Elmira College - Iris Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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MARIE K. EIFFERT Elmira Heights, N- Y- Just dress enough to be tasteful Just merry enough to be gay. The face before you is one capable of a great variety of expressions, as you may have inferred from the large, dark eyes. Nor is its, possessor un- skilled in its control. She can spread a look of perfect happiness and con- tentment over her features, and should something arouse her anger, she can look daggers in an instant. lt is next to impossible. to be angry with Marie, for when you feel just like shaking her, she will provoke a laugh from you by her nonsensical- do you know, that would make me so mad. When classes are over, she must rush off, either to keep an ap- pointment with her modiste or to , hurry home to dress for a dinner or theatre party in the evening. And yet she does credit to her,studies, for she has trained herself to make the best of a short time. ANNA GOETZ Elmira, N. Y. Worth is by worth in every rank admired. This energetic and business-like little lady of ours always goetz there, you may be sure of that. When we want anything done correctly, yet with neatness and despatch, Anna is one upon whom we may rely: and her career in afliairs of the heart has met with l-lowelling success. Her record clearly shows that ,she is always alert to seize and make the best of every opportunity, and though an all-around good student, her specialty is quite apparent to all so that we grant her a most conspic- uous place in the German constella- tion. 28

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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

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MARGARET GRAFFT Waverly N Y Exceedingly wise, fair spok nd persuading As the picture of breaking sea-waves lin Tennyson, so is Margaret in EImira's halls, the embodiment of fenergy. We see her flying from room 'to room, upstairs and down, with firm and elastic tread, and we know not in what direction the voice of duty calls, whether it is to the struggle with Argumentation, to Sibylline affairs, or to superintend a spread, but that it iis the voice of duty we have no doubt. But there is no one else who, like Margaret, never falters at the post, who can make the most doubtful enter- prise go through, can turn her hand ito any task, from the humblest to the most difficult, and withal, who has a spirit that never faileth the needy friend. BLANCHE M GUY Newburgh, N. Y. e flcwcr of meekness on a stem of grace. A spirit rare, of gentleness and peace, Yet bubbling o'er with secret merri- ment, Unselfish, thoughtful, kind, and full of fun, A girl, to know whom, captivates one's love As some shy pansy hidden in the grass . Attr-acts the sunbeams. 29