Saint Dominic High School - Stella Maris Yearbook (Oyster Bay, NY)

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From the beginning of time man h1s had the urge to progress He h1d felt the need to improve upon what he h1s He has used the forces of nature and previous discoveries for the same purpose In the eighteenth century man rode horses and horse drawn buggies These means of conveyance satisfied his need They transported people from one place to another with great effort, but man wasnt satisfied He wanted to get to his destination at a faster rate of speed Speed was important and man vmnted something faster Therefore he decided to improve upon what he had and invented the gas driven automobile This was new and better than the horse drawn carriage, 1 car could go twenty miles an He took to the sky with the airplane and, striving for this greater goal, developed the yet plane in the twen tieth century He has achieved his aim in this mighty jet which travels at a speed f1ster than sound Today the thunder of 1 yet racing through the heavens and 1 mushroom of smoke foggmg the sky above attest to m1ns nexer ending thirst for progress and improxement With these sights, we witness the dawn of a new er1, where speed and scientific improve ment 1re the key watchwsords This age is upon us It is termed the Atomic Age When m1n dis covered the energy that could be released by splitting the atom, he found a power second to none He wasted no length of time in harnessing this tremendous energy to power subm1rines 1nd create electricity Progress has been made in the field of atomic energy Man found out, too that atomic energy could make a very effective bomb He could use this power as a weapon The tensions of the world and the friction between the major nations, made this form of pro tection appealing to him The Atomic bomb set off a chain reaction of races first, for the lead in atomic weapons, second, a space race, for the lead in rockets and satellite launching Man witnessed the launching of the first space satellites At the present time the Explorer I, launched by the army is circling the globe This advance in the field of atomic energy and advanced science is an a far crv from the horse and buggy days of yesterday Here, within the walls of our own laboratory, at Saint Dominic, future leaders and scholars study the advances in science made since yesterday Chemistry and physics students learn about 1toms, electrons and neutrons These future scientists experiment with matter Some advanced students even studied the sound sent out by Sputnik They built their own crude radio set to do this By this experiment and the others which are con stantly going on in the Laboratory at Saint Dominic, our students are truly participants of the present Atom1c Age 1 . t , l hour. However, this still wasn't fast enough for man. example of his vast achievement and progress. It is v K ' v ' - L L ' . . 1

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