Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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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.

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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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8 THE PIONEER High School Athletic Sports. Season of J907-1908. The athletic sports of the past season were quite successful considering the fact that at the beginning of the year there were not any trained athletes in the school. A basketball game with a team from Garr Institute, in which the G. H. S. team were victorious, opened the season. The second game was played with Tuxedo—our boys were defeated by a close score but the return game showed our superiority. There were no other games played, since the teams from Middletown, Walden, and Warwick, did not reply to our challenge. The members of the team are as follows : Parker, Ryerson, McNiece, Wyker, Seely and Welsh. In the Memorial Day games our boys scored one first, one second, and three third places, making a total of eleven points, which was doing well for such young competitors with so little practice. Capt. of Track and Basket Ball Teams. w « » Annual Prize Speaking Contest. On the Friday before Decoration Day, the third annual prize speaking contest of Goshen High School was held at Music Hall. It proved very successful, the declamation or recitation of every participant being delivered in a manner which reflected credit on the speakers and those who drilled them. The following program was rendered : Piano Solo, Florence Mapes, “ The Only Way,” Martha Sutherland. “Storming of Missionary Ridge,” Sayer Seely. “Connor,’’ Margaret Durland. “Toussaint L’Ouverture,” Harold Parker. “ His Defense,” Marie Parker. “ Almost Home,” Dorothy Phillips. “Shepherds of Judea,” Alfred Wyker. “ Piano Duet—Selected, Misses Smith and Schoonmaker. “ The Old Actor’s Story,” Julia Campbell Reid. “ Deathbed of Benedict Arnold,” Augustus Wallace. “Boots,” Edith Strong. “Summer Fancies,” Girl’s Chorus. Violin—“Bolero,” Julia Campbell Reid. Vocal Solo—“ In May Time,” Grace Potter. Decision of Judges. The results were as follows : The first prize for girls was won by Miss Parker, and the second for girls by Miss Reid. The first prize for boys was won by Mr. Wyker, and the second for boys by Mr. Seely. A week later the interscholastic contest was held with the following program : Piano Solo—Selected, Florence Mapes. “ How the LaRue Stakes were Lost,” J. Everett Crigar, Warwick H. S. “ Abner Barrow’s Defense,” Marie Parker, Goshen H. S. “ Sergeant Prentiss’ Last Plea,” Joseph H. Brown, S. S. Seward Inst. “ The Swan Song,” Grace Kane, Warwick H. S. “ The Shepherds of Judea,” Alfred Wyker, Goshen H. S. “The Gypsy Flower Girl,” Ruth C. Vernon, S. S. SewTard Ins. “ The Principles of Freedom,” Ellsworth Elston, Port Jervis H. S. “The Soul of the Violin,” Josephine Lyon, Port Jervis H. S. “ Piano Duet”—Selected, Misses Smith and Schoonmaker. “ Summer Fancies,” Girls’ Chorus. “ Violin Solo—“ Win March,” Julia Campbell Reid. Decision of Judges. Award of Medals, G. H. Baskerville. In this contest Miss Parker won first prize for girls, and Miss Lyon, of Port Jervis, won second. For the hoys’ prize Mr. Crigar, of Warwick, won first, and Mr. Brown, of S. S. Seward Institute, won second.