Franklin High School - Tolo Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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ii fy, im 3 All Hail Franklin Our colors deep and true Stand as a symbol of our love for you. All Hail Franklin High School e sing ,our praise to thee trial and in Victory. Hail Franklin Hail' : x J

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gg HI y 11. P Award of Merit Introducing a new school symbol. Chief Sealth was originally honored by hav- ing his name chosen for our parent annual, Q Q that of Broadway High School. 2 O I-L - - r- wk mmol A X K., Ralph Richard Upton H869-1935i Son of a California '49er and later Oregon Supreme Court judge, Ralph R. Upton was born in Portland, Oregon. He was educated at Yale University, from which he received Bachelor's and Master's degrees, and at George Washington University where he took degrees in law. He was a school administrator in Ohio and Illinois before coming to Seattle in 1912 as safety man, first for Stone and Webster Railway Co. and later for Puget Sound Power and Light where he originated the famous safety slogan: STOP-LOOK- LISTEN. Mr. Upton became head of Franklin's English depart- ment in 1913 and during the next twenty years was not only a brilliant teacher but an inspiring adviser of Tolo Annual, Tolo Weekly, Debate and Oratory. In 1932 he organized the speech contest which has been successively known here as the Upton Contest, the Aristelle MacDonald Contest, and the Walter Reseburg Contest. 4 The Indian motto means: I have succeeded, I have won, or I have achieved. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. from GolcIsmith's description of the schoolmaster, in THE DESERTED VILLAGE To FRANK MCCAFFREY ANN STONE CARL WELLS for their professional counsel and generous handling of production of a long shelf of Tolos