Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1911 volume:

Photo by Langhorne. MISS ELLEN K. CUMMING w| The ORACLE |® “Tam Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark.”’ Year Book of the Class of 1911 BOARD OF EDITORS LOUISE BIRD BELEN EE. PEARCE EMILY MACLAY MARGARET HUTCHINSON Jee WILBUR OV BITE ANNE R. JOHNSTON i) SEWELIE UERICEL BUSINESS MANAGERS ASLERED lb. CLARK FRANK V. SCHWED NATHAN W. WILSON Entered as Second-class Matter November 17, 1904, at the Post Office at Plainfield, N. J., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Published on the first Wednesday of every month during the school year, by the students of the Plainfield, N. J., High School. Printed by THe Recorper Press, Babcock Building, Plainfield. 25 CENTS THIS Copy. 75 CENTS THE YEAR, Wot, OX JUNE, IQII. No. 9. Miss Cumming In parting, the class of 1911 carries with it a store of sweet memories and the abiding comfort of true and lasting friendships. We feel that every teacher in the building has been and is still our friend; but the one who has been closest to our hearts, who shared in all our pleasures, and helped us through our difficulties is Miss Cumming. She is doubly dear to us; as our Freshman teacher, she first inspired us with the ideals of the school and started us well upon our course; returning to be our Senior teacher, she has been a continual inspiration to us all, to live sunny, happy lives and above all, to.do our best under every difficulty and handicap. Now that the time has come to say good-by, we realize, more and more, all 2 A PSORACLE, that she has done for the class. So, in appreciation, we of I91I wish her the greatest happiness and highest success in the years to come, and leave with her our heartfelt, loving thanks. The Chess Club Every class, in passing out of a school, leaves behind some permanent mark of its existence. It is splendid to leave an example of fine class and school spirit for the under-graduates, and equally worthy to hand down to other classes a new institution, tending to broaden the schoo! life, and representing an entirely different opportuity for pleasure. In our course, here, we have always striven to keep up the school traditions and to live up to the Plainfield High School Idea. Moreover, under the leadership of several of our members, we have instituted the Chess Club, that has gained the interest of both the Faculty and the student body ard has every prospect of a successful future. With the support of the school next year, it ought to flourish, and so remain an everlasting monument to the energy and initiative ability of the class of 1911. One of Many Donna A. Campbell (Winner of Babcock Prize) Life somehow had not proved very pleasant to little Katie Kavanagh, she had no recollection of the frail young mother, who had given up life as hers began; but the memory of her father, cheery, lusty Tom Kavanagh, was a bright and shining star. He had loved her, tended her in his awkward way, and dried her tears; and to him she owed the supreme development of her abnormal taste for candy. After her mother’s death when she, a sickly infant, had cried for the loving care denied her, he had walked the floor hour after hour trying vainly to pacify her. “Yez ought to put the childer in some institushun, Tom,” old Mike Conlin said, “’Tis too much fer a lone widdy man to worrick all day, and walk all night with a fretful babby.” But the father only smiled, and pressed the little mite closer to his heart, as he answered, “I shall manage somehow, Mike. ’Tis poor Kate’s babby, and I couldn’t bear to part with her, besides, ’tis only fair I should tend her nights when Mrs. Brophy has the care of her days,” and he trotted little Katie gently on his knee, holding her with one big hand, while the SHH SORWACIE, 3 milk spurted out of the feeding bottle, he was trying to manipulate with the other. The baby squalled and kicked at the unexpected drenching. “°Tis not a success ye are as a nurse, I’m afeared,” continued old Mike Conlin, as he pressed the tobacco down in his unlighted pipe, and con- tentedly sucked on the mouthpiece. ‘“What’s that, child?” he asked, as his little daughter, Maggie, who had been leaning against him watching Tom’s efforts in the feeding line, whispered in his ear, “Can yer hold the babby? Why, I’m sure yer can, if Tom will let yer. Here, let Maggie try her hand.” Tom passed the baby over with an anxious look, and a, “Be careful of her back, Maggie.” “The little nine-year-old girl hugged the baby close, and crooned a soft Irish lullaby. As she walked up and down the room, she slipped into the tiny hand part of a stick of peppermint candy, she had been chewing. Instinct carried the candy to the baby mouth, the fretful wailing gradually ceased, and Katie slept. Tom, sitting tilted back in his chair, had been an awestruck observer, and, in a whisper asked Maggie how she had man- aged to subdue his little daughter so easily. “Sure, I gave her me candy. All babbies like candy.” “Yes, but ’tis bad fer such a little one.” “Nonsense, twill warm her in’ards, and stop the pain. ‘Tis only peppermint, and good fer colic,’ and old Mike took a match from his pocket, lit it carefully, heaved a deep sigh, and blew it out regretfully, for Tom would not permit smoking where the baby was. “°Tis bad fer the little one to breathe in,’ he always answered when Mike Conlin expostulated, “Can’t yer wait, man, until yer out in the air, or in yer own home?” and Mike would sigh and solace himself as best he could with his unlit pipe. After that, Tom always kept a supply of peppermint candy on hand, and many a night’s good sleep he owed to its effect on Katie, for it was hard to work all day, and wake all night. Mrs. Brophy often told him, he would ruin the child’s stomach, and vaguely hinted at worms; but Katie throve. Every night Tom Kavanagh tucked her, and a stick of candy into the cot bed, before he went out for his chat, and glass of beer with his cronies at the corner saloon. As Katie grew older, and began to play on the streets, kind hearted Mrs. Brophy found it an almost impossible task to keep an eye on the active child, for she had her own family to look after. Tom had always 4 THE ORACLE. kept the rooms across the hall from Mrs. Brophy, where he had brought his girl bride, and after her death, his neighbor had taken care of the rooms and attended to the baby, besides giving Tom his meals, for a very modest sum. Now that Katie was growing older, he received advice that it was his duty to marry again, and give the child a mother. Old Mike voiced public opinion, when he said, “Yez ought to have a woman of ver own, Tom; the little gal needs a mother, and ‘tis yer duty by her,” Tom as ustial only smiled, “We've got along so far. I guess we can get along a few years more, and then Katie will be old enough to kape house fer her dad in foine style, eh kiddie?” His little daughter threw her arms around his brawny neck with a burst of affection. Shaking her tousled head violently at old Mike, she told him to, “Go long wid yer, Mike Conlin, I don’t like yer. I know what yer want, yer want father to marry Rosy Murphy; but he won’t, he won’t!” and she screamed and stamped her foot with each word. “Oh, what a little tiger cat ye are, Katie; but don’t yer worry, ye’ll make a foine housekaper fer yer father. Then some day ye'll git mar- ried and leave poor old daddy out in the cold—” “I won't! I won’t!” bursting into tears, “And I hate yer, Mike Conlin, I do!” “There, there, never mind, me candy kid, you and father will allus stick together,” and he smoothed the tangled curls with his rough hand. “Now quit yer foolin’, Mike, and don’t worrit the child, just see how she trimbles.” Bs k 2 2 x Katie was a big girl of nine now, and still the queen of her father’s heart. Every day she went to school, and made rapid progress, for had not father promised, that when she had graduated from the grammar school, she should keep house for him. Sunday afternoons when it was pleasant weather, they could be seen either on a bench in the park listen- ing to the music, or on a Coney Island boat. Sometimes he took her down to the great bridge which was building, and pointed out where, high in the air, he worked driving rivets. Katie would shudder and cling closer to his hand, as her eyes grew big with terror. “Oh, daddy, ain’t yer afeared away up there?” “No, not afeared, allanna, only just a bit lonesome.” “But if yer should fall?” and a’ queer catch came in her voice. THE ORACLE. 