Bok Vocational Technical School - Craftsman Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Message to the Graduates ii . xM in X Q ill- To THE Gkantiariss or Fi-Bae.-xai'. 1954: You have now completed three. years of school work which should enahle you to earn a living in your chosen trade. During those years we. your sponsors. have watched you grow physically and mentally from adolescent boys and girls who entered Bok from junior high school into the young men and women you are today. ready to take your place in industry and husiness. Everyone should set up a goal for himself in life toward which he should strive with his utmost. Vfork hard to achieve your goal for only to those who do work diligently does success come. lf success does not seem to come as quickly as you think it should. do not hecome discouraged hut keep on trying to do your joh well whatever it may he. ' l ers that our young January It has heen said hy some empoy people do not know how to work on a Joh and keep work' ing the required hours each day. l know that our graduates have formed the proper work hahits in their shops and classrooms, and will endeavor to carry those hahits over into industry and husiness. As you do each day's work always try to do it a little hetter than you did the day hefore. Cooperate with your employers and your fellow workers in everything you do so that they may say of you. He is a good worker. EVHLYN Drxciax l 954 DEAR Yourso Peoetiaz As we travel through life. there are certain milestones we pass. You have just passed one of them. Up to the present almost everything has been planned for you. Now it is your turn to do the planning. May you do it care' fully and well. Face your denciencies and acknowledge them, hut do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, goodness, and insight. VVhen we do the best we can. we never know what miracle is wrought in our own life or in the life of another. May happiness, real happiness, not the transient thrill .of the moment. he yours. This however. can come only through unselnshness and service. It isla well-known fact that no sellish person is truly happy. May your ' 'A lh. ha piness. and success. Q Sincerely your., ROBERT E. Ferriiaotr. Sponsor lives be crowned with heat p

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To TIII . .aris or-' jim-. 1954, School is over for most of you. hut for all ot you. your education has only hegun. All your lixes you will eontinlle to learn from the people around you. from your iohs. from radio and telexisxon. from inoxies. and from readinu N1illKC NIIYC yflll lxI'I1IXY XY-VIIQII I' HIPIIIE UII III tllkf XN'lYI'lLl. HIILI 1-on will he a hetter person and a hetter citizen for it. Your interest will he hroadened. your I-cnowledge increased if you read nothing more than the daily newspaper. hut read it thoroughly. for the rest ot' your lives. A well informed puhlie will do a much hetter joh of daily living. if daily worlt. and selffgoyernment than an indifferent puhlie can possihly do. Bolt has given you HPIIIC preparation for your f Nlalte good use of it so that you will alw' to your family. to your sehool. and tr Grunt' utur-, L tys he a credit I your community. MII.I7RI',IJ CRIJNYTIILR June I95A To THF Ctass or Itxii. 1954: It is usual for all graduation messages to carry farewell and good luck themes which I extend to you. hut I would 1-K also like to emphasize a third a welcome to adult society. Citizenship in an adult society imposes grave respoi sr hilities and demands honest leadership, T ' into community life. to e' physically and Q. 1 1 o lit arn 't mentwll IH the n -P' yourselves . living. to he morally. f y alert are some important factors ew role you are assuming. Your school training has prepared you for leadership, This leadership. which stresses fairness and honesty in dealing with others. does not permit insineerity either with yourselves or your fellowrnen. The whole world of husiness and industry awaits you with countless opportunities. You have my hest wishes fi your future suecess. I have heen well rewarded for the ee years we have spent together hy the plei int i ' otiat 1. .iioinxs R. S,v'r'iir TTI