Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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THE ORACLE Class Poem A merry crew, four years ago, Sailed off in a fairy bark,— Down the River of Class Spirit bright To the Sea of Knowledge dark. “Why are you sailing, and what do you wish?” The wond’ring watchers cried. “We're filling our nets with the beautiful fish That swim by the river’s side. With nets of effort are we supplied,” Called back the happy crew. The ship was manned by a sturdy crew, Watched over with competent care, And the Wind of Ambition sped them on, As they caught the fish that were there. The nets sometimes were strained and torn, And the fishes slipped away, But the fishermen mended their nets again And followed them day by day. “We'll catch the most we can,” they say. So promised the earnest crew. For four long years their nets they cast Into the depths of blue, And the Wind of Ambition, speeding on, To their course kept ever true. At last the harbor came in sight. Their journey was nearly o’er, And into their boats they dragged their nets, With eyes on the nearing shore, “And soon our fishing will be no more,” Declared the busy crew. The crew that manned that fairy craft Is the class, nineteen-nineteen; Our teachers, those who watched with care O’er the four years we have seen. The time has come for the band to part ;— Some will sail that sea of blue In a larger craft; but all will use The many fish that they drew. “And to that ship we’ll e’er be true,” Call back the parting crew. RutH WHITE.

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4 THE ORACLE SS SS In the Writing Room [, Sir Oracle, having been invited by the officers of the Steamship 1919 to pay their great ship a visit, accordingly made my call in the harbor of Port Diploma where they had finished their illustrious four years’ voyage on the twenty-sixth of June, 1919. As I came up the gangway, I somehow lost my guide and wandered first into the writing room where I found some most inter- esting documents which follow:

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Salutatory THE ORACLE Address SYDNEY W. ANGLEMAN. superintendent, principzl, and faculty, to At this graduation time, amid re- membrances of the happy past and visions of the waiting future, we should remember not only the acade- mic side of our school life but also all those who have worked so faith- fully to make our graduation pos- sible. It is fitting that at this last meeting of our class we should greet those many friends and helpers. So, to all members of our educational body, the administrative board, our our new friend of this evening, who will start us on our way with words of encouragement and help, and to the citizens of Plainfield, whose interest and co-operation have been such a factor in the past four years, the Class of 1919 extends its warmest greeting.