Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 30 of the 1910 volume:

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Hosiery, “ Ideal Corset Waists and Under Waists, Ribbons, Laces, Notions, Fine Stationery, all up-to-date Novelties jin Souvenir and Goshen View Post Cards, GET THE HABIT, and go to the CASH ECONOMY STORE. RENDICH GARDNER COUNSELLORS-AT-LAW 4 West Main Street, MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. Telephone 126 New York Office, 375 Fulton Street, Brooklyn Decker’s Pharmacy Hotel Germania GERH. FRECHEM, Prop. GOSHEN, NEW YORK Telephone J09-R. GOSHEN, N. Y. HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING High School Faculty, 1909-1910 MONTGOMERY C SMITH. Supervising Principal ANNA A. FARRAND LOU M. BUCKLYN LIELA L. MURRAY LILLIAN CARRINGTON KATHERINE REYNOLDS ORA M. TRUMAN MARY E. BASSETT, Supply Teacher JULIA CARRIER. Principal Noah Webster School STELLA E. WICKLER ANNA B. HOWELL L MABEL ATWOOD IDA BERTHOLF MAE TRUMAN ANNA REGAN, Principal of [Saver Street School Board of Education JOSEPH MERRITT. Esq., President AARON V. D. WALLACE WILLIAM S. DAYTON THOMAS MOULD JOHN B. SWEZEY Officers JOSEPH MERRITT, Esq.. President W. A. WELLS. Treasurer WILKIN COLEMAN. Esq., Secretary JOHN M. H. COLEMAN, Collector M. C SMITH. Librarian WILLIAM O. SAYER. Attendance Officer Graduating Class, 10 EDWIN HAROLD PARKER EVERETT MOHLAR VINCENT ALICE BALDRIDGE LEWIS E. REYNOLDS FARLEY HERMINE M. L. KATTMANN JOHN M. WELSH MARY B. McCORMACK THE PIONEER Goshen High School, Goshen, N. Y., June, Nineteen Hundred and Ten Editor-In-Chief, EVERETT M. VINCENT Assistants, E. HAROLD PARKER, JOHN M. WELSH The Way to Better Things rT-,HE law of worthy life is - • fundamentally the law of strife. It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.— Theodore Roosevelt. TO most of us, this is our last year in Goshen High School, and we should feel sorry indeed to go from here without some record of the many happy and profitable events of our last school year. Sometime, in after years, if we are discouraged or alone, a glance over these pages, and the memory of these days, may cast a ray of cheer into our hearts and cause us to take a happier view of life. Among the articles in our columns will be found the programs of the prize speaking contests, the D. A. R. prize winning essays, an account of the athletics, and many other events that have made our school life happy during the past year, and, something that will surely make life more pleasant for the classes following us, a description of the new High School. The reader’s attention is called to the advertisements in our paper, and we wish to extend our heartiest thanks to those people who have made THE PIONEER possible. We would also advise our readers not to read between the lines, for there is nothing to be found there, and ask them not to criticise too harshly, remembering that this is our first attempt. Editor. PREFACE CALENDAR SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 18—Business Meeting of Alumni Association. SUNDAY EVENING, JUNE 19—Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. Wm. H. Moser, M. E. Church. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 20—Faculty Reception and Exhibit of School Work. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21—Promotion Exercises of Grades, Music Hall. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22—Commencement Exercises, Music Hall. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 24—Annual Banquet of the Alumni Association. 10 THE PIONEER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AUGUSTUS C. WALLACE, '09........................................President MARGARET V. B. COX, 08, ------ Vice-President CHARLOTTE McNEIECE, ’05,........................................Secretary MARY E. OSTROM, '03.............................................Treasurer MARIE PARKER, 08, - -- -- -- - Historian Senior Class Roll EDWIN HAROLD PARKER. - - - President EVERETT MOHLAR VINCENT, Vice-Pres. and Editor E. REYNOLDS FARLEY, - Secretary and Treasurer JOHN M. WELSH. ALICE BALDRIDGE LEWIS MARY B. McCORMACK, HERMINE M. L. KATTMANN Class Motto—“Truth. Class Colors—Green and Gold. Class Flower—Buttercup. Class Poem E-very one knows our illustrious Harold, H-is fondness for (Ab)rams P-erhaps has been caroled. E-lse why should I sing of our worthy vice-president, M-ost distractedly fond of a pretty non-resident, V-ery noisy, that’s evident. J-ust notice our athlete and also our speaker, M-ight argue a Campbell Hall ball game W-ithout getting weaker? E-specially studious, but why let us parley, R-ogat bene, if the tariffs on barley, F-lirtatious creatures have nothing on Farley. H-istory, I’ll admit, makes Hermine dizzy, M-aybe sorting her mail don’t K-eep Mr. Smith busy. M-ary’s favorite dish is plain to be seen, B-efore you have heard it, you’ll guess, M-aybe (Welsh) rarebit or Ackley’s ice cream. A-n absolutely minus quantity, B-ecause its worse than monotony, Lest this ? ? ? sounds “ rotteny. A. B. L., ’10. Class History IN January, 1909, when the famous class of '10 first began to be heard from, it was made up of eleven members, and chose the following as officers: E. Harold Parker, President; Everett M. Vincent, Vice-President; E. Reynolds Farley, Secretary and Treasurer. We passed through the annual storm of regents’ examination and when we came together in 1910 we found that all had survived but four, who evidently thought that the junior class needed a few more young ladies. The officers of the junior class were re-elected, and we stuck to our class colors and flower, the Green and Gold, and the Buttercup. We chose “Truth as our motto. On being told that I was to write the class history, all that I had to do was to consult a copy of “Lives of Illustratious Men and Women, together with a few magazine articles, and was able to find these facts. I Harold Parker entered the 1 st grade of the Noah Webster school, and after a short absence, during which he studied in Miss Gedney’s private school, he returned to the Noah Webster. From then on he has worked his way upward until he has reached the dignified position of president of his class. Everett Vincent came to us from Tonawanda IH. S., evidently attracted by the far reaching name of Goshen H. S. John Welsh, our orator and athelete, was at one time a student in Matamoras H. S. Coming from there he entered the seventh grade in the Goshen public schools. Alice Lewis, a graduate from New Durham, N. J., entered our High School in January, 1907. THE PIONEER I I Mary McCormack, after trying Middletown H. S., decided that Goshen had a better one, and entered in January, 1907. Hermine Kattmann came from the Manual Training School in Brooklyn and became a member of G. H. S. in March, 1909. The remaining member of the class, having completed a course in East Division Academy, entered the sixth grade of the public school. Although this is an exceptionally large and brilliant class and one to be proud of, Goshen cannot claim the credit, since but two of its members are now residents of Goshen and only one has confined his school life to Goshen Schools. E. R. F., ’ 10 Class Prophecy TIME is passing rapidly and in a few years you will see the dark curtain of the future raised, revealing to you the different pathways of the members of the comet class. But I have gone far ahead of time and now, in 1920, am looking back to tell you what I see. The other afternoon I was passing through a large banking house at closing hours when 1 caught a glimpse of our president sitting before his desk, which he was hurriedly putting to rights before joining the little brown-eyed lady awaiting him. He has changed since 1910 and 1 would timidly approach him as “ Harold ’’ for he is now the dignified president of the bank. Passing out and down the street, I entered one of the city's new hospitals. There, as I walked down the ward, I saw a gentle M. D. standing beside a snow white cot where a handsome sufferer was lying, his eyes lighted up with a pleasure which only the presence of the fair Alice could bring. Tired of the din and turmoil of the city, 1 motored up through the country and out around Goshen “ for old times’ sake.” I saw a pretty farm house surrounded by prosperous looking fields. I saw a sturdy farmer, whom I recognized as Reynolds, standing by a gate viewing with utmost pleasure the result of his faithful labor. And he did not stand alone (?) Upon my return to the metropolis I was greeted everywhere with news boys calling “Extra! Extra! All about the new bridge to rival