South High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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object of beauty, life, ideals-everything for which man throughout the ages has lived. Within a short time youth seeks balm for his restless soul. He is disappointed perhaps in his careerg in his preparedness for his life's work-maybe in lovel What will soothe his soul? The answer is simple -musicl Only with the hearing of the compositions of Mozart, Beetho- ven, the superb piano playing of Paderewski, the singing of Lily Pons and a host of others does one realize that music is vital to life. Youth finds music a medium of harmony in the lives of rich and poor. To a more or less musical clatter do groups of students type away. They're as efficient as the men who toil and sweat through- out the steel-making process. These are industrious youngstersl ln no time they translate what looks to be a mass of complicated figures into a letter which would be the pride of any expert. These are responsible people. Bending over their bookkeeping they quick- lyandefficiently perfect theirwork. CA 5 Page l 5

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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

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Soon l'll be a finished product, seemingly chants the iron in making. But not so the studentl He knows that he is still far from being a true Amer- ican citizen. He constantly seeks to better himself by perfecting his character. He knows that all his knowledge will be for naught if he attempts to secure gains by illicit means, He is aware that the true road, although hard to begin, is, in the end, the one which results in the best dividends He realizes that he must now prove his worth-that true workmanship is the result of action and not of idle talkl Oh, Yes indeed? A great future lies before every American youth. All is theirsf-provided they earn it by the honest sweat of their brow. 0 0 0 Only the vouth who thinks and acts the best for himself and his country can happily march out of the Mill of Education af that lVlill in which he is taught, in four years, the qualities and requi- sites which will make it possible for him to enjoy forever and ever the fruits of the earth which await only the honest, sincere, and earnest. l'.i5,gif lii