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

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We APOLY IBl L? june 'Z 4 Class A The june '24 Class was organized Octo- ber 13, 1923. The officers elected to serve till graduation were: President ............ ........ B ill Reed Vice-President ...... ..... L ouis Amort Secretary ....... . . . Lauren Harris Treasurer ..................... Kyle Rose Sergeant-at-Arms ........... Niel Remore Secretary of Publications. .W. C. Chessman Mr. Phillip Parcher, instructor of me- chanical drawixig in room 28, and faculty adviser of the Camera Club, was chosen as faculty adviser of the Class. One of the two important undertakings of the Class is this Poly Tech. To publish this issue the Class elected Clarence Bitts editor-in-chief, and Leslie Lloyd, business manager, to Work with the Poly Tech Ad- visers, Miss Drummond, Mr. Athey, and Mr. Skei. The Poly Tech is full of pictures and passages which serve to remind us of all those things, pleasant or otherwise, which marked the more-or-less eventful course of our years at Benson. Every Senior treas- ures his Poly Tech because it is the one product which was put out by HIS class. ln this Poly Tech we have succeeded in putting that which other staffs dreamed of. VVe have succeeded in putting into this book a picture of the entire Studentbody and Faculty of the school. Under the leadership and persistent efforts of Leslie Lloyd, the advertising campaign of the Poly Tech has been a success this term. The total amount of advertisements secured being greater than that secured by any former Class. Mr. Lloyd's assistants were: Delmar Johnson and Arthur Naylor. Arthur Anderson did very good work in get- ting ads although he was not on the staff. The complete Poly Tech Staff as selected by the Editor, Business Manager, and Ad- visers is as follows: Editor in Chief ............. Clarence Bitts Business Manager .... ..... L eslie Lloyd Assistant Editor. .. ....... Harry Lang Assistant Editor ........... Earnest Austin Shop Editor ....... .... F rancis Peterson Sport Editor ..... ..... I .auren Harris Assistant Sports ....... ...., E dgar Bader Artist ...................... Kenneth Paul Assistant Business Mgr.. . .Delmar johnson Assistant Business Mgr. .... Arthur Naylor The other undertaking of the Class was a play. The Class decided to give a farce comedy, Stop Thief , and to have girls to take the feminine parts instead of having boys take these parts as was originally sug- gested. The Class was very fortunate in getting Maxine Koon, Virginia Thompson, Marian Dickinson, Louise Buckner and Dorothy Chapman to take these parts. All who saw the play will agree that the Class was right in having feminine characters for these parts and fortunate to get such girls as these to take these parts. The play was very successfully put be- fore the public in the Lincoln High School auditorium on the evenings of April 4 and 5. The last january Class has decided to hold a Grand Reunion in january, l929, and the june Class is planning to meet with them. We trust that the classes following us from now until january '29 will follow suit and make the reunion at that time one of the biggest and best reunions of high school alumnae that ever will have been held. Remember! Juniors and Sophs, and even Freshmen! In january '29 the Grand Re- union of Benson Alumnae. QMaybe we'll have a new gym or an auditorium to meet in thenj. A few days before the Class Play was given, the june Class held a Dress-up- Day -the first event of its.kind ever held in the history of Benson. It was predicted that this attempt would result in failure. due to the non-coeducational nature of the schoolg however, the june Class has shown that it is possible to show a little Class Spirit without the help of the gentler sex. On the day of the dress-up , Seniors were to be seen in every manner of garb that could be imagined. From their straw hats, derbies, and tin helmets to their white Oxfords, caulked boots, and sandals they showed that they had the spirit without which no class can be a success.

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PTOPLY TBI TECH DONALD T. WRIGHT Technical-Electric Radio Club 21, '22, '23, President C1-'B 'iff CSB '23. Rarin' to go. KEN N ETH PAUL Technical Tech Pep '21, '22, '23, '24-Poly Tech Staff Artist '22, '23, '24-Hi Y '22, '23-Vice-Presh dent of Hi Y '23-Orchestra '23, Other men's words have no effect on me. ROBERT FREEMAN Technical .Student Body, '20, '22, '23, '24-2nd Minute Man, '21. Few people do all they are supposed to do.

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30, -T - .n-.PQ..LY - UESLJ ...Wa First Row: .X. Palmer, Dorothy Dickenson, Louise lluckner, C, Bailey, Maxine Koons, P. Frey, Virginia Thompson, Dorothy Chapman, S, Naimark. Second Row: K. Murhardt, M. Henderson, A. Arndt, K. Rose, XV. Cliessman, L. Simpson, T.. Amort, li. Otterstedt, P. Sinclaair Cfczss Play Stop Thief, a farcical play in three acts by Carlyle Moore, was presented by Benson at the Lincoln High Auditorium on the on the evenings of April 4 and 5 before audiences totalling twelve hundred people. Mrs. Bess Vtfhitcomb coached the play. The first week was taken up in tryouts held in room 28. Three weeks was the actual time given to the study of the play. Mrs. VVhitco1nb, Mr. Parcher, and the business Staff did all in their power to make f'Stop Thief a success in so short a time. Only one dress rehearsal was held, so it can be readily understood just how hard the entire class play cast had to work in order that the production be as nearly perfect as possible. Rehearsals were held in Mrs. NVhitcomb's office, where furniture, etc., was placed so as to correspond to the stage setting in Stop Thief . The cast is not flattering Mrs. Whitcomb the least bit by addressing her as their most worthy and beloved coach, because they know what she has to contend with during the production of a school play in which amateurs take part. The play was a suc- cess financially and artistically as an ar- dent admirer put it. The june '24 class wishes to thank Mrs. lYhiteomb for the efficient coaching and the faculty and students alike for the hearty support given them during the playing of Stop Thief . The june '24 class is also grateful to the young ladies that participated in Stop Thief . Their acting was splendid, and