Greensboro College - Echo Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 192 of the 1908 volume:

7 3.3. Z. ©If? lErljfl PUBLISHED BY SENIOR CLASS GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE 908 Greensboro, North Carolina Tribi i e to i i . i ■: ' i ---------- 9 Greeting - 11 Dedication ------------13 Eulogy ------------ is Trustees, Faculty, (eficers and Editors Board of Trustees - - 21 Literary Faculty --------- 22 Special Faculty ----------24 Officers - - 26 Editors of the Echo 28 Classes, Class Roll and Class Histories Senior Class ---------- 33 Senior Roll -----------34 Senior Class History 43 Junior Class ---------- 48 History of Class 1909 50 Sophomore Class - ------ -51 History of Class 1910 53 Freshman Class ---------- 55 History of Class I ' ll 1 57 Senior Music Class --------- 58 Expression Class 1908 60 Business Students - - 62 Special Class - 65 Unclassified Music Students .------69 7 Societies and Publication page Emerson Literary Society ___-_-_ 75 Irving Literary Society -------- 76 Y. W. C. A. - 78 College Message Staff - .... go Clubs St. Cecilia Music Club --------- 85 Dramatic Club ----------88 The Down Homers - 90 The Diggers - 92 Old Maids ' Club 94 The Eastern Meditators 96 Chafing Dish Club 98 The Merrymakers - - - - - - - - -100 The Kute Kids - 102 The Three Squealers - 104 Fun Lovers ' Club --------- 106 Eat-All- You-Can Club 108 K. Z. P. Club - - - - 110 Athletics G. F. C. Basketball Team 116 Irving Basketball Team - 118 Emerson Basketball Team 118 Senior Basketball Team - 120 Sophomore Basketball Team - 122 Special Team - - - - 124 Contributions • Our Alma Mater - 133 Vaccination ------ - 13a Class Poem - 136 The Broken Pledge - -138 Calendar - 141 The Feast 146 Prophecy of Class of ' 08 148 The Magic Apple - - 152 Acrostic - --------- 153 Life of Foe - - 154 Votes - 156 ' I ' lu- Awakening - 157 Something New Under the Sun 161 (winds 167 Tribute to a Violet. rUE violets again— little wet violets; and there is the clean, sweet breath of spring. One would lift his head and drink deep— taste this newness, this grateful freshness that is about. There is a quicker leap of life, and Nature seems to stir with a bind of tenderness. There is deeper glow on the faces o) children — easier happiness on a tiny, nestling fare. . . . Girlhood comes to outward whiteness again— the cool, crisp sign of spring. And in all is the subtle el arm of violets — little human, tremulous things, gentle as love ' s whispers, pine as purity. Restful, quaint little flower, too—simple, appealing. ■ . . ' lower to lay on a baby that has died—to give as seemly tribute to womanhood — to press against the fare as easement for tired heart. . . . Such a dear, peaceful little lower, all alone in flowerland — emblems of the world ' s simplest and best, and waiting to mock a false face or ad, on the beauty that comes from the soul. — Isaac Erwin Avery. 3 Greeting. HE sun is sinking behind the western hills; twilight is falling over our dear old college home; the busy sounds of the day have ceased, and only the subdued noises of a spring evening come to me through the gathering darkness. But suddenly a mockingbird perches on the bough of a tree just outside my window and pours out his heart in a burst of rapturous melody. And what is the burden of the joy. us strain he sin-, to all who will stop In lieai ' it? Listen and you will hear. Welcome ami greeting, and joy and mirth to all the readers of the Echo. (Tit ( ' Htr Brhiltf -prrsiiirnt, jUrs. Litr 31. Ixatarismt Uilm hrts lu ru tii us nit rxitittplr ff itiihlr ILhristimt tox mitu t lwajt, totb tolut, tlmutqluntt tntr ILnllrnr lift , hits srt before its the hiqltrst iitr.tls iif rhnmrtrr, this Imlitmr is liUtimjIit iiriiirfttr . MRS. LUCY. II. ROBERTSON. MRS. LUCY H. ROBERTSON. jft N the canvases of many of the eminent painters a haunting recurrence of W features may be noticed, causing ofttimes the construction of rosy theories and romances of fancy. Leonardo da inci, the most accomplished genius of perhaps all time, was haunted by a face, the features of which he produced as St. Anne, as the Madonna, as Mary Magdalene, even using the same features in his face of St. John, and suggesting the same in the face of Christ. Was it some youthful influence that lingered pleasantly, or was it a striving to express his ideal ? Greensboro Female College girls and Alumnae find themselves in close sympathy with the great artist in this, for there is one face the) carry constantly in mind, and though memory ' s canvases may differ in background and in grouping, in varying chiaroscuro, that one figure holds the central place, increasing in wonder, in queenliness and in perfection as Life and Memory unfold their canvases. That face and influence is the face of Mrs. Lucy II Robertson, I ' resident of Greensboro Female College. When little Lucy Owen was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, one September morning, we hear of no special rainbow that spanned the town, or of any meteor bursting above the home to announce anything unusual. Little did tin happy family dream that this child would stand before the women of North Carolina, a pattern and model of womanhood, of dignity and executive ability. We hope the parents did not express a desire that she might have been a boy; as parents sometimes do. or did in those days: and such wishes were pardonable when ambitious fathers and mothers saw that only through their boys was there hope of future fame and glor) A few years later this family moved to I [illsboro and this hide daughter had tht advantage of the scholarly old Nash and Kollock school. Even here we do not read that the daisies nodded as she passed, or that the brook rippled a sweeter tone as her reflection fell within. Too much in the realm of fairy tales that might seem, yet there are more things in Heaven and Earth than is dreamed of by the average man. and to the pure in heart who see Cod in earth and sea and sky many things stand revealed. Rapidly she passed from one life-lesson to another. Shortly after graduation she married Dr. David A. Robertson, of Hillsboro. then moved to Greensboro to unconsciously endear herself beyond expression to the hearts of the Greensboro people. Her co-workers in the church realized her superiority and when the mission- ary movement among women was inaugurated she was made Vice-President of IS the Woman ' s Foreign Missionary Society of the North Carolina Conference, a position which she held till she was, upon the division of the Conference, made President of the Western Society. As a presiding officer she has no peer; her presence, her voice, her intellectual strength, together with her rare magnetism, give her this easy superiority. Two little boys came to hless her married life, assisting in unfolding the great mother-love that would he necessary to preside over and mother a great historic institution such as she now controls. When her great lite sorrow came and her husband was taken away, she was horn into the Educational world, for like all who have the root of true greatness within them she grew greater with each responsibility, and while keeping faith with one beneath the sod she no less lived up to the great responsibility of provider for the boys and the home. Finding teaching congenial, she entered Greensboro Female College in that capacity. Ye old Alumna-, hark back to the days id ' the eighties and unfold that first memory picture! Did any of you study Physics in those days and bud your rather too exuberant spirits curbed into silence as the wonders of nature anil the laws which govern the earth were so clearly presented? Could Sir Isaac Newton have charmed or held your interest more completely? Or was it your essays she revised, or did she open historic treasures to your enthralled mind? If you have followed her thus far do you now wonder how she stands on her present pedestal, the first woman college President in the South? Does one wonder that Joseph became Egypt ' s peerless prime minister after reading the natural events id ' his life ami his faithfulness to the truth within? hues one wonder that Sir Galahad, the youngest of all King Arthur ' s Knights, became the King ' s favorite and the greatest in achievement of all that great round table, when we read of his faithfulness to the vision within? Was it Jeanne d ' Arc ' s silver armor or her white charger that delivered France in her fierce battle, or was it because of faithfulness to the voices? So all Mrs. Robertson ' s pupils learn the lesson that faithfulness to the higher ideals lead surely and rapidly to greater usefulness to all the world. At (he close of fifteen years ' work in Gre ens- boro Female College. Mrs. Robertson accepted a position in the State Normal and Industrial College, filling the chair of History in that great institution for seven years. Seven years of usefulness accomplished, she was recalled to he Lady Principal of Greensboro Female College, then to the Presidency, and at a time when the dear old institution was quivering with terror in the grasp of commercialism; but as Daphne escaped Appollo ' s embrace, s, , Airs. Robertson ' s influence saved Greensboro Female College. A few months later, when the building was crumb- ling, and hut waves of flame were searing the pines of the campus, W as it tears of weakness our I ' resident shed No, rather Rachel weeping for the children of her dreams and refusing to he comforted; hut only fur a season, for her same personal magnetism and power drew about her a strength and sentiment and love that brooked no obstacles: and now see the work of her hands in this new build- 16 ing, modern equipments and up-to-date conservatory of the Arts -this college for the women, of the women, by the women, with nothing to fear, nothing to hinder her triumphant progress! To our Alma .Mater, launched as surely and as safely as Longfellow ' s Ship of State! we say, Sail on nor fear to breast the sea, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers are all with thee. President and Institution are one. while the student body and Alumnae complete this three-fold unity, for does not the President belong to them and the) to her. certainly the latter heart and soul ; but the former is true only a- they follow after their highest ideals which are realized more and more as they follow- in her footsteps, which lead as do the paths of the just which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. We hope for the sake of the institution and the women of the State that she max follow the advice of Oliver Wendell Holmes and at Ninety-five still wait on God, and work, and thrive. Mrs. Charles L. Van Xoppen. 17 TRUSTEES, FACULTY, OFFICERS AND EDITORS 3Joard of Z3rustees. J, A. LONG, President. C. H. IRELAND, Secretary. C. A. BRAY, Treasurer. REV. G. T. ADAMS. REV. E. L. BAIN, MR. J. 11. BLADES, MR. J. I.. BORDEN, REV. G. II. DETWILER, MR. J. Y. GRAIXGER, MR. E. H. KOCHTITZKY. REV. M. T. PLYLER. MR. E. A. POE. REV. G. T. ROW E. MR. J. P. REDDIXG, MR. L. L. SMITH. MR. M. D. STOCKTON, REV. S. B. TURRENTINE, MR. J. A. YOUNG. - ' 1 Clterar? .faculty. .MISS NORA B. PEXICK. English and Philosophy. MISS ANNIE M. PEGRAM, Mathematics. MISS EDXA M. FISHER. Lo jm ma Spanish. MISS SALLIE J. DAVIS, History. MISS BLANCHE H. GUNN, French and English. MISS EMMA C. PAGE. flt fe. MISS ALICE V. WILSON, Science. MISS MARTHA S. DOZIER. Business Department. 22 38i3 . Annie M-Pf M ) a«a aJ 1 crtfil, f vw a • ) LITERARY FACULTY. Special .faculty. FREDERICK Y. KRAFT. Director of Music — Piano, Organ, Voice. ( iTT I J. STAHL, Piano and Voice. ROBERT L. ROY. Violin and Stringed Instruments. C (NRAD LAHSER, History, II annuity, ami Composition — ' Cello and Flute German. MISS ETHEL E. BLALOCK, Piano and Voice. CLAUDE ROBES! IN, Piano. .MISS ELIZABETH HARDIN, Expression anil Physical Culture. .MISS E J. PORTER, Art. 24 ■r-Qtr i SPECIAL FACULTY, Officers. MRS. LUCY H. ROBERTSON, President. MISS FANNIE ARMFIELD. Supervisor of Health. MRS. JENNIE HANCOCK, Housekeeper. REV. G. H. DETWILER, Chaplain. REV. W. M. Cl ' RTIS, Secretary and Treasurer. MARTHA S. DOZIER, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. LETITIA EVANS, Registrar. BOYD LOWRY, Office Assistant. RUTH HUGHES, Librarian. 26 OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE. Coitors of tbe €cl o. ELIZABETH VERA IDOL, Editor-in-Ch h:i ; . J( SIE B( )WDEN FULTON, Literary Editor. MARGARET HERRING. Assistant Literary Editor. ANNIE LAURIE ANDERSON, Assistant Literary Editor. MARIANNE W. SMITH, Editor of Calendar. CARRIE YOUNG, Editor of Grinds. GRACE FOY, Editor of Rolls. BESSIE CARS! N, Art Editor. CLAR R. STAHL, Business Manager. MYRTIE HAM, Business Manager. 28 Qrhc(. J $ p - EDIT! IRS ( !• ' THE ECHO. CLASSES, CLASS ROLL AND Class Histories Vera TdOl SLosv. r LVton j5 essie. (_ a K, r o0 n, ir V u r 1 l e H a. vn VWcifeaveV S LL w v,ie T S.eU yHnuve Y-nLJ trson Lirate. L_ VU J_ ( f — L_arru U o X( fc -4il , SlfntU I rw St. 1 ' ' , La i , l ,,-, cV I I L n ,Al: r o ij Pit- Leu op a. h cer Ct, Senior Class. Flower: Violet. Colors: Violet and White. Motto: Not finished, but begun. Yell: Allah! bazzee! bazzee! bazate! Whoopla! whoopla! 1908!!! Vera Iiujl President Margaret Herring Vice-President Martha Stockton Secretary Bessie Carson Treasurer ( ' ■race Craig Historian C vrrie Young Prophet Annie Anderson Poet Josie Fulton Donor MYRTlE Ham Statistician Margaret Summerset Grumbler 33 Senior 3 oll. ANNIE LAl ' RIE ANDERSON, Greensboro, N. C. -our myriad minded Shakespeare. Irving Literary Society; Class Poet, ' 08; Assistant Literary Editor of the Echo. BESSIE KATHERINE CARSON, Spabta, n. C. •■ never knexc so young body with so old a head. Irving Literary Society; Class Treas- urer, ' iiT. ' us: Art Editor of the Echo; Chairman of Devotional Coininitti t ' V. V. C. A.. ' 08; Irving Editor of Alumna ' Department of College Message, ' 08. 34 GRACE ODELL CRAIG, Wilmington. N. C. -It talks— ye gods, how it talks. Irving Literary Society; Critic of Irving Literary Society, ' i 7: Class Historian, ' 07, ' us; [rving Editor of Round Table Depart- ment of College Message, ' i 7. ' 08; Chair- in in of Devotional Committee f Y. W. (_ ' .