Wesleyan College - Veterropt Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Octavia Burden, A. B. A A 4 . I resideul of Class of 1006 from Freshman Year. Literary Editor of Ziy-Xag. “O crown! what is It? It Is to bear the miseries of a people, Their torments, uproars, mutinies and factions. To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents. And sink l)eneath a load of splendid care! ' From her sway of an nnrnly Class, slie can even give ideas to Tloosevelt as to the l est use of the ‘big stick.” Understands the rules of class meetings and the meaning of pn ' sidential dignity. TIas the writing of literature criticism well in hand, and is ready to add an annex to her ledger notebook. She poses as messenger extraordinary for her Cousin Kia.” There have l een many rumors of a ‘‘man in the case,” and it is believed that when she lays down the reins of class government, she intends to pose as a bride, and try ruling a man, since girls have proved so unruly.

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Wilson. Macon. Nellie Bkyan. Nellie Bryan, A. B. A A 4 . Correspondh i Secretary of Missionary Society, Senior Reader. “By 8i orts like these are all her cares beguiled, The sports of children satisfy the child. First of all, she is nothing hut a child; her joys are simple and her wants are few; she is jnite modest and of less suniinors than most (»f ns, hnt of no mean mental capacity. Her greatest acconiplishinent is laughing, ami she is so gracious about it that she will do it if you look at her. To win her heart, give her a doll and a piece of red stick candy, and it has been found necessary for an older person to always accom- pany her to town to keep her from stopping before all the shop windows, which is her delight. She could he vain if she were not too young to think of such things, but her childish heart is so filled with its innocent pleasures that the thought has not entered her head, which she ‘tucks ’ at the mention of such ideas.

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Wilsou. Ma( ' 4»ti. Aonks Chapman. Agnes Chapman, A. B. A A Literary Editor of The We-sleyan , V ire- reside nt of ) U’. C. A,, Art Editor of Ziy-Zay, Member of Eeiiior Basket-Ball Team, Deleyate to Stu- dents ' Volunteer (Umveidion. “Her pencil was striking, resistless, and grand; Her manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still born to improve (?) us in every part. Her pencil, our faces; her manners, our heart.” Her |)riii( i| nl ‘‘stunt’’ is writing poetry for 7 ' he Wesleyan, or worrying the life out of otlier people hy (leinandiiig stories and iiiaimseripts. She l( arneil to dive by trying it from th(‘ upper iK ' rtli of a railway car. As Art Editor of the Zig-Zag she wields a niifj hty brush, and e.xeites the awe of woid l-be artists. She is a perfect manual of love, answering all ques- tions cheerfully on that subject. She is fond of bird.s, as can l)e seen from the drooping wing.s on her red hat. Her favorite song is I»ve’s Like a Kcd, Red Hat.” Any one who sits to her for a portrait is given a diploma and a medal for bravery, if the sitter can gaze on the completed picture and survive the ordeal. ' • Z. ' ' . i