Central High School - Snips and Cuts Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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JUNIOR A CLASS

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Tunica' H Claes Miss Leta Louise Burkhead Miss Mary L. Sheppard Mary Butt Virginia P. Davidson Norma G. Holobaugh Johnsie M. Jamison Lillie May J etton Louise H. Lineberger Mabel Elizabeth Link Elizabeth Long Margaret Mannerin g Emma Eliae Moon Janie Young Orders Mary Olivia Pruette Wilhelmina Rock Mary Dunn Ross Marguerite Spillman Willie Anderson Todd Mildred Sylvia Wilcox Alma Willmann Margaret Louise Young Aubrey McCoy Elliott Jake Reid Hastings Albert Ray Howland Tracy Walsh Huntley Herschel V. Johnson Billy Kincaid Geo. Washington Long Carl McClelland S. White Rhyne John Wilkes

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Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth of Gngland O contrast the lives of two such women as Mary p U and Elizabeth there are of course many things to be considered. First, we should notice the envi- ronment of their childhood, the atmosphere in which they grew, their surroundings from babyhood to womanhood. Mary's childhood was spent at the French Court under the tutelage of the queen of France, whose main instru- ment of policy was the corruption of her children. This was for many years her home and here she imbibed a love for the beautiful in life rather than a knowledge of the serious which she so much needed in later years. Here there was no mother or sister to advise and admonish, to do and say the hundred little things that count for so much in the moulding of every girl's character. Her early engagement and marriage when only a child, to further the interest of Scotland, her later marriage and disap- pointments have a telling effect on her life. From all this Elizabeth was free. All her life she was self-reliant and independent. The earlier part of her life was spent at the castle of Hatfield with her sister Mary, who although a bigoted Catholic, failed to influence her younger sister, and as queen of England we see Elizabeth favoring either Catholics or Protestants as the occasion demands. She was a shrewd politician, knew whom to trust and how far to trust them. The one re- deeming feature of her character was her love for Eng- land. This was her all-absorbing thought. However vain, however selfish, however much she loved Elizabeth, she still loved England more. On the other hand, Mary's interests were all self- centered. She cared little for Scotland and nothing at all for England. Her purpose in life was to humiliate her rival, and to win honors for herself and her son. This child was her idol. Her own disappointments and sor- 28