- A., ' 07; Presiden! of Dramatic Club, ' 08. MABEL AUGUSTA EVANS. Manteo, N. C. ( p! up! mil friend, and quit your hunks. Hi sunlit iimi ' ll grow double: I p! nf! inn friend and clear your looks; Why nil this toil and trouble. [rving Literary Society; Irving Editor of 1 1n- v. W. C A. Department of I lollege 35 MARY GRACE FOY, Mt. Aiuy, N. C. You look wise; please correct that error. Irving Literary Society; Chairman of Temperance Committee of Y. W. C. A., ' 07, ' 08; Chief Manager of Commencement ' 07; Editor of Roll of the Echo. JOSEPHINE BOWDEN FULTON. MT. Airy. X. C. Bang ■II hill a nil! Irving Literary Society; Literary Editor of She Echo; Editor of Local Department of the College .Message ' 08; Vice-President of Irving Literary Society, ' 08; riass Donor, ' 08. . ' ,., MYRTIE HAM, Gbeensboko, N. C. Whenci it thy learning ' llnih thy toil O ' er books consumed the midnight oil? Irving Literary Society; Class Statis- eian. ' IIS; Kusiness Malinger of the Ki no. MARGARET MATH IS HERRING. KlNSTON, N. ( ' . iitl still be doing, ni done Emerson I [tertry Soel t, Vice-1 u si- dent of Class ' 06, ' 117, ' 08; Critic of Emer- son Literary Society, ' 08; Assistant Liter- ary Editor of Echo; Emerson Editor of Local Department of College Message, ' 08. 37 ELIZABETH VERA IDOL, High Point, N. C. To see her is to love her, Lnd love but l r forever; For nature made fti r ichat slit in, And ru ver madi unither. Etnerson Literary Society; President of Class ' in;. ' iiT. ' 08; Janitress of Emerson Literary Society, ' 06; Recording Secretary of Emerson Literary Society, ' U7 ; Vice- President Emerson Literary Society. ' 08; Chief Marshal of Commencement, ' n?: Editor-in-Chief of Echo; Emerson Editor of Round Table in College .Message. ' n7: Chairman of Social Committee of Y. W. C. DOHA BERTHA LONG Gastonia, N. C. Be «M i Irving Literary Society; Secretary and Treasurer of Music Class, ' 07; Recording Secretary of Irving Literary Society, ' 08; Chairman of Music Committee of V. W. C. A.. ' ii7. ' 08. 38 MARTHA KERB STOCKTON, Kkrnkusviu.e, N. C. • ' Modest and ih ii us ii nun Is she — one in Hi.- chirp is her only note. Kii ' iTsun Literary Society; Censor of Emerson Literary Society, ' 08; Secretary of Class, ' 08. ALLIE GRAY. STRICKLAND, High Point, N, C. Estimable, virtuous, quiet, hard work- ing, Irving Literary Society; Treasurer of Irving Literarj ' Society, ' 08; Irving Editor of Exchange Department of the College Message, ' 08. 41 MARGARET SUMMERSET, Salisbury, X. C. 1 would do as I please, and doing as I please I would have my way, and having my way I would be content Irving Literary Society : Class Grum- bler, ' OS. CARRIE Ynrxc;. GB] i NSBORO, N. ' . it heard, the other o n il went. Irving Literary So«iety; Censor of Ir- ving Literary Society, ' 07; President of Irving Literary Society. ' 08; Class Prophet, ' us; Chairman of K a and Librarj Cornmitt ' Y. W. C. A.. ' OS; Editor of the Grinds of the Echo. 42 Senior Class History. SHE history of the Class of 1908 has indeed been a history worthy of the great Latin hern JEneas, for many and varied have been the experiences through which we have passed during our four years of college life. When our class entered the halls of old Greensboro Female College on one beautiful October morning, 1904, there were nineteen of us to assume the cares and responsibilities of Freshmen. Each one of us had stored up great dreams of going to college which might have reached to the top of old Mount Mitchell. But, alas for our beautiful dream, for when we arrived at the College it failed into thin air. The sight was one at which an old girl might shudder. Just one year before, the old building, so dear to the heart of every girl who had ever entered its halls as a student, had been left b flames as simply four walls, which seemingly were only to be a monument of the old days. Cut this was not to be the destiny of a college out of whose halls had gone many of the noblest women in the ( ' Id North State, and wdien the Fall of 1904 came, the College was reopened. Of course there were few conveniences to be had, for the building had to be furnished from top to bottom. Alas, there wasn ' t even a mirror into which the girls might look to admire themselves ! In spite of all these drawbacks tin- members of the Class of 1908, wdio, then as now, could never be daunted by mere inconveniences, were soon installed as full-fledged Freshmen. It has always been a peculiar characteristic of our distinguished body to have meetings of our class as often as possible, and so it was from the beginning. A meeting was held and our first officers were elected. Naturally, the Presidency fell to our stately member. Ellen McPhail, for it was she alone who was of sufficient stature to carry the responsibilities of such an important body. By the President ' s suggestion the class flower, the violet, and the colors, violet and white, were chosen soon after our organization. So well have they pleased us that we have considered them worthy of the class during our three remaining years. There were no very important events in our Freshman vear, as we were of rather a retiring temperament, ami the Sophomores were so convinced of this fact that they were content to leave us without a shower of salt. Time sped on until we came to commencement. What a revelation this was to us, with attending recitals, hearing addresses, and listening to sermons! At last all was over and the day came for us to go to our homes. We had been looking forward to this day for a long time. Some of us were even guilty of counting the number 43 of hours before we should leave our troubles and go to our loved ones. But in spite of all of our joyous anticipations we were sorry to leave the friends who had become so dear to us during our one year in college. Summer had come, and gone, and again we were back at Greensboro Female College, not as Freshmen now, but we were honored by the striking name of Sophomores. Very much to our regret only a few of the members of our class had returned, but after the examinations had been taken and the students classified, we were overjoyed to find that fourteen of the new girls had passed examinations and entered the ranks of the Sophomore Class. As there was such a large majority of new members, it was necessary to have a meeting as soon as possible, and elect new officers. Vera Idol was chosen as our President, and so well has she upheld the dignity of her office that we have had her as our leader up to the present time. As Sophomores we were still tossing on the vast sea of knowledge, and like Eneas, were cast upon many strange shores. It was during this year we met the kings of both Israel and Judah, and strove face to face with the kings of Germany, Spain and France. In spite of all our delays we sailed on under the brave command of our able pilot, Mrs. Robertson, and her mates until we reached the last port, commence- ment. Again we were separated for another summer. As a rule Sophomores are very much assured of their importance, and are very sure to try to make others see it as well. With our class, however, there was an exception to the rule, for we did not begin to feel the great weight of our responsibilities until we came back to school as Juniors. Juniors! My, how much the name meant to each one of us! Most of our members had returned, and we w-ere very glad indeed to welcome three new ones. Some may have accused us of being conceited about our class, but we were indeed loyal to our colors and felt that we could be justly proud of being counted a member of the Class of 1908. Our class was the largest Junior class that had been enrolled in the college for many years. We numbered twenty-three, and out of this number six were Juniors in instrumental music, two were Juniors in vocal music, and one was a Junior in expression. Of course as the Seniors were few in number a large share of their duties fell upon our shoulders, and we tried earnestly to bear them. During this year we again touched many strange lands upon whose shores we met even fiercer foes than before. We were almost overcome by that mighty giant Chemistry, and we applied to every known publishing house for copies of text- books on this important subject which contained absolutely no problems. But woe unto that unfortunate class whose fate it is to come under the instruction of -Miss ilson, for if there is one foe which they will be sure to meet from all sides and in all directions, that foe is a Problem in Chemistry. We would not dare to omit some special mention of English, for we consider the training we received in Letter Writing and Themes of far too great 44 importance. We were formally introduced to Mr. Pancoast in our Freshman year and his poems have stood by us throughout these years. We also met Mr. Shakespeare, and learned of Lear. Macbeth and Hamlet. We wandered through the forest with Orlando and Rosalind, and took a peep into the Inn where Falstaff took his ease. Now, do not think that we have failed to stop by the walls of that strong fortress known as Mathematics, for quite a number of days wore spent vainly trying to break down the walls and conquer the fort, but, alas, Trigonometry and Analytics were standing in the forefront, and how hard the battle raged ! We ' ve won the prize now, however, and rejoice that the fight is over. We also fought Caesar ' s battles, made orations against Cataline, and have taken a journey with Eneas over the seas. We were not out upon stormy seas and sailing between Scylla and Charybdis during our entire voyage, but laid aside our work for some pleasure. We had the great privilege of hearing Madame Sembrich sing and of attending three of Shakespeare ' s plays and Everyman. The greatest event which took place during our Junior year was a reception given by our class to the Seniors and members of the faculty, on May 3. 1907. This reception was in the form of a burnt wood party. We sent out invitations of small pieces of wood on which were burned the words of invitation and each contest consisted of some form of pyrography. Our souvenirs were leather stamp cases with the monogram of each guest burned on them. Before we realized it examinations were over and commencement was again upon us. As our class was so large we were afraid that our marshals would have to be selected from our number, but when commencement came we were overjoyed to learn that all of us were to be marshals. This was a great event in our lives, and although there was quite a lot of work in it. we thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the time. How proud we felt of our long regalias with 1908 embroid- ered on them ! Three years had passed and at last we had sailed across the bar and turned the prow of our vessel toward the last port. We were Seniors! When we arrived at the college we were very sorry indeed to find that some of our classmates had deserted us. and only eighteen of us remained faithfully at the helm. We made the best of it. however, and set our faces toward the future with a determination to fight to the la-4. We were glad to welcome so many new girls into our college and did our best to keep them from getting homesick, but in spite of all we could do thev persisted on every possible occasion in asking us if we were trying to enter the Freshman class. We consoled ourselves by thinking that the reason for this was that we all looked so young. On the first Saturday after school opened we attended a banquet given in the college in honor of Mrs. Robertson, who had just returned from her trip to Europe. This was a great treat for us, to hear of the many interesting and beauti- 45 ful tilings she had seen during her summer abroad, and we felt that we had taken a flying trip t Europe ourselves. i ' ne of our highest and sublimest dreams since we were Freshmen has been that we might get out an Annual in our Senior year, so as soon as we became Seniors we bent all of our energies to this end. Several entertainments were given during the year in order to raise money for this purpose, one of the most enjoyable being an entertainment given by the Trinity College Glee Club on December 2. We rejoice to say that our dream has at last come true and we have issued our long hoped for Annual. We hope that our example will be followed be the succeeding classes, and that throughout the future years each class will send forth its tribute to dear old Greensboro Female College in the form of an Echo. The Irving and Emerson Literary Societies gave a bazaar just before the Christmas holidays to raise money to refurnish their halls and one of the most novel of all duties fell upon the Seniors. We had to ask the various merchants of the city to give us some article for our advertisement booth, and oh. the expe- riences through which we had to pass! On the night before our Physics examination last December we received an invitation to call on Miss Wilson at 9:30 o ' clock over at the cottage. Naturally we expected to meet a Physics book at the door, and sure enough when we arrived at the house Miss Wilson was there to meet us with a Physics book lifted before our gaze. We were soon assured, however, that nothing more dangerous than the sight of it was to take place, and we began to feel at our ease. After the refresh- ments were served we were presented with small vials on which was written a prescription such as this: Throw physic to the dogs, I ' ll none of it. We enjoyed every bit of the party and were greatly strengthened by the physic we received. We had the honor of attending another banquet on the sixth of February- given by the directors of the college. We were permitted to serve, ami even in this humble capacity we derived great benefit and pleasure from it. We cannot tell of all the wonderful revelations made by our class, but we have indeed informed the members of the faculty of things their sedate minds had never conceived of. fine of our members informed our English teacher that Walter Scott bad written David Copperfield and the Wavering Novels, while another revealed to our mathematics teacher the fact that a comet had to have two (ails in order to form an .ingle of 45 degrees. So fond of Latin are we thai we have organized a Latin Club, which meets every night for us to absorb the deep thoughts of Virgil and Horace. Senior vacation! After our theses were completed many of our members went home for a few days to gel ready for commencement. ( lur C immencement ' It is useless t, , attempt t i express u hat that means , , us. We have reached the last port and entered the Haven of Life through storm and calm. 46 And so, dear friends, we leave Greensboro Female College, our dear old Alma Mater, which ha become so dear to each of our hearts. There is not a stone nor a tiny leaf around the building which is not sacred to each member of our class, and we hope that every spring, a the little Blue Violet, our class emblem, lifts its tiny head from the side of the hill below the college, that it will bring back to the mind of every girl the devotion ami love to Greensboro Female College of the Class of 1908. 