Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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THE PIONEER 19 of the best known school architects in the country and has built many of the best buildings in New Jersey and Eastern New York. The building provides for four grade rooms and the high school department as well as for several unassigned rooms which will later be used as the growing needs of the school may require. An auditorium seating five hundred is provided for and also a gymnasium with locker rooms, etc. The gymnasium, which is de-signed for physical training classes, will also be adapted for basket-ball and other indoor games. The building will be built entirely above ground, and the first floor, or basement floor, will thus be available for school purposes. The main entrance will be on Main St., with two entrances at the sides, one for the boys on Erie St. and one for the girls on the side next to Music Hall. The side entrances, which will be the ones used by the students, will let into a long corridor extending through the center of the building. At either end of this corridor stairs will lead to the floors above. As one enters the main entrance in front, he will find himself in a lobby room from which opens the Board of Education office and the teachers’ room. These rooms will be large and well equipped for their purpose. On the basement floor are the lockers and toilet rooms for the entire building, two unassigned class rooms for future expansion and the big gymnasium, whose dimensions are about 45 ft. x 70 ft. From the front lobby a broad flight of stairs leads to the first floor above. The corridor on the first floor above the basement, running the entire length of the building, is sixteen feet wide, and an inlaid mosaic floor is planned for. On this floor the four corner rooms are to be primary grades rooms. The libraries are to occupy the space in the center front, and in the center rear and extending back about forty feet beyond the rear wall of the building proper is the auditorium, which is directly over the gymnasium. The auditorium projection is to be but one story above the basement, while the main part of the building is to be two. The entrance to the au' ditorium will be from the corridor on the fiirst floor directly in front of the main entrance-The grade class rooms arranged for on this floor are designed to accomodate forty pupils each, and from each class room will open cloak locker rooms. On the second floor (above the basement) the high school department will be cared for. A center corridor, narrower than the ones on the two floors below, runs the entire length of the building. This floor provides for a large academic study hall seating one hundred twenty-five, where no recitations will be held; four high school recitation rooms, one of which will be fitted up for a music and drawing room; two science laboratories with the necessary supply room and apparatus closets, and a science lecture room. There will also be provided for this floor a reference library reading room, a small office and emergency toilets. This building follows the general line of many of the best buildings of recent construction, and we are sure that when the structure is completed it will be found that Goshen has one of the best arranged buildings possible under the conditions. The building is to be fire-proof with exterior of pressed brick trimmed with limestone and marble. Prize Speaking Contests. THE annual local prize speaking contest was held at Music Hall on Thursday evening. May 26. 1910. All of the speakers showed the result of a great deal of careful training and delivered their selections so well that the judges were given a very difficult task in deciding upon the winners. Following is the program: Orchestra . • Not Guilty, ..................... The Old Settler’s Story, “ The New South, .... “ The Fiddle Told, Vocal Solo,........................ Storming of Mission Ridge, ■ How the La Rue Stakes Were Lost, The Black Regiment, “ Cherokee Roses,” .... Violin Solo—Selected, . ( Orchestra Medley- Hits of 1910 . . Willis Marsh . . Elma Abrams . John M. Welsh Charlotte Schriver . . Mary Y. Lewis . . . Earl Roosa Mary McCormack E. Reynolds Farley . Emma Kattmann . Miss Julia Reid Rose Blushes. Wooden Shoe Dance.

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18 THE PIONEER On the whole, the Iroquois were of all the Indian tribes of North America not only the most powerful, but also the highest developed, and some of their leaders, as, for instance, Red Jacket of the Seneca tribe and Brant of the Mohawk, were men of valor, understanding, and eloquence. The enmity of the Iroquois towards the French had its origin in a little skirmish they had in 1609 with Champlain, when a few of their chiefs were slain. But there was another cause. The Iroquois and the Algonquins were deadly, hereditary enemies, and so they had been from time far back, beyond the coming of the white man to North America; and the intimacy between the Algonquins and the French proved a serious barrier to the latter when they sought to make friends of the Iroquois. For a quarter of a century the French made every effort to win the Six Nations, and they would doubtless have succeeded but for the counter influence of one man, William Johnson, the British superintendent of Indian affairs. Johnson spent many years among the Iroquois, knew their language as he knew his own, married a Mohawk squaw, sister to Joseph Brant, and was a Sachem of their tribe. It was through the influence of Johnson, who was a royalist, that Brant cast his lot and that of the Iroquois with Great Britain. During the Revolutionary war, Brant attacked and nearly destroyed by fire and sword the settlements of Cobleskill, German Flats, and Andrewstown. During this same war Brant committed the massacre of Minisink, and made depredations into Wyoming and Cherry Valley. But in the next year of the war the Americans retaliated, and General Sullivan nearly broke the power of the Confederation. The Iroquois present a remarkable exception to the supposed general law of decrease amnog the American Indians, they having increased at every enumeration since the year 1812, when they reached their lowest point of numbers. Nearly one-half of the Iroquois, have removed from New York to points farther west. The largest reservation is that of the Mohawks, on the Grand River in Ontario, one hundred fifty miles west of Niagara. The Mohawks of Grand River number nearly two thousand, with these are now three hundred Tuscaroras and a few individuals from the other tribes. Five-sixths of the Oneidas, or about one thousand five hundred, live on a reservation on Green Bay, Wis., and some