Emma Willard School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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1923 THE GARGOYLE KATHERINE DURKES Dlxon Ill Sklffy Athletlc ASSOClatlOn Actlvej Preparatory for Wellesley Mrschzef thou art a oot Take what course thou wrlt Sklffy halls from Dixon the best clty ln the Unxted States yes lt IS on some maps If you were to meet the people who llve there you would never want to llve anyplace else Some of them are celebrltxes such as students from Harvard Law School who seem to be speclallzlng ID the psychology of Say It wlth flowers But we all wxsh ohn the best success ln hls Sp6ClallZlng Sklf IS very talented IH any kmd of sewlng from clothes for a rag doll to her own dainty dresses She says that she lsn t domestlc and even lf she can cook one or two thmgs she doesn t llke lt But just walt tlme will tell The glrls who knew Sklffy an Allenwood wlll tell you that she IS very mls chlevous Everybody knew whom to accuse when ln the mxddle of the mght the rasplng nolse of a clock would sound through the stillness from the depths of a shoe bag or from under a mattress waking the whole household But no one could be angry when they heard her burst Into a gurgllng laugh at our dlscomflture With all her mlschlef Skrf IS one of the most consclentlous girls ln our class That IS the reason some see very little of her for she spends most of her tlme studying We allcould do worse than to take Sklffy as an ex ample for she IS always good natured and cheerful 2 C39 . ..c. ff-v f 3

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THE GARGOYLE 1923 MARGARET MacGREGOR DAVIS Mount Unlon Pa Peggy Hockey Team Glee Club Cholr Gargoyle Board Athletnc Assocxatlon actlve Favors lo none To all she smrlcs extends Yes thus ns Peggy but not the Peggy of short smocked dresses and socks t IS the Peggy of the Semors unlform There remalns from those early days how ever a twmkle ln her eyes which IS a remnant of the many escapades of whlch we have heard tell We stlll suspect her of mlschrevous deslgns ln splte of her demure If we were asked what we would remember best about her we should answer that It would be her optlmlsm and her desxre always to do something that wlll make llfe a lxttle pleasanter for someone else Do you remember how well the old gurls party was managed3 Thank Peggy for there she showed her ablllty as general stage manager and director to say nothlng of her talent as an artlst ln that undertakxng she accomplished what she set out to do for there IS a strong backbone lh her makeup And Peggv can play hockey We won t soon forget our plucky lxttle halfback wlth the gally rlbbed stocklngs and purple head band who helped lead 23 to vrctory So let s glve a rousmg cheer for Peggy an all round glrl and one of whom 23 s mxghty proud ZZ C57 . . , if fini look, but we loye her the better for it. y w l

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THE GARGOYLE 1923 ELIZABETH FORREST Dlxon Ill Betty Dramatlc Club utdoor Basketball Team f5ub Athletxc Assoclatlon Actnve A countenance m winch dxd mee! Swecl records promrses as sweci Llsten tell me about lt Yes we recogmze thls person as Betty the Betty who usually finds out what she wants to know BCSld6S being curlous she IS ex tremely frank she tells us exactly what she thmks of the way me do our haxr of the way we reclte ln class or of anythmg and everything else There IS one ad vantage ln this we know that me can depend upon her telling us her real oplnlon and not a camouflagecl one few snlps of her SCISSOTS If you wlsh your dress to be made over take lt to Betty she wlll transform lt lf Vou wlsh to have It dyed take lt to Betty Then when you cease to care for the color she Wlll change lt to white agaln Betty have you an Aladdm s lamp wlth whlch to procure all our w1shes3 Betty IS experlenced along other llnes than dressmaklng She likes all things domestlc she doesn t mlnd even washing dl hes We would recommend her as an ldeal housewlfe She IS good natured too and enjoys a joke on herself as well as others However It is rumored that Betty has a temper whlch she sometimes loses The best thmg about Betty IS that she has very hugh ldeals and steadfastly trles to llve up to them 24 C35 O .J . K . . c . D Betty is quite the dressmaker of our class and accomplishes wonders with a