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

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a Message From our Prin cipdl MY F RIENDS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS: Ever since the founding of this country, education was considered the cornerstone of democracy. A democratic system of government is not pos- sible without a free system of public education, and I might add that no- where else in the world does such a system of free universal education exist. Individual freedom and national strength depend upon clear thinking of informed citizens. At Ben Franklin you have learned the steps in the development of self- government in America. Through your school experiences you have learned that democracy is a way of living together. You have learned that demoe- racy is a process that protects the rights of the minority while expressing the will of the majority. You have realized the importance of self-control and of putting the well-being of others above personal desires. I hope that, as grown-up citizens of tomorrow, you will help establish a world where no unnecessary disease exists, a world where people live in decent homes, not in slums, a world where people feel neighborly and enjoy good human relations. My best wishes for success and happiness go with you as you leave Ben F ranklin and begin adult life which lies just ahead. I. LEWIS HOROWITZ

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I. LEWIS HOROWITZ Principal JOSEPH B. HEARN JOSEPH L. TOMLINSON V ice-Principal Ass? to Principal

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IJUB FACULTY FIRST ROW, Left to right: David E. Weisman, Harold E. Godwin, Marlin Rosen- berg, Dr. Walter M. Bonner, Meyer M. Allen, Joseph L. Tomlinson, Dr. 1. Lewis Horowitz, Joseph B. Hearn, Gene Debus, Otis R. Barrall, Leonard Spector, Isadore Klingsberg, William L. Nassau. SECOND ROW: Joseph Spevack, Francis P. Jennings, Nicholas J. Celenza, F. Pierce Coggeshall, Walter S. Blien, Raymond H. Wilson, Joseph Seivell, James S. Hall, Emanuel Gratz, Charles SchaKer. THIRD ROW: Jack Silverstein, Mitchell Collins, Albert D,Orazio, Alexander Kravilz, Everett Johnson, John F. Michels, Robert H. Berry, Nathaniel K. Krassenstein, Harry E. Boston, James P. Morro, Jr. FOURTH ROW.- John E. Hamilton, Harry Kircholf, William Keys, Russell H. Quigg, Jed H. Paulin, William J. Decry, Joseph W. Cahill, 5. George Bodnar, Robert Logan, Philip C. Gaul.