Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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IWKT III SPRING Sweet spring, lull of sweet Ways and roses, l)o. lirri' swards compacted lie. My imisick slum's ye have your dose. iiil nil must die. —-Herbert, Scnhay. Maiicii 1....... .....Spring begins about 12:01 n. in. Monday, Mahcii 2..............Oratorical contest.- Crain wins. Gamhrell going strong. T' ksday. Mahcii 10 ... ......Sunday School class banquet. Glee Club sings and banquet ad- journs immediately.- Sauls joins Suiulu) Sdinol class. Satciiuay, .Maiicii II........Furman ball team plays Cleveland. It is thought that Furman scored. Sunday. .Maiicii 15...........Some new spring suits noticeable. Tiii usway. .Mahcii 1ft.......Great day for trailers at G. F. C. Meyers says he’s as good as married. Frank C« . has lost out. 1'iiidav. M wu'ii 20..........Students working under great -train. March exams begin. Satciiuay. Maiicii 21.........Great excitement: Ballentine and Campbell clean out room. - Mall obstructed with Cosmopolitan Magazines and Sunday School quarterlies. Satchday. Maiicii 2s.......... Much relief. March exams over. Wednesday. AI'kii. 1..........Threat to steal clapper out of bell. Mitchell in distress. Hodgens attends vaudeville at Majestic” and loses appetite for a month. Monday, im:ii FI.............New barrel of molasses comes in; number not definitely known. Crain gets a haircut nltd a shoeshinc. Tuesday. i iui 21 ...........Senior reception Hill Zeiglcr inquires as to the price of a marriage license. Satchday. May 2...............May picnic.—Crow gets stuck. Picnic nevertheless a great success.—Milford meets the queen. -Foreman gets enough to eat. Sunday, May 3.................(3:45 a. in.) Foreman ill. Thursday, May 1C..............Callers received at G. F. C. Great consternation: Sullivan makes his debut. () wings stilt running I .ingle » hard race. Sunday, May IT................Molasses for breakfast. Friday. May 22................Final examinations begin. F.thics is a cinch. Monday, Junk I................Commencement exercises start. Kverybodv happy. Wednesday. June 3.............School closes.

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 Bonbomie The Mountain Climb | KPTKM BKR ! Wlio li;ti 1 describe those glorious hours of calm which I arc interspersed amid the autumnal winds? Those days that hold that great sweet stillness when the fleecy clouds hang motionless and gentle within the infinite dome of heaven as though they and ail tin-world beneath them were lost in an overpowering, pensive revervi And old Nature having lived a life of beauty, contemplates the death of winter with holy ealm. and bringing forth her gold and silver, bestows them with lavish eharit in the form of gleaming asters and flashing golden rod. Somehow all the world seems to he dreaming of the newer life that shall come with the resurrection of spring; and even if it rains. Nature's very tear-drops seem brightly gleaming, with the fulness of hope. It was during sueh a month as this that you found that the little orschulr path, which you had been following as it wound here and there amid the Piedmont regions of the Mountains of Knowledge, had converged with others of its kind at the foot of a great mountain. Here you found the genial mountain guide, Kdwin. waiting with a corps of efficient helpers to conduct you and your party up the mountainside. How distant and dim seemed the summit! You were told it would take four years for the climb! Nevertheless, you entered the little lattice-fronted store at the foot of the mountain, equipped yourself with alpine stall’ and guide-hooks, and manfully set out upon the journey. The members of the band were enthusiastic, and elected from their own number a large auburn-haired Titan as leader. lint, alas! Trouble lay ahead. The way soon divided into sundry trails of various grades of difficulty. In one of these trails you stumped your toes so often on two kinds of stones. Itabcn and Srin. that mayhap you sadly soliloquized, that “to have’’ and “to be” were the most important things, not only in life, but also in German grammar. Hut most difficult of all was the mathematical trail; and despite the kindness of the guide who led there, many a mental skeleton was left to bleach amid its triangular pebbles, and its hyperbolic, parabolic, and diabolic windings. In addition to the above every member was required t cover enough road to enable him to be present at searching examinations which the guides gave at stated times and places during the climb. Some accomplished this bv steady climbing; some by spurts, and some by the use of imported jacks and ponies. But woe betide