BERNSTEIN, LEONARD. (1918-1990). American conductor and composer. AMsS. (Signed twice: “Leonard Bernstein” and “L. Bernstein”). 3pp. Small 4to. (Boston), March 11, 1935. An essay written by Bernstein during his high school days at Boston Latin entitled “Science in the Home.”
“Science now enhances more fields than it ever has. It does not merely connote the further removed studies, such as medicine and archeology, but also psychology and common sense. It is equally true that each of these fields of science may go, to some degree, toward the making up of a harmonious home.
Science, first of all, has contributed a number of practical appliances which have removed the drudgery so common a century ago. Heating, cooking and laundering appliances have become essentials. The old ice-box has given way to the electric refrigerator. Radio has made possible many kinds of fine entertainment which were formerly enjoyed by only a certain class.