Herkimer High School - Ye Green Quill Yearbook (Herkimer, NY)

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Edifo ml! l l THE GREEN QUILL EDlTORIAL'STAFF Left to right, standing-Charles Ellis, Reporter: Alice Richardson, Exchange Editor: . Gorton Youn s,, Business Manager: Helen Harris, Society Editor. .Left to right, sitting Q' -Eugene Yelle, Assistant Art Editor: Harwood Butts, Art Editor: Verlie Tuttle, Editor- infChief: 'Mary Locke, Assistant Editor: William Douque, Assistant Business Manager: Douglas Burgor, Sport Editor. A,PlP'RElClATION OF OUR SENIORS About this time of year, it seems only fitting that we should turn out attention to our Sen- iors, those students who are about to leave their Alma Mater and take up their work else- where. As We consider the different members of this class and their accomplishments, I think We ought to feel a degree of pride in them and at the same time a pang of regret at the thought of their departure from our school. The Class of '26, during their four years in Herkimer High School have brought honors to themselves and their school in several in- stances. They have never, individually or col- lectively, done anything to bring severe criticism upon their class or school and have, apparently, had in mind the best interests of their Alma ,Mater at all times.

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THE GREEN QUILL LOIS M. MEAD High School Orchestra '24, '25, '26, Freshman Circus '22. A soft, responsive voice was heard. REGINALD A. MINER REGGIE Am I Intruding? Christmas Chime Hail, fellow, well met.' JAMES I-IANE JIMMIE Courtship of Miles Standish, Am I Intruding? Manager Base Ball '2'5. There was a youth, and a well-beloved youth.

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THE GREEN QUILL, 17 Certain members of this class have dis- tinguished themselves, scholastically. I think that the class should be especially proud of the fact that their president earned member- ship in the State Honor League. This is an honor which only a hard-working and conscien- tious student obtains. The class of '26 has done some very credit- able work in dramatic circles. Their produc- tions have been unusually clever and well- presented, In their Junior year they gave two one-act plays, The Weasel and The Maker of Dreams. This marked the beginning of their dramatic work. I am sure that everyone who saw the plays will agree that they were very well given for amateur productions. The Courtship of Miles Standish was pre- sented in assemlbly by the Seniors at Thanks- giving time. Le Pauvre Sylvie, play, was given at 'Christmas time French III class was enjoyed by the body. Their greatest attempt at dramatics was made when they presented Am I Intruding? a comedy which proved to be a success in every way. In forensic circles the Seniors have also made themselves known. A member of their class won second award in the prize-speaking contest last year while Dorothea Eckerson, a Senior, won the first award for girls this year. Other members of the class participated and did creditable work. Four members of the class are on the Green Quill staff-Verlie Tuttle, editor-in- chiefg Gorton Youngs, business manager, Helen Harris, society editor, and Harwood Butts, art editor. Several of our best athletes claim member- ship with this year's graduating class. Had it not been for them, several of Herkimer's vic- tories would have been defeats, and we would perhaps not have been the possessors of the Michigan trophy for two years. I believe that each Senior has supported his school well and that the class as a unit has contributed something worth while to the fu- ture students of High School. a. French by the student -M. L. '27. OUR NEW TROPHY CASE For some time past, the students of our High School have felt the need of a cabinet in which the trophies won by our teams might be displayed. Our several awards have here- tofore remained obscurely in a fbook case in study hall. It seemed rather regrettable that the many outsiders who had a lively intevst in Herkimer High School could not have the privilege of seeing some of the rewards which they had merely read albout in the papers. After our school had won the Central New York football and basketball championships for two consecutive years, we were naturally very proud and wished ever more fervently rfor a new trophy case where we might display the fine Michigan football trophy and the silver basketball cup. At last, a real step was taken in this direction. Credit must be given to the class of 1925 for starting this movement for a new case. In their usual fine spirited manner, they pre- sented the school with S25 as a beginning of a fund. Nothing was added until Mrs. G. N. Searles very kindly gave S25 to the Athletic Associa- tion lto use for any purpose which it desired. It was at that time that the members of the association, feeling that S50 was a fairly good start, decided to furnish the rest of the money necessary for the purchase of an appropriate case. As a result of this action, we now see, as we enter the main door of the building, a fine glass cabinet in which our trophies show off to the best advantage. I think that seeing these trophies thus dis- played gives the students a feeling of pride in their Alma Mater and also inspires them with a wish to accomplish something for the honor of their school. ' It also gives the townspeople and other schools an idea of what H. H. S. is accomplish- ing and makes them take a. more lively interest in our activities. Let us hope that many more honors will come to our school, so that the shelves of our new case will be filled with the rewards of our success. --M. L. '27. LITERATURE First, let us consider poetry as a phase of literature.. Poetry stands between prose and music, partaking somewhat of the nature of each. In the representation of particular things or the expression of definite thoughts it is nearer to prose. In general emotional suggestion it is nearer to music. Its material may be whatever is selected by the poet from the life of nature and of man. Poetry com- bines -the most individual and the most gen- eral characteristics. The most characteristic forms of poetic structure are the lyric, the epic and the drama. f 2 aj