Benson Polytechnic High School - BluePrint Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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POLY lBl TECH 13 That is all there is to it. We never have more than one day to live. There are no tomorrows. If we live each day well, all our life will, in the end, be radiant and beautiful. BGS Life is a give-and-take proposition. The more we give, and the less we take, the better off is this little old world of ours, and, strangely enough, the better off are we our- selves, incidentally. The danger to ourselves, and the harm done to others, lies more often in our selfishly grabbing too much, than in our not getting enough. We all sooner or later learn that this applies whenever we are racing carelessly, thoughtlessly, and recklessly Cbut 1. G. TONTZ. not wrecklesslyj along, whether it is at the table, on the streets, or upon the highway. If your efforts as individuals of the June '24 Class in developing this valuable record, THE POLY TECH, have brought to you the realiza- tion of the value, the satisfaction and necessity of self-sacrifice, co-operation and service, of giving freely, cheerfully and voluntarily 3 then the venture has been more than a success, - If by working together on the PoLY TECH you are reminded that living is not a solo or a game of S0lil'G1:1'6,'bl1t that its fullest measure is the sharing with others all that you have, all that you can give, and that if all do the same your returns are unlimited, then you are most generously repaid for this big undertaking. A. SKE1. Editorial We, the members of the june '24 Class, have long looked forward to our graduation, but now that it is at hand and we are about to leave our old school we cannot help being just a little sorry to go out into the world and leave the old rooms, the halls, and haunts that we have learned to like so well. We look with regret at our short activity lists, knowing that we might have joined some of the clubs and become as active as we de- sired. And we look with regret at some of our lower grades, knowing that now they can never be raised. It is our sincere wish that those to whom we leave the school will do better than we have done, that they will profit by our poor ex- ample, so that when it comes time for them to leave the school they will have nothing to regret. We hope' that those who come after us will win more laurels in athletics, raise the average of scholarship in the school, improve the clubs and activities, and put out a better POLY TECH. We would advise the classes which follow us to organize and start work at least a full year before they are to graduate. By doing this there will be more class spirit and a closer fel- lowship brought about by the fellows knowing each other for a longer period of time. In this way the class play can 4 be more carefully chosen and practiced, while the Editor and Business Manager of the POLY TECH will be enabled to work on the issue of the preceding class. In this way they will gain experience which will save them grief. We would advise the underclassmen not to wait any longer to go out for athletics and enter the clubs and activities of the school, but to START IN AT ONCE to improve their grades and try out for their favorite form of athletics, and to join some of the clubs. By doing this and doing it well the underclass men will find when they come to be seniors that they have acquired something more than mere book learning during their years at Benson.

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12 eeee be ,g POTQYT lgerewca eg 1 MR. TONTZ MR. SKEI Advisers' The individual who constantly does his best will ultimately make a success of life. By suc- cess is not necessarily meant the accumulation of a large fortune or becoming politically or socially prominent, but a life that has been rounded out in a richer, fuller, more complete usefulness-one that is always at its best. The life that has not been lived thus has not been a successful life in the fullest sense of the word. Discouraging factors arise which make it diffi- cult for a person to do one's best. The prog- ress made toward the goal is so little noticeable that a person begins to wonder whether, after all, the results are worth the effort. No ideal goal can ever be attained, but the aiming to reach this goal is worth while. For after all, the things in life really worth while are the ideal objectives which we endeavor to attain. The effort to attain these ideals causes us to develop into a larger, more complete useful- ness. lf our best moods continually dominated our whole life we would all live well. We all mean to live Wellg at least, there are times with all of us when we resolve to do so, There are cer- tain outstanding periods in ourrlife, such as New Year's Day, our birthday or the day when we are graduated, when the realities of life Stand out in clearer relief than ordinarily, and Miss DRUM Morin MR. PARCHER Commmf impress us with unusual vividness, start in most of us serious thought, and inspire in us lofty aspirations and noble intentions. VVe are apt then to make noble resolutions and to start off in new and higher planes of living. It would be well if there were some way of per- petuating these better moods and living up to our good intentions. It ought not to be impossible to live up to the impulses of our best moods, or, at least, to a much greater degree than most of us realize. In many of these goods intentions one element of weakness lies in their vagueness or indefi- niteness. Vtfe would lie much more apt to suc- ceed in our new purposes if we reduced them to definite and practical shape. If we would bring our hazy ideas of greater usefulness down into some practical forms and then enter at once upon the execution of our resolutions, they would be much more likely to become per- manent, and to grow into our life. Another element of weakness in much of our resolving is that we try to grasp too much of life at one time. We think of it as a whole rather than taking the days one by one. It ought not to be hard to live well one day. Any one should be able to remember others in need and suffering about him, and keep his hand stretched out in helpfulness, for just one day.

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.Tig L0 LEXWQILEE C5 EW II. LANG Assistant Iirlitor L. HARRIS Sports E, BAUER Assistant Sports Pofy 7266 Sfazf C. A. TZITTS Editor-in-Clxief D. JOHNSON Assistant liusin ess Ma A. COLE Editor Jan. '25 L. lv. LLOYD F- llusincss Mzxnngfm' AS A. NAYLOR F- THIQCI' Assistant llusiness 1Wm1:1gC1' M. TEN EYCK Business Manager Jan. '25 F. AUSTIN sistzmt Editor PETERSON Shops li. PAUL Artist