Angleton High School - Angle Yearbook (Angleton, TX)

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TOMMIE 'IO HALUVIONDS DONNA JO NELSON Ffmtbxll Auto Meflunirs Sponfored by HUDECK BROS. FURNITURE

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LOUISE GRAHAM MARY NX II.LIAMS F.F.A, F.F.A. Mfg . ,rx JOE ED FAIRFIELD LKDEEN PARRIS and CHARLIE RICE F-H-ff BFJ14 BY'.1l'0Y'i,1 County F.1ir Repreferzlxtize ,md EIIOVI Sporzfmed by FOLLET GIFT SHOP

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The Alcbemzst and Hzs Dreams THE ALCHEMISTS of the Mrddle Ages spent therr ln es rn the varn pursurt of three dreams One was to drscoyer how to change or transmute base metals such as lead and rron mto gold The second was to frnd a umy ersal cure for disease The thlrd was to learn the secret of mdefmrtely prolonglng lrfe Selfrshness for rrches and power rnsprred most of these alchemrsts but not all of them Yet regardless of thelr motryes the feyerrsh and mysterlous experrments they undertook resulted rn the gradual accumulatron of human knowledge Although they never reached the goals they set for themselves they learned a great deal about the elements whrch make up the world and so land the foundatron stones for modern scrence IN A WAY modern chemrstry rs founded upon the same theory of transmutatron upon whrch the medxeval alchemlst set hrs sxghts Wo rung wrth heat pressure elec trrcrty and other natural forces to an extent undreamed of by the odd alchemnsts chemr cal manufacturers such as Dow are today transmutxng many of the most plentxful resources of the world mto new forms and compounds which benefit manklnd In our Texas Dmsron we are maklng 65 chemrcals from materrals whrch the mecheyal alchemrst would haye unhesrtatmgly termed base These products fall mto ses en classnfrcatrons Caustxc soda made from salt rs a basxc mdustrral chemxcal wrth uses rang mg from peelmg peaches to treatmg petroleum products Ammonia rs made from water and arr The same Dow ammonra that goes mto fertllrzers also goes mto such thmgs as nylon stockrngs and the plastrc bllsters of the B 36 Bomber Hydrochlorlc aexd made from natural gas salt and water IS another basle mdustrral chemxcal Its uses range from prcklmg steel to treatmg orl wells to mcrease produetron and helprng smelt tm Magnes1um IS taken from sea water Its uses rn alreraft and for other struc tural purposes are well known but rt also goes 1nto such thmgs as flash llght batteries cements and msulatmg materrals Glycols whrch come from natural gas keep your car radrator from freez mg brnd the cork of your soft drmk bottle cap and keep your toothpaste from drymg out among many other th1ngs 6 Chlormated solyents produced from natural gas clean clothes and mach xnery go mto your camera and antr knock gasolme and also help make penrcrllm and cortrsone and the other wonder drugs 7 Plastrcs made from natural gas grye us thousands of colorful and useful artrcles THE BASIS for all of these Dow products are ordrnary resources vwhnch were ayall able to the medreyal alehemrst If he had known how to use them and the other ma terrals of modern chemrstry how close would he haye come to realrzmg hrs three dreams? He certamly would haye gamed enough rnches to make hrm forget about transmut mg lead mto gold and at the same trme he would haye made cmlrzatron rncher He would not haye drscoy ered the unrversal cure for dnsease but penrcnlhn cortlsone and the other wonder drugs would have been the maryels of hrs age as they are of ours He would not haye succeeded rn 1ndef1n1tely prolongrng lnfe but from the ayerage llfe span of 33 years rn the England of has day chemxstry has helped rt mcrease to 67 6 years rn present day America THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY Texas Dzzzrzon FREEPORT U 0 1 ' ' ' , -1 va . b V . . V . . 1 . , ' ' 1 1 . - 1 .. . ,, 1 , . D . A , , Q ' , , I ' A 1 x ' 1 ' , ' 1. - H - Y A V . . . .Y. . . . . . . Y - - ' -1 H - 1 1 v 1' 1 1 ' . . V . . 3' 1 1 1 . . . ,. . . ,, . . , - 1 1 ' 5 v ' . - 1 1 1 ' 1 Y. , . ' 1 - . , , . . V J J - , 1 , . . I .Y - 1 1 . ' , 1 ' 1 - ' , , ' . - - . f 1 1' s , , . . -v Y . H H h I , ' . V. . . . 1 1 ' ' , ' ' , 1 1 V ' 1 h 1 V . . . . V - - Y 1 V , I . V . Y . . . V 1