Erskine Academy - Pinnacle Yearbook (South China, ME)

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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.

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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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14 THE PINNACLE Here, indeed, was peace, but there was not peace in Redbird's heart or in any other heart in her tribe. Early that morning Redbird's tribe, the Cash-ke-nokis, marched off to battle under the leadership of Fleetfoot. Fierce Arrow, Redbird's father, a mighty chief and warrior, was now too old and weak to go to battle himself, so he sent Fleetfoot, the best archer and Heetest runner in the tribe, in his place, telling him that if he won the battle he would also win his daughter, Redbird, and would become chief of the great tribe. Since she was a little girl Redbird had feared Fleetfoot and ran swiftly away to hide whenever she saw him advancing. In his meanness many a time to torment the little girl he would destroy her playhouses and hide her corn-cob dolls. Still she hated him and still he delighted in tormenting her in every possible way. So it was not strange that Redbird was frightened and saddened by her father's gift of herself to Fleetfoot if he won the battle. T These were the thoughts that were going through Redbird's mind as she lay half asleep in the canoe. If Fleet- foot won the battle she would become his bride or to escape that run away frcm her father and beloved tribe. If he should lose the battle the Cash-ke- nokis would be taken by their great enemy, the Nokis-ca-sah. Her tribe held in bondage! Her tribe that had been so happy! To fish and hunt no more as they chose! No, she could not think of that, better to leave her tribe with a breaking heart than have that happen. Wfhy was the world so beau- tiful and she so unhappy? The next day news came by an In- dian runner that the Cash-ke-nokis tribe was failing and the great chief Fleetfoot had been slain. Redbird's heart both rose and fell by this news. Happy because she was free from Fleetwood and sad because her tribe was being defeated. Before sunset the Cash-ke-nokis tribe was taken by the Nokis-ca-sah and conqueror and conquered entered the Cash-ke-nokis camp together. The following day the Cash-ke-nokis tribe, was taken to the distant camp of the Nokis-ca-sah, there to remain forever. The Cash-ke-nokis, instead of being cruelly treated as was the custom of a defeated tribe to be, was shown every consideration and was treated as well as any friendly tribe would have treat- ed them. It was not long before the young people of the defeated tribe were playing happily with the children of the Nokis-ca-sah. The cause of this was that the new chief, Singing Heart, a brave young warrior, was establish- ing a neu? custom, kindness to the de- feated instead of harshness and cru- elty. Singing Heart was beloved by' all his tribe. He entered heartily into all the games played by both old and young. Many were the times that he carried on his back the little boys and girls and paddled them over Little River in his canoe. Both old and young worshiped him and the Cash-ke- nokis tribe were beginning to love him as did his own. Singing Heart had cast many an ad-