Benjamin Franklin High School - Electron Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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FRANK KANIIAN President of First Class O BE first in anything is both a privilege and a responsibility. l feel greatly the honor which the presidency of this class has conferred upon me. l intend to justify this trust and honor. I hope that the entire class will in days to come show by their actions that they are first not only in time, but in achievement also.

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To the Members oi the First Graduating Class: S YOU are being graduated from the Benjamin Franklin High School, America is filled with people who are -M literally or figuratively - leaning on shovels. To them lite has lost its zest and tang. lt has become a test ot endurance. And the reason lies not in the sort ot job they have, but rather in the tact that they Won't do the job, Whatever it is. ' 1 - Nothing could be more pertinent, there- tore, than to urge each of you to learn the dig- nity and real satisfac- tion that lies only in Work well done. What- ever mind or muscle nature has given, you will tind its fullest nat- ural expression only in Work. The great men of every generation have invariably been the men lwho have Worked hardest and most persistently at something. Few will care, or ought to care, how long you live or how much you enjoy Working. During your years in this school, you have had opportunity to learn the joy oi good Work willinglyvdone. Some of you have seized that opportunity and have given splendid account ot yourselves. Others ot you have still to learn how great injury you have done to yourselves by doing less than your best - by leaning on your shovel. Never in your lives Will you have a better opportunity than the present to Work long and hard tor what seems a meagre return, but in the long run the rewards are in proportion to the eitort. I urge you to learn the sheer joy ot hard Work, not alone because it will make our school or our nation great, but also - and especially M because by Work alone can you achieve the highest satisfaction in your own life. ROBERT W. CLARK. FRANKLIN ALMANAC Pqgefl

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HARRY BLATSTEIN ' Cglflllllll' IRVIN E. BOOKMAN HARRY BLATSTEIN Co-Editors-in-Chief WILLIAM G. WYCHE - - Associate Editor FRANK A. MAGID - - Class Historian VICTCDR HATCHWELL - - Stati Typist IOSEPI-I M. KRAMER - - - Art Editor ABRAHAM W. BLUMBERG - Business Manager EDWARD I. YOUNG - - Sports Editor