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FOREWORD We, fhe Annual sfaff of S'39, hope fhaf you will find fhis book bofh enioyable and inferesfing, and fhaf you will keep and cherish if in fhe many years fo come. The fheme for fhis year's annual is aviafion. lv1an's quesf-for wings dafes from ancienf fimes. Since fhe beginning of firne, mari has envied fhe birds fheir abilify fo soar. ln- friqued by fhie idea of flying, invenfive minds sfruggled. fhrough fhe ages wifh fhis prob- lem. There were many ideas for flying: none of fhem were successful. - lf was a momenfous day in aviafion when on December I7, l903, Orville Wrighf flew fhe pioneer Wrighf Flyer af Kiffy Hawk, Norfh Carolina, winning fhe hisforic honor of being fhe firsf human fo fly an aircraff. Today fhese pioneeraflighfs seem feeble ef- for'rs,buf in i903 fhey were of fremenrdous significance. They proved fhaf man could fly in an aircraff, and in fhe monfhs fo fol- low, ofher daring experimenfers complefed airplanes and flew fhem. . The day of fhe airplane had dawned. Leaders were quick fo see fhe advanfage of aircraff in warfare, for fransporfafion, and for fhe flying of fhe mail. Airplanes were also builf for long disfance fravel. s A g T ' , The phenomenal progress of aviafion, once men had rnasferecl fhe principles of flying, is fypified by fhe feafs of avia+ion's pafh- findersj iYesferday's records become fo- dayls common occurrences. Today's air linersirepresenf fhe lasf word in fransporfafion luxury. Air fransporf lines s gfoday span oceans and con'rinenfs,link cifies and nafions, and reduce fhe globe in poinf of fime foone-fiffh ifs size a generafion ago when fhe airplane was buf a dream. Air clippers indicafe fhe frenfd of fomorrow's aircraff. Airplanes are being builfc-fo meef rhe demands of The skywayof fomorrow - fhe sfrafosphere. T' ' To improve and perfecf fhe airplane is fhe fask of fhe youfh of foclay and fomorrow. A a ARLENE mc:-nan r
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The Summer Class of I939 'cleclicates this edition of the annsual to Ray Cpimpton, Principal, an ab le true pilot ancl lriencl.
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