Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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TVIyAtfS ' r.A.OOWO 1 12 The Legend of ' Nineteen Twelve Ye, who love to hear a story Of a class ' s daring contest, Love to hear of their great strivings, For the profit of their nation; Love to hear recited truly, How they changed their robes of ignorance For the garb of joy and wisdom. Listen to this simple story That Nineteen twelve records for you. On one dark and gloomy morning As we strolled toward the college Lazily in profound ignorance, There appeared in the distance Swiftly coming toward our campus Clad in mist, a white faced woman, With the features of Minerva. When she reached us she spoke, saying If you wish to possess wisdom Go into yon great green campus Where you ' ll find by searching closely A great oak. This tree of knowledge, You must strip of bark and branches, And that done, must cut the trunk down. But this task needs preparation, Which consists in four years ' labor. In the evening of the last day Of each year that you have labored You must try to fell the great oak. If you do as I have told you, On the last day you will conquer Not ' til then will you have wisdom. Spirit-like she stood before us, Spirit-like she vanished from us. Slowly now we made advances, For we knew there lay before us Labor, in this far-famed college. First, a mist there was around us, Then before, the tree of knowledge Stood in all its wondrous glory, With its branches overhanging All the pathway to the college. 25

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lyAs Aoowo - lvQia 3 S1 Eloise McGriff, B. S. Her iron is a worthy frying pan Her scepter but a rolling pin. 11 Eloise arrived in Tallahassee and im- mediately began crying. Everything was done to appease her. Specialists were called in but the case was hopeless. How- ever, after many days she caught sight of a work basket. Her cries ceased, she held out her chubby hands and began cooing. This is why we see her here. Lizzie Norton, B. A. Here we have an acrobat. Stop and see her skin the cat. 11 Lizzie first really great achievement was when she balanced a basket ball in one hand at the age of three. Her sec- ond was when she was elected to the captaincy of her basket ball team in col- lege. Her third will be published in Leslie ' s Weekly. 11 24

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Thus advancing, we drew nearer, And the great prize high above us, The reward of four years ' labor, The much coveted diploma Shown in all its gleaming whiteness. From each lower branch there flourished Some new element of Knowledge, And we knew that with great striving We could fell these ponderous branches. Then a maiden of our number Spoke with words of inspiration, Surely with our strength and power We may fell the tree before us Thus at once our prize secure. She ceased — A murmur broke the silence And another from our number Slowly rose, reproached the maiden : You have heard Minerva tell us, ' Strip the tree of bark and branches And when that ' s done, cut the trunk down. ' Her instructions we must follow Else we lose the longed for knowledge. Thus it was that we to conquer Had to tear off first the branches, Then cut through the dry thick cov ' ring, Tear off first the Trig and Latin, Then the rudiments of German, And at last that fearful Drama. But the toil was hard and telling, Some there were who grew discouraged, One by one they left us murmuring, We will turn to new ambitions. But the ideals we should realize Spurred us on to further strivings; Weak and weary were the strugglers. One more branch we had to sever, Four long months we struggled with it, But before the Yule tide reached us We had mastered In Memoriam. Thus the reason for our gladness. Long together we have labored, Learned to love and cheer each other. Tho ' our pathways are divided Still in heart we are united, Still one purpose guides us ever, Leads us on to Truth and Knowledge. 26