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

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HARTWELL ADKINS.— Ladies and gentlemen, I now introduce to you the eighth wonder of the world. In languages, Hartwell is indeed wonderful. He began Ger¬ man at the first of the year with the Tenth, but now he is taking it with us and doing as well and even better than some of us. As far as we can judge from what he says, his heart is very weak, or he has very little self- control, for last year at the “Under-graduate Contest” the sight of one pair of blue eves and one fair head “almost set him crazy.” Hartwell recently made the statement that Thomas Jefferson had Irish blood in his brains, which must account for Thomas 8 wonderful character. This young man in some mysterious way has acquired the name of “ Bacchus” Adkins. We have never been able to get the facts concerning this name, but you may draw your own conclusions, since Bacchus is the God of Cider. MARY BOW LAND. —When you look at this child don’t think that by mistake we have put the photograph of some primary student in our “ Tatler,” for this is our classmate. Mary. This member of our class comej from Somerset, and she is really an honor to her native county. Mary has shown a decided liking tor astronomy ever since we began the study of that subject, and she is always ready with some sort of explanation for any and all the heavenly phenomena. Mary’s greatest fault is strict punctuality; she would be ready to lie down and die if she should miss a train or be late for school. Another great weakness of Mary’s is her liking for the opposite sex. She has a sweetheart “down home,” of whom no one can learn much The onlv thing known about him i« that he is a fine dancer, or that dancing with him is rather healthy for the patent, leathers of his partner. MAUDE BROWN. —This is one of the most thoroughly popular girls in our class If you don’t believe it, come up to school at noon just before the bell rings, and you will find her surrounded by an admiring group, while she deals out her wonderful knowledge of math to those less endowed than she. Maud » intends to be a school- marm. Goodness ! how we do pity those poor little in¬ nocents if she ever gives them any of her stern glances ! Maude has always been a favorite with all the teachers, and has never been given a place of honor, sent out of the room, or invited to six o’clock tea, as some of us poor mortals have. We’ve never found a boy whom we could tease Maude about, for she simply will not be teased. She is so very calm and composed. [ 27 ]

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Class of 1007 MOTTO—“Finis coronat opus” COLORS—Purple and Gold TREE—Linden CLASS YELL Hippity, Hippity, Hess— Nineteen Seven, W. El. S. President J. ERMAN HASTINGS Vice-President ANNIE TODD Secretary MARGARET SLEMONS Treasurer SARAH ULMAN Historian NELLIE HILL Hartwell Adkins Mary Bowland Maude Brown Della Dashiell Maude Graham Grace Harrington Erman Hastings Nellie Hill Marian Insley Thomas Perry Claude Phillips Margaret Slemons Helen Smith Norman Smith Annie Todd Sarah Ulman [ 26 ]

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DELLA DASHIELL.—In the play which the Eleventh Grade gave Hallowe’en, Della was styled as a beautiful young lady, but you can judge for yourself whether that be true. Della and Annie never admitted to an f youth¬ ful attachments during their childish days until this year, when they told on each other. It seems that when Della was about eight years old, and Annie possibly six, they were both badly “smitten” by two beautiful lads— one of exceedingly slender proportions and the other the exact opposite. Della was never known to become really angry, for a sly pinch or joke will always start her off into a dear little giggle. Speaking of giggling, she is one of the most perfect in that art that we have ever seen. She has been known to giggle continuously for ten min¬ utes, and, after stopping for breath and a look around, to start off again. MAUDE GRAHAM. —Maude is not the girl that she was last year, for during the summer she visited Dela¬ ware, and that, combined with the coming and departing of a certain pupil in the Tenth Grade, has quite changed her. She often seems sad and absent-minded. Perhaps she is thinking of the absent one in Denver. When one goes to school in the morning, the first sound that greets the ear is Maude’s agonizing wail, “Oh, girls ! can you read this Latin?” In the afternoon, it’s “Have you gotten this German ?” “Do show me the statement for this algebra problem.” We don’t mind this though, for we have become accustomed to it, and even if we had not, Maude’s good humor and willingness to help when she can would atone for it all. GRACE HARRINGTON. —It has long been a mystery why Grace never knows her lessons as well on certain days as she does on others. This matter was investi ¬ gated some time ago, and ’twas found that Grace enter¬ tains till ten o’clock on each of the evenings immediately preceding, and of course a girl doesn’t much like to be¬ gin work at that time of night, after an evening of bliss. Grace, as was said last year, is very fond of all sorts of animals, and delights in giving her classmates the name of some animal. Her favorite nickname is “You ape,” and she bestows this dignified cognomen upon any and all who offend her. Grace is the biggest flirt out. She would flirt with any boy from six to sixteen years of age, but, sad to say, her efforts are not always successful. [ 28 ]