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

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t JOHN SHKKIIA.V. John is on»» nf those ('111,(11111111 nil. Indolent young men. who tnke things ns they come and upend little or no time worrying. lie never gets excited us litany others dot over sin h a little thing as an un|ire|iared lesson, and he Is the luckiest person that we know of at never gettlug culled on In class when lie hasn't his work. The only thing lie d ies regularly and conscientiously Is chew gum and ahsent himself from school whenever the weather is line and school life seems Irksome. i sot'll IA ItoSKNMI.ooM. “HOPH Yes. this Is the glfl behind the gnu.”' our noted editor-in-chief. A ipilet lassie, you snyV Just ask those who know her heal and you will hear a different story. I'crimps you ve never heard Soph sing ragtime. She has well kept tip the reputation of her Illustrious family and her name will go down In the history of K. V. A. as one of those unusually brilliant students. “ »li, i irlM! hurt another rrunh. J. LKK «tOTllWKLi, i.r.K } a f»aUrt fe||r,w might rake for H Krln„ at all. | .e doesn't a|wa “ ■ '( lessons and hU ex,-,, .., 1 the cause of forbidden mirt)t .' ’t .....HIM»,....... T, ' ' ..■»-«............. zlcy gotten I,. lAH. »,„•, ' fcr Of the girls and consider» r)l “ h I';- “r - »» £ stories. ,.w ,H an(„h .r f • Imgs on scientific farming. an ) can make you believe that starting in now will be rU.h 'Z month. ‘ What'ii tin joke t I.AI'ICA SMITH. I.ITTI.K SMITH ‘‘Eternal Hinilen her t niptinr hrh ini Is nh all air xlritiinn mil ilini iliiii) all llie Iran, We hate to start so nice a person's send off with Ktich n quotation, hut the word dimpling caught our fancy, and nothing else would do. This Isn't queer, for. of all the dlmpl lug girls there are. she certainly Is the brightest star. Now. this really Isn t so bad after all. for everyone will understand that the word emp- tiness applies to the place where Vergil and American History ought to be. Now wouldn’t we rather lie song-birds than American History sharks? We do envy I.aura. •Tome on. Iil’a nklp.

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,M. It V HEAR MOX. JOHN RICHARDSON. Is there a new shade or style in neckties? Then you will l e sure to see John wearing one of that shade ami style, lie Is a regular Menu llruinmel and spends Hie best part of his life In trying to keep dressed correctly. When John leaves school, he will probably got n position on a fashion paper or else go to college and sel the pace for the rest of the hoys to follow. Ills only falling is Ids aversion to the girls: bin he will doubtless lie cured of that before long. Southport must tie some classy place to sport a girl like Alary. Really, such langunge should not be used when speaking of her. for she has never been known to use slang. Rather. she generally respects the English language. Hut on some few occasions, when things have gone wrong. Alary has exhibited an un- looked-for vocabulary and a total disregard for the laws of “Brooks' English Composition. Her chief accomplishment besides always get- ting through Regents, is having a good picture taken, as you can. no doubt, see. It is not entirely the camera's fault. MII dat s!” —1 » ♦ HESS IE ROSKMAX. UKSS’’ Di l you see that girl taking a look In the mirror as she passed by. the one with the wonderful coiffure and her dress made in the Inicst fashion? Well, that’s Hess Hosemnn. who sets the style for E, E. A. girls. She is unite dazzling at times in her Carls gowns. Still, her glory Isn’t only In her clothes, for just think ol’ those high marks l’.ossle has on her record. thus tin po infer slime f ” CAUL RICKARD. Carl Is one of those «pilet little chaps that you would never see in going through tin building unless you were looking for him. In a class- room he Is at home, however, and lienee his name Is generally on every honor roll. Every onee In a while Carl go« s t New York City i we wonder if he has a girl down there) but when he comes hack he has nothing whatever to say. therefore, we can hot guess at his experiences. Curl will probably grow up and !»• i “great help t his family” some day ( ’.) We ho|ie so. •'(Joinii hi-it iolt I f

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LhOHA.NMF SMITH (JANS” Gnus I the class clown nod end- nnm corned Inn of the i; lee Club, rind Ids comedy In by no menriH poor. He lx tin enthusiastic dinner and enn “Trot. Tango, rind Mutiny ling'' in it romantic rminncr Hint would make Itaymond Hitchcock, in com par Ison, look iih If be were doing the Virginia Itecd.” There's no use trying to kbl “Huns. because hi can back-lire In n way that niukea yon feel like a yellow lull) ll slip. ’■ hIioiiIiI Imdffltir.” HUM A KTKi'lIKNH. We prophecy for you a musical career. Vott will sing la fore the King mid (juren of Kngland. While there, yon will win the affect Iona of a noble prime, who. enraptured by your voice and Kenth Ix-nring. will take you with him to IiIk palace, where you will rale ns llrsl lady of the land. In your leisure hours you will slug the Alma .Mater and think with pleasure of yonr childhood days spent In K. F. A. OLGA .SMITH Here |s to ( gn. future secretary to Hu {’resident! Ortalnly If she forK abend after leaving school as she has done In it. this la not raab prediction, t»r. maybe, by that time New York State will have awakened and In allowing women suffrage. Tben consider Olga. There 1« no limit to an energy and an ambition like hers. And, although nil the teachers and pupils will wish her I lie greatest success In the world, yet they will miss her from V,. F. A. “Oh. .» a 11 1 m ” FICA.NtTS STILUS. I’OltK Fork Is Hu kh.v that made Hu .Minstrels famous. In other words, lie Is the Hag time Minstrel .Mull. Kvery year In swears that In will never Is In tln m again. Inti each year In succumbs to the lure of the “rag” and tile emlttum's purple. ‘‘Fork says lie's studying French to get the counts, hut we know differ ently. Hr Is studying It so In will he able to rend the menus In New Vnrk. one time In thought In was ordering beef slink and the uniter brought hash. I i “III lift r till