Anderson College - Columns / Sororian Yearbook (Anderson, SC)

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THE S SHIPS I liiiik lluri ' s iiotltiiit lovilicr tluin a ship — .7 nu(jul, uliitt-uini cil ivatcr-l irtl in fliyht. Her sails sirctihcd taut, her lijtiiitj prow adrip M itfi spray us sparkling as the stars at nii ht. I think I ' ve never seen a lovelier sight Than raeiny sailboats on a sunlit sea — A spectacle that makes my throat groic tight With knowledge of u ' ild fantasies set free. We are the ships, and life the sounding sea; Ecrch one the captain, pilot and the cmv. To each the leaves ivill mourn in minor key: To each the rising icind irill sing aneic Of islands of delight where ivarbling palms li ill whisper through the slumher-scentcd nii ht. The stately music and the mystic psalms Of life and death, of darkness and the light. And Pan will dance upon the purple hills At dcnvn ichen shadoivs flee before the sun. tf e ' ll sail our ships across the seven seas To find the pot of gold at rainboiv ' s end. We II carry cargoes of fine silks and teas. Of jade and incense anil blue porcelain. J ' f e ' ll bargain from (Jeylon to old Capri For laces and rare paintings and old nines. But when we ' ve sailed the seven silver seas And come again to harbor, home, and peace, I li ' ondcr if the gods of destinies Jt ill grant us comfort, happiness . and case? Dorothy Ch. mhi;rs, Poet. 39

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THE SOMOKIAN, 1930 t ' I u H| V , TB iE V- Ibr- ' S w 4 • Ji Ii « ■4 ..f: Senior Class Martha W ' l att. A.B Anderson, South Carolina cmal li. ' lii- EsllU ' i-iau iUterary Society: Atlu ' iiiaii Club. ' 28. ' lilt; Scifiii-f l. lub. tions Club. ' 2S. ■2:1. ' Su; Town Girl.s ' club, ■27, ' •2:]; Till. 20. ■:;(). FuH of fun and pep. ready to make soinebody happy, an enthusiastic mcinher of the Senior Class — that ' s Martha. Martha is always willing to take part in college activities, and we shall always remember her as playing a hig part in the Town Girls Minstrel. For four years .she has been a true and loyal member of our student body, and we wish for her the best of success. EvULVX Alice Ye.argix. A.B Anderson. Soutli Carolina Town Girls ' Club; Lanier Lilorary Society; Science Club. ' :iO: Athenian Club. ' 2fl. ■:;m. Evelyn is one of the inost conscientious girls in our class, and her Alma Mater is proud to claim her. She enjoys universal popularity because of her ready sympathy and unself- ishness. She is a modest, capable, sincere, idealistic, and a lovable girl. To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. 38

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SOKOKIAN,, 1930 1 pr| i i ARL ill September, nineteen huiuired t vcnt -si , the lartjest tieshnian class in the history of Anderson College embarked, in ;i dense fog, for an exciting vo age to the destination, Diploma. Little did we dream of the things that awaited us and still less did we dream that we would go do«ii in history as the last class to receive degrees from Anderson College. The fog lasted man ' weeks. For a time we coidd not e en find the tliird Hoor of the administration building, but always came to the balcony of the auditorivmi and had to turn and grope for another set of steps. Again and again, we walked into class rooms and sat down only to find that no one else was ha ing the same lessons we were so we had to get up and walk out again. But the fog finally cleared, became easier, for, as you know, it ' s always fair weather when good fellows get together. We found that we had a crew of good fellows and thus the many weary, many pleasant knots of our freshman year were passed, as we now realize, happily. As we sailed on the second part of our journey, we found that there were new- comers onto this sea of knowledge who knew even less than we had known. It looked to us now as if not the weather but they were foggy. But it seems that Sophomores become wise enough to see through fog. It was during this year that Miss Annie D. Denmark was made president of An- derson College to succeed Dr. John E. White. This was unique since she was the first woman to be president of such an institution in South Carolina. Then began our earnest drive for endowment for our college. We wanted, as we had never wanted anything, to see it succeed. ' hen we set sail as Jiuiiors, our crew had diminished so that we hardly knew our class. Many had foimd more interesting ships than ours. Some had embarked on what is often called the sea of matrimony, while others had foimd their lives ' works in other fields. We could only Jiope that they had chosen wisely. When we started on the last lap of our long, often rough, often seemingly use- le s, but withal wonderful journey our number had diminished to twenty-two, but we possessed the strength of great numbers under the leadership of Ruth Cathcart. It was just after Thanksgiving that the shock came. Anderson College had been made a junior college. For the second time it had gained a unique distinction. This would be the first junior college in South Carolina. We would be the last class to receive degrees from Anderson College and to our utter dismay the Sophomores, who always felt that they deserved the honor, ran about the halls calling themselves seniors. We disembark from our voyage far wiser and more learned tlian wlien we had started, but with the same dauntless spirit which had carried us through and which will carry us on into the world. The horizon looked bright as we moved away leaving Miss Denmark and to our . ' lma Mater this cheer, Sail on, and on, and on. Ruby HlXNICUTT, Class Historian. 40