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

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THE ORACLE 1] Now look again and tell me whom you see, Vice-President with black eyes sparkling bright— So much of laughter and of fun Was never seen in any one. And you ask Pete if 1 am not just l ight. For I’m quite sure that he’ll agree with me. Now, since a lad who lives off on the hill Our money keeps, we feel at ease in mind. Harry’s our Treasurer, you know, And on our business, too, does go. And he in “Squirrel” ever seems to find That which his whole heart does delight to fill. Our Secretary is a country lass, Who carries home each night such stacks of books, That in our minds no doubt have we That Edna will most learned be, When from our Alma into secluded nooks Of the great world she, too, from us must pass. Besides oar officers mentioned above Are several more whose praises we would sing. There is with us Truman Lown, Who will surely gain renown, Inez, whose laughter might be heard to ring Far, far away, where e’er you choose to rove. Down on Long Island’s rocky coast our “Dot Is adding to her knowledge every day— A schoolmate who could be more sweet We seniors have not chanced to meet. There’s LeLand, too, of whom there’s some who say With Marjorie he’d like to cast his lot. There’s Georgia, too, so quiet and demure, Who scarcely from her books her eyes can raise, Maud, whose conduct’s always good And in her classes high has stood. And Daisy Lewis, for whose worthy praise Words sufficient we could not procure. Now to thee, our Alma Mater, we must say Farewell, farewell, for we must needs depart Into the wide, wide world to go. Seeds for the future now to sow, And to our comrades say with sinking heart: “ Good luck to you as you pass on your way.” F. E. H„ ’10.

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10 THE ORACLE Colors—Blue and Gray Motto—Possunt quia posse videntur Flower—White Carnation Tree—Maple Vine—English Ivy Officers President—A LLINGTON BRIDGMA N Vice-President—HENRIETTA SHULMAN Secretary—EDNA BEARDSLEY Treasurer—Harry Gabriel Members DOROTHY EBERSOLE TRUMAN LOWN EDNA HAUSNER GEORGIA McKENZIE LELAND KRESS INEZ SHELTON DAISY LEWIS MAUDE SANT CLASS POEM Yet once more, oh, ye Seniors, and once more, Illustrious class with honors and with fame, I come to offer praises ever due. And in tender words and true, To those who in the year '06 first came Into this school which each and all adore. And first he in this honored line appears Whom we from all the twelve for President assigned— Most studious of all, oh yes! It's Allington, if you would guess. Look where you may. you surely never will find One worthier, so lay aside all fears.

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12 THE ORACLE HARRY S. GABRIEL In the year of 1892, in the town of Reading, our respected Treasurer, Harry Gabriel, was born. The first years of his life were spent on his father's farm, until, at the age of five, thinking that his brain needed development, he started in sc hool at the District No. 2 school house. At the age of thirteen he entered Starkey Seminary, and in 1907 decided to come to Watkins to complete his high school course. While here, he has proven his abilities as a student, earning third position in the class. Together with his other studies, he has taken an advanced course in the science of note writing, at which he has become very proficient. Perhaps this explains why he does so much of his studying on the east side of the chapel. (He does not have to throw them so far from there.) Harry has already demonstrated his capacity as a financier in his position as Business Manager of the Oracle. After he leaves Watkins High he expects to continue his education at Cornell, taking the agriculture course. Both while there and in after life the best wishes of his classmates follow him. J. A. B., TO. HENRIETTA C. SHULMAN Henrietta C. Shulman, after tormenting both neighbors and parents for six long years, began her school career in the first grade of Watkins High School. Here she made very rapid progress, learning to ask questions with such astonishing rapidity that by the time she reached the seventh grade Miss Brown, for the sake of her own peace of mind as well as that of the other seventh graders, was obliged to restrict her to one question a day. But her desire for information, although checked for the moment by such severe treatment, still remained, until now, as a member of the Fourth English class, she has become noted for her skillful arguments with the teachers. Although part of her fluency in English is due, no doubt, to Miss Brown’s thorough training, yet she was aided in no small degree by her practice in note writing, especially while “Pete” was in school. She has always been an especially diligent (?) Latin student, but her interest in Cicero, we are sorry to say, become rather deficient since he (Pete, of course) left the class.