5 “Ball! Sure;isn't: the river under. me like a big feather bed!” Many nights in her dreams the child saw the black, rushing river, and the slender cables of the huge bridge above. A nameless horror would envelope her, until she awoke shaking with ague. Then the sound of her father’s breathing, in the bed beside her own, would quiet her excited nerves; she would put out her hand, touch him gently and fall asleep again with his hand held closely in hers. One day Katie was hurrying home in a joyous mood, her school books under her arm, her monthly report card grasped tightly in one hand. ‘There was a general understanding between Katie and her father that if her average did not fall below eighty percent, she should be rewarded, and that reward was usually a pound box of candies, selected by herself. Today meant the fruition of a pleasure, she had worked har d to procure. Her mark was ninety for the month, and she knew how pleased her father would be, so she ran happily along, occasionally skipping a few steps, or singing. As she neared home, she saw a group of neighbors congregated about the doorway listening intently to a big, ruddy faced man, who was talking to Mrs. Brophy. Katie knew the man, Jerry Donnavan, a friend of her father’s, and, also a worker on the bridge. It seems, in some way not understood by the child, that as she neared them, the sun grew pale, and dark shadows fell across the house front, and the faces of those gath ered there. A fear began to rise within her heart. Jerry Donnavan saw her coming, and instead of calling out a word of welcome as usual, he turned abruptly in the opposite direction. Mrs. Brophy threw her apron over her head, groaned and rocked herself back and forth. Thoroughly frightened, Katie burst through the group, as she did so murmurs of— “Poor child, ’tis glad I am, I haven’t the tellin’,” fell upon her ears. “What is it?’ she asked. No answer. “Whattismte |) Whatthas happened?’ The pitying glances of the neighbors seemed to pierce her heart, as she glanced wildly around. Then like an overwhelming flood, came the true significance of those looks. “Father!” she gasped. “Something has happened to father!’ A sharp bitter wail rose from the women in the crowd, no need to ask more. Katie knew that sound, the Irish keen. Her sight failed, her breath came in great sobbing waves. “Father, father! Where are yer, father!” shudderingly, she threw up her arms with one heart rending cry, staggered and fell. Pris ORA Chae. Prize List, 1911 ENGLISH COMPOSITION. I. The George H. Babcock Prize, given by Mrs. George H. Babcock. First Prize—$15.00 expended in books, Donna Aydelle Camp- bell. Second Prize—$10.00 expended in books, Elmer Leon Hunting. Honorable Mention—Luther Rowley Banks, Gladys M. Wiltsie, Joseph Widoson. Il. The Daily Press Prize, for the best essay on a topic relating to municipal affairs. Prize—$10.00 in gold, May V. Day. Honorable Mention—J. Wilbur Tovell. TE Prize for best essay on a given topic, offered by the W. C .T. U. Prize—$5.00 in gold, Dorothy Smith. Honorable Mention—Mabel Louise Stutsman. IV. Prize for best essay on a given topic, offered by the S. P. C. A. Prize—$5.co in gold, Margaret R. Bonnell. MATHEMATICS. The Dr. C. H. Stillman Prize, given by Mr. Wm. M. Stillman. First Prize—$15.00 in gold, Louise Bird. Second Prize—$10.00 in gold, Robert D. Gildersleeve. Honorable Mention—Dixon Philips. TRANSLATION PRIZES, 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. Mopern LANGUAGES—Given by Mr. Ernest R. Ackerman. Senor German. First Prize—Herman Louis Shrager. Second Prize—Helen E. Pearce. Honorable Mention—Frank V. Schwed, Charles A. Schuck. Junior German. First Prize—Marguerite Shotwell. Second Prize—Nora McDonough. Honorable Mention—Anna Louise Lee Note.—Re sults of French Prizes not ready in time for publication. THE ORACLE. 7 Latin Prizes—Given by Mr. Alexander Gilbert. Vergil. First Prize—Loutse Bird. Second Prize—Margaret Prescott Vail. Honorable Mention—May V. Day. Cicero. First Prize—Nora McDonough. Second Prize—Helen Ryder. Caesar. First Prize—Felix Janke. Second Prize—Mabel Foster. Honorable Mention—Marguerite Shotwell. 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—Frank V. Schwed. Second Prize—Jacob Stierer. Honorable Mention—Ellen V. Sandberg. Typewriting. First Prize—Marguerite A. Neal. Second Prize —Hazel Piddington. Honorable Mention—Mildred E. Barnes. Stenography. First Prize—Mildred E. Barnes. Second Prize—Albertina T. Braun. Honorable Mention—Marion J. Dorthy. Amanuensis. First Prize—Edna M. Bird. Second Prize—May G. Stafford. Honorable Mention—Ora A. Bush. AMERICAN HISTORY. The Dr. J. B. Probasco Prize, given by Mrs. J. B. Probasco. Prize—$10.00 in gold, Arthur Brinkerhoff McKay. Honorable Mention—Dorothy Simons, Edward Sachar. io.) TE ORAGLE. Class Poem When Spring was smiling from a cloudless sky, So rich with promise of the autumn yield, Our hands were eager and our hopes winged high To wrest a worthy harvest from the field. We turned the furrows, deep and long and straight, Dropping the tiny seed with lavish hand, Hoeing and tilling, ’til the shadows late Crept o’er the gardens of our Promised Land. The budding shoots we nourished tenderly, In fancy, dreaming of a coming fame, Or pausing at the plow, gazed lovingly Toward the great world where we would But now the ripened grain is gathered in, The goodly harvest taken from the soil Is bursting from the overflowing bin, Our recompense for hours of summer toil. For we have reaped exactly as we sowed, With joy returned abundantly for care. With happy hearts for ev'ry heavy load, That in the heat of noon we had to bear. Beyond the hill, the untried city street; Is beckoning and calling you and me, With daily trials, daily tests to meet, Demanding all our strength and honesty. So farewell, toilers of the sunny days. win a name. Tho’ now we all must sow and reap apart, The lasting friendships sweet with memories, Will gladden and refresh each weary heart. HELEN FE. PEARCE. DHE SORACLE, 9 Salutatory Address May V. Day For what your presence means we welcome you to our Commencement Exercises. To you, Gentlemen of the Board of Education, we extend a hearty wel- come. We hope to show our apprecia- tion of your unselfish work in our be- half by our endeavors for the good of others. Dr. Maxson, our greeting to you is of the warmest and deepest. Your cheery presence has made bright our days and your kindly advice has strengthened us on our way. Mr. Best and Members of the Faculty, you know what is our greeting to you. You have been the means of bringing out whatever was best in us. You have made the years of work in Plainfield High School years of pleasure as well as of profit. | We look upon you not only as teachers, but as friends. And you, our friends and relatives, citizens of Plainfield, we are glad that you are here. We realize our responsibility to you as the givers of these privileges which we have enjoyed, and we realize what return is fitting in devotion to the service of others and zeal for the welfare of the world. We thank you all and make you welcome. 