Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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jCite iary Q Bali In Balithe whole life of the people is centered in beauty. Their pagodas, rice fields, and ( mountains v re symbolic of mystic beauty. Fragrant flov fers under trees that reach to heaven briivg the peace of cool waters after thirstj Sd here the world, like the Balinese, lowers in her hair.

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JPul VtlaqnsiL E. PATRICIA WILSON “Pat” Eager for a good time Plays tennis Willing to oblige RUTH LOUISE YOUNG “Ruth” Reserved Likes vacations Yearns for Jimmie BERNARD ZARITZKY Brilliant Zealous Bernie” £Dest C Wishes The Class of January '38 will be the first class in forty-seven years in our High School to be graduated under a new Superintendent, and will also be the first under Mr. Anderson. We wish to express our sincere good wishes to Mr. Wiley as the new Superintendent, and to Mr. Anderson as the new Principal. We wish them many successful years in their new position.

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JJlSL IfilcuptsL ——— Off to Honolulu Robert Crissman They had lunched with a group of fellow radio and newspaper men in San Francisco that day in December, 1935; and as they bade them farewell a short time later amid the crowd gathered at the water's edge at Alameda Airport, they thrilled in excited anticipation at the remark, Luncheon in California today; breakfast tomorrow in Honolulu. Their penchant for adventure had taken them into many strange places, but today they knew they were about to undertake the most momentous adventure of a lifetime, trail blazing across the Pacific. They would be the first persons not employed by the Pan-American Airway system, to fly across the Pacific in the Clipper ship, for they were to be included among the twelve who made up the flight personnel of the Philippine Clipper, which even now was being tuned up for her hop-off on the second airmail flight across the ocean, bound for the Orient. Radio men, they were to test the long-range dependability of portable, light-weight, short-wave equipment recently developed. Boarding the ship through a hatch in the after section, they found that most of the seats and beautiful furnishings had been removed. Mail sacks and parcels filled several compartments, and the ship had been lightened as much as possible to carry extra gasoline. The crew were donning white overalls and fur-lined Hying suits. The radio men were to envy the crew their comfort before the flight was over, for with the coming of night and higher altitudes, there came a chill that neither hot soup or coffee could dispel. Stripping the ship of all non-essentials for this experimental fight had included part of the heating apparatus. From outside, one could hear the Captain on the bridge receiving last-minute weather and other information. It was just past three o’clock when the out-board motors coughed and came to life. For a moment the ship seemed stationary, all four motors idling. 1 hen the whirr of the motors rose to a higher pitch and they were in the air. The take-off fully loaded (51,000 pounds) had required forty-five seconds. Captain Tilton slowly lifted the huge ship to an altitude of eight thousand feet and it melted into the atmosphere as the silvery metal of the Clipper merged with the misty grey of the clouds. Oft Point Bonita, they passed out to sea. not to sight land again until they reach Honolulu, 2,400 miles away. Night came swiftly. The rays of the setting sun broke through the clouds to etch the Clipper in red gold against the grayness of the sky for one fleeting moment of glory. Then the sun sank rapidly and they soared still higher, into the black void between the sea and sky. with only the song of the purring motors for comfort. Their first broadcast from the Clipper brought further thrills. 1 he ship’s antenna was released by the Communications Officer and the microphone set up in the roomy lounge. All was in readiness for the broadcast and they were told to stand by. Immediately their call was answered from Point Reyes, and they were on the air, 381 miles from Alameda and Hying 8,000 feet above the black waters of the Pacific. The broadcast lasted fourteen minutes, with Point Reyes reporting excellent reception. Two hours were to elapse before they should go on the air again and so they were given permission to reconnoitre the ship. They decided to visit first the cabin of the engineering officers, throne room of the God of Gadgets.” as it is called. Here is the pulsing heart of the Clipper ship. There was no room for visitors here, but they knelt for a while, watching fascinated, as the two Page Twenty-four