Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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148 THE ORACLE were captained and trained. Much praise is due to Captain Thompson for the successes of the year. He inspired a wonderful amount of nerve in the whole team, and this alone pulled a victory out of the South Orange, the Rutgers Prep., and many of the other games. The second thing whiclr appears very remarkable is the woful lack of support which has marked the attitude of the school at large. The Pingry game was the only one in which much support was given by the school. In the City Championship games we had the smallest crowds of rooters of any of the schools. It is very hard to find a cause for this since a successful team almost universally receives the support of the school. The only cause which can in our mind be as- signed to this lack of support, is the deterioration of the school spirit in the members of the Plainfield High School. The only encouragement we have in regard to this, is the fact that next year we will have almost identical- ly the same team, the only graduate being ‘‘Peewee” Long, and the student body may support a team which served so successfully this year. Ty Ola. HEN Mr. Travell made the announcement that we were going to lose Miss Burroughs from the faculty next year, weallrealizedthat she has occupied a place in our midst which will be difficult for another to fill. Miss Burroughs has made the department of History a delightful one, and to her we owe its general popularity among us. Great as will be the loss: which the whole school will feel at Miss Burroughs’ leaving us, the mem- bers of THE OrAcLE Board will miss even more her untiring efforts as our Associate Editor. Miss Burroughs’ connection with THE ORACLE dates. back to the launching of the enterprise in the fall of 1902, and throughout she has devoted much of her time to the success of our publication. It is therefore with a great deal of gratitude that we join with the rest of the School in bidding her Godspeed and wishing her every success. The Fatulty will also lose a very valuable member in Miss. Santee, who al- though she has been with us but a short time, has greatly endeared herself to the heart of every pupil. In general, only the lower classes have had the benefits of Miss Santee’s teachings, but we can safely say that the school at large will greatly regret her departure. “Everything comes to him who waits,” mused the waiter sadlv, as he gazed at two Canadian dimes and a lead quarter—Ex. Teacher—‘“A fool can ask questions a wise man can’t answer.” Pupil—‘That’s why we flunked.”—Ex.

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THE ORACLE 147 remark, both in school and outside, “The High School has a good team, but no battery.”’ Now, the opinion of baseball critics has changed somewhat, for we now hear, “The High School has the best scholastic battery in the State. We see the cause for this change in the manner in which cur games have been won. The fielding has been fairly good in some, and very poor in others; but in every one the battery work has been excellent. Not only has Smith secured the record for the greatest number of strikeouts, but he has the lowest number of hits registered against him of any pitcher in the school at any time. Davis has also developed wonderfully for a first year catcher, his success has been remarkable, and pitcher and catcher have work- ed together like a well regulated machine. The rest of the team has on the whole, a somewhat lower standard than the battery. The infield did some very good work, but. it also did some very poor work. The outfield did a little better. At the beginning of the season, Scott, Bock and Guinn made a powerful trio, but changes reduced this until Scott alone of the old three, remained. In batting, the team was not all that one could wish, but noe was a list of heavy hitters in the beginning of the batting order which always showed up to good advantage. Long, Craig, Scott, Smith and Thompson could usually be depended upon for hits in times of need. This was es- pecially true of Adam Scott. The Pingry game was in fact the only one in which he did not give a good account of himself with the stick. The games for City Championship were tamer than any one expected. Leal’s were easily vanquished, and Cedarcroft almost as easily. The real struggle came rather unexpectedly with South Orange. The Orangemen came here, flushed with an overwhelming victory in basketball, and expected to do the same in baseball. We trounced them to the tune of 4 to 3, and they retired vowing vengeance in the return game. That they over-exerted themselves is clearly shown by the game struggle they put up on their heme field. The superior pitching of Smith finally conquered and we returned with a ten-inning game, 2 to I to our credit. The last game of the season at Pingry, also showed the stuff that we were made of. Up against a pro- fessional pitcher, we won out on our own merits and a pitchers blunder, Craig making the only run scored in the whole game. When we look back over the whole season, there are two things which impress us most strongly. The first is the ability which the team, as a whole, showed in getting out of tight places and in keeping their heads. This is due in great part to the magnificent spirit with which they

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YEAR BOOK --- CLASS of 1904 Managing Editor, VAN Wyck Brooks. Cummenucemenut Speaker of the Evening, REV. ROBERT S. MacARTHUR, D. D., of New York. Salutatorian, ANNA CORIELL RANDALL. Valedictorian, ANNA FRANCES BRODNAX. DALUTATORY ADDRESS GREAT many years ago the world consisted entirely of men. But as, day after day, from his high Olympus, Jupiter ob- served his handicap, he noticed how incomplete the race ap- peared, and how desolate and discontented man seemed. One day, as he was making his customary observations, an idea occurred to him. He would create a woman, and send her to earth as a companion for man. Immediately he set to work, and finally the new being was finished. Then the father of the gods sent word to all his children that, on a certain day, he would give a birthday party for this new child, and all were invited. At last the time for the long-looked-for event arrives, and in great excitement, the divinities assemble at the appointed grove. In the midst, on his high throne, sits Jupiter with Juno at his side, and before them stands the wonderful being in whose honor the festival is given. When all have assembled, Jupiter gives a signal, and the gods and goddesses ap- proach. First comes Venus with her gift of beauty. She is followed by Apollo who bestows the faculty of music. Thus, one by one, they advance, each bringing a gift. And last come Minerva with her priceless gift of wis- dom. When all have laid down their offerings, Jupiter arises, and an- nounces that the name of this new being is Pandora, “the gift of all the gods.” Then at a sign from him, two goddesses approach, and, lifting Pandora in their arms, fly with her above the heads of the gathered as-