Portland High School - Totem Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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'TH E TQTEM lfmhlems of Victories, 19735 OUR TROPHIES fS'?2f:Q7-giFTQLQXIC of the chief signs of a school's success in competition oi 1' various sorts is a fine collection of trophies. We have an array , of which we can justly he proud. These cups have been won Qlfgii qmg, Qt in haseliall, haskethall. hockey. tennis, dt-hating. and typewrit- ing. n fact, tiere are no sports that we have entered in which. at times, X g l l we have not been supreme. Our trophies really mean self-sacrifice, hard work two or three hours a day for a period of months: the dehaters lnmting material in the lilirary: typists toiling over their machines in an ettort to secure greater speed: at-hletes sweating at practice. llest of all, they mean that some graduates of our school have gone into the world with a real knowledge oi teamwork, for it was teamwork for whieh they strove: perfect co-ordination of muscle with mind, perfect co- ordination of self with teammates. They were hetter hoth physically and mentally for having assumed their tasks. They did what they did with no thought of reward, hut when the rewards came, they were gladdened hy the thought that they had won honor for l'ortland lligh. .Inst as our bright shiny cups reflect light, so do they relleet the deeds of students who have gone on. XYhen we look at our trophies. we should rememlmer the self-saerilicing students, the sore muscles, the lmrain fag, and the general hard work that was required to win them. .Xt the same time, we should not forget those who worked and gave their lmest for l'. ll. S., hut who received no cups. Then will the trophies mean the most to us. They are the credentials of hard work. well done Y T

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'TH E TQCJTEM Those shining II'C1iSllI'CSUfyUl1YS zlnclminc Rcficct frnm each glistening siclcg .X hattlc fnnght or a cnntcsl won, Honnrs we wunld not hide. 6

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'inf '1 'TH E 'TQTEM t 5 MACMILLAN'S FLAG if tlllfN Capt. Donald ll. Klachlillan sailed from XYiscasset in V june, 19253, on his .Xrctic expedition. the only .Xmerican Hag A which he carried was presented to him by the students of the fl it Geography Department of this school. This Hag flew from the top-mast of the sturdy little llowdoin at its entrance to all of the ports and little fishing villages from Wiscasset to litah in North Greenland, and back again to Wliscasset. It was also run up the top-mast on every holiday and on all the birthdays of the men in the party. Perhaps. though, its most interesting use was at the unveiling of the tablet to Captain Greeley and the brave men of his llolar expedition of several years ago. Constant flapping in the breezes at the top o' the world naturally wore the Hag con- siderably. llowever, the combination of some pieces from somebody's red ilannel shirt and the unsuspected skill of some Eskimo girls in sewing, have given us a rare specimen of mending on the ilag. On October Ill, 1924, at an assembly of the school, Captain Klachlillan returned the tlag to the school. lt is to have a corner where it will be preserved and may be seen by all as a constant reminder of our small share in the work of a man who promises to rank among the world's great. 8