Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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BUERGER, ROSA WILHELM1NA Her smyling was full, simple and coy. Rosa must be congratulated upon her excellent showing in the Preliminary Oratorical contest. She is a very quiet, unassuming lassie and therefore we “knockers” must cast about in vain with furrowed brows in search of some weakness or peculiar char- acteristic at which to aim our pointed weapon. Suffice it to say that she has acquitted herself with distinguished honors in all her studies and that none worthier than she will receive a diploma on the night of June the second. BURKE, MAY ELIZABETH Give her of the work of her hands and let her own works praise her. May has not only been a faithful student through her four years at Woodward but has proven herself one of the most cheerful girls of the class. We rarely ever have seen her with a frown on her face except in Latin recitation. She possesses a strong de- termination , which all of her classmates envy. She has been one of the main pillars of the class and thus displayed her wonderful literary ability. She is destined to become- the author of “ Burke’s Conciliation with the Dragon.” 18

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BOYLE, MERRITT ALFRED M. S., Athletic Committee, Track Captain, Baseball Team, Oracle, Glee Club. After four years of coming in from Guinea on the accomodation train, “Mary” has been graduated. He no longer balks at the trolley cars and is fast losing that graceful walk which, together with his running and dancing, has made him famous. Cinderella is a splendid Latin scholar and consequently the mainstay of that celebrated coterie known as the “Jussive Aid Society.” He has broken several records about Loveland, both in running and talking. According to our prophetess, Merritt has a brilliant future before him, as leading clown in Ringling’s Three Ringed Circus. BUTLER, JEANNETTE FLORENCE M. O. B., Annual Staff, Class Secretary, Oracle Staff. Well here’s Miss Butler, it’s a fact she is a “Butler” but how long she will remain one, is hard to tell. Jeannette deserves credit for her literary contributions to the pages of the Annual. She is such an accomplished lady of letters, that she was raised to the exalted position of assistant local editor of the Oracle, which in more expressive terms means assistant knocker, in which capacity she attained the highest eminence. It is now her turn to be “Rap, Rap, Rapped.” There is one dark spot that overshadows Jeannette’s last year at high school. Imbued with the idea that she was endowed with a voice of matchless beauty, it was a most cruel blow, when she was not chosen to sing in the Glee Club. Jeannette would no doubt make a successful war news reporter. Why? ’Cause she was class secretary. 17

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CANIFF, WILLIAM EARL Better to be a little of something than a whole lot of nothing. ' Bearing this in mind the “Cuckoo Clock” has become the best little student in the class. His pet studies are Chemistry and Latin. After getting the infinitive twisted with the subjunctive and afterwards hearing his question answered correctly, the whole class waits to hear him remark, “That’s what 1 said the second time.” Little Willie has won distinction in the “Lab” for the staunch defense he puts up when a raid is made upon his locker. He is going to the University of Michigan and will continue his efforts to extract oxygen from potassium iodide. CONWAY, MARY GENEVA “For she by geometric scale Could take the size of pots of ale And wisely tell what hour of day The clock did strike, by Algebrae” Geneva has proved her wonderful mathematical ability in the “Review” class. It is rumored that she intends in the near future, to publish a new and original text book of Mathematics, entitled, “ Simple Steps in Mathematics for Beginners.” “ Spike Hen- nesee,’ ’ the energetic promoter of independence in High School, is her brother. Miss Con- way, after being graduated from Woodward, will occupy the chair of Mathematics at the Women’s College of Agriculture of Guinea, Ohio. 19