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»I 013NG EDISON soon became adept as a telegraph operator and his association with the telegraph focused his attention on electricity. In 1802 when he was fifteen years old, he got a job as a train dispatcher in the Port Huron telegraph office at twenty-five dollars a month. This was a night job and as young Edison spent nearly the whole day experimenting at home, he was always very sleepy at night. But here his inventive genius came to his rescue and incidentally lost him his job. As a check on Edison, his employer required him to send the letter “A” in Morse code to the operator in the next town every half hour. Edison rigged up a device which when connected with the alarm clock would send an excellent imitation of the letter “A” over the wires. Having installed this device, Edison proceeded to get his needed rest. All went well until one night the operator tried to call Edison back. He could get no response. Fearing that some great calamity had befallen Edison, he jumped on a handcar and hurried to the young inventor’s office. To his surprise he saw Edison sleeping soundly in a chair while on the table was a queer looking instrument and to add to his amazement, as the alarm struck the hour, the instrument opened the key, sent the letter “A,” and again closed the key. From this job Edison wandered to many others in the middle west until in 1868 he went to Boston where he first turned his thoughts seriously to the held of invention. Twenty-Six
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The outstanding event of the track season was the performance of the mile relay team which held up its honor by winning its race at the Mainline Relays. The time was slower than the record breaking performance of the past year due to a muddy track. In the pole vault. E. Dunn tied with Graham of West for first place. The Tommies also gained a 3rd place in the 880 yard relay. In the Carleton meet, the Wizards made a good showing considering the fact that a few of the star runners were unable to compete. H. Poole and E. Dunn gained first places in the shot pul and pole vault respectively. Edison placed sixth among ten other high schools in the 17th annual state high school track meet at the University Memorial Stadium. Captain E. Dunn led his teammates with a tie for first place in the pole vault, and H. Poole heaved the shot-put to first place. Joe Tomczyk placed fifth in the 100 yard dash, and R. llamann jumped to fourth place in the running broad jump. The city track meet resulted in the best showing Edison has made in that event, fhe trackmen placed fourth and incidently ran up the highest number of points ever gained by Edison in an outdoor meet. E. Dunn captured first place in the pole vault with a leap of eleven feet. II. Poole took second place in the shot-put. Joe Tomczyk sprinted to first place in the 440 yard dash and a fourth in the 100 yard dash. R. llamann placed third in the discus throw and fourth in the running broad jump. Now I have told you what was done in school last spring and when our fall program is settled someone will write you again. Yours sincerely, Tirentt -Fivc
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