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1908: A Year in History New York Times: January 12, 1908 would be first radio message was sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. This was exciting news to me as I had Catherine on my mind while I made my way to the Boy Scouts meeting. It was just last July that me and twenty of my scout brothers took an experimental trip to Brownsea Island in Dorsetshire where we set up camp for a fortnight. Painting is my strong point but I learned a lot during that trip. My instructors taught me about camping, woodcraft, boating, lifesaving, patriotism, and chivalry. Many of these lessons were learned through different kinds of games and activities that any fifteen year old boy would love. We even learned a salute and secret sign. It was definitely a memorable experience for me. This year we are setting up an official Boys Scouts office with our leader, [|Robert Baden-Powell], and we even have new brown pressed uniforms. I bet that Catherine would like my new uniform. It has been several months since I have seen her and I’ve been keeping my paintings, until I can show them to her. Her family moved to London last month because they were going to be apart of the Summer Olympics that began at the end of April. Her father was into archery and wanted to make the United States proud with a medal. I really don’t think he was good enough to win one and I just wanted my Catherine back here with me. As I kept walking to the meeting, I wished so badly that somehow the radio message from London was for me from her. I wanted to see Catherine so badly. Her sweet angelic voice was forever in my mind and I wanted to show her how much I had matured and tell her all about the Boy Scouts group that I was apart of now. Maybe if I had been able to do the 1908 New York to Paris Race, I would win the race and impress her to win her back. I knew that the race was monumental because of the establishment for transportation for the masses and also for improved road conditions, but I couldn’t help but wish that the race itself was a way to get to London to see my dear Catherine. Many months later as I was sitting by the fire, I found myself lost in my painting, thinking about this year and wishing that I could rule the world. Child Emperor, Pu Yi took the Chinese throne at age two this month, so who says I can’t lead our own country? I am a lot wiser than a two year old. Catherine would love being with an Emperor! Thoughts flashed across his mind as he thought about one last way to get to where Catherine was. He knew that his favorite modern artist, Henri Matisse, had opened up his own art academy in France, // Atelier Matisse //. As he continued painting, he daydreamed about attending that academy with Catherine so that they could paint together and he could win her heart again.

-Crystal Dunn