47 3unlor Class. Flower: Daisy. Colors: Gold and White. Motto: Palnia non sine pulvere. Yell: Hoclry ! Kochy! Donny! Nochy! Fifty! Temy! Tee! I [urrah for Juniors G. F. C! ! ! OFFICERS. Clara Clapp President Estelle Ham Vice-President Mildred Coxxallv Secretory oud Treasurer Bessie Clapp Historian ROLL. Bessie Clapp Greensboro Clara Clapp Greensboro Mildred Connally Leasburg Bessie May Davis Warrenton Estelle Hani Greensboro Araminta Ifester IhtoiJiihh May Ni irris Richardson ( ireensbi in i irregular j uniors. .Maude Hester Greensboro Annie Merritt Greensboro Bessie McNairy Greensboro Clara Suit Thomasville JUNIOR CLASS. 49 History of the Class of 1909. ALTHOUGH it seems but a few clays, it has really been three years since a part of the present Junior Class were first enrolled a s members of the Fresh- man Class of the Greensboro Female College. Quite well do those of us who entered then remember the first few days, made unpleasant by the extreme newness of things and the fatal entrance examinations. Pretty soon after the studies were begun, a meeting of the class was held and Deborah Sherrod elected as President. Gold and white were chosen for our colors and the daisy for our flower. Nothing very important happened during this term except the Christmas holidays and commencement, both of which were thoroughly enjoyed. After commencement came the happy summer vacation, and then the coming back to school, for these days just would ccme to a close in spite of everything that could be done. So once more we assembled at the college in the fall of 1906, this time as Sophomores instead of. Freshmen. Several of our members had dropped out, but a large number of new one-- had entered, only too glad to have escaped the hardships which the Freshman class is always subject to. Again were the pleasures of Christmas and the dreadful finals passed over. Then, finally, we came to the delights of commencement, overjoyed at the fact that we had passed from careless Sophomores to dignified Juniors. When our class met at the beginning of this term only twelve of our members were left, making us the smallest class in school, but by no mean ' - the most insignif- icant ; and only five of this number are boarding students, the others being day pupils. Lillian Vow had filled her place as President of our Class the year before so well that she was re-elected to that place. Estelle Ham being chosen Vice-President and Mildred Connally Secretary and Treasurer. On account of bad health, however, our President was obliged to leave school and so Clara Clapp was elected to fill her place. Thus, briefly stated, have we passed our college life, from the organization of our class up to the present time. Our experiences have not been unusual, but practically the same as those of all other Junior classes. We have had many triumphs and also many trials, through which only a small number of those who started with us have passed successfully. And now. as the close of our Junior term draws near, we begin to forget our present troubles in thinking of next year, when we shall be Seniors, and shall enjoy the privileges of the Senior class. 50 Sopbomor Class. Flower: White Rose. Colors: Light Blue and White. Motto: Nil desperandum. Yell: Rah! Rah! Rah! Siz ! boom ! ben ! We ' ll be Seniors In 1010. i ii FICERS. Amanda Baxter President [da Galloway Vice-President Carita W u. u r. Secretary and Treasurer Byrde Daily Historian ROLL. Amanda Baxter New Bern Mary Broom Kinston Estelle Brown I lillsboro Ethel I trinkley Elm City Byrde Daily Burlington Ida Calloway Fairmont Huldah I [ambrick Roxboro Annie Lea Greensboro Rachel Oliver Marietta Sybil Oliver Marietta Nell Pender Greenville Frank Robbins Lexington ( )llie Sherrill Waynesville Will Stockton Kernersville Wilma Stevens Matthews Mabel Ti imlinson Smithfield Carita Wallace New Bern Edith Ward Marietta 52 History of the Class of 1910. CHAPTER 1. J r HE first chapter of the history of our class is short. The time covers the months hetween September, 1905. and May. 1906; the characters number seven, lint, alas! when that is told little else remains to lie said, for we were sub-Freshmen. Who is there who does not know the abs olute nonentity of a sub-Freshman? We are nol even accorded the usual amount of hazing and being laughed at ; we are simply ignored. But, cheer up, for our next chapter holds brighter things. CHAPTER II. Ah. ves, there are worse things than being a Freshman. When we came back to dear old ( ' .. F. C. in the fall of 1906 we found about twenty-three new girl- to join our ranks and raise the number ' if our class to thirty. ( )f course the Soph- omores did a little hazing, lint we were not surprised, and each one took her soap- pill and danced and sang as though she had been accustomed to such things from earliest childh 1. Put the time when we first realized we were really a part of the college life. was that memorable day when Mrs. Robertson announced at the dinner table: There will he a meeting of the Freshman Class immediately after dinner in the history room. How proud we felt as, with our heads held high, we marched from the dining room to the history room. What did we care if the Sophomores did laugh and call out Freshie! as we passed? Ine of the Seniors presided, and when she asked. Whom will you have for President? an intense silence greeted her words. But each one looked over the room, and finally one little girl. who longed to be tall, espied Amanda Baxter, who towered head and shoulders above the others. So when Amanda ' s name was proposed, she was unanimously elected. And we have never had reason to regret our choice, for Amanda fulfilled her duties so wisely and so well, that she has held the office up to the present time. We chose our colors of blue and white, ami our flower, the White Rose, then adjourned, feeling that we were really beginning in our college life. At a second class meeting held just before Christmas, Miss Sue Corbett was chosen Vice-President and Miss Helen Huggins, Secretary and Treasurer. The Freshman year passed much as all Freshman years do, and commence- ment time drew near. W ' e became very much excited when we were told that we were to appear in public at the class-day exercises. All the morning of the great S3 day we were busy making garlands of ivy and other stuff, and discussing the ever important question. What shall we wear? But when the afternoon came we were all there, and marched proudly around the circle on the campus, carrying our garlands with the President leading our class, and holding on high our pennant of blue and white, which some one said was the prettiest on the field. We, of course, did not doubt that. But by this time we were saying, Day after tomorrow we arc- going home, and so with a final exhortation to each member of our class t be sure to come back next year, we boarded the trains for home. Thus endeth the second chapter. CHAPTER 111. When vacation was over and September had rolled around again, we found ourselves once more on our way back to G. F. C. this time with hearts that were heavy with leaving dear ones at home, but happy in the thought of seeing others who had become dear to us in our college home. When the first meeting of the Sophomore Class was called, we found that only twenty girls had remained faithful. At this meeting Amanda Baxter was again chosen President, Carita Wallace, Vice-President, and Ida Calloway, Secre- tary and Treasurer. This year has been a very successful one to us. We are well represented in every department of the college life. lur basketball team is one of which we are justly proud. We have not yet carried off the trophy cup. — but we will. Since Christmas our ranks have thinned slightly because some could not endure the toils and struggles, and others felt that the road to a diploma was too hard to travel. We have been informed by the Juniors and Seniors, with a very superior air, that we are a slow class, but their opinion makes very little impression upon us, for we exceed both classes in number, and we feel sure that when we are Seniors we can surpass them in other things. So we have almost reached the end of our third chapter. Who can tell what will be written in chapters four and five? I am not a prophet, but I feel sure that if you will just keep your eye on the Class ,,f 1910, you will hear great things ,,f us during the next two years. Our ambitions and aspirations are high, and we believe that this class shall bring great glory and fame to its beloved Alma Mater, Greensboro Female College. freshman. Glass. Colors: Light Blue and Yellow. Flower: Mareschal Xeil Rose. Motto: Labor omnia vincit. Yell: Bingo! Bango! Bingo! Beven ! Rah! Rah! Rah! for 1911, First we are and will remain For G. F. C. is our mater ' s name. Bingo! Bango! liingo! Beven! Rah! Rah! Rah! for 1911. iiFi ' n ERS. SuniE BELLE JONES President Eleanor Vann ' ' ice-President Annie Terrell Woodi ey Secretary Alice Blanchard Treasurer Julia Fitch Crutchfiels Historian ROLL. Mary Barnwell Walkerti wn I. cone Tyree Battle Greensboro Alice Blanchard lt0 - me ,. Hertford Julia Fitch Crutchfield oceeded to our i- ■ ■ -Weaverville Bettie Burnett Gattis ,;,,„ t| lat we wer V . . .Chapel Hill Callie Holt i t0 ,1,,. for Greensboro Mabel Webb Jones Hillsboro Sunie Belle Jones Beaufort Emily Hughes Joyncr Greensboro Cora Lamb Greensboro Mary Eugenia Lewis Gastonia Ethel McNairy Greensboro Willie Maude Pickard Greensboro Lillian Reeves Mt. Airy May Stallings Concord Jessie Trogden Greensboro Eleanor Vann Franklinton Annie Terrell Woodley Elizabeth City day we were busy making garlands of ivy and other stuff, and discussing the ever important question, What shall we wear? But when the afternoon came we were all there, and marched proudly around the circle on the campus, carrying our garlands with the President leading our class, and holding on high our pennant of blue and white, which some one said was the prettiest on the held. We, of course, did not doubt that. Hut by this time we were saving, Day after tomorrow we are going home. ami so with a final exhortation to each member of our class to be sure to come back next year, we boarded the trains for home. Tims endeth the second chapter. CHAPTER 111. When vacation was over and September bad rolled around again, we found ourselves once more on our way back to G. F. C. this time with hearts that were heavy with leaving dear ones at home, but happy in the thought of seeing others who had become dear to us in our college home. When the first meeting of the Sophomore Class was called, we found that only twenty girls had remained faithful. At this meeting Amanda Baxter was again chosen President, Carita Wallace, Vice-President, and Ida Galloway, Secre- tary and Treasurer. This year has been a very successful one to us. We are well represented in every department of the college life. Our basketball team is one of which we are justly proud. We have not yet carried off the trophy cup. — but we will. Since Christmas our ranks have thinned slightly because some could not endure the toils and struggles, and others felt that the road to a diploma was too hard to travel. We have been informed by the Juniors and Seniors, with a very superior air, that we are a slow class, but their opinion makes very little impression upon us, for we exceed both classes in number, and we feel sure that when we are Seniors we can surpass th ' em in other things. So we have almost reached the end of our third chapter. Who can tell what will be written in chapters four and five? I am not a prophet, but I feel sure that if you will just keep your eye on the Class of 1910, you will hear great things of us during the next two years. Our ambitions and aspirations are high, and we believe that this class shall bring great glory and fame to its beloved Alma Mater, Greensboro Female College. 54 -fresr)tncm (Ilass. Colors: Light Blue and Yellow. Flower: Mareschal Neil Rose. Motto: Labor omnia vincit. Yell: Bingo! Bango! Bingo! Beven! Rah! Rah! Rah! for 1911, First we are and will remain For G. F. C. is our mater ' s name. Bingo! Bango! Bingo! Beven! Rah! Rah! Rah! for 1911. OFFICERS. SUNIE BELLE JONES President ElE xi ik Vann ' ice-President Annie Terrell Woodi ey Secretary Alice Blanch w Treasurer I ri. i s Fitch Crutchfield Historian Nlll.l . .Mary Barnwell Walkertown Leone T ree Battle Greensboro Alice Blanchard I Fertford Julia Fitch Crutchfiekl Weaverville Bettie Burnett Gattis Chapel Hill Callie Holt ... .Greensboro Mabel Webb Jones Hillsboro Sunie Belle Jones 1 lean fort Emily Hughes Joyncr Greensboro Cora Lamb Greensboro Mary Eugenia Lewis Gastonia Ethel McNairy Greensboro Willie Maude I ' ickard Greensboro Lillian Reeves Mt. Airy May Stallings Concord Jessie Trogden Greensboro Eleanor Vann Franklinton Annie Terrell Woodley Elizabeth City 56 History of the Class of 1911. JG - I ' I ' V is the class whose annals are brief. The Seniors and members of the 1«9 other classes seemed to appreciate us from the very beginning. They gave us a warm welcome, making us feel as much at home as possible — not very much is possible, however, when one leaves home for the first time, having the delightful prospect of not returning for four long months. On leaving the chapel the first morning, our elevated state of mind was greatly disturbed by the information given concerning entrance examinations. .Much to our dismay and perplexity we were told to go immediately on some examination, — the mere suggestion of which made us tremble. We were also to find out later that it bad been so long since we had studied the conjugation ( ?) of sentences, that having forgotten all about them, we were left to think of mother and home. However, having lived through the first week, we soon came to the realization that we were Freshmen, and although the peaceful tenor of our lives was frequently disturbed bj suggestions of hazing and such things, we were soon organized into a very promising class of sixteen. Soon after our arrival we were informed that the future held much in store for us. for we were yet i attend the fair. Thanksgiving, with its attending pleasures, was still before us, but the most wonderful and most incomprehensible of all, was that we were actually going home sometime in the near future. The eventful day at last arrived and we proceeded to our respective homes with glad and joyous hearts, and witli the consolation that we were expected to return after Christinas. This we did not find so hard to do. for we had formed tie- that bound us to dear old G. F. C. We sincerely hope that we may, in a few more years, possess all the honor and dignity that belong to Seniors, and that united we may be able to give our yell with even more vim and enthusiasm than is now possible. Bingo, bango, beven, Rah! rah! rail! for 1911, First we are, and will remain. For G. F. C. is our Mater ' s name. Bingo, bango, beven. Rah! rah! rah! for 1911. Senior 3ttusic Class. OFFICERS. 