Flora Macdonald College - White Heather Yearbook (Red Springs, NC)

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f' V90-i '- I in I v r ' v ' 1 't ' umiiu R4 ' n ll W' ll i' lst History of the Class of 1921 lil li AS it really been four whole years since we iirst came to Flora Mac- donald? Yes, it must have been, for that was 1917 and now it is 1921. But it seems such a short time since we were Freshmen, wandering around like lost sheep. l can see some of us now, walking around the con- 'Il servatory looking for the French room, or talking and laughing in the hall when a teacher comes up and says, Girls, go to your room at once. Quiet hour bell has rung, forgetting that we had not learned the meaning of every 1:1 bell. There were'nt very many of us even at the start, for our first year was also the year the United States entered the war, and so many people were afraid to send their daughters to school. And the war kept Sophomores from giving us the annual Soph-Fresh reception. But they all felt sorry for us and took us all to a moving picture show to make up for it. lil li War times were still harder at the beginning of our Sophomore year, and a good number of our class dropped out. To make matters worse, we had hardly started into the year when the Flu epidemic struck the college and fl work was suspended for three weeks. But every one recovered and our class continued with its full strength. Since peace had been declared in November and things were looking brighter we decided to give the Freshmen a recep- tion, which turned out to be a great success. That year we decided to try for :l the basket-ball championship, but luck went against us and we were defeated. .fi lu We began our Junior year numbering eighteen. And my, how proud we lf were to be Juniors! Now we were going to have a chance to go to that long l' envied Junior-Senior reception, and walk to church by ourselves, and not in il line with the whole school. And not only that, but we decided we would break ': our past record and really win in the basketball tournaments. VVe were such a busy crowd of girls that we didn't have time to practice like we should, but we managed to develop a team good enough to scare even the Freshmen, whose team was considered the strongest in school. Well, the time for the tourna- ments came. We did'nt have much trouble in winning from the Seniors. But neither did the Freshmen have trouble in beating the Sophs. Ch, but we wanted to win that Final game! But the Freshmen also wanted it, and were il going to try as hard as we were. The day came, and let me tell you right now they did'nt win it. No sir, the Juniors came out champions, and there was never a happier crowd of girls than we were. 1291 :T A .' nl 5 '93 ,s . s - K . 'TVN 7 - N-v H - if

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'- HF.-XTHER - ,f':'- '? ' l 1 'milf s Then came April 5th, the day for the Junior-Senior reception. Never will we forget when we lirst went down and stood in line to receive that crowd of boys streaming in from outside. Nor will we forget the good time we had and how sorry we were when it was all over. And now at last we are Seniors! lt's a hard thing to believe, but it's so. just think that this is our very last year at college and next year will lind us all in different places in dilferent kinds of work. VVe are not but fifteen strong, but our small number draws us all the closer to each other. And we have good times together, too, especially since a number of parties have been given to us. But I believe we were the happiest when our rings came. We showed them to everybody in school and laughed and cried over them until we almost had hysterics. But the thing we are most proud of is The Annual. For years the girls have wanted an annual but just didn't go on and put it through. VVe decided that we would do it if there was the slightest chance. And the result is The XN'hite Heather. And the Senior Class represented is our dear old class of '21 ! lVe are looking forward especially to commencement this year because the college celebrates its 25th anniversary. And we are indeed proud to be the graduating class on that occasion, Our principle part in the Commence- ment will be to present Shakespeare's well known play: The Merchant of Venice. And now the time draws near when we will get our diplomas and go out into the world. But l am sure we will always look back with pleasure to the days spent at F. M. C. and feel that we have been helped to live a better, nobler life by the iniiuence surrounding us there. MARGARET FOWLE DUPUY, Historian. afqdwlllikf 1 tl W ll . 4. x . - 'A n I is ' rx f 1 ill , x 1 ', f 'llll X. I 1 'P C 30 D M? I 4:02 -- -