Franklin High School - Almanac Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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FRANKLIN ALMANACK Thmgs New and Old HIS tltle was suggested bx a lme from the last words of Kmg Arthur as set forth IH Tenm son s matchless P :ss mg of Arthur when he saxs I'he old ordcr changeth, welding place to new W 1th the prophetic uslon of one on whom de 'nth has nlreadw sct IIIS seal, the dung Ixmg., uttc rs one of the great truths of all the ages I lfe would not be llfe were xt not for constnnt growth, and growth cannot take place wlthout const mt ch mge Amld the mx rl nd ch mgmc, fnc tors ot hfc whether lt be an lllflltldlliil, an lIlStltlltl0n or a natlon, there are however, ce rt'1ln relatn elw constant elements which gnc strength and stablllts to what would other wlsc bc 1 futile dlzzsmg chaos Iranklm Hlgh School has entered upon the twelfth wear of 1ts exlstence In anw pl :ce but Qouthern Callfornla our growth would hase been deemed phenomenal Changes hue come thnck and fast Thls message will endeaxor to set forth so ne f the l ments of our school llfe whlch we wlll do well to protect from change as best we can and to mentlon ccrtam other elements whose werw llfe wlll depend upon change and growth It was meutable that we should esolse from small school to large, md wlth Increase 1n numbers, came, of course added grounds and blllldlflgs Stu dent gowcrnment and organlzatlons slllftftd to large school standards Dreams llfc brought changes ln currlculum Nlcager resources grew 1nto substantlal prosperltw The graduates of 1916 1917 numbered sewentcen and of 1976 1977 wlll total '34-3 The wen tw pe of school 18 undergoing change, for, ln Februarx, 1918, we shall enter upon the ewolutlon from a four year school to a semor lllgll school wlth onlw tenth, elex enth, and twelfth grades All of these changes hare been normal, healthx and altogether to be deslred Ior what elements of our hte shall we crfne perpetultv P I xrst comes the name of Franklm, 1n which we take great prlde It breathes of sturdx falth and honor, of thrlft and lndustrw, of los altw and patrlotlsm, of dxgnlts and ID genultx, of thlrst for knowledge, and of almost unbellew ablc xersatllltx Then there are standards of SCll0l3.l'Slllp, of sportsmanshlp, of school splrlt, and of ch iracter to be mamtamed Concretels put, no Franklm graduate whose marks were recommended has exer falled m h1s subsequent studles Dares ms one let this standard fall lhc football team of 1976, of course had no plasers who were on the 199' team, and that team had not -1 plaxer from thc 1918 team, but Pranklm hght persists Dnres am te 'un show the streak of xellowp To those who hare read these lmes thoughtfullx and with underst mdmg I commend thls 1937 Almanac as the best posslble werlhcatlon of what I hate written In It xou will see the exlstencc of wholesome grow th and change You wlll also find It shot through and through with a fine permmence of ldex md lcleal, whose, namc IS I RXNKI IN QHARLLS B Nloom- l Pl . L V ' 1 1' Y . l - 44 1-,3- ' s . v . ' 1 . , 2 , . , , 1 1 1 1 v- 1 . v ,, 11 A . . . 1 . 2. . .'z U' , 1' ' c' f f c .' ' lf. . 2 ' 2 ' 2 2 2 ' .' z ' . 2 22 ' - A: ' : 2. ' 2 .' 'z 2 1 ' -1' I 1 if . . 1, 1 1 ' 1 1 . . v' ' L. , . . . , U , - A' -2 .' 2. 2 , J 22 .' '2 2 B, 1 r . A. ' ' v Y .. :2 2 . ' ' 2 .. 4, . . L. my E V 1 Y I if 'lv 1 1- Y I 1 2 K . . V A m ' - 1 1. Y. 1 1 1 . 1 r sl- : e 1 - 2' ' 1 .' 1 o 2 e e- 7 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 v 1 v v ' v' 1 , , , A . V , , A , . 2 E , I X 1 .W b . ,, , 1 -'- L - of success become accomplished facts. Changes in vocational and community . l ' ' ' 1 . .' ' 7 .' ' 1' Y 1 . I v 1 ' . Y sl- - 1 1' 1 K 1 I . I X l 1 11' 1 I l T3 '. , 2 Y 1 1 gn 1 1 ,, 1 1 ' D . ' 1 v 1 v - 1 1 1 - 1 v 1 . . , , - . , . , . 4, . . . ,, . ' .' .'. I '.' -' H .' ' ' .' 'I K. , , . , , A. , ' I, v ' . P. I ' r, . : .. h . . , . .. , V 2 V. .1 . -1 I 'I V' 1 I 1 1 1 I 1: : l 11 Y 1 A . - 1' v - v N ' ' 4 I