Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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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.

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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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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.