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

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l covers pulled over them, and ready to feign a snore should Orion come to see if they had caused the disturbance. Bright stars! I Orion was really aroused and rushed into the hall brandishing his sword fbeing interpreted, the Hash lightl in his hand and was in hot and close pursuit. ' The Pleiades broke the tradition of the heavens and Hed in opposite directions. ji They chose wise courses with the exception of Electra. Fleet-footed Electra! The l one who had been dubbed Electra had taken the wrong course for once! Orion caught ' a glimpse of her and pursued with all his might. His gleaming sword and Electra's N wildly Hying hair, the hair that makes the comet in the constellation, was truly a pic- ture of the Pleiades in the heavens. Down the hall and up the stairs the runner and y the chaser went! The poor Pleiad must keep the tradition of never letting Qrion l catch her. When the Pleiades of old prayed for help in the mad chase, Jupiter helped them by turning them into pigeons and making them a constellation. Likewise, un- happy Electra wished that she were a pigeon, or anything except what she really was. At last she reached the door of her room and dashed in. She knew that Orion was still pursuing and now was her chance to play the mouse instead of the pigeon. She accordingly threw herself upon the Hoor and rolled under the bed as fast as she could. Electra was congratulating herself upon her escape and upon living true to the tradition of the Pleiades, when,-horror of all horrors! She heard Qrion at the door! He entered and, bending over, flashed a light under the bed with his gleaming sword. The tragedy of it was that she was not a mouse that she might scamper away. Now that Orion had caught her Electra remembered that tradition also said that she had turned away to keep from seeing the destruction of Troy. She wondered if the other Pleiades would turn pale at the sight, as the true Pleiades had at the down- fall of Troy, and if there was not an ill omen in the name of Pleiades. The names of Orion and the Pleiades seemed very fascinating in the flickering candle light at midnight. But in the broad daylight of the next day, called down before the faculty, the stern reality remained that Electra was only a college girl who in her reckless folly had been caught at a midnight feast. Jupiter had failed and had proven a false god to her as he had not been to the Pleiades of the heavens. Orion's i dog, Sirius, who is seen trailing behind him in the heavens and who helps him in his chase, set up a loud bow-wow at the faculty meeting, and before it was over Electra was condemned to restriction for a whole month. The Pleiades had really blanched at the sight and did not venture on another ' midnight escapade for about two weeks. Electra was there and, to fulHll her part ii or the tradition of the Pleiades, was generally invisible, because she was hidden in the ll closet for fear of another chase with Urion. She explained that, as Electra oH old had turned away to keep from seeing the destruction of Troy, she herself had turned away to keep from experiencing her own destruction. Since this quest the Pleiades have proven true to the tradition of Orion never catching them. They still Hy before him in the heavens and he pursues. Likewise, the modern Pleiades Hy before him in the corridors and he rides a vain quest. l hd., '20. I 4 l 7 Page Eighty-four

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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

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A Perfect Day The sun peeps up the das begins T e earth s cloth d with a rosy hue T e buds the1r songs begln to tflll The sks s a beaut1ful pale blue The dar Creeps on the breeze IS warm A scent of roses fills the air A mocking bard trxlls low sweet notes The sun smks low a ross glow Pervades the h1lls and mountalns hlgh The sllent moon looks softls down Good mght God s Blessing breezes slgh B - - j ' 3, h v v ' Q 7 : h . K . Q . . , .Y T i 1 I To fill the world with something rare. Q. I . .V V y KK - ' 7 ' Y! ' F. ., '23. Page Eighty-fwe