Elmira College - Iris Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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MARY WOODWARD METZGER, 'I-Elnrira, N. Y. Bones, Skinny. QF M, Thespis. Put me off at Buffalo? Usually very quiet, but has a patent yell that works with a spring which she keeps Well oiled. Oversensitive in the use of expressive language and inserts blanks for such words as door, etc., but somehow makes herself understood. She's getting thin-just see how that blue skirt laps over. Up to all sorts of stunts-lighting cork tips and such. Spoons on Mike, but acts quite rational when she's' not around. Fond of sports -hunting Harry game and Drake shooting -but hasn't caught anything as yet. If not suc- cessful this year-will go abroad. Member of Kappa Iota Sigma Sigma. RENA RocKWELL, Elmira, N. Y. K E, Biol., Pres. Biol. 131, Pres. Q1-21, Editor- in-Chief IRIS, Sibyl Board. Tully was not so eloquent as thouf' Terribly smart-and seems even smarter be- cause she neyer gets fussedf' When called on for impromptu speeches, gets up calmly and reels off joke after joke in the most careless manner. Once lately her Wit deserted her and she carried out to perfection the character thrust upon her. Heretofore quite a healthy looking girl, she has recently had some trouble with her heart, and we fear for its effect on her. You see she has a crush 'S and is overworking herself to entertain her and visit he1'. 29

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ADDA :MCDANIELS LONG, Mechanicsburg,' Pa. 5' Songy. K E. ' Hungry as the grave. Very small. naturally shy about reciting in class. But at times we do manage to drag from her some little remark on her father and some- thing about his oiiice. And once, in a burst of confidence, she told us that her uncle ate bread and butter with his strawberries. She's a chronic eater-strange in one so small-and her regular form of greeting has come to be a very polite Got anything to eat ? EFFIE P. MAXWELL, Oshkosh, Wis. Eff' Rugglesf' K Z, B. B. Team Q3j, Thespis. Around the cycle of the season whirls And Ithaca is filled with pretty girls Who take our rooms and make us sweep the Hoors And clean the house, and then go live outdoors. We imagine Effie might be nice, but We don't see much. of her-she spends half her time at Ithaca., and the other half getting over it. An awful good looker, with eyes that seem interest- ed even when she is yawning-mentally. Has dimples, too, that she lets us see once in a while. Said to be a shark in science, but has recently given it up for higher mathematics. 28

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GERTRUDE DAPHNE SEELY, Osceola, Pa. T1'udy, MisS O'Sailey. K E, Asst. Bus. Mgr. IRIS, Treas. 423, Senator q3J. 'L 'Tis death to me to be at enmity. I hate it, and desire all good ments love. Can't roast her,-she never does it-y things. A very staid, prosaic girl with a sort of Johnny- on-the-spot brain that thinksof just the right word in Latin, and of just the right way of send- inga message in Sociology. Could give, Gibson many hints on posing-and illustrate them. She's very slight and has recently taken to drinking cream. We rlon't know why. A perfect shark at getting ads. for the IRIS-especially from such people as have for some reason or other retired from business. EDNA E. SPRING, Elmira, N. Y. Sophie, U Twinsf' K E, B. B. Team Q1-35. HOh Spring so green, thy touch is seen In blossom, leaf and bud, But truth to tell---thou art a sell, Oh Spring, thy name is mud. L' Ye gods, what dignity ! When called on in class she rises slowly, pulls her gown more closely about her, and in a slow, impressive voice begins her recitation. If cross-questioned by the in- structor, her sang-froid is superb. Waits a mo- ment with a pitying smile upon her face, as if interrupted by a small child, and then, unmffled, in a firm but irreproachably courteous manner, continues to state her original view of the sub- ject. Yet she can unbend. And some say she has one of those musical laughs you read about- the kind that bubbles and ripples as from a Spring. 30