Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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SEC. I. Lecture XIII C Wifh Apology fo Psychology Nofe Book.D The Senior Girl. DEFINITIONS. L Difficulfy. A logical definition is almost impos- sible, because it is difficult to determine the proximate genus and specific difference. IL Importance. Necessary for appreciation. IIL General Definifion, The Senior Girl is an erudite Cspec. dif.j scholar Cprox. gen.j I IV. Specific Definifions. 1. The Senior Girl is that peculiar modiication of the species which tends toward the elevation of society. 2. A being cognizant of her own importance. 3. The theater of the most important mental phe- nomena. 4. The consummate flower of four years' growth. 5. A being suffused with the awareness of herself and a voluminous feeling of space occupancy. V. inferences from fhese Definifions. 1. She is not knowledge. She is merely a receptacle for knowledge. 2. She is not emotion. 3. She is not sentiment. 4. She is essentially and always a psychic affair. 16

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Senior Class. Whife and' Green. Class Officers: LUELLA TERESSA DYE . . . . P2'esz'de7L! CLARA ANNE DAVIES . Vice .P7'65Z'd,67Zf FRANCES ADKINS . . Se67'e!a1jf mm' 1'fZ'SZl0l'Z.6l7Z JANE WIDNEX' BROTHERTON . . Y?'m.vm'er Class Members, ADKINS, FRANCES. . . . I . Granville, O. Study to be Quiet. ALLEN, CARRIE BURNSIDE .... Newark, O. I-Iunlph I She is too pretentious, Her mien is too haughty. BARCHET, HARRIET LUCY .... Kinwah, China. If she Won't, she Wont and there's an end on't. BROTHERTON, JANE WIDNEV .... Delphos, O. I a1n resolved to look young till fortyf, BRUMBACK, GRACE DE MARV . . . Mt. Vernon, Mo. They shall Work for an age at a sitting, and never be tired at all. DAVIES, CLARA ANNE ..... Newark, O. Conlidence is a plant of slow growth. ., DOWNEY, MARY ELIZABETH . . . Belle Valley, O. Good folks are scarce.-Tak' care o' me. DYE, LUELLA TERESSA . . . Raven Rock, W. Va. Why should I blush to own I love. SWING, ALICE ROSANNAH .l . . . Granville, O. Birds can Hy, Why can't I? 15

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SEC. II. CHARACTERISTICS. SEC. III. SEC. I. Physiological. 1. In general, nervous system much impaired. 2, Brain. Neural pathways numerous and deep. Heart. As the excitations increase, the commo tions decrease in a direct ratio. II. Menfal. -1. Incapability of QreceivingD prolonged attention. 2. Omniscience in the realm of reality. 3. Nescience in the realm of contingency. IIL Moral. 1. Subjection to the Higher Powers. 2. Obedience to the categorical, ethical imperative. 3. Guided by the Ultimate Rule of Right. DUTIES. I. Chaperoning. II. Serving on Social Committeef' III. IV. Duty of Example. Duty of Precept. V. Duty of Work. IV. RIGHTS. I. Senior Table. II. Senior Parlor. III. Senior Hospital. IV. Personal Liberty. V. Right to Maintain Rights. 17V