South High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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i iron ore, a piece ot superb workmanship-a perfect specimen ot the truly typical Ameri- can youth. What a world ot enchantmentl ln- stead ot the usual Mother Goose Rhymes there now looms before their eyes the everlasting , works ot a one and only lvliltong a morose Svvittg amusing Lamb, humorous Dickens, diverting DeQuincy3 Byron, Shelley, Keats, much-read Shakespeare, inspiring Bacon, and a number ot others just as renowned. These sturdy youngsters are novv beginning to realize that only the reading ot the truly great gives them the fine grain of culture so necessary in their preparation tor lite. They are learning that a Carden of Eden vvill be opened by the mastering ot languages. Now they know it they want to go a travellin' they must speak the tongue of their temporary host. Small wonder that they are so eagerly studying English -f their languagel Latin' that once vvidely- spoken tongue' French, German, Spanishgas many languages as l'.1gi- l '

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care to their future. True, many of them have dreams of what they may be some day. That trousled-haired little fellow staunchly says, l'm gonna be an engineer like my Dad! Oh, yeah? tauntingly says another. Let's play marbles. When l grow up l want to be a teacher, says a vivacious rosy- cheeked Miss. Aw, you don't need to think about things like that for a long time. Let's go buy some candy. Heyl l'Il race you to the doorl Hurry, the bell's gonna ring soonll' Away they go like two swift birds against a sky of blue. ln the process of time a new world opens before their eyes. Like a piece of iron ore which must go through many processes f ! before it can become a perfect, fin- ? zzamzf X :zz--mum' ILIDZ1' l V 7 lrMlvlhfA lucky students must go through ished product, so these happy-go- l they can become like a piece of Y l ' ,fi ll W ,M ' 'i 4 X illlrrv 'V 7 Ts, nil the Mill of Education before , . l 'lll fl ' . 'Im lll 'nl l ' f' ll - i Y if li . 3' lim if . ii.i fi Page l l

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We illllllli ll 'Mel ' .ull ii' ll b ' ' - .Mr lll W t ear sma ut penetrating brains can accu 41, fa . :yy , V431 mulate and remember! Iron must go through many intricate proc- Q esses. So must students. While the iron is ..::: fi-'27 l having ingredients added, the now vitally alive 1 ff' ,-:t students are being led into a world consisting M lll llllllll of fluids, processes, mixtures, compounds-a fascinating world built by a group ot scientists who are either destroying matter by the mere adding or subtracting ot chemicals, or building, mole- cule upon molecule, a substance sure to be a source of mystery to all. The learning process is hastened by electricity-that energy which is the cause and result of many experiments. Youth hur- riedly attempts to delve into the mysteries of batteries, negative and positive wires, magnets-forces which seemingly control l ml lllll ' ' ly llllk2?2 lq'l lG Bo s and irls novv learn of the x vawlff Y g Q l 4 JI c I I y 7' IMWK details involved in the art of print- 7 ' fill 5 5 5 ing-a process which has proven 2 ? a Codsend to all. They eagerly learn lmll X N Page l S