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

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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]

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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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Alice Causey Hili, ' Iier voice was ever soft. Gentle and low —an excellent thing in woman Alice, like May Powell, is one of the land-marks of our class for she has been in it since it began its honorable career in the first grade. She makes no attempt at dis¬ play of knowledge but when she is called upon in class is usually ready with a low but correct answer. We have only one charge to bring against her and that is we doubt her loyalty to Maryland but rather think many of her anxious thoughts are above Mason and Dixon’s line in a city known as Chester. Just why she allows her mind to wander into that section is not hard to imagine particu¬ larly if you could hear her give a description of one living there. “ Still water runs deep ” we are much of the opin¬ ion is verified in her case for while she does not say so much, yet we all realize she is thinking a great deal. Our advice to her is to bring her wandering thoughts and let them rest in our own Maryland. Hilda Howard “ Skipping all classes and chasing all around ITorvying all the teachers who will call me down Hilda has not been with us throughout our High School course. She entered this venerable institution in the fall of 1903. Before many days had passed we discovered that she possessed wonderful ability for getting into mis¬ chief and was always the one to be cai ght and rewarded by a “ bountiful blessing” from the teacher in whose room the offense was committed. Another of her accom¬ plishments was repairing the furniture in the Manual Training room. It seems strange but no sooner had she seated herself upon a stool that was somewhat weak than she had to regain her lost equilibrium and gather up the pieces of the stool which were scattered in different di¬ rections. After placing them in position, as “misery likes company.” she would innocently look on in the hope of seeing another unfortunate caught in her trap. Amid all her mishaps she has a sunny disposition and is one of the most popular girls In the class. Etiia May Jones ’ To follow foolish precedence , and wink With both my eyes is easier than t° think Ethais a down the river member of 05. Her home is upon the bank of the Wicomico and like another place upon the bank of another river is called Mt. Vernon. She is a hard worker and a close observer, particularly of the other sex. She has recently developed the desire for indulgence in the game of ball. Just how well she catches, we cannot say but she surely “ Nocks ” well and it seems she makes a safe hit occasionally. Ethais a popular girl in the school and her winning smile never fails to have its effect. She is so good in the relation of anecdotes many of which never occured, that the class chose her as historian. We will say, if her account is not correct, she shall not have it copyrighted. [191