the Brooklyn bridge! Quickly buying a paper I scanned the columns and found to my amazement that Everett Vincent had submitted plans for a new East River bridge which was to rival the Brooklyn one. They had been approved and the work, already begun, would be finished by 1925. Wondering what would happen next, I entered a drug store and sought the soda fountain. As I looked around I saw Hermine farther back in the store, perched on another stool reading. Gladly I hastened back to her and we discussed for a long time happenings since our parting. She was directing this pharmacy and enjoyed her work, but I noticed that it was a copy of (Kip)ling that she held in her hand. I asked her if she knew anything of John Welsh, for he was the only member of the class whom I had not seen. She told me that he was an electrical engineer and was doing fine work. Yesterday I looked him up at the address which she gave me. I found him standing beside a great machine which he managed with perfect ease. As I watched him, I realized that he is a skilled workman but his face, serious now and determined, told me that the frivolities of 1910 are those of days gone by to him. My own work comes next, but I will not disclose it for it is too disappointing, after all these brilliant careers. Now that I have finished you must wait to see if time will bring about these prophesied results, and by 1920 you will have found out if my prophecy for the class of 1910 was a true one. ______ _______ M. B. M.. 10. Class Will E, the Senior class of 1910, being of sound mind and memory and unquestionable ability, considering the near approach of the end of our school lives, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To Harriet Houston, the dignified president, we do bequeath the one male member of its 12 THE PIONEER class with whom she will not be so frivolous; also a sheet of paper to stand upon to add a few cubits to her stature. To Molly Foster, the sedate Vice-President of this illustrious (?) class, we leave a repeating alarm clock that she may arrive at school on time once in a while; also some solemnity to keep her from laughing for at least ten minutes every day. To Ruth Thompson, the worthy treasurer, we leave the advice that she shall not appropriate any of the class funds for purchasing a new horse, no matter how much she may want one, To Bertha Schoonmaker we bequeath a considerable amount of wisdom; and suggest that she love her neighbor as herself. To Margretta Farley, the editor, we do hereby bequeath a little more voice. To our little Emmie Kattmann. the famous class jester, we give a cap and bells, together with a bunch of “ Cherokee Roses. To our dear Elma Abrams we leave the sporting section of the “ Harold. ” To Adele Witt we give the choice of any young man in the school, and we hope that she will make the most of her opportunity. To Mae Carr we leave high aspirations and the hope that her ambition will not give out. To our “short Jane Coleman we give the advice that she will not monopolize the West-(ervelt). To Florence Mapes we leave the pleasure of playing the piano in chapel as often as she wishes. To Marion Sargeant, “ our fashion sheet,” we bequeath plenty of clothes and wish her luck in Algebra. To Mattie Sutherland we leave a list of borrowed articles which might be returned. To Paul Schriver, the poor lone male of his class, we bequeath a full set of armor to protect himself from the female sex. CLASS OF 1910. “ What is your automobile record ? Earl—“Two a minute.” “ Two miles a minute ?” Earl—“ No, two victims.” The Comet Class of 1910 Now this is the tale of 1910, Such a wonderful class as will ne’er be again. It came in the year of the comet, too. But you will be wiser e’er 1 am thru. The Class of ’ 10 is the comet class. Now what I'm telling you is not all gas. There are lots of them all full of might And in other things they are out of sight. The president of the comet class Is the nucleus of the senior mass; Harold Parker is this wonderful head, But there are lots of books he has not read. The one who is next in the line of the tail (tale) Is Everett Vincent, studious and pale, His brain is full of knowledge crammed, As vice-president he’s much in demand. Reynolds Farley is the secretary grand. He also has charge of the “ golden sand;’’ 'Tis said that many girls’ hearts he has hurt, For, indeed, he's an awfully wicked flirt. The rest of the tail is spreading wide, Of boys and girls from every side. The part of the tale which gets lots of attention Are three girls, whose names I need not mention. The comet is flying away to the west, This class, with its trials, will soon be at rest. With the Alumni they will soon take their place. As the comet is now going out into space. C. H. E., ’09. Charge to the Juniors Dear Juniors : E, the class of 1910, of whose importance you are well aware, wish to leave a few words of profound wisdom to you. We, having had experience, fully understand how much you may profit by our advice. The time is fast approaching when we are to leave the old school, and then a great responsibility will fall upon your shoulders. Try to bear it as we have done. Although you will probably not succeed as well THE PIONEER 13 as we have, nevertheless you will be inspired by our splendid example, You may be the first class to graduate from our new High School. Think what it means to you. You must set a standard that no class will ever be able to raise. There will be a junior class following you, who will watch every move, and so remember you are no longer children but dignified Seniors. Remember not to mark or deface the new desks, or to misuse the textbooks which are loaned to you. For the day of reckoning will surely come. Be considerate to the faculty, for they are always ready and willing to help you (if you only could realize how much you needed it) and when they are forced to use stern measures to preserve peace and tranquility do not doubt that you deserve them-Strive hard to succeed even though your senior year may seem the hardest, and rest assured you will not fail. _____________ E. H. P.,’10. - .. — . -si Acknowledgment TO the many friends of Goshen High School, who by giving prizes and medals add to the interest of the various contests, we desire to extend our heartiest thanks. Among those who contribute prizes are Mr. Frank Drake, $10, for an essay to be written by the Senior Class; Mr. George F. Gregg, Mr. Joseph Merritt, Esq., Mr. Wm. N. Hoffman and Principal M. C. Smith, who give the prizes for the local speaking contests, amounting to $30, and those who give the prizes for the interscholastic speaking contest, Dr. E. G. Parker, Dr. Charles Thompson, Judge J. B. Swezey and Sheriff A. C. Sutherland. In addition to these there are two prizes of $3 each for the D. A. R. prize essay contest given by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the scholarship prize of $ 10 given by the Board of Education. “ Your teeth are like the stars, he said ; Her dear, dim eyes grew bright. “ Your teeth are like the stars, he said, “ They all come out at night. The Minisink Prize Essays THE Minisink Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution very generously offered two prizes again this year for the two best essays written on the subject of the Iroquoian Confederacy. The essays were not read before the High School as in former years, but the prizes will be awarded Commencement night. The two prize-winning essays were written by Everett M. Vincent and Paul Schriver. The essay written by Miss Mary Lewis was given honorable mention. Following are the prizewinning essays: THE IROQUOIAN CONFEDERACY. A tribe of redmen, foremost in war, foremost in eloquence and foremost in political development were the Iroquoian Indians, who dwelt in the central part of what is now New York state at the time when our nation was springing into existence. Today a traveler passing through that section of the state, as he gazes upon the beautiful scenery with its lakes and forests, and on the many large and growing cities, scarcely realizes that one hundred and sixty years ago this region was pathless forest and the home of the redman. This tribe of Indians, comprising five distinct nations, the Senecas, Cayugas, Oneidas, Onondagas and Mohawks, was the most powerful and aggressive band of marauders in the country and was feared from one end of the land to the other. Although at the period of its greatest power and splendor the confederacy could scarcely place four thousand warriors in the field, nevertheless its roving bands had conquered