Davenport College - Galax Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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us if yon all had not studied it. Next time take this same lesson over and twenty-five pages in Advance, and if you do not know it. although von are the class of ' 1)7, yon will stay here till you do know it. Edith (catching her breath and blushing) : Well, .Miss P . I knew my lesson, 1ml the others talked so much I couldn ' t gel my answers in. Teacher ( ignoring her, and addressing Edna, who has risen to go) : Edna, please lie seated, this class is not dismissed yet. I Waiting till Edna takes her set I : Now, you are excused. I I will say here that they left in a more orderly manner than they came). Ritii ( ' lav wei. i. Kinsi:v.

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I.ina i promptly i : Edna Hayes, Mozelle Trollinger, Lou Boggs, Edith A rev. Cora Blaip, Gertrude Honey - entt. Zoe Porter, Marie Allison, Lillian Bryson, Minnie Downuni, Annie Shearer, Flora Rutledge, anil — er — inc. Teacher: Thai was very good. Minnie, will you tell me something of their Vice-President — lair no, we are dwelling too long on these minor questions anil our time is short. Annie, you haven ' t had a question to. lay. so will you start at the first of their government and tell nie all you ran? Annie (glibly) : In September, liitiT. the class met with the approval of the Governor General, to draw up a constitution. They were the tirst rlass that had hail this greal honor conferred on them, so it was with fear and trembling that the affairs of this tirst meeting were discussed. But Teacher: You are going too fast there. Give some reasons why this class was thus favored. i ' horns: Because they were Teacher: One at a time, please. Annie, it is your question. Annie: Because, as irls in the lower classes, they had conducted themselves with such dignity and good sense, that the Governor General, being a just man. saw that they deserved some privileges. What those privi- leges are they were bound not to tell, but such as they are. they have been well kept, and on the proper condi- tions w ill lie handed down to next year ' s class, as a great favor to them, nut to the class of ' 1)7. And — - Teacher: Km wail there. Say that again, and say it slow. Ir is important, and I want all the class to gel it. Stop there. Lizzie, where are you coming from? Lizzie : From music. Teacher: Well you make me out a schedule of voir weak ami hand it to me when that hell riniis at :i p. m. [Enter tin workmen irho arc putting in strum hint, unit begin preparations fur their work). Teacher (to Mozelle, who is giving rapt attention to the workmen i : Mozelle, if those men need your aid. thev will call for you. Until then, please let me have your attention. Can you give me an outline id ' today ' s lesson? Mozelle. still looking at the workmen, shakes her head. Teacher: Please do not shake your head iii answer to any question I might ask. If you don ' t know, say so. But Annie. I interrupted you : you may go on now. I!nt there is that hell. This lesson sounded very much

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Prophecy of Senior Class I IS AM called upon to perform a most difficult task, to pierce the veil hiding the visible from the in- visible, the seen from the unseen, and to open a book thai Omnipotence itself has decreed shall forever remain sealed. Prophecy by inspiration ceased many, many years ago, and since then man has had to read the future by the past, and ' lis often true that the prophecy of today is the history of tomorrow. For four years I have mingled with my classmates in the classic shades of old Dav- enport, and the joys not unmixed with sorrows have been shared each with the oilier, until a bond of union unites our conn interests. Il is such a sharing of sunshine ami shadow, of laughter and tears, that emboldens me to prophesy the things that the golden future years have in store for each of my comrades who leave their nlum mater for the great wide world. My earnest hope and prayer is thai no unfriendly fate may deal unkindly with my class mates, hut that a fair and friendly breeze may waft their home-leaving barks to the haven where Ihev would be. As I lift the veil of the future, and gaze into thai realm where neither space nor time are reckoned, but where the present, past, ami future mingle to shape the destinies of my classmates, the first form which floats before my vision is that of our [ ' resident, Edna Hayes. She has led the political life which we supposed, and is now classed among America ' s leading politicians, for a new Declaration of independence, drawn up by her, has just been adopted. Next I.oti BoggS comes before ns. We see her as an enthusiastic stump-speaker, with the subject, ••How- to Grow Tall as a specialty. Frequently she brings in helpful notes from Bryson. This form is followed by that of Gertrude Honeycutt. She has taken Franklin ' s place on the editor ' s stall ' of The Saturday Evening Post, and has improved it vt- - much. The main proof of this is its greatly increased circulation. We learn of Lillian Bryson from all sides, for her latest invention, which is called Tongue ' s Ease, pos- sesses remarkable medicinal qualities. It guarantees incessant talking, unaccompanied by fatigue. [Tnder the managemenl of Ruth Kinsey, the world-famous Loafers ' Corporation has undergone great changes for the better. Many new members have been enrolled anil a set of excellent new rules has been insti- tuted.