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

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I 11 j TIE “V H 1 1 I 3 BERTHA MANBERG “A pleasing countenance is no slight advantage. ’ ’ Can’t you just imagine Bertha teaching arithmetic, geography, etc., to a circle of adoring youngsters? It’s going to be a lucky school that obtains her to lead its young hope- fuls along the path of knowledge. Besides being very clever, she is very attractive; and while we wish her the very best of success, we aren’t a bit afraid to wager that she won’t be a school teacher all her life. HARRIET B. MATTHEWS ‘1A friend worth knowing. ’ ’ Harriet is a peach when you know her, so the girls declare. ‘1 Crushes ’ ’ is not in her vocabulary though we do not know as to her day dreams because she is a bit shy. She is very obliging and just lots of fun. She never has to hurry to school. It seems quite con- venient and an honor to be a non-resident. She will make many friends at Cornell next year. MARTHA MELLEN “Quiet and demure is she.” We are not very acquainted with Martha, but we know some people who are, and they say many nice things about her. For instance, they say that she is industrious, clever, and very valuable as a friend. Her report cards are always very good indeed, and from that you might imply that we mean to call Martha a ”grind.” She isn’t, though; she’s just got lots of brains and common sense. PERCY SEAMON 111 don’t believe I know, but I ’ll try. ’ ’ Percy may not know it, but he is one of the best known members of our class. He has done many things in his school life; he is a master at debating, dauntless before the hungry eyes of his teachers, and indomitable in the prize ring. Percy will never admit it, but he always has a friend with him at every party he attends. Forum Senior Vaudeville Cabaret Party Committee Stage Manager Senior Play Color and Motto Committee PERCY S. SNYDER “ Learn by doing.” Percy Snyder has been with us every fore- noon since last September (or nearly every). Perc thought he didn’t need to go all the day. But don’t think he lies around all the after- noon; oh, no! Percy is some singer; quite often he has favored us in that way. Same way with acting and basketball playing; those long legs certainly get him around. We are all sure our class would not be complete if Percy were missing. Senior Vaudeville Entertainment Senior Class Play Forum

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BLUE—WHITE LUCILE LYON “You have deserved high commendation, and true applause. ’’ Lucile is tall, oh, so tall, and quiet. Be- sides enjoying music and good times, she has found time to study and is a whiz. Shark? Do you know she is getting through in three and a half years? One of her chief amusements is teasing her friends. But how does she find out things ? 1 ‘ Because---. ’ ’ This we must accept as an answer, for it is all we can find out from her. We wish lie:- success at Elmira College. mary McCarthy 11 Possessed of unfailing good disposition.’ ’ Mary’s favorite amusement is dancing and she is quite expert in that art. (We phophesy that she will some day in the misty future become an instructor in that interesting study.) We wonder when Mary learns her lessons, for wTe never see her studying or taking books home. (But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t learn them.) MARY A. McINERNEY “Good humor is always a success.” Mary is a very modest, demure person. Her ambition, so they say, is to become a Red Cross nurse. My, wouldn’t she make a peach! We understand that she wears an Aviation pin, so perhaps there is more than one reason why she should be interested in Red Cross. She is so dependable and steadfast that we know she will be a success in whatever she decides to do. ADRIAN POND “I should worry.” Up or down? A word to the fellow in the stunning cap and you are seated in the best seat in the house. That is Pond, whom we all know. He spends his days with us and we spend our evenings with him. He is a quiet chap with a habit of taking things easy. It is rumored that he frequently visits a certain youmg lady’s home. NATHAN II. RUBIN “A man of business.” The girls have not yet succeeded in captur- ing the heart of this young man. He is studi- ous and is always able to talk on any topic of the day. He enjoys nothing better than a good joke and is always ready with one. If you need clothes or advice on the quality of them, just go to the Woolen Mills store after school hours and ask for Mr. Rubin. He is a verv good clerk and in the future will be one of Elmira’s leading business men.

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1 I LIIE—WI il 1 3 ANNA MacINERNY ‘1 Imagination rules the world— and helps in class. ” Not that we suspect Anna of anything like that. Oh my, no! But she never seems to spend much time studying, and generally comes out on top in class. We know this, for we’ve sat acrors from her for quite a while. She has a most contagious laugh and is always ready to talk until the teacher bangs on the desk with her pencil. We don’t know what Anna intends to do next year, but we bet she has a good time wherever she may go. DELLA MERRICK There is a quiet little girl among us whom we all like. She has lovely, curly hair and the dearest dimples. She is one of the few of us who really are delights to the teachers. She looks as if she were going to do something big and we know she will. Though Della (isn’t that a pretty name?) hasn’t been with us very long, we are mighty fond of her and wish her the best of success at college next year. FANNIE A. MILLER “And while you smile, another smiles, And life’s wo'th while because you smile.” This fun loving, wide-awake young lady is one of the joys of our existence with her ready laugh, and particularly of (we won’t say who he is, as he is on the Board). Fannie is a very capable person and also talented. She was an adorable little Irish girl in the Vaudeville, besides the leading one of the team in the ticket selling contest. And last but not least, she has worked hard on the business Board of “The Blue and White.” “Blue and White” Boapd Girl’s Vindex Board Senior Vaudeville Chairman Cabaret Party LEROY STAUNTON “Silence is golden.” Roy dropped in from “Number Six” and we are glad that he is among us. He is a quiet fellow and, like most quiet fellows, a good student. Though good looking, he has so far proved quite imuervious to the attacks of the fair sex. We think, however, that he is weakening, for lately he has been seen casting approving glances upon certain young ladies. We wish him success in all lines, .JOHN VAN ALSTYNE “Give me your paper just a minute” “Johnny” left us last January, after graduating, to launch out into the mysteries of the modern grocery business. He left be- hind, however, a strong impression of himself. He excelled in every field, whether in physics, English or chalk-thvowing. It has been rumored that John aspires to be a steeplejack, but we advise him to be a politician if he want’s real activity.