1 1 1 Wi im AC K President M vmie Best Vice-President LotA BRUTON Secretary and Tre asurer MEMBERS. Mamie Best, Lola Bruton, Bertha Long, Ellen McPhail, Ida Womack. 58 SENIOR MUSIC CLASS. 59 (Expression Glass of 1908. MEMBERS. Grace Craig. Ethel Hales, Nann Walker, Ida Womack. 60 EXPRESSION CLASS OF 1908. business Stuoents. MEMBERS. Annie Andrews, Violet Hayes, Dora Schiffman, Hattie Creef, Bonnie Ormond, Mabel Starbuck, Mamie Fountain, Daisy Shaver, Bessie Utley, Grace Fiel. I. Debbie Sherrod, Elizabeth Wall, BUSINESS CLASS 63 64 Special Glass. Flower: Red Carnatii n. Colors: Light Blue and Garnet. Motto: Possunt quia posse videnten. Yell: Boom! rah! boom rah! G. F. C. Hika! Ilika! Chee! Chu! Chee! S P-E-C-I-A-L We arc the girls who all do well. OFFICERS. Susie Key Gw n President Nann Walker Secretary ami Treasurer KOT.L. Mamie Elizabeth Caker I tamilton Carlotta Belle Barb r Clayton Bertie Baxter Pomona Mary Louise Best Goldsboro Stella Benson Benson Lee Muya Brow i Greenville Lola Bruton Ti 1 rj Sara C. Blalock Mbemarle Katie Blount Williamston Maude Boren Pomona Sadie Broome Kinston Annie Carter Concord I ' attie Chapped Edenton Sue B. Corbett Wilson Ruth L. Coletrane Concord Sarah ( ). Condon , Wilson I lattic Beatrice Creef Mautco Myrtle Dean Elk Park Ethel DeLaney Matthews niri W. Detwiler Greensboro Evelyn Diggs Rockingham E. Belle Doggett Clarksville, Va. 65 Annie Doughton Sparta Grace May Field High Point Louise M. Fray Culpepper. ' a. .Mary Fulton Mt. Airy Eva Garner Williamston. Margaret Hooker Gay Lincolnton Susan Geddie Stedman Sallie Graham Rowland Sarah Gibson Gibson Helen Groome Greensboro Lilian Gwyn Locust Hill Susie Key ( rwyn Elkin Emily Diana 1 [arris Washington Eula L. Hayes Randleman Violet Hayes New York Huldah L. Hester Roxb in i Delia I lolton Culpepper. Va. Flossie Cobb I fowell Goldsboro Rosa L. Jackson Elizabeth City ( llivia Ji ihnsi in Ingi ild Julia Thomas Mayo Washington Louise Morphew Marion Annie Frances Newby Mt. Gilead Loma Niven Waxhaw Eulah May ( )rmond Goldsboro Bonnie Ormond Kinston May Reade Mt. Tirzah Sallie H. Reade Mt. Tirzah Dora M. S ' chiffman Washington, D. C. Daisy Shaver Mbemarle Deborah Lewi- Sherrod I [igh Point ( la M. Siddle Locust Hill Louise Jelk Sills Nashville Elizabeth Nelms Stanback Mt. Gilead Via Blenn Stilwell Charlotte Sara Stewart New Bern Maude Stewart New Bern Fannie Speed Durham Elizabeth Ti mil in son Trov Ni ma Ti unpsi in Lexington 1 1, irtense Tin irnton Dunn I ' .essie Utley Concord Lucile Waddell Carthage 66 Milared Wallace Morehead City Evelyn Walker Winston Nann Walker Rocky Mount Ruby Walters Pilot Mountain Mabel Ward Marietta Julia Weskett Bayboro Percie Wilmoth Boonville Lydia Winslow Goldsboro Grace Winstead ' Roxboro bla Winstead Roxboro Ida Womack Reidsville Glennie Yelvefton GoUlsl« i- «Sgp € ytg$ 67 Knclasslfico 5ttusic Students. Carlotta Barbour, Bertie Baxter, Amanda Baxter, Bessie Brown, Stella Benson, Sara Blalock, Alice Blanchard, Eva Blair. Katie Blount, Maude Boren, ( )la Broome, Sallie Broome, Estelle Brown, Ethel Brinkley, Fleta Bynum, May Campbell, Annie Carter, Tla Cartland, Ethel (. ' handler. Pattie Chappell, Annie Coltrane, Sarah Condon, Sue Corbett, Julia Crutchfield, Blanche Dawson, Myrtle Dean. Ethel DeLaney, Anna Detwiler, Belle Doggett, Mabel Evans, Grace Field, Louise Fray, Mary Fulton, Eva Gainer. Margaret Cay, Susan Geddie, Sallie Graham, Dell Grimes, Helen Groome, Lillian Gwyn, Susie Gwyn, Huldah Hambrick, Emily I I arris. Eula Hayes, Huldah Hester, Delia Holton, Flossie Howell, Bertie Hughes, nnie I lyatt. Rosa Jackson. ( Mivia Johnson, Maliel Jones. Sunie Jones, Annie Jones, Linnie Mann. Tulia Mayo. Maude Mebane, Ruth Mendenhall, Elizabeth Merrimon, Mary Mcrrimon. Viola McLawhorn, Louise Morphew, Loma Niven, Rachel Oliver, Nell Pender, 69 May Reade, Sallie Reade, Lillian Reeves, Dora Schiffman, ( lla Siddle, Louise SilK. Delia Smith. Elizabeth Stanback, Sadie Steele. Maude Stewart, Sara Stewart. Elizabeth Tomlinson, Mabel Tomlinson, Jessie Trogden, Eleanor Vann, Adelaide an Noppen, Maude ickory, Lucile Waddell, Mildred Wallace, Ruth Walter-. Mabel Ward. Edith Ward, Cordye Weatherly, Lillian Wells, Tulia Weskett, Far Westhrook. Elizabeth We-.tln.iok. Percie Wilmoth, Lydia Winslow, Ida Winstead, Orace Winstead, ( rlennie Yelverton. Carlotta Barbour, Eva Blair. Ruth Coltrane, Sara Condon, Sue Corbett, Grace Field, Helen Groome, Margaret Cay, Susie Gwyn, Lillian Gwyn, Huldah Hambrick, E. Hardin. Eula Ha} r es, VOICE. Huldah Hester, Flossie I li iwell, Ruth Hughes, Sunie Jones, Julia Mayo, Hallie Mayes, Maude Mebane, Mary Merrimon, Elizabeth Merrimon, Rachel Oliver, Bonnie ( Irmond, A. Pegram, Frank Robbins, May Norris Richardson. Marianne Smith. ( )la Siddle. Sadie Steele. Rosalie Strudwick, Kate Tate. 1 [ortense Thornton, Carita Wallace, Lillian Wells, Fay Westbrook, Percie Wilmoth, Lydia Winslow, Glennie Yclverton. VIOLIN. Susan Geddie, Pattie Chappell: Mary I ' .agley, Wiley Bagwell, Fannie Harrington, Fleta Bynum, Bessie Carson, S. J. Davis. M. S. Dozier, Evelyn Diggs, ' E. M. Fisher, Josephine Freeman, Sara Gibson, ART STUDENTS. Linnie Gilliland, Sallie Graham, Ethel Hales, Douglas Hendrix, Mary James, Marion Jones. II. V. Kraft, Mary Mcllhenny, Annie Newby, Sallie Reade, Sadie Rovster, Annie Sears, Louise Sills, Ethel Stewart. Clara Suit. Laura Thomas. Nona Thompson, Grace Tate, Ruth Tate, Mildred Wallace, Mabel Ward. Grace Winstead. 70 INTERIOR VIEWS OF COLLEGE. SOCIETIES AND PUBLICATION TEmcrson Cltcrarj Society. c olors: Gold and Green. OFFICERS. Clara Stahi I- resident Vera [doi Vice-President EllEn McPhah Recording Secretary Am vnda Baxter Corresponding Secretary ildred Connally Treasurer Martha StockTi in Censor Margaret I [errinc Critic Huldah Hambrick , , ,, , ,. I lamtresscs Bonnie Ormond , MEM l:i:i;-.. Carlotta Barbour, Huldah Hester, Sallie Reade, Maude Boren, Ethel Hales. May Reade, Mary Broome, Huldah Hambrick, EfHe Smothers, Sallie Broome, Margaret Herring, Clara Stahl, Sara Blalock, Lena Hampton, Blenii Stilwell, Mary Barnwell, Araminta Hester, Mamie Stewart. Amanda Baxter, Eulah Hayes, Sara Stewart. Mamie Best, Flossie Howell, Ola Siddle, Ethel Brinkley, Violel Hayes, Elizabeth Stanback, Estelle Brown, Vera tdol, Martha Stockton, Clara Clapp, Hattie Jackson, Will Stockton, Bessie Clapp, Snnie Belle Jones, Clara Suit, Mildred Connelly, Mabel Jones, Mabel Tomlinson, Etta Cutchen, Olivia Johnson, Bessie I ' tlev. Ruth Coltrane, Susan Geddie, Maude Vickery, M,i C ampbell, Boyd Lowry, Ida Winstead, Annie Carter, Ellen McPhail, Graee Winstead, Julia Crutchfield Sybil ( Uiver, Carita Wallace. Myrtle Dean. Rachel Oliver. Lydia Winslow, Margaret Gay. Eula ( i inond. Ruth Walters, Ida Galloway, Bonnie Ormond, Glennie Yelverton, Susie Gwvn, 3rving TLiterarj SocUty. Colors: Gold and Purple. OFFICERS. Carrie Young President Josie Fulton Vice-President Bertha Long Recording Secretary Marianne Smith Corresponding Secretary Allie Strickland Treasurer Ida Womack Critic Nann Walker Censor Eleanor Vans T , , Jamtresscs Julia Mayo j MEMBERS. Elizabeth Adams, Lillian Gwyn, Marianne Smith, Annie Anderson, Eva Gainer, Allie Stickland. Maude Baker, Helen Groom. Margaret Summersett, Leone Battle. Emily Harris, Deborah Sherrod, Bertie Baxter, Eunice Helms, Louise Sills, Alice Blauchard, Callie Holt, Wilma Stevens, Lola Bruton, Myrtie Ham, Ollie Sherrill, Katie Blunt, Mamie Hester, Dora Schiffman, Bessie Carson, Ruth 1 lughes, Fannie Speed. 1 ' attie Chapped, Rosa Jackson, Delia Smith. Sarah Condon, Rammie Johnson. Rosa Strudwick, Grace Craig. Emily Joyner, Nona Thompson, Ilattie Creef, Mary Lewis, Jessie Trogden. Sue Corbett, Bettie Laddin, Elizabeth Tomlinson, Anna Detwiler, Bertha Long. Hortense Thornton, Belle Doggett, Annie Merritt, Lillie Tillman. Byrde Daily, Julia Mayo. Eleanor Vann, Ethel DeLaney. Bessie McXairy. Percie Wilmoth, Bessie Davis, Ethel McNairy, Julia Weskett, Evelyn Diggs, Loma Xiven. bla Womack. Mabel Evans, Louise Morphew, Edith Ward. Grace Foy, Nellie Pender. Mabel Ward, ( ' race Field. Maude Pickard, Evelyn Walker. Louise Fray, Lillian Reeves, Nann Walker. Josie Fulton, Frank Robbins, Lucile Waddell, Man Fulton, May Morris Richardson, Annie Woodley, Sara Gibson, Daisy Shaver. Mildred Wallace. Sallie Graham, Helen Sparger. Carrie Young. Delphine Crimes. IN LOVING GRATITUDE TO AUNT FANNY, WHO Is ALWAYS READY TO RESPOND TO EVERY CRY OF SUFFERING WITH TENDER CARE AM) MOTHER!. SOLICITUDE, THIS PACE IS DEDICATED. y. W. L. -A. Cabinet. OFFICERS. Helen Sparger President Marianne Sm itii Vice-President CARITA WALLACE Recording Secretary ELLEN McPhaii Corresponding Secretary Clara Stahl Treasurer COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN. Bessie Carson Chairman of Devotional Committee Letitja Evans Chairmen of Missionary Committee Clara Stahi Chairman of Finance Committee M i;i n. i-: Smith Chairman of Membership Committee E. VERA Idoi Chairman of Social Committee Grace Foy Chairman of Temperance Committee BERTHA Long Chairman of Music Committee Carrie Young Chairman of Room and I, Hoary Committee Y. . C. A. CABINET 79 College MZessage Staff. I ' ' .i.i.i:n McPhaii Business Manager May Norms Ri hardson issistant Business Manager Marianne Smith Chief Editor Araminta Hester Issistant Editoi ASSOCIATE EDITORS Clara Stall] Grace Craig J Bessie Carson .... Lillian Yow  Margaret Herring Josie Fulton Allie Strickland. . . | Mamie Best ) Mabel Evans Ida Galloway. ... f Round Table . .Alumnae Department .... Local Department . Exchange I )epartment . ..Y. W. C. A. Notes 81 St. (Tecilla Sttuslc (Hub. OFFICERS. Li 1. 1. 1 an GWYN President Blanche Dawson Chairman of Music Susan GEDDIE Secretary I Iri.nui I [ESTER Treasurer MEW BERS. Annie Carter, Annie Doughten, Huldah Hester, Julia Crutchfi eld, Susan Geddie, Maude Mcbane, Blanche Dawson, Lillian Gwvn, Louise Morphew. Belle Doggett, ST. CECILIA MUSIC CLUB. 86 iDramatic dlub. Flower: Daffodil. Colors: Light Blue and White. Motto: All the world ' s a stage and all the men and women merely players. ( ' .i; VCE Craig President Mary Fulton Secretary [da Womack Treasurer X xx Walker Manager Ethel Hales .S7iw - Manager I.vima Winslow Leading Lady Eula ( Irmond Leading Man SUE CORBETT . ' .Comedian Fi.et Bynum Juvenile Grace Field lccom anist Louise Fray BWi . ' v Rosalie Smith 1 . . „ .. „ C ifr mii AV . - I- x xi i: Speed as Obc i Own IKomers. Alice Blanchard, flattie Creef, Mabel Evans, Rosa fackson, Annie W lley. TII1 ; . IX IWN IK IMERS. 91 Obc iDiggers. Clara Stahi President Grace Foy Secretary and Treasurer MEM BERS. ( ' .rail- Craig, Bertha Long, Clara StaM, Mabel Evans, Ellen McPhail, Allie Strickland, Grace Foy, Marianne Smith. Margaret Summerset, Josie Fulton, Helen Sparger, Carrie Young. Myrtie 1 lam. 92 THE I )H ' ,c,I 3 016 5ttai6s- Club. Flower: Ragged Robin. Color: Black. Motto: Gee! whiz! I ' m glad I ' m free. No wedding bells for me. ROLL. JosiE FuLTi in President Carita Wallace Vice-President Grace Fo ,,,, v Manager Bump omack Secretary 1 Ikle. Spari .1:1; Treasurer Bessie Carson Man Prohibitor Marianne Smith CVhV Forager Maude Mebane Cat and Bird Nurse Vera Idol, Ellen McPh ' ail, Clara Stahl, Rertha Long, Grace Craig, Margaret Summerset. CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS. CONSTITUTION. JHU E hereb} resolve, whereas, 1 n acci unt of our main sad love affairs in our Htl youth, we do hereby ordain and establish this ( ld Maid ' s Club; and be it firmly resolved thai no one can beo me a member who, in any wise, anil at any time contemplates entering the blissful state of matrimony. To this document we do hereunto set our hands and seals on this the twenty- fourth day of November, nineteen hundred and seveh. BY-LAWS. For every letter from an unmarried man shall be paid the fine of five cents. Foi ever) visit from an unmarried man shall be paid the fine of six cents. Should this contract at am time be broken the violator thereof shall make her husband share his income with the other ( ld Maid-. 94 OLD MAIDS ' CLL ' B. 95 Obc Castcrti tte Mtatcrs. Lv lx VViNstow President • Eulaii ( Irmond Carita Wai.i.ui I i e President Secretary GLENN!E YelvErton Treasurer MEM HERS. Bertie Baxter, Eulah Ormond, Glennie Yelverton Ruth Coltrane, Nell Pender, l.v.lia Winslow Flossie Howell. Carita Wallace. Mildred Wallace THE EASTERN MEDITATOR 97 (Thaflng J lsh Club. Colors: Black and White. Flower: Tulip. Motto: Have a g 1 time. It costs nothing. ROLL. C utLOTTA Barbour Chief Talker Mildred Connally Market Girl Ida G u.i.uway chief Taster 1 1 ri. ha 1 1 Hambrick Chief Eater Huldah I [ester Chief Forager Bonnie Irmond Joker Ma Reade Giggler Sallie Reade Chief ( ' ook Grace Winste n Issistaut Cook Ida Winstead Dishwasher CHAFING 1MS1 1 CL1 I ' ■ 99 Ohc Mtsrrymakcrs. Name: The Merrymakers. ' Do others before they get a chance to do you. Chief Sport: Any ..1,1 thing. Colors: Ch.. ci. laic and Strawberry. ROLL. Carrie 1 1 anna Younc Chief Mabel Augusta Evans Second ( ' hief Ai.i.ii: Gray Strickland Money Guard Marianne Waterall Smith . . ,.. .. . ' Foragers Annie ynn bEARS ( 1 1 att ik Beatrice Creef Chief Cook Emily I i I [ar [da Louise 1 1 u.. . J i. mi- Lucile W i.i ki.i Dishwasher Annie Terrell Wi . -. Room Guard Julia Thom s M yo First-to-Come and Last-to-Go Rosa Lou |ackson Errand Roy ' General Merrymakers ino THE MERRYMAKERS. 101 obc Kid i Mi s. Flower: Red Carnation. Colors: Red and White. Motto: I lave as much fun as yon can. with as little work as pi issible. OFFICERS. Iui.a Hayes President J i-xia Weskett ' ice-President Louise Sills Secretary Low Niven Treasurer M EM BERS. Leone Battle, Eula Hayes, Lillian Reeves, Evelyn Diggs, Emily Joyner, Louise Sills, Helen Groom, Loma Niven, Dora Schiffman, Sarah Gibson, Maude Pickard, hilia Weskett, 102 THE KUTE KIDS. 103 Obc Obrcc Squealers. Amanda Baxter, Susie Gwyn, Sue Corbett. 104 1 I IK Tl [REE S( lUEALERS. 