Utica Free Academy - Academician Yearbook (Utica, NY)

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TQ, Verna Snyder Secretary Versatlhty personlfred thats Verna Our charmmg unassumlng secretary IS one of the few U FA students to complete a four year course IH French Lmgurst though she IS she plans to enter St Lawrence thts fall maJor1ng un soc1al studles Along w1tl tennls swlmmrng and danctng readmg pfov1des her much relaxatron and some day she hopes to own the best books m Arnerrcan hterature Verna IS of Swlss descent but hates Swrss cheese Her l1kes'? Green con vertrbles angora sweaters and flashy shades of blue Nembers of the debate team the Aca derrnc staff and the Class of 39 all testrfy to her 1n1t1at1ve and rellabrhty Yes Verna w1ll go far Milton Kowalsky Treasurer Complete mastery over all the arts l thrs statement hes the tale of M1lts seventeen years Thrs versat1le fellow has debated from Dunham s rostrum acted from Punch mello s stage contrrbuted to the Acaaemlc Observer and captured honors rn tennrs and s holarshtp Hls IS the desrre to work and yet enJoy lrfe Wllh hrs gay sm le and subtle humor he possesses that facultv of makmg the other fellow feel rmportant l'l1S black well groomed harr h1s twmklmg eyes and h1s clean cut features make our Mllt the good lookmg fellow he lS The Class of 39 and the faculty salute Our Master of the Exchequer ,, . ,, H . n . m., , - ' ' ll 1 4 b, . , . . c fx , . . . c . ' a I fl f - I - I . ,, ,, , I - -' f I . ' n I Jr . -.f, . f ,, , . . , H if . . , X

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Robert Bankert Presxdent Modest s1ncere enthus1ast1c rehable Bob Bankert well 9XSI'1'1pl1l19S the tvpe of student to lead the Class of 39 H1 sound ludqment and w1ll1nqness to QIVQ due thought to h1s fellow classmates des1res has earned for hlm an env1able reputat1on It IS men of h1s stamp that keep U F A s standards h1qh HIS record on the Punch staae and Dunham Debate platform as well as h1s accornphsh ments outs1de of school mark hlm as one who IS bound to succeed 1n whatev r task he undertakes A prospectwe Ham1lton student w1th h1s ult1mate purpose the study of law he IS bound to br1na honor to h1s alma mater Expresswe of our feelmq toward Bob IS that adaqe To know h1m 1S to adrmre hlm logo vglelf Jtmafgvaffav Mary Bhm Vlce Presmdent VIVGCIOUS enerqehc and enthus1ast1c Mary shows keen Splfll everywhere W'hether on the held leadmq a cheer or on the staae Wlll'1 the Speech Cho1r that sparklma per sonal1ty expresses 1tself ln a sm1le and a toss of her red head An 1nv1qorat1nq swvn or a thrrlhnq football game puts her 1n th 1oll1est of moods For add t1onal relaxat1on she dons an apron and whtps up a cake or d1als to Art1e Shaw s sw1nq And yes' Her Sunday School class 1S her pr1de and :oy Asp1rat1ons'? F1rst a course at Syracuse Unlverslty and then the d1plomat1c SGIVICG 1n order to V1S1l la belle France Now let s have a lo n q U for Mary' vuecqrffy .f JfufcLQf,,1,Q 'Timed 1 1 1 - 11 11 .. 1 . S 1 ,. , . 1 1 , 1 . 1 . . . . .. 1 . 11 11 , . D N, . N , . 1 11 11 . 11 . . V 1 1 ll K ,1 , - J cj -f SJ' 1' q, - 1 1 1 1 , I I - 1 3 , . . 1 , I K ., . 1 11 . 11 . . t 1 ef 5 . , 1.21 1 1 1 - X 1 Y V 1 1 - IA ll I ' . , 1 11 11

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1 Helen Dawson Salutatoncm All work and no play not to mel says our attracttve salutatorran Although Helen s malor successes have been scholas ttc she has shown no rnean abthty tn her very eh ertatrnnq mterpretatlons or the Punchtnello stage She even ttnds t1me to knrt play tehnrs engage ln domestlc act1v1 tles and dabble ln aqrlculture betnq an enthusrastrc 1lI'1OlSCl9I'1l1l1C gardener Her pet pastlrne IS playmq wxth her black cat Snowball She also emoys rrdmq rn rumble seats After qraduatton she plans to enter the Columbta Presbyterran Hospttal 1h New York The medlcal held we are sure w1ll be ertrlched by her contrtbutlons Priscilla Slimm Vcxledlctoncm ones dxfferentl Pr1sc1lla started belnq d1herent when at the aqe ot one she ate the ttntorl oft a cold cream Jar No 1ll effects resulted tor she outhved the rnctdent to become our valedrctortah Prtsctlla plays the ptano and the flute swrms and has trme to make some of her clothes At odd mo ments she reads such books as Wtnnre the Pooh to her younger stster but Pnscrlla also enJoys rnodern autobroqraphtes h1stor1cal novels and Tennysons poetry Her amb1 t1on'P To matrrculate at Cornell rn the held ot Enqhsh or Journahsrrt where her expert ence on the Academtc Wtll ard her What thts unrversrty qarns by her presen e we lose by her absence 'W 1 ,-., , . , , . I , 1 r , , , . , . I - . . F V! Y , . lk .K - .N L . L ' . . 'Y V ' ff. I I - , , ,. ,, ll VI - . . I L .- , , .- ul' - , . , V ,