East Mississippi Community College - Lion Yearbook (Scooba, MS)

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to Houston. While in Dallas we saw Stanton Aust, a very wealthy cotton buyer. lie was the only member of our class that we saw while in Texas, and we saw only one during our next important stop. This was in New Orleans, when we accidently saw Red us Akers, who was, we knew, one of the leading cartoonists ' of the time. We spent three days in New Orleans, and then went on into Mississippi. The tour was almost at an end, for the final desti- nation was to be our own capital city of Jackson. When we finally reached this city and were leaving- the party for the last time, Sally Pearl suggested that we attend the teachers ' convention which was then meeting. This was to be he last day, and we thought per- haps we would see some of the members of our class tfhere. Our effort ' was not in vain, for during the day we saw Pansy Ldgih,t,, Irene Simmons, Mary Anne Bounds, Wanita Grain, Florence Odom, and Mildred Adams, who had all followed the scholarly profession. Pansy said that she was teaching Mathematics and coaching basket ball at a high school in Laurel. Irene and Wanita were both teach- ing in Natchez — Irene as Home Economics instructor, and Wanita as the head of the Education department. Mary Anne was the Physical Education director and basket ball coach at Meridian High School, while Florence was teaching elementary work at Cor- inth and Mildred at Hattiesburg. We enjoyed talking with these girls immensely. However, we soon had to leave, as Sally was taking the afternoon train back to Mobile. As I stood at the station and watched her train roll out of sight, memories of E. M. .J. C. came crowding back once more, and as I slowly walked away, I suddenly felt very happy and at peace with all the world. 23

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Freshman Class Officers President Clifton Land Vice-President . John L. Hollimon Secretary and Treasurer Ruth Boyd Reporter Dixie Sparkman 25