Franklin School - Franklinite Yearbook (New York City, NY)

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'I HE FRAN KLIN ITE Board of Editors LEWIS COLE LEONARD ULLMANN Business Managers Managers-in-Chief DAVID ROSEN RALPH MALLIN Associate Managers STAFF IRVING CJRUBNIAN THOMAS MOHR DONALD LEVIN PERRY NEUSCHATZ 3255-P S

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SIX -4HK4 ACUL 01 504 4 , ,s A ' 'S 0 VM: 1 -' 'Youl l TY Top: Mr. Stevens, Mr. Spahn, Dr. Stanclerwick, Mr. King, Mr. Ross Middle: Mr. Bartlett, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Landsberg, Mrs. Coufall, Mr. Heldt Bottom: Miss Giordan, Miss Necker, Miss Limbaeh, Mr. Bereiiberg, Mr. Hall, Mrs. Josephs, Miss Di Lello

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4 Ma.: - IJ egg! 4:?A 1 I A Message to the Students of Franlelin on 'c e Qccasion of the chool Diamond. Jubilee K K' X- UNDERSTAND THAT THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL is the direct successor of the Dr. Julius Sachs Collegiate Institute from which I graduated in 1895. During the 10 years I attended the school it was situated at 38 West 59th Street. The Principal, Dr. Julius Sachs, was a great educator of the old school of teaching. The discipline was quite rigid but there was a fine spirit de corps and I think that most of the graduates did well at college, since they had an ex- cellent grounding. Life was much more simple in those days than at present. There were no automobiles, no radios, no movies, no subways, no airplanes and very few tele- phonesg but in spite of this and in the face of somewhat rigid discipline, we boys had an awfully good time. Our main rivals were the Public School at West 54th Street and the De La Salle Institute, a Catholic School situated on 59th Street near what is now the Barbizon Plaza Hotel. There was great rivalry between the three schools. Most of us had lunch at school and after lunch during the winter months when there was snow on the ground, the boys of each school made a dash for the summer house on the WVest Drive over Central Park. A great battle always ensued. The team that had reached the summer house first defended their citadel: the others charged up the hill in an effort to wrest it from them. I am afraid that occasionally a stray stone found its way into a snowball, but while there were a great many bruises, I do not recall any serious casualties. The leader of the snowball fights-and in fact of all sports-was a boy by the name of August Valladier. He was somewhat older than the rest of us and we younger boys looked up to him as a great hero. He was very attractive, cou- rageous and bold. Unfortunately, I lost track -of him shortly after leaving school and I have no idea what became of him. One of the very vivid recollections of my school days was the great blizzard of l888. It snowed steadily for three full days and nights, and it was extremely cold with an unusually high wind. As a result, the snow drifted in some places up to I0 or 12 feet. As I have said, there were no subways or automobiles in those days and people had to depend for transportation on horse-drawn vehicles or a few cable cars. We were dismissed from school the afternoon of the first day. Thereafter, school was in recess for three or four days, but those of us kids who were permitted to go on the streets did have a wonderful time. I recall too that the storm brought many tragedies and worries. A great many people were frozen or became so exhausted that they died or suffered severe injuries. I recall the EIGHT 4 KK6