Paris High School - Arena Yearbook (Paris, IL)

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I D I 0 (Dedication To the SPIRIT OF AVIATION which has led so many men to risk all, even life itself, that they might reach their goals, vve reverently dedicate 1930 Arena. I iach N our ‘N

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T e foreword A In presenting this book it is our purpose to record, not only the events of the past year, but also to express the spirit of Paris High School. Accept the 1930 Arena with little or no criticism, and treasure it for the happy memories it will bring to you in the coming years.

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EXPLANATION OF THE THEME HISTORY OF AVIATION 1SCE THK BEGINNING OF TIME, MAN HAS ENVIED THE BIRD AND THE FREEDOM WITH WHICH IT CAN FEY EVEN THE EARLY PHILOSOPHERS AND SCIENTISTS DREAMED OF FLYING. AND DRAWINGS HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM ANTIQUITY THAT SHOW ARRANGEMENTS OF FLAPPING WINGS TO BE OPERATED BY THE ARMS AND LEGS OF THE AVIATOR. AMONG THE DRAWINGS OF LEONARDO DE VINCI. THE MEDIEVAL ARTIST, ENGINEER. AND SOLDIER. SEVERAL SKETCHES OF FLYING MACHINES WERE FOUND, ONE OF WHICH RESEMBLES THE AIRPLANE IN FORM. IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EX PER IM ENTERS IN THIS LINE WERE INCREASINGLY NUMEROUS. THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS COMPLETED THE FIRST PRACTICAL BALLOON DESIGN IN JUNE, 1783. THEIR 35-FOOT PAPER BAG INFLATED WITH HOT AIR AND SMOKE FROM BURNING DAMP STRAW, FLEW FROM THE LITTLE FRENCH VILLAGE. OF ANNONAY. IN AUGUST, 1783, A PHYSICIAN NAMED CHARLES, ASSISTED BY THE ROBERTS BROTHERS, CONSTRUCTED A SILK BALLOON OF 1,400 CUBIC FEET CAPACITY, AND SENT IT ALOFT INFLATED WITH HYDROGEN GAS. ABOUT THE SAME TIME A MAN BY THE NAME OF DEROZ1ER MADE A BALLOON FLIGHT OVER PARIS, THAT BEING THE FIRST TIME THAT MAN EVER FLEW. TWO YEARS LATER. BLANCHARD. A FRENCHMAN, AND DR. JEFFRIES, AN AMERICAN. MADE THE FIRST BALLOON FLIGHT ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, THE FLIGHT TAKING THREE HOURS. IN 1852 HENRI GIFFORD. A FRENCH INVENTOR, MADE THE FIRST POWER DRIVEN BALLOON, A DIRIGIBLE 145 FEET LONG, RUN BY STEAM. THIS AIRSHIP HAD A SPEED OF FIVE MILES AN HOUR. THE MODERN AIRPLANE BEGAN TO RECEIVE SERIOUS CONSID ERATION ONLY AFTER NUMEROUS GLIDERS HAD BEEN BUILT IN GERMANY BY LILLI ENT HAL. AND OCTAVE CIIANUTE, A CHICAGO ARCHITECT IN THIS COUNTRY. THE EARLY EFFORTS OF DR. SAMUEL LANGLEY AND CHARLES MANLY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE AT WASH-INGTON, I). C.. EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY MARKED THE PIONEER WORK ON SELF PROPELLED HEAVIER-THAN-AIR CRAFT. IN 1903, AFTER HUNDREDS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH GLIDERS, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FLEW THEIR FIRST AIRPLANE AT KITTY HAWK, N. C. OTHER EARLY FLIERS WERE SANTOS DUMONT. FRANHAM, BLEVI-COT, AND GLEN CURTISS. AFTER THESE EARLY ATTEMPTS RECORDS WERE SET ONE AFTER ANOTHER. SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FLIGHTS WERE THE FIRST TRANS ATLANTIC FLIGHT BY THE AMERICAN FLYING BOAT No. 4, THE FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT BY THREE U. S. ARMY PLANES. COMMANDER BYRDS FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE. LINDBERGH'S FLIGHT TO PARIS. AND THE ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT OF THE GRAF ZEPPELIN WHICH TOOK ONLY 28 DAYS, 8 HOURS, AND 25 MINUTES. AVIATION IS NOW GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, AND PEOPLE ARE FAST BECOMING AIR-MINDED. EUGENE E. TOBIAS.