Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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CLASS CHARACTERISTICS. Title. Favorite Diversion. Sweetest Conversational Fabric. Ambition. Future Occupation. Favorite Expression. MARGARET R. DURLAND. “ Reggio.” Dancing with Bozza. Boys with black hair. Dances. To be a Miller. To go to Bo(a)rd(ens) in Middletown. 0 heavens! ELEANOR FARLEY.... “ Eleanor.” Studying. Boys (?) To make her brother mind. Mistress of the “ Grange.” My! MARIE A. PARKER “Kid.” Fixing lier “ wool ”. Her Ancestors. Monkeys (?) To own an auto. Writing poems to (explain) L. C. M. Perfectly good ace gone to waste. EDITH M. STRONG “Edith.” Handing Lemons. Anything about Smith (College) “To cut out ” slang. Enjoying Look here! ALFRED 0. WYKEli “Bozza.” Dancing to the ;une of “Merry Widow Waltz.” Ether To obey the laws of the (Bore) land. “ Dancing Master.” Honor! MARGARET Y. COX “Coxie.” Ilo(e)ing. Everything. To get to school on time. Undiscovered as yet. Maybe, I don’t know. M. V. C., ’08. THE PIONEER.

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THE PIONEER 3 However, six of us have safely arrived at the eve of our graduation ; and it is with feelings of deep regret that we turn from the dear old High Sclool life, and with “ Honor ” for our watchword set out over new fields of labor. E. M. S., ’08. « ! « Class Poem. She’s witty and jolly and just right to-----, And as bright as a button is she. And now, gentle reader, allow me to add, Tho’ preposterous it may seem to you, My intentions are good, tho’ my verses are bad; But they’re really the best I can do. M. A. P., ’08. « i ’08. By far the most interesting class ever known Is the wonderful class of ’08— ’Tlio perhaps you have other ideas of your own, Ne’ertheless, please remember the date. Wanted Five eligible men between the ages of 20 and 90—nothing over or under will do. Must call at place mentioned below, accompanied by their mothers. References and pedigrees must be submit- To be seniors we once thought ’twould seem rather nice, And be wearing our violet and gold ; But if we could only be juniors twice! AYe feel so tremendously old, We are proud of our president, Alfred O. W., We’ll stick to him through thick and thin, And remember, please, not to forget what I tell you. He is just simply destined to win. Edith’s the superlative girl of the class— She’s longest and strong est and makes things jingle, She’s the dearest and sweetest kind of a lass, And ’twill be but eiu’ kurze zeit that she is single. ted. Only dukes, millionaries, counts, and West Point men need apply. GIRLS OF SENIOR CLASS, Goshen High School. « « Customer (an Englishman) : “ AA aiter, what’s this stuff?” AVaiter: “ It’s bean soup, sir.” Customer : “ I don’t care what it’s been; I want to know what it is now.” One little (?) maiden so dainty and gay AA'hile returning to school from on a choral The most studious girl in the class is E. Farley, Who excels in the x, y’s and z’s, And can talk upon anything from Hooke’s Law to barley— She’s a mighty nice girl, and is certain to please. M. Y. C.’s the most musical girl of the class. She can plaj’ you a ragtime or Bach symphonic, And can give the coefficient of expansion of While she’s always as happy as happy cau be. AVe are all very fond of our young Chester miss, (I am sure the young men will agree) club lay, Fell over a wire in the school house yard And bumped her nose just awful hard. (Ask M. C. S., if that isn't right.) There i$ a Small matter which Some of our purcha$er$ and advertiSerS have Seemingly forgotten. To u$ it i$ neceSSary in our bu$i-neSS- We are vel7 roodeSt au uo ' to Speak of it.—Ex. Customer: “ Waiter, there is a button in this salad.” AVaiter: “ Oh, that part of the dressing, sir.”

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THE PIONEER. 5 Charge to Joniors. May, 29, 1908. Dear Juniors : We, the class of 1908, of whose greatness you are well aware, greet you and give you some bits of criticism which will be helpful to you in your inexperienced position. Now you, as is common in junior class, are prone to think that your class and it alone is the bright and particular star of the High School. You never made a bigger mistake, for you all are very insignificant and are looked upon by the outside world as a sort of parasite of the senior class; we however do not mind the parasite as it offers a source of amusement to our overworked minds. Incidentally to graduation let me condole j with the president of the juniors in that he, ; like myself, is president of a class of girls. It is a position more distressing at times than would be imagined, especially when anything is to be decided on. Let me next say a few words about your conduct in school. It is, to say the least, questionable. You are either fresh or afraid to be heard. Alas ! I fear you will never become the happy mediums that we are. We, whose perfect poise and calm, contained demeanor lias always set us apart as models for one and all throughout our school year. We have always been looked up to as the rising sun of ! Goshen High and now we have attained to , the noontide of our school career, to the highest honours a High School can give, standing preeminent, with the rest of the school around us gazing upward toward our . glory. You in your little way may try to fol- j low our example and we shall watch with interest to see your efforts in that direc- | tion. I wonder if you think that wre are sarcastic and pompous. Now don’t do it, for nothing is further from our minds. There is another reason : Your insignificance is so copious, as the saying goes, that you offer but little material for an article of any kind. By means of this harangue we have endeavored to impress upon your young minds the necessity of watching yourselves carefully and zealously following our examples. If we have succeeded we are content: if not, we hope at least that our efforts has helped you. Well, good-bye brother and sister scholars, and don’t forget when you are Seniors and we are among that sleepy company, the Alumni, that we did not like to leave the school any more than you will and that w'e never can come back to be as we have been. W e will have gone and it is as though we were writing our own obituaries. Fare-you-well. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1908. A. O. W. ’08. W B Class Prophecy. The class of 1908, wishing to find out what the future holds for them, have followed the ancient custom of appointing one of their members to investigate the matter. Their choice has fallen on me. Now, responsibility for one future of one person is bad enough but the responsibility for six is overwhelming, and I have spent a great deal of time in thinking about the subject. One day I was attempting to read, the pages of my book turned into loose sheets of white paper, on each of which was the name of one of my classmates followed by the history of that person a quarter of a century later. On the first sheet was the name of our president, Alfred Wyker, and I found that he is to go through college and then, with the assistance of his wife, to try to accomplish the most daring feat of engineering yet attempted, the tunneling of the Altautic. Edith is to be a Latin teacher in a large college and to try to have her language universally spoken throughout the college, if not throughout the nation. Marie is to be a well-known actress and to