Franklin K Lane High School - Senior Echoes Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Tl-TTS FREEDOM We wh a e eav ng a T e o comparanve p o on and s cur ow abou o enTer a hew e w ose sysTem T consplcuous oy ac o proTec TO ecur and True Tr eocrn me T Vl e a man e o un erlal an sb Tua our eve-s by e'TTerrnQ he ore-Iudwced busnness world or Th e oecTabme proTes on lvl r aTesT ambmhon now s To Twnd hacp ne To lce To u e my Treed m Q eelc ThaT secunTy WhaT occupahon s Thrs7 WhaT ns :T ThaT as more umporTanT Than bussness7 Thl occupahon as commonly called bummfng buT Those who cherlsh T only as a Torm unTorTunaTely noT a reauTv and Those who have already Tound happwness Throuqn call TT The arT oT uv IT as a beauTuTul lnTe lavung each day Tree Trom The pressure oT earnvng a luvel hood qeTTrng up when sleep has leTT The body rehrunq when The welghT oT The days srqhTs and ThoughTs Torce our lads To close walknng as IT pleases wuTh The ram sun and wnnd as our companion eahng when our hunger malces savages OT us drlnlclnq when we Teel The need Tor a purnT1er This Thus miracle oT Treedom IS The miracle oT l:Te' Never IS There a qreaTer opporTunuTy To relzsh The seconds munuTes and hours OT a day' Never can we learn To Live' Never us The Txme rxper To enloy a new and True Treedom born Trom healThy desire Than aTTer qraduahon AT Thls phase OT our luTe when Treedonf' Theorehcally as never more abundanT There are so many responsubuluhes To Those who unlcnowmqly wanT To wresT happu ness Trom us MoThers and Dads wanT a Txmshed educaTed producT We owe Them much Our Tamxly may need Tznanclal assusTance We owe Them a luvlng SocleTy demands ThaT we be successTul Convenhon demands ThaT youTh do as oThers have done and are now doing Conscuence Too makes unreasonable demands con scr nce concedes The Thungs To exasT and conscnenc asks They be solved WhaT a beauTuTul rornanTuc and unTanqlble elemenT Treedoml CompleTe and unadulTeraTed Treedom' And yeT how TanTasTuc' The Treedom Tor whlch men have died unduvudually and collecTrvely Treedom oT speech press rellquon have become dulled wlTh age nnslncer1Ty and undnTTerenc BuT The Treedom Tor wh1ch all oT u yea n compleTe Tr edom oT achon as w demand T musT noT be relunouushed For Twe oo Thus we have admlTTed ThaT The eno oT human exnsTence u n T happlness buT reslqnahon Tru TraTTon and oesrsafr Ju T6 Rosen A A A I O TQ r ' T T I ' r fecij V9 1 My are f- ' - ' , TT h 's ' ' ' 'Ts l k T X r, s STX, D So o us wl- pro 'd Tl T sec 'Ty, 'naT ' d Irf , Tor ' - s v ' T, ' ' ' ' T e r s 2? s, x Q e , I ' f 3 ss TirzT- I s, uld Tl s . o T I- A K T IT, ' l' Inq. . . I I . . V . V . . . V . .A er . S r - e ' , e ' ' . . , . . , . . . T , w s C , . . , , . C N

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In Memorlam BARNET S MINTERS DIED ON JUNE 22 1941 Shall long keep his memory green IH our souls Moore Oh Brearhe No'r Hrs Name And Hue fear Hwa+ we shed, rhough in sec:re+ I+ rolis,

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FGUR YEARS OF OFFICIAL CLASSES AND TI-IFN I Tnme Freshman Year PIace Ofhcnal Room CharacTers Teacher anyone were noT parTIcuIar As Freshmen we donT know any beTTer sTudenTs seen noT heardj Teacher Now gIrls only gIrIs Then' buf donf forgeT we re sTIlI uncIvIIIzed In The ways of LaneITes When we begIn To occupy The lefT sIde of The gym we ravse our baffle cry Co ed OTIICIGIS GIFIS you re IU T sTarTIng you ve goT four long hard years before you maybe more Youll have To work hard To geT some place Youll never make IT unless you do al your own homework aT Ieasf once a week If you work hard youll pass unless They change The seaT of ThaT gemus defInITIon he does hIs homework who sITs In fronf of you Keep TryIng perhaps ThaT gIrI on your rIgInT knows The answers And so wITh speeches IIlce The former To cheer us one day we arruve aT Tnme Sophomore Year afTer a year of learnIng we re sTIIl Saps Place OTIICIGI Room Characfers Teacher STudenTs IT s noT very dITferenT from The precedmg year We re IusT sTarT Ing To TIT IH Teachers greef us as fellows' Teacher Boys and gIrIs my frIends unITe' Comes The revolu er excuse me I forgof myself STudenTs ID Theur Thoughfs Aha' a Red' we ve come To The poInT now where w Thnnk back aT The Teachers we changed Our OFICICIGI classes were run someThIng luke ThIs TIme Jumor Year Place OFFICIGI Classes Characfers One lone harassed plagued Tormenfed IndIvIduaI a Teacher STU denTs wITh capITaI S Teacher Now lIsTen here y u II physIcaI dIfferenTIaTIon has ceased we ve now become all of us one and all Iusf members of ThaT greaTesT of all cafegorues The pronoun you These are my rules Follow Them or else' a suspIcIous buzzmg IS heard from The rear seaT Okay I warned you once Down To The Deans offnce wITh you STudenT Buf lvlr I wasnT Talkmg Ask Charley and Charley chnmes In Then IN rapud successuon BIII Joan Esfelle Bob lvlay James eTc shouT TheIr OPINIONS of The maTTer To The now somewhaf bewIIdered Teacher Teacher AII rIghT' uIeT' DonT leT IT happen agaIn Though now hes TryIng To resume hus Tough aTTITude UndersTand7 The year we ve been waITIng for comes aT long lasT We have a goal To reach T aT of graduaTIon Tnme Semor Year We re 8Th Termers Place OIZIICIGI Rooms JusT Semors Teachers have faded from The pIcTure I-lere s a mIId accounf of our lnfe as we wander from one senuor OTTICIBI To anofh T i .g ' I . . F I II I T '- I I y I I I. I I y I ' I. . I - I. I D. . II. ' - r h I ' ' ' h ' . J I ' ' , e And so we pass The half-way mark. Safely over The border Though Ill. ' - ' . J . I O Ka . ,. . 4 -T I TT . mf-' . I . I l . L' l ' ' . . . ' ' ' f ' I . ' N ,4 I . Q . F f. . ' II I . I ' IV. ' - ' - ' . I I . I I - -'X I I . . . , ,. . er.,