Dover High School - Tiger Yearbook (Dover, NJ)

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ETHAN ALLEN PALMER Eat” You may have known I am no worthy man. Is it not delightful to have with us a member of the town’s helpful and noteworthy body, the Boy Scouts? Yes, the one referred to has had the honorable and well earned appellation “Scout Master conferred upon him. It is a pleasure to make known to those of our readers unacquainted with him; Master Ethan Palmer. The casual observer, looking into his bright smiling eyes, would but little think that he ever gave vent to anger or quick temper. But such is the case, especially when involved in disputes of this sort and those with his comrades. What a change of temperament comes over one at times. Yes, and how surprised might you be at seeing him in the other extreme. Why, in his moments of frivolity he is as gentle as a kitten, as playful as a skipping calf, especially with the gentler sex. But on the outside, when attired in uniform, he has the bearing and look of a soldier. EDWARD PETERSON Swede” Better late than never. Pete is here, the last bell just rang. Pete is some athlete. He is quarterback on the eleven and a star on the nine. He is also a member of the Glee Club and vies with Kreisler with the bow. Studies and Pete are not relatives but mere distant friends. We vote him a fairly good fellow and expect him to build a few big buildings and bridges some day after he completes his high school work. RUTH SHEPPS Ruth Matters will go swimmingly.” Turn your eyes from the perusal of the more uninteresting things in this book (if there are any) and read this history of the star, female athlete of Dover High School, the second Annette Kellerman, Christopher Mathewson, and Jess Willard, combined. Read this account of apparently unachievable, aquatic accomplishments, and then, having been forewarned, we leave you to your fate, should you ever challenge her to a swimming contest. But swimming is not her only athletic accomplishment. She is a pitcher (baseball, not water) and if she were a boy, we could foretell a triumphant season for the school. Most athletic people are never extraordinarily brilliant in scholarship. Not so in this case, however. Ruth is never absent from school, and when asked to recite, scarcely ever refuses. Moreover, she is very good in her commercial studies, especially stenography and typewriting, and although we can not predict a professional baseball career for her, she may get near enough, by being a private secretary to John Mc-Graw, or some like personage. 22

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MAX MEISNER Count Beauty is onl ) sl(in deep. Max Meisner entered Dover High unheralded four years ago. He wasn’t sent for, but he came anyway, and we had to accept him as a member of our rapidly-progressing class. Nevertheless we have found him useful many times in accepting offices, doing odd tasks and acting as a general merry-maker in times of sad distress. Max never seemed to take the old maxim. Children should be seen but not heard,” as applying to himself and therefore exposed his real loquacious characteristics. The ambitions of Max were always found to be very lofty, although his thinking powers weren't very high on account of his stature. We mean the situation of his brains, of course. It was very alarming to most of the sedate Seniors when Max proclaimed that he-not liked, but just adored periods. The real reason upon analysis was found to be that the short name for periods was “Dots. Ah! well. Max, don’t let us Kid” you. CLARENCE MULLER “Clarence “Eloquence is the child of knoivledge.’’ What body would not be proud and honored to have as one of its members a young man of sterling character and determined ambition; Clarence is gifted with the power of expressing himself in a most clear and intelligent manner. Although usually quiet and reserved he is a companion and intimate acquaintance of all his classmates. He usually keeps aloof from gaiety and seldom indulges in long conversation. 1 his may account for the intense interest and concentration which he puts on his work. The thoughts of his poetry are lovable and pleasing indeed; they touch the heart itself with their purity and simplicity. Such a one. my dear reader, it is a great pleasure to introduce as Clarence Muller. INEZ NORMAN Inez” The n aj to succeed is not to fail.” Now let us cast our eyes upon the girl, who, at first was so quiet that it was, for a long time, impossible to hear the sound of her voice. But, however, she gained strength; became accustomed to the school and now can be heard very easily indeed. This is Inez Norman, who, with her friend Ellen, enjoys the ride to school each morning. Most of Inez’s time is spent in studying. She always gives the impression of being a studious girl and if she does not have a book in her hand she is sitting in a corner of the room composing poetry. Her only enjoyment seems to be in her books. She constantly studies Chemistry and History. Like her other companions she is sure to smile at her History mark. Although Inez does not partake in the common enjoyments of the day, she is always as happy as anyone could be. 21

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MARJORIE SPARGO “Marjorie” A light heart lives long.” Among the members of our class we have Marjorie Spargo renowned for face, fame and fortune. A sweet dimpled face is her possession; also two blue eyes which seem to smile continually. We have always noticed that all treasurers seem happy, now we known why Marjorie smiles,—she is treasurer of the Music Club. She makes a good one, too. But, sorry to say, Marjorie will be arrested for speeding some day. Not in any vehicle, but with her tongue, for the rate she keeps it humming is alarming. We should not wonder if some day it needed repairing or replacing like so much worn out machinery. Marjorie says that she intends to become a “Schul-lehrerin.” Can’t we imagine her enforcing discipline upon a pack of ill-mannered youngsters? She'll get through all right because any one whose favorite subjects are Science and German generally does. HAZEL STANLICK “Hazel” Be gone dull care, prithee begone from me.” We have with us a girl who comes all the way from a quaint farm of Berkshire Valley. At the entrance of Hazel our eyes fall upon a strong, robust girl. She is always hungry; this together with her great size shows that she is subject to good physical exercise. This exercise is mainly horse-back riding and hunting. By her appearance she is often judged as being a quiet and innocent girl. But appearances often deceive. Hazel’s greatest delight is doing mischief. This is easily found out by sitting near her for a few minutes. Nevertheless, she does not fail when called upon in History class. Her memory is very fine and she recites without a groan. After Hazel has left the room, everything is quiet again and we wait with expectancy for her return. She is a most learned scholar and we are all promising to send our children to her as future pupils. JOSEPH OWEN STARK “Joe.” Stark.” “Gunboat” “A baby's feet.” We must now rack our brains for some history about our little Joe.” Going into details we could fill a book, but Joe wouldn’t like that. Quite an insignificant thing was Joe four years ago. but now he has attained fame and honor. We dare not say along what lines but certainly not in mathematics. We have noticed for some time past that there is one thing that Joe really delights in doing, and that is, in talking to girls. Almost any time of day we may cast our eyes Joe-ward and find him, perfectly contented, chatting away the precious hours. We must not forget to give the honor due to Joe for the part he has taken in our athletics. As a football player Joe always fought for his school with the best of spirit; and as a basket-ball player, we can look real long before we find so good a player, a sport and all around square fellow as Joe has been. Joe has many friends and always will have as long as he holds on to his winning ways, many a grouch has been transformed by Joe’s smile. Keep up the good work, Joe.—Adieu. 23