Portland High School - Totem Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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rfrcufzfrd How comparable the tides of the ocean are to the lxfe of man' ' From the rxpple develops the mlghty wave from a wee chlld grows a strong man The tides ruse just as human bemgs step forward to ascend the Stalrcase of Llfe and to face the joys and hardshxps of thls world of ours Each man works for an ultimate goal and llkewlse each wave strlves to reach the com mon shore The wave may break before lt reaches 1ts destination but some how lt still manages to How even lf lf only dwmdles to the sands In this world of ours man fears that he will break ln the mldst of the struggle but nf he follows the example of the little wave and faces his difficulty bravely he too wlll reach the land and safety Thxs book our 1950 Totem IS symbollc of the joys and pleasures of youth that will tomorrow enter a world of uncertalnty However thelr hugh school days wlll always be the most memorable tlde of their exlstence As Alexander Blsson says As the waters creep surely upward the landmarks of the past are one by one submerged But there shall always be memory to lrft 1ts head above the tlde untll the lake lS overflowxng f4

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Dedzmtlau Thls the 1950 Totem, IS reverently dedicated to the memory of Robert A Tanner a member of the Portland Hugh School faculty and head baseball coach from 1947 untll hrs death une 4 1949 It IS hoped that rn a small way thls trxbute may help those who loved htm h1s family hrs frlends hns assoclates ln Portland Hugh School Durmg hrs brnef three years here Bob chd more for the school than many others accomphsh 1n a long l1fet1me of servlce He gave freely of h1mself and h1s athleuc abnhty as he worked as teacher and coach Robert Tanner was a patrlot who served hls country 1n the Second World War and who was ccntmumg to serve hls country as a captam m the Natlonal Guard at the txme of hls death Death deprned us of Bob s valuable servxces but xt can not deprlve us of the memorles that we thtrxsh of our assoclatxon wlth thls consclentlous teacher this true gentleman and thrs staunch frtend L3 7 0 Rohm-rt .X. 'I9:nmf.-1' ' K! 77 ' ' a - 1 9 J 9 - 1 , . . , , , . . ' 1 . , , ' , . ' . 1- Q 4 lbw l,tm,1 .1IIl- .-ntl lm- .W ls . 4

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