Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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THE PIONEER 15) THE SPEAKING CONTEST. Goshen and Warwick Win First Honors and Port Jervis Second. The interscholastic prize speaking contest was held at Music Hall Saturday night. Three schools had representatives in the contest, Port Jervis, Warwick and Goshen. Goshen won the first prize for boys; Port Jervis two second prizes, and Warwick the first prize for girls. There was a large attendance and each school was well represented by a number of enthusiastic “rooters,” who were very orderly during the speaking and nothing happened to mar the evening’s program. A very pleasant musical program was rendered during the evening. Miss Juliette Weir, the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Weir, of this village, gave a piano solo which was beautifully rendered and showed Miss Weir to be possessed of considerable musical ability. Charles L. Tierney sang a solo, for which Miss Mary Marsh played the accompaniment. Mr. Tierney is a well known singer and has appeared before Goshen audiences a number of times. Miss Marsh’s playing was greatly enjoyed. Miss Mary F. Saver, of the Warwick high school, was awarded the first prize for the girls. She spoke on “The Sign of the Cross.” Miss Saver was the winner of the second prize last year in a similar contest. The second prize for girls went to Miss Helen Merriam, of Port Jervis, who spoke on “The Death Disk.” Saver Seely, of Goshen, was the winner of the first prize for boys. Mr. Seely spoke on “The Signing of the Declaration.” The second prize for boys was awarded to Joseph 1). Hughes, of Port Jervis. The program was as follows: Piano--------------------Juliette Weir “The Judgment Day” Burt H. Carroll Warwick High School. “The Death Disk” Helen Merriman Port Jervis High School. “The Signing of the Declaration” --------------------------Saver Seely Goshen High School. “The Sign of the Cross” ..Mary F. Saver Warwick High School. “Exordium in the Knapp Murder Case” -------------------Joseph D. Hughes Port Jervis High School. “The Whistling Regiment” ------------------------Alice Dayton Goshen High School. Music. Decision of judges. The prizes were gold and silver medals and were given by Sheriff A. C. Sutherland, Dr. E. G. Parker and Dr. Charles II. Thompson. The judges were Superintendent Wesley D. Tisdale, of Ramsey, N. J., schools; Principal Raymond L. Freed, of Chester, and Rev. Mr. Eichenberg, of Monroe. Prize Speaking Contest. The annual prize speaking contest of pupils of the Goshen high school was held at Music Hall Friday evening. There was a large audience and a very pleasing program was given.

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18 THE PIONEER Knocks on Juniors. Most musical—Roswell Purdy. Most amusing—William Welsh. Most abused—Charlotte Schriver. Most fussy—Augustus Lippert. Most attractive—I really can’t decide. Biggest flirt—Orlando Smith. Most bashful—Lester Tremper. Most ambitious—Evaleen Hartman. Most generous—Myrtle Me Munn. Most harmless—Anna Strong. Softest heart—Willis Marsh. Prettiest eyes—Helen Wallace. Oftenest engaged—Dorothy Parker. Worst bluffer—Henry Merritt. Noisest—They all are. Oldest—Looks often deceive. Happiest—Marjorie Stocken. Quietest—Ralph Earle. Wittiest—Earl Roosa, especially in German I. Poetic—Dorothy Parker. Theorem. A poor lesson is better than a good lesson. Proof—Nothing is better than a good lesson. A poor lesson is better than nothing. Therefore, a poor lesson is better than a good lesson. Mother: “Tommy, why did you go swimming?’’ Tommy: “Satan tempted me, mother.’’ Mother: “Well why didn’t you say get thee behind me, Satan?” Tommy: “I did and he pushed me into the water.” Take the Hint. Inspector: “Let me congratulate you on your new class. It certainly will make an improvement for the nearby country.” Principal: “What do you mean? What class is this?” Inspector: “Why your agriculture class, I see the boys are taking hoeing and general gardening lessons on the tennis court.” A Scientific Theory. “Now they claim that the human body contains sulphur.” “In what amount?” “Oh, in varying quantities.” “Well, that may account for some girls making better matches than others.”— Pittsburg Post. THE PASSING HOUR. “My father and I know everything in the world,” said a small boy to his companion. “All right,” said the latter. “Where’s Asia?” It was a stiff question, but the little fellow answered cooly, “That is one of the questions my father knows.”—Tit-Bits. A Stone’s Throw. “The ancient Romans had a catapult that could hurl rocks more than a mile.” “Now I understand it.” “What?” “ My landlord told me this house was a stone’s throw from the depot. He must have had it on his hands since the time of the Caesars.”—Cleveland Leader.

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I'O THE PIONEER The High School Glee Club made its first appearance and rendered some excellent selections. The club had been under the instruction of Miss Aneita D. Hunter, one of the teachers, and much credit is due Miss Hunter fjr their good work. The stage and boxes were appropriately decorated with green foliage. The judges were from out of town and were Principals Raymond I.. Freed, of Chester, and Kasson Beilby, of Washing-tonville. The first prize for the girls was awarded to Miss Alice Dayton, whose subject was “The Whistling Regiment.” The prize was $10 in gold. Miss Maude Sclioonmaker received the second prize for the girls. Miss Schoon-maker spoke on “Bill Perkins’s Toboggan Slide.” The prize was a $5 gold piece. “The Signing of the Declaration of Independence” was the subject of Saver Seely’s piece, which was awarded the first prize for boys, of $10. Henry B. Merritt received the second prize of $5 and spoke on “The Negro in the New South.” During the evening Miss Florence Mapes made her debut as a vocalist and was well received. Her singing was generously applauded and Miss Mapes was compelled to respond to an encore. The accompaniment on the piano was played by Miss Adele Schoonmaker. Miss Philena Young, who is a pianist of considerable ability, rendered a piano solo and the applause which followed was so prolonged that she was obliged to respond with another selection. The donors of the prizes were Supervisor George F. Gregg; President Joseph Merritt, of the Board of Education; Deputy County Clerk William N. Hoffman, and Principal Montgomery C. Smith. The winners of the first prizes represented the school in the interscholastic speaking contest at Music Hall Saturday night. The program follows: Chorus, selected High School Glee Club “The Black Horse and Its Rider” Orlando Smith “The Whistling Regiment’’.Alice Dayton “The Negro in the New South”--------- Henry B. Merritt “Biff Perkins’s Toboggan Slide” Maude Schoonmaker Vocal Solo Florence Mapes “The Heart of Old Hickory” Harriette Houston “The Singing of the Declaration of Independence” Sayer Seely “Ole Mistis” Emmy Kattmann Piano solo, selected Philena Young Chorus Glee Club Decision of judges. Congratulations. ALICE B. Lewis, TO, has again made the Goshen High School indebted to her for keeping up the reputation of the school. Miss Lewis has just finished her Freshman year in the New York Medical School. With the close of her first year she has earned the honor of obtaining the Freshman Scholarship, which amounts to fifty dollars in gold and an equal amount towards her tuition. With this, she has been appointed Assistant Preceptress of Physiology.