10 ie ORACEE, Salutatory Essay Helen E. Pearce oe In -the first place, athletics are beneficial because they build up a per- manently strong body, an asset of no mean value to the man or woman who must fight his way through the world. The average student, who “makes a team,” reaps a harvest of surplus en- ergy and hard muscle for every minute spent at his tennis or baseball. In addition to this physical advantage, the athlete is apt to be better fitted, morally and mentally, for his life work. Every track-meet or critical game calls forth all his self-reliance and ingenuity ; every clash with opposing teams leaves him a greater tolerance for the peculiarities of his fellow-men and a deeper insight into human nature. As Dean Briggs of Harvard once said, “A football player gets his culture from his studies but he gets his real education from his football.” The Duke of Wellington, too, believed firmly in the good effects of com- petitive play, for while watching a match at Rugby, he exclaimed, “There’s where the battle of Waterloo was won!” Finally, athletics must have a place in the school simply to promote a spirit of good-fellowship and a lasting kindly feeling toward others, so rare in this world. For the team victories, the hard-won meets, the exciting moments on the field, all tend to fill the school, not only with enthusiasm, but with friendship.” AMBUE, (CRIN CIEE, Tel Valedictory Address Louise Bird And so we may be quite certain that the seed which Jane Addams has been sowing so patiently in the un- promising soil of a Chicago slum, will after a long time.” “come up Classmates, this is the last night of our High School life; but we must not think of it as the end of endeavor. It is rather the beginning, a true com- mencement of the life we are to give to the world. In the four years of our course here, we have sowed the first few seeds of effort, faint attempts, it is true, but still seeds that may quicken in the years to come. The inspiration to plant the very best of seeds must come from the lives of men and women like Miss Addams. We can not all do what she is doing at Hull-house, but we can carry with us, as we go, her message of helpfulness and cheer; and, as we part, we can have the determination in our own feeble way to do simply and well the little things nearest home. 12 EVO RANGwiEs ILWMPIBUEIR TR, IBYAINIISCS ae OmE, “He’s as tall a man as any’s in Illyria.” General: business; class basketball, ‘09, ’10, “11; class base- ball, ’08, ‘oo, ’10, °11; captain, “11; P. H. 5. football, ONT glee club, ’o9, ’10, ’11; minstrel show; Senior play. SUSAN D. BENNETT “Sur” Tk “T take pleasure in singing, sir!” General; home; glee club, 11. H. BENJAMIN BERSE “BEN” “And lo, behold! The barber has at last his due!” Commercial; business; P. H. S. football, ’10; class baseball, ‘10, ’11: class basketball, ’08, ’o9, ’10, “II; manager, ‘IT; glee club, ’09, 10; orchestra, ’09, 10; minstrel show, 09, tro; stage manager Senior play. LEER RO ICA CLE: I WwW HANNAH BINGAMAN “BINGIE” “For she look’d every day, Fresh as a rose in June.” Classical; Laselle Seminary; glee club, 710, 711. EDNA M. BIRD “Assiduously cultivating literary excellence.” Commercial; P. G. course; Senior play. COULS EB TRID, “LOUISIANA” “O, Massachusetts, Massachusetts.” Valedictorian; classical; P. G. course; “Oracle” board; school editor, ’o9; literary editor, “ro; editor-in-chief, ’t1; alumni editor; secretary-treasurer G. A. A., 710, 711; Junior play; Senior play; stage manager G. A. A. play; editor commencement “Oracle”; class day committee; first prize Cesar, ’09; second prize Cicero, ’10; first prize Junior French, ’10; glee club, ’o9, ’ro. ORA A. BUSH “Speak low, speak little.” Commercial; business. TRB ORACIER: HELEN CAMPBELL “ROSIE” “A neatly built little fellow, very spick and span.” Modern language; Ethical Culture School; glee club, ’09, ‘10. PMILIEURIEAD) ib, (GIL YANIRIS “SENATOR” “Pleased with a rattle, Tickled with a straw.” General; business; “Oracle” board; assistant business man- ager, ‘09; business manager, ’10; business manager Junior play; business manager Senior play; Senior play; business manager commencement “Oracle”; minstrel show; class baseball, ’oo, “10, “11; class basketball, “no, “11. MAY V. DAY “NATSIE” “With what keen appetite doth she sit down!” Salutatorian; classical; Smith; Senior play. EUNICE ECKERT “EUNIE” “For light’s her heart and blithe’s her song.” General; home; glee club, ’o8, ’00, 710, 711. THE, ORACLE. GERTRUDE W. ENANDER “Neatness, in moderation is a virtue.” Commercial; business; second prize typewriting, ‘oo. NELEVE GPA Y “Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Classical; Barnard. BENJAMIN M. HARRIS “BEN” “All tight, mother.” General; business; assistant business manager “Oracle,” ’11; class basketball, ’11; school electrician; science club; Senior play; class day committee. ELIZABETH HARDWICKE “BETTY” 33 “T love it’s giggle-gurele. Classical; P. G. course; second prize Junior French ’10; (G. AY AS joie, “eg Seiattoie lene 5 16 Cie ORACER, EDWARD R. HATFIELD NN “Nature hath formed strange fellows in her time.” Scientific; Stevens; science club; class baseball, ’10, 11; class basketball, ’11. SARAH L. HOWE “Zealous, yet modest.” General; public library. MARGARET HUTCHINSON “PEG” “She is relatively blest.’ Classical; P. G. course; “Oracle” board: exchange editor, 711; G. A. A. vice-president, ’10; Junior play; Senior play; G. A. A. play, “11; commencement “Oracle” board; class day committee; glee club, ’o9, “Io, ‘Ir. ANNE R. JOHNSTON “NAN” “T would that I could utter the thoughts that arise in me.” Classical; nursing; “Oracle” board: exchange editor, ‘09; class vice-president, ’o9, ’I1; president, ’ 10; G. A. A. play, tr; manager G. A. A. play; commencement “Oracle” board; glee club, ’o8. CHEEORA CIEE, V7. SIDNEY H. KARR “BARBARIAN” “Fle was a pride to all.” Sainnmes isan, Sauer 1) lel S, eyordoruil, “oo anos basketball, 11; captain class baseball, ’10; class baseball, II; class ‘basketball, ’10; class secretary, I0; president, II; vice-president P. H. S. A. A., ’11; minstrel show, ’o9, 10; Senior play; second prize bookkeeping, ’07. RUTH KENNEY Ken” “Bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity.” Commercial; nursing. MILDRED A. LANE “MOLLY” Am Ditwormauspontmannely Commercial; business. DT AGNES LEIGHS ; . . “I never saw so much dignity in so little a body.” General; home. 18 re OIA CHES EMILY MACLAY “EM” “Tn perfect simplicity and. frankness.” Classical; commencement “Oracle” beard; class day com- mittee: glee club; 1o,,’ rm: ALFRED S. MANLEY “TAR” “There is mischief in this man.” Scientific; Penn. State or Rutgers; captain basketball, 11; manager football team, 10; school basketball, 10, ’11; class baseball, ’08, ’o9, 10, “11; manager class baseball team, 10; track team, 11; minstrels, (00, 10; Senior play; glee club, ’08; class day committee. EWS S VE IeACe “LEW” “No-wher so bisy a man as he there was And yet he seemed bisier than he was.” Commercial; business; manager minstrel show, ’10; baseball team, “II; assistant business manager “Oracle,” ’11; second prize mathematics, ‘09; class day committee. ALICE, MEET “MARIA” “Hail to thee, blithe spirit!” Classical; undecided; Senior play; public speaking prize, 11. Pith. ORAGLE. FRANCES MOSHER “Littte Moser” “Appendicitis is a terrible thing, ‘But worse, far worse, starched collars.” Classical; Teachers’ College, Columbia. ) GORDON MOY “MAYOR’ “Me +. Pa.” “Names of great men all remind us.” General; law; football team, ’10, ’11; Senior play. JEANETTE R. NEAL “Enough of science and of art.’ Modern language; Montclair Normal School. BERTHA F. NELSON. “Her looks do argue her replete with modesty.” General; Montclair; glee club, ’08, ’09; Junior play. 19 20 Pee ORA CER HELEN E. PEARCE “Wedded to immortal verse.” Salutatorian; classical; Smith; “Oracle” board: assistant editor-in-chief, 10; literary editor, 11; orchestra, ’o9; second prize Czesar, ’0g; first prize Cicero, ’10; first prize Junior German, I0; pianist G. A. A. play ,’11; commence- ment “Oracle”; class day committee. MERLE F. RANDOLPH Sis? “Fair quiet, have I found thee here?” Classical; Montclair Normal School; glee club, ’08; class day committee. LOUIS ROTTBERG “RED” “For the apparel oft proclaims the man.” Scientific; business; science club; class baseball, ’o8. CU NINIEIOSy S CINUC | “KARL” “And still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.” Scientific course; Columbia; class baseball, ’10, ’11; class bas- ketball, 11; vice-president of the chess club, “10-11; president of the science club, ’10; class day committee; first prize in the chess tournament, ’11; second prize in German II, ’1o. THE ORACLE. 