Gouverneur High School - Deanonian Yearbook (Gouverneur, NY)

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Bark Row—(left to right)—Erton Sipher, Charles Helvie, Gordon McPherson, Scott Brown Jr.. Louis Boulet. Seated—Beatrice Kelley, Marjorie Hosmer. Tris Scruton, Helen McNeill, Ruth Reddick. Senior Essay Contest GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL MONDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1939—EIGHT O'CLOCK PROGRAM March ...................... Selected High School Orchestra “American Music” ........ Iris Scruton “Can Naturalisation Be Made Convincing?” ......... Louis Boulet Second Prize Solo, “The Winding Road” .... Spross Richard Elmer “A Break in the Union”.......................Helen McNeill “What the Future of America Should Be”........ Scott Brown, Jr. “What Freedom Means to America” ........... Beatrice Kelley First Prize A Legend.................Tschaikowsky Judges: Rev. William E. Capron, Rev. Earl Spirit Flower........ Campbell-Tipton High School Chorus “Why Be An American Farmer?”...............Erton Sipher First Prize “American Drama” .... Ruth Reddick Second Prize “Henry Thoreau, A Man of Wisdom” ....... Gordon McPherson March ...................... Selected High School Orchestra “Our National Parks” .......... Marjorie Hosmer “American Inventions” . Charles Helvie March ...................... Selected High School Orchestra E. Chanley, Mr. Mason R. Smith. iteen

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Senior Class President CRESSON BROUSE College Entrance. News- paper Club 4B; Science Club 3; Associate Editor of Dean- onian 4; President of Senior Class; Dulcy 4. Alias “Sammy” Appearance ------- Dignified Aptitude Leadership Avocation Driving a Plymouth Ambition Bea’s husband Class Honors The class of 1939 is proud to announce that Scott Brown Jr. with an average of 97.2 is Valedictorian, and that Clark Laidlaw with an average of 92.08 is Salutatorian. This class is the first since 1934 which has had two boys as its leaders. Other seniors having an average above 80 per cent are: Elaine Lockie, 91.09; Marjorie Hansen, 90.08; Alice Phillips, 89.56; Donald Bartholomew, 88.52; Ruth Brown, 88.25; Erton Sipher, 87.5; Fred Barr, 86.81; Ruth LaPlatney, 85.91; Charles Me Adam, 85.25; Cresson Brouse, 83.88; Mary Adele Jefferson, 83.81; Helen McNeill, 83.42; Louis Boulet, 83.13; Iris Scruton, 82.34; Charles Helvie, 82.05; Eleanor Christian, 82; Beryl Bickford, 81.89; Marjorie Hosmer, 81.59; Beatrice Kelley, 81.13; Gordon McPherson, 80.56; Claude Jeffers, 80.36; Nelson Lashbrooks, 80.33; Norma Weath- erup, 80.33; Leland Luenberger, 80.2; Harlan Goodnough, 80.13; Gladys Gilbert, 80.05. Boys’ Quartette The Boys’ Quartette had a new birth under Miss Betty Streeter last year. The group then consisted of Scott Brown, first tenor; Ernest Halford, second tenor; Richard Elmer, first bass and Emerson King, second bass. In September the quartette was reorganized under Miss Jones as follows: first tenor, Bernard Riley; second tenor, Frederick Gardner; first bass, Richard Elmer; second bass, Gordon McPherson; Scott Brown, accompaniest. The quartette sings at frequent occassions and in the Junior and Senior High School Assemblies. American Legion Contest Each year the American Legion sponsors an oratorical contest among the high school students of New York State in which each participant delivers and original essay. The win- ners of the various schools then compete in a county contest. Louis Boulet, with his essay “Grover Cleveland and the Constituton” won the local award and represented Gouverneur in the county contest held in the Dolan Auditorium. F. F. A. Student Honored Norman Drummond, a member of the Future Farmers of America and a junior in Gouverneur High School, won first prize of twentv-five dollars in the Soil-Fertility Contest sponsored by “The American Agriculturist.” This is a great honor to Norman as well as to the school, for the contest was state wide. He was recently nominated for the office of secretary-treasurer of the State Association of Future Farmers of America. In January he won the country D. D. A. leadership certificate, awarded for excellence in local and group Pane Sixteei

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I tst ®tll nnb iammt of the Class of 1939 We, the senior class of the Gouverneur High School, being of sound and firm memory, do make declare, and announce this our last will and testament. We do give the following: (Sfirst —To Mr. Brown, Mr. Paige and the faculty, our thanks for many instances of thoughtful and sound advice. Js ectmb—To our advisers our gratitude for their help in many of our problems. —To the Juniors: All the privileges and honors of Seniordom. Jffnuril] —To the entire student body: The use of all the good novels in the library. —Personal bequests: I, Charles Helvie, do bequeath my red cheeks to Marie Johnson. I, Mary Jefferson, do bequeath my slimness to Wee Willie Griffith. I, Marjorie Hosmer, do bequeath my office as President of the Minervas to any girl who can get it. I, Beatrice Kelly, do bequeath my seat in Lover’s Lane (a table of love birds in Mr. Powers’ study hall) to Esther Jean Thompson and Dickie Holton. I, Elaine Lockie, do bequeath my admiration for the color “Brown” to Billy McCor- mick. I, Helen McNeill, do bequeath my “Miles” and miles of riding to Peggy Ulrich. I, Scott Brown, do bequeath my love to Marion Bassett. I, Theodore Constantikes, do bequeath my ability to get up early mornings to Everett Jenne. I, Julia Dodds, do bequeath my quiet and sweet mannerisms to Nadine Clark. I, Jean Easton, do bequeath my ability to spell to the soon-to-be-seniors. I, Gladys Gilbert, do bequeath my eternal shyness to Avis Dain. I, Harlan Goodnough, do bequeath my gallant manner to Robert Beaman. I, Inez Manzolati, do bequeath my curly hair to Agnes Creighton. I, Eila Matthezvs, do bequeath my sailor to Elaine Backus. I, Marjorie Mullin, do bequeath my large eyes to Clarine Evans. I, Vern Orford, do bequeath my ability to play ping pong to the other “Ag” boys. I, Claire Parker, do bequeath my ability to do my hair well to Jane Collins. I, Marjorie Hansen, do bequeath Ray Boscoe and Irving Weatherup to the sophomore girls. I, Ruth Bailey, do bequeath my quiet mannerly way to Esther Pernice. I, Fred Barr, do bequeath my car to any sophomore who wants it. I, Donald Bartholomew’, do bequeath my high marks to John McGill. I, Cresson Brouse, do bequeath my leadership ability to the president of the class of 1940. I, Ruth LaPlatney, do bequeath my charming smile to Mary Stone. I, Donald Love, do bequeath my love for arguing to Philip Lynde. I, Charles McAdam, do bequeath my habit of sleeping to Bernard Barr. I, Eleanor Christian, do bequeath my cheer-leading ability to Marion Davis. I, Flora Church, do bequeath my seat in the movies to Louise Merithew. I, Gladys Day, do bequeath my happy-go-lucky manner to Velma Stammer. I, Stanley Fortune, do bequeath my height to Jimmie Whalen. I, Richard Halford, do bequeath my ability to do so many tasks to someone who can do them. I, Eugene Hopper, do bequeath my baseball glove and horseshoes to Stephen Donahue. Page Eight