Fieldston School - Fieldglass Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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PEACE BUT DPP We puT down The pens and close The books, aT leasT Tor a Time. We probably have learned The Technical lessons - The chemical Tormulas, The geomeTric Theorems, The knowledge oT obiecTive quanTiTies and sub- sTances - well enough by now. We have observed The reacTions, The same chemical changes ThaT produce individual wealTh or communiTy improvemenT. We undersTand some oT The basic concepTs wiTh which men build bridges -- or calculaTe The course oT rockeT bombs. These lessons are To mosT oT us, and probably To high-school kids everywhere, TirsT and perhaps Tinal academic glimpses oT a Technical civilizaTion ThaT seems noisy and even a liTTle TrighTening. CerTainly we can'T TorgeT ThaT our brand oT scienTiTic knowledge is commonplace, kid sTuTT. lT's only ThaT The compilaTion oT Technical les- sons - parT oT a sTore oT TacTual inTormaTion ThaT mighT be noThing more Than a useTul commodiTy To be exchanged Tor a degree oT respec- TabiliTy or a good job -- has TaughT us someThing else, less commonplace and more precious. Maybe These, and oTher lessons, have TaughT us To begin To wonder abouT Things, and noT even know ThaT we wonder. ?...The scienTiTic process... 7

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This yearbook presumes To be a challenge To ourselves - The kids who were graduaTecl Trom FieldsTon in The year I946. Those oT us who have wriTTen iT have Triecl To explore The common con- science oT our class as we leave The school in a Time of confusing social change. We hope The book will be permanenTly enioyable. Above all we hope iT will provoke ThoughT and whaT mighT be an explosive process oT selT-examinaTion.

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