105 fun Covers ' (Tlub. Flower: Forget-me-not. Color: True Blue. Motto: To each other be True Blue. Do everybody else as they do you. Kill. I.. Amanda I.. Baxter Bill Louise M. Fray Cutencss Dixi.a M. I Ioi.ton Dearie Julia T. Mayo Jule Frank M. Robbins Boy Debbie L. Sherrod Babe Lvuia C. Winslow Sweet 106 l ; l [.. i ERS ' CLUB. 107 TEat A[l Vou dan (Hub. Flower: Cauliflower. Color: Watermelon Red. Motto: Live to eat. RO] I ' i ' .n.i. Baxter o-Comc Mamie Best .Crusher Alice Blanchard n Opener Lola Bruton t Mistress Fleta I ' .ymm .Grumbler Sue CorbETT iiV : ' i rr Grace Foy Dishwasher Louise Fray .... Giggler Josu Fulton .7uV Rogue Susie Gwyn ,. ,,rst Talker Della 1 1 ni. n in I ni Scraper Ver li ' mi ' . Last-to-Lcavc Fr xk Robbins Watcher Debbie Sherrod Bottle Washer I [ElEn Sparger The Rambler Nona Thompson Chief Crammer Nann Walker CWe Cook BUMI WOMACK Will7,v (,7l7 108 E T I.I. -Y )l -CAN CLUB K. Z. p. (Hub. Matin: Don ' t work until you have to, and then don ' t have to. Veil: Hippy, Happy, let her go, K. ' .. I ' . is not a hit slow, Xo need hurrying, no need wi rrying K. 7.. I ' . is just in the row. favorite Occupation: Worrying the Faculty. Loafing Quarters: Palace of Sweets. Favorite Sou; : School Days. Calling Horns: 10—12 p. m. A Lit i: Blanchard Sweet . [lice .Mam it: BEST Skinny Bessie Brown A 1 . ' . SUE CORBETT Doc. Susie Gwyn Snooks M m James Dance Nona Thompson acfe Nann Walker Nancy Evelyn Walker Nig. Ill ATHLETICS 30= ==][=5][ Ji  SEPH KRAFT HP? fv A. A (5. J. T. basketball Ocam. Colon: Green and White. R( ILL. Helen Sparger ( ' aptain 1 li ' XKx Sp vrger Center S ra Stewart Right Forward Sybil Oliver Right Guard Alice Blanch rd ,,- , Forward Annie Woodley ,. 7 (;„,„-, Ellen McPiiaii : . . . .Goaler Sl ' ■ Corbett Basket Guard H6 G. F. C. BASKETBALL TEAM. 117 Hrvittg basketball Dcam. Delphine Grimes Captain Delphixe Grimes Center Nann Walker Right Forward Julia Mayo Right Guard Emily Harris Left Forward JosiE Fi won Left Guard Lucile Waddeli Goaler Ethel DeLaxey Basket Guard Cmcrson basketball Ocam. El ' LAll ( Irmond Captain Eulah Ormond Center M won Stewart Right Forward Ruth Coltraxe Riyht Guard Lydia Winsli iw Left Forward Susie Gwyn Left Guard Mary P.arxweli Goaler GlENNIE YELVERTOX Basket Guard 118 119 Senior basketball Ocam. Colors: Dark Blue and White Clara Stahi Captain Clara Stahl Center Vera [doi Right Forward Marianne Smith Right Guard Josie Fulton I,, -ft Forward M i:i:i. Evans .,• ' GWd ( JracE Foy Goaler Grace Craic Basket Guard 120 SENK IR B SKETBALX, TEAM. 121 Sophomore basketball Ocam. Amanda Baxter Captain Amanda Baxter Center Raciiki. ( LIVEK Right Forward Nell Pender Right Guard SYBIL LIVER left Forward OLLIE SHERRILL Left Guard Carita Wallace Coaler Peri ii: Wilmoth Basketman SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL, TEAM. 123 Special Ocams. Julia Weskett Captain Julia Weskett Center S. u.i.ik Graham Aght Forward [.(i.MA Niven . .Right Guard Eula Hayes .Left Forward Mahel Tomlinson Left Guard Hortense Thornton Gaoler 1 1 i ' .t.icn Groomk . . .Basket Guard B. ' ii Thompson Captain Nona Thompson Center Ethel DkI.wta Right Forward Cl i Suit Right Guard Louise Morphew Left Fonvard Dora Schiffman Left Guard Lena 1 1 am rii in Goaler S i BLALOCK Basket Guard 124 SPECIAL TE VMS. 125 COLLEGE AXD GROUNDS. TO THE MOTHERS OF OUR CLASS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE GONE TO THAT BOURNE WHENCE NO TRAVELLER RETURNS, BUT OTHERS WHO REMAIN- TO CHEER AND COMFORT OUR PATHWAYS HERE ON EARTH, WE LOVINGLY AND TENDERLY DEDICATE THIS PAGE. 129 Our Alma Mater. A SPIDER ' S WEB may blur a landscape, and so a trifle may oftentimes disturb the whole mental apparatus. Thus it happens that those of us who are removed from the influence of the petty grievances of college life may look upon Greensboro Female College with a clearer view. Not so many years ago there was an opinion prevalent among the student body that they were eating enough beef-hash to supply Uncle Sam ' s army, and at the same time, they entertained grave fears lest they were destroying Porto Rico ' s whole output of long sweetening. Notwithstanding this, numerous groups were huddled together in different parts of the building, all discussing the grave situation. The conclusion was reached — We are all starving. Therefore, it was incumbent on them to sit down and inform their parents to that effect, suggest- ing that the only remedy was to send a box immediately, if not sooner. Now after fifteen years it appears that there was no more hash eaten than is allotted to each individual of the human race, and it is a will known fact that the scales were registering increased weights during the college term. What if alarm clocks were an essential feature in the room ' s furnishing and their gongs sent saw-teeth into the nerves of peaceful slumberers at live o ' clock in the morning? These served other purposes. For instance, when a certain young man had been frequenting the parlor long enough to come to the point, and when he persisted in taking his seat on the sofa beside her, on the occasion of one of these weekly calls, there were sounded seven gongs from seven alarm clocks, and immediately there was a disturbance. Some said that about that time there was seen a mighty tall man striding off the campus with his arms full of clocks. As the years go, memory holds no phase of college life more distinct nor counts any influence more potent than the home life of our beloved institution. The forming of lifelong ties of friendship and the daily companionship of those choice spirits that our Alma Mater has ever gathered around her hearthstone have wrought into the fabric of our being varied hues to enrich the dull gray of an ordinary life. ( Ine cannot remain a student of the college for more than a week and escape the influence of the girls ' weekly prayer service. Some familiar hymns are sung, several prayers offered, a chapter read (the comments are usually brief) and then the close, all repeating in concert: Let the words of my mouth and the medita- tions of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, oh. Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer. There was little in those services except the faith of a little child, 133 vet thev sent each forth with gladder heart and a deeper determination to act her part well. And so, whether it was in girlish sport or in the hour of devotions; whether in the laboratory with blow-pipe and test-tube or seated at the piano, endeavoring to work out the intricacies of a Beethoven Sonata: whether in the effort to balance an account or striving to spread upon canvas a glimpse of nature; whether study- ing the idioms of a foreign language or the beauties of the mother tongue : whether on the rostrum giving expression to the thoughts of other minds or hidden away in some quiet corner solving a mathematical problem ; in all these, our Alma Mater, thou hast enlarged us. Thou hast led us into the thought life. Thou hast taught us activity of soul. Thou hast awakened us to the beauties of nature; to the good in human nature: and disclosed unto us the secret of true living — the joy of ser- vice. What the branches were before the springtime, so were we before thou didst breathe into us thy spirit. And now thy daughters are scattered wide. — in foreign fields they are leading their groping sisters into the light : in the one-room schoolhouse, in the city schools, and in the college community, they are training the youth of the land ; there are some who have caught the ear and the eye of the public with a glib tongue and a ready pen: others are in the busy marts; but the many are found in the homes of our own Southland, enduring the strain of household care, bending over the cradle of laughing babes, and contributing a full share to the advance- ment of the community in which they live. Yet, all with one accord would cry: flail to thee, Alma Mater, ever more our joy. our pride! Epir Smith Pt.Yi.rCR, ' 95. 134 Vaccination. N ' ow, who ' s afraid of smallpox, here, r who could catch that thing so hated, There ' s not a bil of need to fear, For everyone ' s been vaccinated. A letter to the parents sent, Requiring of them certain data. Caused such a wail the skies were rent, For each reply said, accinate her! ' ' )ne Monday morning bleak and cold, It was announced to each one here, That armed with towels and sleeves uprolled, At ten o ' clock she must appear. I )id evei any human see Such arms as then were there arrayed? I wondered at the doctor ' s fee, For there were full four score displayed ! And every different kind of arm Both long and short, and fat and thin, And -nine, we feared the doctor ' d harm. For they were simply bones and skin. nd now on every side we hear From girls — the faculty, too, ' tis stated, — A hast) word, Be careful, dear. Don ' t touch my arm 1 I ' m vaccinated! E. V. I 135 (Tlass :poem. Now we leave you, yet we love you, Alma Mater, kind ami true, Soon these dear old walls and playgrounds Will be hidden from our view. In our memory you will ever Be a green ami sunny spot ; May each girl s, , kindly nurtured. Ask cif you. Forget me not. When from duty we have wandered. Gently with us you have borne. And when homesick, sad ami weary. Thou hast ever kindness shown. Stepping out across the threshold ( If a life untried and new. May we faithfully remember All the things yi m hade us do. As we leave these hours of study Higher yet may we aspire; Looking forward to the future, Till we reach all you desire. To our teachers, who with patience Helped us as our tasks we wrought, We would thank them for all kindness, Every well-directed thought. To our classmates, kind and loving. We will 1ml a fond adieu, Though our paths he widely severed. We will ever think of you. Here together we have wrestled, Searching for some hidden lore; Culling stubborn facts and fancies, Laying something up in store. 136 Here with merry hearts we ' ve mingled. While the halls rang with our glee, And these memories will be cherished, As we launch upon life ' s sea. Modest as the blue-eyed violet, Chosen flower of our class; May we swerve from duty never. But be true while life shall last. Dear old campus, how we ' ve rambled ( In your green and grassy slope; In our hearts we ' ll keep thy memory. While life bids US love and hope. Ima Mater, Teachers, Classmates, Unto all a fond adieu ; .s we leave you, --till we love yon. May we e ' er b i u be true ! 137 3 The Broken Pledge. ( , HREE GIRLS sat on the steps of their college home discussing their future. 1 Margarette and Lucile were about the- same age, but were as different as could be. Margarette had beautiful brown eyes that could sparkle with fun or flash with anger when provoked. Hers was a face cue would li.uk at twice. Lucile, on the contrary, had large blue eyes, so blue that her friends often accused her of having stolen samples of the sky as she came down, and lovely brown hair which newer seemed to give Iter any trouble. Little curly-headed Irene, the youngest of the three, was the mischief-maker of the trio. Her brain was always busy thinking up some new plot or adventure, to keep things lively. a- she said ; and, from the way she was staring into space, she must he busier than usual. Now, look here, girls ' exclaimed Lucile, I move that we do something out of the ordinary. I am so tired of the same story over and over. It ' s either leave college and go out to lie a school teacher, or fall in love and get married. The latter is what 1 call the end of everything. Oh, don ' t worn yourself over that. laughed Margarette, for it take- two lo play at that game. Yes, hut I sup] mse there are plenty of people who are just waiting for a partner so thai they may begin the game! retorted Lucile, ( lh, girls! screamed Irene, springing up so quickly that she sent her tablet and pencil flying down the gravel walk. I have a splendid plan 1 Just listen to it ' We three will set up an old maids ' establishment in Lucile ' s home town That ' s the finest little place I know of. and yon. Margarette, shall have a music class, for of course you couldn ' t possibly be happ} unless you were teaching music: Lucile shall give private French lessons, while I. oh ' I ' ll be housekeeper and general merrymaker to keep you two old maids from dying of the blues. Good! cried Lucile and .Margarette in a breath. You ' re a second Solomon in petticoats! And, oh ' added Lucile. I have a pretty little house called Rose Cottage, in a large grove on Chestnut street, which mamma left me. It will be the very place for US. Thai ' s just simph line ' put in Margarette. Bui we won ' t he cross, as old maids usually are. she added, but so sweet ami good-natured that everyone will love us. and think there is no one like the ' Three Old Maids of Rose ( ,| tage : ' won ' t we. girls. J Yes, indeed, that we will ' answered Lucile. But the best thing of all is, 138 that it takes no men to play this game. This said with a wicked look at Marga- rette. Where ' s my paper and pencil? asked Irene. There is yonr paper on the ground, and I think the pencil is yonder under that rosebush, replied Margarette. Pray, what is coming next? Oh, I ' m going to write out a pledge for us to sign. came in muffled tones from Irene, who was down on her knees among the leaves in search of her pencil. ( )h, here you are! Now let ' s see how fast you can write after giving me that long search. After a few moments ' silence she threw down her pencil, drew her small figure up In its greatest height, put on a very dignified air. and began to read in solemn tunes : We. the undersigned, do pledge our weird that we will always remain single, and true to « ur promise of setting up an ( )ld Maid ' s Establishment in . The first one to break this pledge must provide a home for the other two, in case they do not succeed in rinding a better — I mean worse — half also. Signed, this, the seventh day of January, nineteen hundred and seven, in the presence of the old oak tree on the college campus. That ' s fine! cried Luetic. Give me the pencil and let me seal my fate. Now, Margarette. place your signature down there under mine. she said, handing her the paper and pencil. At first Margarette seemed to hesitate, but on Lucile ' s exclaiming, I Hi, yes, old girl, I always thought you had a tender spot in the bottom of your heart for men! her name went down in a hurry. v o v. we must each have a copy of this to keep after we leave school, began Irene. But just here the supper bell rang, and put an end to the conversa- tion. ' Tis the summer after their graduation when we next meet our three friends. They are attending a house party at the home of Maude Nelson, one of their schoolmates. ' Twas about four o ' clock on a beautiful June afternoon that Maude came out on the piazza where Lueile sat. with a book in her