Fredericksburg College - Quips and Quibbles Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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QUIPS AND QUIBBLES Page 33 MOTTO: “Certum pete finum. COLORS: Purple and White. FLOWER.: Violet. YELL ’Rah, ’rah, roar, Sophomore, Sophomore ! We ll study no more After nineteen and four. OFFICERS President ..CORNELIA GREGG LATIMER Vice-President .LEWIS HOLLADAY BOYLE Secretary and Treasurer .PHILIP STEVENSON SMITH Historian .SALLIE RUTHERFORD CARTER JAMES ANDREW ARMSTRONG ANNIE MAY BAKER LEWIS HOLLADAY BOYLE WILLIAM LANDON BRENT MEMBERS ELLERBE WINN CARTER SALLIE RUTHERFORD CARTER ANNIE TAYLOR GORDON TULA McKAY HENDERSON ALEXANDER R. HOLLADAY CORNELIA GREGG LATIMER PHILIP STEPHENSON SMITH WILLIAM MAYO SMITH.

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P A G E Q U IP S A N D QUIBBLES Class of I 903 HE old order changeth, yielding place to new. ' This holds good in our class, for many changes have taken place since our Freshman days Few of our large class of ' 99 remain to form the present Junior class. The class this year is foremost on the athletic field, as well as in the class room. “Gam. ' and “Shorty,’’ for a time notorious in Study Hall, have now turned into modest young men, thanks to the gentle influence of our young ladies. “Shorty, as his name signifies, has the honor of being the shortest man in College, yet he has been on the athletic field the longest. Gammon is our best all-round athlete in college. He is the holder of two all-round athlete medals. As we have so many athletes in our midst, one might think that we pay more attention to athletics than to our studies, but this is not the case. Our class, taken as a whole, is perhaps the most studious in College (Seniors not excepted). Last, but not the least, are the young ladies who have so well helped to raise us to our present high stan¬ dard. To tell all the achievements of each one would be too great a task for a poor Historian. However, he will mention only a few. Miss Fillah Read has quite a fine voice, and has well represented us at College concerts. Miss Susie Harris is our most talented musician. Misses Arnold and McCluer have only been with us for a short time, but have proven themselves worthy members of our class. The Historian, having done his best to give you a brief history of the Junior class, now bids you—adieu. Historian.

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Page 34 QUIPS AND QUIBBLES Class of I 904 It came to pass in the year 1901 that a few lads and lassies “In number nine, And all ‘ Sophs ’ of a kind,” suddenly, for an unknown reason, decided to organize their class. Now these aforesaid august scholars were students of a far-famed temple of learning, profanely called by pre¬ sumptuous “Preps.” “Old F. C.” These wise ones met with solemn faces to elect officers and decide the momentous question as to what should be their colors, and after “ Suggestions marvelous for wisdom And sagacity that could kill some,” they arrived at a wonderful decision that they would have purple and white for colors of “That class of nineteen hundred and four Which should be famous forever more.” The secretary then announced, with dignity beyond his years (of office), that he would forthwith and immediately communicate with the firm with which it was the custom in those days to deal in such cases. According to his saying, so acted he. Therefore, very soon they had a supply of catalogues and cards from which to choose their emblem. At last, having come to a decision, with char¬ acteristic promptness their orders were sent a month later. But, in the meantime, there was a called meeting of these learned “Sophs” with a matter of great importance before them, namely: to appoint a committee to select a yell and motto for the class, as no self-respecting college organization could thrive without these important factors. However, this meeting took place just before dinner, and all present were suffering pangs of hunger while their minds were so muddled by thinking of their favorite college song and particularly of these lines— “ Of all the meat that’s good to eat, From turkey down to ham, The one that tickles my palate the most Am lamb, lamb, lamb,” that they could not give their undivided attention to the matter in hand. Thus it was that the committee chosen was not as good as it might have been, and I can express the de¬ plorableness of this circumstance in no better way than by quoting the great poet ' s words : “Of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: ' It might have been.’” S. R. C., Historian.