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

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l Spring The happy spring at last has come, The How'rs were dormant lying, The bees have just begun to hum, The wind has ceas'd its sighing. No snowbirds Hit from bough to bough O'er meadows brown and sereg But happy robins calling now, Sayl Spring at last is here. Beneath the skies so bright and blue The earth buds forth in splendor, And gently beck'ning Calls to you- All nature grows more tender. No care the happy maidens know, They pluck the How'rs of spring, YVhile lightly skipping to and fro, They hear the song-birds sing. The farm boy turns the fertile soil And plants the golden grain, Green tendrils smile amid his toil XVhile waiting sun and rain. For he is bright as floW'rs of lVIay Ne'er in his path meets sorrow, 'Tis he the whole world seeks today, The leader of tomorrow. The God of Nature reigns serene O'er lands of love and peace, No strife to mar the raptured scene Of happiness and ease. P. D., '20 Page Eighty-tfwo

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A Quest of the Pleiades F the lights had been brighter in the room, as they were not, for good reasons we shall presently learn, we could have seen a very familiar sight to most 4- college girls. There was a burning chafing dish on the table, one girl was dicing bananas for salad, another making mayonnaise, and in fact all things s. ,- were in preparation for a midnight feast. The scene was a happy though if ii' rather quiet one, for of course they must not arouse the sleeping duty teacher and get caught with the tragic result of restriction. The remainder of the seven, for there were only seven, who were not engaged in the preparation of the feast were sitting in and around the windows conversing with each other in subdued tones. e, co fs fl. 3 I TV' . 'll NI! th fi i I The group presently turned its attention to the starry heavens. The Pleiades was the first constellation they noticed because their club had been named for it, since there were seven girls in the club and seven stars in the constellation. They followed up with Orion, and a tone of merriment filled the air as they gleefully reminded each other of the fancy they had woven around this constellation. Urion signified to them. any faculty member who might be on duty at a time of one of their festivities: for did not Orion seem to be chasing the Pleiades in the heavens? And in truth he was if we are to accept the old legend of his being enamored of them and giving pursuit. YVhy was Orion not an appropriate name for any one who might try to chase the Pleiades in any of their frolics? Each one of these girls had grown passionately fond of watching these two constellations and applying its legends to their own club, and saying: lXIany a night from yonder ivied casement ere I went to rest, Did I look on great Orion, sloping slowly to the west. Klany a night l saw the Pleiades, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. The Pleiades had chosen their names from the names of the stars in their constel- lation. The one deemed the fairest was called Maia, for is this not true in the myth? The others had chosen their names from the remaining stars, as they pleased, except that the name Electra was given to the one who was the swiftest in getting out of sight when they heard Orion coming. At length the hot chocolate was ready and everything was served. The already dim candle was blown out since there was really no need for it at this time. The whole group now gathered around the window and talked of any subject that presented itself,-their lessons, lovers, or what not, and very often of Orion when there was the slightest noise in the corridor. Bly chocolate isn't sweet enough, said Taygete, the third of the Pleiades. Please don't light the candle to get any sugar to sweeten it, answered Alcyoni, for Orion will surely see it. I can get it for you without a light, chimed in Celaeno, and she accordingly rose and went towards the table to get it. Then all of a sudden: Clatter, clatter, clatterl Rattle, rattle, bang! VVould it never stop rolling! She had knocked the lid off the table and made a horrible racket. O, run for your lives! VVe are surely caught, cried Sterope and llerope. In less time than it takes to tell it, five of the Pleiades were out of the door, on their Way home, and the other two were in bed-shoes, kimona and all-with the Page Ezghty three