Central High School - Brecky Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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MAY TORPEY DONAHOE. D011k. And then lzer eye5. ' It's the little things in life that count. VVe are sure of this when we see May. Besides being an allright student, she can certainly make the piano talk. I guess if you consult Miss Morgan. you'll find she can do a little talking herself. HELEN DORAN. Berley. 'My l0z'e's a soldier l1rar'e. Helen came from Baltimore and did not enter Central until her junior year, but she has been here long enough to make a great many friends through her perseverence and ever-readiness to help a friend in need. She has a wonderful way of acquiring E's and G's, and, best of all, she is not a bit selfish with her knowledge. FLORENCE OLIVE DRAKE. And still we gazed and still the zuozzdm' grew, That one small lzead could farry all she leizezuf' The calm way in which Olive gives her Eng- lish recitations is a marvel and the recitations are known so pat and rattled off at such speed that it would take an expert to take down her words. lf there were more like her in Central, we would be even more a shining light in the universe than we are now. 25

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MARY ETHEL DAVIS. Essie No mutter where you see her, In quiet haunt or mart, Her gracious Southern manners Wi!! surely win your heart. VVe challenge anybody to produce as many names as Ethel has been known by since she ar- rived at Central, four years ago. Beginning with Mary, her names next run down through the E's, Edna, Elizabeth, etc., and before many years she will probably be changing it again, legally, Regardless of her already numerous appellations, she has recklessly made a name for herself in her studies and class debate. JULIA WHITING DAVIS. Her sunny locks hang on her temples like a golden fleece. Julia hails from Virginia, as you can tell by her pretty Southern accent. She is a jolly girl and her bright smile always lights up the study hall, especially on those dark days. She is a great talker, as Miss Morgan will testify. RUTH ELIZABETH DAVIS. From the frown of her head to the tiff of her toes she is all mirihf' Ruth is our great candy lover and from all re- ports we hear that she makes a specialty of P'eter's Chocolate. Ruth is thinking of going to Normal School, but oh! what a shame it is that she does not cultivate her talent for debate. We hope and expect that she will make just as good a success at teaching the little tots as she does at convincing the judges. 24

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CATHERINE MILDRED DYKES. 'Tis the mind that .vlzines in every word. lYhat would we do without Mildred on these dreary school days when life begins to pall? For four years she has buoyed us up with her humorous remarks and witticisms, of which she commands an inexhaustible supply. Never would she let an opportunity pass in English without taking advantage to employ her analytical mind in interpreting such passages in the classics tBurke or Miltonh which no one else dared to attempt. MARY EASTLACK. Her eoive was ever soft and low, An excellent flllillg in a woman. Mary always slips in from her suburban home with a bunch of ilowers and a breath of spring. All the people who sit in her vicinity in school know her as that lovely girl with the gentle manners. H.-XTTIE MAY ENSIGN. Debating Team, 19123 President Literary So- ciety, 19123 Class Poetess. Earll1's noblest thing in ufoman perfected. Oh, Young Lochinvar is come out of the lVest -just in time to graduate with us and im- bibe the Central spirit which she has so success- fully upheld in this short time. For is not Hattie one of our Debating Champions, the genius of the Literary Circle, and, last but not least, our class poetess? You ought to see her step upon the platform to deliver her speech and smile upon the audience with her contented three- cornered smile. Our regret is that she could not have been with us longer than the one year during which she was one of ns. 26