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

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OUR FACULTY FIRST ROW: L. to R.-Lillian Lowenfels, Rebecca Lischin, Frances Friedman, Mabel Payton, Beatrice Baker, Dr. Horowitz, Mary Higgins, Mrs. Lyles, Grace Brown, Miriam Gardiner, Otto Borman. SECOND ROW: L. to R. Joseph Spevak, Dr. Walter Benner, Alexander Kravitz, John Michels, Otis Barxall, Morris Bernhart, Joseph Heam, Mitchell Collins, Albert D'Orazio, David Weisman, Leonard Specter, David BeloE, Samuel Foreman. THIRD ROW: L. to R. Joseph W. Cahill, Jacob Gothic, Jack Silverstein, Robert Berry, James Hill, Milton Gordon, Ray Wilson, I. Kleins- berg, Walter B1eim,-Frances Jennings, Joseph Sewell, David Jarrett, Charles ShaeEer, Emanuel Gratz. FOURTH ROW: L. to R.-Meyer Allen, James Cosmos, Harry Boston, William Keys, Vincent Fort, William Nassau, Jed Paulin, Harry KirchoH, Harold Godwin, William Decry, Eugene Debus. FIFTH ROW: L. to R.-Ma.rtin Rosenberg, John Hamilton, Robert Logan, John Baynes, Philip Gaul, Milton Townsend, George Bodnat.

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL Political democracy, which involves an understanding of the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, is the primary purpose of education in America. It ties together the knowledge of American ideals embodied in the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and what each citizen does in private anti public life. From out study of history we have learned that the great democracies and republics disappeared largely because too many of their citizens became indifferent to their responsibilities in the hands of fewer and fewer people, until the free society became a despotic one. This happened in Athens, in Rome, and in the Weimar Republic. It can happen to any society whose citizens iilet George do itii or refuse to iiget mixed up in politics. At Ben Franklin you have traced some of the steps in the development of self-govetnment in America, and you have experienced its processes through your student association. You have learned that self-government is no iixed form, but a process that can be used to meet the changing needs of the people. It is a process that protects the rights of the minority while expressing the Will of the majority. In the years ahead this work of making democracy more secure must go forward. The nations of the world muSt learn to live together in peace. That is the challenge of the future to you who will be grownup citizens of tomorrow. My best wishes for success and happiness go with you. I. Lewis Horowitz

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COUNSELLORS L. to R.--Mrs. Payton, Mr. Collins and Ms. Baker doing their best to aid the students to choose their proper courses as a foundation for their future lives. OFFICE STAFF INFIRMARY L. to R.--Mrs. Gardiner, Mr. Wilson, Mrs. Mrs. Kdowles taking charge of our Daily Friedman, Miss Lischin, and Mrs. Brown do- Sick Bay. ing their usual busy work.