Grant High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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X 'Jn 1 X L F. BITTNER, PRINCIPAL

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MESSAGE IUNE 1940 GRADUATES: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU! COMMENCEMENT IS A HAPPY OCCASION FOR ALL: FOR A GRADUATE THERE IS A FEELING OF SAT- ISFACTION BECAUSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HOPEFUL ANTICIPATION OF THE FUTURE. FOR THE PARENT THERE IS A SENSE OF PRIDE BECAUSE OF YOUR SUCCESS, AND FOR THE FACULTY A THRILL AND IOY IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR LEADER- SHIP HAS BEEN REWARDED. ul l THIS FOUR-YEAR EXPERIENCE HAS DONE MUCH TO YOU AND FOR YOU. THE FOUNDATION LAID, THE STANDARDS MAINTAINED. THE HABITS FORMED, AND THE ASSO- CIATIONS MADE WILL COLOR YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. IUST NOW YOU ARE NOT THINKING MUCH ABOUT THE PAST BUT RATHER OF THE FUTURE WITH EARNEST HOPE OF SUCCESS-WHAT YOUR IDEAS OF SUCCESS ARE, WE WONDER. l l I WAS INTER- ESTED IN A RECENT STUDY MADE BY AN ENGLISH CLASS. BY MEANS OF PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH MEN 'AND WOMEN OF MANY DIFFERENT VOCA- TIONS THEY LEARNED WHAT THESE PEOPLE REGARD AS THE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF A SUCCESSFUL LIFE. I WAS NOT SURPRISED THAT THE FOREMOST OF THESE WERE HONESTY. INTEGRITY, ZEAL OR WORK, COOPERATION, TOLERANCE. COURAGE, LOY- ALTY, AND DETERMINATION. WITH SUCH PRINCIPLES FOR LIVING, CAN WE FAIL? l l OUR WORLD IS BLEEDING FROM THE TRAGEDIES CAUSED BY GREED FOR POWER. HATE, INTOLERANCE, SELFISHNESS, AND LACK OF REGARD FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE INDI- VIDUAL. MORE THAN EVER BEFORE OUGHT WE TREASURE OUR PRICELESS HERITAGE AS CITIZENS OF THE U. S. A.-OUR BILL OF RIGHTS. OUR LIB- ERTIES. l I WE ARE EXPECTING MUCH OF YOU. YOUR FRIEND A. F. BITTNER

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ELIZABETH McGAW C, E, SCOTT Dean oi Girls Vice-Principal IN APPRECIATIOLN WHEN WE WERE BEWILDERED IN OUR FRESHMAN IGNORANCE, THEY QUELLED OUR MANY DOUBTS. WHEN, IN SOPHOMORE EGO. WE MOVED IN BOLD SELF-CENTERED SWAGGER. THEY LESSENED OUR FOOLISH CONCEIT. AS IUNIORS WE GAINED IUSTIFIED ASSURANCE ONLY WITH THEIR GUIDANCE. AT LAST IN OUR SENIOR YEAR WE HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY HELPED IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT. THIS WE REMEMBER.