Emma Willard School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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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

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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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1923 THE CARGOYLE MARGARET CLYDE Rome New York Prcsldent of Dramatic Club Mandolin Club Athletlc Association fAct1ve Senlor Play She was mos! loncd by lhosc who knew her cs Fveryone hkes Marg Perhaps she IS a llttle hard to know at first but once you do love her you love her always Marg IS nice to everyone She IS what you might call the New Glflg Dellght because she makes you feel at ease always no matter how unaccustomed you may be to your new surroundings Marg ISD t the academic type at all Not that she lsn t brlght m her studles but she has more of the domestlc lI1Stll'1Ct than the studlous Domestlc SCICDCC and home makmg are her strongest points She can make the most styllsh clothes m no tlme The man she marrles wlll be surprlsed and pleased to find the real old fashxoned wlfe type even lf she IS capable of bemg a prom glrl as well As Presldent of the Dramatic Club Marg has shown her executxve abxllty She realized lmmedxately the honor and responsxbllxty of thus ofhce and took hold of the posltxon wlth vlgor and enthuslasm What she didn t know about amateur dramatlcs before she took the posltlon she knows ln full now Marg IS a llttle temperamental just enough to make her Interesting She and Helen are the best of frlencls and roommates even lf they do have a llttle frxctlon once ln a whlle It all helps to break the monotony of life at Gray Gables We have not dwelt at very great length on a descrlptlon of Marg s character we have not men tloned her exterlor It IS too difficult a subject to tackle ln a few worcls But we have trled to glVe a few lnterestlng characterlstlcs of hers We leave you to find out the rest lf you don t alreadv know them I9 C23 A. . . . 3 b t,,