Emma Willard School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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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

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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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1923 THE GARGOYLE PAULINE FREEMAN Flint Dutch Athletlc ASSOClatlOH Actlve College Preparatory for Smith Health lhal moc s the doclors rule Knowledge ncvcr learned at school What shall we say of our lovable class baby who cast us all under her spell on that memorable afternoon of the roller skatmg carmvali' Our baby party would never have been such a success without Dutch for all our enthuslasm was herght ened when we looked at our baby s smlle Dutch won our hearts ln another way when she took the part of a gallant West Polnter ln the Old Glrl s Party Paulme s umform and mllltary carnage revxved ln us the sp1r1t of West Pomt and turned our thoughts toward last sprlng when we had the West Point dance There IS another slde of Paulme whlch we shall remember much longer takes No amount of fun can distract her when duty calls We can always feel sure that lf Paulme IS glven anything to do lt wxll be done thoroughly She proved thls on Fleld Day when she was put ln charge of the refreshments No one ever had more vigor and enthusxasm than Paullne for quellmg our desxres for brlght colored stocklngs or elaborate hair dress We don t resent thls pursult of hers because we all know that Pauline never oversteps the bounds of that whlch becomes a boarclmg school glrl But dlcl someone tell us that Paulme made a speclal trlp clown town to buy a palr of jade earrmgs3 Fxe Pauline As long as Paulme IS at school we can never for get that there IS a state of Mlchlgan and a town of Fllnt because Paulmes loyalty knows no llmlts We feel sure that some day we wlll find Mxchlgan pralsmg her 25 l C37 l underneath this fun-loving nature is a steadiness of purpose in all that she under-