two hundred fifty Senecas reside in the Indian Territory. The Six Nations, having long since sold all their lands in New York, they are scattered among the sister tribes, with whom they have intermarried. All the Six Nations have enjoyed the benefits of missions from an early period in the century, and for twenty years past their schoools have been supported by the State, the teachers being mainly natives. Three hundred years have now elapsed and the war whoop of the Iroquois now ceases to turn the white man s blood cold as it did in the days of the pioneer. The territory once traversed by a score of thousand Indians is now populated with two million souls of a different race and color. May the successors of the Iroquois observe the saying that Right makes might,” therefore bringing a reign of peace instead of war over our Empire State. PAUL R. SCHRIVER. Our New High School • w ' 'I OSHEN is to have a new high school VJ building.” The heart of every pupil and graduate and of every friend of public education was made glad when at the special election, held early in the spring, the voters decided by a splendid majority that the time had come for our village to make the move that would put it in line with the other up-to-date villages and cities in the matter of school buildings. This district will spend about $70,000 on the building'and its equipment, and this, with our present splendid high school building, which will be used for a grammar school when the new building is occupied, will give Goshen one of the finest school plants in this part of the State. The Noah Webster building, which is now used as a grade school, will probably be abandoned for school purposes. The site chosen for the new building is an excellent one. It is in a conspicuous part of the town and its close proximity to the old high school will render the management of the schools much less difficult then if they were at a considerable distance from each other. The lot is directly in front of the present high school, measuring about 190 ft. on Main St. and 340 on Erie St. The board of education and principal Smith have devoted a great deal of time to the study of school house architecture and building plans. The plans of nearly all of the new school buildings in this part of the State have been investigated and the type of building that has finally been selected was chosen after consulting with many of the best architects and school authorities in the State. Mr. Wm. T. Towner, of New Rochelle, who is at present at work on his one hundred and fifteenth school building, was selected to draw the plans. Mr. Towner is one

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20 THE PIONEER After a careful consideration on the part of the judges the prizes were awarded as follows: The first prize for the girls was given to Miss Charlotte Schriver, and the first prize for boys to John M. Welsh. The second prize for the girls was given to Miss Emma Kattmann and the second prize for boys to E. Reynolds Farley. The interscholastic contest was held at Music Hall on Saturday evening, May 28, and that the result was pleasing to Goshen need not be told to anyone who was present when the prizes were awarded. Three schools, Florida, Warwick and Goshen, were represented and the following program was given: Piano Solo—Selected, .... Florence Mapes “ The New South,'” .... John M. Welsh “ The Gypsy Flower Girl, .... Mary Sayer “ A Plea for Cuba, .... Joseph Brown Soprano Solo—Selected, . . . Mary Y. Lewis The Fiddle Told, . , . Charlotte Schriver “ Funeral Oration of Marc Antony. . Raymond Sanford “ Jean Valjean, .... Evangeline Landes Violin Solo—Selected...................Miss Julia Reid By the decision of the judges in this contest the first prize for girls was awarded to Miss Charlotte Schriver, of Goshen High School, and the first prize for boys to Raymond Sanford, of Warwick High School. The second prize for the girls was given to Miss Mary Sayer, of Warwick High School, and the second prize for the boys to John M. Welsh, of Goshen High School. High School Athletics APART of the most valuable training a young man gets in the high school is obtained by engaging in athletic sports. This training hardens his muscles and gives him a strong, healthy body. Health is as important a factor in the world as is the knowledge of subjects taught in the high school. The men who achieve success in life are those who are strong and healthy, able to give and take the hard knocks. Occasionally we find a man physically weak at the head of affairs, but such men are rare and require a very strong will power. It is the healthy men who stand the best show in the battle of life. The season of ’09-’ 10 was one of the most successful in the history of Goshfen high school. The track team, composed of only four members, during 1909 scored thirty-four points. Of these Ryerson made one, Farnum two, Ewing fourteen, and Welsh seventeen. At the begining of the second term, a basketball team was organized and a number of games were scheduled. In the first game, played with Warwick, the Goshen team won by the score of 35-21. A return game was played at Warwick in which our team was defeated. The cause was the knocking out of our center, Lewis, by Dughi, who was bound to win no matter by what means. The rubber game was not played. Our next game played was at Cornwall, resulting in a victory for the Cornwall team. Different things were accountable for the defeat. At the last moment our unbeatable center got “ cold feet, whatever that is, and would not go; a second was the Middletown candy, and the third was poor playing. After the game a dance was held and all had an enjoyable time. During the dance something happened, every one was “ smitten ” and simply had to go to Newburgh the next day. Although it rained all day, we had a fine time, chaperoned by the fair Miss Brown and others. The last game of the season was with Cornwall. This resulted in a victory for Goshen. The score 38-21. As each team had won a game and a neutral floor could not be agreed upon, Goshen High was tied for the championship. The personnel of the team was as follows: L. G., J. Lewis. “Miss Brown was after his man all the time and any points his opponent made were dearly earned. R. G., H. Parker. Always played a good game and seldom allowed his man a chance to score. C., E. Roosa. “ Rooster ” outjumped his man all the time and has a good eye for shooting baskets. L. F., H. Ryerson. “ Hen ” played his usual strong game and was there on team work. R. F., J. Welsh, Capt. His work always in evidence and caged the ball at the least opportunity. R. G., E. Vincent. This was his first try at basketball, but he certainly is a “ comer.