Due West Female College - Arrow Yearbook (Due West, SC)

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Senior Class l-listory HE CLASS OF 1920 pauses on the mountain top of graduation to look back over the pathway that it has blazed up the hill side of college educa- I tion. Naturally there are some regrets as we come to this day of retro- 'fgggfsl spection. There are sighs for opportunities missed, for bad records left be- dl lx hind, for demerits received: but there is a feeling of satisfaction also as we think over the paSt days. This has been a happy and worth while period of our lives. Of the twenty-three who stand together today prior to making their impress on the world that lies beyond, sixteen have trod the four years together. Ruth Boggs. Rose Burns, Sudie Nlilford, Lila Bonner, Virginia Galloway, Grace Donnald, Ruth Pratt, Nfargarete Dallas, Lilla Templeton, Sara Patrick, lvy Boyd, Elizabeth Tribble, Elizabeth Cathcart, Lillian Singleton and Virginia Reid started at the first mile post together. There were others with us in those early days, but as we climbed higher and higher many found the paths of education not to their liking. Some de- serted us to try the path of business life, some the school teachers sphere, and not a few left us for the primrose path of matrimony. But our depleted ranks have been filled time and again by others who have brought praise to our name. Grace Shef- Held, Pearl Dale, Laura Hill, Bessie Potts, Nlary Belle Hood, VVilmot VVhitesides, Laura Jane lllullen and llartha Pressly have joined us as we drew nearer to the top of the hill. The Class of 1920 leaves a composite photograph impressed on the mind of the President and each member of the Faculty of the VVoman's College. There will be times of course when our friends and instructors will think of the individual mem- bers of this class. Bflore often, however, they will recall the photograph that the class as a whole has left behind. Let me hold one such picture before your eyes and point out to ou the deeds and achievements that have put certain marks of character on the face of our class. As we scrutinize this picture we see that there are lines in the face that indicate strong intellect. There have been few girls in the class of 1920 who have failed to take a strong and active interest in the Academic work. During our Freshman year in college our average record was good. Never can we forget our heroic struggles with English nor the pride with which we received the plauded 'fVVell done when we had finished our themes that completed our Freshman English course. Each suc- ceeding year has brought its tasks in our literary work and each task has been met and conquered. The Nlathematics, French and Sciences have seemed at times insur- mountable obstacles, but all of those difiiculties have been overcome. Une of the crowning feats of our literary career was the editing, as Seniors, of the first annual from the VVoman's College. Nearly all of us have contributed to this, our brain child. Sometimes in the future, if present indications prove true, we may have a real writer from the Class of '20, for even now we have one, whose pen has aston- ished teacher and pupil. Page Forty foe

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i 2 I I 1 I IVY LOUISE BOYD, Mus.. A. B. Fountain' Inn. S. C. Entered College in 1916. l I had raiher losw -'wllat I ran't have, than to lzafve 'what I razft Iowa. The spring had come, the Howers in bloom and the birds sang out their lav. when this fair specimen of woman-hood graced the world X by her presence and brightened the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Z. Bovd. Possessing the great desire to drink deeplv of natures cup, she came to VVoman's College fourzvears ago. During this time she has made a host of friends both old and Young She has been a wide awake member of the Societv of her choice. Being especiallv noted for her voice she has conseuuentlv rendered much appreci- ated service to Amelia and the Y. XV. C, A. Last year she received the B. Mus. degree. al- so the McBride voice medal. She has been an all-round college girl and no matter where the path of life leads. we know Ivv will do something worth while. Treasurer of Freshman Class '16-'17, Chairman Music Com. Y. XV. C. A. '17-'lS. 3 President Glee Club '18-'l9. l Pres. Amelian Literarv Societv '18-'19. l DORA ELIZABETH PRESSLY Trov. Tenn. i Entered College in 1917. l 1 So lllillu' ix .riff and fair of fare. Bollz xlmrl and tall and .fuflz ll fuse. 1 Her sunnv disposition, wit. and musical abil- ity have won for Press an enviable place in the hearts of all YV. C. girls. A generous fun-loving nature, an ever-readv desire to l help at all times, and an inexhaustible supplv of musical talent have made her a friend to all types of girls. Those of us who know her best, predict for her a successful and happv 1 future, wherever she mav be and whatever l she may do. 1 1 Diploma in Musical Efficiencv. 3 Member of Amelian Literarv Societv. 1 Member of Y. VV. C. A. ! l President of Gleel Club 'I8. Secretary-Treasurer of Glee Club '2O. l l lil ii ' Vice-President of Amelian Literary' Societv '1S. Secretary of Amelian Literarv Societv 'Z0. ,,. Page Forty-four

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I, l Again we see evidences in the picture of our physical strength. It is largely basket ball practice that has put these markings there. During the year 1916-17 the Freshmen went out in large numbers to the basketball court. Excitement was high when, at the close of that Thanksgiving Day, after a battle with the Junior-Senior team and then with the Sophomores, the Freshmen held the loving cup. Again in the fall of 1917 ours was the winning team. When 1918 came around the black and gold still carried the day. Naturally the Seniors of '20 hoped to complete its basket ball career by taking the loving cup for the fourth and last year. But our team met its VVaterloo on Thanksgiving Day of 1919 and the cup went to our very worthy opponents, the Junior Team. But what are the feats that have marked 'lartistic temperament on our picture. First there is musical talent in our class-in fact we might call ourselves a 'Kmusical family. There are vocalists, pianists and at one time we even claimed a violinist among our number. No musicals have been given when we did not have some capable representatives from our class. Three of the present Senior class have taken musical degrees, two have received the McBride voice medal and two have had charge of the music of the Y. W, C. A. Then we have an artist in our class. She has taken an active part in this branch of work and one year she received a scholarship in art. Then the class may boast of no little dramatic ability. In the spring of 1918 we. Sopho- mores at that time, staged a play, Abbu San of Old Japan, which was pronounced far and near a splendid success. We used the proceeds of this performance to beautify the campus by the erection of the rose arbor which proudly holds the fort near the entrance of the campus. ln the scenes from Shakespeare in the Castalian cele- bration and the Indian pageant of the Amelian celebration, many of our girls took part. During the Junior year We had a credible representation in the Patriot pro- gram which the Amelians presented, and the Tennyson pageants staged by the Cas- talians. Nor will the record be broken in our Senior year. The two societies are calling again this year for our girls to assist in the dramatics. While we see no signs up to this time of a Sara Bernhardt among our classmates, we have no doubts that there will he some lesser lights from among our number. The last marked characteristic of our composite photograph is that it is a face which is concerned not only about material things but has a vision of something higher. The four ofhcers of the Y. YV. C. A. for the year 1918-'19 were members of the Class of '20. The same thing occurred this year. And we are proud to say that we have two student volunteers who go out from the VVoman's College this year with us. The picture of our class that we leave with the VVoman's College is one that will never die. Long after the exact events of our college career have faded into the past, the noble and good that we have learned within its walls will be living and growing in the lives of those whom we meet. VIRGINIA REID, '20. Page F01 ty-six