Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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18 THE ORACLE. Award of Prizes, 1909 ENGLISH COMPOSITION. I. The George H. Babcock Prize, given by Mrs. George H. Babcock. First Prize—$15.00 expended in books, Grace Denton Parker. Second Prize—$10.00 expended in books, Clara Savage. Honorable Mention— Albert Hardcastle. Kathryn Moynihan. Celestine Waldron. II. The Daily Press Prize for the best essay written by a member of the Senior Class on a topic relating to municipal affairs. Prize—$10.00 in gold, George Stanley Robins. Honorable Mention—Washington McIntyre. III. Prize for best essay on a given topic, offered by the Equal Suffrage League. Prize—$5.00 in gold, Caroline Lambert. Honorable Mention—Wilbur Tovell. Madeline Durar. IV. Prize for the best essay on a given topic, offered by the W. C. T. U. Prize—$5.00 in gold, Alan Fitz Randolph. Honorable Mention—Douglas Davis. MATHEMATICS. The Dr. C. H. Stillman prize, given by Mr. Wm. M. Stillman. First Prize—$15.00 in gold, Meta Pennock. Second Prize—$10.00 in gold, Lewis T. Matlack. Honorable Mention—Bessie Alpaugh. ERAN SA TIONSE RIZE: For the best translation of assigned passages, a first prize of three dollars, and a second prize of two dollars, to be expended in books chosen by the receiver of the prize. Mopvern Lancuaces—Given by Mr, Ernest R. Ackerman. Junior French. First Prize—Washington McIntyre. Second Prize—Elsie Bird. Honorable Mention—Mary Pauline Cowen. Ouida Hetfield. Senior German. First Prize—Alan Fitz Randolph. Second Prize—Agnes Marguerite VanNorden. Honorable Mention—David Bryant Thickstun.

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THE ORACLE. 13 Junior German. First Prize—Edmund Y. Sampter. Second Prize—Otis Hovey. Honorable Mention—Marguerite Van Zandt. Ethel Skillman. Latin Prizes—Given by Mr. Alexander Gilbert. Virgil. First Prize—Louise Townsend Nicholl. Second Prize—Agnes Marguerite Van Norden. Honorable Mention—Sarah Anne Brouwer. Cicero. First Prize—Ruth Klein. Second Prize—Elsie Emery Bird. Honorable Mention—Meta Pennock. Caesar. First Prize—Louise Bird. Second Prize—Helen Pearce. Honorable Mention—May Day. 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 Prize—Horace Nathaniel Adams. Second Prize—Louisa M’Cormick. Honorable Mention—Louis Rottberg. Typewriting. First Prize—Ruth Frances Stryker. Second Prize—Gertrude Wilhelmina Enander. Honorable Mention—Marion Wheeler. Stenography. First Prize—Ruth Frances Stryker. Second Prize—May Greenwood Stafford. Honorable Mention—Alice Agnes Leighs. Amanuensts. First Prize—Harry Brick. Second Prize—Beulah Miriam Van Winkle. Honorable Mention—Annie Mauger.