South High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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f 1 ' X ln changing me from a loater to a valuable asset, several things took place. First they mixed me with coke and limestone and then they placed me under great heat. l was dropped into the top ot a turnace. As the heat in- creased I settled toward the bottom. The process was very in- vigorating. At the top I began to lose my colds, further down my Neuritis began to go toward the bottom. I began to pull myselt together and telt better than ever before in my lite. At the bottom ot the furnace, after the slag was drawn ott, I was removed and poured into a sow and was called a pig f4a name for which I felt very great contempt. My sister and I, being of a very tine grade ot ore, were set aside to be made into steel. Here, however, we were separated. She was made by the Hopen hearth method and I by the Bessemer process. In the process I'.iy1i' X

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dumped into a container which presently carried me, together with my sister, away from my childhood haunts and family which I was never to see again. My sister was my only companion on the journey. 0 0 0 The next thing I remember was being dumped into a much larger container called a boat, The motion it made was very new, and for the first few days it made me very sick-a strange new sickness that I had never felt before. After several days I was again transferred to a third container, similar to the one in which I had had my first ride. This last conveyance brought me to a place called a mill where I, with my sister, was piled in a big yard to await further happenings. 0 0 0 I forgot to explain the nature of my being. I am a soft reddish sort of thing called ore-iron ore. On the whole, I have a good temper and am a good willing worker when treated cor- rectly. From me iron and steel are made and the mill is the place where I am transformed into these materials.

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lluiltlllll Y l MM through which l was put, all my re- s l Q l E i Uf - maining impurities were blown out :lf ' ' 3 'wwf QAM:- with hot air. My sister told me later Ga- ' i nfskl W l la.. , -gr., AJ,-r. In-a n ' that it was an impressive sight seeing 1 01 T them fly out the way they did. , iii After becoming steel, we were separated for good. l was made into a beam which was used on the fastest Atlantic liner of her day, My sister was turned into a steel alloy and used in an aero- plane which made some startling and impressive records. Her il' pf' ill rl., 35 3 SSQQX l -'iv' , ii l 'illf'lll'lIlllll'llIllll'l'lIl'l'lllllllllll -lllllll Hill!-llll lil l i4 l il xxx .v KC A i W ' i ',.iiiiii.iiiiii niiiui iii ii 'il l l l l I i l : Wdllilli l l ll ll lx iv, X Will? , , ll l il , 241' i. 1 , 1 3 ll ll ,f l J' ' X11 ,l l f Q I 1 ll 'Nm 1 'Sv' Q 1 l : Q Q h E 1 Tp .A 'ffiiiilif Hit- 1 , H5 . D I 'I 1 I f 'MW' . i Q5 X X E W YIM nf ' yi E uf L , S s K 5 4 - 5 N . A , i ' 5 1 ' active life, however, shorter than mine will be, is practically over, We have both been in service five years, but l am good for forty more. I am glad to serve mankind and l hope l shall be able to maintain the standard of my ly fgqcf or V gi gs' ' 1 , predecessors. alas: i s yn' K 1 y i fg i g! Milan if m 1 i l ill gi , ..iIllllln....i Page 9