Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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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.

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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.

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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