Snyder High School - Scroll Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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The Scroll 5 jo me C!a44 of yune, 1936: HE graduates of 1936 were born in an age highly mechanical. The pressure of a button, the turn of a switch brings to them instant service, comfort and convenience. There are many persons who have not yet reached the half century mark who remember many inconveniences and discomforts because the mode of living of their early years was not governed by the speedy transit of the automobile and the airplane, the swift interchange of ideas through the same marvelous inventions and the many other mechanical devices which make life more salubrious for the present generation. However, although the tempo of existence was not so rapid and did not provide the comforts and conveniences bestowed by the elec- trical and mechanical developments, we were not penalized as is the present generation. The automobile should be a boon to man- kind. We are not dependent on schedules when we suddenly deter- mine to journey near or far. We are whisked to our destination in an incredibly short space of time without physical labor or discom- fort-but we are askng ourselves the question, is it worth while? The Iersey City Police Department is endeavoring mightily to focus public attention on what has become a national calamity. We trust these effortsfyand those of other organizations devoted to the work of saving human lives from the maw of the Iuggemaut will be successful, and that when the graduates of 1936 gaze reminiscently back through the mists of the years, they will have the satisfaction of knowing that the conveyance used for their transportation will be the boon it should be, rather than the devouring monster which slaughters thousands of men, women, and children on the highways of America each year. FRANK HAGUE, Mayor. 12

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The Scroll Q0 flue Chef 05 fm, 19936: ' REVIOUS to the invention of the automobile, the police depart- ments of the cities of the world were chiefly concerned with the suppression and detection of crime, and even for some years after- wards, until the popularity of the motor vehicle was established, the executives in charge of these departments did not concem them- selves greatly in devising ways and means of handling the increas- ing amount of vehicular traffic. The popularity and consequent extensive use of the automobile has created a radical change in the situation. This vehicle, which has done so much for human progress, has gotten out of hand like a Frankenstein monster, with the result that police departments have become acutely conscious of the slaughter of the innocents and their efforts to reduce traffic mortality has become co-equal with the prevention and detection of crime. Close analyses by traffic experts lead to the conclusion that education, engineering, and enforcement are the vital factors in min- imizing traffic casualties. Education-the studied effort to awaken the public conscious- ness to the gravity of the situation-is, to my mind, of paramount importance. Enterprises such as this Year Book, devoted to the dissemination of safety propaganda, are the drops of water which, through the process of attrition, will wear away the rock of public apathy insofar as automobile casualties are concerned. THOMAS I. WOLFE, Director of Public Safety. 14-