Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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20 ILE DSOWA GIVE. success in dramatics came this spring, when we presented “The Rivals” in a truly artistic manner, and, according to the highest authorities, fully main- taining the high reputation of our school. The Girls’ Athletic Association, THE OrAcLE Board, the Instrumental and Glee Clubs, the Battalion and all the other organizations of the school, are proud to number members of our class among their best officers and most loyal members. THE ORACLE was never more successful than when run by an Editor-in-chief and a Business Manager from the class of 1905. The Battalion, though small in numbers, has seldom done better drilling than under the instruction of our class President, and the Instrumental and Glee Clubs have this year surpassed their previous achievements. To tell the truth, some of our members are seriously considering taking post-graduate courses, so that these various organizations will not be completely wrecked by our departure from the school. These are some of the minor achievements of the class of 1905, for our history is far from being completed. In a few more days we shall launch our barques on an unknown sea, but with hearts full of love for the old Plain- field High School, we will press bravely on toward the distant port, breast- ing every storm and continually increasing the honor of the class of 1905. WALTER H. RUGEN. Prophecy EORGE BEentLey—You will be the leading lady at Proctor’s Theatre G because you blush so prettily and because you are so stunning when you're made up. Carro Brrp—You will write a translation of Aeneid which will surpass Pope’s Haid, but you have so little confidence in your own powers, and such a retiring nature, that you will not consider it good enough to publish. Cuester Briccs—You especially pride yourself on the use of your “oracular” tongue. When you have attained to years of discretion, you will be a distinguished teacher of elocution and a recognized authority on pro- nunciation. Percy BrowN—You will achieve great renown,—not my son, in the field of Greek literature,—but upon the wild and lonely prairie, as a cowboy, you will find your appropriate destiny. After excelling in the art of riding bucking broncos and lassoing prairie chickens, you will return to your-native town, and, as a distinguished alumnus, you will discourse to the student body of the Plainfield High School upon the best methods of forgetting all you have learned within its granite walls.

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THE ORACLE. 10 At length amid a glow of rosy sunset light, The traveler sees the summit near at hand. Amazed, he gazes; all about him now is bright; ’Tis but a step into the Perfect Land. LILLIAN SNODGRASS. History OST class historians make names for themselves by narrating things which might have happened in such a way that they will read as if they had really happened. But in the case of our class, the simple truth would sound like a reckless exaggeration, Ax, and so we must confine ourselves to describing the more com- x mon-place achievements of our class. In the first place, the class of 1905, during its High School career, has made a record in athletics which cannot be duplicat- ed by any other class in the school. For three years in succes- sion our class has won the athletic championship, and one of its members has held the individual championship. In our Senior year espec- ially did we prove our superiority by defeating the next best class by twenty- nine points. In tennis also the class of 1905 stood far above all competitors. For the last three years the tennis championship in singles has been won by one of our members. In doubles we were also very successful, since for the last two years our class has also carried off this honor. In our Senior year, however, more honor was heaped upon the class when our crack tennis play- er, Chester Briggs, won the Columbia University Interscholastic champion- ship. The last two seasons in baseball, basketball, and hockey, also speak for the ability of Thompson and Craig as captains. One might continue indefinitely in this strain, telling how all the officers of the Athletic Associa- tion are ’05 fellows, and how our class team easily defeated the mighty class of 1903 in a baseball game in our Sophomore year; but this is entirely un- necessary. Records speak for themselves, and the banners and cups which adorn our school testify to the athletic prowess of the class of 1905. Our dramatic ability is also exceptional, and the Athletic Association is indebted to it for liberal financial aid. In our Freshma n year we gave a Kinder Symphony to an enthusiastic audience, and as a result of this several handsome pictures were added to the school’s collection. In our Junior year our dramatic stars again delighted a large audience with their pre- sentation of “The House-boat on the Styx.” But our final and crowning

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THE GRACLE. 21 Harotp BRowNELL—You have a fondness for chemistry and for burn- ing off your fingers while experimenting. You will achieve great renown by writing a cook-book on the science of cooking with chemicals and will die while brewing one of your own concoctions. Howarp Craic—You are addicted to heart-failure, having just passed through a severe attack. You are now on the road to convalescence, al- though there is danger of a relapse. Your heart will always be weak and subject to these violent attacks, but nevertheless you will remain a jolly old bachelor to the end of the chapter. FLORENCE DErby—There are two sides to your nature. Here you pre- tend to be good, proper, and studious, but elsewhere your true nature asserts itself. When none of your Plainfield friends are near, you become frivolous and given to “fussing.” You are also fond of day-dreams, and among the castles in the air which you fondly build there is a French castle which will really materialize——unless something happens. Soon you will leave America to dwell in joy and happiness in his native France. May peace at- tend you! Haze. Grant—You adore boys and understand the art of “fussing” well. You have fascinating brown eyes which have charmed, and now hold spell-bound a stunning dark-complexioned youth with whom you will elope on the thirty-first of this month. You will dwell together peacefully beneath the equator Maup Dissrow—You are very excitable and energetic. You will marry a rich man, and since time will hang heavily upon your hands, you will interest yourself in women’s clubs. You will finally achieve the crowning triumph of becoming presi dent of the celebrated National Federation of Women’s Clubs. THEODORE GAvETt—Your “dream of female loveliness” is realized at last, for a certain fair maiden has won your heart, hitherto unmoved by the charms of the gentler sex,—and now Tolles the knell of all her would-be rivals. Mary Gray—You are partial to Lehigh because you enthusiastically ad- mire the Brown Ells on Lehigh pillows. Emity HALLetr—Your great curiosity will cause a terrible misfortune in your life, and your whole destiny will be altered by it. After a year and a day, however, the change will become favorable, and henceforth your lot will be one of unadulterated bliss. Emit JAHN—You will be disappointed in love and this will so sober your naturally mischievous disposition that you will be filled with a longing to further the advancement of human progress, and accordingly will spend