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

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VAUGIIAN GORDY A lion among ladies is a dangerous thing. IIow often we hear Vaughan declare himself to be the most sadly ‘ ‘henpecked” individual under the sun, and in¬ deed he richly deserves to be, for he had the misfortune to secure the enmity of the silly thirteen in the early part of the school year, by declaring that they were a silly giggling set. For this we have never forgiven him, and we have tried to make him feel the weight of our displeasure, but it is with him as it is with some people, they can never see their faults until it is ton late. Rut of lab 1 we have allowed him more peace around school, for we have heard that he has very little i eace out¬ side, as one night at a “Tatler Ik xird-meeting upon being asked when he had been to call upon a certain young lady living in the suburbs of the city, lie replied with a heavy sigh: “Oh ! you know I can ' t go out there any more, they have a big black dog, and he took a clean dollar ' s worth right out of the back of my coat one night, so I am afraid to go there anymore. Poor fellow ! we sincerely hope the family will get rid of the troubles! me dog, so that Vaughan may have the covet¬ ed privilege of calling there as was formerly the case. Vaugl an is generally known around scImkiI by the cog¬ nomen, “Apollo, but we fail to see any reason for this unless laziness was an attribute of Apollo, the g Kl of an¬ cient mythological times, for Vaughn was never known to be in a hurry. When the bell rings and everybody else rushes, Vaughan never changes that snail pace of his. When the members of the board were elected for the “Tatter and “Monthly Vaughaji was chosen business manager of each, and we feel tliat he is striving to (ill these positions as they should lie tilled. FRANCES IlEARNE ‘VI bloom inr lass of ftesh lixte n r bnt a little coquettish • ” “Tilly is the quietest (?) girl in our class, so quiet is she that, it has been said of her that she is the fastest talking machine in existence. We always look tor an earth¬ quake or something else unusual when “Tilly can ' t talk, indeed we sometimes wonder if it is possilbefor her to keep quiet for live minutes on a stretch. We do not say sue couldn ' t do it, but we honestly believe there would be“one more job for the undertaker and a little more work for the cabinet maker. “Tilly is also very witty. We do not know whether the light on the outside of her head imparts any of its bril¬ liance to the inside or not, but we do Know that she is always creating a laugh, sometimes at her own and more frequently at some one else ' s excuse. Still we hike her fun in good part, for we knew that “Tilly and malice should never be mentioned in the same breath. She has firmly convinced us of the truth in that old saying “cousins are dangerous, and we fear that we will be called upon to help pay for some of her lxH ks since she is so often seen writing “ Harold in them. Well at any rate we have warned her and sincerely hope that our warn¬ ings will be heeded. GEORGE HILL “Of what a deal of scorn looks beautiful In the contempt and anger of his lips. George, or “Hercules, as he is called, is one of the mighty triumvirate. Me is decidedly the ladies ' man of the class, for when we want a pencil sharpened away or a piece of board sawed crcxiked we always call on George and he promptly executes our orders. Gut we are disposed to be lenient with his faults and to let him otT as easily as possible in the “Tatler , for we know that he has an unhappy love affair—unhappy because he can not tell which of two ' Oh girls he likes the 1 letter. We have tried, to help him but it seems that our services are of no avail. First, he is convinced that it is the one and then he is equally sure that it is the other, and he has never yet fully decided which. This young giant is the recognized head of athletics around school, being the crack pitcher of the base Hill nine and captain of the foot ball team, and he is held in high esteem by the underclassmen because of this. Ever since we were sophomores George has been our class president—we have kept him because he is so easy to manage. We never hear of his being out of sorts unless at a class meeting when all the girls bilk at one time. Then George claps his hands over his ears and wishes that a woman ' s tongue were not quite so long, but we don ' t harboj any malice in our hearts beause of this for we have long since got¬ ten used to that expression from both teachers and scholars.

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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 ]

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SUSIE INSLEY “Her blue eyes sought the ivest afar For lovers love the western star.” Susie is another of our giants. She is one of those (juiet girls that the “Mighty Three ' ’ say are as scarce as lien ' s teeth. This is her first year in the W. II. S., and if ac¬ counts are correct she wishes she had ten more, if all the years are to be like this one. And what wonder that she likes our school ( Has she not the things essential to her liking ? She has a long tongue, a good time, and a case on one of the senior lx ys, so there is every reason why she should like our school. But the liking is mutual. We have liked her from the first day she ever came, because we found out even then that she could giggle, and we have great sympathy for any¬ one afflicted with that malady, as we have had similar ex¬ periences ourselves. But this is not Susie’s only good quality. She has a sweet temper, a smile for everyone, and a very obliging disposition. For this she is quite a favorite, and we sometimes feel inclined to echo her wish when she says she would like to have a longer time among us. Susie is one of the miscellaneous editors of the ‘Tatler. ’ ' DORA JONES “She loved not wisely, but too well Dora is another of the awful “thirteen and so far as square dimensions are concerned we fully agree that she plays a large part, as one of the senior boys while sharing her desk one morning, during the German period, said to¬ iler: “Dora, do you know the name of the man who ' makes these desks ' If you do let ' s write to him and order one of snecial size sent down for us, We do not know whether Dora agreed or not. At any rate the desk has not made its appearance as yet. But Dorn is very much liked in the class, especially by the “boys . Indeed it has been said that she bounds her conquests by the ocean and her cases by the stars, and if all accounts are correct this mu4 be true, for it seems that some how one of the “big three ' is never able to look in any direction but Dora ' s and siezes every opportunity that enables him to speak to her, but we fear it is vain for we have been informed that she is “mortgaged property and that a St. John ' s student holds the mortgage. Dora pos- tively denies this bur cannot explain a few things that to us seem a trifle suspicious. Well whoever the fortunate one may be, he has our deepest sympathy on account of his ‘ ‘heavy responsibility. GERTRUDE KILLIAM “Not stepping o ' er the bounds of modesty •” Gertrude is the most bashful girl in the class. She was never known even to look at a Ih y, and if one should speak to her she would fall sensless, but the girls assert that she is the nicest girl in the class. Even one of the boys once said that she was the only one in all that foolish, babbling, crowd who could keep quiet. We acknowledge that this is the truth but the truth is not always pleasant to hear, so this is one of the old scores that we must pay Gertrude for. What business had she to keep quiet when the rest of us all talked ? Why should she be exempt from all that series of free lectures given by the teachers ? it is not right and she must suffer for it. It is said that Gertrude was once angry, not real vicious as anvom else would but just in that easy, gentle way that is Gertrude’s habitual manner, and that she said, “Oh, pshaw! and that then, frightened at that awful expression, she sat down and cried, and that every since that time she has never eaten a bit of butter, thus doing penance for her sin. . When asked why she gave up butter especially, she re¬ plied: “Oh! well you know I wanted to give up something i didn’t care much about so 1 chose nutter. We could not fail to admire her self-denial. Gertrude has been one of the “august sixteen but one year, but since she hits proved to us her sterling worth we wish it had been ten. She is alumnal editor of both the “Tatler and the W. “H. S. Monthly. [ 30 ]