Camden High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Camden, NJ)

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1 1Buttmg Uribe Paper tu 15271 I' KINIWI lrorn readrng that rn 'an odd moment INapoIeon had once remarked that he feared tour newspapers more than ten thousand Invonets that later another gentleman a Irttle less known perhaps but none the less emphatrc had added hrs Irttle touch and rrnended rt wrth somethrne to the ef leet that exera newspaper edrtor was rn Ie ague wrth the dexrl and from our crnematrc er-rcursrons we had Eleaned the addrtronal rnforrnrtron th at a newspaper reporter was rather dangerous cr eature who smoked three packs of ergarettes a dan and alwns rn trrne of stress could relx rred 'about under hrs armprt rn a trrekx Irtrle shoulder Irolster In addr tron to thrs rather Irlreral edueatron rn the trne art ot yournalrsm we had ner er set read a book or s'at through 1 preture coneernrne the fourth estate rn whreh the Characters had tarled to mentron the newspaper s de-adlrne or wrth terrrble casualness allude to the same ore an s rnorpue Is rt ana wonder that I was upset w hen our usuallx understandrng tac ultx aelxrser sent lor me before Classes and rnformed me that I must xrsrt such a placeq and the wax she sard rt' Qmrth she sard we nee a Page Fourteen '7 Xarrar Carrnrrsr Mans Nlarars Currrrrv storx on the Courier P0 rl It must be rn In tomorrow mornrng Ihat I must be rn bv tomorrow mornrng sounded somethrng Irke Curfew shall not rrng tonrghtl or The marl must go throughl The show must go on NIV dan was rurned I sat through geometrx rn a da7e The fog grew thrcker rn I'renCh But when mv Crer man teacher usuallv a krndlv gentle soul grunted Lbersetzen Sre Herr Schrnrdt and I 'answered Ich xer stehe nrcht the storm broke Bs th trme the clock had crawled around to two I w as well prepared for anvthrng that the c0lll'1tl Par! could otler rather square w rndowx affarr con structeel of red brrck and decorated at the front In a huge ereen srgn w Irrch Ieax es lew doubts as to the burldrng s rdentrtx I walked up and down out srde 1 couple of trmes to sort of sr7e u D the pl ace xou know rl hen I opened the door clrmbed the starrs and bareed rnto the edrtorral otlrces He lo I sard polrtela Nobodx notrced e o th s trme a bat Inc re sharplx Une ot the men looked up tronr hrs trpewrrter and took a crgar trom the cornerofhrsmouth remarkrner Hu 'I KI' NIPIUN SWII IH 1937 YI hw Im from the Rrcorarr tre Camden I'Ir5h Sehool RBLORIJ want a storv on the Courier 1 url Oh Isee I'Ie3,Ioe Krd wants a storv on the paper gee what V can do about rt oe was a bib moontaced rndr xrdual He sounded xerv rntellrgent when he talked So vou want to know rlrout the newspaper game eh' VI ell strck around we re gorng to put out a late edrtron rn a few mrnutes mme on oaer to the rewrrte eesk Ilre storres are eomrnb rn now I went oxer to the rewrrte desk T ere for the lrrst trme I h el elrance to look around tangular one trlled wrth the elaek of nerxous tvpewrrters Ilesks were set all about the roorrr Irke rn arkers on a eheckerboard and blue green mer curx sapor lamps oxerhead made the men seem unreal as thew llrtted to and lro alrout the room I he rew rrte desk where I w as standrng was the center ofactron 'Ielephones rang txpewrrters pounded and preen srsored demons w rote lurrouslx on large sheets ol vel low copx paper In the mrddle of II thrs rndustrx sat the crta edrtor work mg, eaen more leaerrshln th rn the rest and whrle one hand pressed a tele phone recerxer to hrs ear the other r NO. -4 I , 3 I I r ' .S .. , Ir H fr 'I , . 1 Y ' Y ' ' ' ll Y F i , , ' M' - V . . -, , I ' . ' Y' ' I .' ' ' N A' t Ni - 'f rl' IT . I ., , ' V ' V . . . , ' - 1 V , . . L . 17' ' ' 7, ll ' N r x I 2 ga it . : . . K . . r ' ' 8 ' Y, KI ' F, ,V . , L ,V , V I or 5 V . . . ,, . . . . a , ' I r L rf' - - ' A y v . . Y. I . v I A - . . . . ,M . ,, . - V 1 s . ,, K VL , h V t ,, VZ , NVE .,.. . 1. vi ,,- D Y 1 I 1 w . v In I 2 1 V V , t V ' V - V ' A . B . v . Y ,,-3 . l . . . X V . A r 1 I -- ,1 , ,Z -- 1 ' Q L- - C ,., V , QV , , , 1,-.U H N . ,, ,. . . . ,, 2 , C ,. , a K , ' . KV 6 ,B , ,Q Va, L -' 2 ,K Z KV, V V V V L ' h s' - , a 3 z ' ' x S . '- .' ' . az - 1' . on his trusty slr-:shooter which was car- The Courier-Parr! Irurleling is a The room I was in was a long, rec- , C 2 , V , .I H 2 V y . , .Z V s.w v - x 5 3 x 1 l 2 l, L D 1 Y A V I 'KY' L' 5 A J X h ' 1 I- ' , Q a -4 ' . 