Portland High School - Totem Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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'TH E TQTEM te ' TI-IRESHOLDS VIRGINIA C. ROBINSON, '26 Day in, day out, from morn till night, Their footsteps come, then go, Across the threshold of our school In measures fast or slow. Some steps have ceased to tread the paths Of life for some years past, Some steps go ringing down the Way, Through years to come theylll last. The old ones go, the new ones come, Year in, year out, forever, Four years of toil, four years of play, They linger here together. From here the road is forked and rough, VVe each must choose a Way. Good-by, my friend, a shake of hand, We'll meet another day. Day in, day out, from morn till night, Year in, year out, yet ever Their footsteps come, their footsteps go, And echo on forever. E73

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'THE TQTEM 01111 ENTRANCES , E61

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The Torem To the Student Body: Because of the flaw in the diamond, because of the tainted spot on the apple, because of the withered petal on the rose, and because of the one boy or girl in a hundred who goes wrong, some people would throw them all into the discard with the assertion that there is no virtue in any of them. , This attitude of mind is brought about by the emphasis put upon the weaknesses of human nature by the press, the movie, and the public speaker. Let the spotlight of publicity be thrown upon the ambitions, the aspirations, the achievements, the honest deeds of the youth of the nation, and a right-about-face state of mind would soon follow. Since the agencies of publicity are in the hands of their elders, boys and girls have but one means of demonstrating that the accusations hurled against them are unjust -that is the power of example. Man judges man by his words and acts. God judges him by his thoughts as well. Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. ARTHUR W. LOWE. ESI'