Technical High School - Techoes Yearbook (St Cloud, MN)

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TO ELIZABETH CLARK N APPRECIATION of her loyal splrlt wI1lcI1 I1as endeared I1er to tI'1e I1earts of all I1er students from her first class to the present dedicate tIus 1931 TecI1oes I , we I I ,D D D

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DEDICATED

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FOREWORD O CONTINUE HIS FXISTENCE MAN FOUND IT NECESSARY TO MAKE TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS WITH VVHICH TO FASHION HOUSES FURNITURE AND UTENSILS ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN LIFE ALTHOUGH PIONEERS IN NORTH AMERICA BROUGHT THESE ARTICLES WITH THEM FROM EUROPE THEY SOON FOUNDTHAT THEY NEEDED MORE HARDY TOOLS FOR THE LABORIOUS TASK OF BREAKING BACKWOODS COUNTRY CON SEQUENTLY THE PIONEER HAD TO MANUFACTURE NEW IMPLEMENTS WHICH WOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DO THE WORK YET SIMPLE TO CONSTRUCT DR HENRY C MERCER FOUNDER OF THE MORAVIAN POTTERY AND TILE WORKS DOYLESTOWN PENN SYLVANIA HAD MADE A COLLECTION OF THESE EARLYTOOLSANDWASBEGINNING THE REPRODUCTION OF THEM IN TILE WHEN THE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT THE ARCHITECTS SENT EAST TO DR MERCER FOR DESIGNS AND AS A PANELS AT EACH OF THE CORNERS OF OUR BUILDING CHARACTERIZING THE EARLY SETTLER IN HIS SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN AND WINTER OCCUPATIONS THESE TILES ARE NOT DUPLICATED ELSE WHERE IN THE WORLD THE ZODIACAL AND GEOMETRIC PATTERNS ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHICH ARE USED IN THE OPENING SECTION WERE ALSO DESIGNED AT MERCER S POTTERY WORKS DR MERCER DIED A YEAR AGO BUT HIS WORK HAS BEEN CARRIED ON BK FRANK SWAIN WHO NOW OWNS THE COLLECTION AND THE POTTERY WORKS IT IS TO MR SWAIN THAT WE A INDEBTED FOR THE DESCRIPTION PICTURES AND HISTORY OF THESE PANELS . OF . - RESULT, WE HAVE THE FIOUR 'LARGE DR. I ' . R5