Springfield Township High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Petersburg, OH)

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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS UTILIZIN G ATONIIC ENERGY There ls one word whlch 13 used to a great extent these days Ex ery day we come ln contact w 1th thxs word whether It be IH a news paper radlo program or magazme artlcle Thls word IS atomlc Although It has become an 3d19CtlX6 used to descrlbe ex ery thlng from bombs to soft drmks when the word atomlc 1S brought to mmd there 1s a plcture that flashes IH front of the mlnds of most Amerlcans It IS the plcture of deaths and 1111111183 caused by the atomlc exploslon at Hlroshlma and Negasakl Statlstlcal reports tell us that the Lnlted States Atomlc Bomb that dropped on Hlroshlma completely flattened all but a few remforced concrete bulldlngs w1th1n one m1le of the polnt where the bomb ex ploded The blast 1nfl1cted heayy casualtles VH1th1H two mlles of the exploslon and the heat flash started flres almost three mlles away W1th th1s knowledge of the potent1al1t1es of the bomb It IS no wonder there 19 a certaln amount of fear ln our mlnds The world needs somethlng to combat that fear and It can be done Here IS an example of a man who trled to k1ll a fear he had created because of a very profltable product he had dlscoy ered In 1846 Alfred B Nobel dlscoy ered nltroglycerlne He became yery dlsgusted and fearful at the manner 1n Wh1Ch h1s dlscoy ery was bemg used 1n warfare It had speeded the pace of war very much To try to counteract thls dlsastrous use of the product he set aslde grants of money to be glven each year to the people who had contrlbuted the most towards peace The Nobel Peace Pr1ze IQ world famous today Could a plan such as thxs work w1th the use of atomic energy? If prlzes w ere glyen to the people workmg to use the atomlc energy for the good of humanlty It may act as an mcentlye for more young sclentlsts to go 1nto thls fleld of work There are many who are worklng to use atomlc energy for the good of humanlty One of the latest d1scoxer1es 19 the flghflllg of cancer w 1th radlo actlve lodlne In th1s expemment the powerful radlo actlye substance IS turned 1nto a llquld whlch tastes and looks l1ke water Some people rldlcule the ldea of atomlc power eyer bemg used as fuel to replace our present day methods of heatlng or as power to drlye our automoblles Thls opposxng feelmg of doub has been golng on for many cen turles and lt seems to be almed at sclentlsts more than other professlons Thomas Edlson Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford had thls same dlfflculty to face I belleye It IS the duty of the young people of our generatlon to solye thls problem of atomlc energy and 1tS use Of course each grad uate 1sn t goxng to delye lnto the mvsterles of atomlc energy but there w1ll be some who w1ll haye thls as a life s ambltxon A person fears only that whlch he knows nothmg about Through educatlon we are able to remoxe many barrlers and perhaps ey en th1S wall of fear created by the atomlc bomb Glga Allen In ' Y H I I L P1 - v ' 7 I I I, I v I v 1 v v . vl . v v ' ' v - I I I I v I H I ,, I I I I . . I , I Y Y I I I, I ' , I , as - U - - 1 I I II v I I I Ii I I I . I I V 7 I I I I V VI I I I y - I I v Y I YI I . I I I I 1. J 1 u . v v I I I I I I I I I , I Y I I I I I I. V 1 . . I I I I v I -'1 Y I Y I . Y ' Y ,I I - I I I I 1 V' I I Y I v v I I I . . z . I Y Y , . I I Iv I v Y V . I n v A ,I I I I I I I - - ' I L I v I I . I Y I I I I I 7 I I I I V v I - 7 I I I A ' I - I I - I I I I , I I I Y I I Y I v I y I - I w . , I , I Y I . N I I. 7 Y V Y. v . I , I . I 7 I V I y v Y I ' I I , ' ' T .

