Ithaca High School - Annual Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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iSI'f.Vl0lt KNOCKS 227 l'llJWAltlJ BARDWICLL, 't Bard ' ' ' ' liekay H lid ' ' Mabel After four years of strife with his neck.ie and heater! argu- ments with Miss Sheffer, Bard is about to evaporate from our midst. Not satisfied with hi-s work here he skips across tho road to the 'tCon, wins a sc-holarshiip, enters and finishes the piano course in three years. He speaks fluently on such topics as VVhy Trees Bark and When I Saw ai. Boiaril Walk. It was Eckay who put through the motion of tin- iug members who slept through a debate, but alas, when El! talks he has to stop in the middle of his speech and wake the clrairman so that he can fine the other members for sleeping. But outside of this and putting sinkers in the contribution plate and being the Art Editor of this book, he is a pretty good fellow. Before closing we will give Ed our blessing and say Amen! ! ! l1IiSTL'S BARDWEWLL, A ' Useless ' ' ' ' Rastus At last we have decided that nicknames do not always char- acterize a persona. During the four years that Useless has been with us, he has honored several 0rga.11iza.tions with his liberal uso of his vocal cords. The Art Club has found him invaluable in ilrawiiig and painting posters. The Science Club has taught him elecitricity to sucrh an extent that he is a. live wire in the Dramatic Club. In the Gflee Club, you can lt see the man behind him when tt Riastus starts in howling. Considering facts, t'Ria.stus has made a remarkable prog- ress in mathematics. Even Miss Evans has been forced to hand him a bouquet occfasionailly. Witih this in mind, n-one of ns can fail to believe that t'Useless,' is destined for great things. HARRIET GARRISION BARTON, t'Ba1'tie Harry Vite! Uiogenes! On with the lantern! A little to the left, Gene! Oh! Superb! Let it shine brightly on her gleaming hair Cespeeiially marcelled for the oecasionj. It took us some time to break Harry in thoroly, and, in spite of our efforts, she recently iiraide an 'allmost fatal break in Gen- eral Council. By the aid of about two-tfhirds of both the Junior and Senior classes, Bartie was restored to favor and has cruised on blissfully in secunidos ven't0s as the good-ly scribe Vorgil would say, up until the present writing. Whether she continues this state of bliss depends largely on what we say of her for she Iirmlfy believes that t'0ut of the months of fools and crhildrcn comes tho truth. She 'has warned ns to be care- ful altho' she vigorously denied thaft she thought us either foolish or childish. Her friends say she is inrpiroviug as rapidly as can be expected and that there are hopes for a complete recovery. Well Bartie! Vale! Vale! Vale! ' ANNA ELIZABETH BEAL An eminent American historian. Born in Illinois, but spent the greater part of her life in Ithaca, New York, Where she received her education in the Ithaca High School and Cornell University. Miss Beal is characterized by the energy of the West and the eruditiou of the East. Early showing a marked preference for history, she 'has since specialized in it and is now recognized as the foremost authority on 'history in the United States. She has been aptly compared to Froissart, be- cause of the charm of her historic narratives. Among her works are: ' 'History of Ithaca Since the Flood, 'tlllnglish History at a Glance, Past Joys: Beinig a Record of High School Days, and American Antiquities. Copy- right 1950.

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1HI ITHACA HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL JOAQUIN A. ABUDO, alias Jaeky Porto Rican by birth, he is always talking about the tropical jungles and beautiful skies. He was once a poet. That was the worst epoch of his life, I should say. Fortunately I was far from 'him at that time. Once he happened to get into a. steamer by mistake and a few days later he found himself in New York, the city of the Giants and Gods, as he said. There he was willing to see the Chinese suburbs but he did not. He appeared in Ithaca on a cold morning, and the 22nd of September he was enrolled in the High School. -Since then he has been a. good student and very, very seldom makes a date. Oh! I inet such a nice and fair looking girl yesterday, that is his daily phrase, and also makes dates with invisible girls. He is a gre'at historian. He told me that he 'had read more than two dlozen different American histories and their contents. In physics I think that he will surpass Galileo or Newton, he had established his J ackinian proportion i. e., the greater the distance is, the greater is the love. GLADYS ARCHIBALD, Glad, Archie A favorite of the girls, And many a boy as wellg This topic is to personlad- 77 I promised not to tell. She's fond of layi' ja , As well as ye ug, ' f ,,An ,rip i g ,Pi 1 astic toe i at . sure to please her. , - Just to summarize a bit We'll say that she is cute, And you will all agree with me. Ah! there!-at last 1,111 mute. RALPH W. AYERS, MPa, Father, Hiram Our youthful jew ler . at last completed a four-year's course in 'fhot af '. ' er thought that Physics was such an interesting stu c v iid take two years of this subject. Pa has become V y n u i terested in music, especially that per- Quick Wa.tson, the vacui cleaner! taining to 'y, and he is 'often ,seen plodding his way with FordN to Auburn in order to see the FERRIS wheel. atl r has taken up as a side line Home Room leading and is ' by Julius Ku-hnert. As a ma.thema.tician Mis ' y ml rather an apt English Student, and Pa sure ake e 'lrqber medal when it comes to Latin. 1 r hree ears Pa has been a member of the Basketball ad, eing 'captain of last year-'s quintet. Vile all wish Father the best of luck for the future and may he never lose another night's sleep worrying over those hands. VIVA BAK ER. The Senior Clliass. with compliments, Presents you Viva B., As sweet and bright a. little lass As we did ever see. She won renown at essays, In English, History too, We wish that Viva Baker 's type Were not so awfully few.

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THF ITHACA HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL ESTHER BEARD, Buster Betty Mere's a. maideen--pure and simple- From the country she mlinl come, And when as-kenl for why the coming, Said she came to make thinigs hum. She invades our dominions, For Dramatics she did Eight, And she shrieked in fearful accents, Curfew shall not ring tonight! But, lest this you hold against her, Here is just a word or two, To tell you that shels my true friend, And she,l'l be the same to you. EDITH J. BEASLEY, Beas Beasy Basketball's her best game Everyone hastens to proclaim. At games of all sorts she excells: Sport her woes and cares expels. Lesso s, too, have no neglect CGD, CAsk Knoxyj Ev 'work results rcdectg teachers, scholars, they recall! Beasley is a true friend of alll. All wh know her will say that Beas is a mighty good sport, for, besides her other accourplishments, she loves to swim and dive, play baseball, and take gym. all -her spare moments. As Beas leaves us to climb steeper stairwaysf' the basketball team loses a most enwthusiastic player, her school-mates a true friend, and the High School a Woyal student. JUNTA M. BECK, Junie Becky Becky came quietly into our school a year algo last - , in a. couple of weeks he had the students at his feet, not what he thought he knew, but by that wholehearted smile which has become famous as Bef-k's Grin. Becky is a. first-rate ladies' man, having spent most of his time, before coming here, at Wells College. However he hasn't lost his wiles entirely. ' 'Junie is a. versatile youth and besides being an expert in the gentle art of bluffirrg, and a 'tsure nuff pounder of the ivodies, he is one of the main supports of Miss Bryant's bunch of how'lers. He is a human dictionary of Latin verbs and also a. very worthy member of the track team. Here 'is to a. long life filled with success for you, Becky, We 'll keep our eyes on you-so go to it! MARJION L. BOOL, Shorty T'here was a girl in I. H. S. And she was wonderous wise. She fell upon a Laitin exam. And worked out both her eyes. And when she saw that she was blind, She played with might and main, Each day at cherished basketball, And won her I's again.