Erskine Academy - Pinnacle Yearbook (South China, ME)

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T1-IE PINNACLE E is for Erlena, The pride of our school, She studies so hard, And never breaks a rule.' F is for Frank, With curly black hair, Who likes to sit with Miriam O11 the dormitory stair. G is for our gym, Of which we're very proud, And when it's completed 'Twill surely draw a crowd. H is for Halstead, A freshman of renown, Who seems very partial To Marion Brown, I is for Inez, With bright eyes of blue, To her teachers and schoolmates Shels always so true. I is for John, A lad full of vim, When he plays baseball His team's sure to win. K is for Kenneth, A popular young flirt, Who walks home with the girls But that does no hurt. L is for Louis, Who we'll miss most of all NVhen dear Erskine opens Again in the fall. M is for Merrill, A musician of skill, He's always so willing To play the piano for Bill. N is for noble Erskine, Our school on the hill, With teachers so anxious Our young minds to Fill. O is for Odlin, Mildred is her name, She's fond of freshman Latin, And of Algebra the same. P is for Pearle, Who graduates this June, She studies Geometry Very hard every noon. 1 Q is for quiet, Which reigns in our school, Especially when Mr. Sanborn Lays down a strict rule. R is for Robert, A studious young lad, Whos not so very good And not so very bad. S is for Stanley, Mosher is his name, He's not so very swift. But he gets there just the same. T is for Thelma, Whom we all adore, With her sunny disposition She wins friends by the score. U is for unity, The tie that binds 'Phe teachers and pupils At Erskine High. V is for Verne, VVho's so tall and so straight, We only wonder now Where he'll find his mate. VV is for William Shaw, The poet of E. A., We wish him great success And a name he'll make some day. X reminds us Of good times in the past, VVhen we all exchanged presents On Xmas day last. Y is for the years That we've so happily spent At dear old Erskine, And which We'll never repent. Z is for zero, A rank that we abhor, Our ambition runs higher And we get what we aim for. MAIJELINE BARTON, '25, EUREKA Several days ago our professor in Physics was telling how the center of the earth was very hot, and even in a well that the bottom was warmer than the surface. This recalled to my mem- ory a speaker I heard in Maisonls Hall,

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THE PINNACLE 11 and freight, including the mails. The line was a success and operated four machines daily between London and Paris, until one day one of the planes got out of its course wh-le over France and was lired upon by one of those little scouting planes used in the war. After the war some of the pilots of scouting planes skipped into the mouni tains and had a regular meeting plahge with everything planned for the petr- pose of arranging for times to. stop and rob the mail planes. There were six planes and twenty-five men. One of these men would go to Paris and find out when the planes leftfffor England and report to the men back, at the base. One evening, about two weeks after the attack, in a dense fog over in France three of these little scouting planes came in from all sides and fixed upon the big plane, so that it was forced to land. The pirates held up the crew and passengers and searched the mails, keeping one bag and ordered the crew to take their plane and get out. The pirates followed the plane, but kept going higher until they were out of sight, then, running very high, they headed for their base in the moun- tains of Switzerland. The next two weeks following an armed escort followed the mail planes on their journey, but nothing hap- pened. All this time a spy who was working in the post-office in Paris learned that a certain company in that city was going to send S300,000 to London to build another factory, and it was going by an aerial mail plane with two escorts and this was to go over on the midnight trip and fly high. r. The spy, upon learning this, resigned his position in the post-ofnce and head- ed for the mountains. The pirates with six planes and twelve men, each with a machine gun, arrived at an unsettled part of France to await the air lines. lt came, Hying high: then the scout planes, which could travel much faster, overtook the liner and its escorts and at once opened fire upon them. One of the pirates fell and also one of the escorts, the plane and other escort were forced to land. The pirates searched the plane, but when they got to the freight de- partment they encountered fifteen armed men who soon captured all but two of the robbers. These captives were forced to tell where their base was and to give up all their supplies. NYhen the government oflicers arrived at the spot they found a great many supplies and in a safe they found a box of valuable mail. It had all been opened, but upon inquiry nothing was missing. The pirates were given life sentences in prison. DlDN.XI.D F.xRNswoR'rH, '23. THE ERSKINE ALPHABET A is for Arlene, VVhose hair is so light, She's a charming young sophomore, To our delight. B is for Bill, A senior so gay, We'll miss him so much Wlzen he goes away. C is for Charlotte, 'l he Ancient History star, Miss Parsons agrees She s the smartest by far. D is for Donald, But why he does dwell On the name of Frost, VVe cannot tell.

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THE PINNACLE 13 Boston, on Astronomy During his speech he referred to heat of different bodies, and he also remarked that if it were possible for a person to capture the great mass of heat and power that comes frcm a small volcano it would be more important than the idea of hperpetual motion. This scratched upon my hat for sev- eral days, when suddenly this great conception was bestowed upon me. I am go.ng to dig down below the earthls crust to the hot lava and erect a huge edifice over this about the same height of the VVoolworth building, but much larger at the bottom and tapering to a small room for my office at the top. The pressure of the earth is going to drive the hot lava through a huge tube, which my brother guarantees to hold all the heat and pressure I'll get from the earth. My next plans are to take the con- tract to dam up the Labrador current and make a warmer climate here in the New England states. I have just sold my farm in VVindsor for twenty-five thousand dollars to' a man from Guate- mala, who intends to plant a pine or- chard and go to raising pineapples. The freezing over of the Great Lakes every winter is a hindrance to com- merce. IVith this aim in view I had an interview with Secretary of Com- merce, I-Ioover, pertaining to the mat- ter of keeping the Great Lakes open. He gave me much encouragement and told me to calliin when I got my lava. XYilliam Gray, the undertaker, wants me to go into business with him to make monuments. Owing to the fact that lava hardens quickly, this will be an excellent material for the purpose. The fact that we will use so much lava will take away the pressure from my apparatus, so I have made a con- tract wlth my father to have all the rocks cn his farm, if I take them clean, to drop into my well to replace the lava I have taken out. Another great project I have in mind is to heat the new gymnasium at Ers- kine Academy. I don't want to be a hog like most business men, so I am going to sell to my countrymen stock in my business, that they may receive the beneflt as well as I. If you desire stock write to my office, 127 Pleasant Street, Wincl- sor, Maine. To show you that my intentions are sincere and that I am making rapid progress, I have dug down twelve feet through the snow so that the frost will come out of the ground early and I can commence work without delay. NIERLE S. JONES, '23. REDBIRD Redbird, the most beautiful of Indian princesses, dipped her paddle into the waters of Shinning Lake, sending her light birch-bark canoe under the shade of a huge willow bending its branches over the water. Here was peace and happiness. The caroling birds warbled their happy sonnets far over Shinning Lake and here and there a huge green frog sitting on a lily-pad would croak his happiness to the world, while the white swans would raise their beauti- ful necks and lazily snap at the buzz- ing Hies. And over all the golden sun smiled down in peaceful quietness.