Windsor Locks High School - Herald Yearbook (Windsor Locks, CT)

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10 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. we shall have much more to learn in life’s great school, and we feel that some of the things you have taught us not to do will be of equal value with those you have taught us to do. Primarily, we have learned not to waste hours and days in coming to decision about matters where others are concerned, for wasted time can never be regained. When you Seniors sit in the Councils of the mighty and have great questions to de¬ cide, try to eliminate self; in so doing you will earn a reputation for unselfishness. We also advise you to show interest in the plans of others and their fulfillment You have shown much energy and what it will accomplish; maintain this energy thru life. As you leave those who have taught and trained you here for the business world, you will see the necessity of self-reliance. Practice it and thus reflect credit upon the Windsor Locks High School and upon your¬ self. Be careful in small things. Have some aim in life and make that aim a high one. Place a value upon character. If you desire success in life make experience your wise counselor. We could add many more to these words of advice but time forbids. My final word to you is “Never lose in¬ terest in this dear old school,” then the gen¬ erations which follow will behold the efforts of your study and your labor will be crowned with success. Margaret Root, ’20. CLASS ODE. “Robin Adair.” Classmates, we meet again to say farewell, Fond memories of our school in each heart shall dwell, Friends that we love so dear are all gath¬ ered here. While we in sadness say our farewell. Our long and happy days of school are past And now we must put our teachings to test. We thank our teachers dear for all their words of cheer, And in our meeting here we bid farewell. Kathryn E. Nolan, ’19. FUTURE OF THE AIRPLANE. Past, present and future, our three grand divisions of time! And with only one of the three are we really acquainted—the past. The present is too near at hand for to be able to judge accurately and wisely concern¬ ing it, and to everyone the future is a sealed book. In the past the mind of man has accomplished truly magnificent feats; the future is filled with possibilities. In the de¬ velopment of the airplane alone these possi¬ bilities are enormous. Shall we consider a few of them? Truly no better time could be found for such a consideration than this evening—when all of us who are just com- pelting our High School course are looking ahead to the future, partly in jest, as you can easily understand, but underneath the surface, really in earnest after all. It is a long step from the time when the Wright brothers experimented with their air glider to the present age, with its high development of the modern airplane. When we think of the lives and money sacrificed to reach this high stage of advancement, we wonder if it was worth while for man to struggle so hard and risk so much to con¬ quer the air. But when we look forward, and think of the possible future development of the airships and the uses that may be made of the various kinds of Dianes, we feel sure that these brave experimenters have not risked their lives in vain. We all know what a tremendous factor the airplane has been in winning the great World War. but I will enumerate simulv a few of the more important parts it played in bringing about the downfall of military autocracy. No longer is the cavalry the “eyes” of the armv: it has been supplanted by the airplane, which is one hundred times more swift and efficient. The airplane cam¬ era is another development of modem war¬ fare. These pictures taken from a great height, record accurately and permanently all objects which might be invisible to the human eye. for instance, big gun emplace¬ ments, trench svstems. troop movements and even duout locations. Two pictures are usually taken from slightly different angles, and after being developed are pasted beside ea h other on cardboard. The cardboard is placed in a stereoscope which brings all objects into sharp relief. Tn battle the airplane is also used for artillery observation. Fast scout planes, eouipped with wireless are generally used. These planes ascend to a height of about 2000 feet and direct the fire of th ' big guns in the rear. If the shells fall short or go over, the observers send a wireless mes¬ sage back stating the error and giving the

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 9 ery one of them showed that you had indeed added another to the serried furrows of your brain, for every bit of good hard work of its own violition has this effect. You truly de¬ serve the praise we here accord you. And lastly, may you fill the seats to-day vacated by us with seeming dignity as tho you had been accustomed to so exalted a station for four years. To the individual members of the Junior Class. Malcolm MacDonald—During your vacation practice hard and attain a diminution of celerity in your Rhetorical Performances. Bob Parme- lee, trv to be more careful, in your Senior year, in the use of stationery. Sophomores. It is certainly a very dif¬ ficult task to give you any real advice. You are just far enough beyond the Freshman year to resent childish counsiel and yet not old enough to comprehend such sage ad¬ vice as you have just heard rendered to the Juniors. But let us say; please stop “knock¬ ing” the Freshies and “cutting up” around the halls. You have now come to that stage ; n high school life when “One ought to know better.” After watching you closely for two years we have come to the conclusion that your motto must be, “Alwavs wear a grin.” This is very w’ell exemplified by the girls of the class as well as the boys, and especially by Mildred Ellis. Anna Malloy and Eva Colli. Sophomores, do away with these grins, at least while in school, for as upper calssmen your duties ■will be greatly enlarged. Keep up a high standard of class work, never forgetting that the prime purpose for which you are here is to gain knowledge. Therefore, above all look to your studies first. And now for the Freshmen. Freshies, you have just completed the experimental year of your course. You have risen from that obnoxious position and can no longer be called “Kids” without retaliating. We would advise you Freshman girls to pay more attention to what is going on in school and not let your thoughts go drifting to the land of dreams. One thing in particular, do not spend so much time standing in front of the mirror in the Rest Room trying to arrange your hair in the very latest fashions. Rather devote your time to school affairs. To the Freshman class as a whole. Freshies. try to be content with your own seat in the Main Room. You must know that Fresh¬ men always occupy the front seats. Be¬ cause you are Freshmen there is a large chance for you to grow. Stick to your studies, so that your brain will develop as well as your bodies. Be kind and gentle with the entering class in September. Re¬ member the old proverb, “Return good for evil.” Our school days at the Windsor Locks High are now ended. Since we entered in 1916 we have striven with one aim in mind, that is “Graduation.” In our days spent at school we have learned the meaning of the word “Work.” We would say to you, Undergraduates, that the only possible means by which success may be achieved is by hard work. Always conquer what you begin and never give in until you have reached the goal for which you started, and we assure you that if you follow the advice here given you to-night you will be the pride not only of your parents and towns¬ people but of the High School of which you are now members. Just one more word to all of you. “Work or Fight” our President told us two years ago; “Work and Fight” we say to you— work for yourselves and fight for your school—and tho at the end of your course you will bear no wound or service stripes, your record, I will venture to say, will stand the soldier test and bear the stamp of universal approbation. Anna J. Leary, ’19 RESPONSE TO THE ADVICE TO UNDERGRADUATES. Members of the Class of 1919:— It gives me great pleasure to respond to the words of wisdom which you, the members of the Senior Class, have this night spoken to us as your parting advice. In behalf of the Undergraduates I accept this advice and thank you for it. I listened very carefully to your admonitions and was especially impressed by one statement, namely, “Advice has been defined as the one commodity more blessed to give than to receive.” During the past year we have learned much from the Senior Class in regard to what to do and what not to do; so now we feel that we are indeed twice blessed by this commodity we have receivd to-night in such copious quantities and we are about to give it (in return) to the best of our ability. Next year at this time we, too, will be going out into the world, having finished our course at Windsor Locks High School, but

