ' ' I im , ,A 1 r s WU Q 445 .',1,f1:X L . . ' . o a . - ' z ' ' lltllh .fm WVU' It - . . . I . . . dpi, X ,ff yin J, 53 A 1 , L y l . . I 2 x. K, . 1 ' ' ' U' ' ' ' 4 . 6 , .. . . L ' 2 n- . . 2 1 ' . 2 . '. J ' S. . ' z ' . ' . . . ' ' . , , ' f . , . . . . Z, L . 4 I X ' ' ' 1 I ' 6' ' ' L I 1 6. 2 z ' ' I I . ' ' ' f ' ' - ' 2 ' ' '- 5 2 lg ' 1 --S Y I L ' . 2 ' . S . . ., 6 ' . 1 . F' ' . V . . - , f .. 1 . . , 2 . v . y s u ' -

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES R1p Raps Of the Ll tsses wh1ch have spent four years In thls well beloved Hall The class 13 wh1ch I shall tell Youll agree ms best of all Of boys we now h we just fourteen Of gxrls there s twenty one And each one of the thlrty hve ls bflllllllllig full of fun Kltharme R tho very small Has braxns of goodly s1ze At least we judge thxs must be so If there her knowledge hes Another flldld IS dark and charmmg And can show grades qu1te alarmmg Our Esther who w1th Sllllllllg looks Is ever pourmg o er her books Leah IS a gentle lass Who now four years has graced our class Her k1ndly manner and wmmng ways W1ll always w1n her frrends and pralse Of goodly slze fine vo1ce and act1on E1 HIHL HPNSIIALI Walter Knel wnll be qunte an attractxon If he 1eaches the stage where hrs fondest hopes l1e On wings of fune h1s name wxll fly Another Walter we have w1th us Who IS tall and th1n but deterlnxned and strong We knew the enemy could not last long Mar1e Weber IS a genxus we re told And excels other members of the Green and Gold In many thlngs but we cant let xt pass That she laughs first and then laughs last Gladys Cunnlng xs very qulet Thus grew to malden hood And tho she says but a very few words She IS most kmd and good Mar1e IS always giggling Never knowxng when to qult Keeps us ever ln good humor W1th her sweetness and her w1t - Y I ' ' - In the game when e'er he bucked the line, . , ' , ' . . . . . . , . . , 3 1 1 1 1 ' l G .