Tennessee Wesleyan College - Nocatula Yearbook (Athens, TN)

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THE QUILL DRIVERS HONOR LITERARY SOCIETY Chelsea Laws President Johnson Townley Vice-President Mouzon Peters Secretary-Treasurer Miss Gladys Dejournette - Sponsor MEMBERS W. D. Johnston J. F. Wyatt Dimples Kirkland Ruby Bailey Thomas Cash Merle Asheworth Annabelle Skillern

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY The Oriental Skies! Far-famed and far-sung; over-reach- ing every poet land of mystery and drama. Heeding its woo- ing whisper we are enabled to learn a little of the infinite and to solve a little the secrets which the blue depths well know but have heretofore pitingly withheld. We leave the prac- tical world behind, while our imaginations wing themselves on languid, listless winds which know not cloud nor storm save as recollection past. Just a year ago, in the good year nineteen hundred thirty- nine, we chanced to be in Chinese waters. (The purpose of the trip is being withheld as it has not reached its fullest de - velopment yet). A curious experience was experienced here, one might say, which will be set down here at no short length. On the wharf at Shanghai we saw an old man — he seemed old — sitting and talking and smoking. His small beady eyes seemed familiar, and as we could readily see that he was not an Oriental, we inquired. He was, we dis- covered in the process of our question- ing. Tom Cash. He sat on the wharf for hours at a time smoking his pipe and expounding Epicurus et cetera to the wharf workers and the coolies. Th? sight of him bruoght back memories to us of our class of twenty-nine at Wes- leyan. We fell to making conjectures as to what the other members of the class were doing. While in this frame of mind, we were led to an ale house, where, coming into contact with the baleful influence of opium fumes et cetera, one member of the group fell ii tc a stupor — no, he didn ' t get drunk — and had a nightmare — what else couid it have been? — and the whereabouts oi every member of the twenty-nine class were revealed to him. The ones whicn he remembered will be set down here to satisfy the curiosity of other mem- bers of the class. We have it as fol- lows: Johnson Townley, when sober, acts in official capacity as director of the Townley School of Dramatics. He is author also of several popular songs. Lee Elbridge Rothroek writes the music. Among them, the most recent is, I don ' t know who kissed you first, but I ' ve kissed you last. Roth- rock teaches music and typing in some high school. Amcng those who are educating themselves off the rising generation (of course they ' re teachers) are Eula Barker; Pansy Thomas; Beulah Clayton who teaches dancing; Jessie Kelley; Frank Sexton, who married a school madam and thus get himself involved in the profession; Young Querry, who teaches Chemistry; Creed Mantooth, who teaches Span- ish to the ninos de Espana; Catherine Walker, who teaches Art; Latham, who is the county superintendent of public instruction somewhere; and Frank Perry, who is principal of a colored school in southern Alabama. May Long and Annabelle Skillern (People may talk about the Prince of Wales but it cannot be denied that we have PRESIDENT JAMES L. ROBB. Tennessee Wesleyan College the Princess of Whale, I mean Wales.) have gone into busi- ness for themselves. They pose for before and after pictures for a reducing tonic. After Marie Rogers and Catherine Lane got into opera a year or two ago, New York closed its opera houses to pro- tect the public. Who blames them? Marie is now singing Dutch operas in Siberia; Catherine is singing Italian operas in Argentina. Myrtle Patterson is on the Pacific Coast waiting for ships which seem never to come in. But occasionally they do come in; then Glory be. she makes whoopee! Howard Dennis is directing a glee club in some university. He says that he only needs twenty-five or nineteen good tenors and twenty-seven or ten good basses to have a good club. Lura Cook recently lost a match in tennis to the contender for the cham- pionship. Did she feel like thirty cents? Absolutely not! She couldn ' t possibly feel like less than sixty cents! Rat Ray is a tailor. Yes. you ' re right! He makes clothing. Ghormley and Tysinger are serving their ideals in the Church. Ghormley fills an excellent pastorate. He fills the door, too when he passes through, and he fills a rather large body when he feeds his face. Tysinger is another chicken-eating preacher. Hicks Jenkins has been in the state penitentiary for a year. Oh. no! What a cruel thought! He isn ' t a prisoner. He is the chaplain. He likes to visit his nephew, Eugene, who is a tooth me- chanic, Eugene pulls a mean molar — if one allows him to do so. Ruby Bailey is following in the foot- steps of Aimee Semple McPherson. Rather broad steps they are, but then Ruby has rather large abilities. Fuzzy Green tried a season as Clown with Ringling Bros., but failed and has gone into a less re- sponsible position — football coaching. Whitehead started to take the examination for the Rhodes Scholarship, but when he asked to see Mr. Rhodes, he was dismissed as incompetent. He says that he is going to get tliat scholarship if he has to go see Mr. Rhodes personally. When he does that he will be wearing feathered attachments to his shoulders or asbestos trousers. Wilsie Wilder is married — this prophecy includes two se- niors — and he stays out late at night — running a moving pic- ture projector. Lucille Keys awaits anxiously the close of every baseball season. Her man plays with St. Louis, in which village they live. Katie Peterson discovered the trigonometric functions of r mousetrap and now lives off the fat of the land. No, she didn ' t marry a butcher. She patented a mouse-trap with a self loader, an automatic ejector, and balloon tires. (Continued on Page 29)

