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

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FOURTEENTH CLASS We lost our baseball coach, Mr. Smith, to the Army, but were fortunate enough to secure Mr. Eliasson, who carried on with a fine job. Summer, and another vacation. September brought some more hard work for our football team. The rookies had by this time developed into experienced players and handled themselves exceedingly well on the gridiron. They knocked the first place Olney team out of the championship race, but were hurled to defeat by St. Thomas More on a frozen field. Basketball progressed very favorably, espe- cially against the Alumni team Who lost by a narrow margin. Our last year is beginning, and it proves to be indeed an eventful one. With the cessation of the European war our hearts were qladdened and we began to look forward to possibilities in education heretofore placed in the background. We were a small class, but were not wanting in outstanding students and fine organizers, and under the guidance of our own Morton Cot- lar and the assistance of Mr. Lempert our class activities proceeded along well outlined paths. This term marked the death of our nation's president, Mr. Roosevelt, and made us sit up and take notice as to what policy we would pursue in the years to come. The atomic age had arrived and we went to our summer vacation With chastened hearts and thoughtful minds regarding the future. At last the coveted goal is in sightegraduation. We had seen great history made over a short span of time. As the boys returned from the war, our school opened its doors to the Veteran's Administration program and we welcomed these fine self-sacrificing fellows with open arms. Although we did not share the same classrooms we felt that we were working with them, and that the goal of us all was the same-a better informed youth to carry on the work of the new world that had evolved from the chaos of war. We were informed that a new school building for Franklin was no mere fantasy and we wish it the best of success, even though we cannot share personally in its pleasures and advantages. Our aeronautics course, the greatest in the city, offers no small claim to the greatness of the progress of Franklin. As we leave, we want to express to Mr. Williams and all with whom we have come in contact the keenest appreciation for their help and guidance and we assure them that we can never forget what we owe to them. As a result of their cooperation and understanding of us we feel that we can now go on- ward toward higher fields of education and a more comprehensive manhood. URIEL WALLACE. Page 13 1946

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Roll Call of the F ourteen tIz Class