East Carolina University - Buccaneer Tecoan Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Women Carol rid- her -no haunting fear frets the passing hour. The smile of pride is on her countenance. The sweet- ness of victory is in her voice. She is wise, for the experience of the ages is hers. Supreme confidence is given only to those who know and know that they know. ; i- 4 She has no quarrel to make with the world — it is hers to serve and enjoy. She loves and is loved in return. She is beautiful, for she represents life at its highest peak of service. She works, she thinks, she sees, she sings, she dreams. i The next generation is hers. It will grow to her stature, for she it is who will nurse it; it will know what she knows, for she it is who will teach it; it will be what she is, for she it is who will lead it. I hail her, Queen of the State. £ I s

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Arms and the man I do not sing. But of her I who stood by at the founding of a State — a State brought forth in poverty and nurtured in adver- In war she sacrificed, in peace she endured and looked forward to a better day for her children. Of the women of North Carolina I sing — the fairest among the fair, the bravest among the brave! i- i- She has justified her emancipation; she has taken charge of herself. She has un- loosed the fetters of tradition and given the State a new type of mastery. Not the mastery of might; but the mastery of con- science, justice, sympathy, and a new set of spiritual values. Where man is most civilized, there woman is most su- preme. i i She loves, she mothers, she nurses, she teaches, she goes into business, she makes herself at home in the pro- fessions. The pores of her mind she has opened up. : $ For wt M

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