Ahrens High School - Tradesman Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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Eugenia Wittmer Wilhelmina Zimmerman Lewis A. Millburn lhlsim-ss Machines Physical l'ldm'atinn presgwork Inn leave of abaenvel How Does Do It PIII? When school opened last fall we found that something, new had been added O1 rather, an old face appealed ln a new scene Standing in front of his lecently built office on the second floor, waiting fox .1 sign to tack to the door was Law lence Buldon new boys counselor M1 Buldon IS a busy man Counseling occupies the maJo1 po1t1on of h1s long school days, of course but he finds time somewhere to serve as sponsox of H1 Y Photo Club Hall Patrol and before school 3Ct1Vlt16S He handles the Trades man and Record sales and photography He serves a basketball game Just wouldn t be a game with out his familial pep talks and arrangements for bus tnps and other assistance Om man of mam palts seems to have been piettx busy all his life Aftex graduating from high school he worked for a manufacturing, 111111 4 I Jeweler to earn money for college He attended U of L and worked as a Janitor at night In 1941 he entered the Army He served with an engmeer combat battalion in New Gulnea and the Phlllppmes and rose from private to captain He was awarded the Bronze Star While m service he marrled Alice the girl next door They have a daughter, Alice Sue, 5'k years old After his Army stint Mr Burdon worked as auditor for a local company while finishing his AB degree at U of L He received the MA degree there, also, ln 1950 Ahrens in 1948 in the Business Education Depart ment Mr B belongs to the Army Reserves and the National Office Managers Association He claims photography sports and leading as his hobbies We still wonder how he does It all' 0 l I 77' . ', . . ' . . . I 1 . , - . . . . . ' r I , . . . . ,, . ,, . . , . , . . . . ' .- , , . . . . . as secretary of the school athletic committee. And The counselor's teaching career began at . , . . . . . . -, 5-I, . 's ' A . . ' . . Y , . ' s 'i ' Y. I ' . L. , V . 7 . . ' ,. ' ' , . . . . 1 .V ' fm r I'1'H - 5 - 1

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PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE Choose and Follow Your Blueprint In 1932 60011011110 affans ln thls country and xn much of the lest of the wolld were at a low stage Want sufferlng and dlspaxr were preva lent as busmesses falled or fought desperately to stay ahve In the mldst of these condltlons Her bert J Taylor was given an 1mp0SSlbl6 task H1s Job was to save a company wh1ch owed 1ts cledltors S400 000 more than the value of 1ts assets This IS a true success story Mr Taylor was able to save the company and bulld lt mto a multlmllllon dollar concern Phe lmportance of this success ll6S not so much ln the economxc achlevement but accoldlng to Mr Taylor himself ln the blueprint WhlCh he used ln fashlonlng that success He called lt the Four Way Test and by measurlng all hls busxness pol ICIQS and procedures ln the llght of th1s blue prmt he lard lns foundatlons for h1s buslness success Yet xt was not really busmess success that he achleved rather It was human relations success Here IS hls blueprlnt ' The Four Way Test Is lt the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Wlll lt brmg GOOD WILL and better fr1endsh1ps Wlll It be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Mr Taylor through an lnternatlonal buslness mens club has promoted' thls test throughout the world In 1938 Frank N Buchman set up another blueprxnt wh1ch was Intended to bring about better human relatlons Hls pattern began a movement wh1ch has spread to fifty countrles It IS known as Moral Re Armament It was born ln the days Just prlor to World War II when natlons were feverishly re armlng for war MRA s blue prmt 1S 1 Absolute honesty 3 Love 2 Purity 4 Unselflshness page sm teen Prmclpal Volumes of testlmony can be obtained to show how wldespread can be the good wh1ch grows out of adherence to such s1mple sets of standards for our hves They ale not new of coulse Nearly 2000 years ago the G1 eat Teacher gave the world a Slmple yet ll'1SplI'1I1g plan f0l successful l1v1ng It has spread throughout the world and blought success and happlness to coun less 11111110115 Just as no true craftsman w1ll attempt to fashlon a product unless he has clearly before hxm or ln hls m1nd the pattern he w1ll follow so the 1nd1v1dual who would bulld a successful l1fe must carefully choose and follow hls blueprlnt Select wlsely 50d1 plan, follow It dlllgently and success w1ll come to you, Graduates of 1955l ! O . - - s of things we think, say, and do 1. ' . ' ' 2. ' . 3. . . . 4. . . . . . 5 U Y ' . ' ' - l , 7 U - . . . . .,