Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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THE PIONEER 9 Annual Prize Speaking Contest. THE annual prize speaking contest of the Goshen high school this spring was far more successful than even the most sanguine had dared to hope. The highly creditable manner in wnich each declamation and recitation was rendered must have been most gratifying to those who had drilled the speakers. The program follows: Piano Solo. “Valse Arabesque.” Florence Mapes. Declamation. “The Hero in Gray,” Arthur Brown. Recitation, “The Sioux Chief’s Daughter,” Mattie Sutherland. Declamation, “The Charge of the Black Regiment,” Harold Parker. Violin Solo, “ Hail Columbia,” Julia Reed. Recitation, ‘ ‘ The Soul of the Violin, ’ ’ Katheryne Hayne. Declamation, “The Doom of the Claudius and Cynthia,” Alfred Wyker. Recitation, “The Polish Boy,” Julia Reid. Recitation, “ Pauline Pavalovna,” Marie Parker. Declamation, ‘ ‘ Arbaces and the Eruption of Vesuvius,” Augustus C. Wallace. Chorus, “The Shoogy-Shoo, ” Choral Club.” Vocal Solo, “The Four-leaf Clover,” Grace Potter. Mr. Parker won first place among the boys and Mr. Brown second, while Miss Hayne won first prize for girls, and Miss Parker second. At the interscholastic contest the following program was rendered: Piano Solo, Moonlight Sonata,” Florence Mapes. Recitation, ‘ ‘ How the Church was Built at Kehoes Bar,” Maude Sullivan, Warwick, H. S. Declamation, “Immortal Washington,” Arthur T. Brown, S. S. Seward Institute. Recitation, “Eva’s Death,” Georgia Starks, Montgomery H. S. Vocal Solo, (with violin obligato) “ Sing Me to Sleep,’’ Grace Potter and Julia Reid. Declamation, “ One Niche the Highest,” Chas. Hawkins, Warwick H. S. Recitation, Flying Jim’s Last Leap,” Ruth C. Vernon, S. S. Seward Institute. Declamation, “The Black Regiment, Harold Parker, Goshen H. S. Violin Solo, “ Bolero,” Julia Reid. Recitation, “TheSoul of the Violin,” Katheryne Hayne, Goshen H. S. Declamation, ‘1Toussaint L’ Ouverture,' ’ William Delaney, Port Jervis H. S. Recitation, “ How the Gospel Came to Jim Oaks.” Marie P. Dudley, Port Jervis H. S. Vocal Duet, “Merry June,” Marie Parker and Grace Potter. Piano Duet, Sylvia Smtth and Adele Schoon-maker. In this Mr. Delaney of Port Jervis won first place for orations, with Mr. Brown of Florida second ; and Miss Hayne won first place for recitations, with Miss Dudley of Port Jervis second. This department of high school training is most important, in that the public speaking gives to the speaker a confidence in himself and an absence of embarrassment that he otherwise would find it hard to cultivate. ■ ■ ■ Shakespeare Club. THE Shakespeare Club held sessions every Tuesday evening from the first week in October until the last week in April, inclusive. The books read and discussed were “ Macbeth ” and “A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream.” The attendance was exceptionally good, and 1 much real interest was evidenced by the members. It must be encouraging to the faculty to see so much attention paid to the culture of tastes decidedly literary and aesthetic. DID YOU HEAR THE ECHO ? Teacher (to pupil who is drumming on desk): Charles, stop that 1” Charles: “I’m not making any noise, I was only shivering ; that’s the echo you hear.” They say that Joe Stocken will not be interested in G. H. S. after this year.

