Mattoon High School - Riddle Yearbook (Mattoon, IL)

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26 THE RIDDLE Mr- Finnegan-For being so forgetful. Mildred Dunn-For those Mary Pick- ford Curls. Mary Shea-.For wishing to become a prima donna. Rabourn Schrock-For exceeding the speed limit with a hand truck while taking books home to study. Bill Carter and John Kessler-For competing with Mr. Schrock in his trellis busi- ness fbicycle rackj. Red Bell-For his admirable musical ability. - William Carter-For trying to be an ani- mal trainer. Charles Knight-For being 180 pages be- hind in M. and M- History. When will he catch up? Glenn Nichols and Bill Green-For having so many credits. Harriett Ellliott-For being able to keep a secret. Lena Terrell..For always believing what Harriett tells her. Kenneth Hopper-For knocking out Frank Johnson. Richard Cox-For never knowing his chemistry lesson. Charles Bray-For having such a brilliant color. The back of the Assembly-For being such a drawing power to Doc. Sleep, sleep -For falling upon some of the distinguished pupils at the improper timeg Clyde Henderson and John R- Bradley. Maris Orndorff-For running a bus line down Edgar without a franchise. Fat's Feet -For stumbling all over the Assembly. Peg Hite..For having such a sweet disposition. Nature-For cheating Chester Johnszn and Martin Glover out of part of their height. Pauline Gowdy-For having such adora- ble bobbeil hair. Delbert Young-For advertising Stacomb so well. Georgia Beatty and Lila Wishart-For having such natural high-powered complexions. Alice Nickam-For growing curls over night Thought Russia had a sole patent on that! Paul Grant-For setting the style of hav- ing a chauffer. Omer George-For having such dainty feet. Mildred Young-For being so loud and boisterous. THE SHARK CLUB: President - - - Rabourn Schrock Vice President - - - Fat James Secretary-Treasurer - - John Koessler Charter Members-Howard Brooks, Roy Meyers, Howard Ames, Omer G-eorge. The aforesaid have been indicted on serious charges: Trying to raise their grades to a standard of 90, and competing with the following: Olivia Brennan Alice Rue Judith Cox Leroy Storms-For being about right. Marion Ames-For thinking his Ford is a mechanical punching bag-

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28 THE RIDDLE rnpberp of lass of 1925 The giant air machine which has been constructed by Lawrence Guthrie and Joseph Sawyer, has been announced ready for the start of the record breaking flight. Such was the short announcement Harry Clark read in the New York Times one evening in 1930. Just that morning he had received a notice of the trip planned by the members of the class of '25, telling him to meet on Riddle Field near Mattoon, on Tuesday, April 8, at 9 oiclock. He had been informed of the trip planned by his class and was anxious to see the giant plane and hear more details about the trip. The mechanism was not known to the worldg and therefore a great deal of curiosity was attached to the undertaking. At the ap- pointed time, a large crowd was assembled to see the class leave and to tell them goodbye The roll of the class was called, and every one was found to be present except Harry Clark. His announcement had been sent to him, and no one knew why he had not come. The other members regretted this, but it was now too late to wait for him. The giant machine had been rolled out of the hangar and had been inspected with the most minute care. lt was declared in perfect condition and ready for the flight. The class entered the cabin and waved good-byes from the windows as the plane began to slowly rise. Some of those left behind feared that it would be a foolish undertaking, but those going on the trip knew the con- struction of the machine and had confidence in the inventors and mechanics. The crowd watched the machine until it grew smaller and smaller and was finally lost to sight in the heavens. Many years passed, in which relatives and friends had grown afraid that the plane had been lost somewhere, and its occupants had died from lack of oxygen. They did not know that all this had been provided for. Mr. Clark who was working, at the time of the leaving, on new radio inventions, by which he hoped to communicate with other planets, had been un- able to go on the trip his class planned. He, in one way had regretted it very much, for he would have liked to have gone with his classg but on the other hand, he would have made a great success of himself on this earth, should his invention work. So he immediately set about interesting other scientists in his inven- tion and planning to try it out. One summer evening when the night was very still, there being no wind, five of America's leading scientists gathered at the electrical laboratory of Mr. Clark, who was both nervous and anxious for the result of his apparatus. It was all connected up, and ready for the demon- stration. The current was turned cn, and it lighted a string of blue lights. At first they were light blueg and then, as the hand moved around on an indicator, they turned darker and darker until finally they were a deep purple. More switches were turned, and other instru- ments were put to work, Mr. Clark telling the purpose of each as he went from one to the other. All of the scientists were interested to the point of excitement when Mr. Clark walked to a large square magnavox and said that this was the final instrumentg and when turned on, if he had been successful, they should be able to hear from the other planets. He pushed in the switch and pulled a slide along the indicator. At first nothing was heard to break the breath- less stillnessg and then as the slide was pushed along farther, a harsh, grating noise was heard. The lights turned to a pale green, and as the noise continued, the silence of the room be- came more awfull The sounds stopped, the lights again turned purple, and there was an audible sound. of the relaxed tension to which each one was keyed. Mr. Clark felt both success and failure in the same moment. Suc- cess because he believed he had heard an at- tempted communicationand failure because he had received nothing definite. His audience rose and started to leaveg they congratulated him on what he had done, and encouraged him to work farther. He bid them good, night and promisedeto allow them to be present at his next trial. But they were not present at his next