Mukwonago High School - Arrow Yearbook (Mukwonago, WI)

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 T II E A R R () W—I AGB TWENTY GIRLS’ CLUB ( L. T. L.)

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-T H E A R R () W—i a sk nineteen The bent, sorrowing little woman from Italy was returning. Timidly she approached a guard. “I have lost my way,” she said tremul- ously, “where do I go?” The officer, touched perhaps by the appeal in the voice, told her slowly, carefully. And when he had finished the Italian turned her soft dark eyes upon him. “God bless you,” she said reverently, and the words were as a bene- diction. Below the man by the clock, as before, lay the Union depot, but within its vast walls he saw only the little foreigner pouring forth her gratitude. And feeling that he had witnessed something holy, the man on the stairs arose and passed out into the night. m------------------- THE AEROPLANE IN THE WAR It seems almost impossible to realize the benefits of the aeroplane in modern warfare. In the earlier history a cannon was the most effective machine of defense on the ships, and the old musket on land. Now an innumerable list of devices are in use. There are several important ones and those are namely, machine guns, bombs, and in reality the most important of them all is the aeroplane. Now the term aeroplane includes all air ma- chines which are supported by planes. That is, there are different types of aeroplanes, as the biplane, monoplane, triplane and several modified ones similar to these. Then again there is a division of machines used for differ- ent purposes for land and water fighting. The aeroplane’s usefulness has never been realized until this great war began, or definite- ly speaking it has never before had a chance to prove its usefulness and efficiency. Now' the most modern and effective model of war- fare is in hydroplanes, and biplanes. It wras stated by one of England’s greatest generals that one well manned aeroplane was worth one hundred fighting men in the field. Roughly speaking an aeroplane concentrates the efficiency of one hundred men into one, ■ thereby greatly strengthening the effective- ness of an army or navy, whichever it may be. The mode of fighting from an aeroplane is very interesting, especially the action of the machine gun and bomb dropping devices. The machine gun is mounted upon the hood of the machine and shoots through the fast revolving propeller. The way this is accomplished is that the ma- chine gun works with the engine and the gun is timed to shoot just as the blades of the propeller are passed. There are thousands of aeroplanes perform- ing the separate functions required of them in the war in Europe and in a matter of fact will in our war with the German allies. The greatest battles of the w’ar have been fought by the fleets of air vessels. The large German dirigible, which caused so much fear in Lon- don during the early months of the war. has gone out of existence and small light crafts are taking its place. The dirigible was a large mark, a magnificent mark for the guns on land and also a clumsy framew'ork of steel. The aeroplanes of today are exceedingly light, simple and durable. The most important factor about an aeroplane is its durability. It was customary some time ago to speak of the aero- plane as our frail aeroplanes, but now it is dif- ferent. A load of thousands of pounds may rest on any part of a machine. A man has no more effect walking on the planes of a machine than on the ground itself. The motors are ex- ceedingly light and powerful, for example a one hundred horse power engine only weighs from 150 to 200 pounds and range from three to twelve cylinders. The motor, as it naturally would seem, is the heart of an aeroplane and if once the motor stops, the other mechanism is practically useless, even in the hands of a good pilot. Flying an aeroplane seems a foolhardy idea, but if one would ask a person from France which would be the safest place to be, he would say in the air. The aeroplane industry of the world has increased since its infancy, twro-fold that of automobiles and it has certain- ly accomplished wonders for the world during this period. m--------

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T II E A R R () W—page twenty-one THE L. T. L. CLUB On October 17, E)JJL-the M. H. S. girls held a meeting at which they organized a Girls’ club, the purpose of which was to bring the girls together in a social way, and to do things for the school, such as helping the Athletic as- sociation, and buying pictures and necessities for the school. At the first business meeting held in Octo- ber, the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, Celeste Mundschau; vice president, Eliza- beth Youmans; secretary, Clara Wollenzien; treasurer, Mildred West; club advisor. Miss E. Shapiro. Committees were appointed to select a name for the club, to draw up a constitution, to plan parties or social events, and to arrange pro- grams, with Alta Guthrie, Hattye Kalk. Mary McAdams, and Jean Betts as their respective chairmen. It was agreed that each member should be assessed dues of twenty-five cents per semes- ter in return for which they received member- ship cards to the club; and further that busi- ness meetings were to be held every other Tuesday and social meetings once a month. At a business meeting held in November the name committee submitted several names to be voted on by the club. “Live to Love” (L. T. L.), or “Lambda Tau Lambda” ( T ) was the name chosen. Plans were also made for getting club pins. A constitution was drawn up by the constitution committee and submitted later in the year. The first social meeting, a “Thanksgiving Party” was held in November. An appropriate program was given after which a light lunch was served. In December a “Christmas Party” was given. The “Holy Roller Sunday School” rendered an unusually interesting program, after which “Santa Claus” distributed “presents” and stock- ings filled with “goodies,” from the Xmas tree. The remainder of the evening was spent in playing games. In November the L. T. L. club gave a “Penny Social” at the High School building. A penny was charged for admission and also for each of the special features which afforded much amusement. The social was a great success in every way and a good time was reported by all. The sum of $45.00 was taken in and divid- ed between the Athletic association and the L. T. L. club. The girls put their money into the treasury toward their fund for wiring the class rooms and the girls’ cloak room for elec- tric lights. In January a “Riley Program” was given, consisting of the “Life of Riley” and a number of his poems. This program was not only in- structive but also very interesting. In February an “International Social” was given. There were thirteen different booths, representing as many different nations, in which lunches and drinks were served. An in- teresting program was also given and $65.00 taken in. Half of it was given to the boys and the other half kept by the girls. A “Farewell,” a “Marshmallow and Wiener Roast.” for the Senior girls has been planned and will be given in the near future. The L. T. L. club has been a great success this year and we hope that it will thrive as successfully next year. —GLADYS M. WEST, ’17. -------------«