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 11 correction. In a few minutes the big guns are hammering away again but this time they are registering direct hits, thanks to the daring aviator. Airplanes were also of great use to the navy for besides being used for bombing purposes they were of great value in de¬ tecting submarines. An airplane flying at comparatively low altitude can see a sub¬ marine far below the surface of the water; and after detecting the under sea craft, signals a destroyer which drops depths charges that will sink the “sub.” One of the most important special uses to which the airplane is particularly adapted is mail carrying. The post office depart¬ ment has experimented along this line for a long time—the first mail being carried in 1912. No regular mail routes were estab¬ lished until last year but now there are sev¬ eral routes over which mail carrying planes fly, nearly every day. When these lines are more firmlv established, say in five years’ time, it will be a common every-day matter to receive mail by airplane service. Just imagine that you need some special part for a machine and it was necessary to send to New York in order to procure the necessary article. You would simply telegraph to the firm in New’ York, and receive your piece of machinery in about two hours’ time by aerial parcel post. Important deliveries could be made between dif- derent parts of the country with great rapidity, thus saving time and increasing the enormous output of our manufacturers. The airplane can go where trains cannot. For example, along the Colorado river in the canyon district there are places where it is necessary to make detours of fifty miles in mail routes in order to reach a bridge. An airplane could sail right across the river. The number of mail routes already established will soon be in¬ creased as the planes become better devel¬ oped and people begin to realize the practi¬ cal value of air service. Hardly anyone doubts now that the airplane will some day be used as a means of transportation. Dur¬ ing the war as well as at the present time, airplanes carried passengers from London to Paris. A number of the peace delegates recently crossed the channel by airplane making the journey in a few hours. The latest achievement relating to this matter occurred auite recently when the U. S. Navy plane— N C— 4 —commanded by Lieut. Commander Read crossed the Atlantic ocean. The total time spent between his departure from Rockaway, N. Y., and his landing in Spain was more than that re¬ quired by an ordinary steamship, to make the same journey, but his flight must b§ compared to Columbus’ first trip across, which took about nine weeks compared to the present day time of about eight or nine days. With a corresponding development in the airship, we can expect regular trans¬ atlantic flights in about ten years; and by “regular flights” I mean trips that will be safe for ordinary passengers, rather than merely some daring adventure. Another field for aviation is forestry survey. A man in an airplane can do more accurate and extensive survey work in a few hours w’hen forest fires are raging than is usually accomplished by twenty rangers in a week. With wireless stations estab¬ lished on mountain peaks, in the chief dan¬ ger zones, it would be a comparatively easy task to assemble men to check and ex¬ tinguish the flames. Airplanes might also be used in connec¬ tion with Life Saving Stations. It might be impossible for a plane to go out during the period of a severe storm but there is always a calm in the air after a storm as well as before, while the high seas make it impossible for a life-boat to live. The aii plane could fly out over wmecked ships car¬ rying the ropes that would mean life to the helpless men. We have seen some of the uses that may be made of the airship, and let us hope that our aviators will strive with true patriotic zeal to bring America to the very front in airplane development. Raymond Kilty, ’19. PROPHECY.—PART I. Noah Webster, a famous American, in his big book commonly called the dictionary, states that a prophet is one who foretells events or in other words a prophet is a peeper into the future. By general con¬ sent of my classmates I am greeting you this evening as one of those peepers into the future. I do not know how the class ever learned that I was a prophet unless they recall that once I predicted that the Class of 1919 would have a class day. I found that an easy task, however, compared with the great problems of parting the clouds which veil from all eyes but mine the future of my classmates. Let me assure you dear friends, that so