Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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SPECTATOR 11 top of Pike's Peak. l shall remember that ride as long as l live. ' We started in the morning at eight o'clock, mountain time, in a Cadillac touring car. We first went through the Garden of the Gods. Here We saw the huge gate-way rocks, the kissing camels, the lion's head, the baggage room, the balanced rock, and numerous other strange images made by the action of the wind and of the water. The baggage room is a huge mass of square rocks piled up like so many trunks. Having seen the Garden of the Gods, we went on to the Cave of the Winds. This wonderful place, which is l475 feet above sea-level, was discovered and explored by two young boys nearly fifty years ago. The cave is no longer windy, as the old entrance, through which the wind rushed at a rate of thirty to forty miles per hour, has been closed and a new one cut in at a place where the wall was thin. Some of its chambers are two or three stories in height. There are stalag- mites and salactites throughout the cavern. On account of the great number of stalagmites and stalactites and because of their remarkable beauty, tourists have been tempted to break them off and take them home as souvenirs. The Cave belongs to the United States Government, which imposes a very heavy fine and a long-prison term upon anyone caught breaking any of the stalagmites or stalactites. The tour of the Cave of the Winds completed, we set out for Pikeis Peak. The road by which we traveled to the top is eighteen miles long, and has a three to four percent grade. Every mile of the road is marked by a sign post with the number of the mile painted upon it. The elevation at that point is also marked. This system of marking every mile makes the journey very tiring as the travel is slow and it seems to be a very long time before the next mile post is reached. General Pike, who discovered the Peak on November l5, 1806, tried, for two weeks to climb it and failed. lt took us but half a day to go up and down. We had luncheon at Glen Cove lnn, II,425 feet above sea-level, and seven and one-half miles from the top. At the elevation of l2,000 feet all vegetation stops and the mountain looks like one huge pile of rocks thrown up in confusion. The altitude of Pike's Peak is l4, l 09 feet or two and one half miles above sea-level. The whole top is snow covered and is hidden by clouds most of the time. To be

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A10 SPECTATOR n . ,..., BUFFALO BILL'S GRAVE AT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN grave is a large house in which the Colonel probably lived. This house is now used as a museum and contains some very interesting Indian relics, together with portraits, weapons, and clothing which belonged to Colonel Cody. After leaving Denver, our next stop was at Colorado Springs. This stop proved more exciting and more interesting than the trip at Denver. Here we went through the Garden of the Gods, were in the Cave of the Winds and visited the o

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12 SPECTATOR above the clouds is a thrill that comes once in a lifetime and one that will never be forgotten. The day on which we went up was cloudy, but the clouds lifted in spots and exposed the bluest sky l ever saw. The Pikeis Peak auto road was opened three or four weeks sooner than it usually is. This was done in order that the Rotarians, not only from the Atlantic Coast, but also those from Europe, might visit the Peak. The road was still full of snow and ice and some places it was banked higher than our car. One car that did not have chains got too close to the edge while coming down from the top and slid over the edge of the road before it could be stopped. We stopped at the Glen Cove lnn on the way down and removed the chains, as the snow line was passed. For dinner that evening we were the guests of the Colo- rado Springs Rotary Club at a trout-fry in Stratton Park. We left the park early and drove up into the Cheyenne Canon to see the Seven Falls. Climbing the three hundred steps to the top of the falls gave a fine view of the succession of cata- racts. This finished our sightseeing. We went back to the station a few minutes before the train pulled out for Los Angeles, carrying a definite impression of the wonderful places which we had visited. - ane's Chance Edith Resley, 22M ,lane l-lam,mond settled herself for study in an easy chair beside the library table in the living room. Her mother and father had gone to the theater to see a home talent presentation of the opera Carrnen. Jane was left behind at her own request for her class at school was to give a number of plays and scenes from plays and all students had an equal chance to gain the leading part. She was a Sophomore in High School and was just now beginning to read Shakespeares plays. She settled herself comfortably and gave one long look around the room preparatory to plunging into her studies. As she did this her eye caught sight of the latest movie maga- zine which was opened at the newest screen Ufindf' She was