Bacone College - Warrior Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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SEQUOYA H LITERARY SOCIETY

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illitvrarg Sfnrivtira SACAJAXVEA lil'l'E RARY SCC TIET Y. Colors: Black and Gold. ' The Sacajawea Literary Society was founded by the girls of Bacone College in Septembe1', 1912. The con- stitution provides for the following officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Pianist, and two factotums' As the Sequoyah is a separate Society and distinct from the Sacajawea, joint meetings are held on the third Saturday evening' of each month in the Chapel of Rock- efeller Hall. Some of the programs this year have been especially good. Entertaining as well as instructive. It has been tl1e aim of the committee in charge to make the programs as instructive as possible and have each girl feel her own individual responsibility in making our Society better than ever before-even better than the Sequoyah. lVell may our Society be proud of tl1e fact that this year our persuasive debaters succeeded in carrying' off the victory and winning' the Saeajawea-Sequoyah Debate. Another thing' we are proud of, and well may be, is our new hall. It alone should be an inspiration to the girls to do better work. idle hope that each year those who come to fill the places left vacant by those who have gone out, may profit by the efforts and mistakes of those who have gone be- fore, and make the Saeajawea Literary Society a living monument to the brave Indian maiden, whose name it bears. Minonnn E. BECKWITH, '15. ' SE QUOYA lol LITERARY SOCIETY. Colors: Blue and White. For two years the name Sequoyah has been an incen- tive to the boys of Rockefeller Hall and an enthusiastic spirit arises when the honored name appears.

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THE BACONE CHIEF U The work of the Society was not of such a redeeming quality in the autumn as to keep away the desire for im- provement. The boys did not realize the benefit of a good society so the progress was retarded for a short period. As the year progressed many problems appeared. The hope of supplying the debating team in the Cheeo-' tah-Bacone debate was realized to a certain extent. Two of our debaters made tl1e all school team. During the year we had disappointments. The first was to suiter defeat at the hands of the girls in the an- nual Sequoyah-Sacajawea debate. Next it was said that tl1e girls held to a higher standard of work than did the boys. These humiliating defeats aroused all to a de- termination to do better work. The boys who were slow to work came forward Zlllfl helped retrieve the misfortunes and put their shoulder to the wheel. They then saw the value of the Society. The evenings were changed from dull, sleepy talks and stammerings to pleasing and profit-Q able hours of united efforts to elevate the Society's work. Boys of varied talents were discovered. Musicians, orators and student critics are to be had at the asking. Much has been accomplished, yet some are wishing for harder tasks to perform. The co-operation of the teachers has been appreciated by every member. Only through their help have we reached a firm working basis and only through their influence have many been induced to do creditable work. A higher standard has been reached this year, after months of hard work. But tl1e1'e is always a feeling that we could have done better. Wve are hoping for a better and more self-reliant member- ship for the coming year and surely a trail of good work will follow in the wake. ORATORTCAL CLUB. OFFICERS I President, VVilliam A. Robertson. Vice-President, Paul Philpin. Secretary, Augustus Chouteau. Treasurer, Floyd R. Phelps. Sergeant at Arms, John L. Murphy. This year some of the boys of Bacone, who are known 5. i