21 FRANK V. SCHWED “FLAMBURGER” “From the soles of his feet to the top of his Ineaial, O)} IK” 1 class. baseballly “im: , General; business; class basketball, commencement “Oracle” board, 711. AGNES E. SCRIBNER “AGGIE” “The pith o’ sense, an’ pride o’ work.” Classical; Smith. HELEN M. SHIVELY “Have J not seen thy needle plied With as much ready glee As if it were thy greatest pride, A seamstress famed to be?” Modern language; Montclair Normal School. HERMAN SHRAGER “FIEINE”’ “Short and sweet.” Scientific course; Rutgers; baseball, ’11; class baseball, ’1o, r1; class basketball, ’11; chess club; science club; Senior play; class day committee. 2D THE ORACLE. LILLIAN L. SHRAGER “Sober, steadfast, and demure.” Commercial; business. SAMUEL SILBERT “SAM” “He thinks too much.” Classical course; Columbia; president of the chess club, ’Io, 11; business manager of the Senior play; orchestra, ’08, 09, °10; leader of the orchestra, ’09, Io. MARION SNYDER “NANCE” “Let independence be our boast.” General; home; G. A. A. president, ’10, vice-president, ’o9. MAY G. STAFFORD “T wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.” Commercial; business; second prize stenography, ‘09. ELE ORACIEE: 22 TERY, SAP WLS “TEARIE” “Ve gods! What a fusser we have here!” Classical; P. G. course; basketball, ’10, 11; Junior play; Senior play. RUTH F. STRYKER “Dispatch is the soul of business.” Commercial; business; first prize shorthand, ’o9; first prize typewriting, ’09; class secretary, ’11; honorable men- tion in class honors. MABEL STUTSMAN ARON “Tm o’er young, I’m o’er young ) I’m o’er young to marry yet.” Classical; kindergartening. ANNA L. TEMPLIN “Calm dost thou smile.” Commercial; home. FHE ORACLE, REBT BIS Ran SE RIREY| shen “The pitcher doth not go so often into the box, but he comes home beaten sometimes.” General course; business; football, ’10; baseball, ‘cg, ’10, ‘11; class baseball, ’08, ’09; captain of the class basketball team, suing dew IN UNG auiee Sauer, solkenie J. WILBUR TOVELL Slew, “And then the dimple in his chin.” Classical course; New York University; chess club; science club; senior play; chairman of the class day committee; vice-president of the class ’10; treasurer of the class ’11r; commencement “Oracle” board; first prize in American history, ’07. Js SIENVABILAL, WUNEIRIUC rel “HEATHEN” “He could on either side dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.” General; business; class baseball, ‘09, “10, “11; Junior play; Senior play; manager P. H. S. baseball, 11; minstrel show, ‘09, 10; winner prize speaking contest, “II. ' MARGARET VAIL “Here’s a girl with good horse-sense.” Glassrcall= tSmith: THE ORACLE. 25 KATRYNE VANDERVEER “The Lord has given thee a good name.” Classical; Alfred University. LUDLOW VAN DEVENTER “LEAN” “Oh goodness! The frame contained a looking glass.” Classicals; Princeton: class) baseball, 708, °oo, ‘10; RP. BH. S: baseball, 11; P. H. S. tennis champion, singles and doubles, “MOS CHESS Usipy. FRED TULLY VAN HOESEN ROUSTES “Good Morning! Have you used Pear’s Soap?” General; business; Junior play; S enior play; second prize ‘Ir chess tournament. BREEN TAS] WALDEN “KeEp” “The gravity and stillness of your youth the world has noted.” Commercial; business. 26 iE ORCA CIS: RUTH WEAN “RUFUS” “Tn all the history of the world there has been no such heroism as hers.” Classical; Mt. Holyoke; school basketball team, ‘09, ’I0, “11; manager, “Il; Senior play; class day committee. RUTH WESTERN “Oh, she was gentle, mild, and virtuous.” Classical; home. MARION D. WHEELER “What comfort a slow but kindly person is at all times.” Commercial; business. EDITH WHITNEY “EDIE” “Tell what hour o’ the day The clock doth strike by algebra.” Classical; Oberlin; second prize mathematics, 10; Senior play. THs ORACLE; SUSAN WHITNEY “Sun” “She has common sense in a way that is most uncommon.” English course; nursing. PAUL M. WHITFORD “Doe” “Tf I were king, my pipe should be my pre- mier.” Scientific; Leland Stanford University; science club. NATHAN W. WILSON “NATE” “Let me be that I am, and seek not to alter me.” Classical; business; class baseball, ’o9, ’10, ’11; class basket- pall com 10m tie Oracles board, 1o1-nt ys class, oracle, 115 minstrel show, 10; stage manager Junior play; assistant business manager Senior play. ae SF SIF 27 28 THE ORACLE, From The ‘‘Powers That Be’’ “There “ate no’ ciphers in Ore” LinpsEy Besv. (Patience adapted.) “When they first took my English course on, I said, as I looked at the class, ‘It’s one to a milion that any civilian Their purpose and brains will surpass.’ ” Miss ARIADNE GILBERT. “With the class of Nineteen Eleven a large percentage of the dramatic ability of the school leaves us. We shall miss them for many and varied reasons.” 5) Bagelowe a) R: “If they could only play basketball as well as they play Shakespeare!” H. R. Husparp. THE ORACLE. 20 “They are happy people to have about.” Miss Iota Moore. “They will be ‘gone but not forgotten.’ ”’ FrepertcK H, BEALS. eAles ine Miss S. Lena Bass. “All my relations with 1911 have been delightful. I shall miss their faces very much in the new year.” H. M. Maxson. 30 Ee ORACLE: The Class History of 1911 J. Wilbur Tovell This is the last time we shall hold our Fair on the fair grounds of Plainfield High School. For three successive years we have returned, and we have shown that we could equal and surpass the best our older friends had done. So it is fitting for the underclassmen to hear of our powers ere the gates of Time close on the final night of our great Fair. The first season saw indications of our greatness when we almost won the basketball championship from 1908. We lost the cup in the last game, because the men of 1908 put on their team one of the best shots P. H. S. has ever seen, Bruce Caldwell. In that same year we won two Honorable Mentions, the seeds of future scholarship. Returning the next year we carried out the custom of handing some- thing to the Freshies at Christmas. A bottle of “Mellen’s Food” with “The Children’s Hour” printed on the outside was given to every member of the class of 1912. This custom has never been observed since. By this time our strength began to raise us above our sister classes; we won the inter-class championship in baseball; and Eugene Lidgate walked off with the individual championship of the school in track athletics ; in the race of brains, too, we excelled, capturing five Honorable Mentions and seven prizes. Last year we remembered our superiority and generously scattered among the other classes so many of our athletes that we could win no championships. Confining our efforts, then, to studies, we added to our list four more Honorable Mentions and seven more prizes. Ours was the first class to steal the Seniors’ banner at Christmas. Then to show 1910 that we had no grudge against them, we gave them a jolly spread in the gym. Last year saw the first classical play given by a Junior class, the class of IQIT. This year we found that, in the place of those we had given away, new athletes had sprung up. So it was that another champion came into our midst, Lud VanDeventer, Tennis Champion of the school. But this was not enough glory. We craved for more. We got it: the poor, de- jected Faculty fell victim to the beating of the Seniors’ mighty baseball bats. Careless of marks and frowns, shattering custom and _ precedent, we made our teachers bite the dust. Upon the stage our class has made a record: both prizes in the Public Speaking Contest were won by Seniors; “Twelfth Night” was pro- y Stone. by Photo CLASS OF 1911 | ea Sane a is ae Ps TFHESORAGEE. SE duced in a way which upheld the reputation of former Senior plays; and the “roasts” at Christmas were acknowledged to be the finest ever