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

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Mr. James Hill ' Sponsor FOURTEENTH CLASS FRANKLIN ALMANAC Paqu

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My Dear Friends of the Graduating Class THREE years ago you entered this school while our country was engaged in mortal combat with vicious enemies. At that time, there was no way of foretelling how long hostilities would continue. The best informed people seemed to feel that the war might continue for from five to seven years. Today, I am happy to salute you as a group of graduating seniors who will not, in all likelihood, be called upon to surrender your lives for your country. For this, I am very grateful, as I know you are also. While it is likely that you will be called upon to serve in the Armed Forcesesince the war is not yet officially overeit is alto- gether likely that your term of service will be relatively short. You will, consequently, be able to do as you had planned, after a brief period of service. I should like to urge you not to sur- render your dreams or ambitions because of this interrubtion in your plans. It is always difficult to bid farewell to a graduating class. In the course of three years, we have learned to know each other too well to make such a parting light. I, therefore, regret the necessity of saying good-bye to you. At the same time, I am happy that you have accomplished What you set out to do, and are now prepared to take the next step along life's highway. I salute you, and wish you all good luck. I shall ask you to remember your school, and to do what you can to make it a greater institution than it now is. Sincerely yours, CHAS. H. WILLIAMS, Principal

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Mr. Hillls Message 0 THE Fourteenth Graduating Class of Ben Franklin: I would like to give this thought, in operation. Every person needs the help of some other person; every man, to be at his best, needs to extend help to someone else. Cooperation is the giving and receiving of help. Sometimes it means carrying out, to the best of your ability, thevideas of another. A great many otherwise efficient persons fail because of their inability to cooperate. We should remember that the greatest evidence of ability, in so far as the young man just leaving school is concerned, is in carry- ing out instructions as given. To act successfully in authority, a man must recognize the rights of others, and that justice is the basis of that dignity which makes the successful worker and executive. If you would be a successful worker, cooperate; it you Would be a good executive, cooperate; in short, it you would be your best at all times, cooperate. Keep in mind the fact that the use of your knowledge and skill in the service of the com- munity in which you live is the road to happiness, and financial reward. Cooperation will develop common sense, judgment and the ability to meet the demands of life; at the same time it will in no way lessen your self-respect. With this suggestion I extend to each member of the Fourteenth Class all the good wishes a spon- sor can offer, health, happiness, prosperity and success. Sincerely yours, JAMES HILL. Page 7 1946