Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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4 THE PIONEER SENIOR CLASS PLAY “The Frisky Salesman” CAST OF CHARACTERS. Smith, a Traveling Salesman Reginald Waldo Ebenezer Goodly, Professor of Anatomy Douglas Jackson Antony Goodly, D. 1)., Bishop of Ballarat Ralph Pembleton Richard Heatherly, Engaged to Marjorie William Bennet Thomas Holder, a Policeman .Fred Tieman William Bigbee, an Inmate of a Sani- torium Van Duzer Wallace Henry Fuller, Superintendent of the Sanitorium Wayne Crosby Mrs. Goodly, Ebenezer’s Wife Alice Dayton Cissy, Ebenezer’s Ward Marjorie Thompson Marjorie and Minerva, Ebenezer’s Daughters Marion Borland and Bertha Bookstaver Alvina Starlight, Mrs. Goodly’s Sister Mary Fitchie Helma, Swedish Servant GirL.Edith Nash The curtain rises! The play begins! What play? you would ask. Can it be possible that you have not heard of the cast, inferior to none in the whole country, who are to produce this play? Smith, a second John Drew, is the central figure, and around him are grasped actors and actresses formed for their ability. But take a look for yourself at Ebenezer Goodly, who is the first character to appear on the stage. Very quiet and dignified looking is Ebenezer until Mrs. Goodly enters upon the scene. Then we see that Mr. Goodly is merely a figurehead in the family circle. Superiority and meekness are portrayed most vividly in these two characters, and this lack and overflow of will power and determination, as shown by Ebenezer and his wife, hinge most directly on the outcome of the play. Their daughters, Minerva and Marjorie, are soon presented to us. Minerva represents a very quiet, unobtrusive young lady whose tastes have always been toward literary elevation, while Marjorie—but why mention her without Richard—hankers after the tastes of the majority of her age, namely, a beau. Marjorie’s intended, Richard, seems not quite a model young man in many respects, but his sportsmanlike character and ready stories appeal to one, as is ever the case. A very important factor of the Goodly household, as well as a very necessary one, is the maid Helma. Stupidity reigns in her “honest” soul, and we might add also, a love for money and pretty clothes. Cissy, just returned from California, shocks quite frequently her guardian, Ebenezer. Brimming over with witty sallies and wordly tastes, she causes much consternation in the plain home circle of the Goodly’s. Alvina, a love-lorn lass of fifty, or so, is looking forward to a visit from a bishop of the east. The two have had a most ro-inatic courtship, as they are engaged without having ever seen each other. Alvina’s eagerness to see her dear bishop reaches the pathetic, and we are all hoping the satisfaction of the two will be mutual. This seems a most opportune time to say

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THE PIONEER 3 strict and firm with her scholars as the G. H. S. teachers have been with us. Marjorie Thompson travels up on the Erie from the renowned town of Ilarri-man. She entered G. H. S. in her sophomore year and is now ready for college. We wish her success. Ralph Pembleton is the poet of the Class. He has journeyed from the Webster School to the Erie School and then to Goshen High School. I think he will be glad to sit upon the platform and receive his diploma for his labors (like the rest of us). Elting France has traveled through the entire schools of Goshen and has reached his goal at last. We wish him success in his examinations. Margaret Findley and Lillian Illenberg are products from the Washingtonville schools. They both entered G. H. S. and the Senior Class this year. We will have to acknowledge that Washingtonville must have good schools, for Miss Findlay is the Salutatorian of the Class. Edith Nash came to G. H. S. in her freshman year, after graduating from the Denton Seminary. She travels back and forth on the dusty, dirty Erie every day. We trust she will carry her other trials as the Erie has carried her. Last, but not least, comes the Honorable William Bennet. Mr. Bennet obtained his earliest education in the little Gate School House, but the greater part of it has been received from the Goshen schools. Here is another brilliant lawyer (?) who is receiving his diploma in three years. Many rewards have been showered upon his early endeavors, and we hope he will receive as many in the future years. We will pass over the history of the author, as I am sure most of the readers are tired of this dry record. This is the extent of the Class of 1914, and we hope to add a few more to our graduates after the examinations. We will gladly welcome them and wish them success. M. B. By the Class of ’14 to the School. 1. A man is but a little thing, The trifling toy of Time; Let all the world with plaudits ring, ’Tis but the symbol’s chime. But who can measure The boundless pleasure Of friendship strong as love, Formed in thy quiet hall, Their fervor shall never fall, They are part of God above. 2. To thee, our Alma Mater dear, The thousand thanks thy due We pay and still in deep arrears Must ever be to you. God grant we live That we may give Due honor to the school; ’Tis all we ask, ’Twill be our task, And right shall win the duel. 3. The Class of ’14 passes on Into a world of strife. May never from our minds be gone Thy Golden Rule of life. Silver and red be forward bent, No worth comes without labor spent, Though Time still on the years may roll. Goshen, thoughts of thee ever fair Fill our hearts and will linger there ’Till softly glides away the soul. W. B.

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THE PIONEER 5 a word concerning the bishop. But a word will suffice as to his looks, though many could be spoken in a description of his nobility of character and utter lack of a sense of humor. Holden, a policeman, in his watchfulness for crime, pulls himself into considerable trouble, and though his position demands the respect of everyone, there comes a time when he is glad to escape, even though held in anything but respect. Bigbee, a good natured individual, though a little light-headed, brings much enlivenment to the play. His brief rest from the curriculum of a sanitorium causes him to think of many things he would like to do. But his good time is stopped of a sudden by the superintendent of the sanitorium, Fuller. This man removes his patient in haste to surroundings more fitting his style of thought. As you see, I have left Smith for the last, where I would have plenty of space to speak of his importance in the success of the play. The cast seems very proud of one of its members who can fake any occupation from a book seller to a minister, and finally to that of a suitor. And what is of interest is that Smith passed successfully through these various stages of difficulties to a position envied by us all. Now we see the whole cast grouped on the stage, and every member has seemed to find the individual who is essential to his or her happiness. The curtain falls! The play is ended! And we have only to look around the crowded hall to know that the play is a financial success,'while the enthusiasm of the spectators assures us that the seniors have fulfilled and more the expectations of the people, concerning their acting ability. P. Y. Girl’s Glee Club. Miss Marie A. Parker, our music instructor, has improved the vocal condition of the school by organizing a girl’s glee club, consisting of thirty-three girls, all of whom have been developed into first class singers. Their extra fine showing has attracted much attention throughout the village and to that extent they were requested to render selections at the annual entertainments of the Young Stars Baseball Club, of Goshen. In connection with the rendering of selections for this organization, the singers sang at nearly every school event that has been held throughout the year. The members of this musical society, which is not surpassed in any school throughout this section, are: First Soprano — Florence Hinchman, Genevieve Ilolbert, Ellen Coates, Marcella Russell, Gladys Carvey, Clara Edwards, Natalie Scott, Beatrice Earle, Flora Howell, Nina Vogel, Alice Boyd, Marie Hoffman, Jesse Turner, Laura Rutan, Elizabeth Strong, Emily Pembleton, Gladys Seely. Second Soprano—Elizabeth Phillips, Helen Durland, Lucie Wallace, Sarah Lockwood, Ada Knapp, Christine Makeun, Janet Coates, Elsie Rutan, Anne Sutherland, Alice Gott. Alto—Fern Potter, Florence Krom, La-vina Du Rie, Edith Elders, Louise Coleman. Pianist—Miss Fannie Fancher. Instructor—Miss Marie A. Parker.