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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N, 3flW 1 One world . . .Ten inches in diameTer. FirsT oT all, we wonder aT The world in which we live, aT iTs com- plexiTies and aT iTs unpredicTabiliTy. We wonder abouT war peace sTrikes sTarving children wandering people. We don'T worry Too much, we simply wonder - Trom a disTance. And iT is The lcind oT wondering +ha+ Takes The Torm oT ThoughT or an idea - in an EThics discussion or a l-lisTory class. or waTching a Tilm or passing The newssTand aT The boTTom oT The hill. lT is a Temporary, TleeT- ing glimpse oT a world divorced Trom personal realiTy. We also wonder abouT ourselves, abouT college iob wiTe and lcids home and Triends. This is a diTTerenT wondering, inTense and inTernal, Tangible if un- real. This is a sorT oT wondering ThaT Takes The Torm oT a plan, a day- dream where The world becomes simple and predicTable, in which all seems perTecT and compleTe. And Then, perhaps only aT occasional momenTs, There is a Tusion oT The Two . . . The personal dream and The world idea.