Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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6 THE PIONEER write her own plays which are mostly take-offs on our class during their school life. Margaret Cox is to marry and to assert her belief in women’s rights by ruling her husband vigorously. Margaret Durland will develop into a society woman and her life and that of her husband will be spent in a constant round of gaieties, especially dances. My attention was abruptly called from my reading at this point and much to my regret I could never find the loose sheet of white paper which bore my name. 1 shall have to live in hopes that my future is to be no less bright than that of my classmates. E. F., ’08. l s 11 Class Will. We, the Senior Class of 1908, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and considering the near approach of the close of our (school) life, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To Augustus Wallace, the dignified President, we bequeath a trip ticket to Orange Farm ; together with the music of “ Where is my Wandering Boy to-night ?” and a book of brand new jokes to keep up his spirits when the responsibility of being the only boy in a class of five weighs heavily upon his shoulders. To Dorothy Phillips we leave a seat in senior row, also three new versions of the barn dance and a pillow to match her Pennsylvania banner. To Cora Eldred we give several yards of ribbon for her shower bouquets, and the advice that she should not think too much about that person whom she met at Christmas time. To Mary McCormack we leave this warning : “Follow our example and don’t talk (when you’r liable to be caught); also a Trot (not) for Caesar. And last, but by no means least of the juniors, to shy little June we leave the best i regards of that person (or was it a sidewalk?) 1 upon whom she made an impression last winter; also a framed copy of this couplet: “ Worry not over thine avoirdupois— Your weight’s not so bad, so its only your soize.” We regret to say that we have little to leave the High School faculty ; but with the assurance of priveleged characters we leave you dear teachers, the senior class of 1909, which you may depend upon for help in training the minds of the young and inexperienced scholars as we have done (?) during this last year of our abiding with you. SENIOR CLASS OF 1908. In witness whereof, we, the undorsigned, do hereby affix our names, on this second day of June, in the year nineteen hundred and eight. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, Kipp’s Station. JAMES N. VANN, New York City. E. M. S., ’08. « l « “ Out by the school house stands a hill With neither brook nor ripling rill. Only a maple tree is there With waving grasses nodding fair. Down at its foot there rests a well V ith dainty (?) cups so very swell. Upon its side are rocks galore Offering food for science lore. Back of its broad and shady crest Stands tall, a forest’s olden nest. Now it is small and very thin ’Tho it is cool and nice and dim. But up on the top’s where the breezes blow. Up there’s where the lads and lassies go, Sitting and sprawling and chatting so gay. Oh! its lots of fun on a bright June day To laugh and dream, giggle and fool Up on the old hill by the school. ’08. « a w Teacher: “What is tho emphatic form of the verb run ?” Pupil: “Fell down.”

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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

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THE PIONEER 7 Junior Section The Juniors, one balmy afternoon in April, were kindly guided through the first principles of parliamentary law by Professor Smith. Their maneuvers over this uncertain field resulted in the following elections : AUGUSTUS C. WALLACE, - President CORA ELDRED, - Vice-President M. JUNE THOMPSON, - Secretary MARY McCORMACK, - - Treasurer DOROTHY PHILLIPS, - - Editor Just enough honors to go around. Class Colors—Black and Gold. (Little dears, they are far too young to have heard of Princeton.) « « ! Reply to Charge. Dear Seniors : It is with most sincere regret that we see the time draw near when you must leave dear G. H. S. The charge that you have given us is very sarcastic. If we felt that you were in earnest, we might make a similar reply, but we know that when Americans feel deepest they show it least. And so you have used sarcasm to conceal your real regret at leaving ns. We feel the great responsibility we are taking upon ourselves in filling the places you j are so reluctantly leaving; and we know that a great deal of the spirit of the high school depends upon the senior class. And when we take your back seats, in the Fall it will be with a determination to keep up and if possible raise the high standard that you have set. I sympathize most sincerely with the president, not from my own experience but from what I have seen and heard of the senior class meetings. So far things have been smoothly with us because we have had no vital questions to decide. If it would not be too presumptuous for a junior to advise a senior I would suggest in closing that you arouse that sleepy company, the Alumni, and make it a pleasanter organiza- tion for yourselves and a more desirable one for us to strive to enter. A. C. W., ’06. » An Experiment with an Experience. In February the Physics class, composed of six Seniors and one Junior, were studying sound; and in order to do the experiment, “ Speed of sound in air, ” they went to the railroad track, armed with the necessary apparatus, a stop-watch, some cord, a meter rod, and a pistol. The Junior measured off a number of meters and took his place down the track, stop-watch in hand, while the president of the Senior Class stood at the other end of the space and fired the pistol. After this had been tried several times including, of course, firing the pistol, the Chief of Police, in evening dress, raised his window (it seemed the slumbers of this worthy one had been disturbed) and demanded that the noise be stopped, also that the culprits come to the Police Station promptly at six. The class hurried unceremoniously from the spot, where they were in danger of their lives. The girls thought rather nervously of prison fare and garb, remembering stripes were out of fashion, while the boys bravely endeavored to comfort them. When three tliirty came it happened on this particular day that every member of the Physics class hurried away, two of the young ladies going in an express cart. About four, the important individual, who had been so rudely awakened, came over to school, where he interviewed the teachers, and chanced to learn that no harm was intended, but that the class was merely trying the demonstration of a great fact. Even the “ wisest, ” can learn. M. R. D., ’08.