'V KV V a T .. V ' ' 2 ' ' I 3 V ax, I ' I x l . v v N3 s . . V Y x 3 1 , r k , ., ' , , V V, V , C ' ' ,' V V - V- V V V V , Z '- -a -a ' r r 1 ' sz l nf k k lx af in ,tv ' , 1 ' , ,C , , , , I . ist, my , . Q ,V ,SV , , . ., 1 . , . 1' . 1 5 . . ll I h ' . 1 X ' V A V ' x ' , . ee, N' . .. . , A s 7 It ll I! ' ' 0 .' i -V . , Z .V , A' KV , . V , .' kVtV Z ,,V ,,L. 'K ,- . . ,, 1 ,, . . I . ' . . ' . t' 1 ' - H I , r 1 L' z - . a 1 a S I x 2 s ' L L A E T A 'L 1 x Vx' B .V Z 3 is . A, V .V t, V . , V V , , V , ,, , ,- V H - an - rr ' ' rr n - - . . , , cl , D, h. ' , -

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1 F Elg XI HELIL N1 determ1nes the number of protons 1n the nucleus Rtarmz II X1 hen rad1oact1xe sub stances chsmtegrate three rays are em1tted Thev are the alpha rays beta ravs and gamma rays The alpha rays haxe xerv l1ttle penetrat 1ng power and are found to be pos1 tn elv charged part1cles atoms f hellum Thrs proxes that the atom has a nucleus composed of protons The 1920 p1cture rexeals th1s The beta ravs are fast moung negatne part1cles em1tted by the nucleus of the atom and called electrons You must remember that these electrons come from the nucleus of the atom and not the orb1t Fxerv nucleus con ta1ns them except the hydrogen atom serxe F1gure 1 vou w1l1 see no elec trons 1n the nucleus thus proung another defect 1n the 1920 atom 1n F1gure II the been modern1zed as 1t IS 1nterest1ng and how th1s model was am1ne the per1od1c xery carefullv and atom carbon has much as posslble essent1al to know constructed Ex chart QHubbard1 record ltS atom1c XVC1g1'1t 12 atom1c number 6 group IX and ltS per1od II These facts are 1nd1spensable for w1thout them 1 could not draw the d1agram of the atom The atom1c weleht usually de term1nes the amount of protons 1n the nucleus The atom1c number repre sents the number of planetary elec trons The group 1n whxch the atom IS usuallv determ1nes the number of the electrons 1n the last orb1t the per1od denotes the number of orb1ts the atom has 1f1 subtract the atomlc number from the atomxc we1ght the LTIHCFCHCE IS the number of electrons 1n the nucleus X1 hen 1 stud1edchem1strv 1 learned that some elements were xers stablc and actnc elements respectnely In 1'1gure III IS a d1agram of the krypton atom The nucleus of th1s atom con ta1ns 85 protons and 47 electrons also four orb1ts w1th 2 8 18 and 8 plane tarv electrons respectnelv A careful obserxat1on of th1s atom rex eals a per fectlx balanced Ofblt wh1ch has 36 electrons Smce the sum of the first second and fourth orblts equal the th1rd Ofblt the orb1ts do not need a s1ngle electron therefore It IS sa1d to be 1n a state of perfect equ111br1um On the other hand make a close exam1nat1on of F1gure IX the bro m1ne atom and you w111 find that ltS orb1ts are not balanced for It lacks one electron 11 1th an add1t1onal elec tron the orb1ts would equ1l1brate V1athemat1cal facts or ca1culat1ons show that there are two poss1ble shapes of the orb1ts 1n an atom c1rcu lar and el11pt1cal F1gure NI IS a d1a gram of the helxum atom accordmg to the most recent theor1es The black dots 1n the nucleus are the protons The nucleus does not conta1n any free electrons The symbol O represents a comb1nat1on of one proton and one electron YY1'1lCl'l the sc1ent1sts named neutron because 1tS charge IS equal to zero Neutrons are created when GD H1 DROGEN Fng XII F1g VIII F X the atom1c nucleus IS bombarded by fast mox 1ng part1cles or when cosm1c rays fall on matter Some SCleHt1StS say the neutrons 6XlSt only momen tar11y and exentually d1sappear 1nto ord1narv electrons Although these facts are not start l1ng they 1nsp1re quest1ons that haxe led to some surpr1s1ng conclus1ons It IS now possxble to theoret1ca1lv trans form the element mercury 1nto gold Rutherford an Enghsh phys1c1st has pract1callv altered heawv atoms 1nto l1ghter ones 1n the nucleus of the mercurv atom there IS an access of 80 protons wh1ch represent the atom1c numbe1 of the atom Ifa fast mowmg electron could penetrate the nucleus of th1s atom and lodge 1tself safelv Ylflthln lt the result would be a neu tral1zat1on and the