Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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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.

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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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THE PIONEER 21 We wish to congratulate Miss Lewis for the way in which she lias advanced the standard of the Goshen High School. We feel proud to have been even Juniors while she presided over the school as a Senior. We wish that Miss Lewis will continue in her good fortune in the future and that her second year may be as prosperous as the first. Editok. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Tablet. rfjttt EMORIAL Day was celebrated in a manner that will be remembered long by those who were fortunate enough to be present on the occasion. The celebration, which included the unveiling of the bronze tablet bearing the address of President Lincoln at Gettysburg, presented to the Board of Education by Major Murray Camp, Sons of Veterans, and which is placed in the main hall way of the new High School building, was under the direction of the members of the Sons of Veterans, under the able direction of Fred B. Hock. Mr. Hock deserves a great deal of commendation for the able manner in which he directed the affairs of the day. The Camp is to be congratulated upon their choice of tablet. His immortal words, delivered on the historic spot will never die as long as the English language is spoken. After invocation by ltev. Walter A. Wagner, the presentation speech was ably delivered by Capt. A. J. Moore. The unveiling then took place by a grandson of a veteran, E. Thatcher White. Prin. M. C. Smith with appropriate words then accepted the tablet in the behalf of the Board of Education. To the members of Major IT. S. Murray Camp, No. 120, Sons of Veterans, we extend our heartiest thanks for such a inag-nificient tablet. Editor. Training Class Next Year. TTllE friends of the school are rejoicing w over the selection by the State Education Department of Goshen as a location for a teachers’ training class. The class will be organized for next year and already a number of applications for membership have been received. The prospects for a large class are very promising. Goshen’s New High School Building. iTUSHEN’S new High School build-ing is fast nearing completion and the citizens have been watching with a great deal of pride the growth of this stately edifice. Contractor W. C. Altmann has about finished the work of plastering and a large force of carpenters are busy on the wood work of the interior. The building will be one of the finest school structures in this part of the state, and when the grounds are properly graded and the lawns made, it will be one of the most imposing buildings in the village. The work of construction has been closely supervised by the architect and the members of the board of education, and under the painstaking direction of the general contractor, all the embarrassing mistakes and costly errors which are so common in the erection of public buildings have been avoided. Contrary to the first opinion of many the site selected is in nearly every respect an excellent one. It is in a conspicuous