Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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il SERS eee en ane en aien aon Setar OA Sapings and Maxims of the Founder, Charles Pratt If people speak ill of you, live so that others will not believe it. Character represents that hid- den virtue which prompts our thoughts and actions. It is formed by our daily habits. Little things make it, little things mar it. It is of slow growth. Our secret thoughts shape it. The results of all efforts are in proportion to the work and skill you give them. Never expect to get honor, position, or money on any other terms. Be patient and learn to wait, make few changes, and be known as transparently honest. Always be at work. There is no pleasure or profit in idleness. Plenty of work is better than wealth without it. The giving which counts is the giving of one’s self. ene, GAS Baw Do the natural thing. Seek the counsel of persons more experienced; then act on your own judgment. If in doubt, wait. I do not believe the Lord ever gave a man a good enough mem- ory to be a successful liar. Never make a contract like a pitcher, with the handle all on one side; be fair, for you cannot succeed in any other way. Happiness is not measured by the amount of money one has. Neither does money as a rule contribute to happiness so much as the habit of contentment pur- chased by a busy life. Be just and fear God. It is safe to talk much with Him. The re- wards of life are an approving conscience, the memory of kind deeds, and the hope of Heaven. Have a pride in your character. Don’t do anything you would be ashamed of. Be a gentleman, whatever your business. LeAnne aan liar SRS SNone aon sien reason eon oon ena arr 1 eft a get tte edt =e = ein=ti=tret

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il SRST Seah a ee eS eee eS anton €Cditorial Board Editor-in-Chief Stephen Henry Hurtuk, I. M. E. °20. Assistant Editor-in-Chief Arnim J. Ayres, I. M. E. °20. CET Eee one enone ranenan no Lester C. Short, Arch. '20 E. Vernon Carbonara, I. Gh jae James Daugherty, Art, °20. Paul Bancroft, I. M. E. ‘20. Carl Weible, I. E. E. ‘20. Thomas Beggs, Art. '20. Charles H. Pope, Arch. ‘20. Leon Ne Roth, I Ch. E. 220; Jonas E. Higbee, I. M. E. '21. William Adams, I. E. E. 20. Associate Editors Charles Saylor, I. Ch. E. 20. Benjamin Levy, I. E. E. °20. John Malone, I. E. E. '20. Business Manager Marcus B. Macaulay, I. M. E. 20. Assistant Business Managers Gordon H. Thornton, I, M. E. ‘20. William A. Shultz, M. C. '20. Athletic Manager Charles J. Knudsen, I. Ch. E. °20. Assistant Athletic Managers Clarence Seagraves, Arch. ‘20. Ralph Lamenzo, I. Ch. E. °20. Curculation Manager Charles L. Bullock, I. M. E.’20. Assistant Circulation Managers Alton M. Rackett, I. E. E. °20, Nicholas Riley, Art, ‘21. Dudley Hoyt, I. E. E. 20. William Folterman, I. M. E.'20. Joseph E. Balthazar, I. M. E. '20. Charles Lichtenberg, I. Ch. E.°20. Warren Moore, Art, ‘20. James J. Murphy, Arch. '20. Raymond J. Lockhart, I. M. E. 20. Donald W. DeLand, I. E. E.’ Jerry Vibberts, Arch. '20. Rudolph E. Huda, I. A a ‘20. John Keenan, I. E. E. ” The Editorial Board is greatly indebted to the Stevens Press, Harry J. Paul, the photographer, and the Morris Engraving Company for their faithful cooperation and service in the realization of this Year Book. SiS isai alae aaa aaa an leona enan Sete et Ste net =the SI St ESM SN ST =I tgp === eine

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SI ATS San aD aD aT noe oo SASS aT TST TTD aT Ta Te To De ee on Saat aoa aaa oer Savings and Maxims of the Founder, Charles Pratt CHARLES PRATT, the founder of the Institute, shaped his life by diligent, constant application, and study. No man has ever worked more earnestly for the development of character. His was no accidental success. All that he achieved came to him of his own untiring exertions. In his force and strength, his unselfishness and devotion to the interest of others, the rigor of his self-discipline and in his accomplishment, Charles Pratt was truly a great man. Only by worthy thought can a man find genuine satisfaction in life. Only by serious and prolonged reflection can he shape his thought into concise and philo ophic utterance. With a homely truth and simple dignity, quite their own, the sayings of Charles Pratt are worthy of a high place in the esteem of the American People. Personal discipline, conquering the will, bringing self into subjection, accomplishing difficult things,—these make character. Do not attempt to hide your real character, but rather try to make it so pure and good that you will have no secrets to cover. So long as you live, others will be influenced for good or evil by it. Nothing is so desirable as nobility of character; it is more valuable than riches. As a power to influence men it is more potent than eloquence. Work is the essential part of life and nothing worth while comes without it. Everything costs something in effort or discipline or sacrifice. Health comes from habits of right living, and that means restraint; wealth comes from persist- ent energy, and that means labor; education comes from application and industry, and that means discipline; happi- ness comes from consideration of others, and that means unselfishness. Be cheerful and have no regrets for the wasted or unused past. Never borrow trouble about the future, but do well the duty that is nearest to you in the present. A man must be shrewd but never sharp. Man is Master only when he masters himself and the Evil one. This is one Glory. It is another Glory to be the ser- vant of others, to have the world better for our living in it. So in the use of maxims that restrain your spiritual or moral nature, have one as your talisman through life. You will find as you grow older that the proverbs of Solomon, and the maxims of sages of all ages are true. But it is not the many that you want, so much as steadfastly holding on to one. Learn to occup y yourself in manual labor. I am anxious to impress upon your minds the value of learning to be skill- ful in the use of your hands as a source of that quiet enjoy- ment which an active brain needs. I cannot repeat too often the value of integrity. Integrity in representation and in being just what you seem. The aa style of work which we have endeavored to teach, we believe will have a tendency to put at your service a knowledge of how to use what you have learned and to open the way to a knowledge of how to get from books the information which they contain. The object of instruction is to establish character. Profit by it. The present life of the young is an outline of the future. If I could read your personal thoughts from six o'clock Sunday morning until six o'clock Sunday night, I could write your history twenty years from now. Take satis- faction in accomplishing the difficult thing. You will find that you cannot long deceive the world. It will find out just what you are and if’you are true and faith- ful the world will have faith in you. Faith in your own power for usefulness is of very great value and it can only come with a consciousness of being genuine. This faith in your ability will also give you courage to meet and over- come difficulties and to resist temptation. The hope of youth is to be masters. The experience of age is that we are only servants. We are only servants, one of another. Be faithful servants to any and every call of duty, day by day; think of Life as a cheerful service; do not hope or ex- pect it to be otherwise. There is no doubt that one of the most valuable qualities which you can carry with you into your future life is faith in principle, and a conscious courage which follows that faith. There will be no doubt of the success which will attend your work in life if you will only be true to the one main idea: personal consciousness that you are in the path of duty, and that consciousness should give you courage to bear up under all discouragements. eietet ben =the ret tenet et uA PAST aataaan aaa nanan anon arn ao on ono