Imperial Schools - Diplomat Yearbook (Gladewater, TX)

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off to 3 0000 START The foundation of education is reading. The degree to which a student will be suc- cessful is directly related to his degree of suc- cess in reading. In the early years of training reading occupies most of the curricular area primarily because all of the other areas de- pend, heavily upon a good reading ability. Once good reading habits are established the mind is capable of ingesting and assimilating an unlimited amount of knowledge almost inaccessible except through reading. Compare for a moment reading ability with the channels of a television receiver or radio. The lower the reading ability, the few- er channels of learning that are available for mental growth and development. The high- er and more developed is the reading level, the more channels that are available for growth. Similarly, if there are few channels for mental growth, the student's outlook will be one of narrow interests, limited horizons and certainly little understanding. A student who has many channels open to him will gener- ally have a better grasp of each bit of know- ledge with which to compare everything he learns. Certainly one of the chief responsibilities of education is to develop and utilize to the full the potential of every individual. This is what can be begun through an effective reading program. --' .. , V- , fs Q :. my U X 3 F f Z.. R, ,.--.-.-- my-Q .,. . .., 11N-ffiwn' ' 1 , Ufmrfwsf 1- Q, .uf ., V. -,.- ,f --rmpw 7 .-. ,. amz: . , .. .., :,,, g KV . ,g :st -sw, Y' if .Qigfslt ii f' we - -Wi-t

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' MAlCHlNG BRATNSW How would you like to match yourself against one of today's lightning-fast transistorized electronic brains ? A Uni- vac 490 computer, one of the most sophis- ticated electronic brains manufactured to- day, has more'than 7,700 printed circuits, requiring more than 370,000 feet of wir- ing to hook up its two million memory cells. It is able to receive, process, and compute a deluge of material in a fraction of a second, store the information in its electronic memory cells, and be able to feed-back the information at the touch of a button. Now how does your brain com- pare with that? Altogether the brain has about ten BILLION interconnected nerve cells capable of processing innumerable facts in equal- ly impressive time! The human brain has more than 5,000 times more storage capa- city than the best computer so far made. lt stores indefinately more material from a wide variety of input sources lall the sensesl. As far as can be discovered, the human brain permanently records every sensation ever experienced in life lwhether by sight, sound, feel, taste, or smelll. Its main prob- lem is recall. There is no apparent but- ton which can be triggered to release at a touch all of the billions of facts and sensations and ideas stored within the brain. The computer, unlike the human brain, is not subiect to the many distrac- tions or forgetfulness which clouds thinking and remembrance. The computer's advantage lies in its ability to process and feed back answers lpreviously fed into the machinel in an instant. It is not distracted by extraneous inputs while it is in the process of feed- back. The brain, however, while attempt- ing to solve a problem ifeed-backl is simultaneously receiving distracting and often irrelevant input through the senses of sight, hearing, touch, etc. This is. one reason for the brain's limitations. ' Continuing research into the learning process is opening new doors in the field of education which promise unprecedent- ed use of the fantastic latent potential of the human brain. , , COMMUNICATIONS . . . Perhaps the one most significant develop- ment of the past twenty-five years has been not the atomic or hydrogen bombs, super- sonic flight, space exploration, or atomic sub- marines-but the one factor which led up to the development of all of these-communicw tions. The last quarter century has witnessed the most phenomenal explosion of knowl- edgeTewH'l5efore experiEil by man.TBEall of this knowledge would have been of little value if it were not communicated to the minds of other men who were able to take this science and technology and turn it into industry. Writers, translators, artists and illustrators are in high demand in almost every field be- cause of the recognized need for capable men to make even the most complex and technical information simple to understand. Research into advanced reading techniques has reached a new peak in order to make it possible for the reader to keep up with the avalanche of written material. Computerization has made space travel a reality. Without the computers ability to re- ceive, assimilate, and feed-back knowledge with lightning speed, soft-landing a rocket on the moon would be about as easy as you throwing a stone across the Grand Canyon and landing it in a cocktail glass without making a splash. Communications is also what makes a so- ciety, nation, industry, organization, or fam- ily run smoothly. When communications break down, chaos is the result. Being in- formed and informing others is the key to unity. CQEEQZEAQEEQBXQD