Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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14 THE PIONEER Her daughters— Lady Noeline Belturbet M. Phillips Lady Welhelmina Belturbet L. Rutan Lady Thomasin Belturbet E. Pembleton “ Sergeant” Slniter S. Lockwood 8:15 approaches, here, past, then 8:20 and 8:25 slips by and still the people come in. At last at 8:30 the inflow of human beings diminishes and it is decided that the curtain shall rise. By the efforts of Miss Bucklyn and several other friends of the (‘lass the wood scene which greets our eyes is indeed a credit to any amateur committee. It is laid in the “ Tangle” of Overcote Park near London. Hemlock bushes, the offspring of the fallen monarch at the side of the scene, cast a delightful shade about the clearing which is surrounded by a thick hedge broken by a rustic gate, and calls us back to Shakespeare’s Forest of Arden with which we finally associate Lady Noeline and Litterlv as Rosalind and Orlando. We have just noted these details when the first chapter appears, Youatt, an aged servant in livery, opens the gate for the Reverend Roger Minchin. Youatt, who has grown gray in the service of the family, is held by them in proper esteem and carries his part off nobly. Roger Minchin, a middle-aged minister of the Gospel, care free and hearty in manner, catches our enthusiasm at the start. He is an old friend of the Belturbets and feels a heavy responsibility concerning the daughters of Lady Cas-t.lejordan, of which he proceeds to rid himself at the appearance of Miriam. Miriam is the mother of three beautiful girls and in accordance with her late husband’s wishes is raising them as boys. As she has no son her husband’s title has been given to her nephew, Lord Litterlv. Minchin censures her for raising the now young women as men but fails to alter her course. Lady Noeline, the oldest of the three sisters, carries an air of one whom is used to being obeyed. She has just returned from London where her boyishness asserted itself in adventure in masculine attire, in which she lost the Belturbet ring and is worrying about the outcome of the adventure. I might say here that her mother heard of it, went to London, and in her absence “ love laughed at locksmiths.” After the ring has been returned Noeline displays as many

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THE PIONEER 1 was about to see my own fate, when I felt a gentle pull at the roots of my hair, and I awoke to find myself in the clutches of Fraul-lein Porter, and being reprimanded for taking a nap during the study period. 1,. A. R., ’15. The Minisink Prize Essays. This year, as in several years past, the Minisink Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution offered prizes of five dollars each for the two best essays on some historical subject. The subject chosen this year was: “ The Work of the National Const i tutional Con vent ion.” It was on Washington’s Birthday that we, with a number of representatives of Minisink Chapter, assembled in the High School Auditorium to hear the report on the essays. The Chapter was very much pleased in the interest shown and praised very highly all the essays which had been submitted. Minutes seemed like hours as the time approached for the announcement of the two winners. The prizes were awarded to Laura Rutan, who had signed her essay “ Billy,” and Howard Mather, who chose “ Judge” as his non de plume. 13 We certainly feel very grateful to Minisink Chapter for the interest they have shown in the High School by offering these generous prizes. A. A. B., ’15. The Senior Class Play. “ The Amazons,” a farcial romance by Pinero, was successfully presented by the Class of ’15 on Nov. 29, 1914, in Music Hall. The play is characterized by delicate humor and deals with the mannish woman in a gentle spirit of satire and whimsical mood of romance. The Class selected it with the idea that it would be an appreciated change from the comedies which have formerly been given by the Senior classes. The cast of characters was as follows: Andre, Count DeGrivaLE. Marston Galfred, Earl of Tweenwayes V. D. Wallace Barrington, Viscount Utterly W. Nash Rev. Roger Minch in F. Sell river Fitton (a gamekeeper) A. A. Buser Youatt (a servant)-----A. A. Buser Orts (a poacher)-------R. Seacord Miriam, Marchioness of Castle- jordan D. Patterson

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THE PIONEER 15 traits of character and tricks to taunt her lover, who has found the ring, as Rosalind in the forest disguised as a boy is playing with Orlando. Lady Wilhelmina, a quiet gentle girl, is the most effiminate of the sisters, her femininity in contrast with the manliness in manners and dress of her sisters, together with her skill as a musician and singer, wins our appreciation and admiration. Lady Thomasin, the youngest of the group, a tomboy if there ever was one, seems to find chief joy in riding, hunting and using slang and consequently shocking Reverend Minchin. “ Sergeant” Shu ter, the severe physical director and chaperon of the trio, keeps the audience in laughter with the contrast of her severeness and the meek susceptibility of Letitia Ann Shuter. DeGrival and Tweenwayes are the next to appear and will ever be remembered as the stars of the (‘veiling. DeGrival, an animated Frenchman, full of confidence in his personal prowess and secure in the fact that he is “ English to the backbone. French by birth, yes. But English in his appearance, manner, voice,” although his appearance, manners and pronuncia- tion are decidedly French. His love for Lady Wilhelmina is unbounded and it is for the purpose of proposing for the third and last time to her that we find him breaking into the park. His sense of humor is adequate to meet many difficult situations emerging with honor still bright while Tweeny, his comrade in love, who has as great a lack of it, is left in the lurch. Galfred, the fragile Earl of Tweenwayes, of a most insignificant personality were it not for his haughtiness of tone and bearing, makes an amusing contrast by his constant references to his ancestors’ glories to his own personal achievements. Indeed, the greatest of which is his enormous capacity for injuring himself. He also inherits with his glories a most delicate constitution; his painful attacks of cramps so catches one’s sympathy that before we realize it we hear ourselves groaning with him. Barrington, Viscount Litterly, stands a marked contrast to “ Tweeny,” an athlete, with an air of indolence. It is he who has found the Belturbet ring and in spite of Noeline’s attire at the time recognized her as a girl and fell in love with her. Through the ring he attains his desire to meet the