Lorain High School - Scimitar Yearbook (Lorain, OH)

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A , A p . xx 1 Q 5 5 wi W Q If , N Count on Me Q V for ' I Loyalty l l, ' Helpfullness li p j r Service i 1 bi 1 il In presenting the Scimitar of 1928, itll r ' 4 Lorain High School's second yearbook, it fl r P has been our aim to make it a pictorial p r r ' l review and record of our yea.r's 'activities fl A l i e as well as a mirror of HighpSchoo1 life and ll U p spirit at our Alma Mater. j --f-ri ix - ' X The Editors M wifi-5' GERALDINE AUSTIN 28 A 1 N ' GEORGE KUEBLER 28 B , 4 X ' lf J' QS- o -4 ki Ip ji' v - 3. - '-13: i ,Xi Em i c lip 1 g r cc , l by wxxj F!! i f ' GL iff ' i 'ti C3 ,D S3 l r 7 It is Van Orman's exploits as a balloonist however, which have fired the public's imagination and made him a national and international figure. He first participated in a National balloon race in 1919, and every subsequent year he has piloted a balloon himself and has won first place the lust four years. He has also taken part in six International races, actuallypwinning two of them, and setting a world's record for endurance in another race. Qyfaixf if X f N1vvvxfvxfxfvxfvxfvvxfvxfvxfvxrvxf X, xfxfxfiy-':gc.?Q..j-,xv

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CAT , M, TO Ward T. Van Orman native i of Lorain, alumnus of Lorain Y High School, learned scientist, If r ' noted lecturer, intrepid explorer, l , lp p who s e accomplishments have , I l l made him a world figure and I . whose graceful modesty has en' It FA l g deared him to all, we, the Senior f 0 , L X classes of Lorain High School dedif cate this, our Yearbook of 1928. IW Ll l : , W! e Xxx S , T :Lv 1 I . N ,. ,Q . 1 ' ' C39-H k we - 5 1 -A 'rl A Q will . -his f wwf J is 6- G 'rf J 9 S, ' His association with leading aeronautical engineers stimulated his creative genius, and he became the inventor of many devices which were patented by the Goodyear Company. His bulletfproof gas tank for airplanes won him special commendation from the government, while several other of his inventions have added to the safety as well as the pleasure of ballooning. His work along this line has helped to put the United States in the front rank of nations in the advancement of aeronautical science. 'fXf ifXJN7'x1Nfvxfxf3PvXJXfx!Qfxf-vxfvxfxfxfV41 Xfxfxfxkxfxfgxi-js

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In the national race of 1924 which started from San Antonio, Texas, Van Orman carried a 'radio receiving set for tl1e'fi1'st time. It enabled him to keep ti-ack of his leading com' petitors, and by 'making use of the upper air cwrfents, he won the race by twenty miles.