Emma Willard School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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1923 THE GARGOYLE FRANCES GIBSON Mt Vernon N Y Glbble Chonr Clee Club Mandolln Club Dramatxc Club Hockey President of Athletxc Assoclatlon President of the Athletlc Councll Wearer of E W Gym Team Semor Play Athletlc Assoclatlon Actlve Slrong reason ma es strong achon Let us lntroduce to you Mlss Frances Athletlc GlbSOH commonly known around the campus by the famlllar name of Cubbxe You may have wondered at Mlss Clbson s mlddle name but when we tell you that Clbble IS our tennxs cham plon has played on our hockey and basketball teams for five years and thls year has been elected to the offlce of Presldent of the Athletxc Assoclatlon you may agree Wlth us that her name has been justly chosen But Glbbxe IS famous not only for her athletlc prowess she has certaln other QUalltl6S that make her an outstanding figure ln any of our school act1v1t1es l dramatlcs she has captured many hearts wlth her masculine roles whether ln golf togs business sult or tux Last fall ln the Roller Skatmg Carnlval as a dashing darlng plrate wlth sword gleaming ln alr she frightened the klddles of the Baby Party Though Glbble IS a good actress lt IS hard to lmaglne her ln the role of a fool but wltness Touchstone ln As You Llke It our Senior play to realize to what helght she can attain Cnbbxe has always mamtamed her poxse and good nature though her dutles have been troublesome and exasperatxng One lmportant duty she has never shlrked has been her remmder Please put your hat on or Where are your rubbers3 But then we have heard that certam members of our happy throng go around purposely minus their hats so that Glbble wxll speak to them' We feel that ln the years to come she wlll be as successful as she has been here at school 27 . , . . u - - 11 u 11 rr k . n - - u - n - 1 . . , . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 , . - u 11 - u - ' 1 ,, . . . 1 1 . . U n H rn

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THE GARGOYLE 1923 FRANCES MARGARET FREY Chlckasha Okla Fran Athletic Asso latlon Active Glee Club Dramatic Club Semor Play Her Hngcrs shame the zvorq eys They dance so Izght along Fran 15 one of our babies At least we thought so when we first saw mer because well to begln wlth she was just sweet slxteen had a round rosy face framed ln a mass of curls and a palr of the most mnocent brown eyes you ever saw But all bables wxll grow up sooner or later so It was wxth Fran A trlp abroad last summer completed the work She came back wlth her harr done up and her changed If we let the mnocent eves mxslead us at First lt was not for long We soon found out that Fran wears that expression as an allbl for she IS one hundred and one percent mlschlef We have all at one tlme or another been vlctlms to her teaslng and mvarlably one and all have forglven her just because she was Fran One txme Frances declded to try psychologxcal suggestxon on her room mate Fran suggested to her that she was pale and looked as lf she felt badly After a tlme roommate suc cumbed to her lllness and was all ready to go to the mhrmary But lf Fran amuses us wlth her pranks and Wlt she also charms us wlth her playlng There IS nothing she cannot play from the most brllllant of classlcs to the newest popular songs She has con tributed much to our lnformal Saturday evenlng dances by her wxllmg asslstance at the plano Her versatlllty love of fun and a charmlnv personahty have made Fran generally lrked 26 C23 . C. . C . J ll K 1 - It Q manner decidedly sophisticated. Yet the expression in her eyes was still un- ' l

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THE GARGOYLE 1923 ESTHER GOUVERNEUR C25 Baltimore. Md. Wubs', Editor-in-Chief of the Triangle Dramatic Club Choir Athletlc Assoclatlon Actlvej Hockey Team Csub J College Preparatory for Smlth The sccrcl 0 success IS constancy of pur pose Although Wubs has been wlth us only two years she has hlled a larger place ln 23 than we could say As L dltor 1n Chlef of the Trlangle she has done unusual ly well worklng under the dlfhculty of not having Mlss Kent who has helped so much ln former years Do you remember the storm Wubs waded through to get us our Tr1angles3 Her class splrlt time worn expresslon but still doing good servlce was manl fested by the fervour Wlth vxhlch she went out for Hockey causlng more than a httle dlstress to dletmg Seniors as she wlnged her way down the held her bounc mg red not auburn plg tall challengmg others not so sllm To an outslder Wubs gives an lmpresslon of dignity and declded serlousness and a Xery oneness of alm But certalnlv those who know her well are fast acquaxnted wxth the laughmg twmkle ln her brown eyes and the funny qulrk of her mouth when she IS affected by her dearest frlend Wltty Humour At these tlmes she IS prone to throw mto gales of laughter a room full of girls by some palnfully ridiculous remark and then to convulse them by drawllng out ln her lnlmltable 1 In splte of the fact that Wubs can or wlll do anything we thlnk that she IS not beloved for any partlcular accompllshment but just because Wubs IS Wubs And we mlght add an admlrable 1d1ot as she proved ln the Revels 28 . . . C . , .. f , K - . . C . V . , . . . J .- . C D . . . , ' tone of astonishment, Why what's funny about 't?