all of the other tribes within a radius of many hundred miles and the very name of Iroquois was enough to make the opposing bands fly in terror from the onset of these savage fighters. The success of these Indians as conquerors may be attributed to several causes. The natural location of their homes in the center of numerous lakes and rivers made access to the lands of their neighbors very easy for their war parties. More than this, however, the success of these Indians was due to their ambition, joined with their courage and ferocity in fighting, and perhaps the greatest reason of all, the political organization which bound them together. Other Indians, although they were most brave and daring fighters, were not ambitious enough to carry war into the country of their neighbors. They usually preferred the more peaceful life of hunting and fishing, fighting only when it was necessary to repel invaders. To the Iroquois, however, fighting was living and they were never so happy as when carrying murder and devastation against some rival nation. Moreover, the other nations 14 THE PIONEER lived in a state of independence from one another, jealous of their rights and privileges, and seldom helping each other in times of war. On the other hand the Iroquois were bound together by the closest ties of blood and friendship. Whenever a matter arose that concerned the whole confederacy, representatives were sent to meet in a council at the council house of the Onondagas where the matter was settled in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. Here questions of war and peace and everything concerning the welfare of the whole race were discussed and the quarrel of the least of the members became the quarrel of the whole nation if war was decided upon. So it was in all things and this characteristic of standing by each other in times of danger was probably accountable for the very existence of this comparatively small nation surrounded on every side by little enemies. In their home life the Iroquois differed in many, although not in all, respects from the other savages living round about them. They were about the only Indians who had fortified homes and these as described by the early Freneh explorers were by no means insignificant either in size or strength. The houses were long and built something after the style of modern bams, although of course not so high. A hall extended down the center of the building and on each side were rooms connected with the large hall. One family occupied each room and the cooking was done on a fire in the hall, one fire being sufficient for three or four families. Several such dwellings were surrounded by a palisade or a row of pointed logs set upright in the ground and pierced with loopholes through which the defenders could fire at the enemy. Outside of these forts were large fields of Indian corn and vegetables and large orchards of fruit trees which were cared for by the Indian women, the men, as was the case with all Indians, thinking it beneath their dignity to do such work. The people were bound together by no system of written laws and still they had regard for certain rules and customs, which were handed down from one generation to the next. The council of each tribe and the grand council of the whole confederacy had no power to enforce their orders but they were regarded and obeyed in almost the same spirit as are the laws of today. The people took a great interest in their political life and it was considered one of the greatest of honors to be chosen to fill some high political office. Here an opportunity of displaying their oratorical ability was given to the more brilliant among their number, and nowhere in the history of Indians do we read of such eloquent and stirring adresses as delivered by these dusky statesmen when moved by some great question of war or politics. In religion also, the Iroquois were deeply interested and their attention was frequently given to some religious festival or ceremony in honor of the spirit whom they worshipped. They never started a new enterprise without first asking the favor and assistance of these spirits whom they thought to be in all living things. Especially before , ..... , i. . . -j_ ... i, r� - - — ■ aaaa going to war whole weeks were spent in war dances and other mysterious rites not only to s£ek this divine aid but to encourage and strengthen the hearts of the warriors. In their political and religious life we see the serious side of the character of these people, but they also spend a good part of their time in sports and other pastimes. When not engaged in the more serious occupation of war they turned their attention to the chase and the game of chance, or else took part in the religious festivals and political struggles. Some of these pleasures, however, had a dark side for one of the customs of these savages which gave them the greatest delight was the torture of prisoners taken in war. The suffering and agony undergone by the captives at the hands of these madmen was too terrible to be described or conceived of in our present state of civilzation. But let us not condemn the savage too harshly for this barbarism, for it was his nature to be cruel to his enemies and when circumstances were reversed and he was the one to be thus treated we do not see him terrified and pleading for life, but rather dying bravely and scorning his tormentors to the last. The story of all the conquests made by the five nations would be long enough to fill a book, but perhaps the tale of the destruction of the Erics will show their spirit when angered and the merciless way in which they dealt with their enemies. The story as told in the Indian legends is this: From early times the Eries living along the southern border of lake Erie were the most powerful of all the tribes living in that part of the country. Now the Iroquois began to loom up into prominence and the Eries became jealous of the powerful confederacy springing up to the east of their country. So they determined to challenge their neighbors to a series of athletic contests and so prove their superiority over them. A delegation from the Erics challenged the Iroquois to a game of ball with one hundred men on a side and after much deliberation on the part of the grand council the offer was refused. In the following year the Eries again renewed their challenge which was again declined, but when on being repeated the third time, the Iroquois inflamed by the insolence of the Eries accepted the challange and prepared for the struggle. At last the day for the contest arrived and the opposing teams met on a field near the home of the Eries. The young men representing the Eries were much more self-confident than their opponents but this was as far as the superiority went. For after a desperate struggle the visitors were victorious and carried off the prize, a great pile of guns, blankets, beads and otber trinkets dear to the Indian's heart. The Eries angered by this defeat then challenged the Iroquois to a running race with ten runners on a side and this offer was accepted with no hesitation. Again the Iroquois were victors and then the wrath of the Eries knew no bounds. As a last trial of skill the chief of the Eries proposed a series of wrestling matches, the victor in each contest to kill his adversary with the toma- THE PIONEER 15 hawk. The Iroquois also agreed to this proposal but with darkened countenances. The first pair of wrestlers struggled furiously and when the Iroquois finally succeeded in throwing his opponent to the ground, he refused to kill him. At once the maddened chief of the Eries hurled his tomahawk through the air with unerring aim and scattered the brains of his defeated kinsman. After this scene was twice repeated, the Iroquois in each case refusing to kill his opponent, the visitors withdrew from the field and returned home. War was immediately declared by the Eries and the five nations prepared for the defence. The two armies are said to have met between the Genesee River and Lake Cayuga and the battle raged all day and far into the night, with terrible fury on both sides. At last victory began to swing to the side of the Iroquois, but the brave Eries preferring death to defeat refused to fly and the awful carnage went on. Insane with the delirium of victory the conquerers pressed on to the chief town of the Eries. They scaled the walls and fell upon the defenders killing them without mercy, and when they finally ceased it was because they were alone, the Eries had been wiped out of existence. Such