Technical High School - Techtonian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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--v ik' 1 rs was Ms' ogthnlgil ' Q 'YE' ,jst Senior Presidents Address ' E welcome and appreciate the presence of our parents, teachers, friends and l 'Q G' 9 our successors, the Junior Class, at this. our Class Day Program. Especially grateful do we feel toward our parents, whose sacrifices QF and faith in us have made these four years possible. Our expression of gra e we offer to our faculty, through whose counsel and guidance we have inf corporated into our lives, high ideals, which will remain with' us throughout our lives. To the junior Class we extend our welcome and best wishes for continued success in all its undertakings during 1929. In reviewing our four years at Tech, we are convinced that both in the pursuit of knowledge and in the forming of new and lifelong friendships, our efforts have been rewarded. We believe that we are wiser from our years of study, and have recognized the truth of the ancients' saying, Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them. In our humble opinion, we have ques' tioned much and learned much. In the functioning of our studies, in the acquiring of experience, we have gained much wisdom. Then, too, the friendships that we have formed will prove a source of happiness and inspiration to us in the future. We have learned with Emerson that it is a miserable solitude to want friends, that the only way to have a friend is to be one. Thus, we list as a worthy contribution of Tech to our achievements, the gentle art of making friends. Christopher Morley, in one of his ecways compares life to the opening and clos- ing of doors. With graduation we close one door. That which we have done can' not be altered or undone. It is exactly as we made it. We stand ready to open another, one which will deliver us into a new life. We are joyous now in the re- alization of completed purpose. What the future holds in store for us, we cannot even hazard a guess. We do not ask that life shall be all a pleasant road, or that we be freed of its load of responsibility. It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to sue' ceed. As that great American--Theodore Roosevelt-advises, Let us therefore boldly face life, resolute to do our duty well and manfullyg resolute to uphold right' eousness by deed and by word, resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve ideals, yet to use practical methods. To strive, to seek, to find, but not to yield. Tennyson. Joseph M. Schmitz Fourteen

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5 ?3 av 189 . 1 T 6 usilri1 Class History HE Book of Knowledge holdeth this record of the Class of 1928, of the Buffalo Institution of Technical Learning: In the beginning, in the one thousand nine hundred and twentyffourth year of our Lord, on the sixth day of the ninth month, there entered into this Land of Learning, 397 seekers after knowledge. From eighth grades they came, from ninth grades, from country schools, from private schools, from all the diverse places where for many months they had been engaged in stor- ing their minds with the rich fruits of wisdom. Large or small, rich or poor, each of the seekers was possessed of a greenness and a 'freshness to tax the most patient mind. l Ji?-ral' 5 if .1 0 And it came to pass as they did enter this land, that they were greeted with wild welcome and rejoicing by those who it was decreed, should henceforth lead them up the slippery byfways of knowledge. Likewise it came to pass that they were received with malicious glee by a certain band of wild creatures known as Sophomores, which did take fiendish delight in molesting the new-comers. Daily and nightly they did pounce upon them and did cause them to suffer greatly and to cry out in their hearts, Blessed be the name of Education, for in its pursuit we endure many hardships and torments, both ofa body and of mind. Verily are we martyrs of this great and noble cause. But as they dwelt in the land they fell in with the customs of the inhabitants thereof, and their strangeness wore away, and they became as one among the rest. Now it so happened that they were advised by one possessed of much learning to gather together their numbers and choose themselves a Leader worthy to lead them through their first adventure as righteous, industrious Freshmen. And as they were bidden, so they did. They met one day to choose a leader. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, and the very heavens did ery out and glare with thunder and light' ning. And out of the commotion there arose from their midst one, Roy McMillen, to guide them through the fires and along the treacherous ways in the first episode of learning. Once again the wise one spake unto them, saying, Be studious, that ye may bring glory to your class and cause your names to be inscribed in the Archives of Honor. This they took to heart. Now, when the day of reckoning had come there was much rejoicing in the air, for many had done as they were bidden and were richly rewarded. And in the course of their sojourn within the portals of education, they were called upon to prepare entertainment for the approval of the multitude. Therefore, those who possessed talent were bidden to speak and to play to those gathered for the occasion, and at the end those who had witnessed the spectacle did rise with one accord and did give wild and loud showing of enthusiasm, and did render thanks to the Class of '28, Truthfully is it written that never before had so stupendous a program been produced by. ones so young in the ways. of the world. And it -came to pass after some months that their eyes were turned toward the test of their knowledge. And lo! there was much cramming and flinging of books by those fearing they' had been lax and would not be found worthy of promotion. And well founded were their fears for the end of the year found their number de' creased to 326. Fifteen