Winthrop University - Tatler Yearbook (Rock Hill, SC)

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which Will be heaped upon her, and We are glad to know that she will become a blessing to her country Margaret Young, the last on the class roll, will always maintain the high standard of excellency which she has reached during her life at VVinthrop. After making a specialty of English, she Will eventually occupy this chair in Vassar. She will discover an easy method of correcting essays, which will make this work, now so tedious, a source of unfailing delight, and will also spend much of her time in perfecting an infallible recipe for teaching children to write, speak, and spell correctly. She will make great improvements in the college itself, and will keep it fully abreast with the most progressive institutions of the times. Shortly after she enters the college as one of the faculty, she will have its doors opened to young men, thus offering them the advantages which have so long been denied them. -X.,-. K,-Ixffy Kfx, V-X77 g

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would fulfil her words spoken on that morning. This is what I read: 4' The Spirit of love and beautyirulesf' I could translate no more, but this was enough. I saw clearly now that Minnies intentions would be fully realized in the near future. Hur Class Poet, Mary Martin, I found will for a short time contribute her poetical gems to the leading papers, but later her sphere will broaden and she will edit a paper of her own. A brilliant future lies before her, which is only the climax of her former successful attempts. And we will take the liberiy of adding, for the encouragement of young aspirants, that she has said she will take any and all contributions, and give them space in her valuable paper in remembrance of her early struggles. I was much interested in Pawnee jones, and read her future with great eagerness and expectancy. She, after reading a great deal of Dr. Garner and his studies and researches relating to the language of monkeys, will become one of his most ardent disciples, and will spend her life in translating the simian dialects. These, no doubt, will be fzzfilmrzfy on certain questions of natural history, and perhaps throw much light on the origin of the language and customs of our pre-historic ancestors. But, better than all, they will perhaps give some clue to the missing link which has caused so much trouble to the scholars of evolution. As for Fleetwood Montgomery, the only sentence I could make out about her was a mixture of law and seven years of famine. From this, however, I inferred that she will make law her profession in life, and will come victori- ous ' rough the t' seven years of famine, which is said to be necessary for every successful lawyer. Those who have ' Whis morning, her able will and testimony of the class, cannot doubt her efficiency in matters of this kind, and we are sure that after the first few struggles are over nothing will prevent her from rising to the highest round of fame. Annie Perry's zeal and energy are to be spent in the service of the Young NVomen's Christian Association. She will go from college to college telling of the great work of this organization, and thereby increasing the interest in the work. She will meet with much success, since her talks even now are very interesting, as those of us who heard her report of the great International Convention, held in Cleveland some time ago, can testify. Mars, the terrible God of Wai', seems to have wielded the controlling influence in Jennie Mae Millers life. She will take an active part in the stirring times which will follow the declaration of war with Spain. But when Cuba has been treed by the indomitable zeal and perseverance of her American friends, and when the Hag of independence is waving triumphantly over its fair lands, Jennie Mae, who was always a staunch advocate of VVoman's Rights, will become president of that country, and will deal out justice and right with a conscientiousness not often found. It was now approaching the wee sma' hours, but I could not think of stopping until I knew what the future held in store for Katherine Stribling and Margaret Young. Katherine, or the Baby of the class, as we fondly call her, will be the founder of a free Kindergarten, which will be unsurpassed by any of the older institutions either in Europe or America. I was not surprised at reading this revelation, for her success with the Practice School children has frequently been a matter of remark. She deserves the praise which she has received, and the honors

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Who, on viewing Winthrop's daughters, Could believe there's wanting here lnspiration poets dream of ? Perhaps in future she'll appear Whom we sigh for ln the class of ninety-eight. As we leave our Alma Mater, Each shortcoming we deplore. Vain our prayer for gift of vision, Dream which poet might outpour, Seer and prophet, Ui' the coming Winthrop girl, ztil 74 CLASS PGEM. Must we leave to future lovers All the ditties we might scrawl To Pawnee's eye-brows, Ethel's dimples, .lennie's languid Southern drawl? Alas! no numbers Come to grace our lisping tongues. Fleetwood, busy, jolly Fleetwood, By others must thy fame be told, Minnie, queen rose of our garden, Skyward would thy praises roll With the rosebud's, Which we chose as matching thee. Vision of the future decades: Men shall see her noble, strong, Full of common sense as wisdom, Keen to know the right from wrong, Grown in best ways, All that's tritling thrown aside. ln our garden 's violet Annie, Many a charming Marguerite, Bonny Kate, and mild saint Agnes, Each of these a subject meet For this phantom Dreamed-of poem which might have be And we hope in future classes Winthrop's daughters yet may tind Bright eyes in Hne frenzy rolling- Said to show the poet's mind! Whose clear voice C11 Old Winthrop's praises loud Shall ring.