was also the fate of the Hurons, the Wyan-dots and the “ Neutral Nation. To the south the Delawares, Lenapes and other Alogonquin tribes were overcome one after the other, and toward the north the Ottowas and Canadians were continually harassed by these invaders. So the confederacy extended its conquests to the north, south, east and west, until at the time with which we are chiefly concerned the opening of the war of the Revolution, the Iroquoian confederacy was a recognized power and an ally of the greatest importance to either party in the coming struggle. A history of the ' five nations especially in connection with the revolution would not be complete without mentioning the name of a man who will always be associated with the name Iroquois. I refer to Sir William Johnson. He came to this country a poor lad and established himself in a trading post near the point where the Mohawk river enters the Hudson. Here by honest dealing and by always giving the Indian a little the best of the bargain, as the Indian thought, he gained a profitable fur trade with them, and what was far more important, the lasting friendship of these redmen. An Iroquois was always sure of a good meal and a warm place to sleep in the mansion of this friend of theirs and it is not strange that his word, which was faithfully kept when given, soon became as law to those simple minded children of the forest. Presently the first murmurs of the coming revolution were heard in the air and one of the questions of the greatest importance to both parties was which side the Iroquois would take in the coming struggle. The Mohawk and Champlain valleys offered splendid openings to the British for the invasion of the colonies and these openings would be impassable if blocked by a nation of treacherous redmen. As well as this, the addition of the warriors to the British fighting force would be a very appreciable gain in strength, for, while the British were attacking the colonies from the sea the Indians would harass them on the frontier, and so the colonies between two fires would fall. The Americans on the other hand, only asked the Indians to remain neutral and this the greater part of them finally agreed to do. As the struggle went on, the Indians aroused by the fighting and being continually exhorted to join with the English by Sir William Johnson, began to waver in their determination to remain neutral. Small pariies began to slip away secretly to join with the English and soon the greater part of the Mohawk nation was fighting in the British army. Now one of the greatest leaders in the history of the five nations appeared and his influence soon became noticeable in the attitude of the Indians. Joseph Brant, the son of Indian parents, had received most of his education among English people and the combination of his Indian characteristics; cunning, cruelty and reckless daring with the knowledge of fighting received from his English friends made him an especially dangerous leader of the redmen. Although he spoke English fluently, possessed many characteristics of the white man, and even professed to be a Christian, there was never a crueler, more blood-thirsty wretch at the head of a band of Indians bent on murder and destruction. Soon reports began to come in of insolated cabins being attacked, the inmates killed or what was far worse being carried of? to undergo torment at the hands of the savages, and of other outrages committed by the Indians. During the darkest days of the revolution when the American cause seemed most hopeless, came the news of the destruction of Wyoming, Cherry Valley and many other small towns and villages. Even we know something of these terrible days for the battle of Minisink was fought not very far from our homes against part of these very Indians. The patience of the colonists soon came to an end and in 1779 they determined to make a final attempt to put a stop to these outrages. Gen. Sullivan was sent into the country of the five nations at the head of an army to conquer and drive out the savages. As the army advanced no show of resistance was met and the vengeance of the soldiers instead of being wreaked on the Indians themselves was turned upon their homes and fields. The trail of the army could easily be followed for under its hand the country changed as if by magic to one terrible color— black. The homes, forts, crops; everything was destroyed by the merciless invaders and it is said that even the fruit trees were hewn down by the soldiers who had not forgotten the destruction of their own homes a short time before. The Indians could only look upon this work of devastation in helpless rage and their vengeance was taken in unnameable tortures committed upon unfortunate stragglers whom they captured. At last the leaders of the Indians decided to make a last stand and the two armies 16 THE PIONEER met in a battle where the city of Elmira now stands. The Indians were routed and fled in the direction of Fort Niagara, while the work of destroying the deserted village continued. At last the work was done and General Sullivan looked about him in triumph. The once happy and beautiful scene was gone forever and all that remained to show that man had ever lived there were the piles of blackened ashes. Such warfare may seem cruel to us but it was no more than retaliation, and it was necessary if the white man was to control the country. The two races were totally different not only in character but also in the manner of living and one country was not large enough to hold both of them. The forests were necessary to the Indian for from them he gained his pleasure and living. He was content to spend his life in fighting, hunting and other savage pleasures, and never bettered his conditions, enough at least to compare with the white man. On the other hand the white man was the forerunner of development, and as he advanced he cleared away the forests and began to cultivate the land. As the forests disappeared the redman went with them and their few descendants whom we see on the reservations today are but a sorry remnant of a once flourishing race. It seems to be a law of nature that the world shall belong to the people who make the best use of it and there can be no doubt in our minds that it was best for our country that the white man should control it. EVERETT M. VINCENT. THE GREATEST CONFEDERATION OF THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES, IROQUOIS. HEN the Caucasian race first entered the primeval forests of the Empire State they found it already populated with two great Indian families. These two Indian organizations were the Iroquois and the Algonquins. The Algonquins held all of the Hudson River valley, the highlands below the Catskill mountains, and all of Long Island, being closely related to the New England Indians. The Iroquois inhabited the central and westerly part of the State of New York, from the Adriondack mountains in the north to Katzberg in the south and westward as far as the County of Erie. The Iroquois originally consisted of only five tribes: the Mohawk, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas and the Senecas; but in 1712 the Tuscaroras were admitted to the league, which now adopted the name of “Six Nations. Of the Iroquois nations mentioned, five were already in New York when Champlain and Hudson entered it in 1609. The Mohawk had come by way of Lake Champlain from the north; the Oneidas from the same direction, apparently leaving the St. Lawrence at the Oswegatchie river and tarrying in that region for a time; the Onondagas had gradually migrated from Jefferson County to the Oswego and Seneca rivers, hastening their movements and seeking the hills farther south when the war broke out in the 16th century; the Cayugas and Senecas had come by way of Niagara river much earlier than this, moving eastward unmolested. West of the Iroquois were the Erics and Cattaraugus; to the northwest were the Neutrals, known by that name because they seldom went to war; on the remaining sides, they were surrounded by the Algonquins. The Iroquois, in some measure, owed their triumphs to the position of their country from which several great rivers and the inland oceans of the northern lakes opened ready thoroughfares to their roving warriors through all the adjacent wilderness. But the true foundation of their success was in their own inherent energies, wrought to the most effective action under a political fabric well suited for the Indian life. In their scheme of government, as in their social customs and religious observances, the