Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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THE QUIVER M over, Johnny and Janies Vose were the only competitors. Suddenly Johnny, much to his dismay, heard a skip in the motor. He hojiped out of his seat and leaned over the hood, endangering his life for the honor of the school. Having remedied the defect, he settled down in his seat and forced the throttle open. Soon he had caught up with Vose and was leaving him liehind; suddenly, however. Vose gave an amazing burst of speed, and caught up with Johnny. Johnny set the throttle to the limit, and left Vose liehind so far that liefore he knew it he had won the race. Johnny had saved the day for Woonsocket High School. Alfred King, '2 ). BABY Kings may come and kings may go. And nations rise and fall; But Babv, with his sunny smiles. Is ruler of us all. The roses gave him ruby lips. The starry skies, his eyes : The sweetest song in this wide world Within his laughter lies. Adeline Burgess. '27. A GLIMPSE OF BEAUTY When one wishes beauty. He looks toward the west. At the time of sunset When the world looks best. With clouds sailing by On a deep sea of gray. As the world goes to sleep. At the close of the day. Julia Feeley, ’28.

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THE QUIVER Vose, the fifth, captain of the Manville team, had been clocked at 570 miles ] er hour with his light “Diable Rouge.” According to Johnny’s theory, a lighter profiler of a more durable material, to withstand the gruelling punishment of a transcontinental trip, would add ninety per cent to his present rate. Hut what material could he used? The scientific world knew of none better than the now widely used duraluminum, the invention of Professor Oscar Sirkis. After dining with his Uncle Samuel, Johnny retired early, wishing to get an early start. Rising at 4:15 the next morning, he started back home, as he did not wish to miss the first period class in glyscoptery, a subject be greatly enjoyed. It was still dark when he donned his gauntlets and switched on the heat currents in his helmet. Since the plane was facing the west, he executed the famous Hillman turn, a scientific turn used more than a hundred years before in the great war against Germany and her allies. Rising to the fifth level, he s| ed along at 500 miles ] er hour homeward, watching his electrically illuminated map for landmarks. Looking in his marioscojje, he noticed a speedy green plane, traveling towards him at about 700 miles per hour, a wondrous feat at the time. Immediately his mind turned to the electrically lighted bulletin board iti W ashington, which had flashed a notice that the mysterious “Green Streak” had successfully perpetrated another robbery of “The World Mail” and escaj ed with $5,000,000 in negotiable bonds, with a reward offered for the bandits, dead or alive. As the plane neared him, he turned his Gololxiwski rapid-fire machine gun into play, and resolved to sell his life dearly. Executing a Hillman turn, he swung to a higher level than that of the approaching plane, which was slowing down considerably. Gaining this advantage, he dropped an ignis bomb into the cockpit of the plane below. Immediately it burst into flame, the engine faltered, and the plane described a tail spin to the ground. Johnny then volplaned down and landed amid the charred remains to gather proof of his victory, that he might claim the reward. 1 le viewed only a smoking wreck, except for an uninjured propeller. A closer examination proved it to be of a foreign material unknown to science. Knocking it loose from its pivots, be discovered its lightness. Herein lay the secret of the green plane’s marvelous sj eed. He treasured the propeller, localise its inventors had perished in the wreck of the plane. Upon arrival at Woonsocket, Johnny exchanged the propeller with that of his sturdy little bi-plane. With the aid of this propellei his speed was greatly improved, but imagine his astonishment when he was clocked at 700 m. p. h.! On the day of the race Johnny was in happy spirits, because he was sure of a victory. The course selected was from Providence to San Francisco and back. Eight planes lined up for the start, four from Providence, two from Woons(x'ket. and two from Manville. The trip to San Francisco was made without mishap, but on the turn at the Golden (fate, two of the planes from Providence dropj ed out. When the race was three-fourths

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32 THE QUIVER ALL MY RABBITS DIED The sun was just ) eering over the hill when 1 jumped out of tod. dressed, rushed to the stairs, and. to make sure of losing no time, jumped on the banisters and soon reached the kitchen. I ate my breakfast, not knowing whether 1 ate cereal, chinaware, or tablecloth. My heart was beating rapidly, for this was the day of days. 1 had looked forward to it since almost the first day we had come to the country. Dad was going to bring from the city today my beloved playmates, Jerry and Salic. I went out in search of Elton to remind him what day it was. 1 found him in the old. dried-up apple tree. 1 fe was sitting astride the lowest branch, which was his fiery steed, “Lightning,” on whose back I, as the Princess Margaret, had ridden behind the told Sir Uiwrenee often. When we played that game, we used our middle names, as Elton thought they sounded totter with such noble titles. That is how he came to to- the told Sir Law-rence, and I, Princess Margaret, whom he always rescued from the horrible dragon. This morning I saw that Elton was anxious to rescue me for the hundreth time. After finding that I had no intention of being rescued, he had his faithful horse trample over me. and thereafter paid not the slightest attention to me. I went and sat on a log at the other end of the orchard. Like the faithful dog he is, Polar, panting with the heat, came before me, watching me with his sad, big eyes. 1 talked to him. and he listened attentively, sometimes letting his big tail flop heavily up and down against the grass. None too soon the morning passed. The afternoon went by much more slowly than the morning. The toys were busy wrestling to see who would have to yell “()uch!” first. Mother had gone to the city, and Sis was spending the afternoon with a friend. I missed Sis very much because when I did not know what else to do. I found it great fun to tease her until she was angry enough to chase me out of the house. Finally, Mother came home, and, after making sure that the tox of candy was not going to to opened until after we bad eaten supper, I sat on the front step with Polar, waiting for Dad. Soon, however. Mother called me in. and while 1 was setting the table. I heard Polar’s welcoming bark, and knew Jiulong longed-for had arrived. I opened the big box with the screened openings, and sure enough, there were Sally and Jerry, both of whom had grown thin from lonesomeness. Pink-eyed Salacia, with her snow white fur. and Nigger Jeremiah, with his silky black coat, were my rabbit playmates. The reckless lerrv made friends with everybody, but the timid Sally had and wanted no friends but Dad and me. In the city, Jerry and Sally lived in the very back of our back yard. The little house sat at one end of their little, grassless yard, which had a wire fence around, above, and tolow it, for. like the rest of their family. Sally and Jerry enjoyed making tunnels. When we went to the country, Les had built a temporary home for them. The house was a soap box. and the small, grassy yard had a fence around and above it. but. alas! not tolow it. I s had not thought it necessary to put a fence underground, and 1 bad foolishly agreed.