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8 THE PIONEER 3urttor Section. Class Roll. ALFRED WYKER, - - - President MARIE PARKER, - - - Vice-President EDITH STRONG, - - - Secretary ELEANOR P'ARLEY, - - Treasurer AUGUSTUS WALLACE, - - - Editor ETHEL LEWIS. FANNIE JACKSON ARTHUR SHEELEY. Class Flower—Wisteria. Class Colors—Blue and Gold. Reply to the Charge. DEAR SENIORS: Your advice has fallen upon willing ears, and we will earnestly endeavor to follow your various examples in all things possible. In most things we are sorry to state you are impossible. Your distinguished president has always been noted for quietness and submissiveness to others. She is a great lover of peace and sleep. Indeed, so fond is she of her morning slumbers that she seldom gets to school before half past one. Your editor, he of the unfickle disposition, whose words (and girls) are as unchanging as the weather. This precedent is surely noteworthy. The secretary, whose solemn face and sedate manners have always been remarkable (by their absence), truly a fitting model for all our members. Let the seniors point with pride to their secretary, who can giggle by the hour and hardly make a sound. And last, but not least of the members by any means (one glance is enough to assure one of that) is the treasurer; the witty, scintilating treasurer, whose forte is originality and laughter; he will certainly be a successful doctor. His patients will get well in self-defense. Seriously, we should advise Mr. Brown to confine himself a little less to study. However, it is lucky that the Senior class possesses one member who “ had time ” to get his lesson. But let us now turn to your colors. They are : fitting, if nothing more: green and yellow. Seniors, you certainly showed discrimination. No one will ever accuse, a part of you at least, of not being fresh; it is very self-evident that you are much too forward, even for people of your advanced years. Yellow reflects more light than any other color except white. You doubtless were aware of this when you chose your color. This little splurge of yours, this graduation, is only a reflector to show the shining light of the Junior class. In closing let me say in behalf of the Juniors, that while we make criticisms on you of the Senior class, we have your welfare truly at heart, and we wish you most complete success in your future life. A. F. W., ’98. - ■■ ■ ■ ♦---- The Choral Club. THE Goshen High School Girls’ Choral Club consists of eighteen members, who, under the instruction of long-suffering Miss Mitchell, have labored approximately once a week during the past school year, over the practicing of “The Shoogy-Shoo, Voices of the Woods,” et cetera; and, when occasions have presented themselves, such as the annual school entertainment, the oratorical contest, and others, they have attempted to render these selections in such a manner that the audience would not be obliged to leave instantly, in order to retain its usual health. The people generally pacified their desperately inclined friends in some manner. And then the commotion in the hall would, in a slight degree, subside. Anyone who has undergone the rendering of some of the Club’s “ music.” and has recovered, will call to mind the fact that the Choral numbers invariably been placed at the end of the programme. This was done so that after the singing (?) the girls might immediately escape through the back door and reach home without being mobbed. A MEMBER OF THE CLUB. ( Between the lines you can discern that extreme modesty is the cause for her satire.)

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10 THE PIONEER The Minisink Prize Essay. THE following essay won for Miss Marie Parker the prize of $5 offered by the Minisink Chapter, D. A. R.: JAMESTOWN. It had been a hard voyage for the men on board the Sarah Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery—this crossing of the ocean from their native to an almost unknown land—for they had spent four long, lonely months on the great sea, in the roughest of weather. Nevertheless, on the th:rteenth of May. sixteen hundred and seven, the adventurers, under the command of Captain Newport, sailed boldly into Cheaspeake Bay, and saw for the first time the land (Virginia) which, in England, had been described to them as ‘' a promised landand called ‘ ‘ Earth ’ s only Paradise.” After sailing for about fifty miles up the Powhatan river, which they called the James, in honor of the then reigning English monarch, the site of the first permanent English settlement in America was chosen, and named Jamestown. The colonists brought with them a charter, given by the king, in which it was stated that for five years all labor was to be for the benefit of the joint stock, and that the government was to be administered by a council, nominated by the king. The council must reside in Virginia. As soon as the one hundred and five emigrants landed, the council was organized, and they chose Edward Wingfield to be their president. The men were all jealous of one of their party, Captain John Smith, who was the proper person to be at the head of afiairs, because he had more talents and more zeal for settlement than any other man. However, complications soon arose, and they were then very glad to appoint Smith as their leader. Under his direction a rude church, a fort, and a few huts were built, and, in order to keep starvation away, he forced the settlers to plant corn, and declared that he who would not work might not eat.” Most of the men had never worked before, so Smith trained these tender gentlemen till they learned how to swing the axe in the forest, and then he marked out for each man nis daily labor, and saw that it was done. During the summer many died of the deadly ague-and-fever, ” and danger from the Indians was ever present. Notwithstanding all these miseries, everything went on well while Smith remained at Jamestown. He was, however, rather fond of wandering about in the new country, and while he was away the colonists would neglect everything, and spend their time in idleness. It has been said, whether upon fact or not, that once, during one of his wanderings, he was taken prisoner by the Indians. The great Indian king, Powhatan had condemned him to die, and the death blow was just about to fall, when Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Powhatan, rushed forward and begged that Captain Smith’s life might be spared. The king acceding to his daughter’s wish, released Smith and sent him back to Jamestown. Pocahontas became a firm friend of the whites, and did them many a service. She afterward married John Rolfe, a young Englishman. About two years after the settlement of Jamestown, several hundred more emigrants arrived, most of them sent over the sea as a good riddance to England. They brought with them a charter vesting the authority in a governor instead of a local council. Smith made these men work and compelled them to obey him, but he was soon injured by an explosion of gunpowder, and was obliged to leave for England to obtain medical assistance. Idleness and disorder began again, and Indian troubles broke out anew. By spring only sixty of the five hundred colonists were left alive. This period was known as the starving time. At last the men determined to leave the wretched place, and not cne of them shed a tear, for none had enjoyed one day of happiness. The next morning their despondency was turned to lightheartedness, for as they moved slowly down with the tide, they met their new governor, Lord Delaware, with an abundant supply of provisions, and a company of emigrants. They all returned to the homes they had just deserted, and the Jamestown colony was once more saved from ruin. A third charter was granted the colonists in sixteen twelve. The council, residing in London,