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

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HELEN IRENE BURK Tail, slender and fair” Helen is calm, sedate, quiet and dignified which are all the qualities necessary for the perfect Senior. In fact they would be enough for most people to go through life with, but she is generous and a good friend as well. She is also a fine musician and it wouldn’t surprise us to hear that she has made herself, by her recognized talent, some day very famous. RAYMOND H. BUTLER A fellow of fine worth” Bones” is at last a Senior and one of the best we have. He is not fond of studying so that perhaps accounts for his delinquency in graduating. He is some basketball player, having won two E’s in it. He is also a great fun-lover. In fact he is the best of company as he always has some funny story to tell. He showed his ability as an actor in the Class Play and may in the future be one of those dashing mounted policemen in New York City. Entertainment, Class Play, Basketball Team GLADYS CASSELL A modest, retiring maid” This girl has an abnormal capacity for gathering knowledge. She is always visiting the libraries and poring over the books. Her recitations show her abundance of learning which pleases all the teachers. She has pretty blonde hair and a pleasing personality which have won her many friends in her stay in the Academy. LUELLA G. CLARK A nature pleasing to all” Luella is lucky in having a perpetual excuse for being late. Not everyone is so favored by our superiors. She is a great whisperer and talker; it being the hard- est thing in the world for her to keep quiet long. It is known quite positively that she has a distinct liking for flutists, especially the one who—well you know so we won’t embarrass Luella by telling any more. 119

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“fw lB@©Ife JOHN BROOKS Little, but, Oh! My!” Jack is an original smoke shover” and will no doubt run a U. C. S. store some day. He played on the football team this year and performed very well during the season altho not in every game. His recitations in German are noted, not for their quality but for their rarity But to be serious Jack is a good sport and popular with the fellows and a few others. Vindex Board ELSA BROOKFIELD Just fortune is thy due” Elsa is not a grind but she is very studious never- theless and is one of our remarkable students. She is always ready to join in some fun besides. Her great- est acccomplishment is writing poetry and similar literary works. Indeed she has some ability as a writer and will have a very successful future if she follows it up. Girl’s Vindex Board, Pin Committee Valedictorian NETTIE BUELL Modest and shy as a nun is she” This wee maid comes to us from one of the neighboring towns. She is very retiring and modest and for these reasons we are not very well acquainted with her. She is a good student and one of the most accomodating girls in school. THOMAS F. BUNDY Thou art slow and cautious” Prof. Wilson called Tom the pretty, red-cheeked boy” which admirably suits Thomas. He makes a great hit with the girls at various social functions but is nevertheless unassuming. He likes to visit Corning for some unknown reason but always says he had a good time. Tom has ambitions as a newspaperman and we hope he will realize his desire some day. Banquet Committee fl 9 5

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 MERLE A. CLEARWATER ’’Such a girl is the beginning of good things” Merle is quiet in school but it is said that when outside she is just full of fun and ginger. We know one thing about her, however, and that is that she has great intellectual ability. She always gives perfect recitations and has won a number of the prize essay contests. Her work on the Class Book Board gives us another evidence of her varied accomplishments. Class Book Board, Girl’s Vindex Board HOWARD H. CLUTE ”1 am not in the roll of common men” Howard is some boy and when a fellow rises to the height of Business Manager of the Class Book it is hardly necessary to dwell upon his other abilities but for the benefit of the unenlightened we will give a few. He is a great basketball enthusiast and in fact man- aged the team for one year. He is furthermore a fine musician and plays the piano beautifully. Next year he journeys to Cornell to uphold the record left by brother Les” and we have no doubt that he will do so. Business Manager Year Book, German Play Baseball Team Z. ESTHER COKE Zealous in all her tasks” Esther did not join our class until her Junior year coming here at that time from the wilds of Oregon. Thus we have one more proof of the national character of E. F. A. Esther likes the Z in front of her name for some unknown reason and as yet we are unable to find out what it stands for. She is very quiet, which is characteristic of a number of our Seniors, and has talent as a pianist. Her work on the Class Book Board has been of high calibre. Class Book Board HELEN M. COLEMAN Shyness never was her fault” Helen was heard to say that we knew nothing about her to put in the Year Book, so we’ll surprise her by putting this in. We don’t believe that Helen burns as much midnight oil as she pretends to, altho she is usually prepared in her lessons. Helen has one accomplishment however which surpasses all others. That is the art of blushing. In the words of the dime novel” the blushes come hot and furious” without the slightest provocation. But cheer up, Helen, we have heard that it takes brains to blush. Picnic Committee