neutrallzatxon of the electron and proton would doubt lessly mean the complete ann1h1lat1on ofa nuclear proton w1th the 11berat1on of a certa1n amount of energy The result would also be another atom w1th the atom1c number of 79 wh1ch IS go cl There IS also another method of transform1ng mercury lHt0 gold IfI could cause an 1sotope of mercurv wh1ch has an atom1c we1ght of 1985 to em1t a proton the result1ng product would be an atom w1th atomlc welght of 197 Wh1Ch IS gold If nature hadn t created heaxy and complxcated atoms as rad1um and uranxum wh1ch d1s1ntegrate contlnu ously the present day sc1ent1st would hate had onlv a very vague Concep t1on of matter Probably many ofyou readers haxe heard of the word 1sotope In sp1te of the fact that lSOtOpeS haxe dxfferent atomlc WelghtS from the1r parent atoms they st1ll retaxn the1r charac ter1st1c propert1es At present there are three lsotopes of hydrogen These are ord1nary hy drogen w1th a mass of one the so called heavy hydrogen named deu terlum sc1ent1f1ca1ly w1th an atom1c Welght of two and st11l another of three The three F1gures VII VIII and IX show a theoret1ca1 d1a gram of the hydrogen fam11y arranged accord1ng to the1r atom1c we1ghts Perhaps you are cur1ous to know why the hydrogen atom un1tes Wlth another hydrogen atom when there IS apparently no e1ectrostat1c force to conso11date the two atoms 1 am sorry to say but 1 must contrad1ct my former statement and prove to you by another hypothet1ca1d1agram that there IS an e1ectrostat1c attract1on ex 1st1ng 1n the two hydrogen atoms Examme F1gure X and you w1l1 see an 1ngen1ous d1agram sat1sfy1ng your cur1os1tv It IS self explanatory 1 haxe sa1d xerv l1ttle about the propert1es of matter Although 1 have heard that matter 1S xery porous t has nex er been demonstrated to me C1 mzfznued on page I Page Thirteen . V . V A 1 1 I J ' V ., I ' .V ' P ' ' ' ' - 1 . ' t ' A 1 1 . V V . . V V . . . , , V . , , - l o - I V I LY , - - L V 1 . ' , ' V V VV V . V .. V V v V VV V V VV - V A . . . V -V V - V 0- K V . . V . - . V . - - V . . . , . . - . V . V V . V V . . . - . . . . V - ' ' ' ff ll , V , . 4 ' V - V . 1 . 3 which has a mass of one. If you'1l ob- heavier hydrogen atom with a mass I Y Y v f L V - Q l f , . . . V , L. , . . . . V A . ' ' . ig.I ' . . i 1 . 1 Y ' p . , . V V U V . . V . NV V 1 . V V , V . . . V V , V , . . V . V . V V i V .u V V I V. Y .1 1 1 u I V V- , I 1 H- , 'v . - 1-Hg. x 112 ,. . . V I V VVV

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grasped a blue pencil which skipped ox er sheet after sheet of copy paper and left little blue X s trailing in its wake oe explained it to me X ou see when he has that phone glued to has ear he is getting 1 call from some reporter XX hen the call comes xn he switches the wire to rewrite man xnd has him get the story The rewrite man xx rites the story just 'ts if he had been there himself 1nd glx es his copv to the city editor Then the cltv editor marks with his blue pencil whene the story should stop so that it will fit its 'allotted space IH the paper News stories are so w rltten that a paragraph may be cut off with out changing the story in the least as soon as the story his been written and marked the editor gxxes lt to a copv bov who takes it to the compos mg room for the prmter minute He led the wav to '1 small glass enclosed room within which were fiye sewing machme like boxes which ticked like gigantic alarm clocks only a bit more rapxdlv These are the teletvpe machmes fhey bring in most of the national and foreign news Fxerv machme IS being operated from a central office where someone is typing what vou see com mg out here The entire svstem works on the idea of a yariable current with a yoltage Later when he had completed his recital of statxstlcs he thoughtfully contemplated the end of his cigar and carefully weighed his words The teletype machine IS bv far the greatest asset of the newspaper of to day Day and night this maryelous machme brings us news of the most y ital importance to the nation and the world as a whole ov horror com edy tragedy all pass under the busv keys of this faithful messenger of the people It tells one half of America what the other half IS doing It IS the wmged messenger of the night the brightest torch in the hands of Lib ertv it IS