Little Valley High School - Mirror Yearbook (Little Valley, NY)

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mf llC7'he .Mzvffrmf A Practical Invention By Ilene New ton Thom 1s Edison the well known inyentoi has gixen us mam usetul inyentions such as the phonogiaph a telephone foi long distince tians mission a sy stem of duplex teleglaphy 1 caibon telephone tiansmittei the megaphone and the incandescent electiic light I think th it the most impoi tant ot these IS the incandescent light The electiic light has many adx antages OX61 the candle 01 oil lamp One Is its simplicity No matches a1e nccessaiy DlQQSlHg a button O1 liness fOI they do not ILQUIIG constant attention a third is lack of odor a fouith is safety If a house is pioperly wiied theie is no dangei of fire or explosion that comcs t1om esc xplng gis Anothei gieat adx intage 1 that the 9l9Ltl1C light IN moie suited to the ey es than most other foims of artlficial light in common use in our homes The incandescent light 1s steady affoiding a gic it conti 1st to the flickeiing of candles oi oil lamps Its tempel 1tu1e is low ci ind its colo1 1s slightly yellow instead of blue or xiolet X 111ous iny entols expelimcnted with the platinum lamps but Thomas A Pclison 1111 cnted the f11st successful clectiic light in 1879 Everyone should appieciate this gleat inxcntion The Values of Trees By Doi is Lee Occasionally there is a person who says I know nothing at all about trees and this statement usually turns out to be untrue. Oh well that old sugar maple. Ive always known about that tree. Each person has a natural knowledge of trees around which to accumulate more. The characters to note in studying trees are' leayes fruits bark buds leaf scars and tree form. 'I o know 1 tree .1 n imc is the beginning of the acquaintance. John Muir advises man to ieek the companionship of trees to learn how they live 1nd bchave in pLll'Q wildness to see them in their varying aspects through the seasons ind weather rejoicing in the great storms putting forth their new leaves and flowers when all the streams are in flood and the birds singing and sending away their seeds in the thoughful Indian Summer-when all the landscape is glowing in deep calm enthusiasm for this you must love them and live with them as free from schemes and care and time as the trees themselves. ' ff :Ti Cl .X , .. not 1. , , . My I C ' ' 4 ,. N . ' ,-if 'Il Q N ,41 -ig' f f ' ,VV X, L. gbggpxw c:fCY 7-' Q -1 s v w Lv 1 2 A1 1 .L1 ' v 1 ' v 1' -1 0 ' L1 uv K1 v 't1K1' ' :tv s 1 yv' 2 .1 1 1. k ' -V '., ' A1 L.' ' ' J. A . N, 1 g. Sk. 1.13 1 ki ' , . turning on a bulb brings light or darkness. Another advantage is clean- ' 1 1 1 v 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 ' ' 1 1 - . , t . , . , 1 w .K1 ku ' y. K .Lv I y V' v w I 4 v ' . 1' ' ' 1 1 1 ' y 1 1 1 . K1 C JY 1 ' , 1 ,Z . 12 K1 ' . .' ,, K1 1 ' . Ls. K1 12 - .ku v 1 1 2 . K1 1 'K1 L1 . yv My v ' K 1 'Z 1' L1 ' - 1K1 4' 1' 1 1' 1 ' A1 A . I 'L1 ' 1 , ' 1K1 A1 . . 1k1k1 1, , .' , ' ' q D . 1 1 v '1 ' 1 , I v X ' -I. .1 ' 1 1 1 , H ' ' 37 Y ll 7 1, 1 . . , , . 7 Y W! K 9 Y ' I 'Y 9 1 9 , ' ' 2 s 2 A c N H f 2 1, f , ' f . . z , c 1 1 , , C , L , , L ' Page eighty one