Emma Willard School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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1923 THE GARGOYLE MARY BOGART C23 Terre Haute, l nd. President of Chrlstian Association Triangle Board Athletic Association fActiveJ College Preparatory for Vassar Whose high endeavors are an mward hgh! Tha! ma es lhe path be are her always brzght Who IS Mary Bogart3 Perhaps we should thmk of her first as our Christian Assoclatlon Presldent so helpful and msplrmg and so enthusiastic has she been IH all our meetings The Assoclatlon Board thus year wlth Mary at lts head has worked wonders with the organlzatlon The program of meetings the Chnstlan Assoclatxon bulletin board ln the hall and the Sophomore Freshmen meeting speak for themselves as Il'1dlC3.tlVC of the thought and lnterest whlch has charac terlzed its meetlngs Next we thlnk of the Mary with whom we hve wlth whom we go to school and wlth whom we talk or chat P0186 power and personality yes she pos sesses all these and they have proved valuable assets to her Yet an erect bear mg self confidence and behind them a forcefulness whlch characterlzes any lead er are by no means the only qualltles that spring to mmcl when we thlnk of Mary A keenly appreciative Intellect and llterary talent are also hers She loves a good story and can always equal but more often surpass any of our tales Mary belongs to the fourth generation of Emma Wlllard alumnae Ih her family That s a dlstmc tlon that none of the rest of us enjoys Most col leges and schools make much of a student of the third generation so we are most fortunate to have one who brings down the tradltlons of a whole century to us But we are fortunate too m the contrlbuton which Mary the Fourth brings us of partlclpatlon ln school actlvltles and entertamlng wlt for our lnactlve hours Twenty three says serlously We could never have managed wxthout ma Mary I7 .. . . . . , . , , - , , ' Il ' ' ii n , y '- I ' - I - 1 T , . . l. .. , , , I ., , if . . . r A V .,'- , . - I A 1 ll' , ' . U - l , ., v. .M-'T In u -.l

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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 ' , .

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THE GARGOYLE 1923 ELIZABETH R BURFORD ll'1dlaIlapOllS Ind Athletic Association fAct1ve Bowlmg Team A generous soul IS sunshine lo lhe mmd Xvhat a tmy gxrl vou are Betty to have such a blg heart Thls IS how we all feel towards Betty She IS everybody s frlend and never tlres of helplng others Thls generoslty towards us all has been unllmlted and there are not many of us who have not had a share of It One day Betty overheard one of the girls say she was tired and yet had to cut out a large plle of plctures for Art History Wlthout a word Betty cut them out herself and left them as a surprise for her classmate ThlS IS only one of her countless thoughtful acts one small expression of that unselflsh nature that has endeared her to us all Betty belongs to that tvpe so often described as Mousev She IS qulet and usually lncllned to llsten and observe rather than to spend her tlme nn Idle talk Thls mark of an intellectual tendency IS also manifest ln the fact that she rellgxously reads the newspapers tVNlCC a day And shames all of us ln General lnformatlon exams There IS not a more loyal nor more helpful heart ln the class than yours Betty You have made yourself loved here for your generosxty and good ness and our wlsh for you IS that you will take into the world the qualltles that we have admired ln you here I8 l C33 . , , r .' I '3. ll K'-5 f e 1 4 2 ' X Q