Frankfort High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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FRANKFORT ON PRAIRIE CREEK

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The Frankfurt of the Old Frankfurt, Germany, has often been called “an old picture in a new frame.” The original plan of the city which was laid out in the early twelfth century consisted of the old Gothic buildings and the narrow streets winding in and out; the new portion was built on the same pattern. In 1152 the city became the coronation center for the kings of Germany. Since then, it gained in literary importance. Music was the outstanding art of the city. Its opera house was one of the most famous in all Europe. Frankfurt soon became one of the leading cities of Germany, in art. culture, and philosophy. For centuries she held an enviable place in the German state. When the Nazi party came into power, Frankfurt turned all her efforts toward helping its cause. Once again Frankfurt became the center of the philosophy of the country, Nazism. The Youth Movement, introduced by Hitler, was centered in Frankfurt, where youth was indoctrinated in the philosophy that the German race is a master race. Hoys and girls from all over Germany were brought there for regimentation and instruction. Because it was a Nazi center and a great industrial city, it now is a pile of rubble. The people are without work and most of them are without food. There are no schools. Boys and girls are roaming the streets trying to find food and small sticks of wood for fuel. They know nothing of social life. Behaving horribly, they dart into punched-out doorways to live under tottering walls, much like countless restive ants who have been disturbed in their anthill. Such is life in Frankfurt-on-Main today. The medieval culture of that city, influenced by the Hitler Youth Movement, is now as faint as a picture on a burned postal card blown out of an ashcan.

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.The Frankfort of the N Frankfort, Indiana, is a typical American town. Founded in 1826. it was then a pioneer village in the West. In 1875 it was finally incorporated as a city in the state of Indiana and became the county seat of Clinton County. Frankfort is noted for its fine system of public schools. The original high school building was burned in 1922. but a new one was soon built within the old walls. To house and encourage education for boys and girls. Central Building. Science Hall. Band Hall, and Howard Hall were erected across the street. In addition to its being an educational center for elementary and secondary school youth, Frankfort has become an outstanding inland depot for a network of railroads. When the war started, Frankfort turned all its efforts to meet the emergency. Its factories began turning out pieces for airplanes and different machines used in the war. I he schools maintained their high standards, yet aided the war effort with stamp and bond drives, paper, tin, and scrap-iron salvage drives. Former students, numbering 1.438. joined the armed forces. The youth of Frankfort has always known utter freedom in endeavor, attitudes, and speech. Cultural opportunities in the vein of literature, art, and music have been offered to all. Athletics to build strong bodies and teach cooperation and sportsmanship has been their advantage. « A wholesome, comfortable home life has encouraged them to a full social life, filled with the pleasures of dancing, laughter, and gaity. Food has always been in abundance. Never have they had to worry about shelter. And, instead of scurrying around like startled ants, they meet in their favorite “hangout” for a coke and to talk over the day’s happenings. This is America, a democracy, where the American way of life recognizes the dignity and rights of the individual. 1 his is Frankfort-on-Prairie Creek.