Benjamin Franklin High School - Key Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS HISTORY FACULTY SENIORS ORGANIZATIONS SPORTS FEATURES ADVERTISEMENTS 7 East vs. West Commercial Art Class

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SERVED AS A RECORD OF THE PROGRESS AND GROWTH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS ISSUE IS THE FIRST TO REPRESENT THE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES OF A FULL SCHOOL YEAR. IF IN DAYS TO COME THE KEY OF 1940 BRINGS BACK POIG- NANT MEMORIES OF THE HAPPY HOURS SPENT HERE, ITS PURPOSE WILL HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. Alma Mater Basketball 6

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ETHEL PLACE BUTTERFIELD January 9, 1884 February 28, 1940 At 14 years, a member of the dm of 1898 at Groton High School, Her fav- orite subjecti, Latm and Greek. A FRIEND OF FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL Ethel Place was a born teacher. Her lather and mother were teachers, too, and she later married a teacher, our own beloved Roy L. Butterfield. She loved young people and found her hap- piness in home and school. Graduated from Cortland Normal School at the age of eighteen, she taught for four years in the public schools of Ithaca and even after her marriage, acted as a supply teacher occasionally in emergencies. Mrs. Butterfield's interest in schools continued as she followed the careers of her sons as pupils and her husband as principal. She was present on that September day, nearly ten years ago, when the doors of Franklin High School swung open to admit its first classes. Her older sons, Roger and Lyman, had already gone on to college, but the youngest, Alfred, belonged to Frank- lin. She knew of all that happened here, became personally acquainted with many student officers and lead- ers, delighted in Franklin Day activities, Key teas, senior plays and banquets, graduation programs, and the teachers' social activities. Any honor or recognition shown a Franklin person gave her joy. A musician herself, she sang often in oratorios at Cornell University as a young woman, and her fine alto voice was heard in church choirs wherever she lived Naturally the Franklin Choir was a great source of pride to her. It is a privilege to pay tribute in the 1940 KEY to Mrs. Roy L. Butterfield and to record her name as one of the first and best friends of Franklin High School. 8