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

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MY PUBLIC QUARREL I've goT a quarrel wifh The world. I've been handed a raw deal, The shorf end of a bad bargain, and I'm noT going To Take iT lying down. Back in grade school, when I was as yef happily unaware of whaT my fufure acfually held, I liked To anficipafe a youTh of unresfrained growfh of body, and spiriT, and mind, and happiness. I was desperafely eager To learn as much as I could abouf as many Things as possible. Canada and Europe and, oh, a dozen ofher places would be sources of beaufy and culfure for me. I wanTed so much To geT To know people and like Them, To aTTain one day a True wisdom, To live a life rich wifh varied experiences. And I wanTed To give myself, my efforfs, all I could, To The world, in refurn for The happiness I should derive from iT. BuT, on approaching The Time when I am To Take my place as a ciTizen of our madcap globe, whaT do I find? I find myself loaded down wiTh The burden of a cenfury of ofher peopIe's greed and folly. I'm sevenfeen, and I wanT an unresfrained good sTarT in life. BuT I've firsT goT To Take care of a Palesfinian problem, a famine problem, a de-NazificaTion problem, an afomic bomb problem, a prejudice problem, a labor problem, and I'm afraid To look for any more for The cerTainTy of finding Them. I-low can I help myself? I feel ThaT sysTems of governmenf or of economics do noT sTarT wars or resulT in inTernal sTrife. IT is The characfer of an individual naTion's governmenT ThaT may lead iT To a policy of aggression, of violence, of deceiT: The characTer of iTs ciTizens who allow Their governmenf To acT in such a manner in Their name. There is no room for selfishness, for peTTiness, for The sTupidiTy of an aTTiTude of hope wiThouT acTion in This and in fuTure generaTions. And I will make iT my business To keep This lesson clear and always in mind. I will noT permif myself To become in- differenf To The world ThaT exisTs beyond my home and office, will noT permiT myself To neglecl' my vofing privileges, will noT permif myself To idly look on while my children absorb The hafes and preiudices ThaT may exisT in my communify. And I live wifh and cherish The faiTh ThaT some day, Through The sTrengTh of The combined efforfs of The many, many people of my generafion who feel as I do, we will seTTle This quarrel. JaneT Demsky MEMORIES Franklin K. Lane will hold many memories for us, The sTudenT body, affer gradua- Tion. The four years spenT in Lane will well be remembered. The fun in The classrooms, cramming for an exam aT lunch, freshmen wandering around The halls, The Lane ReporTer, Those dreaded Regenfs, S. S. cards, cuTTing a class for The firsT and lasf Time, are some of The many phases of school life Thaf remain. Our Senior semesfer is probably our mosT cherished semesler of school. The Senior Dance, Class Nighf, Prom, and finally Graduafion end our life aT Lane. Alfhough our high school days are over, our memories of Franklin K. Lane will linger wiTh us forever. Lucy Esburg I2 SENIOR ECHCES