Central High School - Delphian Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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The Groundlings The 'fFlying Urgef' is becoming more and more wide-spread. This year the I want to flyl' candidates numbered two hundred and forty. Unfortunately, some of them had to be sent back after their Hflying permits or the necessary fee of five hundred dollars worth of willingness to work .... but most of the candidates arrived, fully equipped to take up training. - W There were many long and disappointed faces before they were well installed in Centralls hangar. They had the idea, of course, that they were to be immediately given a plane, and that they were to hop off on test flights at once. However, they ingeniously managed to make ground school quite bearable by pretending the sta- tionary practice plane was movable, and appointing trustworthy officers to guide it on its dangerous flights . The freshly painted green plane was safely guided on the first lap by Daniel Newlander, pilot, Jane Daniels, co-pilot, and Lawrence Stoops, navigator. While off duty, on their monthly good-behavior leaveu, the struggling novices amused them- selves by arranging several interesting programs. Dodo Smith and Gilflllan, the distinguished rope throwers of the Freshman Corps, gave demonstrations of their art. Kiwi Connor and Gilbert entertained with popular songs, and Dorothy Jakeway played several piano solos. Louise Godfrey, a popular aviatrix from the Food City, gave a reading, Betty at the Baseball Game , but left the Freshman plane during the first E. X. A. M. flight in February and drifted back to Battle Creek in a parachute. On the evening of December l3th, a flight party was given under the general direction of Assistant Pilot, hlaxine VVard. A delightful program, prepared by co-pilot Daniels, was presented in which passenger VVhite gave a clogging number, and Sweet Sopholillion, a one-act play was staged. The following young aviatrix were characters. Betty Silver, Pauline Chandler, Harriet Plasterer, Pauline Gilbert, Linnie Bailey, and Jane Sidnam. A clever chorus dance, including Bert Corette, Robert Dexter, Law- rence Stoops, Charles Bommersheim, Richard Brown, and Frederick Boudeman was given, the boys dressing in sweaters and butterfly skirts. Santa Claus, who arrived in his airplane, presented everyone with a favor. w The Freshman Corps won the Overdue Book Contest , for having the least number of over-due books at the library, and as a reward, they were allowed to choose a five dollar volume for the school book hangar this year. A great deal of credit for the success of the Freshman's ground school flight goes to Miss Shirley Payne, the Hight commander, whose splendid help aided them through fogs and storms .... chiefly imaginary! Maxine Ward was elected Pilot for the second lap of the Freshman jaunt, and William Good, was voted in as co-pilot! Page Sixteen - warfsirgaa. :ff I 5, - fr fi --,.s..:..- .ff:,- , K. I 1 ,aff-5 ig. 1 ,Q .J rffgws if' fi :sf 'E' 45,522.5 - f -- a wk g f ? - f L.. raw.

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