Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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THE ORACLE. y ITH true regret we learn that we are to lose Miss Ball and Miss Cum- - ming from the faculty next year. When the announcement was made that the Board of Education had granted them a year’s leave of absence, we realized as never before the good influence which they have exerted over us. With the able services of Miss Ball, the rough p ath leading to proficiency in geometry has been smoothed out for us, and even Greek is not distasteful to us when under Miss Cumming’s patient guidance. Both have worked untiringly to bring our High School up to its present. high standard of scholarship, as well as to make our school life a pleasant one. We feel that their places will be extremely difficult to fill, and cannot but thank them with all sincerity for their efforts in our behalf. The entire student-body unites in wishing them Godspeed, and at the same time looks forward most eagerly to the time when they shall reassume their places among us. When Dr. William Dunning. of Columbia University dropped in upon us on May 25, a special assembly was called at 11 o’clock, and we had the pleasure of listening to a most interesting talk by an “old grad” of ’74. Dr. Dunning gave an amusing account of the laying of the cornerstone of our High Schocl, a very momentous occasion for Plainfield. When the school- boys of the class in which Dr. Dunning was then a member, heard rumors of a high school, they decided, “with the mature wisdom of eight years,” that the building would be high, architecturally. Their anticipations were rea- lized, and when completed, the school stood three stories in height. Dr. Dunning spoke also, with much humor, of the publication of the first period- ical in the P. H. S. It was “Echoes from the Class-Room,” edited and printed by the class of 74. However, the aspiring printer disregarded syl- labification, and the result was horrible to relate. Words were dissected at any convenient letter at the end of a line, apostrophes were forgotten, and the second edition of “Echoes from the Class-Room”’ never appeared. In conclusion, Dr. Dunning spoke of Mr. Kerr, a former principal of the school, in words of highest commendation. He expressed his sincerest thanks to Mr. Kerr for his uplifting influence, and said that however little we may appreciate the efforts of our teachers now, we certainly can not fail to do so latvr in life. Ulysses was off for the wars. “T do hope,’ murmured Penelope, “he won't get mixed up in that Japan- ese-Russian affair ; he doesn’t speak anything but blank verse Greek.” Anxiously unravelling the shroud, she awaited the extras.

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8 THE ORACLE: on bases atter this, but there was no scoring after the fourth inning. Score by innings: Pic S eee raaie atest coe tome ee at nome 00130000 0—4 is ate Hae Mp a te ia arent Franks vit Sine Mee pA 02000000 0—2 Pail. S.c10s RUTGERS PREP: “1: On May 19 we played all around the Rutger’s Prep. team for the second time, and although they played better than in the previous game, we defeated them by a score of 10 to 1. Our boys did not find the opposing pitcher as easy as in the first game, for we secured only 7 hits, but our opponents’ 10 errors helped to increase our score. Smith was in good form, striking out sixteen men and allowing six scattered hits. The score by innings was: Rebs S pttea oh cs ccctaaaece en obnepted eo N Ne er ete Pree eenion O00001000—I1 PEL IOS teas crce ae eect oa tok Oo rabes tees t hae we eee ASME ech GO! @F0) 370 4,2. 4-10 Por S81 r CRANFORD Aa: Our second game with Cranford, on May 23, also resulted in an easy victory for our team. Burt pitched most of the game and did fine work, striking out eleven men and allowing Cranford to score in only one inning. Cranford on the whole played a poorer game than the last, and our runs came in ma‘nly becatise of their errors, but Bargus pitched better than before. The game was slow from the start, and at no time was there the least doubt as to the result. The score by innings: Cine 6 ne SAREE a: bane e area se Saber MN ys SN g TL eaten hy RSIS 000004000—4 tJ is Be aries pent aby ey okin Late Fe crak ee om PO02 2c Ot Fiat eae ot P.H:S., 20; READING ACADEMY, I: On May 27 we played the Reading Academy team at Flemington, in place of the South Orange game, which was cancelled. Our boys started right in at the beginning to score, for Conway, the first man up, knocked a long drive over the left field fence and came home on a trot. Parker, who pitched for Reading. was very effective when he found the plate, but he gave 12 bases on halls, and these, coupled with our opponents’ 18 errors, allowed us to score almost at will. Our base-running was very good, and the field- ing was fast and snappy. Burt pitched the first five innings and allowed only two hits. Smith, in the last four innings, allowed only one hit, and struck out eight men. Reading made their only run in the second inning on an error, followed by a two-base hit. Conway’s heavy hitting and the base- running of our players, were the features of the game. The score by in- nings: RAGE, orcs hie aay Aether Ne seers cle chugs ianets 01000000 0—I1 Weg Pls So Detics cxcg she PREV came ete cco ER ee 301303 3 3 4—20

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YEAR BOOK ° - 22 “GUASS of 7905 Managing Editor, Percy Brown. Committee, Howarp G. Lapstey, chairman; ApA WesrpHat, LILLIAN SNODGRASS. Cummrurcement Speaker of Evenng, THE REV. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS, D.D. Salutatorian, E. FLorence Derpy. Valedictorian, CAROLYN PALMER. SALUTATORY yO you, our friends, our relatives, our benefactors, who have as- sembled here to-night because of your interest in individual graduates, in the graduating class, in the Plainfield High School, and in educational advancement in general, we extend our heart- iest greeting. We welcome you to these exercises commemorat- ing the completion of four years of study and labor. You have come here to witness our transition from one stage of our journey to another. In every period of transition we look into the past as well as into the future. Perhaps some of us have not met with the largest outward success in our school work, but what we have left undone in school need not necessarily determine our future. We can each be that which commands respect and esteem from everyone, rich or poor, exalted or lowly,—a power for good. Our influence may extend only to those around us, in constant touch with us, or it may reach out over broader and farther fields. Those, on the other hand, who have been more successful in the High School, must not stop here as if the work were over. Tennyson says: “How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use; As though to breathe were life—”’ Truly we must goon. There are great regions of the unknown for each one of us to discover, regions that are waiting for us alone, to explore which we have thus far been preparing. Our explorations will take us in different directions, some far, some near. We are standing together at the cross- roads, waiting—some to start north, some south, some east or west. Some