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

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A. 1? 195' I -lf- .v embodies the hallowed ritual of youth- . ful hopes. She has set for us the sub- lime standard: she has bequeathed to the ages of all time a heritage based on . those things sacred and quintessential. Q To us, the members of the Senior 'fi' Class, has come the desire to express . the spirit of Flora Macdonald, our love of Alma Mater, our devoted adherance to the principles of life and beauty, and . our sincere belief in the faith and i strength of youth. lt has not been an easy task. The pen is too impotent, too . immature for Such a mammoth under- taking. Therefore, we have chosen for the theme of our yearbook the com- 2 memoration of one who, in life and , death, exemplified in a more articulate way the very virtues which we would l . express. If this portrayal should, in the tomorrows of the future, serve to 'Q' strengthen the bonds which grapple us 2 to our Alma Materg if it should, in some f 1 g A slight way, enable us to live over once Zfifw' more in reverie the sweetness of these il. if? 'iff' J friendships which so benignly bloom QM? Q today, we shall not have labored vainly. - I 1 X L tv 9 ,1y,1 V J I E 1 ,, H ' will ' ' il 'li X' I. 5uf'w'usE.g3ive:ff ' 1 IW

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To Henry G. Bedinger Because of the genuiheness of his character, and loyalty to high ideals, Because of his labor for the culture of the mind and spirit, and the love the students bear him this volume of The White Heather is dedicated.