Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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Titk= OR ACI W Chirty-Sixth Conunenrcement SPEAIGE RVORSGHE SEV ENING-...:...semeee REV. JAMES I. VANCE, D.D. HONOR STUDENTS WITH EQUAL RANK. EDGAR WELLS FREEMAN ROSE SIEGAL FRED MARTIN SMITH SALUTATION BY ROSE SIEGAL. Mr. President and Members of the Board of Education; Mr. Super- intendent; Mr. Principal; Mr. Speaker of the evening; Citizens of Plain- field; to all of you, who are gathered here tonight we extend our heartiest greetings. We appreciate greatly the fact that you have come here tonight. You have always taken an interest in us, and your interest has helped us to do our best, and for this we thank you. To you, the Members of the Board of Education, we especially give our thanks for your splendid work. Despite the fact that you are all business men, whose every hour is actively engaged, you have willingly sacrificed valuable time for our good. You have given us teachers whose helpful influence will cling to us throughout the future. Our teachers have taught us the broader side of life and have done away with some of our narrow-minded ideas and petty prejudices. For instance, we no longer think of the British as tyrants, who were always wrong, while the Americans were heroes who were always in the right. Such fair judgment is largely due to them. Dr. Maxson, we scarcely know what to say to you. You know our feelings toward you. You know that when you appear before us on the platform, there is no one whom we welcome so heartily, and no one to whom we listen so eagerly as to you. Your words have always done us good, and we shall remember them. You have watched our progress with such thoughtful interest, that we have come to consider you as the father of our great family.

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6 CoE Gre Ces As Jack hesitated and drew back a little, Mrs. McCarthy’s Irish blood boiled. For a few minutes dire confusion reigned in the pool room. The balls flew out of the broken windows; the soda bottles sputtered in the street gutter, and Mrs. McCarthy emerged escorting Jack by the coat collar—from the midst of a hooting crowd. fe BR ER dk dk de de It was the day before election when the case of assault upon a peaceful citizen of Stapleton was called. The court room was bordered by a band of black, the sole break in the monotony being effected by a munificent show of white ivory. A few women nodded their heads encouragingly towards Mrs. McCarthy, while that woman, her hands tightly clasped and resting in her lap, and her finger nails almost digging into the meager flesh, sat quietly, and listened to an account of her behavior. She had assaulted a peaceful citizen of Stapleton; she had been de- stroying private property, and had disgraced her sex. “Five dollars fine, and damages.” The Lunch Hour Between the morning and evening When the sun is beginning to glower, Comes a pause in the day’s occupation Which is known as the feeding hour. A sudden rush for the hallway, A sudden range for the stair ; And I know by their eager faces They are hustling to get there. But woe to the lagging pupil Who haps to be last in line, For he finds to his infinite sorrow There is naught w herewith to dine. CLARA HALLARD.

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8 THE ORAGEE Mr. Travell, you especially have helped us, both as a class and as individuals. Everything you have done for us has been done for our good, and what you have denied us (even if it were dancing after the Senior Play) we now believe was for the best. Throughout our high school course we have found in you a faithful friend and a most helpful adviser. It is impossible for us to express how sincere and heartfelt is the gratitude which we feel toward you. Mr. Speaker of the evening, in the name of the class of 1907 I wish to welcome you and to say that we greatly appreciate your presence with us on this occasion, when we are saying farewell to our school life; we shall highly value whatever helpful thoughts you may have to give us, as we stand at this “parting of the ways.” To you, the citizens of Plainfield, to. whom we are first of all in- debted, we wish to say a few words of gratitude for your liberality toward our schools. Especially helpful has been your interest in the high school and your hearty co-operation with our teachers. In all cases of discipline or difference of opinion the monarchy at home has upheld the dignitaries at school, and we are the better for it. In the years to come, we will strive not to destroy vour confidence in us. We hope that we shall have courage and patience and strength to live up to your hopes for us and to be worthy of them.