Iroquois displayed in full symmetry and matured strength, the same characteristics which in other tribes are found distorted, withered, decayed to the root, or, perhaps, faintly visible in an imperfect germ. To each tribe belonged an orgnnization of its own. Each had several Sachems, who, with subordinate chiefs and principal men, regulated all its internal affairs; but when foreign powers were to be treated with, or matters involving the whole confederacy required deliberation, all the Sachems of the several tribes convened in general assembly at the great council house in the valley of the Onondagas. Here ambassadors were received, alliances were adjusted, and all subjects of general interest discussed with exemplary harmony. The order of debate was prescribed by time-honored customs; and, in the fiercest heat of controversy, the assembly maintained its iron self-control. But the main story of Iroquois polity was the system of totemship. It was this which gave the structure its elastic strength; and but for this, a mere confederacy of jealous and warlike tribes must soon have been rent asunder by shocks from without or discord from within. The whole confederacy irrespective of their separation into tribes, consisted of eight totemic clans; and the members of each clan, to whatever nation they belonged, were mutually bound to one another by those close ties of fraternity which mark this singular institution. The names of the principal clans wcrs the Bear, the Wolf, the Turtle, the Deer, the Eagle and the Herons. A peculiar but very powerful element of the legislature of the whole confederacy was formed by the matrons. They sat in the assemblies and had an absolute veto in questions of war and peace. The Indian believed in a future life, a happy hunting ground, where he would be accompanied by his dog, would need his bow and arrow and hatchet, and where his occupation would be similar to that of this life, except that all care and sorrow, and toil that wearies, would be removed. The religion of the red man was an ever present consciousness; he prayed when he sat down to meal and when he arose; he prayed when he went on THE PIONEER 17 the chase and when waging war upon his fellow men. His religion, however, was grossly corrupted with superstitions. He believed that spirits dwelled in animals, in trees, and in everything about him. His imagination peopled the air and the water and the forests with living, invisible creatures, and often filled him with superstitous dread. He worshipped the Great Spirit; he worshiped the sun and the stars, the rivers and the mountains, but he did not bow down to that which he had made with his own hands. In one respect the religion of the Iroquois differed from that of almost all other people. He did not look upon himself as a sinner in the sight of the Great Being. His tribe may have offended as a whole, but he did not feel a personal responsibility, nor did he believe that his future happiness depended in any way upon his actions in life. He followed the dictates of his own conscience with the utmost exactness; and while his conscience, which was based on tribal custom and not upon religion, bade him to be honest and kind in his dealings with his own people, it permitted him to steal from his enemy, to destroy his property, and to torture him to death. The dwellings and works of defense of the Iroquois were far from contemptible, either in their dimensions or in their structure. Along the banks of the Mohawk, among the hills and hollows of the Onondaga, in the forests of Oneida and Cayuga, on the romatic shores of Seneca Lake, and the rich borders of the Genesee, surrounded by waving maize fields, and encircled from afar by the green margin of the forest, stood the ancient strongholds of the confederacy. The clustering dwellings were encompassed by triple rows of palisades, pierced with loopholes; furnished with platforms within, for the convenience of the defenders; with magazines of stones, to hurl upon the heads of the enemy; and, with water conductors to extinguish any fire which might be kindled without. The area which these defenses enclosed was often several acres in extent, and the dwellings, ranged in order within, were sometimes more than a hundred feet in length. Posts, firmly driven into the ground, with an intervening frame-work of poles, formed the basis of the structure; and its sides and arched roof were closely covered with layers of elm bark. Each of the larger dwellings contained several distinct families, whose separate fires were built along the central space, while compartments on each side, like the stalls of a stable, afforded so me degree of privacy. Here rude couches were prepared, and bear and deer skins spread; while above, the ripened ears of maize, suspended in rows, formed a golden tapestry. In the long evenings of midwinter, when in the wilderness without the trees cracked with biting cold, and the forest paths were clogged with snow, then around the lodge-fires of the Iroquois, warriors, squaws, and restless, naked children were clustered in social groups, each dark face brightening in the fickle firelight, while, with jest and laugh, the pipe passed round from hand to hand. The chase, the warpath, the dance, the festival, the game of hazard, the race of political ambition, all had their votaries. When the assembled Sachems had resolved on war against some foreign tribe, and when, from their great council-house of bark, in the valley of the Onondaga, their messengers had gone forth to invite the warriors to arms, then from east to west, through the farthest bounds of the confederacy, a thousand warlike hosts caught up the summons with glad alacrity. With fasting and praying, and consulting dreams and omens; with invoking the war god, and dancing the frantic war-dance, the warriors sought to insure the triumph of their arms; and, these strange rites concluded, they began their stealthy progress, full of confidence, through the devious pathways of the forest. For days and weeks, in anxious expectation, the villagers await the result, and now, as evening closes, a shrill, wild cry, pealing from afar, over the darkening forest, proclaims the return of the victorious warriors. The village is alive with sudden commotion; and snatching sticks and stones, knives and hatchets, men, women and children, yelling like fiends let loose, swarm out of the narrow portal, to visit upon the miserable captives a foretaste of the deadlier torments in store for them. And now, the black arches of the forest glow with the fires of death; and with brandished torch and firebrand the frenzied multitude close around their victim. The pen shrinks to write, the heart sickens to conceive the fierceness of his agony, yet still, amid the din of his tormentors, rises the captive’s clear voice of scorn and defiance. The work is done, the blackened trunk is flung to the dogs, and with clamorous shouts and hootings, the murderers seek to drive away the spirit of their victim. The Iroquois reckoned these barbarities among their most exquisite enjoyments, and yet they had other sources of pleasure, which made up in frequency and in innocence all that they lacked in intensity. Each passing season had its feasts and dances, often'mingling religion with social pastimes. Foremost in war, foremost in eloquence, foremost in their savage arts of policy, stood the fierce people called by themselves the Hodeuosaunee, and by the French the Iroquois. They extended their conquests and their depredations from Quebec to the Carolinas; and from the western prairies to the forests of Maine; on the south, they forced trouble from the subjugated Delewares, and pierced the mountain forests of the Cherokees with incessant forays. On the north, they uprooted the ancient settlements of the Wyandots. On the west, they exterminated the Eries and the Andastes, and spread havoc and dismay among the tribes of the Illinois; and on the east, the Indians of New England fled at the first peal of the Mohawk war-cry. Nor was it the Indian race alone who quailed before their ferocious valor. All Canada shook with the desolating fury of their onset, the people fled to the forts for refuge; the blood-besmeared conquerors roamed like wolves among the burning settlements, and the youthful colony trembled on the brink of ruin. 18 THE PIONEER On the whole, the Iroquois were of all the Indian tribes of North America not only the most powerful, but also the highest developed, and some of their leaders, as, for instance, Red Jacket of the Seneca tribe and