Emory and Henry College - Sphinx Yearbook (Emory, VA)

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 L. E. WILLIAMS Calliopean East Stone Gap, Virginia Varsity Baseball, ’20, ’21, ’22, ’24; Student Council, ’21; Civics Club, ’21, ’22, ’24; Booster Club, ’21, ’22, '24; Monogram Club; Secretary Calliopean Society, ’21, Treasurer, ’22; President, ’23; Secretary Y. M. C. A., ’22; Business Manager White Topper, ’24; German Club; Class Basket-ball, ’21, ’24; Wise County Club; Intercollegiate Debate, ’24. Although of small statue, “Rabbit has climbed high in collegiate attainments. On the diamond he is noted for speed, and in the class-room he is a steady, conscientious worker. He has also served Calliope in the capacity of President. After an absence of one year he returned to take up the many honors awaiting him. and the class of '24 was fortunate in adding him to its number. 6.3

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Wiklc is a quiet and studious type of a college man. He has never sought after the applause and worhsip of the multitude, but is satisfied with the feeling that he does his best in whatever he may undertake. His specialty has been in religious and literary work. He has found time to do some preaching occasionally in nearby towns, and Holston may well look forward to the day when a bishop’s robes shall grace his capable shoulders. 62

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 fje Senior Class History When the rolls were called four years ago, all signs of militarism had dis- appeared from the campus, except a few tan shirts, and hob-nail shoes worn by a few upper-classmen, who had either seen the smoke of quivering guns at the front, in the camps, or in the S. A. and R. O. T. C. brigades. A few of us Freshmen had seen some of those things when we visited the college as “preps” from East Hall the year before. Under three presidents! Well, yes, both here and at the White House in the Capitol city. In the political world we remember how the war was terminated by the first, naval disarmament was begun by the second, and the Tea Pot un- covered by the third. In the collegiate world, under the first, we saw a great educator enter the ranks of the pastorate, and a college campus become quiet after the last call of the bugle—three months before our arrival. Under the second, a great Education Financial Campaign was successfully launched, and bishop timber returned to the ranks of the pastorate. Under the third, the Co-Education Legislation of the previous June became a reality. A native of our “eternal Holston hills,” a man who had risen quick and high in educational efficiency, a man who wandered o’er toward the sea for his education (which is the only handicap he has—but, out Alma Mater did not ask him as a high school ‘graduate to come within her halls!) and a man of sterling Christian character, returned to he near his native “Wise” County, and took the presidency of Emory and Henry College. Permit us to voice the sentiment about the new day which we believe cometh with new splendor. As we write these lines the winds of the winter are howling like they did at Elsinore, the ancient capitol of Denmark; and listen, fellow-class- mates, do you not hear the words of Horatio?— “But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o’er the dew of yon high eastern hill.” That dawn is of the Greater Emory and Henry, about which all students in the past have dreamed. Now it is a reality. In all college activities our classmates have played important roles. Interest in all types of athletic sports have increased, and tor the hrst time in the history of the institution wc have had a Co-Ed. Varsity Team, whose members received monograms. Six of the eight awarded were to seniors. Both Varsity Basket-ball teams were captained by seniors, Ann Falin, of Lee County, Virginia; and C. G. Bailey, of the West Virginia snakes. Forensic activity has held its place, and the number of Inter-collegiate De- bates have been more than doubled in the past four years. Eighty per cent, of these debates have been won, and twice in the same time the college has won second place in the State Oratorical Contest. This year, ’24, the Co-Eds organized the Thalian Literary Society. The Class of ’24, is the second in the history of the college which has a member who won his Taup Kappa Alpha Key as a Freshman. Our growth as a class has been an evolutionary one. In Student Government there has been improvement each year over the previous one, until now we have a better one than any former class was able to maintain. But why should this not 64