Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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THE ORACLE L7, Junior French. First Prize, Percy Le Barre Mygrant. Second Prize, John Adelbert van Brakle. Honorable Mention, Sallo Mortimer Kahn. Senior German. First Prize, William Hicks Osgood. Second Prize, Edgar Wells Freeman. Honorable Mention, Rose Siegal. Junior German. First Prize, Esther Barton Crampton. Second Prize, Roy C. Whitall. Honorable Mention, Robert L. Kyte. Latin Prizes. Given by Mr. Alexander Gilbert. Vergil. First Prize, Rose Siegal. Second Prize, Queena May Tillotson. Honorable Mention, John DeLancey Ferguson. Cicero, First Prize, Gertrude Prince Abbott. Second Prize, Esther Barton Crampton. Honorable Mention, Wa shington McIntyre. Caesar. First Prize, Sarah A. Brouwer. Second Prize, Charles E. Prior. Honorable Mention, George Stanley Robins. COMMERCIAL PRIZES. Given by Mr. Ernest R. Ackerman. A first prize of three dollars and a second prize of two dollars, to be expended in books. Bookkeeping (First Year.) Bisst, Prize, Marty Brick Second Prize, Sidney Howell Karr. Honorable Mention, Florence Cecelia Brown.

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16 ELE. SR AGISE Award of Prizes, 1907 ENGLISH COMPOSITION. I. The George H. Babcock Prize, given by Mrs. George H. Babcock. First Prize, John DeLancey Ferguson. Second Prize, Grace Srager. Honorable Mention, Louise Townsend Nicholl. Eleanor Van Tuyl. II. A Prize offered by the Continental Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Prize, Five Dollars in Gold, Awarded to Lillian Reed Cronkite. Honorable Mention, Laura May Baker. III. The Daily Press Prize for the best essay written by a member of the Senior Class on a topic relating to municipal affairs. Prize, Ten Dollars in Gold. Awarded to William Hicks Osgood. Honorable Mention, Francis Rollin Williams. MATHEMATICS. The Dr. C. H. Stillman Prize, given by Mrs. J. K. Myers and Mr. William M. Stillman. First Prize, $15.00 in Gold, Carola Edna Hart. Second Prize, $10.00 in Gold, Leroy Clifton Whitall. Honorable Mention, Percy Le Barre Mygrant. TRANSLATION PRIZES. For the best translation of assigned passages, a first prize of three dollars and a second of two dollars, to be expended in books chosen by the receiver of the prizes. Modern Languages. Given by Mr. Ernest R. Ackerman. Senior French. First Prize, Frederick Martin Smith. Second Prize, Helen Johnson. Honorable Mention, Miriam Crittenden Carman. Gertrude Prince Abbott.

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18 DoE ORACLE Typewriting (First Year.) First Prize, Helen May Dorthy. Second Prize, Leslie Nolty Leland. Honorable Mention, Bertha Rose Brick. Stenography (First Year.) First Prize, Leslie Nolty Leland. Second Prize, Hedwig Grotman. Honorable Mention, Helen May Dorthy. Advanced Stenography and Typewriting. First Prize, Clara Evelyn Hallard. Second Prize, Donald Cameron Mortimer. Honorable Mention, Charles Henry Line. AMERICAN HISTORY. Given by Dr. J. B. Probasco. Prize, Joseph Wilbur Tovell. Honorable Mention, Charles Earl Moran. he Yales Cup The Plainfield Yale Club has adopted a resolution whereby it annually offers “to that student of the Plainfield High School who shows the greatest proficiency in both scholarship and athletics, a cup to be known as the Yale Cup to be awarded by the Executive Committee of the Club upon th e recommendation of the principal of the school.” The restriction is made that the cup shall go to a member of the graduating class. In accordance with the recommendation of Principal Travell, the cup was awarded at the morning exercises on June 19th to William C. Douglass. The presentation was made by Thomas M. Day, president of the Plainfield Yale Club. At the same time a large photograph of the Yale Campus was presented to the school.