given. I really think they made that class of 1912 a serious, decent crowd. Truly this has been a busy year. With the Masquerade Ball last autumn, the series of dances with the Juniors in the winter, and the conception and organization of the Chess Club, not a Senior has been idle. Such has been the earnestness of I91I in forming the Chess Club that it is the strongest organization our school has ever had. And now we must tell you of the wonderful picnic Mr. and Mrs. Best gave us a week ago. It was so pleasant, including the usual thrilling escape from a drenching storm, that I think only the experience would give you any idea of what fun we had. We all like compliments. I doubt if man y get the compliment that we have had from our class teacher. Miss Cumming was our class teacher when we were Freshmen. After a two years’ absence she was still so fond of 1911 that, when she took up her work last fall, she determined to stay with us till the very last night of our Fair. The Wheel of Fortune Sue Bennett, following the scheme of her favorite book, “The Rosary,” while singing in the Holy Church Choir, will captivate a devout parishioner with her ensnaring wiles. The wedding will take place on the anniversary of tonight. Ruth Western will be the charming maid-of-honor and the mourning choir will lead the procession to the altar. After failing to run a tobacco store of his own, Paul Whitford will join Ben Berse and become his wooden Indian, taking his pay in tobacco and cigarettes. Sarah Howe, taking as her example Ethel Rogers, 1910, will enter the Library, but according to precedent, she will be the first girl of 1o1I to be engaged. After graduating from Bar-nard, Nellie Geary will return to her home in South Plainfield and take up College Settlement Work among the natives. Behold at the head of a Philippine regiment a commander in cadet uniform. Can it be that Lewis Matlack has never been promoted? No. But his devotion to his first cadet’s suit is so unwavering, that he will never be induced to wear an outfit suited to his position. 32 THE ORACLE. Ruth Wean will turn her athletic strength into account as suffragette Fire-Chief of Piscataway. When she has won numerous medals for heroism, she will run a Japanese nick-nack shop at the gates of Alfred University. After a few months of unsuccessful practice in Ubigah, Dr. Samuel Silbert, M. D., will remove the sign announcing his office hours as an “M. D.,” and return once more to the Jewelry Business, specializing in “Pins for Graduating Classes.” While performing the duties of a nurse, Marion Snyder will capture the heart of a grim old millionaire. They will cement their union, but after one short year of wedded bliss he will die, leaving her his wealth, and she will become a dashing widow. Helen Campbell, Hannah Bingaman, and Emily Maclay will form a syndicate to catch eligible young men for unassuming females. When any unusual fracas occurs in the “Exchange,” the Street says, “The old Bull is doing his heavy werk! Another million or two for his bank book.” Yes, Alfred Clark, the pr ide of rorr, with his financial genius, is making all the Bears of Wall Street tremble and shake! One day in the fall of 1613, Elizabeth Hardwicke, feeling that her course in P. H. S. has been a failure, since the Board of Education refused her proffered services as professor of the gentle art of fussing, will sit down to think out an idea for the advancement of humanity. At last she will evolve a brilliant scheme by which the distance between Somer- ville and Fanwood will be lessened ten miles. Thus the smitten swains of the latter town will be able to reach the Mecca of their hearts, without undue strain on their commutation tickets. Two years after graduating, a terrible fate will cross the path of Gordon Moy, our “Mayor.” Forgetful of Plainfield’s “Blue Laws,” he will attempt to purchase a package of Hershey’s on Sunday, and will get “thirty days” as a consequence. Who will believe that Marion Wheeler and Helen Walden forgot ‘the teachings of their Alma Mater and went out into the wide—wide world with the sole intention of flirting? Alas, Burke and Milton failed in this case! May Day! Gaze and behold! In spite of the literary future many people predicted for May, she will run a “Quick Lunch” counter near the Post Office at Dover. After experience as a tutor in P. H. S., Charles Schuck will astonish THE ORACLE. 33 us all by accepting the principalship of a “Select Seminary for Young Ladies,’ a finishing school on the Hudson. However, after outrageous flirtations with the young ladies to be finished, he will be caught in his own web and elope with the daughter of a millionaire. . Fate will allow May Stafford, Ruth Stryker, and Agnes Leighs to form a compact of eternal “Old Maidship.” But disregarding the assumed dis- dain of the others, Agnes will go to housekeeping. Helen Pearce, needless to say, will become a poet. After many wasted sheets of “rough drafts and outlines”, she will publish a book entitled “Pearce’s Poems”, which will be translated into twenty-six different lan- guages and be read the world over. In 1915 the posters of the Hippodrome will read: GREATEST WONDER ON EARTH | ALFREDO MANLEYO | IN MARVELOUS HIGH DIVE | and all the members of 1911 will troop to New York to see the performance of their “human seal”. Agnes Scribner and Margaret Vail, partners in Scribner’s Magazine, will astonish the literary world by publishing a series of articles entitled “The Necessity of Fussing to Human Nature”. There is a “Te-he, Te-he’ and Frances Mosher, Mabel Stutsman, and Eunice Eckert appear around a corner, arm-in-arm, still holding on to each other, and still giggling. After surviving the storm over Class Day tickets, Nathan Wilson will join the Public Service Corporation, as a forester. His time, however, will be spent in fighting seventeen-year locusts and plucking century-plant blossoms. Katryne Vander Veer will establish a dancing academy in Dunellen where little girls, only, will be admitted. The chemistry genius of 1911, Mr. Edward Hatfield, will invent ap- paratus for extracting radium from the roots of herbs. However, the workings of the inner pillographs, which revolve 160 times per second, will mangle the inventor, but his name will remain everlastingly famous, for the enormous fortune which he will have acquired will enable him to leave the celebrated “Hatfield Laboratories” to his Alma Mater. Thyra Stiles! What do the droop of the head and the languish of 34 THE ORACLE. the eye-lid foretell for this damsel? A dashing career through a co-ed college; six broken engagements; a month of married life; and then a brilliant campaign as a gay divorcée. After a P. G. course in P. H. S., Louise Bird will go through Smith with the same success that she had in Plainfield. Her popularity will grow each succeeding year, until as Senior President, she will make such a hit that the girls won't be able to think of her as a plain “‘cit.”; so the whole college will become suffragettes and elect her Presidentess of the United States. Needless to say, Louis Rottberg will set up a “Gent’s Furnishing” establishment, while his only advertisement will be “Come in and see the full line of socks at reduced rates.” A most unusual fortune will befall Edith Whitney. After she has three months’ work as missionary to the frozen “poles” of Alaska, Sue will receive a wireless that Edith is seriously ill. Taking the fastest ex- press on Sidney Karr’s “Trans-Continental Joy-Riders’ Air Line,’ she and Ruth Kenny, a sister nurse, will start north. When they arrive, the set- tlement will be in a tumult over the recent disappearance of Edith and a native convert. Sue will organize a search immediately and will finally discover Edith seated upon a huge iceberg shouting, “Go it, Sid!” while the’ honorable� president) of, the “I. “@ «J, Aw 12” makes: a memorable dash for the pole. Ludlow Van Deventer will gallop through Princeton; join the Charter Club and help defeat the P. H. S. baseball nine; win all the tennis cham- pionships; be arrested six times for joy-riding; and finally tour the con- tinent arousing much applause over his lecture “Why Every Boy Should Go To Princeton.” As the modern “Bachelor Girl,’ Margaret Hutchinson will keep a swagger apartment on Riverside Drive. This will be so dreadfully dis- appointing to the young men of the Plainfield and Bayonne “Four Hun- dred,” that we shall find swarms applying at her door for the positions of butler and bell-boy. Fired with enthusiasm after seeing Adam Forepaugh’s marvelous ag- gregation of daring equestrians and aérial trapeze performers, Nan Johnston will become a lady circus-rider. But the management will consider her more fitted to be a clown. In this line, she will become as world-known as Marceline. With the fortune she gains, she will found a home for de- crepit circus dogs and horses. Our budding actor, Sewell Ulrich, will commence a brilliant career THE ORACLE. 