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

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-I A J W an The John Doob Cup, offered by the Class of 1926 in memory of a classmate, given annually to a member of the Senior B Class who has distinguished himself by his character, his scholastic record, and his achievements in extra- curricular activities: Awarded to John Schwab The Alumni Cup offered by the Alumni Association to a member of the Senior C Class who has distinguished himself by his character, his scholastic record, and his achievements in extra-curricular activities: Awarded to Julius Spellman The Robert Jacobson Medal for Excellence in History, offered by Mrs. Julia Jacobson in memory of her son, Lt. Robert Jacobson: Awarded to John Schwab The Charles Weil Medal, offered by Mr. and Mrs. Irving Weil in memory of their son, given annually to the best student in history in the Junior II class: Awarded to Tito Texidor The Prize for Excellence in Biology: Awarded to Julius Spcllman CLASS PRIZES Senior B - - Senior C junior Il - junior I - Intermediate IV Intermediate III Intermediate Il Intermediate I HERBERT GOLDBERG JULIUS SPELLMAN - JOSEPH CO!-IN - RALPH FEIGIN - BARRY PoGAsH RICHARD GREENBERG - - JAY GAINES THOMAS SHACHTMAN 0 twenty-Eve , ...J

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'T Ill- 1 1 ig-1 '..f1mj. : , ' Fi? BOMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HE si1vENTv-EIGHTH Commencement Exercises of Franklin School were held at St. Paul and St. Andrew Church, corner of 86th Street and West End Avenue, on the evening of Thursday, june 8, 1950. Richard Bernstein delivered the Salutatory address. He was followed by Marvin Kornblau, the Class Historian, Frank Halpern, the Class Prophet, and Arnold Lederman, the Valedictorian. The guest speaker of the evening was Reverend F. Howard Callahan, D.D., the pastor of St. Paul and St. Andrew Church. After the address of the guest speaker, Mr. Walter R. Mohr of the Columbia Alumni Association awarded the school the Columbia Alumni Prize in honor of Robert A. Milch, Franklin '45, After a short farewell address to the graduates, Mr. Hall granted diplomas to twenty-five members of the class of l950. Prizes for scholastic and athletic achievement were distributed by Mr. Berenberg as follows: E The Franklin School Medal for General Excellence given to that member of the Senior Class who has the best scholastic record during the four years of the high school course: Awarded to Lawrence Greenspan The Franklin School Medal for Excellence in English: Awarded to Eric Tolmach The Franklin School Medal for Excellence in Latin: Awarded to Richard Nemerov The Henry Koplik Medal for Creative Writing given annually by Mrs. August V. Lambert in memory of her nephew, a member of the Class of 1929: Awarded to Edward Blickstein The Eli Allison Cup for Excellence in Science, given by the Class of 1940 in memory of Mr. Eli Allison: Awarded to Marvin Kornblau The Allen Henry Hyman Cup for Excellence in Athletics, given annually by Mr. and Mrs. Irving Hyman in memory of their son: Awarded to Arnold Lederman The Prize for Excellence in French: Awarded to jay joseph twenty-four I

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If 'T5'5 '4 1 EE .A A T17-'i'1 'V'3C' FRANKLIN 5'6H00l MEDALS' SENIOR A Richard Bernstein Lawrence Greenspan Julius Gruff I. Frank Halpern Marvin Kornblau Arnold Lederman Richard Nemerov Jerome Stern Jay Stevens Eric Tolmach Walter Trent SENIOR B Richard Ehrenfeld jay joseph Arthur Meyers Ira Scharfer John Schwab Alfred Sommer Charles Tager SENIOR C Gilbert Alexander Ronald Kapon Lucian Lubelski George Somekh Alfred Stern jay Gold , JUNIOR II -' JUNIOR I Barry Sherman ' Harold Richman . -'rl . INTERMEDIATE III Richard Adelaar Howard Berman Peter Wolfe INTERMEDIATE II ' tis -P . az M 'i . ., in twenty-six 0 I il . 4 , ,. l. gg.. . X 'I 1i'.,.1H .. I .1 ' . ., , . Mark Berman Alan Feit Andrew Krulwich Edward Morris Richard Muller Richard Marks Bruce Solow INTERMEDIATE I, Stephen Kreisberg