Dover High School - Tiger Yearbook (Dover, NJ)

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GUSTAV P. HELLER Gus” When I ope my lips, let no dog bar If. Gus has been the instrument that has written many of these harsh and cruel character sketches and we do not think it more than fair to give him a taste of his own medicine. However, we are going to be broad minded and let him off easy; in fact, we must admit, altho we hate to do it, that we can not find anything about Gus that is really worth knocking. Gus is on the debating team and he has shown here that he has a great ability toward that line, especially when it comes to talking of “brotherly love.” Some of his brotherly love is most clearly brought out in some of the character sketches. On the level, however, we want to keep good our words: we find Gus to be a fine fellow, holding with good judgment the office of President of our class and winning much respect from it and admiration from the school in general. MABEL HILL “Smiler” Laugh, and the world laughs with you. This member of our class hails from Wharton, a city of brotherly love and one church. If you would like to call, and upon asking her where she lives, she should reply, “Next to the church,” do not ever be so ignorant as to say, “Which church?” Despite her pious surroundings and solemn environment, she is very merry and gay, and whenever you turn your glance in her direction, you may behold her con- vulsed with laughter. When asked why she does not attend the school dances, she invariably replies that she is too stupid to learn how to dance. We wonder if this is the real reason, or whether she just has a natural avidity for boys. No; it is surely not this. We think sometimes that her father must own stock in the Traction Company, for she entices boys to throw nickels away like stones. We haven’t noticed any other serious failings about this maid from Wharton, but whatever they may be, they are counter-balanced by the happy smile which is constantly on her face. FREDERICK HONEYCHURCH “Honey” Speech is silver, silence is golden. Cheer up, you Doverites. Frederick is a native dweller of Wharton and he has only honored us with his presence by one memorable year. “Honey” was one of the foremost debaters in the great debates recently held in Dover High School. Here, he pitted his great knowledge against his opponents and here, he swelled the auditorium with his majestic words and insurpassable eloquence that held the audience spellbound with admiration. We only regret that Fred did not try for the football team, because with his powerful form and fleet legs the Dover team would have been made unconquerable. When June comes it will find Fred physically and mentally fit to cope with all the hardships of the world and triumph over them. 18

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BRUNSON GILBERT” “Brunce” A willing helper never wails until he is asl(ed.” Seeing Brunson Gilbert pacing along Sussex Street on his way to school brings one back to the recollection of Julius Caesar striding along the profile of a hill on a gusty day. He is a very agreeable companion, and surely a performer of the rock-aged proverb, “A friend in need is a friend indeed. Yet, this narrative has not yet spoken of his school spirit. Brunce has been a participant in all of the activities of this year’s graduating class, and has even laid aside his school work to tramp the streets in search of ads, helping in general, the Business Manager to wear out shoe-leather and choke ads out of the merchants in Dover. MARK GOLDSTEIN “Mark” “Enflamed with the study of learning.” The gong sounds, the curtain rises and we behold before us the Honorable Mark Goldstein. Mark is a studious character, always trying to get eight subjects in seven periods, more or less. This trait of character perhaps is due to the wavy attitude of his hair; of course he can't help this but it is a good means of winning many smiles from the lassies. We must glance into Mark’s German studies. Mark always knows a lot about this intensely interesting subject; he even knows what the Professor is going to say before he has a chance to think of it. If the rest of us wore glasses maybe we would be a little more far-sighted, too. But Mark is good natured; he takes victory and defeat with a smile, and never has a grouchy look. A few years from now we can picture Mark’s curly locks and ever grasping mind in the depths of Latin, Greek, Spanish, etc. Perhaps he will become an athlete. Who knows ? EUNICE GOLDSWORTHY “Eunice” “Silence is sweeter than speech.” Behold! And the Senior Class said, Let there be a business woman, and there was one. And here she is, too, with the same irresistible smile that gained all our advertisements, and made this book a financial success. All she had to do was: don her holiday attire, enter someone’s office, mention to him that she was soliciting ads,’ and before she could tell him anything further, he would ask how much she wanted. She was so irresistible that the business men wished to take her away from us. They did not succeed, however, because they could not offer the same salary that our financial status (?) made it possible for us to give. So, when we begin to thank the editors of this book for the help they gave, its financial success will be accredited to her. She went right into the lairs of the business men, and if she were to proclaim her own achievements, like Julius Caesar, she could say, “I came, I saw, I conquered. 17

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ROBERT B. JENKINS Bob.” Senator” Srvans sing before they die, 'truere no bad thing Did certain persons die before they sing.” Hail, noble Jenkins, Editor-in-Chief of this Eternal Edifice, and sole survivor of the Johnsonian style of literature. Hail to thy countless offices, recorded in this book. To be sure, Robert Jenkins has many offices, even if they do not impose duties upon him. He is very conscientious. Before accepting any office, he carefully weighs the opportunities for receiving graft, only taking those by which he will receive the most. In Chemistry, he is very brilliant; having discovered a method bleaching cherries to a red color. He is also a great admirer of the United States, the government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” But with all his faults and ambitions, he was very industrious about publishing this book, and we prophesy that he will some day become a great publisher, provided he does not write the matter for the books himself. EDITH JOHNSON “Jack” “O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength.” The next character in our rogue’s gallery is Edith Johnson, called Jack because of her strength and pugilistic tendencies. Her address is R. F. D. No. 2 (We don’t know where this is, but imagine it is in the country somewhere.) Edith walks to school every morning, and always enters with a flush of brightness on her cheek. This daily exercise probably accounts for her great strength. Jack, for in athletics she was never Edith, was a star on the girl’s basket-ball team for two years, even while laboring under the responsibilities of Manager. As to her favorite color and flower, we cannot say. and we have not noticed that she has ever been afflicted with that disease of the heart, lovesickness. On the whole, for we hope no one will pick her to pieces, Edith is a fine fellow, (No, I mean girl) and we feel sure that she will go out into the world, and sweep everything before her (especially mere man). DAVID KRAFT Crafty David” Study to be quiet. Quite a number of years ago (surely not more than five or six) there dropped into the comparatively quiet town of Dover one who was brought up in the famous “City of Churches. He seemed to bring with him the mannerisms and traits of a Brooklynite, besides a great velocity of speech, which, with constant care during four years of kind training under the head of the English department, has somewhat abated. To tell the truth, our dear friend Mr. Kraft takes it all as a joke when we arc entertained by his loquaciousness. ’ But for all that he is a good sport, especially when the basket-ball season approaches; he being on the job with his shrill whistle. 19