35 upon the stage. His first appearance on the “South Plainfield Stage” will be such a success, that he will retire and found a bristol-board factory near Hartford. Herman and Lillian Shrager will become Parisian modistes of world- wide renown. Their business will fail at first, however, until Frank Schwed joins them and appears at all automobile races as a living model. After Mildred Lane enters business as a stenographer, her excellent work will secure for her the position of private secretary to a New York millionaire. Merle Randolph and Helen Shively went to High School together ; will go to Montclair Normal together; graduate together; teach kinder- garten together; be engaged together; be married together; and live happily ever after together. “To the Lady of the House” or rather “To the Ladies of the Houses” of Scotch Plains, Dunellen, Fanwood, etc., beware an agent who addre sses you thus on a pleasant morning, “Have you used Pear’s Soap this morn- ing? Haye you a little Fairy in your homer” tis Fred: Van’ Hoesen. Beware, beware we say! For once he has you in his clutches you will not escape until his wares are sold. Another of 1911’s members who will go upon the stage is Alice Mehl. Her interpretation of “Bertha, the Cloak-Maker’s Model” and “Nellie, the Soda-Fountain Clerk,” will be so highly appreciated by the public, that she, also, will be able to retire and rest at ease on an estate in her native land. What means the crowd which throngs the windows of “Herbert L. Terry—Sporting Goods?” A sign states that the man displayed has been asleep ten days and will awaken on the twelfth. Does any one need to say that the sleeper is Ben Harris? No, but we all wonder if his first words will again be, “All right, mother.” Travelling to the State of Washington three years hence, one will find Edna Bird, Ora Bush, Gertrude Enander, Jeanette Neal, and Anna Templin seeking to find the land where the unmarried men grow as thick as mosquitoes in Jersey. Laying aside her dignity for one brief minute, Bertha Nelson will climb a cherry tree after ostrich eggs and lose her equilibrium in a fruitless at- tempt to extract the yolk without cracking the shell. After many years of frightful mental exertion, torn with doubt and uncertainty as to whether he should devote his life to the ministry or the soda-water fountain; in this precariousness, I say, J. Wilbur Tovell at length will become the royal milliner for Queen Mary. THE ORACLE, ANNE R. JOHNSTON Vice-President SIDNEY EL oKARE President THE QRACLE. J. WILBUR TOVELL Treasurer RULE iy ie SHR, VK Be Secretary | 38 Neatest Girl, Helen Campbell Sportiest, Frank Schwed Best Actor, Sewall Ulrich Best Actress, Alice Mehl DonemViost stom ain Louise Bird Sidney Karr Done Most for I911, Margaret Hutchinson Sidney Karr Best Singer, Margaret Hutchinson Luther Banks Worst Fusser, Thyra Stiles Gordon Moy Biggest Appetite, May Day Sidney Karr Worst Knocker, Edith Whitney Nathan Wilson Worst Kicker, Sue Whitney Fred Van Hoesen Most Careless, Alice Mehl Benjamin Berse Most Dignified, Bertha Nelson Wilbur Tovell Most Happy-go-lucky Anne Johnston Alfred Manley Most Talkatitve Elizabeth Hardwicke Alfred Clark Boy Orator, Sewall Ulrich Most Likely to Succeed, Ruth Stryker THE FORACLE, Statistics Adopted by Vote of Class Sidney Karr Alfred Clark Most Graceful, Anne Johnston Frances Mosher Most Practical, Margaret Vail Lewis Matlack Most Diligent, Agnes Scribner Charles Schuck Worst Giggler Elizabeth Hardwicke Frances Mosher Ludlow Van Deventer World's Record for Altitude, Elizabeth Hardwicke Luther Banks Teachers’ Blessing Louise Bird Wilbur Tovell Teachers’ Curse, Alice Mehl Ludlow Van Deventer Most Soulful Expression Margaret Hutchinson Samuel Silbert Best Dressed Louise Bird Frank Schwed Best Poet, Helen Pearce Most Attractive, Thyra Stiles Gordon Moy Most Childish, Mabel Stutsman Herman Shrager Most Easily Fussed, Sarah Howe Gordon Moy Most Executive Ability Louise Bird Sidney Karr Alfred Clark Most Bashful, Sarah Howe Edward Hatfield Most Athletic, Ruth Wean Alfred Manley Biggest Tease, Betty Hardwicke Sidney Karr Sleepiest, Nellie Geary, Benjamin Harris Worst Joy-riders, Sidney Karr Gordon Moy Ludlow Van Deventer Most Sedate, Agnes Leighs Wilbur Tovell Best-looking, Marion Snyder Gordon Moy Most Likely to Marry Susan Bennett Gordon Moy Most Generous May Day Sidney Karr Most Class Spirit Margaret Hutchinson Sidney Karr Most School Spirit, Ruth Wean Sidney Karr Most Systematic, Ruth Stryker Lewis Matlack Ladies’ Man, Gordon Moy Men’s Lady, Thyra Stiles Most Energetic, May Stafford Samuel Silbert Best All-round, Anne Johnston, Sidney Karr THE. ORACLE. School Honors Held by 1911 P. H. S. Athletic Association: Board of Directors Sidney Karr, Vice-President, “10-11 Banest Van- Zandt, “10 Herbert Terry, ‘11 Football Alfred Manley, Manager, ‘10 Girls’ Athletic Association: Board of Directors Dorothy Merrill, President, ’o9 Marion Snyder, Vice-President, ‘co President, 10 Secretary-Treasurer, “10 Secretary-Treasurer, ’I1 Louise Bird, 39 Basketball Alfred Manley, Captain, “10-11 Baseball Sewell Ulrich, Manager, ‘11 Edward Hatfield, Asst. Manager, ‘11 Margaret Hutchinson, Vice-Pres’t, 11 Basketball Dorothy Merrill, Captain, ’09 Ruth Wean, Manager, ‘10 Manager, ‘II Oracle Board: Anne Johnston, Exchange Editor, ’o9 Louise Bird, School Editor, ‘o9 Literary Editor, ’10 }editor-in-Chief, ’11 Alumni Editor Helen Pearce, Asst. Editor-in-Chief, ‘10 Literary Editor, ’r1 Margaret Hutchinson, Ex. Editor, ‘11 Nathan Wilson, B. A. A. Editor, “11 Alfred Clark, Asst. Business Mer., ’10 Business Manager, ‘II Lewis Matlack, Asst. Business Mer., ‘11 iFleiiicem asst: Business Mer., 711 ‘Benjamin Prizes: Vilbur Tovell, American Hist., 1st, ’07 Sidney Karr, Bookkeeping, 2d, °07 Lewis Matlack, Mathematics, 2d, ’o9 Louise Bird, Cesar, Ist, ’09 Helen Pearce, Cesar, 2d, ‘og Ruth Stryker, Typewriting, Ist, ‘09 Gertrude Enander, Typewriting, 2d, ‘og May Stafford, Stenography, 2d, ’o9 Edith Whitney, Mathematics, 2d, “10 Louise Bird, French II, 1st, ’10 Elizabeth Hardwicke, French IT, 2d,’to Helen Pearce, German II, Ist, 1o Charles Schuck, German II, 2d, ‘10 Helen Pearce, Cicero, Ist, ’10 Ruth Stryker, Stenography, Ist, ‘09 Louise Bird, Cicero, 2d, “10 Tennis: Ludlow Van Deventer, Champion, ’1o Public Speaking Contest Prize: ANS NE, Misaki J. Sewell) Ulrich, °11 ‘LHDIN HIAIAML,, JO ISVO AHL oe ‘Mayon T tq o,0Yg THE ORACLE, AI The Senior Play If an enthusiastic audience is any proof of success, then “Twelfth Night”, given by the class of 1911 on May the thirteenth, broke even the record set by the splendid performance of “Our Mutual Friend” last year. Besides Mr. Howe’s thorough coaching, the cast was fortunate enough to have the assistance of Miss Goddard. Her enthusiastic work added to Mr. Howe’s constant drill on even the smallest parts, gave the play its finished, artistic effect. sut as to the cast itself: As Viola, Miss Thyra Stiles was charming throughout... Her part, one of the most delightful in all Shakespeare and one which required con- scientious