Bronx High School of Science - Observatory Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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QQ' if lgiff ,qv If 225-5 ,,, 4-HE if 3,23 'Q 'QOELQQ' ROXIC1 cold lllISITl0l1OI1dl Clellll t v1ew pornt war 1 .1 force wh1ch call- a alt to man evolutron and 1n everv re-pect end- the envlne of proare-s careenlnv 1n reveree clown the hrlle of destructxon 1nto the valley of cleepaxr Sc1ence mu-t accept wrth a Uurlty con-crence the oft repeated charfre that rte mventlonb and dr-coverree have become envlne- of de tructxon m the hande of certaxn manlace bclence - onlv po- rble alrbx 1 that lt ha worked rn a -octal vacuum and ha thrown lt UEIIIU on to the marketplace for bale to the hwhe-t bldder The pre ent war la the mo t condemmnv ln dlctment of eclence on the charffe that It ha elther been wnorant of or mdlfferent to the Qocral lmpllcatlone of clentrhc dwcovery If one were to attempt a juetxficauon of war he mwht poeelbly concexve of th1s that war demand ba xc chanve e pecxallv Cl entlflc onee whlch are often for the Good of mankrnd In thlN total war eclentrfic lab oratorlee have been vlowlnv and hummlnv twentv four hour- a day It has become the job of the chemut to devlee new and more potent evploelvee and poleon lt has been the task of the envmeer to draft the plane for new Gun- radio- moblle un1t ehlpe and other mon-ter of war there rs a job for the mathematmran the phv ICI t and the me chamc 1n operatxny our machrne o there 1- for the phv -1c1an H1 treatmg our wounded The-e new ekrll-, trade: lnventronb and CllaCONCI'lCS are not gomg to termmate wxth the war On the contrarv thev w1ll be the -prxnyboard for the -clence of our po-t war world wluch w1ll g1ve the common man a r1cl1 and fr111tful future 1n everv dav comfort lt 1- thx- ledacv of war that mlnlll be con -ldered an adxance over the COllCllll0IlN of - ga-ff -ff 1, ,11,f1, 152, Wit? na 54? fiom? -F' .wa-.2 gg Qc ll ' 'J-S Q5 ft , J' 3 ft: iv, fjyf P-XUL BARR the prewar world War habtene the enrlch ment of the world wlth c1ent1fic d1 covery To be more pecxfic here are Qome of the advancee neceeaxtated by the war In the Held of med1c1ne there have been lnnumer able cure-, and treatmente dlscovered The thou-ande of pltrfully wounded oldlers have elven the trmulua to a weepmv wave of dxecoverv -Xtabrrne a evnthetlc qurnme ha been developed The amazmo' famxly of ulpha dru' ha etpanded and xte dlam fectxnff power have aved lrterallv hundreds of thoueands of eoldxer from untrmely death The Ulant ateps of -urvery are a toundlnv Arnficlal lrmb- have been recon nected to the llvlflff muscles, the Stader -teel pln recluctron plrnt perfectly reform- man Uled and broken bone: wax treatments and mlraculoue km Uraftmv have -aved the l1ve of b11rn NlCtlmn Probablv the mot far reachrnv dl coverv nece -ltated by thx horrrble war 1 blood pla ma tran fu 1on -Xfter the tvpmy drymg and preeervmg treatment thr- llfe blood donated by patrl otxc crtrzen- IN -hxpped to the battlefield where xt 1- rnjected rnto the hunyrv vem-, of the wounded The achrevement- toward better machme-, of war are not to be dr-regarded The l1-ta of 1mprovement- 111 fire power range -afety load -peed and !'lldll8llNCI'JblllU of the alr 25 . 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EVQL TIO UF BFI IFF lXLv lmx the hx t tx xxx xrou lx xe corridor the 101 School of bcxence left quxte an xmpres xon oe Cla t v xn re e bv the trv ol tx: W P -X and bv the per erv r ance of the teacher as thev carried oxx xn e of xt v xml e bv tudent vvho al o carrxed on liravely he xm TEACH vvalked underneath the ladders Bravelv he dxved xnto the vvxmmlng pool oxxlv to emerge battered and bleedxnv to remark brxllxantlv I m ure xt vvxll be fun vvxth vvaler too Le u not a ume that Joe Lla of -1-3 ua any different from the typxcal Scxencxte He vva ju t a naxve Lxke anv freshman he mouoht hxs Uvm pot did hx calx thenxcs xn the lunchroom and ate hx alamx andvslch xxx the gvmna xum and hovv did he thxnk thx little four bv nothing? What dxd he thxnk about the xn ternatxonal xtuatxon Not 0 flood XY hat dxd he think of hx teacher t v onderful' Well vshat about Uxr What are thev 5. bxolo xcal mutation 1 te vt 1 no v a r important ophonxoxe ee Hx teacher v exe molding hx mind vvxth GERALD l KILL and NHRNIN GLW IRTZ hammer and chx el a trxck pxcked up lrom xe W P -X oe Ll of 45 vva formxn-1 OIJIIHOH Look lxke vvar xn Europe War had been declared the prevtou vear llnt a er all vou cant expect loc to now evervthxn W hat about hx teachers? I won t commit mv elf Joe was learnxnv What about the female of the species? I notxced one the other dav