Wayne High School - Sentry Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Instead of promoting violence by launching an Atom bomb or shooting someone with an M-16, the Wayne High School Latin Club got THEIR kicks out of shooting gigantic Boulders across an open field. Silly you say? Well they didn ' t think so, and considering they again proved themselves National Catapult Champions, it seems they were right. There is however, more than one way to throw a rock, and Wayne proved it by entering 10 different machines in 12 different catagories. Wayne ' s star machine, the Imperator (Heavy weight, twisted rope, rock thrower) shattered our own National 10 pound stone record by more than 80 ft. with a and glory. With this throw, not only was her base shattered, but also her legend. walloping 544 ' 11. Orbitas, Steve Smith ' s bentwood spear thrower, threw the spear 276 ' , and the Joe Andrew, Joe Billman, and Hayden Schultz destructive engine Arculus threw the spear US ' Va in. Steve Etter shined in the contest by breaking five national records with his Heavy ' Weight, bentwood, rock throwing machine, l lagnus Ignis. Pila Ignis, a light weight, bentwood, rock throwing machine, set a new national record for Jeff Dohner with a toss of 170 ' 6 . There was one last attempt by Imperator at heaving the giant 100 lb. rock. The sound of splintering wood shattering the air as the Imperator ' s arm landed with a sickening thud on the ground. Several attempts were mi as the artist is never famous until he . ' [»I -«iiuMMn courageously try to twist tighter the rope of Wayne ' s star machine, Imperator machine. His epitaph, like T.S. EliOt ' S Bt.) Bill Richards gets his spear throwing -.iiIh ..ioII r aM ir, r y, «« ... .- «... catapult ready for launching at the Nationwidi °0 ' ° W il read. In my end was my Catapult Contest. beginning. i ' . O-MAUL A-l . .V:. ' S V- ' ' ' « : ■ IS