Fort Dodge High School - Dodger Yearbook (Fort Dodge, IA)

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CONTENTS IAL CLUB ADMINISTRATORS BOARD OF EDUCATION FACULTY MEDICAL STAFF SECRETARIES DID YOU KNOW THAT? THE CLASSES . ' . Pages 21-S0 SENIOR SOPHOMORE JUNIOR FRESHMAN I-II-LIFE ....... Pages 51-62 THE LOG PILOTS VACATION HOPS SOCIAL CRACK-UPS DODO DAYS WE THE TAKE-OFF STUNT NITE THE LANDING ACTIVITIES . . . Pages 63 -84 MUSIC DRAMATICS FORENSICS COMMERCIAL TEAMS PUBLICATIONS ORGANIZATIONS . . . Pages s S-96 STUDENT COUNCIL HI-Y ENGLISH CLUB JUNIOR COMMERC FORENSIC LEAGUE LATIN CLUB GIRL RESERVES DELTA RHO HOWLING HUNDRED SHOW SHOP ATHLETICS ..... Psgss 97-126 ' BOYS ATHLETICS GIRLS ATHLETICS JUNIOR COLLEGE . . Pages 127-146 V FACULTY ACTIVITIES CLASSES ' ORGANIZATIONS I ATHLETICS

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UPUIQUEUFAGEDE EONARDO DA VlNCl. as early as 1519, wrote broadly on the scientific side of Aeronautics. His efforts spurred others to action and the brilliant study of such great men as Lili- enthal, Chanute, Montgomery, Ader, Maxim, and Langley, the way was paved for the superla- tive work of the Wriglit brothers who won for America the honor of making the first successful sustained flights with a plane propelled by its own power. This epoch-making flight was made at Kitty Hawk, N. C., on a chill day in mid-December, 1903, when the frail kite-like machine left the ground for a few seconds, thus proving the feasibility of aviation. These initial tests fired the desire which eventually made flight possible.

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Marg-um uuw .X ,tall The Wriglit plane was built only after the most careful study, but the machines which followed it were entirely incapable of withstanding the terrible tests which such thrillers as Baldwin, Moisant, Hoxsey, Beachey, and Smith applied to them. The omnious gathering of the great war, however, changed the air plane from a dangerous toy to the most prac- tical means of observation and all armies realized its new value. i 5- I r ,L D: 0 THE VVRIGHT BROTHERS FLIGHT-l903 Courtesy Aera-Digfxl