Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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. , ..;i ...u „ - - Second Soph (tall, dark-haired, very ferocious) : Here, open your mouth and swallow down castor-oil. Freshman (rising boldly in bed. dramatically waving powder boxes): I will not take the horrid stuff; please leave the room before 1 have to make you go! Sophs all steal silently out. Darkness and quiet return. Scene II Outside Rebekah Scott Hall. Sophomore banner fastened outside second-story windows. Freshmen crowded in third-story windows. Alice on the colonnade, giving directions. Agnes suspended by one foot, poking at the banner. Sophs (wailing) : Oh, it ' s going to fall, it ' s going to fall! We can not do anything to save it! Freshmen singing, Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! Banner goes down. Freshman ' 17 takes its place. Scene III Campus ; moonlight. A long line of Freshmen march over the campus, following Alice and the donkey. The donkey adorned in a cover with Sophs, As Others See Them painted on it. Miss Freshman, wildly excited, urges on the line. Freshmen dance around a red light, singing: Freshman! Freshman! is our cry, I ' -i-c-t-o-r-y! and Where, oh, where have the Sophomores gone, Oh, where, oh, where can they be? They got scared and ran When the fight began. Oh, where, oh, where can they be? Low murmur, understood to be the Sophomores singing, is drowned by the strength of the Freshmen. 15

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ST ' •: Scene II Agnes Scott campus. Five-thirty in the morning. Enter Freshman wearing a look of determination. She is accompanied by Arm and his gloves. Freshman ascends the front steps for the last time. Freshman (planting her feet firmly on the top step) : I ' m going to love it here, and I ' m going to make the Class of 1917 the best that has ever been to A. S. C. (Turning point in Freshman ' s career, and first indications of the wonderful characteristics that we now see in her daily.) Chorus of other Freshmen inarching down the hall to classification com- mittee, Onward Christian Soldiers. ACT II Scene I Y. W. party. Beverley makes it her duty to Fresh, accompanied by old girls, enters. She and is discovering that there are two literary Agnes Scott, my Agnes The campus decorated for refresh the weary with punch, has become very much at home, societies at A. S. C. Chorus of whole student body singing lustily, Scott. Scene II Rebekah Scott lobby ; wild yells emerging from each society hall. Fresh- man, worn out with much walking, stands upon the steps, an envelope in each hand, and weeps loudly. Freshman (under her breath ) : I must remember that I am a member of the Class of 1917, and, therefore, stop this foolish indecision. Goes firmly down, leaves regrets at one door, and is received by outstretched arms at the other. ACT III THE big act Scene I Silence and darkness over all ; the clock in Decatur has struck two ; Freshman sleeps soundly in her little bed. Enter five Sopho- mores well masked, carrying flashlights. First Soph (little light-haired lady): Here, take this, dear, it will not hurt you. Freshman calmly takes the Black Hand.

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SI )UE1 H ■ : - : ACT IV Scene I Terminal station in Atlanta crowded with students, all smiling and gay. Enter Freshman, suitcase and Christmas cheer. Freshman (to best friend) : Don ' t forget to write to me every single day! Best Friend: Don ' t forget I ' ve got to have your picture right away. Porter calls: All aboard. Students make wild rush for car. Chorus from back platform: Home, Home, Sweet, Szveet Home. ACT V Scene I Agnes Scott again, after Christmas. Gloom over all. Main Building classroom. Enter Miss Freshman, face in book, trying to find somebody ' s elates. The curtain will he lowered for a few minutes to show the passage of two weeks. This is done to save the tender-hearted public from seeing the ordeal of exams. Curtain rises again to show Freshman still there, serene and triumphant. Having taken as her motto, Let us seek the best, she is ready for whatever may come. Curtain. M. S. Payne, ' 17.