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of Tennessee Wesleyan College, being of sound mind and desiring to dispose of all our properly, both real and personal, do hereby bequeath unto the Faculty and Students of Tennessee Wesleyan College, the following - 1. We leave unto the class of ' 30 our athletic ability and school spirit, trusting that they will ever hold the ideals of true sportsmanship foremost in their minds. 2. Unto the class of ' 31 we bequeath our desire for the pursuance of higher learning. 3. Unto the Faculty we express our sincere sympathy for their untiring efforts to lead us in the ways of righteousness. 4. To the student body we bestow the privilege of having as good a time as possible. 5. Yula Barker leaves all of her lipstick, powder, rouge and all other cosmetics for Ruth Crawford to use next year. 6. Clyde Love leaves unto John Thompson his sheikin mannerisms, and unto Charles Dye, he leaves the task of continuing his harmonica harmonies. 7. Annabelle Skillern leaves her superfluous flesh to Elsie McGlothin. 8. Tom Cash very graciously bequeaths his stoicism or in-. difference to Mrs. Cummings. 9. Ruby Bailey leaves her loud ways to Addie Lou Norwood. 10. Doc Phillips leaves to the physi- cians of Athens, his large pactice of medi- cine. 11. Gladys Parker leaves her innocence to Joe Lynch. 12. Fred Whitehead leaves his captain- ships to Charles Weaver. 13. Valeria Ogle gives her grouchiness to Mrs. Collins and hopes that she will use it to the best advantage. 14. Howard Dennis gives his knowledge as a barber to the most promising Junior 15. Beulah Clayton leaves her position as monitor to Kay Jones, and hopes that she will succeed in collecting as many bribes from the boys as she has this year. 16. Sweeny Jenkins bequeaths his aspirations as a den- tist to Kemp Harris. 17. Mary Lena Daves gives her highest regards to ProT Douglass. 13. Rupert Chormley wills his interest in the Wesleyan Brotherhood to Ray Slagle. 19. Lucille Keys gives her extensive library to Jennie Lee Wagner. 20. Paul Terry leaves to Red Ketron his knowledge of practical pranks and hopes he will carry them cut very suc- cessfully. 21. Lura Cook bestows her idiosyncrasies upon Thelma Miller. 22. J. Walden Tysinger wills to Red Parrott his love for the human race. 23. Bill Johnson leaves all of her English work to Alia Hawk. 24. Paul and Creed Mantooth give unto Robert Brown their Philosophies of Life. 25. Jessie Kelley leaves unto Lawrence Floyd her A-Plus- es; he may need them. BENNETT HALL 26. Mouzon Peters offers his love to Merle Ashworth to tide her through next year. 27. Catherine Lane bestows upon Charlie Mehaffey her deepest affections. 23. Hicks Jenkins leaves to Frank Rollins his complete History of Tennessee Wesleyan. 29. Katie Peterson wills her quiet and dignified manner to Cecil Cox. 30. Frank Perry leaves his deepest sympathy to the chap- erons. 31. May Long very gladly gives her position as assistant matron to anyone desiring it. 32. Ycung Querry wills his Spanish note book to the first student who feels that he will need it. 33. Imogene Carr leaves her musical abilities to Gladys Johnson. 34. Margery Ledford leaves her disposition to Marjone Miller. 35. Wilsie Wilder gives Bill Johnson to any student who will take her for next year. 36. Manson Green leaves his fine school spirit to the stu- dents at large. 37. Pansy Thomas leaves her permanent wave to Wilma Baker. 38. Marie Rogers wills her vampish characteristics to Alice Wieghe. 39. Edith Cox leaves a bottle of per- oxide to Edna Babb. 40. George Hanna leaves his position as joke editor to some unlucky student. 41. Myrtle Patterson wills her ways to giving advice to Tom Winecoft and asks that she look out for Merle next year. 42. Roxy bestows his remarkable talen: for playing Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven upon Leavitt Little. 43. Bonnie Williams gives her best re- gards to the ' Zoo. 44. Ralph Smith wills his good looks to Pal Smith. 45. Katherine Walker leaves her parking space in front of Bennett to Coach Kaynes. 46. — Howard Guthrie gives his stubbornness to W. D. Johnston. 47. Dcrthy Ellictt wills her voice to Dora Freeman. 43. Rathburn Ray bequeaths his dignified ways to Presi- dent Robb. 49. Chelsea Laws gives unto Rachel Wade her literarv abilities. 50. Frank Sexton gives his love mania to Joe Jones for next year. 51. Johnscn Townley leaves all of his troubles as Presi- dent of Student Council to anyone who has the time to de- vote to them. We the Senior Class of Tennessee Wesleyan College, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. Signed : EVELYN STONE.