Florida Agricultural College - Pinakidia Yearbook (Lake City, FL)

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reface. T came to pass on one bleak winter's day, that the Class of '01, wishing to make its name immortal. and also to make the College famous throughout all coming ti111e, forthwith assembled on its ancient moot- wb hill, and therefore the existence of this volume. Instead of using a common. every-day word, or some trite phrase, for our title, we borrow from the Greeks their musical name for tablets or memoranda-P1'1zal'z'd1'a. g SAW KJ.9fo9.x9n The period of incubation of a common egg is generally in the neighborhood of three weeks, but this germ cell was a very extraordinary one, since it took nearly five weeks for the old hen-the editorssto hatch it. Indeed, this phenomena caused a great deal of debate, some pronounced it spoiled, others prophesied that it would be frizzled or featherless, while still others predicted a Bird of Paradise. Yet the old hen paid no heed to those worthless augurs, but continued to set and set, maybe with a little more determination, only coming off long enough to dust herself and get a mess-hall biscuit, and then returned to her nest, where she resumed her task, feeling sure that so much diligence and perseverance would certainly be rewarded bountifully. In good time, when spring was well under headway, the poor old hen, worn out with constant sitting, herjoints stiff from a cramped position, and more or less at odds with the other poultry, was fully recompensed, which envolved the greatest exultation that can be imagined a hen would show, under the same circumstances, by hearing a very, very faint rhfzfw, a picking, another chirp and then another. Oh, blissful joy! Unbounded delight! Her labor was over! In her pardonable confusion and great hurry, she accidently broke the shell, when out stepped little Pinakidia, somewhat dazed and dismayed, but not daunted. At first he would simply peep from under his 1nother's wing, then come out to run right back again, but, gaining popularity and courage, he each day length- ened his explorations, wandering from his mother's side, sometimes not being seen by her for a whole day. At last, his mother feeling that he had gained suhicient strength and experience to enable him to take up the duties of life, bade him go forth and scratch for himself, though she did it with many misgivings for she knew how plentifully Methodist preachers abounded in Florida and Southern Georgia, and was, too, aware of their great pas- sion for spring chickens, nevertheless there was no alternative, so she did it bravely. Her only hope is, that her off-spring may accomplish something of benefit before the afore-mentioned preachers begin to rend his tender body asunder, and pick his fragil skeleton. Her last words were : 7

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edication. O that gracious lady, who, through our school years, has admonished us to dot our z s and cross our fs 5 Q who has drilled into our finger tips whatever of the Queen's English these pages may contain, and out of g,b,CQ them many of the breaks H that otherwise would have been includedg to her who, with tireless patience and scrupulous care, has forwarded our every worthy endeavor, this record of our doings, about some of which we consulted her and secured her approval before their performance, and about some of which we took good care not to consult her beforehand-this whole story, for the irst time openly confessed, of duties done and of duties shirked, of pranks repented of and of pranks unrepented of- our entire history of good and bad, the junior Class affectionately dedicates to Miss McClintock. The good, we know, will gain her coveted approba- tion 3 the bad, we trust, will be judged by our friends with a discrimination and wisdom like hers, which has many times restrained us from worse. To MARY LAW McCLINTOCK THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED. 6

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Go little chick I The world is wide, There's room and verge enough for thee 3 For thou hast learned that only pride Lacketh fit opportunity, VVhich comes unbid to modesty. But if all others are unkind, There's one heart whither thou canst fly For shelter from the biting wind, And in that 1101116 of purity, It were no bitter thing to die. Go T XYin thy way with gentleness : Quite, .Q t i . X is: X1-ff. t :Elf V I. -Qi ,,, 4- . t . , 515463, F' 5 U 5 -gmt 3 , . . 74 X IES! .gill ' ' VL.. L ll: gg, S I send thee forth my first-horn Child quite alone, to face the stress Of fickle skies and pathways wild. VVhere few can keep them undeliled