Belmont College - Milady in Brown Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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And when the morning came ' twas still and grey, And not a bird was stirrin g in the trees, And not a yellow leaf of autumn ' s store Hung and fluttered in a morning breeze. For while they ' d slept and dreamed their dreams of joy The wild North wind had tamed him for the fight, And creeping down in sighing fashion, sly, Had robbed them of their summer memoirs light. With howling, screaming, whistling then he ' d blown Till warmth crept out and fled in dire dismay; And lowering snow clouds filled the morning sky, And mingled with the hills, so dim and grey. Ere long the great white flakes began to float Thro ' all the air. Not softer is the fall Of apple blossoms in the early spring — As silent as the swaying of a poplar tall. But now with greater speed and more intent, Fighting and dancing with each other down Thicker and faster to the earth they went, Like armies of gay fairies rushing round. And when again the day had followed night, A wondrous change had come o ' er every place. And everyTvhere a filmy, feathery white Was clinging, swinging, or heaped up in space. The boxes, large and cumbersome and dark. Were burdened round with heavy patches white, Which dared a contrast with the bold, dull green, Striving to rise up and assert its might. And all the little twigs on the bare trees (Which lately had stood out ' gainst sunset sky) Now gleamed and glittered in the gayest array. The daintiest lace-work that e ' er met the eye. All, save the mighty pines, which bowed their strength In calm submission to their native lord, The round magnolias, too, did bend them low, But more in wonder than in dread of monarch ' s word. Belmont itself, the gay, the grand, the good. Was bound indeed in airy fetters white, And every haunt the happy girls had loved Was changed now, heaped up with jewels bright. The carpet of the lawn, once green and gay, Was sprinkled with a thousand diamonds o ' er, A heap of snow crowned every summer house. Center pavilion, lab. and gym. and tower. The statues stood new decked in garments pure ; The Please-keep-off-this-Path -es hid their face, And stood, half covered, here and there amidst The snow that pathless lay, a glittering waste. For wheresoe ' er the eye was cast was beauty. From hill to hill, from cottage and from tower, And every heart was glad and gay and merry, Despite the cold, despite the Snow King ' s power And the Snow King sate in his ancient hold — The palace of hailstones, shining and cold — Around him his warriors, stem, severe; But each had left his icicle spear Dangling low in the land of the South, From many a roof of many a house; They sate and talked ; each told his tale Of merry work with sleet or hail. But after the many tales were told, Of boisterous lands o ' ercome with cold. And the King had approved their exploits fine With many a flagon of royal wine, He chuckled aloud, as he raised this toast: Good for the works of which ye boast; But here ' s to the South, and mostly the jaunt That we planned and carried at fair Belmont!

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Staff of Instruction and Government REV. IRA LANDRITH, LL.D., Regent. IDA E. HOOD, SUSAN L. HERON, Founders and Principals. ALICE LLOYD, Presiding Teacher. MRS. H. P. BURRUS. Disciplinarian and Accountant. VIRGINIA WENDEL, Rhetoric and History. ALICE C. SPARKS, A.M., (Graduate Mount Holyoke College.) Literature. LAURA C. BLALOCK, A.M., Mathematics and Philosophy. SARAH B. COOKE, A.M., Natural Science, Latin attd Greek. LEONTINE FLEURY, French and German Languages and Literatures. PAULINE SHERWOOD TOWNSEND, New England Conservatory; Special Courses in New York and Chicago.) Elocution. GEORGIA E. WADE, (Graduate Ralston University; Special Student Lachenmaier ' s School.) Physical Culture. MRS. SOPHIE M. BERRY. (Graduate Mtinich Conservatory.) Piano. ALICE K. LEFTWICH, (Pupil of Moszkowski.) Piano, Theory and Harmony. MARTHA DISMUKES, (Pupil of Leschetizk ' .) Piano, MRS. DOUGLAS POWELL, (PupU of Oscar Raif.) Piano JULIA TALIAFERRO, (PupU of San Giovanni, Milan; Cosmelli, Genoa; Henschel, London; Delie Sedie, Paris.) Vocal Culture and History of Music. PROF. J. H. GUEST, (Graduate College of Music. Cincinnati; Student at N. E. Conservatory; Special Student with Mahr, Campanari and Jacobsoohn.) Violin. H. HARTZELL, Matidolin, Banjo and Guitar. BEULAH STRONG, (PupU of the Art Students ' League, New York, and of the Academies Julian. Calarossi. Delichize, Paris.) Art. SALLIE V. TAYLOR, Stenography, Typewriting. MRS. J. C. MYERS, Chaperone. JENNIE T. MASSON. Registrar. SUSAN J. MITCHELL, Graduate Nurse. Kate Curry, Mrs. Cora Lippincott, Matrons. Jennie Bearden, Mrs. C. M. Wade,