Elmira Free Academy - Torch / Sagoyawatha Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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GERTRUDE JONES. gert” If you’re in trouble go to Gert— her kind heart is ever ready to pull some one out of a difficulty. If you want a ride, on a bright Spring day. go to Gert, too—she’ll find a conveyance and gratify your desire. Capable, sensible, stoilish is she, With a train of fond followers— ITow many? Three! Reception Committee, Koppa Sigma WILLARD JONES. JOKEST” If you espy a young man wander- ing aimlessly around the building with a camera clutched tightly in ills hands, that's “Jonesy. He has a mania for photography and is very good at the art. Jonesy” is also a shark at writing historical essays and is the very proud possessor of a big. round medal, about the size of a cart wheel, more or less, which he won for his essay upon the Hudson- Fulton celebration, lie has made his mark in American History by his lengthy, wordy dissertations upon historical events. His ambition is to become a photographer in the IJogues Gallery of some prison. LIT 11A KELLOGG. This particular young lady is sup- posed to l»e taking a business course, but whether it's a course in business or in boys lias never been fully found out. Not that we mean to insinuate that Litlin is crazy about the boys perish the thought but she certainly isn't t lie leant bit afraid of them. That's alright, though, and we wouldn't have her any other way for worlds. GRACE KELLY. Grace certainly is a dear, oblig- ing child, and she always sees the best in everyone. No one is more willing to lend her possessions to her careless classmates, and she is never known to say a cross word. It must lie admitted that she Is a noted whisperer, and there Is never a time when she isn't ready to converse lluently on any subject offered. And since she may not be aware of the fact, it is our privilege to inform her tnat she has made many friends during the years she has spent within the illustrious walls of E. F. A.

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cui'i'oiii» in iu,ky. Here's ii young man whom few seem to know well, yet (hose who do know him I’ltn vouch for Ills ex- i•(•limit qualities. lie makes an nwfiil bluff ni lining a grind hy carrying home n earl loud of hooks with him every night, still he Isn't always studying ns some people think. He loves to give long and learned ills courses In classes and his constant smile usually enables him to gel away with his bluff. The girls have never bothered Cliff severely and so he's returned the compliment by letting the fair sex alone. MAltlX INOAM,S. A person who wears glasses Is generally supposed to la1 a student, and Mabel Is no exception to this rule. For she always seems to have her nose In a hook, being per- fectly oblivions to the lesser things of life. After she has left this building, where one Is not alloWed to he too devoted to hooks, we fear that she will become a continued hook worm. CATI I Kit INK IIYNKS Von are something of a my-tery. Catherine, and It's rather dlllh ult to know what to say about you. Yon certainty do show ns the latest tn hair-dressing, and we gaze at your coiffures In awe and wonder. It Is to he suspected that some day you will astonish us all. for there Is something about you that shows you are different from other people. K ATI I It YN JKNKINS, “KITTY” Kitty always walks around chapel with her head held high In the air. and her classmates carefully treasure the smiles she occasionally bestows on them. She has a certain Individual way. In class, of drawling out answers to questions, and her answers are usually different from those of other people. Kven hack In the grammar school “Kilty had the reputation of lielttg original and she still awes us hy her beliefs and opinions, which are totally different from those which the rest of us have.

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MAIM AN KETCH AM. Here Is one (' our good tH,-ls and they, »•' «•nurse. are 11 necessary n«,«,esHnr.v In nur worth.v class. bln M I lie one who always tells Hie lonelier If she has forgotten to give out a losson. or has given I he same les- son over again. Marian has a eon science that never falls her. and not even I he demoralizing effects of four years In 10. I ’. A. has changed her. People like her aie surely needed In this wicked world, and we're expecting her to do lots of good after she leaves us. WILLIAM I,A M HKItT KLBITK. ‘•him.” “Yet h. I'm not «inite thlxteen — folkth thny I'm cute” oh, you nr« Lamb, a perfect stunner! And the girls always have thought so since your ncv ir-eome off smile appeared at No. 'J four years ago. Maze long upon the class pet ! The Faculty's I turea ii of Information! After vain- ly seeking a satlsfa dory answer a Well, Mr. Kleltz. brings forth tin desired result and more praise for the young one. When our Infant grows Into manhood probably we'll have a genius heretofore unheard of! IIimincHH Uuiiui ir of I iniii r, (lire Club. Lam lulu Hlf iim. M. LOFISK KF TfMir.M. Amiable and always smiling. A favorite with the faculty and a ready giggler. When Mi— Ket- chum Is «-ailed on In Merman she |s wise enough to let Marian recite, thus proving that she us -- her wisdom in various ways. Sin |s always modest and retiring when among the fellows but is known to make quite a hit with them one In particu'ar. She knows who. ('ll ARLES KKOWL. ‘•Kiiowi.tr. Krowlle Is a really truly stu dent even though he does conte to the Academy a few hours each day merely as a pastime. During tin rest of the day he may be found either al Murphy’s or up at the Htancllff Howling Alleys, knocking over It. It.s and spills. During fool hall season he becomes a shining light as an end. where In never loses his temper or strikes an oppos lug player. 11« likes the girls modestly al a distance but dislikes to have them cluster about his seat In the back of chnpel. lb Is an earnest disciple of Isna • Wallon and often goes down the river after the Unity tribes. Viiptuhi ’oof Hull limn; 1« Wile; Mu iniiin' ' • Hull I'm in.