Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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YxlflllllllllilFlSlfw f4JJQI4Qxl4lIJliIllllllllll411414I 1 OPPORTUNITY IN SCIENCE fCont1nuedJ The greatest of these opportun1t1es IS 1n 1ny op1n1on 1D ach1ex1ng the solu tlon of the problem of the large scale 1solat1on of that uranlum 1sotope so ncces sary to atomlc power of the first orde1 U235 Enough Ca m1croscop1c amountj has already been 1solated for sc1ent1sts to knovs by deduct1on that when th1s sub stance IS 1mme1sed 1n cold water the neutrons em1tted by cosm1c 1ay bom bardment of U235 w1ll be slowed down enough to spl1t atoms of It and release atomlc energy Th1s atom1c enexgy w1ll mstantly conxert the water to steam wh1ch w1ll run the turblnes of g1ant turbo electr1c gene1ators One gram of Uran1um 235 w1ll y1eld 11700 kllowatt hours of electr1c1ty' The problem of electr1c DOVEGI dependent on O11 coal or waterfalls vs1ll then be solx ed ln toto A powerful force for world prosper1ty and hence peace vt 111 then be 1n act1on C1f total1ta11an nat1ons are ehmmated firstb Adolf ACIOSS the Sea would double cross h1s fr1end to the south and quadruple cross elther of h1s frlends to the east for the sec1 et of the large scale 1solat1on of this wondrous ISOIODG The resc-arche1 A problem ch1efiy of acadcrnlc 1mportance IS the p1 oblem of the dlscovcxy of the two elements wh1ch sclentlsts know by the o called Per1od1c Cha1t must eX1st Th1s chart arranges the known elements 1n an orderly pattern The gaps 1n lh1S chart show two elements yet to be dlscox 61 ed One M1 All1son has clalmed to have d1SCOX exed the two m1ss1ng elements wh1ch he calls alabam1ne and V11 g1n1um by a SPGCIHI method but these cla1ms have not been substant1ated Another cla1m comes from the Cal1forn1a Inst1tute of Technology but agam the cla1m lS not generally accepted So here elar1ficat1on 19 necessary for the com plet1on of the set of nmety two foundatlon blocks of the chem1cal un1ve1sc The th1rd problem IS the one wh1ch concerns us all most 1nt1mately It cuts down vsorkmg eff1e1ency greatly each year and often leads to ser1ous compl1ca t1ons It IS the most frequent excuse g1ven 1n the notes of students 1eturn1ng to school after a short absence Th1s frequent bes1eger of the human const1tut1on IS the common cold Ant1 cold serums are far less EITECIIVG than the Russ1an Army the cold v1rus 1tself has never been seen All that sc1ent1sts have been able to find 1n cold affhcted organ1sms 1S an assortment of germs such as the Streptococcus germ and the mfiuenza b8CC1lUS The powerful electron m1croscopes now ava1lable may find th1s 1ns1d1ous v1rus at least sclentlsts hope so F1nd1ng the exact cause of colds and the method of prevent1ng them 1S one of the largest problems of medlcal SCIENCE and IS one deservmg much research The SPGCIHC problems and the fields of research vxh1ch have been enumerated are merely samples of the opportun1t1es vxh1ch 3W31t the student of SCICHCE Democrat1c Amer1ca IS 1ndeed a land of opportunxty 1f you look fox lt 1n the best place the glor1ous 1nfin1te world of sc1ence HUBERT AARONSON 61 1 Kao-bran voaaavoo rim t . t 06.00 vrarolpfpocavaaoooaao I . . . . . . . . 7. Y - . . . 7 . . - Q . , . . 1 h . . . 1 . . 7 , . or researchers who make this discovery will not starve. . 7 i . . . . ..- , 7 Y ' 7 Y . .. . . B Q . . . . . 7 , . , . . . 7 . . . - . y . . . . . f

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OPPORTUNITY IN SCIENCE Now that getting a Job has become a serrous problem and non democrat1c phrlosophres strengthened by m1l1tary power are hammerrng at the Amerrcan consciousness a tendency has arrsen among the unthrnkrng to belreve that oppor tunrty for fame and fortune rn Amerrca has drsappeared It IS true that the boundless western frontrer whrch provrded opportun1ty for the daring rs gone The un analytrcal begin to believe that therefore all frontrers are gone The frontlers which requrre creat1ve thought are however far beyond the mental horrzon of the best of us I do not mean that great opportunrtres he rn the krnd of mental act1v1ty whrch rnvolves the mere asslmllatron of known laws, such as facts of medrcrne stenographrc symbols or polnts of law and the1r applr catron to an arlment a piece of drctatron or a patent case The professrons which rnvolvc slmple assoc1at1ons of rdeas found between the covers of books are ser rously overcrowded Wondrous opportumtres do exrst however rn the fields whrch employ screntrfic research because different peoples brarns beget drfferent rdeas from the exrstrng knowledge of the science rn questron When the modern world 1S run properly rt will be run by scrence As long as freedom of thought and speech exrsts rn a screntrfic world creatrve science 1S necessary for healthy progress Those who engage rn creat1ve science are en gagrng rn progress mto unexplored terrrtory whrch can prove lucrat1ve from the economrc as well as the screntrfic pornt of VICW Srnce no one can duplicate ex actly your thought trams and thelr conclusions you are blessed wrth opportunrty Your Held mrght be research for new plastics new alloys or for new and useful chfmrcals rf you work for a large corporatron or are out for profits on your own or attemptrng to fill a need vrtal to natronal defense If you are of a more aca demrc turn of mrnd you have an opportunrty to produce results rn such fields as their counterparts there are scrences rn which one has an opportun1ty to become a pioneer or at least to do some foundation work such as 1n strto aeronautlcs electron microscopy the theorres of the true nature and relations of space and time rocketry and atomrc engrneerrng In any of these fields the student who has a true understandrng of rn addrtron to a good memory for hrgh school math ematrcs and scrences has an opportun1ty to choose a scrence whrch wrll be a lrfe long Job and of lrfe long interest rf he can gam employment rn a large corpora tron whrch needs the products of new sciences or rn a research foundatron These men of research whether they work rn an rndustrral private or foundatron lab oratory whether they work wrth pencil at a desk bench constitute the essence of our c1v1l1zat1on The man who carrres the torch of c1v1l1zat1on to new herghts rs, nerther the man rn the factory nor rn the store nor the dictator on the march but the man who adds to mankrnd s treasury of knowledge and fact It IS rndeed an opportun1ty to become one of this select hard working never rich few XflllfiflllIll!!!I16644I4llOf4 4Jlilllllldlllhllllllllllll 1 7 , - 7 7 3 I . . y . y . . .- Y 9 ' . ' . . . , , . 7 , . A 1 . . . . , . . . , . ' . 3 I 3 1 ' , ' r . . , . . pure mathematics, physics, or astronomy. Besides these Helds of research and Y . . . . ' 7 ' 1 ' r Y ! I I . ' 7 1 Y - , - - . y . . . - . , . , . , . 1 y x ' I 1 Y . , . . r C - D 1 ' I v ' . - fxOfOiOOsP'0iOOOOOOPO0llOOOOOOl OS - O-000000O-OOfOPOfI'O0O5000OO-

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