Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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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.

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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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THE PIONEER 21 L. G., C. Ewing. A forward did well to get away from “ Mabel. At the interscholastic meet. May 28, Goshen won third place with but four men. That certainly is a good showing. Goshen could never expect to win the meet against Middletown and Newburgh. J. Lewis, our only runner, showed up well and if he trains will be a sure point winner next year. In the half mile bicycle race Ryer-son’s chain broke at the start. If this had not happened we would have had five more points. However, Ewing scored second. The two mile bicycle race was the suprise. Ryerson, who had never ridden two miles in training, set the pace for a mile and a half and got third, Ewing following the field until the last half. Then he started to sprint. It was a close race, but the Newburgh rider managed to win by less than a wheel length. Capt. Welsh, who had been putting the shot forty-two feet in practice, could not do better than thirty-nine on the day of the meet, so the best he could get was second. The winner put it thirty-nine feet and ten inches. The same was true in the discus throw. Welsh came second to Lovely, of Middletown, with a throw of one hundred twenty-three feet. The point score of the meet was as follows: Middletown, 61. Newburgh, 54. Goshen, 13. Florida, 7. Washingtonville, 6. Port Jervis, 5. Warwick, 3. Walden, 3. Chester, 0. Cornwall, 0. Goshen will be represented at the following meets during the summer. Middletown, Newburgh, and Ellenville. So far we have scored thirteen points and hope to gain many more before the season closes. Goshen High, however, will lose some of its athletes this year, but we hope those who remain and the young fellows will take a greater interest than they have this year. Don’t try to excuse yourself by saying you cannot accomplish anything. Certainly no one can win if he does not train hard for weeks. Perhaps after training he cannot win a place but he has lost nothing by the attempt. Besides the physical gain he is better fitted to compete another year and when he does make his first point he will have a feeling of satisfaction such as he has never had before In conclusion, we urge all the boys who are left in school to train themselves and do their best. Do what you can for the honor of our dear “ New High School and do not try to be excused from your duty. J. M. W., Captain of Track and Basketball Team. Graduation Exercises THE Eighteenth Annual Commencement Exercises of Goshen High School will be held Wednesday evening, June 22, in Music Hall. The usual reception to the graduates will follow the graduation exercises. Dayton's full orchestra will furnish music both for the Commencement program and for the reception. PROGRAM. . . (I “ Inspector General, . . . Losey Orchestra j2 .. Amaranthu9 .... Gilden Invocation, . . . Rev. Floyd H. Crane, Ph. D. Essay, with Salutatory, • “ The Ship That Found Herself ” Mary B. McCormack. Oration, . “ Development of the American Navy Edwin Reynolds Farley. Essay, ...... Forest Preservation Hermine M. L. Kattmann Oration, . “ Henry Ward Beecher and the Civil War ” Edwin Harold Parker. Orchestra, Song for Cornet—“ Calm as the Night, Bohm Oration...........................“ Henry Clay ” John M. Welsh. {Tggay....................... The Battle of Minisink Alice Baldridge Lewis. Oration, with Valedictory, . . “ Charles Sumner Everett Mohlar Vincent. Orchestra, “ Scunde Billet—The Divertisment, . Bendix Address................................Richard E. Coon Presentation of Independent Republican Prize, the Minisink Chapter D. A. R. Essay Prizes, and the Board of Education Scholarship Prize. Presentation of Diplomas. Orchestra, “ Goshen High School March. . Wyker