Columbia College - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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xi LIFE AT THE COLONIA Life in the Colovzia this past year was changerl entirel-v, tor bv a eomplex process, requiring a great cleal of ingenuity and skilltul maneuvering. it was transformed from a tourist hotel into a moclern college. The lobby has servecl, incleerl, as a waiting room, l'or it has always been crowtleil with girls, Waiting for mail call, the expressman, l'or classes ancl tor callers. as it has been our reception hall, parlor, reacling room ancl post-otlice all eombinecl. 'l'he pool room has eehoecl to the patient, genial voice ol' llr. Pugh explaining mathe- matical complications or giving the results ol' astronomical observations. 'llhe Walls ot the private clining rooms ancl various tinnv closets have been weariecl with the diligent practice ol' piano pupils or rackecl with the trilling ol' voice stuclents. The ever-usefl, much-abuseil sun parlor has been our chapel, a stuilio anal societ-v hall. Here quality was prerlominant. We hail rocking chairs anml arm chairs. that. according to report, cost til'teen slollars apiece. Hut thelv were. oh. so I'ew! So, since the roll was eallecl there have been so many girls present that some ol' ns have been obligecl to imitate the Japanese. 'l'here have been other inconveniences. Our beloverl 'liuflge parties ancl chafing clish suppers have hail to be given up. I'or it woulcl never clo to allow the sanctity ol' the l'olo1n'u rooms anml the expensive U0l07L'lill,',S furniture to he contaminatecl bnv the oilor ol' cooking. Then, the narrow halls linecl with trunks, renilerecl flress parailes impossible. 'llhat has been a great grievance. But it has been almost as entertaining to let the eats, with clust-pans attachecl. mlescenfl Slltltlt'lll-Y l'rom the lourth tloor. 'l'his. also, makes ouite enough noise to satisliv the most exacting. Lite here, though, has hacl its compensations. l or,one thing we have hail a ghost. whereas bel'ore we have lackecl one. Hut here a nun in trailing robes has ottien been seen sitting pensivelv on the stairs or wanmleiing through the halls. Un being pursuecl, she woulcl, vertv properltv. vanish muvsteiiouslv. liesicles, we have haml an elevator-to look at. One obtaineil much comI'ort bv glancing at it as she truclgeml wearillv to the fourth tloor. Q On the whole. we have nleriveml much benelit anml learneil manrv valuable lessons at the tillflllllill. For one thing. our ingenuitlv has been exerciseil in converting the mlining room into an auclitoiium. anil blv having to bring in the chairs anfl carrv out the tables. we have been taught to be industrious. 'l'hus. we have learnecl to be careI'ul bv hanilling at the table the clelicate lragile tltlllllllill ware. Most im- portant ol' all. though. has been the enrichment ol' our vocabularlv bv the learning ol' expressive worils to sa-v. when. on a rainwv tl2l.Y. rubbers slippeil otf. or umbrellas mleciileil to view lil'e l'rom a ilillerenti siile. as we have gone across to the Yan Metre house or arounil to the annex to report to classes. xoinix nixvis, 'l1. S7

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Mx' eves were wet with tears, and tl. was not ashamed for this man of sorrow to see them as I pressed the hand in mind. He smiled his gratitude. f'For days I was mad. I wandered everywhere over the mountains. The wildest places were my haunts. There was something in a jagged cliff and a dashing cataract that soothed my heart, and it was after I had lain for a day and night among the rocks, the roar of water in my ears, that I fully recovered posses- sion ol' my senses. With my mind came unutterable anguish of soul.. A full realization of my deed swept over me. It had been oliss to be mad. If mental torture could atone for guilt, my sins would have been wiped away a thousand times each day. It was almost unbearable. In my conviction of guilt, I almost feared to blaspheme bv prayer. One day, unable to endure more, I fell prostrate here and prayed as I had never prayed before. How long I lay I do not know, but a great peace Hooded my soul, and for the first time in months I could call God, Fzzllnfrf' I-Ie paused, looking toward the cross, his eyes deep and calm. In my gratitude I determined to build a chapel on the spot where my crime was committed gg that cross marks the place where Leois life blood stained the earthg I built it, and with that window I dedicated'it to my only friend. I have tried to fill the place made vacant by my hands, in carrying on the service he had begun. On Easter, Leo Mann died, on the next Easter the first service was held in this chapel, and now Easter always brings memories more dreadful still, but for love of a n1ercil'ul Father, I feel I-Iis presence always, and my whole heart is in my work. My people love me and my God loves me, oh, so tenderly. The deep, quiet, voice ceased. A holy calm pervaded the whole place-a ten- derness which might have been shed abroad by the spirit of Leo Mann and the angel, Louise. A shaft of sunlight, strayed in and flickering at the top ofthe cross, fell like a flood of glory upon the peaceful face of the man kneeling humbly before it. I MARY PEELE, '11, ,ixxzfxll f V7 J f :Z ig : . it f.as1 2-Eg or 2-Lf 'gs 'tt -2525 'X 1: - E1-L35 S4

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