Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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VIRGINIA T. BIDDLE, Oracle Staff; Art League; ANNUAL Staff; Dramatic Ctub; Athletic Association; Class Poetess. Tis only noble to be good; Kind hearts are more than coronets. Behold our poetess! What would the Oracle have been without her flights of fancy that took form in poems and stories! We shall hear from her in the future, we feel sure, and we know her work Will be as enjoyable to her larger public as has always been that which we Woodward folks have enjoyed in the Oracle. Her thoughts are like aflock of butterflies. She has a merry love of little things And a bright flutter of speech, wherein she brings A threefold eloquance-mice, hand and eyes. Yet under all a subtle silence lies As a bircfs heart is hidden by its wings; And you shall seek through many wanderings The fairyland of her realities. GERTRUDE BLAIR, Financial Secretary oi Dramatic Club; Athletic Association; Art League. A more Winsome little lady Down the hall had waver walked, A mere charming little maiden Never whispered. laughed and talked. She is chte wone of our pets-and very saucy. Gertrudews braid of brown hair, hanging girlishly down her back, reached almost to the edge of her skirt. As a schoolmarm in Mistress Penelope, she was dainty and pert, that same thick braid piled high upon her head. Outside of plays, she cheerfully collected our Dramatic Club dues, which we all as cheerfully CD gave.

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J OSEPH ALBERT, Captain, Basket-Ball Team; Captain, Baseball Team; Football Team; Art League; Athletic Association; Track Team. Burr! BaldyI! Fuzzy!!! Just notice the chest on that boy, Will you? Fuzzy has been the leader of all athletics this year. To quote his own Words, He is e hear at it? Not since 1907 has any captain produced such a basket-ball team. J 0e 1s also a star in chemistry. So he says! Until lately he has not been in any way affected by dazzling attraction of the society of smitten ones, but we think he begins to look that way at last. Fuzzy has the stolid endurance of a fighter and the grit to use the best that is in him to win. This makes him the athlete and capable of leading men. We sincerely appreciate your efforts in our school, Fuzzy! JAMES E. ALLAN, JR., Dramatic Club; Walking Club; Art. League; Athletic Association; Fencing Team. Allanls greatest hobby is to find a successful way to kill time. Let us know When youtve found it, Jimmie. It's a secret, but they say that he took pills in elocution to rid himself of his timidness. He has, however, acknowledged his liking for a certain young lady in 12 and we are sure is hard hit. He laughs and blushes when her name is mentioned and we are certain the fair one returns his affection. He comes from the country tWestwoodl, but is quite civilized, I assure you. Jimmiels star in Latin rises and sets. One day he is a hard, industrious worker; the next, well, a :you know what. Jimmie is an artist in embryo. We confess a more than friendly feeling for him and wish him good fortune.

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WILLIAM N. ALLEN, JR., Art League; Dramatic Club. Billy has developed into a prominent Wireless operator, a second J-ack Binns, as it were, and we fully expect him to be flashing the C. Q. D. or S. O. S. hlmseif some day. Billy is also a. renowned chemist and delights in making many experiments, neither required nor desired, and often fraught with promises of open death to those who happen to be in the neighborhood of the experimenter. Billyis musieal laugh thy some compared with that of a goati has found charms in the ear of a certain young damsel of Whom we have heard so much in the Oracle. We think William will be in politics some day and probably revolutionize the city with his social and economic reforms. HUGH F. ARUNDEL, Athletic Association; Oratorical Contest; Walking Club: Art League; Dramatic Club. What would the Senior Class do without this illustrious personage? And Hugh is so graceful when playing basket-ball! He fairly skims o'er the floor. There seems to be a personal magnetism between Hugh and bashful bits of femininity, shown es- pecially in the halls and library. We love to hear his fine voice exclaim, iiYe call me chief! and many of us would have chosen him in the oratorical contest, but the fates decreed otherwise. Hughis latest ambition is to be an after-dinner speaker, but, as some iihorridii person has suggested, we do not believe this would spoil our dinner. Herets one for Hugh, general good fellow! 28