Elmira College - Iris Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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MARY BAXTER Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She is most fair and thereunto Her life doth rightly harmonize. Sprightly lVlolly! How could 1912 - exist without her? Yet this mischiev- ous maiden from 'way 'way out West where the Indians grow is not wholly frivolous, you have but to take note of that unruffled brow, those clear blue eyes, and that attitude of calm repose at exam time, to remark with deep -conviction- Oh this learning. What a thing it is! Think, too, of the courage, the skill, and the diplo- macy needed to suppress the Tiger's - fierce growls throughout the strenuous period of Sophomorehood! Mollie has a fetching gri- l mean smile: you've noticed it, haven't you? . Wonder what makes it particularly conspicuous on alternate Saturday nights? lt's apt to be conspicuous by its absence when a certain letter fails to appear, or when, for some mysterious reason, a walk along Church Street about five o'clock in the afternoon proves disappointing. Now - 1 said-. But never mind, Nlolly is a mighty good sort after all. KATHERINE BLOOMER K Elmira, N. Y. She smiled for the sake of smiling And laughed for no reason but fun. Here's our friend and fellow citi- zen Bloomer! What would a chemis- try Lab be without Katherine! No one else can pronounce a precipitate gorgeous with equal confidence and zest. Her contagious laughter has frequently cleared the atmosphere in that realm of the under world. Indeed to use her own words she is always divinely happy, so much so in fact that no matter how blue or discour- aged we may be, her irrepressible good humor is sure to cheer us-and such a repertoire ,of clever, ludicrous ex- pressions as she possesses! We laugh and feel that after all the world is a i joyous place. l 26

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Colors-Brown and Gold. Patron Saint... President ........ Vice-President ............. Secretary and Treasurer .... Emblem .,.............. MAUDE A. BARNES Ray Ray Ray! Tiger Tiger Tiger Sis Boom Bah! Elmira College! Rah Rah Rah! 1912! 1912! 1912 Flower-Daffodil. . . . .Miss Dwight . .Maude Barnes .. ...Flora Peck .Hclen Manning Tiger Waverly, N. Y. A contented spirit is the sweetness of existence. Far be it from me to pick flaws in President Barnes: she is so cheerful that you would be forced to overlook them if there were any there. But that's just it. She is so good natured that she is-why she is positively aggravating-sometimes. Yet who cares for that? Fresh- men adore her. Sophs know that they will meet with a good square deal where class scraps are concerned. Juniors look to her with implicit trust when storm-tossed between the Scylla and Charybdis of Junior Prom and the Junior-Senior sleighride. Seniors envy her the smiling and peace- ful serenity with which she meets the manifold trials and tribulations of an upper classman's life. Maude loves four things-to eat, basket ball, science labs, and-Mary Louise. Notice, I say loves 7 the lesser degrees of her affection are all comprehensive and unlimited. She is quite sus- ceptible to Crushesl for further information, consult her roommate or other sufferers. On the whole, Maud is a brick, 23

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GERTRUDE CASELEY Taunton, Mass. A contented spirit is the sweetness of existence. Gertrude was enough impressed with the fame of Elmira to travel from the far borders of Massachusetts to ,partake of its, benefits. She came laden with the lore of many Latin books of which the less-favored mem- bers of her class had scarcely heard, and with a refreshing contempt for letting anything worry or hurry her, even German essays, albeit when they were done they dazzled our eyes with mystical German' script. The second year she returned with another of the flock, that together they might bring joy to Dr. Hamilton's heart, for, as we have heard, the great advantage of the cutting system is to insure the presence later on, and Gertrude never uses the last cut. 4 FLORA J. CORNISH . Elmira, N. Y. She is a maid of artless grace Gentle in form and fair' of face. In Flora we find a devotee of Epicu- rus- happy and blith, winsome and gay, dancing in Eden the live long day. Even at home she sings at her work, and never forgets to fondle her pretty little kittens, which always look like soft round balls of fur. Undoubt- . edly she cultivated her gentle affec- tion for animals during her early life in the west, for the stories of those days that she tells us around the fire- place, by the dim light of the embers, glow with the happiness of childhood romps. As an actress she is clever ' indeed, and should the glare of the footlights ever claim her, unbounded success would surely crown her i career. 2