Davenport College - Galax Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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Eva D. Goforth Secretary feiiry Tiiiirod Society, rgoj Epic Poet. Class of IC oj Edith Alexander Vice-FresiJent Class tgos

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Kati- Wagg I ' rt-siilcnl (1 ■ ' Golden Links Soiicly, lgoj-04 Chief of l- ' ire DeftarliiienI . iqoj-o I ' residenI Henry T,m,,„ S,nie y, IQ04 President of Tennis C ii ; goi 1 1 inner of Eloeution MefaK Connneneenient lg04 Margaret E. Umberger President Golden Links Soeietv. go o President of Glee Club President or y II : C. A. Secretary Henry Tinirod Society

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A Review of Senior Class Historij T has been to me a pleasant dut)- to review the four vokinies of the past II I ' istory of the Senior Class. Each contains three hundred and sixty-five - ' . pages, beautifnlly bound in stiff Meniorio, with titles clearly printed in green reminiscences. Hut we have space to mention only the most interesting chapters. The first volume contains our history in that green age known in college terms as h reshmen. In that epoch the pleasant study of Latin began, and the girls say that it has been a constant source of pleasure to them ever since. They were especially interested in Case relations, and we feel sure that these were the ones given in Collar and Daniell. .Mgcbra and Physiology also formed stum- bling-blocks over which tlie - fell and then in their distress cried for home and mother. Piib Xcwland and Eva ( ioforth. both from Lenoir, spent this period at our dear old Alma Mater, and the volume relates many (jf their attempts to cope with the wise Sophomores, and in consequence making many blunders. I find in the next volume that Kate Wagg, of Marion, enters the Class. Now these tliree assume the wisdom of Socrates and move around with stately tread, announcing a Class-meeting of the Sophomores for the purpose of agitating the question of the Panama Canal. But I read of their truly growing in wisdom, and by solving the knotty problems which tlie ' encoun tered in their work, thev prepared themselves to wear the mantle of Junior dignity. Of this the third volume tells us. Thev were not alon this year, for Edith Alexander, from Asheville, Mary McGowan. from Elm City, and a little later in the year Margaret Umberger, from Mt. LHla, came to partake of the bitter- sweets of school life at Davenport. There are some very interesting chapters telling how they accomplished some great things, gaining a renown for themselves, for they had the reputation of being very industrious and ' a joy to teach. One chapter told how the Seniors feasted themselves at a banquet, their trip to the mountains, and many other gala days which are always liailed with nmeh pleasure in a schoolgirl ' s life. In another we saw where these sedate Juniors were presiding over the Golden Links and literary societies, and helping to manage the affairs of the Y. W. C. A. They loved their college, an l at commencement separated with the determination to return and by doing faithful work prepare themselves to solve the greater prob- lems which would come into their lives, i; 17