Clinton High School - Old Gold and Black Yearbook (Clinton, IN)

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l 523123 f 'ff 4 A- - - - - - gf.--TQ. J Qza -Glold 0130115 zqgk ISLES OF GRADUATION XYith the desire of learning what had hecoine of our former classmates in high school, we left Clinton in the plane, Spirit of Old tiold and Black, on .Iune l7, lf?-l-l-, to see again the friends of sixteen years previous. Our first stop was at Chicago, where we landed at Soldier's Field amid a huge crowd of cheering spectators. .X foothall game was in progress and in a few moments we, too, were shouting and waving our helmets. XVe were not at all surprised to learn that the coach of the Chicago University team was Fred .Xntonini and that Rohert Griffiths was his assistant. Wie were told that they have written a hook, The Science of Foothallf' published hy Chatlos, tiahony and Co., puhlishers. lYhile we were in Chicago, the weather man, Merrit Smith, predicted a cold wave. In a short time wie were on the sunny peninsula of Florida. VVhom should we find managing an orange ranch hut Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyers! Mrs. Meyers was formerly 'Hannah Lawson. VVithin two hours after we had arrived. we were hesieged on every side hy newspaper men and press photo- graphers. .Xniong these we saw llerhert Donald, aviation editor for the Tallahassee llerald, and llenry Murdock, reporter for the St. l'etershurg Times. .Xt Miami the newspapers informed us that ,loe liawkins was under hond of 219100000 for selling land six miles out in the Gulf, and one half mile under water. .Ioe always was an enterprising lad, hut we wept to think that his ainhition had hrought him to this. Flying on up the coast we soon arrived at Norfolk, Ya. The hattleship V. S. S. Indiana was lying in the docks and one day we were taken out to see it. The captain, Utto Turner, showed us over the ship. Then we fiew to New York to enjoy the sights of the great nietropolisf On our first night we attended the Gilliat Follies, competitor of the Ziegfeld Follies. XYe saw Floyd Squires sitting in the haldheaded row, much enchanted hy the dancing of Mildred lioyd and Catherine llasso. Mr. Squires was recuper- ating from the nerve-racking effects of a hreach of promise suit hrought against him hy Dorothy Nelson. XVilliam Xlvake had sprung into prominence hecause of the clever cartoons he had drawns illustrating the case. lie was iimnediately employed hy the liearst Puhlishing Co., to work for the New York Iixaminer, of which paper Urcel Daniel was editor. .Xniong the many wonderful places we visited in New York was the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There we viewed two hundred wonderful masterpieces, one, The Banks of the XVahashf' painted hy Martha Spear, and the other a copy ot' The Cleaners, hy llelen Baird. On a trip to Coney lsland we stopped at a hot dog stand to purchase refreshments. The gentle- man dispensing the choice hits of animal food was ,lohn Tonetii, who, in partnership with Sue Skidmore, had entered the delicatessen husiness. N 'fs f-s c ft? A J fftnfs., V W ti s -' I- ff X-Xnsf X 'K Zcflipv AN-.M T.- -f I a X ,ff NY -' Jn -N- .- - ,f'y,L XX NL -,-.Q-06' ' ., nf - ,f ,ff J Page twenty-five

