Dover High School - Tiger Yearbook (Dover, NJ)

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iitatanj of tlir $ruinr (Class (JDfftrrrs PRESIDENT.................................GUSTAV P. HELLER VICE-PRESIDENT..............................DOROTHY DRUMMER SECRETARY.................................CHRISTINE EGBERT TREASURER.................................ROBERT B. JENKINS IT is a general known fact that every person or thing, no matter how small or insignificant it may be, has a history by which it is identified and judged. Such is it with us, we have passed four years of our lives in the Dover High School and in this time we have accomplished things, which perhaps, are deemed worthy enough by most of us to be jotted down here. However, we write not of past deeds of wonder, we have no boasts to make, we desire no great honors for anything we have done that might seem worthy of some credit; all our successes, our triumphs, trials and disappointments are deeply cherished by us all and we are humbly content in that fact. We do not hope, by any means, to obtain any greater amount of satisfaction, than we possess in the feeling that we have, with all our hearts, merely done our best. We did not systematically organize until our Junior year. Here we elected Gustav Heller, President; Dorothy Drummer, Vice-President; Marjorie Spargo, Secretary; and Joseph Stark, Treasurer. These officers served us well all through the year, helping the class in every way to hold parties and dances which eventually won the hearts of all the other classmen, the seniors included. It was in this year, at the suggestion of our faithful Dean, Miss Freeman, that we decided to save our money for some good cause that might arise after we had crossed the illustrious 11

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uUtf faculty THOUGH the members of a high school are spoken of as Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen, there is one omission in this description, and probably it is one which should have pre-eminence over all the rest,—the teachers. Pupils might attend school each day, but what would they gain if there were no instructors? They might receive the broadening acquired through association with others, but the real, fundamental foundation of a liberal education would be lacking. As the kindergarten formulates in a child’s mind, the constructive rather than the destructive idea, so the high school transforms and arranges those ideas into definite and mature ideals, for life in the world of men and women, ideals upon which depend the future success of the student’s career. We, of the Dover High School, and especially of the Class of 1917, because of our long acquaintance with them, recognize the appreciation and thanks we owe to our faculty, for their ever faithful devotion to our class, and for the dedication of their lives and works to the furtherance of our welfare and success. And when we go from this world of joy into the vast world of care, we will feel much like the country boy, leaving the old farm for a life in the hum of the city. We will miss their careful advice and guidance when we are out on the great sea of Life, and know, that were it not for their careful preparation, we would be but hopeless derelicts. 10

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threshold to Senior-dom. In this resolution we managed to save about forty dollars, which gave us a good foundation to work on in our Senior year. In our Senior year, we were seized with lofty impulses, uncommon to most classes in the preceding years. One was that we issue a year book, this impulse developed into a desire and that desire into a determination, till at last after many trials and tribulations we have put it forth. This book we are justly proud of, as it is the only book of its kind ever attempted in Dover High, so if we speak of it with a feeling greater than becomes us, we hope it will be overlooked in view of the fact that we worked so hard to produce it. The Debating Tearn for this year is composed of Seniors, being two boys and one girl, and the class considers itself fortunate to have these people in its midst. Besides this donation of a Debating Tearn to the school, we have also endeavored to help out in other school activities; if the school paper benefited by our assistance we are glad; if the magnanimous school spirit which now exists can in any way be associated with us, we will be happy to know it; if in athletics we have helped to bring distinction to Dover, we will rejoice in it, and if in any way we have been helpful to the school in general, we are only too glad to know it; and the fact that we have done it will be our desired reward. Our class has had one sincere friend throughout all its Senior year. Out of many difficulties our Dean, Miss Clark, has helped us, she has ever been our immediate counsellor and guide in all our dark moods and trying hours, giving her time and attention to us with never failing willingness, and in general doing things for us which we can never forget. The officers with whom we graduate are: President, Gustave Heller; Vice-President, Dorothy Drummer; Secretary, Christina Egbert, and Treasurer, Robert B. Jenkins. These officers have, too, done their best for the class, toward making it an enterprising organization. In closing this history, we only wish to state that the experiences which we have had will never be forgotten, our teachers we will honor, and our friendships we will never forget; and we advise the lower classmen coming up in the various years, to always be sincere in their work, to always yield to the wiser power and to ever and constantly stand by the school, which they will learn to love, the dear old Dover High. A. SENYOR. 12