character-study, kept its full beauty through her interpretation. Gordon Moy, playing opposite her, was such a delightfully love-sick Duke Orsino that he seemed truly to have “been there before.” The role of Countess Olwia, the third corner of this “triangle of fancy,’ was played by Miss Louise Bird, who brought out the part of the unresponsive lady, with professional skill. In dignity and queenly bearing, she was a most realistic lady of royalty. Though a man’s part is always hard for a woman to take, Miss Ruth Wean did especially well as Sebastian. Her vigorous duelling and manly stride are things to be remembered. Alfred Clark, Feste the clown, was surely the life of the play. No one can ever forget his equestrian stunts or his tuneful singing. From her saucy curls to her coquettish slippers, Miss Alice Mehl as Maria was as bewitching a little imp as one could wish. Her partners in mischief, Sir Toby (Sidney Karr) and Sir Andrew (Luther Banks) brought out some extremely clever team-work. The contrast of Toby's grumbling bass with Andrew's squeaky falsetto was absolutely perfect. And then Malvolio—it is rare indeed to see, on the amateur stage, acting as fine as Sewell Ulrich’s in that difficult part. He caught exactly the spirit of Malvolio’s character and carefully avoided all the clumsy ex- aggeration that in the hands of a less skilful player would have utterly marred the effect. The minor parts of Fabian, Antonio, the Sea-Capiain, Curia, and Valentine, were well taken care of by Fred Van Hoesen, Benjamin Harris, May Day, and Herbert Terry... Besides taking the part of a courtlady, Miss Margaret Hutchinson sang a song very simply and sweetly. The 42 THE ORACLE, other courtladies were the Misses Edith Whitney, Edna Bird, and Eliza- beth Hardwicke; and Wilbur Tovell and Herman Shrager were sailors. The play owes much of its success to the managerial staff: Samuel Silbert, Alfred Clark, Nathan Wilson, Frank Schwed, and Benjamin Berse. On the whole, the play was well-rounded and finished, truly a credit to the class. Photo by Luckey. MARIA, TOBY, FABIAN, MALVOLIO. “Get him to say his prayers, Sir Toby!” “TWELFTH NIGHT.” SCENES FROM SENIOR-FACULTY CIRCUS: THE ORACLE. 45 Senior-Faculty Baseball Game In announcing the Senior-Faculty game Mr. Best said that it would be a circus and it surely was. Some of the performers who appeared were Mr. Bostwick as Hope, Chief Best as ringmaster, and “Ben” Evans who went through many stunts of equilibrium at second base. � The part of “Marceline”’ was well taken by “George” while Mr. Howe gave a correct impression of the Statue of Liberty in centre field. Other members of the Faculty team who gave exhibition of sliding, earth eating and atmosphere hitting were “Pop” Hub- bard, Clarke and Von Minden. Some of the Senior perform- efe, Were a ute” Banks, the living skeleton, who twitleds wire sphere, and “Jap” Manley who guarded first sack, “Heathen” Ulrich stopped the bombardment behind the bat and “Sena- tor” Clark took charge of the right garden. The Faculty worked very hard to add another scalp to their many victories but their attempts were useless. The mighty swatters of the Faculty were Mr. Best and “Ben” Evans who pulled their team Out e Or many, holes. Mr. Howe and Doctor Max- son showed plenty of patience in waiting to be passed to first. Sida watt, anidewelaer Glagkarstarted at, hitting, for, the Seniors; Karr regis- toring sa. home. Ttiawander Clark. ethree hits. The Senior girls under Edith Whit- ney, gave a good example of how cheer- ing should be done. For the first time in five | years, the Seniors tamed- ;the unconquerable Faculty to the tune of 19—18. 46 THE ORACLE. ‘““Try These Over on Your Piano’’ Pxaty: -Earile satire. . ivtacus at. 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Mev nau 2 Rees esas ras es eae Lewis Matlack Whom Ate Vou Witt bomieht ! 20 teks fees sens serge Anne Johnston Iie Diy SeHece rg VOL Water noc eek a nc atthe eae eS ge OEIC Meer ( Chariniigee a Wy Catiicia Gh once 2). a3 sean ote epee ye yea nee Senior Picnic Grea Fee ria ctets a Cay een Pea tee Mere comer tretiir, ar ln Sy an Class of I911 ThesGrtl Who “Lhrew Mes Down ainioigticntewdk ae ete oe Louise Bird Fighting thre itanies eyo x Se aoetal ao say tay he ee Sere Ruth Wean hes Vitedaane Wi architec pds esac ay cet eee eee ..... Sue Bennett hears: anid aSinpesMh Of ever sung Aa epee een ees Louis Rottberg Sei Boniihe HOOT MEL, Sx, ears e mine ae oe eee en ae ae te Sue Whitney PleaserGo2 Wdyvand! Lev ives Sleeps). se ean men eer Paul Whitford Howl Lover: Pretty 4hace- 2 pat si Soran See Re es Nathan Wilson Gees. WW tS le Pid raat has 32.2 he ee eocge en arnae Semaine Luther Banks Dred ihrey 15 tiene cis, Sate attire ae cies Soins re ame Senior Relay Team Sings MET GeSlee pn Scena teh tees ae cee ee nN Nellie Geary I’m ‘Panty (Pree? 5. 20 iss castnn sie tes tons lait ogee ees ane te et nena Emily Maclay THE ORACLE. 47 Last Will and Testament Know all Men by These Presents: That we, the Class of 1911, Being of Sound and Disposing Mind, Memory and Understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this our last Will and Testament in manner and form following: that is to say: We, the aforesaid Class of 1911, do hereby give, devise and bequeath: First—To the Plainfield High School at large, the use of the much talked of Parker Field after our many pleasant times there (? ? !). Second—We give the whole school the use of wings (the new addi- -tions to the school) and the services of Mr. Samuel B. Howe Jr. as Head of Elocution Course, Director of Dramatics, Comedian in Glee Club Plays, Coach of Plays, Sub-Pianist, Sub-Principal, Tenor and History Teacher. Third—To the Faculty we bequeath, extend and wish: (a) A long life and a merry one. Here’s to the faculty, long may they live, Even as long as the lessons they give. (b) The right to help the Seniors run the School. (c) The use of any knowledge we have left behind. (d) A set of microscopes to be able to see the incoming Freshmen. (e) The new handbook (Volume de Luxe) by Mr. James D, Macnab. Fourth—To the Class of 1912 we give, grant, extend, offer, and allow them permission to take: (a) The Toga of Seniorship with the Senior Privileges! ! ! (b) The chance of beating the Faculty at Baseball (Or anything else, especially lessons). (c) An attempt to produce as fine a Play and Christmas Exercises as were given by IQII. (d) An example of a fine all around class with a splendid record Front IOIT. (e) To Raymond Manley we give the position as cashier of the Lunch Counter to fill his brother’s shoes. (f) The pleasure of Public Speaking of which we were the first victims. (g) The right to publish or attempt to publish as good a Year Book as ours. 48 THE ORACLE, Iifth—To the Class of 1913 we bestow and grant: (a) The right to get stung and feed the Seniors. (b) The permission to sit in Room 40 with co-eds after a year apart. Sixth—To the Class of 1914 we grant and insist upon their taking: (a) The name Sophomores. (b) Miss Gilbert and Room 35. (c) Hints of what a good class is by following principles and example of IOIt. Seventh—To the Class of 1915 the supreme pleasure of: (as ‘Ourelass icolors: (b) Mr. Best’s rules and regulations. (c) Introduction to Friday Afternoon dances. Eighth—We solemnly send, dispatch and express to the many institu- tions of learning many of our shining stars of wisdom. Ninth—To the foremost publication of school life, the OrAcLE, we leave: (a) 20 copies of our Class Book. (b) A large collection of cuts. Tenth—To that honorable body, the Board of Education, we extend and grant: (a) Our sincere thanks. (b) Best seats for coming High School productions. And now after all has been wisely said and done we desire that this valuable document shall be hung in Ritz’s where all our friends and enemies may gaze, notice, learn and absorb this, Lastly we choose and appoint Duke, our mascot, as executor of this our last Will and Testament. