Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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SENIOR TRIP At six-thirty in the morning, April 12, thirty-one, wide-awake, peppy seniors and two capable (and were they capable!) chaperons rushed for the best seats on the bus for the four-day senior trip to Boston. Wo were off i We had lunch at a roadside stand at 11:30. About 1;30 our sightseeing really began. At South Sudbury we went through the Old Mill; then walked across the road tc the Little Red School House, made famous by the childrens classic, Mary Had a Little Lamb, ; Further up the road, we visited the Wayside Inn, made famous by Longfellow's, Tales of a Wayside Inn, which he wrote while staying there. Among the attractions of the Inn was an old cupboard, with a holo in the center, where the tine ' Uood in opening bottles had been stuck thousands of tim.es. We arrived in Boston, disheveled but still full of spirit and pep, at 3:15. At our hotel. The Westminster, wo divided into groups of four and each group received a roun. Wc met our guide, Mr, Winn (inter Mr, Wind ), that overling before wc went to tbo Cr.ior Oyster House for dinner. After dinner we met, in one of the hotel rooms, with Mr, W?r.n who told us some of the things we would see during tho days that followed. Since it wan quite late when the meeting was adjourned, wo were content to write cards and get acquainted with our hotel before retiring. On April 13, the ringing of tho telephone and tho operator's chocry, Good Morning, 7;15, awoke us. Hurriedly we dressed, ate and were on our way by 8;45. Wo started the day by visiting the Museum of Fino Arts whore wo saw, among other things, Paul Rovoro'n accomplishments as a silversmith. Thon wo went through tho Christian Science Publishing Building whore wc saw all of tho operations necessary in tho printing of a newspaper or a magazino. Then wo walked through the churchyard of King's Chapel whore many famous early Americans arc buried. Wc ate at the Durgin-Park Restaurant; then wo visited Faneuil Hall, hotter known as The Cradle of Liberty, because of tho many triatio mootings hold there bbforo and after the Revolution. It is open to visitors, and for public meetings, without charge. V e thcr visited Christ Church, or Old North Church of Paul Revere Fame,1' which still displays tho signal lanterns with which Paul warned the courntryside of the British troops' march to Lexington and Concord. We also saw Paul Rovcrc's homo, which is an oxample of a Colonial homo. Wc wont to tho Navy Yard and say the famous frigato, Old Ironsides, or The Constitution as it is now known. We stopped at Bunker Hill, and most of tho seniors climbed the two hundred ninety-seven stops of tho Bunker Hill Monument 1 -10-

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SENIOR TRIP At Lexington and Concord, we stopped at the Hancock-Clark house. We also 3aw monuments to the Minute Men At the Concord Bridge Monument, Mr. Sinclair took a group picture of the seniors, whichis cherished by many; We went back to our hotel and spent the evening doing anything we wanted to--within reason, of course. On April 14. we stopped at the Marblehead Town Hall, and saw the original painting of The Spirit of '76. We also visited the pioneer village at Salem, and the Essex and Peabody Museums. We ate dinner at Stromberg's in Salem, and then visited the John Hays Hammond Museum. Many seniors will not forget, Sixteenth Century. Late in the afternoon, we visited the Gorton-?ew Fisheries, at Gloucester, which caused many uncomplimentary comments by all. On the way back to our hotel, we stopped at the Fisherman’s Monument. That evening we had our Class banquot, with our most capable President and Master of Ceremonies, Frank Bonauto, Speeches w e made by Mr. Sinclair, Miss English, and Johnnie Lowie, our driver Entertainment was furnished by members of the Class. After the banquet, we were on our own until curfew On the fourth day, we started for home. On the way back, we stopped at the birthplaces of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, in Quincyj Massachusetts, We also visited the granite quarry there.. At Plymouth Rock we experienced the privilege of having-Dr. Sinclair, the famous marrying minister, unite'our own Anna Hegele and Vernon Keyes in the holy bonds of matrimony. We almost had a double wedding, but Mr. Sinclair didn’t have a 'spare license to accommodate Helen and John, During the entire trip, members took snapshots and r. Sinclair took movies. Some grand scenes were captured and recorded which will be cherished possessions, we are certain. That evening, wo arrived in Goshen, at 10:30, a busload of tired, happy-go-lucky seniors. We all regretted that the trip was over and wo wore sorry, because we realized that we could never again experience the same thrill and pleasure that we received from going with our own classmates. -11-