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

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KATHARINE BUSSELLS “As merry as the day is long Katharine is one of the old 1 ‘standbys” of our class, hav¬ ing been with us when we were fifth graders; and in the class of which thirteen are girls, she plays no small part; indeed we feel our indebtedness to her in many ways, for, did she not teach us how to translate Cicero by inspection, how to giggle, and how to look innocent when in a scrape with the teachers? For all these things we cannot help feeling duly grateful to her, and we also feel that we are indeed fortunate in having such an accomplished young lady with us. Kitty is the “Little Southerner” of our class, being a native of Virginia, and she is as ardent a little “rebel” a 8 you would ever find, from Virginia to the peninsula of Flor¬ ida. However, Kitty manifests entirely too much interest in the undergraduate classses especially the eighth grade. Indeed we fear that she will cause the “Pope” to be ex¬ communicated, since he seems to pay more attention to her than to his church duties. Still we will hope that this sad state of affairs will not be brought about and that Kitty will l e more careful in the future. IRMA BOSTON “ The fourse of true love never suns smooth ” The boys asssert that Irma is the biggest flirt in the W. II. S.,but the girls will not entirely agree with them in this assertion, for we know that, if she were that, she would be the biggest one in the world. And then a flirt can not keep a heart after she has won it. Irma not only wins all hearts, but keeps them also, for she has the most charming manner imaginable—always so sweet and disinrerested, so that she is not only a great favoiite among the boys but among the girls also. Irma came from the land f Quantieo in the fall of 05, to join the class of ' Ott in its perilous journey through the W. II. S., and we hope that if the Quantieo schools have any more such specimens as Irma they will not ship them to Salisbury, for, much as we like Irma, weare not at all blind to her faults. She studies entirely too hard and is entirely too good to please the “silly thirteen,” but as this is our last year and we nave put up with her for nearly two years we will try to finish this one with her. We have merited better treatment at her hand, since we put her on our “Monthly” board as humorous editor, and on the boaid of the “Tatler” as miscellaneous editor, but she says she will not l half so good after leaving the W. H. S., as she has heard that “evil associations corrupt good manners.” ETHEL COLLEY “ Finds tongues in trees , bo ks n running brooks , Sermons in atones, and good in everytning .” Ethel is another of our little ones so far as bodilv di- men8ions are concerned— but small in intellect I oh i no, never ! It is a common expression around school wdien we wish to.find out anything ' Oh ! go to 4 Webster and if she happens to be in a good humor you will find it out.” We are glad lo say that we usually find it out, for we seldom find Ethel in anything but the very liest of humors. She is one of the best natured girls in the class and will take any amount of fun or teasing. Although we fear that we try her partience very much at times. She has lieen one of us since we were fifth graders and a more industrious pupil you would scarcely find. She stu¬ dies all the time but not always about her books. Ethel has a very attractive manner, so the opposite sex affirms. It has even l ecn darkly hinted that she has not only worked her way into our atfections but even into those of one of our teachers. We will not positively assert this, but we do know r that he looks at her rather frequently dur¬ ing the Astronomy peri xl and that when told of this, she blushes and looks sheepish. But for all this, Ethel is a good student, and an all-round good “child.”

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Class of ' 1906 Motto .—Non palma sine labore Colors Maroon and Gold. Flower Dark Red Rose. Trek Evergreen Maple. (Clam! $rll, Ki-Ka-Ki I low many are we Come and see Thirteen and three PRESIDENT GEORGE HILL VICE-PRESIDENT KATE DARBY SECRETARY BEULAH MELSON TREASURER DORA JONES H ISTORI AN ALICE DYKES PROPH ETESS MATTIE WINDSOR POET RENA LANKFORD IRMA BOSTON KATHARINE BUSSELLS ETHEL COLLEY CLARENCE CORDREY KATHARINE DARBY ALICE DYKES VAUGHAN GORDY FRANCES HEARNE GEORGE HILL SUSIE INSLEY DORA JONES GERTRUDE KILLIAM RENA LANKFORD MARGARET LAWS BEULAH MELSON MATTIE WINDSOR

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CLARENCE CORDRKY “From love ' s weak childish how he lives unharmed. We call George Washington the “father” of his country, but we call Clarence the father of his class, and there never was a father more sage and wise than he, hut still he shakes his head and laughs indulgently at the follies and frivolities of the rest of us, for which we feel very grateful to him. If Clarence disapproves of anything we do, our consciences never rest easy until we have atoned for it. The teachers call Clarence a “good boy,” hut this is easily Recounted for, since he is one of the “big three” that the teachers think simply perfect. Rut, to do Clarence justice, he is good, lie studies industriously, leaves the girls alone, and never does anything wrong. We cannot forgive him for this, as he is constantly held up to the rest of us as an example of that perfection which the teachers urge us to attain. And we have steadily hardened our hearts against him. There are few ' class decisions made without Clarence’s advice and approval, as this is considered very essential by the teachers. He has been with us but three years, but we feel his importance nearly as much as he feels it himself. KATE DARBY ' True asslee!• “Yes indeed thirteen is certainly unlucky,” emphati¬ cally declares Kate, “it is very unlucky for you all know we thirteen girls have a harder time than any other girls in the world.” By this little tirade you would be led to sup¬ pose that Kate was given to looking on the dark side of things, but this supposition is nor correct, for that little speech was made on one of Kate’s gloomy days, when everything and everybody went wrong with her. We are glad to say that these days are not very frequent with Kate, she is usually the sunbeam of the class and it would lie hard to find a girl more ready for fun or giggling if you searched till doomsday. Sometimes on the most solemn occasions, when everyone is feeling like shedding tears, we are startled by hearing Kate’s ever ready I lee! llee! Indeed one of the lx ys once asked her if the ancients em¬ ployed her to giggle at the deaths of their relatives, since she was so proficient in this art. This young man got his history slightly mixed. Kate has been an ’00 but tluee years, but now we would not take her weight in gold for her, even if she does weigh two hundred pounds, more or less. We call her “Bob” at her earnest request and, as long as we remember that, Kate and the class come to no blows. ALICE DYKES “Pains of love he sweeter far , Than a 1 1 other fileasm es ore Oh ! what would we ’Ofi’s ever do without Alice ? We worry ourselves nearly sick over this question, but she calmly assures us that she is not gone yet. but that it would be a dreadful time for us if she were, and, although we wouldn’t have her know it for the world, we really agree with her, for we always know whom to call upon when we want a difficult passage in French translated, or a sentence in Rhetoric corrected. Alice is the acknowledged Rhetoric¬ ian of the class, and how can we wonder at it (?) for she is so industrious! She even goes without her lunch at noon in order to have that hour to devote to her afternoon les¬ sons. One would never think this by looking at her, for Alice is not at all slender. She weighs only about two hundred pounds, more or less. Indeed we are much inclin¬ ed to lielieve that she robs the pantry after school as a result of her fast at noon. Like nearly all of the other girls of the class, Alice is extremely fond of the opposite sex, and has been heard to declare quite emphatically “ ‘ Absence makes the heart grow fonder’. Girls, you see I know from experience.” We don’t know how this comes aboit, unless she means the one hundred and thirty miles that intervene between Salis¬ bury and Philadelphia—the city of Virgil. At any rate we hope he will soon come home, for we are afraid if she gets much “fonder” we will lose her indeed. Alice is as¬ sociate editor of the ’06 “Tatler,” and we feel that she is fully competent to serve in that capacity. [ 28 ]