Gouverneur High School - Deanonian Yearbook (Gouverneur, NY)

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Page Twcn'.y-jour When the brightest have gone before us, and the dullest are most behind—Dowling

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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

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“But their names are on your records; ye may not ’rase them out.”—Sigourney. Eric the Red Juniors IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN . Robert Ames Mary Todd Lincoln . • Allison Laidlaw John Smith Meryl Appleby Daniel Boone . Stanley Laidlaw Benjamin Franklin Allen Austin Jane Addams Frances Lamb Orville Wright Roger Bacon Stonewall Jackson Roy Littebrant Nairne Violet Baker Ann Rutledge Genevieve McCullough Edward Albert, Prince of Wales Harold Barker Brutus's Portia Agatha McDerment Mad Anthony Wayne . Edward Battersby Anne Boleyn Lucy McLear Sheridan - Richard Billings Jane Austen Helen MacTurk Flavia Faustia Doris Blanchard Alexander Hamilton Edward Magee John Paul Jones Donald Brown Aaron Burr Malcolm Magee Lady Godiva Betty Brown Isabella of Castile Isabel Maloy Betsy Ross Helen Burge Frances Wright Alison Manning Ponce De Leon - Carlton Burnham Christina Rossetti . Leona Merrit Harriet Beecher Stowe Dorothy Burr Anne Hathaway . Irene Mellen Ulysses S. Grant - Robert Burr Catherine of Aragon Charlotte Mickens Czar Nicholas II - - Arnold Byms Susan B. Anthony Maysel Mills Barbara Frietchie Mable Byms William Penn Carl Moore Mark Antony Octavia Thelma Morse Peter the Great - - - Edward Carroll Horace Mann . Hugh Mosher Sappho - - — Sophia Constantikes Nathan Hale Lewis Mosher Galahad . -- David Garrick - , . - Robert Dempster Paderewski Maurice Paige Grant Dier Pizarro Sherman Paquette Jason Confucius — Frank Parker Josephine Bonaparte Jean Dodds Bloody Mary Tudor Helen Parady Katherine Lee Bates Ahlene Downing Pepin the Short Ashton Pernice Cassandra - Josephine Easton Paul Revere . John Plunkett Francesca da Rimini . Claris Finley Jenny Lind Sylvia Robinson Queen Victoria . Doris Ferguson Samuel Johnson Kenneth Porter Mona Vanna - Dorothy Fortune George III - Lloyd Raven Mollie Pitcher - Minerva Helen Reese Liluiokalani . Evelyn Foy Elaine - Marion Rice Napoleon Comptesse Du Barry Wilfred Frank Marco Polo James Roycroft Rita Gallagher Narcissus Baron von Steuben Woodrow Gardner Pilsudski Harlon Seaman Marie Antoinette - Jane Smith General Toff re . Allen Gaudin King Arthur Maurice Smith Charles Martel . .. .... Charles Fox Nero . Glen Johnson Joan of Arc Eleanor Stammer Andrew Jackson .. . . . Walter Greene Diana, Goddess of the Chase . Betty Streeter Martha Washington Dorothy Gruneisen Robert Walpole William Sullivan Maria Theresa . Evelyn Hadfield Alexander the Great Kenneth Taylor Guinevere „ Doris Hartley Queen Bertha of Northumbria Lula Bell Thayer Cleopatra ... Gertrude Hilts Anne Hutchinson Freida Tuttle Henry VIII Robert Hilts Catherine Parr . Alice Wall Richard Coeur de Lion Richard Holt Beatrice Maria Edgeworth Ethelyn Howard General Custer Robert Weatherup Jane Seymour Helen Hughto Ladv Hamilton Helen Whalen Ankh-sen-pa-aten . - . . Mary Hughto William the Conqueror William Wheater Pythagaras Pocahontas Gertrude Wallace Queen Elizabeth - . Elizabeth Jones Oliver Cromwell . . . James White Catherine the Great - Margaret Jones Isadora Duncan Doris Wood Mahatma Gandhi Steve Jurkovich Admiral Nelson Milton Wood Sir Walter Raleigh Isaac Newton Edwin Woods Eurydice Madame Pompadour Evelyn Woods Florence Nightingale - Gladys Ladd Page Twenty-five