Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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THE CHIMES 13 speed at which these little cars travel, almost five times as fast as the majority of people drive their cars. If you are standing near one of the banks of the speedway, you will see a car coming toward you at the rate of one hun- dred and thirty-five miles an hour. Probably the rider is way up on the straightaway. If he is, he will seem to just fall from there and swoop down toward the bank. When the driver is on the far bank, you hear only a high nasal whine. Then the rider drops toward you and you hear the rattle of a thousand machine guns, sounding like a snarl of hate, grad- ually fading into a dull roar as it approaches the opposite bank. Can you imagine oiie of the high seated, wheeled wonders of fifteen or twenty years ago performing this feat? To add to this, the engines used in these cars are of the 91.5 cubic inch variety, just one-fourth the size of the engine used in a Ford car. And there are also eight cylinders in these en- gines. When you see the improvement that has been made in this line in the past twenty years, you think it is marvelous; but this is only part of its development, for with the advent of the two-cycle engine, the speed of cars may double, and even the most conservative mechanics and drivers expect that rac- ing cars will eventually reach the three-mile-a-minute mark. Then what? Paul Quinn, '27. THE STORM Up to'rds the north the clouds grow black. And the wind is rising high. The herder hurries to his shack; The farmer leaves his scythe. Up in the heavens there is no sun ; The earth is wrapped in gloom; The wind hurls leaves as if in fun ; How dark the mountains loom ! The wind grows mad and screams with rage; The clouds race 'cross the sky Like soldiers marching to the Front, Where they will fight and die. The rain comes down in sheets and beats Against the window pane ; The cattle huddle near the house For protection from the rain. Up in the sky the lightning plays, While the storm king beats his drum. The trees bow down submissively ; For the God of Storms has come. Walter Stone, '27.

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12 THE CHIMES steps, and into the green grass. Oh ! how good it seemed to be in the grass once more! He looked back and saw the girl who had captured him come running dow n the steps. Charlie began to hop as fast as he could, and as he hopped, he discovered that he was on Hu- man's Lane. Just ahead was beloved Cricket Lane. He gained the lane and ran right into a worried group of crickets. Poor Charlie was so tired that he just fainted into the arms of the old crickets that came to meet him. That night there was great rejoicing in Cricket Village because Charlie had returned from a Human Capture. The crickets no more laughed at Charlie's singing, but acclaimed him their hero because he was the bravest in the community. Katherine Somers, '27. WHAT NEXT? A little less than a score of years ago an automobile ride was an adventure, undertaken with thrills and peril. And why not? Did they not go clanking and bumping along at the tremendous rate of fifteen miles an hour when some in- trepid driver, clad in goggles and monstrous ulster, with no regard for the consequences or his hereafter, ''kept it wide open for a while. This appalling rate of speed was always sure to overheat the engine or break something after a mile or so. It was in no spirit of fun then, that some one conceived the slogan, ''Get out and get under. To change a tire meant that the trip was spoiled, for it took from two to three hours to change the tire or to strap a clumsy blow-out patch on and proceed. Today on the speedways of America a tire change is made in twelve seconds, for in a race of this kind every second is precious. It stands to reason then, that to avoid tire changes, tires will be made that will last throughout this terrific grind- ing of over one hundred and thirty-six miles per hour. Then again to stand this grind there must be fewer working parts CO wear or get loose in the race. The engine that is used today in most cars is of the four cycle type ; that is, there are four strokes to each revolution : namely, intake, compression, force and exhaust. There is now being perfected a new type of engine, a two-cycle engine ; combining two strokes into one; thus while firing, it is also drawing in gas vapor for the next explosion. On the up stroke it exhausts while it is compressing the gas that was taken in in the last stroke. This type of engine will cut in half the number of times working parts will 'have to function, thereby creating a new field of speed that is possible because of the lessened probability of valve breakage, one of the most frequent of racing car troubles. It is hard to comprehend the

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14 THE CHIMES NEWS Large black letters, always reporting some disastrous event, immediately warned the newly-arrived immigrant that the newspaper was reporting some terrible event. The whole first page, save for a large portrait of the leader, was given over to a general account of a fierce battle. The foreigner, af- ter purchasing a paper, was stricken to learn that only eleven iron men had escaped the general slaughter, and had lasted the entire battle. He was dumfounded when he read farther and learned of the disastrous effect of the overhead attack. He always had hated aeroplanes, and this should teach the world that the use of them in war ought to be prohibited. The poor man was still more puzzled when he read that the losers had suffered few serious injuries: while the winners had only eleven men who were able to stand the onslaught of their opponents. Puzzling diagrams of the battle lines were ab- solutely undecipherable to him. His conclusion was that it must have been a running battle. The large picture of the surging mass, struggling with wooden crosses, awed him. Were the inhabitants of this famous country going to crucify the losers in battle? No such outbreaks were allowed in his native country. He caught sight of a cheering mob rushing up the street. With a dash he eluded them, quickly resolving to seek his fatherland. The cheering mass passed happily by, still praising Brown's Iron Men, who had just won another big victory; Bro Ti 21; Harvard 0. John Prouty, '26. SCITUATE IX 1936 Two hundred airships flying high. Airplane carriers sailing by; Law son tower standing o'er As it always stood before. The harbor views are all cut off. By towering buildings extending aloft, 'f is surely queer what time may claim, But our old schoolhouse stands the same. G. S,. '28. A COMPARISON The city, the city, with traffic and noise Mountain-like buildings, and numerous joys. The young, the old, the slack and witty, All just adore thee, 0 city I 0 city! The country, the country, with ledges and mountains, Seashores and hedges and natural fountains. We love thee, 0 country! with acres of space And think thee by far the much better place. M. Westington. '30.