Wicomico High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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Harky Co vington A dkins “Fatnt heart never won fair lady Harry is not the baby of our class by any means. Oh, no! We have always looked up to him as our tower of strength and bravery. Ilis business ability is worthy of note for he learned in the early days of the class that in a class of twenty-one of which three are boys there are eighteen girls. He was very bashful then but as there were six girls for every boy he found that he must run or talk and wisely decided to do the latter. From the day of his decision he rapidly developed into a ladies’ man. Of late we have begun to suspect that Harry is afraid of the dark. On several occasions at “ Board Meetings ” he would invariably pick out the girl who lived nearest to his home and say, “Hold on, I am going your way.” We are quite sure it was because he was afraid to go by himself (?) The young man, being quite an athlete, has been elected manager of both the foot-ball and baseball teams of the year ’04-’05. Rosa Lick Ellingsworth A faded flower once bright and fair Rosa is one of our most interesting classmates. She is renowned for several reasons. She continually wears a smile that wont come off and is frequently seen walking up and down the street with a six footer or, worse still, going to church with him. But her chief accomplish¬ ment is her constant attention upon the looking-glass which she guards like a soldier on duty, during recess and before and after school. Rosa has also a very fascinating nicknapie, “ Sis Rosey,” which suits her to a T. She her¬ self is very much attached to this name and is always re¬ minding us of our duty to use it in speaking to her and gives us a reason for so wishing “ cause they call me that at home, you know.” William Francis Fooks Music ' oh, how faint, how weak , Language fails before thy spell! “ Bill ” is the Athletic editor of our year book and in¬ dulges once in a while in athletics, (athletics on paper suit him better), for he says his feet are so bigthat it requires too great exertion to lift them in running and jumping. This is the least of his characteristics, for he stands un¬ rivaled as the tenor singer of the High School. One day he and another member of our class had “a spat ” after which the offended girl left him. It was then that we were so charmed by hearing him sing, “Comeback to me, sweetheart,” that we were not able to get our minds tixed on our lessons the remainder of the day. His favorite sport is teasing the girls but that is not a fault because he is one of those FOUR boys and they have no faults in the principal’s eyes. He possesses an abundance of good nature and is noted for having the sharpest knife in school and of course the girls all like him for it. [tt]

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Class of 1905 Motto :—A ' on scholae, sed vitae. Colors Blue and gold. Flowkr White carnation. Tkkk : - Cedar. (CIubb Ijell Hah! Hah! Rail! Ha! Ila! Ha! Who’s alive? Who ' s alive ? S. II. S., 1005! PRESIDENT CHESTER S SHEPPARD VICE-PRESIDENT HARRY C. ADKINS SECRETARY ALICE C. HILL TREASURER OLIVE C. MITCHELL HISTORIAN ETHA M. JONES PROPHETESS MARGARET S. WOODCOCK POET NINA G. VENABLES HARRY C. ADKINS ROSA C. ELLINGSWORTH WILLIAM F. FOOKS EDNA M. GOSLEE PAULINE K. GOSLEE VIOLA M. GOSLEE ALICE C, HILL HILDA HOWARD ETHA M. IONES GERTRUDE KILLIAM IDA C. McGRATH OLIVE C. MITCHELL HARRY W. NOCK MAUDE G. POPE MAY V. POWELL CHESTER S. SHEPPARD ELSJE L SMITH REBECCA R SMYTH MARTHA K. TOADVINE NINA G. VENABLES MYRA WALLER MARGARET S. WOODCOCK

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Edna May Goslee There ' s nothing so becomes a maid As modest st it in ess and humility Edna is one of our little ones. She has four eyes and is exceedingly modest. She does not like to be teased about a certain young man in our class. There is only one thing about Edna that bothers the teachers, that is her voice. She has never been known to speak louder than the squeaking of a mouse when it is aimost neces¬ sary to speak as loud as a threshing machine to be heard above the clatter of the voices of ’ 07 , while in the room with that class. Judging from her neat appearance one would think that she has spent long hours of hard study before the looking glass. She expects to become a school “maim” so we have learned. If she does follow this honorable work she surely can direct her pupils aright if an example upon the part of the teacher plays any part in the direction for she usually gets 100-plus in deportment. We shall be charitable enough to say that she deserves it. Pauline Kenney Goslee “ Me thinks she seems no bigger than her head Although one of the smallest, according to bodily di¬ mensions, in our class, yet Pauline is what one would call a good student. Ever since sheentered the class in I903,her studious habits have been observed and indeed we think that is one of the causes of her diminutive size, not the whole cause however, for Pauline is also the youngest in our class and will have we hope a chance as “ tempos fu- gits ” to rise as high as some of the rest have done. This maiden is very staid and sedate and we firmly believe she was intended for a “ Bachelor Girl,” for if she ever looks at one of the sterner sex, it is because they hapj en to be in her line of vision to some other object. How Pauline can be so quiet in the midst of such “gabbling, giggling gir.s will ever be a great source of wonder, there being so few in the class who have that power. Viola Miriam Goslee Rise ! for the day is passing And you lie dreaming on Our class giant in size but not in intellect, as no girl in our class has ever been known to prove herself superior to “ Chess ” in that respect. She is known to her class¬ mates as “one of the Goslins ” Lately Viola has betn seen wearing a w ide band ring on the third finger of her left hand. We wonder what this can mean. She is one of our Nourishing young ladies especially does she flour¬ ish her hand as if to shoo a fly from her nose. But with all of her “ flourisliings ” (we do declare they are many) her disposition is good, and considering her early rising w r hich she must indulge in, in order to drive seven miles and be at school on time we believe she keeps as sweet tempered as one could under like circumstances. [is]