East High School - Echoes Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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is Asa James Bivins Louise McKibben Blake Oscar H. Blase Ethel Victor Bosley Marcia Ednoretta Bowdish Helen Bowman Howard Huston Boys Marcia Isabella Bradford Bernice Brandon Emerson Hayden Brooks The Flqinq Horse King Howard and Queen Helen ruled in Gymna- sium Village of W. H. S. This village was strange in that all the girls lived in one part with Queen Helen. and the boys in the other with King Howard. There was intense rivalry between the two sections in performing daring stunts on the apparatus with which the village was equipped. A month befbre the annual contest a magician. Ethel, came to' Queen Helen's court in the gym office and addressed her as follows: Oh. mistress, I possess some wonderful flying rings. On these your subjects will be able to outclass their opponents. For the use of them, you must let me be captain of the flying squad. Queen Helen was very desirious of them and as- sented. The rings were installed and used imme- diately by Louise, Marcia Bradford and Marcia Bow- dish. Simultaneously, another magacian, Bernice, ap- peared in King Howard's court. She had a leather horse on which, she said, they could perform marvelous stunts. ln return for the use of the horse, she asked a place on the football team. King Howard consented. and ordered Asa, Oscar, and Emerson to begin prac- ticing. Page Twenty-four At the contest Queen Helen's team performed suc- cessfully. Then King Howard brought forth the leather horse. This surprised the opponents. While Emerson was doing a difficult stunt, his foot hit a little crank underneath the horse. The horse rose into the air carrying Emerson along. As it passed into the hall, angry King Howard had Bernice locked in the store room until the horse should return. Out in the hall Emerson tried to stop the horse. Failing in this, he noticed the country around him. There were math and history villages, the well-known library village, more history villages, and those of chemistry and English. At last the horse hit a wall. knocking Emerson off. There he lay until morning. unconscious. Regaining consciousness. he found that he was in the tower where, it was said, Caliph Brooks im- prisoned the wrongdoers 09 his kingdom. With much effort Emerson led the horse home. The King was overjoyed at his return, and ordered a great celebration at which Bernice was released, and she explained how the crank on the horse worked. To this day, O reader, if you will go to W. H. S. you will find that this horse and many others like it are used in the Village of Gymnasium.