Darden High School - Trojan Yearbook (Wilson, NC)

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The Board of Trustees B. B. Plyler, Jr. G. H. Adams, Chairman of the Board F. T. Green !rs. J. W. Benson The Futurosticalyx, like many others, has three stages, but is unique in that each stage is capable of carrying passengers and has its own return guidance control. In the first stage, between the ignition chamber and the oxy- gen storage compartments, will journey our Board of Trustees, which this year has just elected a new superinstronomer and secretaryx, Mr. G. S. Willard. Upon reaching the perogee of the earth's atmosphere this guidance control with its aerodynamic stability will automatic- ally return this stage in order that its occupants may continue their vital job--making available opportunities and materials for succeeding superstructures. f Mrs. C. A. King 5

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 Space-tination” Unknown The calendar year is 1970. The fourth dimension has been perceived--a realm where the word impossible” is obsolete--a realm where man’s mental and physical powers are at a zenith--a realm which has been invaded by the Trojaniks that were once known as the 1960 class of Darden High School, Wilson, North Carolina, U.S.A., Planet Earth. Through mental telepathy in this fourth-dimensional age, here on the new planet, '’Dardenextra, the Trojaniks have the power to send and receive thought messages. Reversing time is a recreational prank performed at will. Just to prove it, we shall allow you to communicate with Dr. Hodginitrofen, called by earth men the mad astronaut of ’60, who engineered this expedition in the guise of Trojan Editor-in- chief. The doctor has just released a ten year time-reversal capsule! If you are alert you will see the intricate, diligent, and fascinating preparations that preceded the launching: It is 1960! At the Darden Testing Grounds for aeronautical majors, the space ship, Futurosticalyx, stands in readiness for launching-- Space-tination unknown. The blast-off is set for --0.14KC. To you that is 30 seconds. As seconds tick off, a tape recorder, several radar scopes and a filter Solaroid camera are placed in the satellite. You will note on one side a file cabinet with individual capsule sections; these capsules contain photostatic copies of treasured memories, which, when released in space, will expand immediately and will serve as valuable records oi 1960. We have enough equipment for all who would like to make the journey to see for themselves. Traveling at 3,335,000 T.P.S., we can be transported in the length of time that it takes to turn a page. At--0.28KC, we are strapped in and all stages of the rocket have been carefully checked. Come along, enter the Futurosticalyx, and LET’S TRAVEL THROUGH SPACE WITH THE TROJANS, 1960 style. 4

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Administration and Faculty The construction of the satellite is accomplished by highly advanced scientific processes executed with the greatest patience and understanding. In the second stage with our administrators and faculty are stored our radar scopes, maps, guides, and tape recordings of the courses they have charted. This stage will propel the rocket to the limit of the atmosphere, projecting it with its sustaining equipment into space; then like the first stage, it must return its passengers to the earth where they will resume their duties as project supervisors and directors- of research and construction. Mr. G. S. Willard Superintendent Miss A. B. Green Supervisor 6