Maryville College - Chilhowean Yearbook (Maryville, TN)

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HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS As the Seniors of 1918 pause for a moment, before taking leave of the old hill, to look back upon the years that are gone, there is a pride that comes to every heart, a merit that lives not so much in honors received or the succsses won, but in the true worth and ability of each member of the class. The printed page of results cannot tell the whole of the story. The memory of a class life shaken by dis- apointments but ever reverting to the struggle; the recol- lections of a thousand bitter and happy moments, testing and proving the friendship of classmates, of seconds of discord and years of harmony — these things must remain ever the cherished secret of those who suffered and triumphed in them. Chance has been very kind to the class of 1918. To have called so many classmates to the war is to a large degree compensated by having placed so much talent in one class. Manifestly the Seniors have formed a class of action as well as of talent. Activities. The weekly paper of the college, The Highland Echo , had for its editor, first. Turner, later Taylor, and Scruggs was manager. The class of ' 18 published the annual for the Senior Class of last year. Miss Knapp was editor and Truner manager. Anderson and Scruggs are editor and manager for the record book of 1918, A number of oratorical contests have been won by Seniors. Miss Simpson won the State Prohibition contest. The intercollegiate debaters from the senior class are: Williams, Turner, Logan, Cooper, Lloyd and Dawson. Five of the Varsity Eleven this year were Seniors: Bryson, Cooper, Lloyd, Scruggs, and Garrison, The mana- ger and captain of the basketball team was Garrison. Five of the baseball nine were: Scruggs, Bryson, Coop- er, Lloyd and Dawson, Varsity Tennis men were: Lloyd and Dawson, In 1915 the class furnished a twelve piece orchestra. This year, the Senior Mixed Quartet has given concerts in Tennessee and adjoining states for the benefit of the war relief funds. The personel is as follows: Margaret Bassett, soprano; Josephine Knapp, alto; Roy Anderson, tenor; and Horace Dawson, bass. Misses Genieveve Gib- son and Mary Miles are popular soloists on the hill . The class of ' 18 has done its part for the cause of humanity. It has sent ten splendid specimens of young manhood to hunt the Huns until peace is restored and 22

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SENIOR POERI A SONG OF YOUTH Oh its good to be young, and its good to be strong, And its good to have blood warm and red, And its good start with a song in the heart On the long white road ahead! Oh we ' re young and we ' re strong, there ' s a lilt in our song And the breezes of May blow ' round us. And our eyes are bright with a hopeful light, For we ' ve a strong faith to guide us. Oh we ' ve faith in ourselves and faith in man And faith in Journey ' s End, And we ' ll live and love and we ' ll hope and be strong And to man we ' ll be a friend. So When dark is the day, and rough the way, A strong young arm we ' ll lend, For we ' ve faith in ourselves and faith in man And faith in Journey ' s End, Oh its good to be young and its good to be strong, And its good to have blood warm and red. And its good to start with a song in the heart On the long white road ahead! — L. G. G. 21

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the cause is won for the just. Never before in the history of the college have so many volunteered to fight, unsel- fishly giving up their chances for class honor and sacri- ficing their joy at graduating from college for the sake of their country. To be able to contribute so many men of good physique and mental calibre to the cause is held by the class as its greatest honor. The morning before the Senior volunteers said good- bye to the hill , the class met in front of Pearsons Hall and each member raised his hand in promise that if possi- ble, he or she would return to the college on the com- mencement week following the end of the war, to join in a class reunion. It will be a thrilling moment when some day the survivors of the struggle will shake hands with their comrades and classmates on the old College Hill and will talk together of the days that have passed. The To Be ' is full of hope and promise and its call finds a welcome response in twenty-five young lives. To- gether in school they have proven their merit, separated in the world they will show the same industry, loyalty to principle, and altruism. To pleasantly startle the musical world in the days to come, the class will contribute. Miss- es Margaret Bassett, Genevieve Gibson and Josephine Knapp. Misses Mary Miles and Mamie Wilson will go from our number as missionaries to the Foreign Field. Those who will be teachers are: Misses Simpson, Brocklehurst, Fisher and Moseley. Someday Cooper and Taylor will be practicing physicians. Scruggs will hold an important Secretaryship in Commerce. In the halls of Science will be found prominent, Anderson, Bryson, Webster, Garri- son and Watkins. Logan, Richards, Jordon and Ferntheil will be worthy ministers of the Gospel. The lawyers fur- nished by the class of ' 18 will be Turner, Williams, Lloyd and Dawson. In a word of farewell let the Senior Cla.ss speak once more of its debt to Maryville College. However, the hand of fortune may surprise the world by uncovering here some latent talent or fanning into a blaze there the smoldering emblem of genious or showering rewards up- on a persistant effort, all credit of success must return to the one source, our Alma Mater. Whatever worth to the world is done by the class of ' 18, it will be but the reflec- tion of the great light on the old Hill that has been shining for a century, and which the fingers of grateful men and the hand of a just God will keep gleaning more brightly thru the coming days. 23