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

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1' BETZ, REX EDWARD - Technical Aviation Course. . ,-Q-.L ....4u-1.-..... -. ' I wg, BRISTOW, ELBERT :Gas Engine Course. Minutemen. BROWN, LEO DAVID Technical Aviation Course. CARLSON, DARYL ALBERT Electric Course. GARRETTSON, MARLOWE LE ROY Technical Printing Course. Type-Hi: lunior Basketball. HAZELETT, WILERED DARYL Gas Engine Course. H'JRL, GEORGE A. Machine Course. KoszTIcS, Louis Technical Mechanical Course. LAFORTUNE, ROBERT GAIL Machine Course. Science. LAWRY, THOMAS ELLIOT Machine Course. MCKINLEY, BURR I. Machine Course. MILLER, CHARLES W. Technical Aviation Course. MILLER, PAUL LEO Technical Electric Course. PALUOK, BERNIE MIOKEL Electric Course. RAYMOND, CHARLEY H. Machine Course, -- . . , .......4..--... .. . , .A......s. -.-...,-.... ,BA , CAMERA SHY REDMON, ROBERT VANCE Plumbing Course. REGAN, ERWIN MICHEL Technical Aviation Course. ROLLO, IACK D. Gas Engine Course. SCE-IENK, MIRO F. Machine Course. SOHIBEL, MARK ANTHONY LOUIS Technical Mechanical Course. Minutemen: bronze and silver Scholarship Pins. SIMS, ROBERT FRANK Gas Engine Course. SLOAN, KENNETH Technical Automotive SLOAN, PAUL R. Electric Course. KBPS Staff: Radio. 'I'HoMSON, FREDERICK GERALD Electric Course. WALLINGFORD, LESLIE Technical Building Construction YOUNG, EDWIN ANDREW Gas Engine Course. We Drivers. YOUNG, GEORGE nO. Sheet Metal Course. ZANNI, ERNEST Technical Mechanical Course. Fire Squad: Basketball: Baseball. IONES, WILLIAM LLOYD Pressworlc Course. Course. Course First Aid: secretary Minutemen: Tech Pep Staff Aquatic: Craftsman: serqeantfat-arms Typevl-li. l22l

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fi First row: Berst, Davidson, Stephenson, Chamberlain, Iohnston, Gossler. Second row: Steinhauer, Eggiman, Hood, Kurtz, McDowell. Third row: Scopacasa, Gambert, Kanas, Hyde, Cone, McDowell, Scopacasa, and Cone were dropped from the cast after the picture had been taken. SENIOR CLA SS PLAY The night of Friday, November l5, marked the date of the senior theatrical production, VVhat a Life. The play, a three-act comedy, was one of the most hilarious ever to be staged and probably one of the most modern, since it had hardly made its debut on Broadway more than a year before. In great part the success of the play is attributed to Mrs. Doris Smith and Miss Lydia Pliter, under whose direction the cast was trained. What a Life depicts the daily occurrences in the life of Henry Aldrich, the typical problem child of Central High School. Henry is one of those fellows which every school has. He isn't dumb, but merely trying to enjoy life with the least effort. Henry by some quirk of fate can never get along in school, not of his own fault, but, to top his mournful plight, he is always being made the goat by a fellow student, George Bigelow. Henry, however, has one faithful friend whom he can trust, his school-day sweetheart, Barbara Pearson, who is always trying to keep Henry out of trouble. The play centers itself around the disappearance of the school band instru- ments, and immediately Henry is suspected. The instruments are finally found in a pawn shop by Mr. Ferguson, a small town super-sleuth, and his unwelcom- ed assistant, Miss Wheeler. After admitting his guilt in the cheating which occurred during a test, Henry will not admit the theft of the band instruments. The cheating in the exam is destined to cause a split in the school office, and as a result Mr. Nelson, the assistant principal, takes sides with Henry, while Mr. Bradley, the principal, takes the part of George Bigelow. Mrs. Aldrich through- out the entire play will not believe that her son is guilty of these charges, but rather her only interest is to have Henry go to Princeton at a time when he borders on going to 'the reform school. The case is finally cleared, and George Bigelow is proven guilty of stealing the school band instruments in order that he might buy a tuxedo. Henry as a typical hero wins the girl of his dreams, Barbara Pearson, with whom he gets Recognition should here be given to Phil Young, manager of the stage crew in whose charge was all scenery and lighting. l24l a date to the school dance. I