Allderdice High School - Allderdice Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Learning Is the Gatewa to Success l.czu'u1ng is thc gatcxyay tn succcss. 'l'ln'uugh cclucatinu, thc inmliyiclual mccmucs equipped tu see thc beauty ui cycryclay living. This insight, bring- ing varicty tn an utlicrwisc luunchum cxistcncc, nialqcs liic cnjuyablc. Cun- tcntnicnt is a precious ingredient ul succcss. Music. art, and litcralurc arc lllCllllS tn cuntcntuicnt. lfclucatinn. thc basis for apprcciatiun, brings thc arts into thc rcahn ui unclcrstancliug. 'l'hc must csscntial yaluc nl lcarniug is thc ability tu scc thc bcst way nl lilc. .Xu cclucatcfl person can pursuc this way nl hlc with a clear unncl. llc may cliuusc a crcccl tn bclicyc ancl tu lnlluw as lung as he wishes. lfnriuing his own upiniuns, thc lcaruccl man gains sclf-satisfaction. This rcassurancc giycs a man strength tu incct any obstacles in thc way ul sucs ccss, Only in thc uiincl ui thc well-trainccl inzliviclual can strcugth tu succccll bc born. This clrivc. this initiatiyc, this iuipulsc tn attain goals can manu- lacturc cuuugh cncrgy In crcatc a uuiycrsc-Y -:1 univcrsc built nu thc inuumlaf tinus ul lcarniug. 7

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Success Builds Uur City Pittsburgh is the product of success. In this city of steel, enterprising men have amassed fortunes. As these leaders of industry have prospered. so has their city. A prime example of this mutual success between man and his city is the story of Henry John Heinz. From a youth raking his vege- table garden in Sharpsburg, Heinz eventually founded a multi-million dollar vegetable preserves business. Today products rolling down the bottling line at the huge North Side factory are shipped all over the globe. Heinz, an internationally known name, has brought recognition to Pittsburgh as the home of the nation's food preserves. Other men have thus rewarded Pittsburgh, the cradle of their success. One man, Andrew Carnegie, has become the idol of ambitious youth. Not even an American by birth, Carnegie first worked in Allegheny City as a bobbin boy for S120 a week. S-oon advancing to minor positions on the tele- graph lines and the railroads, Carnegie began to envision a new future ahead. He later organized the Keystone Bridge Works, which built the first iron bridge over the Ohio. Carnegie then went into iron and steel. Combining eight important steel firms into the mammoth Carnegie Steel Company, this Pittsburgher had increased the value of his business to S500,000,000 by 1901. Carnegie had crowned his city the steel capital of the world. Another of the greatest builders of Pittsburgh was Andrew Mellon. A native of the steel city, this banker's son entered his father's business after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh. During the course of his business career, the younger Mellon enlarged the bank, formed the Union Trust Company, -organized the Gulf Oil Corporation, and established the Pittsburgh Coal Company. His heirs, too, built m-onuments of their own. In the middle of humming, metropolitan Downtown Pittsburgh, for example, stands a fresh garden spot, Mellon Square. VVhat native Pittsburgher does not marvel at the wide marble stairs and the glimmering fountains illumi- nated at night? Men such as Professors Lewis Bradley and James A. Keeler, suc- cesses in the field of science, pioneered t-he building and the maintenance of Allegheny Observatory. The most recent city builder is Dr. Jonas Salk. creator of a poli-o vaccine. ln Pittsburgh have originated the rays of hope that this crippling disease may be thwarted all over the nation. Thus, success may build the mang but a truly successful man can build a city, as the great progress of Pittsburgh indicates. 9