South High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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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

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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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all they possibly can. They cry only for more time, for alas, they know well that each precious minute spent wastefully can never be brought back to be gaintully spent. Machines. What a boon to mankind!---and what a vital valve in the iron industry. As the iron is taken from machine to machine, youth is discovering that machines do not consist ot that thing or 'ithis hick-a-ma-jig. Each machine is found to consist of a mass of intricate parts-axles, gears. wheels-a goodly array of fascinating and involving contraptions upon which man is dependent. Will wonders never cease? Seem- ingly, only black magic can accomplish all which an apparent lifeless piece of iron does endlessly and tirelessly, Machines have even played an important part in the fashion- ing of that stool on which the art student is sitting-a lad who is practically living the lite and studying the works of Raphael, Ru- ben, Whistler, Corotfmen whose art will live foreverl Here is a truly immortal and living study. One finds that there is beauty in even the drabl Here everything is an liigu I-l