Davenport College - Galax Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, Which seek through the world is ne ' er met with elsewhere, Home, home, sweet, sweet home, Be it ever so humble, there ' s no place like home. (Tune: Blue Bell) Goodbye old Davenport! Soon we must leave, But memories dear of thee To us will cleave — When ' mid life ' s battles Our hearts grow sad, We will think of old Davenport And be glad.

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Senior Class Song (Medley) (Tune: Dixie) 0, the time is coming when we ' re going to leave, Get to work and roll up your sleeves, Exams! Exams! Are coming our way. In Davenport College where we ' ve been taught. Where teachers have scratched and pupils have fought, ' Tis here, ' tis here, We ' ll stand our exams. And when they all are over We ' ll get, we ' ll get Diplomas white, which means we ' re bright. Have studied hard and burned a light At night, at night Against Miss Parker ' s orders. (Tune: Old Time Religion.) They ' re the everlasting orders, the everlasting orders, They ' re the everlasting orders, and we hear them every day. Miss Parker always gives them, Miss Parker always gives them, Miss Parker always gives them — Here ' s what we hear her say: Don ' t burn a light at night girls, Don ' t talk loud on the hall way, Don ' t stray down toward the kitchen, Either night or day They ' re the everlasting orders, the everlasting orders, They ' re the everlasting orders, we hear them every day. (Tune: Yankee Doodle) The Senoir ' s went to town one day Looking fine and dandy, They met some boys upon the street Who offered them some candy. Dr. Weaver passing by, Thought the scene was tragic — When he spoke, the company broke, And disappeared like magic. ' (Home, Sweet Home) ' Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there ' s no place like home.

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Will and Testament of Senior Class We the Class of 1910 of Davenport College, feeling that we have almost completed our work at this school, and de- siring that our memory should remain fresh in the hearts of our teachers and school mates, do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament, as follows: First, we desire that the trustees of this institution will erect to our memory, a new building, to be situated on the east side of the present structure, and be ready for use by the first day of September, 1910. And as to the disposal of our college possessions, we will and bequeath them as follows: Item 1. To the Junior Class we will and bequeath our dignity and the numerous privileges we have enjoyed during the past year, hoping that they may not grow stoop-shuldered from bearing the burden of so many said priviliges. Item 2. To Dr. Weaver we gratefully bequeath all our will power, to be distributed among the girls of next year, who may chance to have La Grippe. Item 3. To Messrs. Durham and Craven we will and be- queath the privilege of mutually sharing the Superintedency of Davenport Sunday school. Item 4. To the Latin students we bequeath all our ponies, on condition that Miss Parker never finds it out, and hope that they may still be of service, though they have grown lame from over-work. Item 5. To Mr. Durham we will pen, ink, paper, enve- lope and stamps, for the purpose of writing to Mr. Went- worth, concerning certain mistakes in Analytics and Geom- etry. Item 6. To the Sophomores, we bequeath the sincere wish that they may entertain the Seniors of 1911 as well as that class, while Juniors entertained us. Item 7. To Prof. Mountford we will and bequeath a Harmony Class, that cawn ' t ever be sick. Item 8. To Gus we will and bequeath Stracted ' s slip- pers, for his wife Liza, with the hearty wish that she will wear them as long as Stracted has. Item 9. To each member of the board of trustees, we will and bequeath a magnifying glass, so that they may