Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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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.

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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.

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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.