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.2552 - ----- as OZ?-6T6Zdand73Z,ackg T-::u1'a-?:57 '- 5 ' - .- ' - ' - ISLES OF GRADUATION THE FLIGHT OF THE SENIOR CLASS On the now eventful day of September l, 192-l, the group k11own 111 the annals of C. H. S. history as the class of V128 met for the first time on the decks of tl1e airship, Study, desti11ed to carry us over the land known as High School Education. The capable pilots chosen to carry us safely over the firsti lap of' our journey were Miss Marian Livingston, senior pilot, and james Stout, junior pilot. After encountering the squalls of Cape Exam and suffering minor losses in the seas of failure and departure, we pierced tl1e fog surrounding Sopho- moreland with our plane still intact. The second lap appeared to be fraught with many temptations, but thanks to our newlv-elected commander. jesse Satterlee, and our advisor, Miss Deardorff, the flight was made with many group and individual honors. In the middle of our course it was necessary that our plane change comnianders, and james Stout succeeded Jesse Satterlee. Cautiously we entered the difficult region, the Junior lap. A big chain of mountains, the junior-Senior banquet, was to be crossed. The Zlllltllllll of fuel was low and the engines had to be nursed, or the flight so well begun would probably have ended disastrously. James Stout was again elected flight co1n111a11der and Miss Coate, nav- igator. XYhen half of the junior lap was completed Nliss Coate resigned her position as navigator to go on a more prohtable and enjovable llight, which most people call the Matrimonial Flight. llowever. the llanouet Mountains were still to be crossed. So the voyagers put their heads together and elected Miss Clayton as navigator to replace Miss Coate. .Xs we approached the mountain, junior Prom loomed up beside the Iunior-Senior Ranuuet Moun- tains. However, all the mountains were safely crossed, although the peak. Financial Failure, almost proved the ilight's end. Upon entering the Senior lap a new set of officers were elected with XVarren Stumps. as flight commander. Urcel Daniel as assistant, Pearl Nkvalther as Chief Engineer, Floyd Squires as Radio lixpert, Anna Mildred Smith as Foreign Relations Minister. XYilheln1ine XX'right as Entertainer. and Mrs. McVVethy as Navigator. The voyage was verv peaceful and un- eventful. The good airship successfully completed the trip. arriving at its goal on C'ommencement Day, l9252. Each voyager was presented with a coveted diploma, but not even this kept many of us from wishing that a return trip might be possible. .Tohn Povelones Tommy Confrey Class Historians. WAY- ,z-N fi x flex .-N 1 N X w K XXI 'fx C N if K VIN, I gg! If A .--2?f1 E 3 f x fx s X ZCi...f-A-H'-1 ,f--.-5g,,1.'f..f X ,-ff efQ sad- --W '3m -N- .f.a9.4'f,?ei..- ,fy X , If ds, A , Dj Page twenty-four

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::Z'S..9ze: - -...- TEV- Oibld-and93-Z-ack 5 XVe attended the play, XYhy Gentlemen lJon't Prefer Blondes. by Nita Luce, the leading role of which was successfully acted by julia Pohl. ller understudy was janet Gray, whom we did not have the pleasure of seeing. Une day. as we were strolling about the lioxvery we stopped idly at a newsstand. The pictured countenance of a bold Irishman whom we had known long ago, stared us in the face. Lawrence Shannon had become sole editor and publisher of a joke magazine. XVhoopety Hang! l'oor l'atl XYQ had truly believed that marrying Madge Sanders would reform him, but Dame Nature was up to her old tricks. The next lap of our journey carried us to Philaclelphia to the National .fXirmen's League Convention. There our pilot, Sidney Silverman, delivered the main address of the meetnig. l'earl W'alther was much congratulated for her bravery in the field of aviation, and llerbert Nichols was appointed traf- fic manager of the New York-Los Angeles Line. Harold Garlinghouse gave a very good talk on NVhy l l'refer a Richard Reed Monoplane to a Chevrolet Automobile. Leona Reeve and Annabel Runyan appeared before the conven- tion to ask that a beauty parlor be installed in each plane, so that the time lost in making the flight might be made up in the torture chamber. ,Xt Detroit, Michigan, we were introduced to the general manager of the Ford Motor Company, joe Rolando. Mr. Rolando's secretary was Rosie Nardi, and from her we learned that NVaneta Lear had become the champion speed typist of the United States. We visited the Home for Toothless Hens of the United States, and were shown about by Lina Hill and limma Pigg. founders of the home. At Kansas City, Missouri, we admired a new post office that had just been built under the direction of Albert llrann. The post office clerk, Thelma jones, gave us a letter containing the information that Susanna llosa and Esther Forte had departed for Africa to search for the missing link. After a trip to a beauty parlor, our radio expert came back with the startling in-- formation that Lucille and Louise Roberts were operating a chain of beauty parlors and specialized in the application of Hazel lioren Complexion Beauti- fiers. Claude Dugger had become owner of the largest grain elevator in the Middle VVest. Une evening the Kansas Citv Rpublican contained the news that Jean VVilkie's husband. tlohn VVhite. had starved to death. The case was being examined by Louise Foltz, health commissioner. VVhen we again took to the air, we aimed straight for Los Angeles, California. Our radio expert tuned in on station CHS, broadcasting from ln- dianapolis, Indiana. Cecil Alexander was the announcer. Mary Laird, who had gained national fame as a concert singer, sang two songs. Anna McMil- lan starred in a little sketch, Baby Face. Une afternoon We were forced down on account of engine trouble. and landed on-an Indian reservation in Colorado. Wie were surrounded by several little Indian boys, who marveled at our plane and wanted to be taken up for SYVEFQ-Tlwffqht Sie N J J ffl-Nfss.. Af fxpxs N Dr XCT,,.p,,-my .ff 5 s S -xnxx- ,f ref-----Tw' ' it c ---vu--- ,wifi . ,IVF X ,.,u- -M' :',-P4-- - - ,'d',. Page twenty-six ' if