the rock of the community and the pillar of Democracy I stood stary eved Then someone came in and Ioe with an air of finallty and a glance at the clock said I guess Iye told you enough about this end of the business Of course we do other things beside news writing That quiet looking heayv set man oy er there is Nlr Henrv Beck our book re newer and music critic He has also published sex eral nox els Ox er there with his hat on the telephone IS Dlr ames O Neil the dramatic cr1t1c Those two men in the corner are ed: tor1al w rlters Alost ot our features howey er are sent from our lNew Y ork OHICL We haxe quite 1 wide xarxety of features Ihere are Hevwood Broun Damon Runyan Arthur Brisbane XX alter Nlinchell and yarious others from time to time Ordlnarlly this would be too expenslye for one paper but the Conner and the Pot! are part of a svndicate which also mcludes the Philadelphrx Record and the Nexv X ork Pu I md they all share the ex pense together Of course 1n Zrlllilllltlll to these big national writers we haxe Loxelorn Column Popeve Health Column Children s Care But listen I ye got to get back on the job If vou reallv yvant to see how a news paper is turned out I d adyise vou to go into the composing room They re setting the type for another edition right now Right through that door there see' O K So long' The door of the composing room vawned before me a broad hint As I entered the composing room it seemed as if peace had broken out in fllexico after the rush of the editorial rooms the composing rooms seemed subdued like a xast d1ml1t caxern where the people moy ed sllentlv and not too swiftlv The effect was height ened bv the deep mercurlal blue which swathed the place in its soften mg daze and affected colors strangelv so that the tomato sandwich in the printer s hand looked like two slabs of dirty green bread wrapped around a sickenlng brown mass Reaching up like stalagmites if stalagmltes reach up a double row of lmotvpe machmes lost themsely es in the darkness broken onlv by the lights of solitary oper ators 'lowards the center a trifle better illuminated were placed two long stone topped tables on which the paper was bemg made up Further along the table some of the frames full of type were alreadv bemg carried away to the stereotype machme where steamlng matrices were made with impressions of the tvpe clearlv mdented on their faces Now the men seemed to quicken a bit The matrices were carried to 'mother machme where hot molten lead was poured ox er them XY hen the lead had cooled sutlxclentlx thev were wlthdrawn le xx ing shiny half cvlxnders on w hlch were exposed the impressions of the matrices Then the cylinders were lowered to the next floor and set into the press One page two pages three pages A the last half cvhnder was trundled to its place and laid gently in its cradle the little serxant of the great press stepped back and pulled a switch bell clanged somewhere a small red light blinked angrily and the huge press began to moye slowly at first with a soft mumble then faster and tastei lhe thin white strip of paper minute speed through the shrieking press and sailed out on long qu1x er mg ropes which carried the folded messengers to the restxye trucks A soft mumble arose quickly angrxlv turlouslv and soon as the speed was accentuated It soared to a great 1m patient Crescendo The great press roared defiance gaye birth to a wild exultant crv and threw it to the four winds making the yerv buildings with its wrath and at the of 1t all the little scurrying things ran into their holes shake sound MAN MADE GOLD Iontmuedfrom page Ii until I studied phvslcs To the ordi nary person the desk on wh1ch he writes on IS as plain and solid as anv other hard desk but to the physicist the desk is as porous as a sponge This sounds amazing but Mr B Eyerett Lord has demonstrated ex perxmentallv the aboye fact He has actuallv forced mercurv which IS a liquid with a densitv I5 times greater than water through a concay ed piece of hard maple wood I trust that this treatise has made lt quite eyident that matter IS not a simple affair but a combination of complicated factors conceix ed by na ture s most intellectual animal man Page Fifteen Y KY , MV YV , Y Y V U 4 e 1 I . t , - . 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