Gouverneur High School - Deanonian Yearbook (Gouverneur, NY)

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“Whatever the Indian does, he does well.”—Wade. SENIOR PLAY Jerry On December 7, 1932, members of the Senior Class staged their annual play, a delightful comedy entitled Jerry. It was a production that pleased old and young, naive or sophisticated, high or low, (as to brows, that is) for everyone seemed to have a good time at the Gralyn Theater that night. Jerry was orig- inally produced by Charles Frohman in the Lyceum Theater, New York, with Billie Burke and an all-star cast. The people concerned were: Joan Doubleday .. Harriet Townsend Jerry .......... Montagu Wade .. Peter Flagg..... Dr. Kirk........ Briggs.......... Lewis .......... ... Marion Davis Rosemary Caswell .... Amy McKee .....John Clark . Johnston Seaker . Robert H. Clark .....Erwin Peck .. Kenneth Orvis Page Twenty-two

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“Thither we go, since our way lies there.”—Fletcher. The Land of Heart s Desire (continued) Lloyd Gilmore now conducts a school for Stammerers—big and little. Velma Brown, as of yore, spends her time in the Tea Room. We wonder if she is interested in the Manager of the Inn. Jack Scott recently raised a Phoenician Galley, from which he salvaged gems and gold of untold value. lone Weatherup conducts “dumb bell drills” to musical accompaniment. Thelma Eggleston is hostess in the Cocoanut Grove, Hollywood. She has certainly made a hit with Clark Gable. Bruce Byrns and his beloved wife, Nettie Deans, are managing the County Home at Canton. Edna Hanes has become a world renowned beauty specialist. The thing she does best is to give finger waves that will last a month. Ruth Gamble is an attractive roulette girl in Monte Carlo. Flo Foy is an aviatrix, piloting the plane for her partner, Kenneth Reynolds, who is a cameraman for the Pathe News, in the Far East. Eleanor Fortune unfortunately is still Miss Fortune; however, she is hopeful. Charles Storie is a barker in Barnum Bailey’s Circus. Marion Davis has recently married Betty Streeter’s ex-husband, Bob Hilts. Robert Caten has married the Fiji Queen. He always wanted an out-of-town girl. Ethel. Ames is now conducting a finishing school (to put an end to young ladies.) Ercile Belmore has been named as co-respondent in the divorce proceedings of Alison Manning and Robert H. Clark. Ruth VanNamee has written a book of etiquette, which she dedicated to Robert Caten. We hope he uses it. Minerva Priest has just won the $50,000 Pulitzer Prize on her recently published novel—The Undertaker's Undertaking. Helen Washburn operates the electric chair in Sing Sing. Gertrude Whitmore has been elected President of the W. C. T. U. . Esther Collins was chased out of the country for speeding past stop signals. She is now in the wilds of Africa earning her living by trapping and hunting. Greta DeRoche now conducts a school for Spiritualists at Calcium. Robert Bancroft is a commander of the super-dreadnaught, the G-R-A-Y. Doris Peabody, a trapeze performer in Mary Washburn's Flying Circus, was the first to complete a quadruple somersault in mid-air. Bessie Durham teaches kindergarten children how to dance so that they will know the latest steps when they reach high school. Helen Bancroft is now lecturing to Miss Brooks’s classes, on drawing house plans. Hilton Ferguson is slowly convalescing from brain fever which developed from excessive study during his senior year in high school. Margaret Miner is at Battle Creek raising guinea pigs, rabbits, rats, and white mice for scientific experiments. Robert Lansing is a golf Pro. at the Lake Placid Club. Clifford Empson. the famous taxidermist, has just mounted a rare type of Dziggetai, donated by Patricia Seaman and her husband, Everett Hayden, who have just returned from a hunting expedition in the Congo Wilds. Robert H. Clark is busily engaged in operating the “Boro Express” daily between Gouverneur and Hailesboro. As a sideline, he runs the Manning” Dry Cleaning Con- cern of Ogdensburg. o EPILOGUE So I watch them, going forward, Till I lose them in the distance, Each surrounded with his glory, And I whisper, “Good luck—ever!” Page Twenty-one

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“Big words do not smite like war clubs.”—Longfellow. SENIOR ESSAY CONTESTANTS Senior Essay Contest Each year the Seniors are required to write and deliver original essays, as a portion of their English course. From the number who appear in Assembly, the faculty select five girls and five boys to compete in the annual contest. The con- test this year was held in the High School Auditorium, on Thursday evening, June 8. The program included : Margaret Cahill, Social Courage; Rosemary Caswell, The Little Theatre; Marion Davis, Home; Amy McKee, The New Deal in Action; Margaret Miner, Made in America; Robert Caten, Through All Generations; John Clark, Health, Wealth and Happiness; Kenneth Orvis, Lest We Forget; Kenneth Reynolds, Equipped Americans; Johnston Seaker, The Unconquerable Three. Marion Davis and Kenneth Orvis won the first prizes, and Rosemary Cas- well and John Clark, the second prizes. Class Honors Marie Dunkelberg, with an average of 90.63%, and Thelma Eggleston, with an average of 88.33%, are the veledictorian and salutatorian of our class. Other seniors who have Regents’ Averages above 80% are: Clifford Empson, Gertrude Whitmore, Robert Caten, William Lumley, Arnold Seavey, Robert Clark, Frances Faufaw, Robert Lansing, Catherine Bulger, Earl Stiles, and Gwendolyn Liv- ingston. Page Twenty-three