Walt Whitman Junior High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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AN ED HTHE ATOM IN WAR AND PEACEH Should the United States continue to test nuclear weapons? That is the question that is discussed all over the country: in social circles, in schools, on television, and in the Pentagon. We have evaluated the two f different sides and have come up with a conclusion. But instead of , telling you our conclusion now, we will present the facts and let you decide. In 1945 the earth echoed to the terrible atom bomb that finished our war with Japan and destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The atom bomb marked a big step ahead in wholesale slaughter. In the wink of an eye, whole cities could be destroyed. People could be killed by thousands, and nations wiped out. What a wonderful invention for the Gods of War! The bomb was our secret weapon. Naturally, all other nations wanted it. Probably a few men knew the re- cipe for it, but they were not talk- ing. A The atom bomb spread fear through. out the world. Already, however, atomic energy by healing disease has helped more people than were killed by the bomb. If we continue to test nuclear weapons, we are bound to die because of radiation. However, if we don't test weapons, Russia will probably take advantage of our weakened con- ll- ML. ck us. Then, if we dition and a don't die from the direct explosion of the bomb, we will have to live in a Russian Concentration Camp in Si- beria, which, in our opinion, is worse than dying from radiation. However, dying by protecting our coun try's liberty is a far more dignified way of dying than.living under a Com unist dictatorship. Now you are thinking that if the drop a bomb the will also die. Tha! is the chance tgat the must be for- ced to take if they start a war. So actually, if you are a real pessimist, no matter what the United States does we are bound to die. However, that is not the case. There is always the chance that Communists will realize that they can't afford to fight a war either. If that day of peace ever comes, the world will be a safer place to live in. However, until that day arrives, we feel that We should continue to test nuclear weapons. if if R.Richard Leinhardt Leslie Lewis 3

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A TRIBUTE TO A GREAT TEACHER On October 6,l96O, the students of Walt Whitman Junior High School were shocked to hear overthe pub lic address system that Mr Nelson one of their favorite teachers had suddenly died Mr Nelson was Chairman of the Boys' Physical Education De artment of our school for the past our years He was a teacher well admium and respected The boys in his classes looked forward to the one or two hours a week they spent in the gymnasium under his direction Mr Nelson always displayed a sense of humor and many of his quips will be long remembered. Because he was an outstanding person and a great teacher, his name will long be inscribed in the hearts of those who knew him. Paul Spirn Robert Duggan