Erskine College - Arrow Yearbook (Due West, SC)

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. M155 BELLE NICIiEI.S. BERNIE LYNCH PARKINSON H Parl-:ie H BELLE N ICKELS- Belle Her lo'z't'li11U.r.r I llt Z't'I' d'lIt'Tt' !'11l1'l she sizzflvd nn mv. VVithout consulting the alnianac, we feel safe in Stating' that there was an alqnorinally hright Aurora Borealis on Noyeniher 5. 18544. for on that night, at Xlountyille. C.. was horn Belle Nickels. ,ln the fall of 1900 she entered the Junior class of Linwood Cole lege, and graduated there with honor in june. IQO2. and in the succeeding Septeniher enrolled as an Erskine Freshman. She afterward- taught school three years before she laeczuue a nieniher of the present class, entering as a Junior in 1907. Since that 'time she has per- formed an acceptable service by stopping all stray questions in Prof. Grier's room. A ineniber of the Calliopean Literary Society. she has been secretary for two terms, and president for the same length of tinie. is b111z'1'fy was so great that Newton lllligllf llCIi'L' deduced 1110 law of graz'z'fafi011 from if. Born near Fayetteville. Tenn., January I. 1887, Bernie Lynch Parkinson received his preparatory education in the Molina High School. Entering Erskine in 1905, he con- nected hiniself with the Philoinathean So- ciety, of which he has been vice-president and president. Parkie was Sophomore declaiiuer on the semi-annual in 1907. and Junior dehater i11 IQO8. l-le won the LlCClZll1ll6l'lS iuedal in his Freslunan.year and the del1ater's medal in his Junior year. llc represented the Y. N. C. A. at Clemson in IQO6 a11d at Montreat, N. C.. in IQOS. He is Literary editor of the E11S141N1,xN and Athletic and Y. M. C. A. editor of the ERs1i1N1.xN.x, Though appointed hy his so- ciety to speak in tl1e Greenwood preliminary. he resigned 011 account of ill health. 21 liifiaxlli Lx xcu lfxicigixsox.

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Rorzizal' l'lClR'1'ON Mooiui. ROBERT I-IORTON MOORE H Shorty Peace dwells not 11011.-t111's I'l!0'0L U, fav' Bcfrays 110 Sf?l'I'I'2' of 1'Ufm5C. bb LL If you, a stranger in Due XVest. should hap- pen to be at the postoftice at noon, and hear some one remark, You've penty of time, come on, let's go to Forbidden. take a careful look at that individual, for it is Shorty Moore. This Wonderful assemblage of mind, muscle and seriousness began scrutinizing earthly objects at Fayetteville, Tenn.. on November 9th, 1885. After taking a course in Femal- ology in the lllolino High School, Shorty heard rumors of an instiution in South Caro- lina where the science of Wficket Making was taught. Upon receipt of this information, he took the train for Due lVest, matriculated at Erskine one September morning in 1905, and fifteen minutes later was on Forbidden making wickets. Finding a society pin necessary be- fore a touchdown could be made. he became a Pliilomathean. He has served that society as secretary and rice-president. CI-IARLEY HADDON NABERS Charley 'TH nzalec Hire gloriozzs by my fvcn. --Jud funzozzs by my f7l'IlSh.'U lnnnortal versatility, thou art doomed to be inearnated in a product of Laurens County, S. C., Charley Haddon Nabers, who first played with the sunbeams on November 13th, 1889! Charleyfs parents early saw the latent genius in their light-haired babe. and took him to Anderson to give him the benelit of the best education possible. After linisliing the scliools there, he joined us in September. ioooi Quite versatile, Charley is a scholar, student, journalist, artist. essayist, poet and Y. M, C. LX. leader. , He won the Sophomore essayist medal in IQON, and has contributed more to the success of the ERsk1N1.xN than any other member of the class. He is also Art editor of the ll:ltSliINlAN.X. lispecially inter- ested in Y. N. C. XX. work, Charley has repre- sented the association at the following conven- tions: .rXshyille, 'O7: Clemson. 'O71 Columbia, '08, and Montreal, '08 20 Y t , kll.XRI,l-,X llxnnox X.XllI'fRS.

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if ff- I 'u KNox BRYsoN PHAGAN. KNOX BRYSON PHAGAN- Happy 'If of mc y0zz'z'c ctw' lzeard, Yozfll adiizit that I'nz. cz IJird. ' At Fayetteville, Tenn., October 5. 1887, dur- ing a heavy rain, Knox Bryson Phagan was born into this world of trouble. His tirst im- pressions of the globe were very unfavorable. His brain was First aided in its insatiableisearch for knowledge by a course in the Molina High School. Not satished with that training, Happy entered Erskine's Fresh class in IQO5. For three years his talents were unnoticed. and no honors fell to him. In the Senior year. however, his star began brightly to shine. He was successively chosen president of the Philomathean semi-annual celebration, man- ager of the Erskine track team. and business manager of the ERsK1N1aNA. He is also man- ager of the successful Erskine Minstrels. EDGAR WALKER Pl-IARR- Pharr Hc who is a Cfl'L'Uf' orafoz' ctw' has the world UI' fZI'S fc'Cl',H b just before Benjamin Harrison took the oath of oliice. when the country was still under a Democratic President, on March 4, 1839. Edgar NValker Pharr was born in hlecklenlwurg Co.. near the city of Charlotte. After graduating at the Charlotte University School, where he won a ClClJE1lCl S medal. he joined us in our Sophomore year. An ardent wearer of the Star, he has served his society as president. -lunior orator at the annual celebration, and Senior orator on the semi-annual. llc was a contestant in both his -lunior and Senior years for the Greenwood appointment. ln 1007 he won the Mower medal for the best tleclainier in college. and in IQOS the medal for tlte lnest orator in lirskine. llecause of his legal bent tml mind. he was eleeleml to write the last will and testament for the N.xt't'.11'1'x'-N1N1-tus, linnxa XY.x1,141-il: llirxma. 22