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

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FRANKLIN ALMANACK Miss I-Iodgkms Message ll I 0 cr fill? poem by Irene H If 1111117116 prznfeef In Serlbner s Unga 1111' or func 1906 as my rrmssage I0 Ulf' Class' 0 19719 It erpre Gsm' 90 fll my feelings' for you I ou will go out this Iune from elolste red halls Of 'ie :demic wisdom, from quiet walks Beneath the eampus trees, from starllt talks Of south and life and God Your future calls I ou into the swirl of cities and of men 1 ou will not come tlns was again Hour soul IS '1 small brown bird whose fixing I follow anxiously , I cannot shield H ou from rough winds and storm You flutter on, A gleam of sunlight round vou propheswmg '1 our soaring strength Acrossthe rlpenmgfield Youdrifgandliftabose thewood on on until You flash be! ond the hill And sou are gone Mr Smffen s Message ' 9 2' f . I , e :J ', . ' .. , , . f .if . ie 1 7 -'Y I v ' 1 HEN asked recently by newspaper men what he would do were he a young man again, President Coolidge replied that he would do the t :sk that lay nearest at hand. He knows that by h n mg done wpll the Seem ingly commonplace tasks as they have presented themselves from dav to day he has risen from country boy to college student, to memberslnp at the bar of Massachusetts, to county office, to state legislature, to the gox ernorship of his gf: - . g' lx:- D- V1 s : uv 1 L, 1 . l r. l btate, and to the presidency of the United States Mental tests seem to show that lIld1X1dll3IS xarx in abihtx mueh more than has been sup posed bw the pssehologlsts While the people have the mental capacltv to rise to high position, nu ertheless, whether a person has one talent or whether he be the fortunate possessor of the ten, he can 3.ClllCXC, his destmv onls bx doing well the task that lies nearest at hand If tod iv s duties and to students thu mas be preparing lessons, helping at home, or working for paw, and to all men todas s duties seem routine and commonplace if todas s duties are well done, tomorrow will bring greater opportunities and re zter responsibilities Ihus bx rising on step ping stones of deeds well done eaeh lI'ldlWldl13I will utilize to the fullest his talents, whether thex be one or ten, and bw so doing he will lead a happy and a useful life I commend to the members of the Student Bodw the task that lies nearest at hand Haw it he well done no

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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

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