hand, and asked abruptly; Where on earth is Irene? Frank has just come ami is asking for her. Irene? repeated Lueile. absently, why, I haven ' t seen her at all this after- noon. I suppose she is taking a hap. Ah, where was Irene? The moment that she heard that Frank Hartford was coming on the afternoon train, she had slipped out of the house and sped away to the river near by. There she sank down on the old rustic seat where they had sat the night before he left for H College, not quite a year ago. She wenl over again in her mind their first meeting; how she had suddenly felt a 139 queer thrill on looking up into his deep brown eyes, which was renewed every time they met, and that was very often. Each time the memory of a certain slip of paper, tucked away with her other school keepsakes, caused her a momentary feeling of regret. On the night before he was to leave for college he had told her that he would have something to ask her when he came back the next summer, which he didn ' t feel that he could ask until he had received his diploma and had a profession of his own. Xow he was coming ! Oh. what shall I do? groaned Irene. But down deep in her heart she knew very well what she was going to do. I hate so badly to break a promise, even though it is all a joke. Xow if I were Lucile or Margarette it wouldn ' t be nearly so bad, as they were not the ones to suggest the plan or write the pledge. But after I have boasted of how I was going to enjoy life without a ' troublesome man. ' here 1 must end by falling in — Irene suddenly became very deeply absorbed in her book while blushes began to spread over her face and lose themselves in her curly hair. She had caught sight of a tall, broad-shouldered man hurrying down the path. The nearer he came the more absorbed she grew, until a deep musical voice spoke just behind her. Well, little girl, what message have you for me now? The book closed with a snap. ami. although the trembling lips refused to speak. Frank read his answer in the eyes that were shyly raised to meet his own. An hour later Irene walked into the room wdiere Lucile and Margarette were dressing for dinner. Well, girls. she began, with a vain attempt to look sorrowful, I suppose there is nothing left for me but to pay the penalty. It does seem bad, but Frank says lie is willing t provide a home for a dozen old maids if he can only persuade me to break the pledge. Before she ' had finished Lucile and Margarette had pounced upon her and were showering her with kisses. ( h, I am so glad, cried Lucile : hut. with a sly wink at Margarette. don ' t look so sorrowful, for I hardly think you will be called upon to furnish us with homes, as there are to be two more arrivals tonight. C. Y.. ' OS. 140 Calendar. Sept. 12. School opened with joyful tears and solemn hand-shake Sept. 13. Seniors can ' t find the mail box. (Heads in the air). Sept. 14. Banquet fur Mrs. Robertson. Sept. 25. Miss Gunn was in a hurry and ran to breakfast. Sept. 28. Society receptions. Oct. 1. .September over Oct. 5. Miss Wilson kindly escorted the faculty to the drug store, and left.  ct. 7. ace nation went the rounds. ■ - : - _ r - a ■■ - ■ - ■ — • Deo - Pt - ■ — — - : Dec 9. Jose grmtfif Set Scftmcr, - ■ 5 - -- . - - - Dec. Dec. Dec. 10. Feb. 2. Feb. 6. Bills for broken cameras. Miss Fenick had on a new tie. Miss Wilson wrote Clara a love ( ?) letter. Ground hog saw his shadow. Banquet. Faculty took man, and Seniors the sustenance of mar the Banquet Hall. Feb. 14. Valentine ' s Day. Feb. 15. Faculty. Seniors, and Mr. Frank attended reception at the Mc V Feb. 22. Everybody went home. And those that didn ' t wanted to lie everybodu Mar. 1. Dr. McMurry preached. Mar. 2. Mid-term exams. Mar. 9-14. Senior vacation and Junior vexation. Mar. 16. Enjoyed Ethel Hale ' s recital. Mar. _ ' .?. Senior Music Recital. 144 March 25 — Miss Penick gives us home, where she sudden and great surprise by leaving for her soon to be married. Mar. 30. Expression recital by Nan Walker. Apr. 19. Easter Sunday. Apr. 20-27. Second Senior vacation. May 15. Snip entertained her classmates, the Class of ' 08. May 17. V. W. C. A. Sermon. May 18. Class Day Exercises. Expression Recital. May. 19. Haccalaureate Senium. Alumnae Recital. May 20. Graduation Exercises. Grand Annual Concert. 145 Ol)e Teast. We sat in the room at midnight. As Lewis went on his round. And the teacher stood in the doorway Before we had heard a sound. She saw all our feast spread before us, Read_y for us to devour ; Then said in the sternest of accents. Girls, do you know the hour? And there, by the dim lighted candle We were caught, we knew full well. But a faint hope of yet escaping, Made each girl run with a yell. Under the beds we scampered And into the closets, too. But the teacher came and pulled us out. And we knew what she meant to do. Then back to their rooms she sent them Out through the cold, dark night ; While I sadly picked up the eatings, Ami hid them away from sight. And as I picked up those good tilings. hile the teacher ' s words rang in my ears ; A flood of thoughts came o ' er me That filled my eyes with tears. How often, oh, how often In the days that had gone by, We had sat in that room at midnight, And feasted on pickles and pie! How often, oh, how often We had boasted, that try as they would, The teachers never could catch us. For they thought us pious and good. 146 So our hearts were proud and careless, As we planned for a great, big spread. And there seemed no need for whispers, For we had nothing to dread. But now that time has vanished. It is gone forever more. For I ' ll settle with you tomorrow! Said the teacher wdio stood at the door. Yet whenever I see a package Come in from the little store, I regret that we talked so loudly In the days that are no more. And I think of the list of demerits That the teacher gave us then. And wonder if I have the courage To ever try it again. I watch the girls slip by my doorway. With never a sound they go ; And m heart still yearns to follow, I ' .in 1 whisper sternly, No! For forever and forever. Vs long as there are schools, As long as girls feast at midnight, As long as they break the rules. Thai letter will live in my memory, That came from my parents dear. Saying — well, can ' t you guess at the contents, And tell why I ' m leaving off here? E. V. I. 147 Prophecy of Class of 08. (3 teen and eight to go seek an oracle in the far away land of the Rising Sun. and there to have the mystic curtain drawn aside that I might read wdiat futures the gods had ordained for my classmates. After receiving my charge I immediately left the scenes of my beloved homeland and became a wanderer on the face of the globe. I crossed the mighty Atlantic amid winds and storms that made me fear my mission would never be accomplished. But as we entered the Mediterranean Sea the waters became more quiet, and soon the sunny fields of Italy came into view. Here, I thought, was the place where I would surely find an oracle, but all in vain did I climb the mountain sides and peer into caves and chasms. Finding my quest useless in Italy, I wandered down into Greece, becoming more and more discouraged as the days passed by in fruitless search. At last, one day as I was about to give the mission up in despair, 1 came to the foot of the celebrated old mountain. Mount Parnassus, where many years ago shipwrecked Eneas had gone to learn the fate of the Trojans. I climbed the sides of the famous mountain and soon reached my destination, for there stood the Delphian oracle of old. Trembling with fear and excitement. I timidly approached, and in a voice agitated by fright. I told my mission and begged that the gods would listen to me. Immediately there was a dull rumbling sound and the priestess arose from her seat over a wide fissure in the earth, addressing me thus: You are a stranger, come hither from the land of the West to learn the future of the widely renowned class of nineteen hundred and eight of that noble institution of learning. Greensboro Female College. The gods will give to this class a future that will make the civilized world resound with wonder and praise of them. Never since the beginning of the world has there been an equal number of gleaming meteors sent out to enlighten and uplift the country. Take first Annie Anderson, the gifted poetess of the class. Xo common fate has been mapped out for this child of genius. Twenty years hence she will be the most famous poetess in all the American land. She will be toasted and courted by all the great and powerful, and her poems will be set to music by the most skilled musicians of the age. This will be music that will bring the tears to i ' ' - of thousands because of lis beauty and pathos. Bessie Carson, the youngesl hut none the less one of the brightest of the 14S class, will find her life work as a missionary. A few years after leaving school she will meet the knight of her dreams in a young minister. They will go as missionaries to the mountains of Western North Carolina, where they will soon become enshrined in the hearts and affections of the simple backwoods peoplv Bessie, with her vast store of knowledge, will be to these people a walking wonder. Next I will roll back the pages and tell you of Grace Craig, the noted talker of your class. The gods will be kind to this member, who has had many troubles in her short life. And. if you will travel to Wilmington, the City by the Sea, a few years from today you will find her installed in a handsome home of her own. After leaving school Grace will contemplate teaching, but on learning that mathe- matics will be among her work she will abandon the idea with horror and, remem- bering that leap year is not yet past, she will use her talking capacity for the excellent purpose of finding a mate. ' Ah! ' you say, ' but surely Mabel Evans is not mated, for where in all this universe would she find one whom she thought suitable to mate with ? ' Now wait a moment while I ask you a question. Do you remember how fond Mabel once was of little boys? This attachment will grow as the years pass and soon you will find her in a little vine-covered cottage built for two. You will scarcely recognize the Mabel of old, for the anxious frown will have been left at college when she walked from its doors with a diploma in her hand, and now she will be as joyous as a bird in spring. Listen to the fate of one of the brightest stars of the class! Josie Fulton is destined to become a meteor of the twentieth century. As you know, in school Josie was noted for her ability in remembering and printing in the College Mes- sage the jokes on her schoolmates. Five years after leaving the Hill she will print a book, W ' lio is the Brightest? filled with jokes and witty sayings, that will cause old America to hold her sides with laughter lest there be an explosion equal to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Grace Foy is also among the favorites. She will spend her life in the noble work of caring for homeless waifs. You have but to visit Greensboro twenty years hence to find there the ' Home for Motherless, ' a noble edifice, founded by Grace, who will then be manager of it. Her goodness will be proverbial in the Old North State. ' 1 want to see the world! ' has been Mvrtie Ham ' s cry since she first began studying of the wonders of the earth. Her wish will be granted and she will begin traveling soon after graduation. Every country of note will be visited by her, and the letters which she will send to the Ladies ' Home Journal, describing her travels, will be enjoyed by thousands of its readers. Mvrtie will become so enamored with the blue skies of Italy that she will decide to prolong her stay indefinitely, and the doors to her handsome villa will always stand open to welcome any member of her beloved class who may chance to wander to that distant shore. Why ask me of Margaret Herring ' s future? She decided that for herself long before she left college, and the gods will allow her to keep it. She would 149 never be content anywhere save in a schoolroom where she will rule the children with a rod of iron. They will each declare that her glasses are mirrors which she uses to see behind her, and woe to the pupil who is found with gum in her mouth. You will each guess at once who is the nightingale of the class. After spending several years in the North having her voice trained. Vera Idol will make her first appearance in Xew York City, where she will be hailed as a second Florence. Her tours of the two continents will be followed by praises that will resound to the heavens. Ere she reaches the year thirty she will be famous as the world ' s greatest songstress, the Idol of the music loving public. The reserved and stately Bertha Long was created for no other purpose than to grace a home. She will be first of the worthy number to forsake single blessed- ness, but her choice will prove a wise one. She will reside down in Gastonia, and at any time of the day you may hear her calling central to connect her with a certain wholesale grocery department. Great must be the future of the bearer of Senior dignity, Ellen McPhail. This tall maiden was made to rule wherever --he went, nor will she fail to do this in the Northern home where she will be persuaded to go some years after gradua- tion. After leaving school Ellen will go north to study music. While there a noted artist, becoming struck by her height and dignified bearing, will persuade her to pose for a picture that he is preparing to paint, called ' Higher yet. ' This picture will represent a towering young girl trying vainly to look over a tree to see a little man on the other side. Needless to say, this picture added the fitting climax to the painter ' s already rising fame. But who is the woman whose picture is seen on the front page of every notable newspaper, under flaming headlines? Look closer and you will recognize the mighty Smith who has become world famous as a lecturer on fudge making. You will no doubt remember how Marianne used to spend her time in school making candy while her friends read the lessons aloud. This craze conquered her and now she travels over the whole globe giving lectures on the hidden art of which she is mistress. Now in the annals of time we find Margaret Summers ett ' s name. If you wish to know of her go to the little city of Salisbury a few years hence, and on a northern street leading from the town you will find a lonely little house set aside from those around. On opening the door you will behold Margaret, sitting with knit brows over a long table strewn with books and papers. On enquiring what she is about she will raise a haggard face and tell you in mournful words that she has been sitting there for five long cars writing a book on physics, which will have no problems for the future generations to stumble over. Martha Stockton will very soon come to the conclusion that she likes dress- making better than studying and will begin work on a wedding trousseau. But ' true love never runs smooth, ' and on account of a small misunderstanding Martha will narrowly escape living the life of a spinster. 