Ipswich High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ipswich, MA)

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llllllill-I are now racking their brains in search of a device to put the dishes back upon the shelves. Meanwhile, the mechani- cal nurse has been watching Junior. At his awakening, she immediately warns Mrs. Jones, who attends to him at once. After Mr. Jones leaves for work in his streamlined car containing a police radio and a television set, Mrs. Jones cleans her home. Should I dust to- day! she wonders and tries to think back to the last time she dusted. lt must have been three months ago. With air conditioning the necessity for dusting is eliminated. For relaxation in the morning hours Mrs. Jones reclines on the roof terrace and an odd terrace it is. During the coldest December morning one is able to take a sun bath on this open roof while the winds whip about and the thermometer is hovering near zero. Such a remarkable phenomenon is pro- duced by high frequency waves con- tained in the partitions. llowever. it is impossible to live on this ideal piazza since water freezes solid and butter melts. The shopping problem for the belle of the sixties is etfectively solved by television sets which record the latest bargains in meat cuts and millinery. Not satisfied with merely seeing such bargains, Mrs. Jones must feel the tex- ture of the material and model for herself. NVhile the invisible man, Elec- tronic , answers the phone and records calls, Mrs. Jones, without a care in the world, boards her little flivver plane and shortly arrives at the downtown department store several hundred miles away just as its roof is rapidly filling up with more little flivver planes, also containing early bargain seekers. NVhile Mrs. Jones busily shops in the crowded stores for shoes of plas- tic, a stylish spring frock of rock wool, and a new bonnet, a ravishing thing composed of glass, supper is cooking at home - that is if all the buttons, badgets, and clocks have bee11 set cor- rectly. At length. after an enjoyable eve- e through the tele- vision sets, completely exhausted thc ning spent in Rom Jonescs prepare for bed after a luxuri- ous bath in water than mixes itself to the correct temperature, and after drying with towels that are heated on their racks. As for the twenty-tirst century, if you and l are lucky enough to last that long. we shall be zooming through space carried and propelled by a rocket belt clasped about the waist, and visits to the moon will be very co1nmo11. There will be no delicious steaks or fried foods - just pills. VVheu guests conie in for dinner. the menu will read like a doctor's pre- scription: l. First course-white pill 2. Second course --yellow pill 3. Third course-blue pill And for dessert a red Zfilltl green pill. On second thought, l'm glad that l shan't live that long since T loathe taking pills.

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IEVIRIEKEBIEE- contains a heating and water system and is completely furnished with im- mobile furniture, which I'm sure will please the Mr., whose back has had more than one ache pushing heavy sofas and ten ton pianos here and there. This tiny box of a house is sure to increase the trend of nomadic living already becoming more and more popular. Even the poorest of us will be able to spend our vacations in Florida or California, thanks to this amazing creation. As the collapsible home becomes more popular through- out the states, renting grounds will be established at which these homes for the footloose may be set up. Tomor- row 's homeowner will no longer worry when the house rent falls due - ground rent will be his problem. How different, too, will be the school of tomorrow. Each light-flooded room will contain a television set and radio bringing to students current events, operas, or art exhibitions on the hour and within the hour. These latest in- ventions will supplement hooks in the instruction of pupils. Finally, let us preview one day in the life of tomorrow 's family. I shall choose a family well-known to all - the Jones family. The time is 19605 the scene, the Jonses' kitchen, an expanse of white porcelain and shining glass. The characters - just Mrs. Jones. She is preparing breakfast while humming the 1960 version of 'tlllairzy Doatsf' Ham and eggs are literally cooking themselves on a regulated stove while QEIEBEIE-E-NIUE! P 9 coffee is bubbling merrily in a plastic percolator. Fortunate Mrs. Jones is peeling oranges with a knife whose edge will never dull Cimagine itll. Then into the garbage pail drop the peelings where they are automatically washed, disinfected, and ground up The mice are certainly worried abou1 that pail. Then through a television set Mrs Jones discovers that her husband has rolled over and is fast asleep. Of neces sity she calls him again with a -lusty voice that neither time nor science if able to change. NVhile Friend Husband showers in 1 plastic bath empty of steam since con densation units have been inserted i1 walls and shaves with a never dulling razor blade Clucky fellowj before a non-steamed mirror behind which a low voltage unit has been installed his wife is taking the butter from he new model refrigerator. She smiles tl 1944 ant the riddle a duck behind two ducks two ducks in front of a duck and 4 duck between two ducks that had ti be solved before finding the butter i1 her old crowded ice box. Her presen refrigerator has a glass door and is . revolving unit which she spins arounl with the touch of a finger. No prob lems here. NVhen the golden butte Cyes, butterj appears behind the glass the door is opened. herself as she thinks back to After themorning meal the dishe placed in a device that washes, di: infects, and air-dries them. Scientist 30

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HSE Our Debt T 0 by June Bousley EXT to tl1e comic strips, news re- ports and analysts receive the most attention from the public. The close competition is possible because of the interesting handling, arresting style, Hllfl dynamic realism with which news reports are written. To get their stories news correspondents are dodg- ing bullets on the battlefront with soldiers and insults on the political front with statesmen. The reality of their experience contributes to the ef- fectiveness of their reports. The bullet-like speed with which their reports are sent to us is possible because of the smooth organization of news collecting agencies. The Associ- ated Press is the eldest, factual, and a bit proud of it. The linited Press, the younger rival, enlivens cut and dried facts with style, personality, and opin- ion. International News Service is the sensational youngest sister in the pro- fession, a slick little chick with more popularity than her older sisters. The editors of these news concerns have a big job keeping their charges in order and at the same time providing the news that the public demands. Radio as well as newspapers receive the bulk of their IIFXVS from these three agencies. The big networks employ re- write men who tit the news for broad- cast, editors, and analysts. Radios advantage is its direct broadcast of political speeches and the receiving of shortwave broadcasts. These short- Kill!! 5 The Newsmen waves are recorded and replayed it anything important is said. Another big news organization is the syndicate, offering the work ot high-priced special feature writers, eartoonists. and columnists at reason- able rates to thousands of papers. Among the syndicated columnists are Dorothy Thompson, NVestbrook Pegler. Eleanor Roosevelt, and Ray- mond Clapper. VValter NVinchell once accused Dorothy Thompson of taking part in subversive bund,' activities, but that is the way he gets acquainted with most people. She is pro-German but could never be accused of being pro-Nazi. Lippmau, another sound news analyst. supported VVoodrow XVilson and the League in the last war and now preaches power politics. Before 1932 Lippman claimed Roosevelt was just another pleasant chap who wanted to be president and later kept up his unfailing record of always supporting the loser by favoring the Landon cam- paign. Pegler, a well-esteemed cohun- nist, never received a high-school edu- cation but was well equipped with a natural ability of handling words beau- tifully. Ultra-conservative and virtu- ous, Pegler opposed Roosevelt, both the New Deal and the divorces of the Roosevelt children, and high income bracket taxes this own salary is 860.000 a yearj. He has performed a public service, however, by Peglarizing several dishonest government officials. More than any other columnist Eleanor