Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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F rank, Elsa Carolyn Her appetite for knowledge is insatiable. This seems tWe say seemsl to be the case With Elsie, for after finishing her four years course she has come back to stay with us another half year. Can her love for learning be as great as that? We fear not. But there surely is some reason, and the only one that seems suitable is that there is some attraction. We hardly think it isione of her girl friends, nor do we think itois any of the priests or priestesses of Minerva Umown com- monly as teachersl. However, this is only a supposition; do not take it for granted, because, after all, it might only be her devotion to the goddess of. learning. Elsie has a great propensity for reading-fiction. She became so interested the other day that she forgot to eat her lunch. Just think of it! Talking also seems to be one of her gifts, for she can talk by the hour on any subject. She is also an artist in china painting. Funke, Richard H. Captain Track Team. it His speed was as the lightningil When we say that Dick is the Captain of the track team, we have said a great deal. His hobby is breaking records, and Dick seems to have a marked propensity for this. He is a. fast man, and does everything with speed. In fact, speed has become his second nature. He has grown so used to it that he even translates Latin speedily. Dickie future vocation in life is uncertain, but he has confided that he will either become a missionary or a. preacher. Dickis fertile brain overflows with knowledge, which he is al- ways ready to impart to the needy. This is one of his traits that is especially admired by his teachers. We hope that when Dick enters upon lifeis duties he may have a. prosperous time, and. win as many victories upon the battle held of life as he has upon the iield of sport. 20

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Eversull, Bertie A dandy little lady and moat sweet. Is she nice? Well, you can just put your money on that. Shels bright, too, and every one breathes a. sigh of relief When Bertie gets up to translate Latin. They know that before her recitation is completed a. good portion of a diHicult lesson will be properly read. She comes to school from a long distance, but, to her credit, be it said that she has never been known to be late. She is a. splendid cook, and all of us in the class are proud of our little housewife. Elstun, Wesley M. Class President, A A, M. S , K K., Manager Foot. Ball Team, Swimming Team, Track Team, Athletic Committee. uNowhere so busy 8. lnan us he there was, and yet he seemed busier than he was. Nobody ever saw Elstun when he wasnlt in a rush. Early in the morn- ing Wess could be seen in the classroom, excitedly scanning the contents 0f some book that he should have studied the night before. But his ability to get up and git stood him in good stead in his man- agement of the football team, in. Which oflice Wess gained the name of ltThe Fighting Manager? It sounds well, doesn't it? However, if truth be told. this warlike cognomen was really a. result of Elstun's wanting to fight t'der Gaptaint because the latter demanded two ttcomps instead or one. As for his lessons, elocution is Wessl joy and pride tor would be if he could only keep his knees from shakingl, and composition is a close second in his affections. Why, when Elstun is told to write a theme, he even goes so far as to count each word in order that he may not write too muche I mean little, of course. To conclude, it is a significant fact that Wess is always blamed for every disturbance in the Senior Class. 19

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Gellenbeck, Helen Frances Center Ball, Gym Team. h'The hand that made thee fair, hath made thee good. Helen is an exceptionally bright student and witty girl. She is very original, too, and has an odd way of anticipating an explosion or evolution of light and heath in chemical experiments. This is all very well, except when the explosion doesnit occur. She is igreat at playing front box in a center ball game, and no player on the opposing teams enjoys guarding Helen. She is frequently tardy, but she often manages to reach the ante-room just as the tardy bell rings. Her ability in getting sense out of the most difficult Latin passages and her quickness in French conversation cause her to be envied by 3.11 her feiiow-students, but do not make them think one whit the less of her. Gaddum, Leonard W. A A, Football Team, Oracle Staff. ttOh thy hair is like the red, red rose When one speaks of Gaddum one naturally thinks of his hair, which is of that unfortunate color that always attracts attention. But it is with pride that we think of it. On the football field Gads, hair was a good beacon to follow, if we particularly needed a gain, and a good thing to pin one's faith to, if there was a hard tackle to be made. All Woodward is proud of that hair, and the class is proud of Gaddum. That he goes at his lessons in the same way that he did his football is shown by his good marks. t'Gad is little and quiet and unassumingebut he is all there when he is needed. In the thick of 'a football scrimmage or in working out some puz- zling problem in mathematics, one could always be sure that Gad and his hair would be mixed up in it somehow. 21