150 Who will fail to recognize the lady with the mathematical instruments? You remember how fond Clara Stahl was of the faculty, and how in her last year she really became a member of that august body. The year following she will become a teacher of mathematics in a college in Indiana. But her restless nature will not allow her to stay content in one place for long. She will feel her duty calling her to more extraordinary fields of labor, so gathering up her triangles, rules, compasses, and other implements of warfare, she will leave America. If five years from now you will take a peep into Southern Africa, there you will see Clara in a small thatched hut teaching trigonometry and analytics to a group of enquiring savages. Again we turn the pages and this time see the city of High Point. As we walk down Broad street we will see a large new house which we will be told is the home of a newly married couple. We approach and see a cloud of dust arising from the side porch. As we stand wondering what can be the meaning of this, the mystery is solved, for as the dust clears away we behold the Allie Strickland of old with a towel pinned tightly over her head and broom in hand sweeping rugs with might and main. 1 lelen Sparger, with her lofty hopes and aspirations, will become the profes- sional member of the class. Listen to what I am to tell you — I lelen is to become a LAWYER. She will win her cases as she always wins everyone, by that magnet- ism which no one can resist. No jury can decide against a prisoner when he has Lawyer Sparger to plead for him. Helen ' s fame will be secured when she wins a well known case in which a wife is accused of having pulled all the locks from her husband ' s cranium. After the stirring speech of defense, no one will ever again venture the suggestion that married men ' s hair is in danger. Now 1 have related to you in detail all that has been revealed to me by the gods. Go ! take back my prophecy to your anxious classmates and tell them they are blessed indeed to have been deemed worthy of the gods ' notice! Here the priestess turned to go, but I stopped her with a cry : What of the last member of the class? She turned, looked at me sorrow- fully and slowly shook her head. 151 Obe 5ttagic -Apple. Upon the plains of Persia, ( so doth the legend run ) . A wondrous tree did flourish and blossom in the sun. Its fruit once in a decade grew ripe and red of skin To tempt the passing stranger to seize the gift within. Which in its heart was buried, for him to take who chose. To boldly seize, and smiling eat, and thus forget life ' s woes. For he who without murmur did eat this apple rare Received a thousand blessings to make his life more fair. One-half of this red apple was soft and very sweet. The other half was bitter, and very hard to eat. 1 f one bit first the sweet side, the eating seemed but play, But when he reached the bitter he cast it all away. If first in this endeavor, one found the bitter meat. With frowns he cast it from him. unconscious of the sweet. These both lost all the blessings deep hidden in the core. For one must eat the whole fruit, or lose the good in store; Whoever smiling, swallowed all, the bitter witli the sweet. His ' life was crowned with blessings and happiness complete. ' Twas thus the ancient sages in fable taught the truth That life is sweet and bitter, alike in age and youth. I le who with smiling courage accepts life ' s daily meed Will still receive the blessings and strength for every need. — s. s. c. ?2 .Acrostic Go forward In thy noble work. Rich treasure house of knowledge rare! Each year thou sendest forth some who have victory won Each year sees some aspirant |ust begun; Nor can we tell what Inspiration, silent, yet intense Stirs in the hearts so kindly nurtured here. Between the years that lie afar. On many a heart thou ' lt be fore ' er enshrined; Rich legacy of hope and faith On all thy daughters tenderly bestowed. For weal or woe, for gain or loss. Each goeth forth to life ' s great battlefield, ' Mid conflicts often heavy to be borne; And yet, so well equipped within thy walls, Life doth not seem so difficult to meet. Each year rolls by on swiftly flying feet. Can words express the love we have for thee. O. Alma Mater, noble, true and |ust? Let future years in some small measure tell. Let nothing bring reproach while here we dwell ; Enthroned In heart and life thy memory e ' er Go with us, though our way be far or near. Encouraged by thy kindly care so dear. 153 Life of Poe. [A carefully edited Analysis of Poe ' s Raven, with sulijoi Prepared for the use of the Sophomore C Edgar Allan Poe ( who afterward added a t to his surname) was born in New England, in the northeastern part of the United States, at an extremely early age. The fact that his father and mother were both of a dramatic turn of mind may be held accountable for Poe ' s early ability to act. It is related of him that he was a finished actor before he was one month old. and he had rehearsals at every hour of the day and night. Indeed it was often noticed that in the com- paratively irresponsible days of infancy he would call forth his company (usually including his father and mother) in the middle of the night when other children of the same age were sound asleep. The education which the great poet received was the best available at that time. Greensboro Female College not being established until a few years after the poet ' s school days were over, to the everlasting regret of his guardians. However, his natural genius overcame any deficiences in his education. Main- incidents are told illustrative of the remaikable ability and discretion of his early manhood. At twenty-one he suddenly became of age. and in honor of that noteworthy event he was allowed a voice in the affairs of his country. Tin ' s was a great year for the poet, for, not being content with merely a voice in national affairs, he desired a hand in them. Therefore he entered West Point (which authorities tell us is so called because it is a point west of the eastern coast of America-) and there learned to handle a gun and sword. In the meantime his literary talents hail been developing with wonderful rapidity. In addition to The Raven. he published numerous other work-, both poetical and prosaic, the chief being his celebrated Black Cat. An eminent biog- rapher has written of this: An unsurpassed example of prosaic art. illimitable in its depth of feeling. and vast in its scope of intellect: it describes the habits of all black cats in general and this black cat in particular in a way that has never been equalled by any writer of any age. In spile, however, of the great poet ' s intellectual capacities and imaginative faculties, he died before he reached middle age, a fact that has never ceased to cause regret. 154 THE RAVEN. ' Once 2 upon a midnight 3 drear}-, while I pondered 4 , weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious ' volume of forgotten lore ' , — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping , As of some one gently rapping , rapping at my chamber 1 door. Tis some visitor, I muttered, tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more. CRITICAL NOTES. 1. The poet doubtless had in mind the common use of the word to devour with great eagerness, although some critics contend that Poe referred to a bird of black color, allied to the crow. 2. Note the remarkable way in which the poem opens. Only poets of the highest order could conceive of opening a narrative with the words once upon a time ! 3. Encyclopedia Brittanica, the Century and Standard Dictionaries all agree that the time referred to is twelve o ' clock at night. 4. to ponder is to weigh. 5. habitually inquisitive. 6. dimensions of any solid; the product of the length, width and depth. 7. an old word, now quite obsolete. 8. a hole or pipe in a cask, through which liquor is drawn. 9. to affect with ecstacy or pleasure. Read Note S carefully and observe the natural result ill this note. 10. a hollow or closed space. The poet here displays a wonderful sense of logic. Presum- ably the use of the word in this instance refers to a small room where a person, after the indub gence described in note 8, might recover from the effects. 155 Votes. Prettiest Susie CtWyn Cutest Louise Fray Most Intellectual Clara Stahl Biggest Flirt Louise Morphew Most Generous Sara Stewart Most Graceful Lydia Winslow Wittiest Josie Fulton Most Stylish maniu Baxter Most Athletic i.uic Blanchard Best Vocalist nnie WoonLEV Best Musician Bertha Long Most Industrious MabEL Evans Most Cadylike Eleanor Vann Biggest Talker Sue Corbett Most Papular I LElEn Sparger 156 The Awakening. Margaret Lancaster was the only child of a wealth) ' merchant in the village of M . She had been away from home for several years, studying music, and since her graduation in June she had spent the summer quietly at home. ( ne warm afternoon in July she lay in the hammock, idly watching the bees as they flew to and fro among the flowers. She had been reading, but her book had long since fallen from her hands, and she had given herself up to the spell of the quiet afternoon. Presently a negro hoy came across the lawn ami handed her a letter. Margaret gave an exclamation of pleasure as she recognized the writing of Louise Wiley, an old schoolmate. Louise had been her most intimate friend at college, and now she had written accepting an invitation to spend the month of August with Margaret. As she finished reading the letter she heard a voice behind her. What ' s the news, Margaret? And Frank Cameron came up beside her, and with the assur- ance of an old friend threw himself down on the grass at her feet. Just the one 1 want to see, Frank. I have a letter from Louise saying she will spend the mouth of August with me. Since you are a gentleman of leisure you can help me make her vi sit a pleasant one. But you don ' t look as happy about it as I expected. Never mind, wait until you see her, and I wager you will be in love with her in less than two days. You may not think she is beautiful, but she can make you love her easy enough. No, she cannot. 1 shall of course be glad to do all I can to make her visit a pleasant one, but I suppose I am selfish. answered Frank, without looking up. What in the world do you mean. Frank? 1 don ' t understand you, and Margaret looked up with a puzzled expression in her eyes. Don ' t you understand, Margaret ? Frank ' s voice was low and more gentle than Margaret had ever heard it before. I have been trying to tell you all summer and you would not let me. lint 1 must tell you now. Have you never guessed it, Margaret? T love you. f have lived near you since you were a child, and have watched you develop from a child into a beautiful, noble woman. I cannot remember a time when I have not loved you. In my boyish davs 1 claimed you as my little sweetheart, and since 1 have grown to be a man, if I have achieved any success at all. it has been due to your image in my heart and the hope that someday I might be worthy of your love. Many times this summer I have wanted to tell you this, but 1 could not. 1 have been happy in being with you, and when you told me that someone else was coming I knew that I could not 157 see you as I have been lining. 1 am selfish, and want you all to myself. But. dear, it is because I love you so. Margaret, can you ever care for me? Frank, it is needless for me to say that 1 am surprised. YVe have been friends so long that I never dreamed of your caring for me in any other way. I know of no one whose friendship I value more than yours, but I will be honest with you. I don ' t care for you in any other way. Margaret looked straight into Frank ' s face as she answered him, and though there was friendly interest in her eyes, one could sec that her heart had never been touched. Never had Frank Cameron looked more manly than when he stood before Margaret, his eves shining with determination. Do you love another, Margaret? No, there is no other. Then I shall not give up. My great love for you must win yours in return. Unless you tell me that you love someone else, I shall not stop trying to win your love. I must go now. 1 can ' t talk of other things after this, so I will leave you. One minute, Frank. Promise me that this shall not make any difference in our friendship. And Margaret ' s face was very earnest as she spoke. I shall always do all in my power to make you happy, Margaret, and I shall be as good a friend to you as I know how to be; but there is a difference, yon know now ' that I love you. Remember, wdierever you are, that you have in your keeping the truest love a man can give. It is yours whenever you choose to claim it. Good-bye. I shall try to keep my promise of helping to make your friend ' s visit a pleasant one. And gravely lifting his hat, Frank turned and went away. As he left her, Margaret went slowly into the house. I am sorry be loves me. We have been such good friends. Why should he spoil it by loving me? Hut Louise will soon lie here and maybe then be will find that he is mistaken, and will fall in love with her. I must plan for them to be together as much as possible. Margaret did not see Frank again until after Louise Wiley came. Then he kept his promise and spent a part of nearly every day with the girls, lie did not allude in any way to the conversation between Margaret and himself on that particular afternoon: but once, on looking up from some music, Margaret ' s eyes met his. and his eyes were so full of love-light that she quickly looked away. During Louise ' s visit a concert was given for charity and Margaret was asked to sing. Up to this time she had refused to appear in public since her return from New York, hut now her friends insisted that she should sing, so at last she consented to do so. On the morning before the concert Margaret and Louise were sitting on the lawn reading, when Frank came up. What a welcome interruption. both girls cried, throwing aside their books. We were wishing you would come. You girls would make a fellow conceited if he didn ' t know vou as well as I 158 do. But if you have no plans for the morning what do you say to spending it on the river? said Frank. Both girls were delighted with this plan, so they set out in a jolly frame of mind. They did not return until noon, and when Frank had gone Louise turned to Margaret and said. Margaret, are you and Frank Cameron more than friends? I can answer for him, hut not for you. lie worships you. Do you care for him? No, Louise, 1 don ' t. I don ' t care for any man. My whole heart is in my music. As for Frank, we arc merely good friends. I admire and like him, but that is all. Why don ' t you fall in love with each other? 