Emma Willard School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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1923 THF. GARGOYLE LOUISE GURLEY BETTS 2 Troy New York Betsey Editor ln Chief of the Gargoyle Cholr Senlor Play Glee Club Dramatic Club Athletlc Assoclatlon actlve She was a woman o strong sense and a shrewd mind Extraordznary al a reparlee To characterlze Betts IS a dlfhcult problem for the more you try to analyze her the more lllUSlVC she seems untll you almost glve up m cle palr Yet complex as she IS certaln tralts are outstandlng Resolved that Betsey IS one of our most dehghtful personalltles for l Betsey has humour not the sterotyped sense of humour but the ablllty to see a good Joke on herself as well as on anyone else Her humour s twm IS a subllmely rlcllculous but clever manner whlch when assumed can set even the most melancholy mto gales of laughter at almost any tnme or place Moreover Betsey s humour IS equally engaging ln the PhySlCS Lab ln gymn or on the 2 Betsey has keen perceptxons She readnly grasps a subject and as a consequence makes up her mlncl quickly She IS no lukewarm mcllvldual but wlll stand elther posxtlvely for or absolutely agamst any lmportant lssue that may arxse Vxslon and fore sxght are also a part of her mental equlpment The Gargoyle bears sufhclent witness we thmk 3 Betsey 19 genlal Don t be mistaken this IS not a synonym for humour however closely alllerl It may be We mean by her genlallty the broad smlle and the warm greetlng whlch are char acterlstlc of Betts 4 Betsey was born to llve wlth people She wlll always be essentlally one of us the one whose easy manner and charm we all aclmxre and to whose talent and ablllty Twenty Three owes her Gargoyle Humour -1- keen perceptxons -1- genlallty -1- an engaging manner LOUISE Curley Betts I5 Cl 7 . . . c . D triangle.

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THE GARGOYLE 1923 MILLER BENNETT Louxsvllle Kentucky Hump Mullah Dramatlc Club thletxc Assocratlon factlve Senior Play andolln Club The mzldesl manners and the gcnllesl hear! lVl1llah IS a puzzle that we ve all been trying for two long years to solve A last we hope we have found the solutxon but rf you know of a better one go to lt' She IS a but lrke the 0 d nursery rhyme What are llttle girls made of'-W Sugar and SplCC and everythmg nlce that s what llttle gurls are made of But we would rather put xt that Mmller IS fifty per cent the cunning llttle glrl of the rhyme and the other fifty a grown up young lady When she first entered school with her dlgmfied ways no one could have lmagmed her wlth her halr bobbed but when she came back after Chrlstmas we all recognlzed that the true Mlllah always had bobbed hair But don t thmk the grown up part of her counts for nothmg Mlller IS one of the stand bys IH our Sunday evenmg muslcales She may pretend that she has no persxstance or concentratlon but no one could llsten to her at the plano wlthout admlttlng that she must have an unusual amount of both besldes genume talent A phllosophlcal chum and an uproarxously funny comrade Mlllah has made us all reallze that work may be made play and that the tarnished dark clouds of a C P or general course may be turned lnsxde out and reveal a sterlnng silver llmng I4 l 1 C29 . . V u xr at - u a M . rs . I? . . y . . I . , . -- . . . , I D ,, . . . A , . . . . , . . ,, , . 1 v , . . . I , . y a l :A

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THE GARGOYLE 1923 KATHARINE M BLANCHARD Troy New York Kay Hockey Team QSub J Cholr Glee Club Dramatlc Club Gargoyle Board Athletlc Assoclatlon Active Preparatory for Smith To bcgurlc many and be lreguzl d by one I m Katharine Blanchard s shadow and expecting I d know all about her some ofthe girls on the Gargoyle Board asked me to write this Though I can only go wlth her on sunny days I ll do my best to tell you what I know about her If you walk down a pretty street In Troy youll see a brown house with yellow trimmings That s where Kay llves and last wmter lf you called at certaln tlmes probably not at seven thirty Monday mornmg you d be able to see her But this year she and I moved up to the gray stucco house they call Gray Gables I m glad we came because everyone seemed so glad to see us and sald they wlshed we had come sooner And I m glad lt has been a sunny wlnter so far because I ve been able to be with her more and the better you know Kav the better you llke her Sometlmes when I go up from Senlor House with her ln the mornmg she looks very serxous and wears a preoccuplecl frown When I ask her what the matter ls she almost always says Vergll or French somethmg luke that She doesn t neglect her work and she certamly gets the deslred results Why they say MISS Slmpson even calls on her just to hear her smooth translatlonl And another thmg the girls look upon wlth green eyes IS the number of letters she gets But they all know the reason for that and excitement she seemed to feel just before February 5th I really thmk I ought to be Jealous of the photographs on her dresser I m prlvlleged to follow Kav all through her llfe and I antlclpate as much pleasure ln the future as I ve had ln the past I6 . y u Jr U , , I u u - 1 - Q I - 1 . , . . . , . . . . . t , . . . , , . . . . . Q , 5, ' v ra - rr ra an , OI' . . , ' 1 - y r , . , . . . .A 'ya' . . ' . ,v. . ,A ' , .