Erskine College - Arrow Yearbook (Due West, SC)

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4 F A JoHN SHELBY Pmxco. CHARLES HADDON SHEFFIELD Shuck JOHN SHELBY PLAXCO- Plane His lllllil' is t'7'li.S'f7 111141 lvlarls and lfllllff, His fart' is lilac the lan. Surely all the luck-giving fairies were danc- ing around the home of Rev. W. A. M. Plaxcri. July 6th, 1887. For, at that time, unto him a child was born, unto him a son was given, afterwards named John Shelby Plaxco. Har- ing overcome, or got around the obstacles put in his way by zealous teachers of the Clinton High School Plaza came to Erskine, where he has maintained his record for being a gifted man. To mention the occasions on which. and the capacities in which, he has served the Euphemian Society, there is hardly room here, for their number is legion. He is local editor of THE ERSKINIANA, class historian, and a jug- gler of no mean ability. According to some reports, the subject of this sketch is very fond of red. L'Plax was debater on the Euphem- ian celebration in both his Junior and his Senior years. Nutty, who shall u1'Z11'i1'aft'37 T011 IIICIZ love zcflzuz' I lzutvf' Tennessee lays undisputed claim to one of our best members, Charles Haddon Sheffield. who was born in Fayetteville, January 29. 1886. Admirably prepared for college at the Molina High School. Shuck entered Erskine with us poor unfortunates in the year IQO5. He was a typical Freshman, so conscientious that he began making and has never de- parted from his lirst love. Very industrious, he taught summer school in Kelso and Fair- view, Tenn., respectively. Despite a pro- nounced proclivity to use specifying adjectives when under pressure, Shuck is a loyal mem- ber of the Y. M. C. A. and was its Treasurer in his Junior year, and a representative at the Clemson. '07, Conference. A loyal and Puritan- ical Philo, he is society Treasurer and a Sen- ior debater on the Semi-annual. Shuck is assistant business manager of THE li1:s1c1Nt.-xN. Cn .xiulis H .xnltox Slllfl-'l llfl.l'. 23

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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

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, J Lois SNELL. EDWARD RAYMOND SPENCE immie LOIS SNELL- Lois Tl1c1'e is a gl'll'dL l1 ill lzvr faire, ll'l1c1'c roses and telzifc lilies grow. In the dark. backward and abysm of time, Lois Snell was shining serenely in her angel infancy. But the voice of duty earth- ward called, and she must needs obey. There- fore it was that she made her appearance, December 23, 1886, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Snell, in Cotton Plant, Miss. From the New Albany thlissl High School she came to Erskine. and, notwithstanding the fact that she had been out of school two years. entered the Sophomore class. Since that time she has been a loyal and valued member of the '09 class, one who is never satisfied until her duties are well performed. Judging that one who can see so well what she herself should do. ought also to be a good guesser at the future duties of others. the class chose her for its Prophet. 1 II llltlclj a lady in flzc case. You leizuw all 0Z'llL'l' tlziugs glee Place. Edward Raymond Spence was born March 15. 1884, at Kerville. Tenn. The baby was so feminine in appearance that the parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Spence. were kept busy explaining that it was not a girl, but a boy. .Xltlifiiigli twenty-live years have robbed lid- waid ml his girhsh looks, he still likes to be around the ladies. After spending two years in Holton College, Tenn.. he came to lCrskine. A member of the Philon1all1e:u1 Society, he was cleelauner on the senu-annual in his lfreshinan year, chief marshal in his .luuior year, and einnnieueenieut niarshal in moo :mil 111117. lle has also been secretary, yiee-presi- ilenl. and president uf his society. ,llINlNie is president ol' the South Carolina Intercollegiate Uralfu'ical .Xssoci:1tiun. 1 24 l'tllXX.XRll Ru xioxu Sl'I'fNCl'f.