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal this twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven. CLASS OF IQII. Signed: SipNEY H. Karr, President, RutH F. Stryker, Secretary, ALFreD L. CriarKk, Notary Public. THE ORACLE. 49 Adkins, R. Morris City National Bank. Doane, J. H., Jewelry. Dreier, Harry, Sporting Goods. Teich “Ip Cis) Iiee Stationery. Gayliewi we Com rarcdware: Greer Greenwood, Men’s Furnishings, Langhorne, Photographer. Marshall, H., Laundry. Maynard, Tonsorial Parlor. Men’s Shop, Men’s Furnishings. Mundy, C. W., Painter: Nielsen Dickson, Photographers. Rilaut,, Was, Co. Newark Praed. je ipombatlons Plainfield Ice and Supply Co. Plainfield Trust Co. Recorder Press, Printers. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Ritz, Fine Chocolates. Suhr, Charles M. Silbert, Carl, Jewelry. State Trust Co. Stone, Frank, Photographer. Swain, Philip, Artists’ Materials. Thorn, Clarence L., Bicycles. Van Arsdale, M. C., Shoes. Vail, C. E., Jewelry. Wadley Goodenough, Coal. Warnock, Bakery. Woolston Buckle, Paints. V AIL JV GER IND OP BiGCimais ———— 103 PARK AVENUE THE YOUNG MAN FOR SUMMER COMFORT THE YOUNG WOMAN Will require neat, cool-looking waists. Very broad and comprehensive assortment, in lingerie, linen, madras, marquisette, voile, chiffon, taffeta, mous- seline, India and Pongee silk waists. General prices range from $1.00 to $22.50. Will require cool, comfortable shirts. Our vast assortment affords easy selection; with collar attached, with- out collar, or with separate collar to match. Chambray or Pongee, .50c. Pongee, at $1.00 and $1.25. Silk shirts, at $2 00, $2.50, $3.59, $4.00 and $5.00. Madras or percale, from .50c. to $2.50. L. Ss. PLAUT CO. 7VO7 TO 721 BROAD ST., NEWARK In patronizing advertisers please mention the “ORACLE.” THE STATE TRUST COMPANY AT PLAINFIELD : In both the checking and Spe- 3% interest paid on checking ac- cial Departments this company is counts of $500 or more. prepared to render exceptional serv- ice. We invite accounts and promise 4% paid on Special Department ac- prompt and courteous attention to counts of $5 or more. business entrusted to us. Safe Deposit. and Storage Vaults That Are Absolutely Burglar and Fireproof. ORGANIZED 1875 CITY NATIONAL BANK Corner Front St., and Park Avenue PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY CAPITAL $150,000.00 SURPLUS AND PROFITS $265,000.00 ALL EARNED LOUIS K. HYDE, President WM. P. SMITH, Vice-President WM. F. ARNOLD, Vice-President and Cashier ARTHUR E. CRONE, Assistant Cashier 4% Interest on Savings Account. 3% Interest on Checking Account. SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS STORAGE VAULTS INTEREST ALLOWED ON SATISFACTORY BALANCES A SAVINGS DEPARTMENT ALSO In patronizing advertisers please mention the “ORACLE.” The Business End of your affairs calls for more or less printing at one time or another. We are aiming this talk at those who need to keep in touch with printers. Let us figure on your printing. Our estimates will include all that goes to make First Class work at a fair price. Get more business by going after it with attractive printing. We give it just the right “‘twist’’ of individuality and a distinctive- ness that does the business every time. Our telephone number is 847-J. Our office is located at 106 Mad- ison Avenue. The Firm The American Sabbath Tract Society. (Recorder Press) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SCHOOL of MARSHALL’S LAUNDRY Established WATCHUNG AND FOURTH wee ENGINEERING Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Tel. 702 Send for a Catalogue. TROY, N ay In patronizing advertisers please mention the “ORACLE.” Che Sign of Quality, Reliability and Service Wadley § Goodenough 208 Madison Hvenue Cel. 887 DEVELOPING roi” 10c. All Developing and Printing Finished in 24 Hours. I carry a full line of Photo Supplies including Ansco Films, Cyko Paper and Hammer Plates. Trays, Chemicals, etc. BROMIDE ENLARGING. Picture Framing is a specialty, the workmanship perfect, and work finished promptly. All moldings carried in stock. PAUL R. COLLIER 105 E. Front St. 2d Floor, opp. Park Avenue In patronizing advertisers please mention the “ORACLE.” Dense aS Phone 86J-W We Do Expert 115 Park Avenue Watch Repairing All Work Guaranteed. Developing and Printing. Full Line Photo Supplies. MEN’S FURNISHINGS Tel. 870-J. Distributers of Correct Styles 135 E. Front St. Mi CP VEALN ACIS Dela SHOE DISTRIBUTER 127 EAST FRONT STREET PLAINFIELD, N. J. Phone Connection | H. EB, Gayle Hardware Co, JOHN J. PRAED General Hardware —€ailor— Stoves, Housefurnishing Goods, Cleaning, pressing, and_ repairing. Fine custom tailoring. Suits to order from $20 up. Pocket Knives, etc. Front Street and Park Avenue, 314 Park Avenue, Plainfield, N. J. PLAINFIELD, N. J, E. NIELSEN E. DICKSON Get your Ping Pongs taken by NIELSEN DICKSON PHOTOGRAPHERS 131 East Front Street Photos for all occasions Plainfield, N. J. In patronizing advertisers please mention the “ORACLE.” VR DLS ame Don’t go on your vacation without taking a copy | of the P. H. S. WALTZES with you. | When there is a Hop at your hotel, have them played. | Give your school a boost in a strange land. THE CUT OF THE SCHOOL ON THE TITLE PAGE IS EXCELLENT | HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAVE THEIR OWN WALTZES? | PLAYED AT PROCTOR’S THEATRE AT EVERY PERFORMANCE. Mr. J. C. Sorgq—Musical Director for May Trwin Co., Says—“ They are an excellent set of Waltzes.’’ Mr. Anton Gloeckner—Violinist of U. S. Phonograph Co., Says— “Waltzes are catchy and weil worth having.’’ PIANO SOLO---25c A COPY At J. CG. FIELD’S, Stationery Store, 411 PARK AVENUE Or mailed anywhere prepaid on receipt of price by the Publisher | _CHAS. M. SUHR, 614E. 6th St, PLAINFIELD, N. J. HE dainty girl graduate must be photographed. Make the appointment early. P. FRANK STONE STUDIO 125 EAST FRONT STREET CLARENCE L. THORN BICYCLES 405 Park Avenue, Plainfield, N. J. L. B. WOOLSTON J. F. BUCKLE WOOLSTON BUCKLE Painter s and Decorators 45 NORTH AVENUE, PLAINFIELD, N. J. Come to Langhorne’ s for Photographs Some New Styles WwW. W. WARNOCK SANITARY BAKERY North and Park Avenue Phone 754-J. Electric Massage EDWIN B. MAYNARD, Tonsorial Artist Children’s Haircutting a Specialty Parlors Noted for Cleanliness 141 North Avenue, Plainfield, Ne ds CAN WE SING? We can sing for your satisfaction and profit a song about STATIONERY, EN- GRAVING, PICTURES, PHOTO SUPPLIES, SPORTING GOODS and ART NOVEL- TIES. Developing and Printing. Picture Framing. WRIGHT DITSON TENNIS GOODS Graduation Gifts are hard to select. But no mistake is made in selecting a Waterman Fountain Pen. All The Popular Music. Booklovers’ Library .Books rented 2c. a day. Sty GE ak core 3 cay We OO a APASIIS) INIL AP Cy ID NAR AG toy Nd, 8 Sub-Post Office Tel. 991-W. 4{1 Park Avenue FOR FINE DECORATING AND PAINTING | CARL SILBERT Be sure to see Jewelry, Optical Goods ‘OF: W. MUNDY 9 Class and School Pins 433 Orchard Place 219 W. 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CCOAMMZR 4 Cull AYP EASTON Malletts Bay, Vermont Your boy’s success in life depends upon his early training. Increase his mental efficiency by improving his physique. Make him a manly boy in every sense of the word. Send him to Camp Champlain for the Summer Season. It’s AN IDEAL CAMP FOR BOYS Splendidly situated on a sheltered bay of Lake Champlain—plenty of crisp pure air and wholesome food. There are sports galore—rowing, swimming, fishing, motor boating; base-ball, foot-ball, tennis and golf— trips to the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains. Just the sort of sport for boys. An athletic trainer—a camp physician. Tutoring if de- sired. Your boy will be well taken care of by competent men. Opens July Ist. Berkeley School J. CLARKE READ, A. M. New York City Send for our new booklet describing everything in detail. In patronizing advertisers please mention the “ORACLE.” THE PLAINFIELD TRUST COMPANY Assets $3,700,010.00 or more. “The Bank that pays 4%”’ OFFICERS O. T. 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