Watkins Glen High School - Senecan Oracle Yearbook (Watkins Glen, NY)

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J. .-X. ISICICRSQ A. 15. MISS KATHIGRINIC HROXVN MHS. NINA G. XVILLIAMS CAROLYN ISARNICS. A. IS.

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THE ORACLE. 9 ORACLE STAFF Editor-in-Chief: BERNARD C. MEADE. Humorous Editor ......................... DOROTHY B. PELLET Artist ........... .. DOROTHY B. PELLET Literary Editor ........ E. LOUISE ELLIS Athletic Editor ..., .. BERNARD C. MEADE Business Manager ............. .. ROBERT E. FENTON ' EDITORIAL. In the year 1900, the students of Watkins High School, headed by Frederick Johnson, the pioneer editor in W. H. S. who paved the way for other editors, edited a book known as the Oracle and each suc- ceeding year a publication similar to that one has been edited. For the past six years the Senior Class has had this work in charge and so it falls to cur lot as the Class of 1909 to try our hand as editors. We desire to thank our principal, our teachers and our underclass- men for the help that they have given us. We also wish to render our most hearty thanks to the Board of Education for their aid finan- cially. lt is useless for us to say more concerning this book for it will speak for itself as the public peruses its pages and so we leave it to you the outside world to judge whether our efforts have been a suc- cess or a failure. B. M. '09. H -littl- WATKINS, ITS SCHOOL AND ATTRACTIONS. On the shore of deep. sparkling Seneca, nestling in a low and lovely valley, lies the busy little village of Watkins. Sloping hills rise on opposite sides facing each other. green and verdant as if covered with the softest of velvet. Soft winds from the lake blow o'er it. and the sun's rays glimmer down with a bright and mellow radiancy between the lanes of the many maples and elms bordering every street. On the western slope. rushing down its rocky pathway, flow the wa- ters of the Watkins Glen. noted far and wide for its beautiful scenery. Indeed! who after once viewing the Rainbow Falls. the Cavern Cas- cade or the Curtain Cascade, dashing down their rocky caverns, re- flecting the rainbow colors of the sun. can ever forget this wonderful spectacle of Nature's handiwork. . Now, although one may very easily penetrate the mazes and view all the beauties of this miniature Niagara without a guide. yet one of the Freshies lacks this ability, and here, in some fairy nook or shady bower, our charming secretary is wont to be found initiating this wearer of the lavender into all the mysteries of the rippling falls, tperhapsi. From the observatory above, one may obtain the best view of the village and surrounding country. and from the1'e Watkins appears as