Brant of the Mohawk, were men of valor, understanding, and eloquence. The enmity of the Iroquois towards the French had its origin in a little skirmish they had in 1609 with Champlain, when a few of their chiefs were slain. But there was another cause. The Iroquois and the Algonquins were deadly, hereditary enemies, and so they had been from time far back, beyond the coming of the white man to North America; and the intimacy between the Algonquins and the French proved a serious barrier to the latter when they sought to make friends of the Iroquois. For a quarter of a century the French made every effort to win the Six Nations, and they would doubtless have succeeded but for the counter influence of one man, William Johnson, the British superintendent of Indian affairs. Johnson spent many years among the Iroquois, knew their language as he knew his own, married a Mohawk squaw, sister to Joseph Brant, and was a Sachem of their tribe. It was through the influence of Johnson, who was a royalist, that Brant cast his lot and that of the Iroquois with Great Britain. During the Revolutionary war, Brant attacked and nearly destroyed by fire and sword the settlements of Cobleskill, German Flats, and Andrewstown. During this same war Brant committed the massacre of Minisink, and made depredations into Wyoming and Cherry Valley. But in the next year of the war the Americans retaliated, and General Sullivan nearly broke the power of the Confederation. The Iroquois present a remarkable exception to the supposed general law of decrease amnog the American Indians, they having increased at every enumeration since the year 1812, when they reached their lowest point of numbers. Nearly one-half of the Iroquois, have removed from New York to points farther west. The largest reservation is that of the Mohawks, on the Grand River in Ontario, one hundred fifty miles west of Niagara. The Mohawks of Grand River number nearly two thousand, with these are now three hundred Tuscaroras and a few individuals from the other tribes. Five-sixths of the Oneidas, or about one thousand five hundred, live on a reservation on Green Bay, Wis., and some two hundred fifty Senecas reside in the Indian Territory. The Six Nations, having long since sold all their lands in New York, they are scattered among the sister tribes, with whom they have intermarried. All the Six Nations have enjoyed the benefits of missions from an early period in the century, and for twenty years past their schoools have been supported by the State, the teachers being mainly natives. Three hundred years have now elapsed and the war whoop of the Iroquois now ceases to turn the white man s blood cold as it did in the days of the pioneer. The territory once traversed by a score of thousand Indians is now populated with two million souls of a different race and color. May the successors of the Iroquois observe the saying that Right makes might,” therefore bringing a reign of peace instead of war over our Empire State. PAUL R. SCHRIVER. Our New High School • w ' 'I OSHEN is to have a new high school VJ building.” The heart of every pupil and graduate and of every friend of public education was made glad when at the special election, held early in the spring, the voters decided by a splendid majority that the time had come for our village to make the move that would put it in line with the other up-to-date villages and cities in the matter of school buildings. This district will spend about $70,000 on the building'and its equipment, and this, with our present splendid high school building, which will be used for a grammar school when the new building is occupied, will give Goshen one of the finest school plants in this part of the State. The Noah Webster building, which is now used as a grade school, will probably be abandoned for school purposes. The site chosen for the new building is an excellent one. It is in a conspicuous part of the town and its close proximity to the old high school will render the management of the schools much less difficult then if they were at a considerable distance from each other. The lot is directly in front of the present high school, measuring about 190 ft. on Main St. and 340 on Erie St. The board of education and principal Smith have devoted a great deal of time to the study of school house architecture and building plans. The plans of nearly all of the new school buildings in this part of the State have been investigated and the type of building that has finally been selected was chosen after consulting with many of the best architects and school authorities in the State. Mr. Wm. T. Towner, of New Rochelle, who is at present at work on his one hundred and fifteenth school building, was selected to draw the plans. Mr. Towner is one THE PIONEER 19 of the best known school architects in the country and has built many of the best buildings in New Jersey and Eastern New York. The building provides for four grade rooms and the high school department as well as for several unassigned rooms which will later be used as the growing needs of the school may require. An auditorium seating five hundred is provided for and also a gymnasium with locker rooms, etc. The gymnasium, which is de-signed for physical training classes, will also be adapted for basket-ball and other indoor games. The building will be built entirely above ground, and the first floor, or basement floor, will thus be available for school purposes. The main entrance will be on Main St., with two entrances at the sides, one for the boys on Erie St. and one for the girls on the side next to Music Hall. The side entrances, which will be the ones used by the students, will let into a long corridor extending through the center of the building. At either end of this corridor stairs will lead to the floors above. As one enters the main entrance in front, he will find himself in a lobby room from which opens the Board of Education office and the teachers’ room. These rooms will be large and well equipped for their purpose. On the basement floor are the lockers and toilet rooms for the entire building, two unassigned class rooms for future expansion and the big gymnasium, whose dimensions are about 45 ft. x 70 ft. From the front lobby a broad flight of stairs leads to the first floor above. The corridor on the first floor above the basement, running the entire length of the building, is sixteen feet wide, and an inlaid mosaic floor is planned for. On this floor the four corner rooms are to be primary grades rooms. The libraries are to occupy the space in the center front, and in the center rear and extending back about forty feet beyond the rear wall of the building proper is the auditorium, which is directly over the gymnasium. The auditorium projection is to be but one story above the basement, while the main part of the building is to be two. The entrance to the au' ditorium will be from the corridor on the fiirst floor directly in front of the main entrance-The grade class rooms arranged for on this floor are designed to accomodate forty pupils each, and from each class room will open cloak locker rooms. On the second floor (above the basement) the high school department will be cared for. A center corridor, narrower than the ones on the two floors below, runs the entire length of the building. This floor provides for a large academic study hall seating one hundred twenty-five, where no recitations will be held; four high school recitation rooms, one of which will be fitted up for a music and drawing room; two science laboratories with the necessary supply room and apparatus closets, and a science lecture room. There will also be provided for this floor a reference library reading room, a small office and emergency toilets. This building follows the general line of many of the best buildings of recent construction, and we are sure that when the structure is completed it will be found that Goshen has one of the best arranged buildings possible under the conditions. The building is to be fire-proof with exterior of pressed brick trimmed with limestone and marble. Prize Speaking Contests. THE annual local prize speaking contest was held at Music Hall on Thursday evening. May 26. 1910. All of the speakers showed the result of a great deal of careful training and delivered their selections so well that the judges were given a very difficult task in deciding upon the winners. Following is the program: Orchestra . • Not Guilty, ..................... The Old Settler’s Story, “ The New South, .... “ The Fiddle Told, Vocal Solo,........................ Storming of Mission Ridge, ■ How the La Rue Stakes Were Lost, The Black Regiment, “ Cherokee Roses,” .... Violin Solo—Selected, . ( Orchestra Medley- Hits of 1910 . . Willis Marsh . . Elma Abrams . John M. Welsh Charlotte Schriver . . Mary Y. Lewis . . . Earl Roosa Mary McCormack E. Reynolds Farley . Emma Kattmann . Miss Julia Reid Rose Blushes. Wooden Shoe Dance. 20 THE PIONEER After a careful consideration on the part of the judges the prizes were awarded as follows: The first prize for the girls was given to Miss Charlotte Schriver, and the first prize for boys to John M. Welsh. The second prize for the girls was given to Miss Emma Kattmann and the second prize for boys to E. Reynolds Farley. The interscholastic contest was held at Music Hall on Saturday evening, May 28, and that the result was pleasing to Goshen need not be told to anyone who was present when the prizes were awarded. Three schools, Florida, Warwick and Goshen, were represented and the following program was given: Piano Solo—Selected, .... Florence Mapes “ The New South,'” .... John M. Welsh “ The Gypsy Flower Girl, .... Mary Sayer “ A Plea for Cuba, .... Joseph Brown Soprano Solo—Selected, . . . Mary Y. Lewis The Fiddle Told, . , . Charlotte Schriver “ Funeral Oration of Marc Antony. . Raymond Sanford “ Jean Valjean, .... Evangeline Landes Violin Solo—Selected...................Miss Julia Reid By the decision of the judges in this contest the first prize for girls was awarded to Miss Charlotte Schriver, of Goshen High School, and the first prize for boys to Raymond Sanford, of Warwick High School. The second prize for the girls was given to Miss Mary Sayer, of Warwick High School, and the second prize for the boys to John M. Welsh, of Goshen High School. High School Athletics APART of the most valuable training a young man gets in the high school is obtained by engaging in athletic sports. This training hardens his muscles and gives him a strong, healthy body. Health is as important a factor in the world as is the knowledge of subjects taught in the high school. The men who achieve success in life are those who are strong and healthy, able to give and take the hard knocks. Occasionally we find a man physically weak at the head of affairs, but such men are rare and require a very strong will power. It is the healthy men who stand the best show in the battle of life. The season of ’09-’ 10 was one of the most successful in the history of Goshfen high school. The track team, composed of only four members, during 1909 scored thirty-four points. Of these Ryerson made one, Farnum two, Ewing fourteen, and Welsh seventeen. At the begining of the second term, a basketball team was organized and a number of games were scheduled. In the first game, played with Warwick, the Goshen team won by the score of 35-21. A return game was played at Warwick in which our team was defeated. The cause was the knocking out of our center, Lewis, by Dughi, who was bound to win no matter by what means. The rubber game was not played. Our next game played was at Cornwall, resulting in a victory for the Cornwall team. Different things were accountable for the defeat. At the last moment our unbeatable center got “ cold feet, whatever that is, and would not go; a second was the Middletown candy, and the third was poor playing. After the game a dance was held and all had an enjoyable time. During the dance something happened, every one was “ smitten ” and simply had to go to Newburgh the next day. Although it rained all day, we had a fine time, chaperoned by the fair Miss Brown and others. The last game of the season was with Cornwall. This resulted in a victory for Goshen. The score 38-21. As each team had won a game and a neutral floor could not be agreed upon, Goshen High was tied for the championship. The personnel of the team was as follows: L. G., J. Lewis. “Miss Brown was after his man all the time and any points his opponent made were dearly earned. R. G., H. Parker. Always played a good game and seldom allowed his man a chance to score. C., E. Roosa. “ Rooster ” outjumped his man all the time and has a good eye for shooting baskets. L. F., H. Ryerson. “ Hen ” played his usual strong game and was there on team work. R. F., J. Welsh, Capt. His work always in evidence and caged the ball at the least opportunity. R. G., E. Vincent. This was his first try at basketball, but he certainly is a “ comer. THE PIONEER 21 L. G., C. Ewing. A forward did well to get away from “ Mabel. At the interscholastic meet. May 28, Goshen won third place with but four men. That certainly is a good showing. Goshen could never expect to win the meet against Middletown and Newburgh. J. Lewis, our only runner, showed up well and if he trains will be a sure point winner next year. In the half mile bicycle race Ryer-son’s chain broke at the start. If this had not happened we would have had five more points. However, Ewing scored second. The two mile bicycle race was the suprise. Ryerson, who had never ridden two miles in training, set the pace for a mile and a half and got third, Ewing following the field until the last half. Then he started to sprint. It was a close race, but the Newburgh rider managed to win by less than a wheel length. Capt. Welsh, who had been putting the shot forty-two feet in practice, could not do better than thirty-nine on the day of the meet, so the best he could get was second. The winner put it thirty-nine feet and ten inches. The same was true in the discus throw. Welsh came second to Lovely, of Middletown, with a throw of one hundred twenty-three feet. The point score of the meet was as follows: Middletown, 61. Newburgh, 54. Goshen, 13. Florida, 7. Washingtonville, 6. Port Jervis, 5. Warwick, 3. Walden, 3. Chester, 0. Cornwall, 0. Goshen will be represented at the following meets during the summer. Middletown, Newburgh, and Ellenville. So far we have scored thirteen points and hope to gain many more before the season closes. Goshen High, however, will lose some of its athletes this year, but we hope those who remain and the young fellows will take a greater interest than they have this year. Don’t try to excuse yourself by saying you cannot accomplish anything. Certainly no one can win if he does not train hard for weeks. Perhaps after training he cannot win a place but he has lost nothing by the attempt. Besides the physical gain he is better fitted to compete another year and when he does make his first point he will have a feeling of satisfaction such as he has never had before In conclusion, we urge all the boys who are left in school to train themselves and do their best. Do what you can for the honor of our dear “ New High School and do not try to be excused from your duty. J. M. W., Captain of Track and Basketball Team. Graduation Exercises THE Eighteenth Annual Commencement Exercises of Goshen High School will be held Wednesday evening, June 22, in Music Hall. The usual reception to the graduates will follow the graduation exercises. Dayton's full orchestra will furnish music both for the Commencement program and for the reception. PROGRAM. _ . . (I “ Inspector General, . . . Losey Orchestra j2 .. Amaranthu9 .... Gilden Invocation, . . . Rev. Floyd H. Crane, Ph. D. Essay, with Salutatory, • “ The Ship That Found Herself ” Mary B. McCormack. Oration, . “ Development of the American Navy Edwin Reynolds Farley. Essay, ...... Forest Preservation Hermine M. L. Kattmann Oration, . “ Henry Ward Beecher and the Civil War ” Edwin Harold Parker. Orchestra, Song for Cornet—“ Calm as the Night, Bohm Oration...........................