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

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C L A S S P O L L Fourteenth Class Most Popular .................................................................................................... Magarill Most Active in School Affairs .................................................................... Magarill Best Dancer .......................................................................................................... Pickett Shows Best School Spirit ............................................................................ Magarill Quietest ................................................................................................................ Owens Loudest Sleepiest .......................................................................................................... Thompson Best Loafer ...................................................................................................... Goldstein Most Probable Bachelor .................................................................................. Green Most Likely to Succeed .................................................................. Cotlcrr, Chavarria Best Athlete ................................................................................................... Magmill Most Tclkative .................................................................... Pickett, Cotlar, Goldstein Most Studious ................................................................................................ Steinberg Best Dressed ............................................................................ Poqachefsky, Gurovitz Best Politician ........................................................................................................ Cotlar Most Handsome .......................................................................... Pickett, Poqcrchefsky Who Thinks He Is Most Handsome .................................................... Pogachefsky Wittiest ............................................................................................................ Chavarria Best Lover .............................................................. Pickett, Pogcxchefsky, Armstrong Best Cutter ........................................................................................ H. Smith, Gurovitz Who Is Out to Lick the World ...................................................................... Goldstein Favorite School Study .......................................................................... Trigonometry Most Disliked Study ...................................................................... American History Favorite Teacher ........................................................................................ Mr. Briskin Most Desirable Companion on a Desert Isle .................................... Miss Manley FRANKLIN ALMANAC

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HISTORY OF THE N FEBRUARY, 1943, we entered the auditorium of Franklin for the first time. Our first impression was given to us by our excellent Principal Mr. Williams, who warned us against buying lunchroom seats from the upper classmen, and gave us many other bits of kindly advice. Mr. Belofi, the football coach, gave us a fine talk on football and persuaded many of us to try out for the team. We learned that we would have assemblies every Wednesday and Friday morning, and were advised to be in our seats by 9 o'clock. We were a winter class and therefore entered at the close of the basketball season. Our team put up a good fight and ended the season better than average. In our classrooms we found that we were working with boys of all races and creeds, and we soon began to cultivate that Franklin spirit which is so well known in Franklin and so little practiced outside. Summer vacation arrived and we were grateful for the opportunity for rest and recreation. We returned with quite a different outlook from the previous term. Foot- ball season was on. Our team had been hit very hard because of the war inductions, but in spite of these handicaps our team of Greenhorns and Rookies came through with a poor but hard fought season and nothing to be ashamed of. This term our cutters were unpleasantly surprised by the advent of Mr. Boerckel, who sat on them pretty hard, but won the respect of every true citizen of Franklin. He organized our student court and en- couraged student government. Hangman Boerckel, the terror of our wrong- doers will ever be remembered by us all. Mr. Sewell's barnstorming candy agents and Mr. Gratz fine school paper, the Iunto, can never be forgotten. The lazy fellows will never forget this term, for it was at this time that Mr. Williams granted us a week's holiday before Christmas, provided we came to school an hour earlier for a month before Christmas! Did we like it? Well, you can just about guess! February, '44, and another milestone toward graduation. Our assem- blies proved especially interesting this term, when a number of celebrities accepted invitations to visit us and entertain us. Dr. Michener and his side- splitting jokes, eminent speakers and musicians, and other events of out- standing importance made this term a memorable one. We were indeed, proud when Mr. Delaplaine presented our fencing team with the champion- ship trophy, the bust of Mr. Terroni, our country's outstanding fencing instruc- tor. Several amusing personal incidents mark these days, such as Gold- stein's loss of his pants, and the reign of terror when the Deacon got washed. FRANKLIN ALMANAC Page 12