Emma Willard School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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THE GARGOYLE 1923 RUTH ADAMS Toledo Ohlo President of the Class of l923 Student Assoclatlon Executlve Board Student Government Executrve Board ramatlc Club Clee Club Cholr enlor Play Gym Team Athletlc ASSOClatlOn fActlvej earer of E. W To lhosc who now her no! no words can am! And those who now her know all words arc am! Although our Emmawlllard days are ended they will remaln forever cherlshed memorles and among these one most dear wlll be that of Ruth our Presldent How often shall we recall her as she presided ln class meetmgs now calmlng our ruffled spnrlts and agaln mspnrmg us through her enthusiasm to hrgher achleve ment She worked too not only for the brg obvious thlngs but for the httle un notlced details of everyday routme Wrth what feellngs of love and ownershxp dld we llsten as she sang for us Sunday evemngs It was not merely the lovely quality of her voxce but the sweet ness and feellng beneath that seemed to lnft her to a sphere far removed from ours Then when we were feehng her remoteness she would return to us ln all her whlmsy and vxvaclty to be again our delightful comrade One of the qualltles that galned for her the unfallmg loyalty of each one of u was her sympathetlc understandlng Nothing mat tered qulte so much when we felt we had a friend who knew and cared Not every class may have as Its leader one so versatlle as ours We know who wrote the muslc of our Senlor song who took the male lead xn Senior play who played untxrmgly for our cheer practices and dancing who stepped forward A No I ln Com petltxon Drlll to recexve her numerals and E W We care for her so dearly not merely because of what she has done for us but just because Ruth IS Ruth And after all Ruth herself cannot be des crlbed one must know her must feel that some thlng whlch IS mtangrble the charm of her mfinlte variety I2 C23 D . S . W . . u k y p . H k e f ' . -Z 1 y

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1923 THE GARGOYLE EDITH AHBE Athens Dede Presldent of Glee Club Dramatlc Club Choir Athletlc Assocratron actlve Senlor Play He dzd hrs best and so came forth a vzclor We were lnformed thas year that no flowery wrlte ups were to be permitted Therefore we must refraln from that type of wrlte up whlch we had decided to compose for Dede We were going to compare her to the Llly Maid of Astolat but with thls mere suggestlon we must let you readers use your lmagmatlon Dede IS a very drfhcult person to write up She has so many splendrd quall tles that xt 1 hard to enumerate them all She can slng act dance do her work well and be very friendly to the newest new glrl and the oldest old glrl Her splendld executlve ablllty has been shown by her management of the Glee Club this year To borrow Nllss Kellas phrase she IS a strong glrl No better evldence of thls could be glven than her perseverance ln her academrc work and her perslstance ln flnlshlng whatever she has begun Dede always has her wlts about her When accxdents occur she knows just what to do and does It m the shortest space of time She IS sympathetlc m such a way you really enjoy xt She as always qulet and unobtrusive never gets the least blt exclted and seems to sm cerely enjoy looking after the srck ones As the herald rn the Revels Dede was superb The youthfulness and anlmatron of her appear ance together wrth her sweet volce made us all love her ln that part She exhrbxted her usual perfect poise and never for a moment forgot that we all looked to her for leadership As our space IS lxmlted we shall be obl1ge.l to end abruptly what rs only the lntroductlon to our estlmate of Dede I3 C57 , Pa. rx n ff . . . n w - - rr - - n ' 1 . . .S . . , , Y , . - - v - u - 1- . . . . . . '