“ Henry Clay ” John M. Welsh. {Tggay....................... The Battle of Minisink Alice Baldridge Lewis. Oration, with Valedictory, . . “ Charles Sumner Everett Mohlar Vincent. Orchestra, “ Scunde Billet—The Divertisment, . Bendix Address................................Richard E. Coon Presentation of Independent Republican Prize, the Minisink Chapter D. A. R. Essay Prizes, and the Board of Education Scholarship Prize. Presentation of Diplomas. Orchestra, “ Goshen High School March. . Wyker 22 THE PIONEER JUNIOR SECTION Junior Class Roll HARRIETTE HOUSTON..................President MOLLY FOSTER..................Vice-President RUTH THOMPSON......................Treasurer BERTHA SCHOONMAKER, . . . Secretary MARGRETTA FARLEY......................Editor | EMMA KATTMANN...................Class Jester ELMA ABRAMS, JANE COLEMAN, ADELE WITT, PAUL SCHR1VER. MAE CARR. FLORENCE MAPES, MATTIE SUTHERLAND, MARION SARGENT. Reply to Charge DEar Beloved Seniors: MOST thankfully and gratefully do we receive your kind and thoughtful words of advice to us, who, in our Junior year, although soon to become Seniors, do indeed need such wisdom and direction. We shall try to carry out your wishes, to bear the responsibilities of our years and dignity. Surely we ought to, after having such good examples set before us in the past year. It will be very hard to excel these records of greatness and virtue, and we doubt if we can. There is only one thing in which we may, perhaps, do better. We are going to have a little more class spirit, to inspire folks with our worth and honor that they may not forget that there are such things as “ Seniors ” in the school. You have suggested that we may be the first to graduate from the new high school building-If we are, we fully realize the great honor given to us and will prove how much we appreciate it by doing our best, as a shining light and genius, to set an example for future generations. But the time now draws near when you will be leaving us. Therefore, with the greatest sorrow, both for you and for ourselves, do we mourn that soon no longer will your footsteps be heard within these ancient walls, no more your sweet and gentle voices or the sound of your musical laughter. Then we will keep with us the memory of all these things and look forward to the time when we, too, shall be setting out into the wide world, to which as you leave us to go into, the best wishes and good fortune of the Junior Class of 1911 follow you. H. E. H„ Ml. Goshen High School B askethall Team, 1909-1910 EVERETT M. VINCENT CLARENCE EWING HENRY RYERSON JOSEPH LEWIS E. HAROLD PARKER EARL ROOSA JOHN WELSH. Captain Goshen High School Track T earn, 1910 JOSEPH LEWIS HENRY RYERSON CLARENCE EWING JOHN WELSH. Captain THE PIONEER 25 QUIPS AND CRANKS “ Its the little things in this life that tell, said Pupil—What were King Edward’s last words the girl as she pulled her younger brother out on his deathbed ? from under the sofa. Bright Student—Let George do it! “ Are you Hungary ? In Ackley’s. “ Yes, Siam.” John—Mary, would you like some kisses? “ Well, come along, I’ll Fiji. Mary—Oh, John, not right here. “ Where’s your pa ?” Alice—Say, Hermine, have you seen my his- “ Outer the barn, shinglin'.” tory book and fountain pen and ruler? “ The barn ?” H.—No I but if you don’t find them in Mat- “ Naw, Billy.” tie’s desk look in Marion's. Fat Esquimaux babies, when they die, are fried out by their afflicted parents for oil. Thus ever is human misery made light of. Joe Lewis is collecting class pins. All favors thankfully received. I see that Isabelle Borland is sporting a watch Little Jack Horner sat in a corner fob with a real live medal on it. Oh I you Eating some concentrated lye, Clarence I When his mother came in In English History Class. He had emptied the tin. Mr. Smith—M., Who were the Lollards ? And they’ll meet in the sweet bye and bye. M.—Why, they were people, I suppose. “If you feel chilly, Josephine, said little Joe, “ Love is blind,” remarked an infatuated “ remember I have your shawl on my arm. young man, as he proceeded to get a half-Nel- “ You might place it around me, said the coy son on his lady love. maiden. “ Yes, but the people across the street ain’t, Rather ambiguous, wasn’t it ?” she said, and eluding the clinch, she drew the — shades. Reynolds (translating Virgil)—“ Three times I strove to cast my arms about her neck, three “ What became of Noah’s ark ? ” times I ’’—“ and that is as far as I could get.” “ I think the Erie is using it for a station some- Miss C.—Well I think that was far enough. where. “I hear that President Taft has just got a Miss M.—What gender is acies ? Black Hand letter.” Bright Caesar Pupil—I don’t know. “ Have they found out who sent it ?” Miss M.—Why it’s neuter. “Yes. B. C. P.—Yes it’s neu-ter me alright. “ That’s good. Who was it ? ’’ “ Booker Washington. H. K.—Isabelle, you ought to marry a King. Isabelle—The best I can do is an Earl. “ I have a friend who suffers terribly from the heat.” Clarence—Do you ever take a (K)napp ? “ Where is he living ? Yes, every Sunday, P. M. “ He isn’t living. 26 ADVERTISEMENTS. Our Store is HART, SCHAFFNER MARX the Home of CLOT H ES P. SAMUELS Clothier and Outfitter for Men and Boys SAMUELS’ BLOCK, GOSHEN, N. Y ESTATE OF C. B. HOWELL Plumbing and Steam Heating CAMPBELL HALL, : NEW YORK Thompson (EX Mould WHOLESALE. GRAIN AND FEED W. C. ALTMAN CONTRACTOR And BUILDER GOSHEN, - - - NEW YORK h. h. McClellan ‘DEALER IN STULL'S ICE CREAM AND ICES TROLLEY STORE COSHEN..............NEW YORK N. H. WILCOX Goshen’s Leading LIVEHy STABLE JOHN H. HINCHMAN GROCER Choice Butter, Tea and Coffee Telephone Connection Corner Church and West Main Streets GOSHEN, N. Y. WILLIAM A. CLAPP DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Dry Goods GOSHEN. : : : NEW YORK H. B. WEYANT DEALER IN Beef, PorK, Lamb, Mutton, Ham, Sausag'e, Lard, Etc. POULTRY IN SEASON West Main Street, Goshen, N. Y. MRS. ZMARY TOTTER DEALER IN House Furnishing and Sporting Goods Ready-Mixed Paints, Baby Wagons and Go-Carts, Oil Stoves, Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezers, Etc. SOUVENIR POST CARDS AMD SOUVENIRS 60 West Main Street. - - OOSHEN. N. Y. BACON yRORTY Attorneys and Counsellors GOSHEN, N, Y. GOSHEN, NEW YORK HENRY BACON PHILIP A. RORTY ADVERTISEMENTS 27 ARVANITESl FINE. CONFECTIONERY ICE CREAM. FRUITS GOSHEN, - - NEW YORK. A. B. WEYANT Horseshoeing and Carriage Trimming Local Telephone Shop : Greenwich St. ST. ELMO HOTEL ARTHUR A. STEVENS DEALER IN AND MANUFACTURER OF Fine Harness and Stable Supplies GREENWICH ST., GOSHEN Read by all well informed people who want to know what is going on : : : : Che Goshen Democ rat II II Its Job Printing Department HOME OF HIGH-GRADE PRINTING F. B. HARFORD MANUFACTURER OF Soda and Mineral Waters GOSHEN, N. Y. When the heels wear off my shoes, When the soles wear off my walking gear And my toes stick out, Then I get the blues At the thought of buying a new pair of shoes; Then I think, “by gum,” Why didn't I think of the quick repairer? Pascal Vuolo's repair shop is up to date, He'll fix them while I wait. PASCAL VUOLO Greenwich St„ Goshen THOS. FINAN SONS ICE,, COAL AND FEED GOSHEN, .... NEW YORK DON’T BUY A PIONEER BORROW YOUR NEIGHBOR'S 28 ADVERTISEMENTS WHOLESALE. AND RETAIL E. G. SWEZEY, GOSHEN, N. Y. The Profit-Sharing Jeweler. The Money-Saver for the People. The Originator of Reasonable Prices. Wholesale at New York City, retail at Goshen, N. Y., in his own building, hence reduced expenses, where you receive the benefit. M. SEIDEN GROCERIES, FRUITS. VEGETABLES AND CONFECTIONERY Telephone 38-J. Cor. Main and Hill Street GUS IMFERATO BARBER ELECTRIC MASSAGE. 25c. Occidental LOUIS SCESA MERCHANT TAILOR ClotHes Cleaned, Pressed, Repaired GOSHEN, N. Y. Barber Shop H. L. O’NEAL PAINTER and PAPERHANGER GOSHEN - NEW YORK ..THE.. PIONEER WILL BE FOUND ON SALE AT Handy Corner Stationery BUY A COPY ORANGE HOTEL Telephone 38-L. GOSHEN. N. Y. WILLIAM T. TOWNER auchitkct Thrkk-Twenty Fifth Avenue New York City ADVERTISEMENTS SAYER LUMBER CO. COAL and LUMBER Distributing Agents for NEPONSET PAROID ROOFING and SACKETT WALL BOARD . . . GOSHEN, NEW YORH W E LIKE THE CHILDREN. AND OUR Studio is theirs while they are with us. By making them feel at home we secure pictures of them that are natural anti true to life._ Bring the little ones in the morning for the best results. WHEELER’S STUDIO GOSHEN - - j-__NEW YOBH QUICK LUNCH RESTAURANT JENNIE POPP. Proprietor FOR ALL THE LOCAL NEWS -READ THE- Independent... ...Republican Booh, Law and Commercial Printing JAMES SCOTT, Jr. WAGONMAKER General Repairing : : Carriage Painting Grinding and Sharpening Lawn Mowers a Specialty GREENWICH STREET. GOSHEN, N. Y. JAMES DONOVAN WAGONS FOR PLEASURE, BUSINESS AND THE FARM ALL BRANCHES OF REPAIRING Fine Stationery, Books, Magazines. Novels, Morning. Evening and Sunday Newspapers at the Handy Corner Stationery Orders taken for any Books or Periodicals published and not in stock V. W. LOCKWOOD. Prop. GOSHEN. N. Y. w. Ida yton co. DEALERS IN BOOTS and SHOES BOOTS AND SHOES NEATLY REPAIRED ALEXANDER BROS. FLOUR. FEED. COAL GENERAL MERCHANDISE TELEPHONE 5-Y-3 CAMPBELL HALL. NEW YORK St. Ulmo Barber Shop UP-TO-DATE JOHN N. HANSEN ADVERTISEMENTS NATIONAL BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY G. W. MURRAY. Prudent -, =FOUNDED 1312— - C. S. EDSALL. Cashier C G. ELLIOTT, President W. A. WELLS, Cashier GOSHEN NATIONAL BANK GOSHEN, NEW YORK ORGANIZED 1865 GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS GOSHEN SAVINGS BANK ASSETS OVER A MILLION