Blackstone College - Acorn Yearbook (Blackstone, VA)

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Ci)e Cannon 15all COLLEGE CLASS t 17 ]

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C]be Cannon 15aII Greetings of Spring We welcome thee with joy, glad spring, And the merry songs the robins sing; We welcome thee, too, my dear wild flowers, Budding and blooming in all the bowers. Ferns sending up their broad green fronds From their mountain beds of mossy mounds, Violets blooming, and arbutus gracefully trailing, As birds homeward from sunny south are sailing, The happy farmer working the land to till, And planting the crops that the cribs will fill. Old Mother Earth has thrown off her coat of white, And Nature displays herself with love and delight; We no longer dread the hard winter storms, For dewdrops wash away fear as spring dawns, The brooklets a merry tune they gaily play, While the butterflies dance happily all the day, The drowsy hum of the sweet honey bee Is heard in silence from fold and lea, Children joyfully singing and dancing at play, As they hasten to crown their queen of May. The atmosphere is most sweet with perfume, As the breeze blows gently from trees of bloom, The lambs graze silently on the smooth green hills, While the shepherd blows his horn or a merry whistle trills, The beautiful sky so clear and blue Takes the radiant picture of Nature true; For three months we enjoy these fairy dreams While the golden sun his glad smile beams, Then hot summer takes up the wondrous tune, And we bid spring farewell, for it is June. —Mabel Wright. [ 16 3

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Cf)c (Cannon IBall College Class! Motto: u Carpe diem.” Colors: Red and Black. Flower: Red Rose. OFFICERS Martha Blackwell Hite. President Gladys Rosalind Barrow. Vice-President Mabel Frances Cato. Secretary Kathleen Violet Givens. Treasurer Juliette Martin Omohundro. Business Manager [ 18 ]