Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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THE CHIMES 23 The rest of the week was a busy one for everybody. Rumors ere around that Charlie Smith of the same fraternity as Johnny was a candidate for election. On Thursday, Johnny went down and left an order for some handbills at a printing office. Friday, the prediction was for Jones. At last the day of election came. When the students went to vote, they found handbills telling them how to vote, each bitll listing Smith as captain. Smith, 142; Mullins, 120; Walker, 42 was the final result. This fellow Walker turned us down, exclaimed Lester as he entered Johnny's room later. 'T carried out my orders,'' said Johnny grinning. ''You what? asked Lester. My orders were to beat the Sigma Kappa, continued Johnny. We learned that Armstrong was a chum of Mullins, and so we got Smith to run. This split the vote and got Smithy in. And, I suppose you got those handbills printed, hey, de- manded Lester. Sure, Johnny agreed. And the Sigma Kappa got licked. 'Those were my orders, grinned Johnny. WRINKLES IN MOTOR BOATING Victor Stenbeck, '29 The eyes of the sailor, watching the old four-masted schoon- er beating its way across Oyster Bay, were about to pop out of his head. Toward him, on Long Island Sound, there dashed a powerful motor-boat at about sixty miles an hour. In it were two dozen men and women. The sailor saw them wave to him; he started to wave back and they were v ay past him. The sailor emitted a low, surprised whistle; for he had never seen anything like it in all his life. The device which made this performance possible is called a fantail. It was invented by Johannus Plum. Attached to the stern of the boat under the water, and well described by its name, it operated to achieve the aim of marine engineers, the speed of a sea-sled and the carrying capacity of a large load. The designer, Mr. Plum, said that he started to work on liis invention while fixing a speed boat. He found that if lie could apply the idea of a hydro plane to a speed boat, he could obtain the desired results. This he did, and the result was the fantail. Mr. Plum said that he believed the device would be of use in naval boats. A boat the size of the Fantail (the name of the boat on which the device was tested) could be carried on the davits of a submarine chaser or a destroyer. This could be lowered overboard and sent against the larger vessels with torpedoes and other explosives. The SDeed of these boats would make them extremely hard to hit, and they

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22 THE CHIMES JOHNNY DOES NOT CHOOSE TO RUN Priscilla Cole, '29 Johnny Walker was sitting reading Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in his room. He was prepared for a quiet even- ing, but this did not last long. The door burst open and a group of fellows entered. Hi there, called Lester Moore, a classmate of Johnny. Put up your book. I want you to meet this young fellow here. Johnny laid down his book and rose. This is a new friend, Johnny, said Lester. Mr. Arm- strong, meet Mr. Walker. How do you do, Mr. Armstrong, replied Johnny. He's going to be your new boss, grinned Lester. What? asked Johnny. Mr. Walker, you are to be the future basket ball captain, informed Lester with an air of dignity. No, siree, answered Johnny. I'm too busy with my studies. Never mind, Les, grinned Tony Armstrong. We'll fix him. I've got an idea, spoke up Lester. Come on. Lester and Tony left the room, and Johnny went back to his book. His mind was far from his book. Realizing that he could not concentrate on it, he went to bed. Johnny was rather puzzled the next few days. He knew nothing of v hat was being done. He was at last informed that it was his duty to beat the Sigma Kappa. Johnny, re- membering this, consented although it was against his wishes. On Tuesday, with the election to be held on Monday of the next week, Lester and Tony met in Johnny's room. What's up? asked Johnny. I guess that we're defeated, but they're circulating stories about you that we must stop, said Lester. What stories? asked Johnny in surprise. They say that you are high-hat, a poor athlete, and a poor sport. Baloney, grinned Tony. Probably, but we've got to get busy and deny these things, said Lester. Lester and Tony left, and Bill Young entered with a small, slender fellow. How's the fight? inquired Bill. Not so good, and I don't care, answered Johnny. It's up to you to beat the Sigma Kappa, Johnny, said Bill- You'd better get busy. I've got something to tell you, piped ud the little fellow. 'I just learned that your new boss and the Siema Kappa candidate, Mullin' , are prettv thick at home. Armstrong's running against Mullins now.

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24 THE CHIMES could return to their ''mother ship after doing their duty. The immediate use of the fantail would be in the trans- portation of business men to their work from their summer homes on Long Island and elsewhere. We have copied the flight of the bird of the air and the course of the fish under the sea; but what creature skims over the top of the water with practically no displacement? STORMS Florence Fitts, '28 Lightning flashes, Thunders roar. The cloud passes The storm is o'er. An ugly frown, A silent tear. A glance around And smiles appear. DAWN Carolyn Poland, '29 Slowly the dawn came up from the east And awoke the world from its night of peace. The first early rays of coming light Slew the grey shadows left by the night, Who, knowing his enemy Day was arriving, Fled in due haste from his rays so beguiling. The sky in the east once dark and cold Became tinted with light, orange and gold. Slowly but surely up popped the sun, Flooded the earth, and a new day had begun. THE SEA Anna Healy, '28 I love the salty smell of the damp sea air As it blows in from the miisty sea. I love to listen to the screaming gulls As they float in the sky over me. I love to w atch the fishermen As they go chugging out of the bay, And listen to their engines As they grow fainter and die away. I often wonder as I stand on the rocks And listen to the wild waves' roar, If they sound the same to others When they pound on a foreign shore.