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SALUTATORY ADDRESS JOB OPPORTLINITIES FOR YOUTHS Xl e NCIHOIH haxe lust about completed our hlgh school educatlon and xxlll soon be on ou1 oxx ll Nlanx of us xnlll ask What am I golng to do aftel I H1 1du zte VX hat opportunltles are ax allable for me' No nl1tte1 xyhat pl'0f6SSlOIl xxe choose the youths of today haxe mole and g1eate1 oppo1tunltles than ex er before ln the hlstory of our COLlllt1X 111 splte of the xx a1s we haxe fought But we must be xxlllmg to stalt f1 om the bottom of the ladder lf 1lecessary 'Some yobs you xxlll flnd requlre tralnlng ln advance A secretary needs to k11oxx sholth 1nd 1nd ty plng before she IS hlred On the other hand a telepho11e opel 1to1 c ln FGCGINQ much of her tralnlng on the Job In some of the mecha111cal t1ades boys are able to serxe all apprentlce shlp DUIIHL, thls tlme they lea11l the sklll from the bottom up Leade1s 1ecommend thls method fo1 there lb nothlng that keeps a good xxo ker f1 om 3.dVdllC1llg' The offlce bov of today may be presxdent of the company tomo11oxy But to become presldent he vxlll need addl tlonal tldllllllg' md p1oxe that he 18 xx ell quallfled for the partlcular posltlon Some of us xxlll e1lte1 the bl1Slll9bS f1eld There are mal1y oppor tLlH1t19S f0l glllS as secletarles stenog1aphers and even greater chances ln ClX1l SQIXICC 1obs The educatlon xxe recelxed 1n hlgh school has D1 epal ed us T01 thls and many other types of 1obs avallable to us lmme d13t9lV after gI'3dl1dt10ll Stlll many of us wlll enter college to prepare ourselxes for h1ghe1 posltlons F01 young men the Department of LdbOl 1eported 1 sho1tage of qual1f1ed accountants due to the enormous g1oxxth of ou1 complex tlx system The future ln thlg fleld IS brlght 1nd the f1eld ls b1oad FKDGFIQHCC lll accountlng ls apt to be a xaluable stepplng StOll6 to such lobs as accountlng superxlsor or ex en treasurer Another o11e of the professlons open to youths who enter college IS teachlng Todax there IS a great need for tralned teachers Ele mentarx schools ex e1xxxhere are fpmtlllg tremendous problems 1n pro x ldlng ou1 x oung Cl'l1lClI'QD xx lth adequate educatlon because of the short age of quahfled teache1s Only one elementary teacher IQ belng tralned for ex erx thlee needed I11 Ohlo alone 3 300 new elementary teachers xxlll be needed each xea1 for the next ten years to meet the demand Ex entuallx the enrollment lncrease vxlll moxe to the hlgh school level and c1eate a c11t1cal Dlllbleffl 'VIen as xx ell as vxomen are needed to flll these Posltlons Manx xoung me11 and wome1l of today thlnk that the doors of NC1Cllt1flC oppo1tunltx are clo ed to mvone but a speclallst But ln the malor flelds of blologlcal and gene1al QCIQHCBS chemlstry mathematlcs md IlllNSlCN thele ue unusual opportunltles ln research Nevu lndus tlles xx ele founded upon the dl cox erx of plastlcs ln the laboratory neva lex els of health yxe1e put to 1lse bec use of penlclllln and the mlracle Cl1llg'N nexx flelds of lesealch xxere opened bx the dlscoxerx of radar al1d atomlc poxyer a11d nexx research areas as the dex elopment of Jet p1opulslon and the electronlcs hax made a deflnlte upturn ln the use of NCl9lltlNt The e ale olllx a fexx ot the more spectacular opportunltles tl ontlnued on Page 403 11 ' V ws V . . . . , ., 1. , . . , . . . U . . . . . . , V 1 V 1 1 X , . 1 U 1 1 x. U . -v 11 V - 1 v . c vv Y c c 1 1 1 . 1 A. , . 1V -. V1 V 1 V V 1 1 11 V 1 1 1 f A. 1 ' ' V V ' '1 V 1 1 I v I 1 . 'Q lv V V Y V- . V 1 1 , 1 11 . 1 - 1 V ' 1 ' . 'Q V - H 1 1 V 1 1 V ' 1 '1 ' 1 1 2 2 V 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' V ' ' ' , x ' x 2 1 1 1 , 1 ' 1 11 1 1 v ' - 1 1, 1 1 Q . '. .' . ' V . H .,, x . T n I, 0 1 1. 1 1 ' ' l a . 1 V Q1 v . v. - 1 ' Y . c H . . ' . vx .Q Y . . . 1 1 1 x L , - ' ' V 1 '1 1 1 V 1, 11 1 ' '1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1, , . . v. ' A v. . 1 . V 1 v . . 1 1 1. 1 1 1 V ' 1 '1 . 1 ' ' ' - . I . . v V. V ' 1 11 Y l Q N. l v 1 1, 1 1 1. , 1 1 A 1 1 11 1 1 ' ' ' c 1 1 1 u 7 1 1 r 1 1 w . . . - - 4 l n x s x Q . . .' . I 1 . . . v 1 1 . J. 1 1 l w 1 . v w l V. V 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , 1 1 -'1 . 1 7 .W I I - 1 . V 1 . V V 1 V 1V V 1- .' -1 ' - A1 A A v V .VV V K L , 1 K . . A I Qs Y . 1. V 1 ' v 4 I 1 - v v ' V' 1 V 1 1 A, 1 V Y ' v V. V t 1 1 1 1 n. ' Q V V . ' . 1 1 1, 1 1. ll V Y 1 . 1 t t 1 1' K' ' S 2 W 1 1 . 1 ' ', V ' ,-' 1 1 1, ' 1 '1 y . ' H 1 K 1 '! 1 V1' 1 1 . 1 1 ' ' 1 ' V ' - c K 1 1 ' c A 1 1 1 . - 1' 1 1 1 'V V V ' 1 ' 1 v . 5 5 1 1 , 1 v 1 1 1 1 1 fy . . - l 1 1 .u 1 W Y y ' 1 1 1 1 I v 7 .1 V V -V 1 1 u 1 D I . v 4 1 1 y I 1 1 Q H ' . i va . . . ' V V 5' ' I- q 1g1 1 - V 1 V ' 1 ' ' 1 . i ,.,