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

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. and from our vice-principals. You are now leav1ng Bok havxng completed a tra1n1ng program geared to quahfy you for a spec1fic kind of work We are glad to congratulate you and to wlsh you succew rn your field of work Llfe IS more than bexng prepared for work IU some type of lndustry It requlres congen1al l1v1ng w1tn others Thrs demands frlendlmess and cooperat1on and serv1ce that all may be happy It IS our hope that durlng your years at Bok you have dlscovered that preparatlon for llfe IS more than preparatlon for a Job Be useful and helpful to others Keep ID m1nd that servlce to others w1ll reward you 1n a far more lastmg and sat1sfy1ng way than the flnanclal rewards you w1ll rece1ve for your labor You have been tra1ned to earn a l1v1ng You have al o been tra1ned to l1ve a lzfe The complet1on of your course at Bok IS an accompl1sh ment of wh1ch you should be proud Now you may say to your famlly frxends or busmess assoclates I am a hlgh school graduate Your ach1evement IS one upon wh1ch I wlsh to congratulate you personally I should also l1ke to remxnd you that graduatxon IS often called commencement because truly It IS the commencement of adult llfe Wlth 1ts prlvzleges and respons1b1lxt1es Are you to l1ve as a good c1t1zen of th1s country ID an uprlght and God fearlng manner? Are you to be one whom people wrll respect7 Or are you to be one who w1ll comprom1se wxth truth and honor? I s1n cerely hope and pray that you have been started on the road to being a good and respected CICIZCD The flag of the june class has emblazoned upon It the words Courage Courtesy Learmng May you all have the courage to do that NVl'11Cl'1 IS r1ght and to stand for your convlctlons may you always 1n all ways practxce that courtesy expected of a lady or a gentleman and may you use the learmng you have acqu1red 1n order to gaxn mastery ln your vocatlon Frank L. White and a , , ' 1 O O I O I George E. Wllllams Y . . . . Q. U, . 4 3 3 5 . - - - . ss 11 . .... , , f . - 4 . , 4 A . I l ' 3 . . S .

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messages to the graduates from our principal . . . Edward M Fee Ph D ,gf Lv ff With the passage of time, the maturity of our young men and women should make ap' parent to them that their basic education may be broadened, narrowed, and deepened. This is a realization common to the graduates of all schools at all levels There may be times in our rapidly changmg world when it will be necessary for graduates to take account of the direction of their development in order to grow symetrically A one dimensioned or a two dimensloned development would make an individual into a monstrosity Nature usually prevents this however nature often needs to be helped due to the conditions of modern hvmg The specialist broadens with his reading with travel with interests outside his field The broad individual must eventually narrow at some point due to the demands of the age He realizes that all breadth and little depth results in a shallow mdividual whose services have little demand Few people are really too deep However some people suspected of per sonality defects and of being cranks will be found here Extreme development of any kind is often unnatural and causes nature to prof test 1n some manner If you find yourself drift mg too far rn this direction try fishing instead of reading There is a lifetime ahead with a tendency towards a shorter work day and work week Avoid underestimating the value of small amounts of time available for self improve ment day to day week to week and year to year Time is a valuable asset to educated people It may be most important in shaping your life . 0 f I 0 . . . , . . , . . . . , . , 9 - 2 , . ' ' 'Af i ' Q I ' Q I I . ' I . , 3 . .. K ' I ig V I 5 Q . . . v I ' V. ' ' f a , W ' ' if ' ,. , , . G - 4 U . 3 ,, Q Vg 1 . f , . . . ' 5' , ' I' ., ' ' A rf' , Up- , A V ' ' . . ,kg -e I ., Ju.. . , nl f' X 4 ' ' e, -C . ' 'g f . . 1 - - ' - f ul f it rl, 9. A . l

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It wrll be proved to thy jace that thou hast men about thee that usually tal o a noun and a verb and such abornmable words as no Chrzstzan ear can endure to hear HMVIP you Have sworn or three years term to lwe with me My ellow scholars and to eep those statutes Tlldt are recorded m thas schedule here Lo 2: s L nouns Losr A school IS a place for teachmg and learnmg That place can be any sort of bu1ld1ng It m1ght be the l1ttle red school house of h1story books or lt mxght be one of the fine new projects of glass and alum1num that spread across the landscape Or the place m1ght be one of d1gn1ty and handsomeness, graced Wlth the certam aura that over twenty years of servxce can g1ve to a bulldxng l1ke Bok But no matter what sort of physzcal plant a school IS no school however large or new or grand can be of any value unless two 1mportant factors are present a good faculty and a good student body The Bok Faculty IS a good one It 1S one of great var1ety It combmes experlence, depth and learmng w1th personallty and a brmght outlook Above all, lt has the ab1l1ty to pass on to Bok students the torch of knowledge Here on these next pages are the faces of the men and women you perhaps worked wlth dur1ng your stay at Bok Mary T Addlson .l0Seph Alford Edward A Altlerl Ervcusn PHYSICAL EDUCATION Rnnu. Suns D I I Cd' najvr rh Ettore Antonelh Edmund H Argennen Augustus Arutfo Woonwomt COORDINATOR TAILORING I KING EN , Arr II 0 Q . O O . l . li v ' A ' ' 9 a n O I , w -' , b-11 ir'cor of Sudent Banking, Coach uf ua of Vaults Base d of Rlarsily Basketball za oo all K ,