Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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sn nrf JUNIOR CLASS Officers P. D. ScRiVNER President W. W. Locke ... . Vice-President Catherine Williams Secretary Gladys Green Treasurer W. D. Webb Prophet A. E. Middlebrooks Historian Helen Haggard Poet R. B. Bacly A. B. Davidson Gerwin Myer Frank Hammett Howard Yeilding P. D. Scrivner W. W. Locke H. G. MOSLEY Roll N. M. Yeilding J. W. deYampert Gladys Green Catherine Williams A. E. Middlebrooks C. D. Mathews Helen Haggard C. S. Reynolds lucile colvin Janie Grace Herston Cooper J. E. Holmes Charlie Maxwell R. J. Rowe W. D. Webb T. H. Robertson [2. ' il

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' ' ? . s.n new country. He and I were the only members of the Class that could be found, having lost sight of the other members for several years. White, being of an adventurous spirit, suggested that he and I undertake the trip by ourselves in his torpedo. After a little persuasion I consented to go, although I knew that Dana had never ventured very far with this machine. We set out on our long and perilous trip, which was very excitable. We were much more excited when we reached Mars, not knowing what might befall us in this new land. To our surprise we found a country and its in- habitants very much like the ones we had left behind. Our first object was to see the country. The first place we came to was the Capital, a city of several hundred thousand people. As it was Sunday morning we decided to go to the first Methodist Church. To our surprise Rev. S. M. Baker was the pastor. After hearing an excellent sermon we went home with our friend and classmate, and he told us that he was still running his candy and book store. And that he was having just as much trouble with it as he had at Birmingham-Southern College, and would very often have to show the invoice. We asked about the sort of government they had and, he told us that it was similar to the government in the United States. But that he was beginning to fear that it would become like the government of Russia, as Harry Denman had been elected president of the Republic. It being almost night we had to find a lodging place. Baker directed us to a hotel owned and in charge of Slim Neese and Mother Duncan. On the way down to die hotel we passed by a park. A great crowd was gathered here an d we could not imagine what was going on until a symphony composed of one hundred instruments began to play. We were standing there listening to the wonderful music when we spied Miss Annie Lee Warren play- ing a trombone. After the concert was over we went up to see our classmate, and she told us that she had not married yet, but that she was tooting her own horn to the tune of ten thousand dollars a year. After talking for awhile we made our way to the hotel, where we found Slim and Mother busy with their duties, but not too busy to stop and talk to old time friends. Slim told us that he was coaching the football team at the National University which was located in that city. Mother was running a barber shop in one corner of his hotel. While we were talking about the good old times we had had at old Bir- mingham-Southern College, W. P. Snuggs and J. Fred Sparks came in to put up for the night. Snuggs, through the aid of science, had been able to manu- facture a food very small in content, but containing a very high degree of food value. In demonstrating this food to us he said that a person going off on a long trip could carry enough in his vest pocket to do him for a week. We did not doubt Weyman ' s veracity, for we remembered how truthful he was in his college days. Sparks had just finished a political campaign for Mrs. Armstrong, who was in the race for mayor. He seemed to have no doubt but that she would be elected, as she had made a great impression upon the people in her city. In our conversation the name of S. L. Morgan was mentioned. Slim told us that Stunt ' s experience in Haiti had caused him to develop into the most renowned physician of that day. Having mentioned the different members of our class, it was now getting late, so we asked Slim to show us to our rooms, where we spent a peaceful night in a new land. [22]

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