Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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The Log of the Steamship “Parrotania” Helen Felder February, 1922— Today the “Parrotania” left port on her maiden trip, with Pilot Guy Phil¬ lips at the helm. This trip is to be a trial, a year’s tour in foreign waters. If all goes well, the ship will dock at home in February, 1923, for repairs. Some weeks later— Steward Comer reports that mutiny is brewing among the crew, because Second Mate Ilall has taken to pulling their hair when they disobey her. Several hours later— All’s well. First Mate Killingsworth has effected a compromise. The crew is again peaceful. Sometime in April— This morning the well-known island, Adoration, was sighted. The “Parrotania docked there for a few hours, merely long enough to take on supplies. As old a thing as the island is, it presents a curious aspect, even to seasoned travelers. At several points there are fantastic pinnacles, the abodes of those glorious beings called Seniors, who are silently worshipped by less fortunate fellows beneath their sphere. December, 1922— Throughout this month the ship has been wending her way among small groups of islands. The passengers have evinced a great many different emotions over these. When we neared the Isle of Mathematics, interest was quickly aroused by the sight of the little trees growing in queer shapes and producing peculiar fruit. Everything on this island was in the shape of some mathematical figure —trapezoid, triangle, rectangle, parallelogram, and so on. Early in February, 1923— Today M ' r. Frederick Archer, president of the Steamship Company, was on hand to greet the “Parrotania” when she docked at home port. Later in February, 1923— About noon today the ship sailed out on her second voyage with one change in the crew. As Second Mate, Miss Edna Tyre succeeds Miss Willie Hall. This trip promises to be as eventful as the first. Sometime late in May— Affairs on board are becoming strained. Flirtations and deeper affairs of the heart arc so prevalent on the ship that something must be done to relieve the

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A-Sailing Cecile Lindau Far out beyond the skyline rim toward which we sail today There is a bigger, fuller life, can we but find the way. Where we shall ride to fortune’s shore where fame is wont to play. But as we leave the harbor and on this journey start, We take our hopes, our fears, our dreams—we leave with you our heart— With you. our school, our harbor. Hear our sighs as we depart. So with youth’s eyes of faith and hope we fearlessly set sail To brave the fierce and raging storms of rain, and snow, and hail— Sometime we’ll have it smooth and cajm, more often storm and gale. Some day you may be proud of us, some far-off day—not soon. Yet fates will watch the set of sails—they’ll rock and stir, and croon, And in the dancing waves they’ll see us reaching toward the moon. 1.1

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tension. Notes accidentally dropped on deck are pounced upon and read by jealous persons, thereby causing an exceedingly strained situation. In fact, several of the passengers and sailors refuse to speak to each other. September, 1923— Last June Second Mate Tyre resigned her position on the “Parrotania” in favor of one on a smaller and more private barque on the Sea of Matrimony. C. B. Ilouck now has the berth of Second Mate. February, 1924— In home port again, we are preparing to leave on our third trip. If fortune favors, we will stop by Adoration Island. A few weeks later— The ship is now stationed at Port Adoration for the purpose of delivering an invitation to the lofty Seniors to be our guests at a banquet. They are expected to accept. March, 1924— The banquet was a huge success, most of the lefty pinnacle-dwellers being pres¬ ent. Even the high and mighty enjoyed themselves. September, 1924— Again the crew is changed. Miss Laura Tillett becoming Second Mate and Mr. Lee Edwards. Pilot. This last change is made on account of Mr. Guy Phillips promotion. December, 1924— Although it has not been customary hitherto to entertain more than one section of Seniors a year—for a group of them fall from their pinnacles in February just as do those in June—it devolves upon the ‘ Parrotania to give a second banquet aboard ship. The prospect is not unpleasant to the crew, for they arc not averse to a little fun once in a while. Preparations have been going for¬ ward for some time, and it is expected that tin 1 second banquet will rival the first in merriment. February, 192,1— After a successful entertainment the good ship is at anchor in the harbor at Adoration Island, biding its time. As soon as the present occupants leave tlv islands, there will be a concerted rush among the crew, each man trying to get himself a pinnacle. In the interim Sailor Dick Ziglar, with Boatswain W unsch s aid. is entertaining us with his interpretation of Tarkington’s “Seventeen. 17