It s Hot possx bxlxtxes Junxor they called hxm That s a funnv name for one vvhos almot a senior thouvht he Neverthele there vva prxde xn hxs voxce a he poke of hx advanced courses and hx impre sxve bcxence Technique Laboratory shop to the lav man Now he could look down on the oph a vvell a the freshmen oe a o -H vva no lonffer an awe struc chxld vvho trembled xn the presence of hx teachers 'No longer llr and Dr but rather Iaul and Charzlze stranvely enough All rxvht said Joe vve havent the best gvm equxpment xn the cxty s0 vve havent the best basketball team xn the Bronx s0 vve haven t the best equipped labs xn the countrv We ve Got forty lockers xn every classroom Thus Joe Llass of 45 pas ed on into hx eventh term xn hxvh school Th was the j'l v viii' W A -5 gf 23 , I 1 J lv I . D 1 A T L- 4' Y :XLK . V N Lv' s ine ' 1939 4 - - 'S K- ' ' ' f ' tx fx x ' 5 -if Hg it r 1 .r . 1 'ass ' - f - ' C J 'ss o' '43 vas ' tp ss d in- , s I' . dxxs J' l l ' i. .. . 1' s 'e - 'lit . 1' ' . ' ' k ' x , S As v a, - . . v I ry ' 'Q si spit, all. He vas ' xress d U' the ' ' ' is ' ' ' D. s s ' s ' ' ' - ' I .. . 4. - g 5: - X 4 S S . !.. g . .Y ' ss. . ' s ' ' 'Q ' ' .Ml 's s ', 's ' - - 's , . sg. , A . . - f I- 5 l ' ER s s s ' s L . J Cl ss f ' I ' s g ' -3 k 's -. Q' . . . X ' DL-,,,,, , Joe was beginning to like Science. 4 , 55 ' ' GG - C g . C . - . So C .' - v W- pw N . S . . V. . i '., ,i . m t s 'ss ss V. , , , AS V . . . . U s ' , J . xs L . s ' s s . ' ' S . , l - -' s . ' 's is ' 3 ' X . ' L' . . . a ' s s s 00 v . ' s' . vi fy l ' . . . . vw 9 . ' 1 s ' Ps 9 C' i ' l v' 'J ' ' s' ' ? . . . s .. . A ,CX . t , x ' ' ' ' s? . . . Ju: t Ui ' ,ff .. - N . , N pu xt: X! v . . ' . . . X xx fff . A F . 'X ff X ,, L U., n . 2. . T, . ,ff y l'nt ,lm as learning. He was v' ' g eat. t ltig. i ' s G l 's s v ' ' g 's ' ,,f..,.x

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plane all but taofger the mmd The 34011 xshrn-f record et by Ixarser 1n the produc llOll of lrrp bear te trmonv to the raprd advance of llldll trv marchrnff hand In hand wrtr crence Tank Gun hrp and pane rollnr- off our a embly lllle are 1n them belve manrfetatron ofthe ffrant tep tal-ten forward bv -Xmerrcan crerrce becau e of the demand of war No the war w1ll IIOI be a torallv wasted effort There 1 much Good to be squeezed lor tl1e blood 1 eat alld tear of thr brutal war auarnst tyrannv and oppressxon -Xfter the moke of battle clears after the dead have been burred and after the world ha realrzed a new brrth of freedom, there Wlll be work to do And few Wlll play a more srvnrhcant role rn world reconstructron than the c1ent1st The part of scrence rn postwar recon truct1on 1 multrlateral Scrence ha had rt nrcentrve rtb trmulus from the war 1t ef ut 1t ta lt w1ll onlv have stare when thrs war end There w1ll be a torn and drsea ed world to be brouvht back to lta feet There w1ll be a populatron eaverly awartrnff the thrnvs for whrch It has so val rantlv fouvht There w1ll be a hunvry crav 1nU for a better world rn the hearth and mmd of every man Th1 then ls the task of sc1ence to brrnv freedom from fear and freedom from want to the common man to conatruct a world atand up and trulv eav hrs efforts have not been 111 vain To what extent lb scrence aabumrnv thr- mrghty burden? One need not have Great rmavrnatron to see the prom1se of orgamg chemr trv Already to meet the war short age chemxcal laboratorles have produced neoprene butvl throkol amerrpol and other T' f'gC+ I r, , :BN ff X 'G U f X X J W1 X ' 'P' 'Tx -31 T H 'M if f 5 ,,f if 26 vnthetrc rrrbber They have produced svn tlretrc materral lrke nvlon and ravon ace tate Pla t1c are 111 them elve a vat and untapped held -Xmberllte zeolrte and bake lrtr alreadv appear or1 the market of the natron If von w1ll dwell for a moment rn the realm of orvamc chemr tr! you cannot help err Ill f the mearunv of tl1e apparentlv rn 1 nrfrcant carbon atom Here 1 a field of crence whrclr wrl rve the world of e future tl1e power for It CHUIIIC of produc trun the pla trc and Yllfl'lCflC for rt home and tl1e dve- druv and medrcrnes for lt evervdav comforts In another closelv related field the chem 1st and the phy31c1st of the future are Uomv feverrshlv to attempt to amaah the atom Thr alone Wlll be the most far reachrnvf achreve ment that the world has ever known It rs hard to LOIICEIWC of the potentral powers of uranrum 259 a Gram of whrch wrll operate a Ureat battle hrp for five years Here 1 an other -foal toward tvl1lCll CICNCC now trrves a Goal that w1ll open for ue the doors to urrdreamed of wealth and power The remak e s.. 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