1 think you would make a grand couple. And Margaret playfully put her arm around her friend ' s shoulders. Louise took both of Margaret ' s hands in hers and looked straight into her eyes. How foolish, Margaret. We could never care for each other, even if he didn ' t care for you, for we are too much alike. But honestly, dear, if I had my choice of all the men in the world fur you, 1 should choose Frank. Very well, I ' ll tell you if I ever luxe him, said Margaret, playfully. But there is the dinner bell, and it is a welcome sound to me. Come on. Margaret had never looked belter than when she stood before her audience that evening. She wore a simple white gown with a bunch of old-fashioned daisies at her belt. 1 ler voice was a rich, full contralto, and that night she was at her best. Her tones were perfect, and yet when she had finished, although the people applauded enthusiastically, everyone felt that something was lacking. Her muisc had no s ( ,ul in it. She sang of something she knew nothing of and she could not reach the hearts of her hearers. Margaret herself felt that something was wrong, and after she had returned to her home and was alone with Frank, she asked him if he noticed it Yes, Margaret. I noticed it, and I can tell you the trouble. You sang of love, and you know nothing of it, so how could you tell others? ( )h, Margaret, can ' t you ever care for me? I love you so, and 1 would spend my life trying to make you happy. Won ' t you try to care? and Frank looked deep into her eyes, his own shining with tenderness. Frank, I don ' t love you. I am sorry that you love me. for I ' m afraid I can never care for you as you want me to. answered Margaret, and her voice was more gentle than usual. Promise me that if you ever care you will tell me. You know I shall always love you. and 1 will gladly wait for years, if I can hear you say in the end that you love me. Will you promise 5 I promise, she said. Weeks went by. Louise ' s visit came to an end, and Margaret was left at home alone again. Early in September Frank Cameron went away and did not return until Christmas. On Christmas Eve Margaret sang again in public. She had hesitated at first, 159 because she had failed before to win her audience, but she knew now that she could sing of her own love and she determined to make amends for her failure before. When she came out upon the platform she glanced over her audience and all at once everything else faded away as she saw the one face in the world to her. But her accompanist was playing, so looking straight into Frank Cameron ' s eyes she forgot all else in the world and ang only to him. There was no lack of applause that night. Her friends overwhelmed her with congratulations, but she slipped away from them all and went home where she could be alone. She sat down at the piano and began singing softly. So intent was she on her own thoughts that she did not hear anyone enter until a voice said softly. Dreaming, as of old, eh, Margaret? And looking up she saw Frank standing beside her. with the lovelight sinning in his eyes. She gave a glad cry of Oh, Frank ! then her eyes failed to meet his in the old friendly way. But he gently lifted her face and read in her eyes all he wanted to know. My own. now and always, he whispered, as he gathered her in his arms. Always, she said. I have loved you all the time, but did not know it until you left me. 160 Something New Under the Sun. On Freshman Bible Examination : Write a character sketch of Joseph? Joseph was the one who got drunk and cut up bad on the street. Miss Penick — Tell me some of Dickens ' work? Bright Student — The Wavering Novels, David Copperfield, and Gray ' s Elegy. Miss Davis (to Ellen) — What became of the Federalist party after 1812? Ellen— Why, they were killed in the War of 1812. Carrie thinks a comet should have two tails, in order to make an of 45 degrees. Miss Wilson — What accompanies sound? Ethel — Well, there are different kinds of disturbments. Julia — Let ' s see what all happened in 1492: Columbus sailed, Washington crossed the Delaware, the Declaration of Independence was signed. Is that all? ON CHEMISTRY CLASS. Miss Wilson — Why did we not make chlorine? Bright Junior — Because we had some in the laboratory? Ellen — Say. didn ' t Pope write all those scary tales. ' The Raven, ' ' the Black Cat ' and the like ? Freshman — Please tell me where to get those green strips of cloth with G. F. C. painted on em. Senior to Sub-Freshman — What are you working so faithfully over, Alge- bra? Sub-Freshman — Why, no, it ' s math. An old girl was trying fortunes with flinch cards and told the new girl to cut. She immediately took up the hMirs with the remark. I sure do hate to rum Ibis new pack of cards. Freshman, on the tloor turning the steam regulator on radiator — 1 wonder why the lights won ' t come on ; I ' ve turned this screw as far as it will go. 161 )enior Farce. SCEXE I.— In Hall. 1 ' era. Girls, let ' s have a class meeting. What do we care if it is study hour? All. All right, let ' s do. What time? I ' era. Well, it ' s one minute, thirty-three and one-half seconds till seven. Let ' s have it at seven. At study hour hell. Snip, may we have it in your room? Carrie. For course, you can. Entrance to Carrie ' s door. Allie (with a towel round her head). Hello! Come in if you can stand the dust. Vera. We wanted to have class meeting in here. May we? Allie. Yes, but can ' t we wait till half past seven? I must clean up. Maybe I ' d better wash the chafing dish. All. Well. Au revoir till later. Class Meeting. Vera. Girls, we thought we would have a call meeting to discuss — Ellen. I ' m going to have company tomorrow night. Clara. Well, let ' s hurry, because I ' ve got to go home. I promised Miss uh- uh-Wilson to be there by a-a-a-half past nine. Josie. Listen, won ' t you? Clara, that ' s two hours yet. Vera. Well, anyway, we must discuss — [A knock at the door. Carrie. Come in. In walks Miss Pcitick. Miss Penick. Girls, what does this mean, during study hour? All. Has study hour bell rung? Well, we ' ll go on right now. Miss Penick. [Exit Miss Penick. Vera. Girls, we must get to business. First — Josie. Yes. first, let me tell you that I know my science for tomorrow. I can say ofT every rule for radiation. Helen. I ' d like to hear you. Josie. Radiation procures straight lines. There. Helen. That isn ' t the only one. Josie. It ' s the most important one. Here ' s the next. Radiant energy is reflected from a shiny face so that the creases of insolence and rejection are equal. Helen. That sounds right. Cracc l- ' oy. Girls, this Psychology lesson is too much. Why, we can ' t learn it all, and I say let ' s not look at it. Myrtie. please don ' t study it. [Clock strikes eight. 162 Martini (standing by chafing dish). Gee, this is the best candy. Believe I ' ll have some more. Allie. Girls, we must be more careful. The first thing we know Mrs. Robertson and Aunt Fannie are going to hear us. We are right on top of them. [Decided knock. Allie. Come in. Mrs. Robertson. Girls, what do you mean? And my Seniors! After my especial commands, aren ' t you ashamed Vera. Mrs. Robertson, we didn ' t think you ' d mind if we were working too. Mrs. R. But you can ' t work in such a crowd and when making this ever- lasting fudge. I ' era. Yes, ma ' am we can. And we ' ve been. - Mrs. R. Well. [And goes out. Mabel. This is a jolly class meeting. Let ' s not study one single bit. ' era. We must discuss that — Myrtie. Didn ' t you nearly die laughing at Miss Page today? Bessie. When I asked her why Paul didn ' t tell widowers not to get married again ? Myrtie. Yes. And she said she guessed he knew it would be wasting words — that the) would marry anyway. Vera. Well, let ' s discuss— Bessie. Going to bed. There ' s the bell. All. Now, don ' t let ' s any of us study. We ' ll get through someway. SCENE II.— Co o ' clock next morning, in Math Room). Myrtie. Girls, did any of you study? If Annie Anderson and Clara Stahl have opened a book, we ' ll mob them, won ' t we? Chira ond Annie I just coming in). Girls, don ' t we know a lot for today? Haven ' t even opened a book. | In walks Miss Pet ram. Miss P. Vera, did you get the eleventh ? Vera. Yes. ma ' am. Miss P. What did you get? I ' era. A quarter of pie ( rr ) . Miss P. Helen, what did you get? Helen. Half of it. Josie (in a loud whisper). She ate it, too. It was mince. Miss P. Josie, how many did you work? Josie. I worked nearly all. But I didn ' t get any. Miss P. Class excused. In English Room. Miss Peniek. Girls, what do we have today? All. Review of Scott and Shakespeare. Miss Peniek. 1 thought I told you to read Pilgrim ' s Progress. 163 All tin a whisper). No wonder she thought so. (Out loud) No, ma ' am. Miss Penick. Ellen, what is the psychological significance of Kenilworth? Ellen. Why, .Miss Penick, I think it is quite evident. Miss Penick. Well, what is it? Ellen. It indicates that we all belong to the animal race and can develop. Miss Penick. Y-e-s. That ' s it. Helen, name Scott ' s books in their order. Helen. What do you mean? As they come in the A II C ' s? Miss Penick. No. In point of years. Helen. Well — let me see. Nm, he, when he was quite a young man and attractive, he wrote Kenilworth. Then he wrote, If It Comes Out Good, It ' s All Right. Miss Penick. What was that last? Helen. If it comes out well, it ' s all right. Miss Penick. Margaret Herring, can you finish Helen ' s discussion. Margaret H. I thought it was. All ' s Well That Ends Well. Miss Penick. Can ' t you discuss it any further? Margaret If. I thought that was a good end. Miss Penick. Well, 1 just wanted to know your own opinion. Mabel, name the four periods in Shakespeare ' s life. Mabel (waking suddenly) Ma ' am? Miss Penick. Name and discuss the periods in Shakespeare ' s life. Mabel. His life was divided into four periods of thirty years each. In the first thirty years he was apprenticed. Then the next period he was a worldly man. Wasn ' t he down deep somewhere in the third, and up in the air in the fourth? ' Miss Penick. Yes. Now discuss— Was that the last bell? Well, class excused. I Physics Laboratory. Miss Wilson. Bertha, what are two qualities of matter? Bertha. Descriptive and Inquisitive. Miss 11 ' . Explain terms, please. Bertha. Well, in Descriptive you say. Matter is, and go on and describe it. Then in Inquisitive you say, What is the matter? Miss II ' . Carrie, can you give me a better definition? Carrie. I thought you meant like that matter is mass without figure. Miss W. I do. Go on. Carrie. 1 can ' t. Haven ' t any figure to go on. Miss W. How much time have you spent on this lesson? . III. Every bit of study hour, tin a zvhisper) The hooks were all under us. Latin Room. Miss Fisher. Girls, we ' ll have a written lesson today. (Cast down faces. Looking at board, saw written, Translate Carmen XXIX 164 Miss F. steps out of room and Martha goes a)id rubs off the last X. XXI is an old nut.) SCENE III.— (After dinner). Vera. Girls, we never did have our class meeting. Let ' s have it now. All. Well. Where? Vera. In my room. Come on. In Ykra ' s Room. Vera. Girls, we must talk about this matter I started last night. You know — Margaret Sunuuersett. Yes, we know that Clara is crazy about Miss Wilson, and, — well — Vera. No, 1 didn ' t mean that. Girls, this is an important matter. Bell rings. I ' era. Well, come after Psychology. In Psychology Room. Miss Penick. Marianne, give me a definition of Psychology. Marianne. Psychology is the Life of Mental Signs, telling what the phe- nomena are, as knowing states, and how they came to be formed, and go after each other in the command of voceration, which they indeed assume. These phenomena form the stepping rocks in the instigations of psychology. Miss P. Y-e-s. Why did you take that definition? Marianne. Because that seemed to explain it to me better than any other one. Miss P. Grace Craig, give me a definition of a sensation. Grace C. A sensation is an attack of the brain, an hallucination instigated by over estimation of the vivid imagination, and is funned when you fall in love. When you fall out of love, you take that definition with a minus sign, and call it negative sensation. Miss P. I .race boy, discuss attention. Grace F. Attention is something you have to pay, but you don ' t need any- thing to pay with. | Bell rings. Vera. Girls, come on. I ' ll tell you right out here in this end of the hall what that matter was. It behooves us as the Senior Class to procure the informa- tion by intensive investigation as circumstance permits, and get the needed and assuredly weighty reasons why ( for fear of prevaricating or expostulating) Mr. Frank comes up here so often and talks so much to a certain teacher. - M. W. S., ' 08. 165 Grind rinds. Ytlucaf — We have seen better days. .Mrs. Nostrebor — A perfect woman, nobly planned. To warn, to comfort, and command. Miss Sivad — His bark is worse than his bite. Mr. Lhats — He walks as though he tread upon eggs. Miss Xidrah — Come, sit down, every mother ' s son and rehearse your parts. ' Miss Nosliw — Never sick, never old, never dead. Mr. Nosrebor — He hath a stem look but a gentle heart. Miss Reizod — She had a face like a benediction. Miss Margep — Hence, home you idle creatures; get you home! Prof. Tfark— The world knows only two, that ' s Rome and 1. Miss Egap— I ' ll haunt thee like an evil conscience Still. Miss Nnug — Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn? Prof. Reshal — I cannot tell what the dickens his name is 1 Miss Kcolalb — The hearing ear and the seeing eye. Miss Rehsif — Away with her, away with her! she speaketh Latin. Miss Kcinep — It is better to wear out than to lust out. Miss Retrop— l ' was kind of kingdom-come to look ( )n sech a blessed creetur. Mrs. Kcocnah — Many dishes bring many diseases. Aunt Ynnaf — Every other day take a drop in water. You ' ll be better soon — or at least you oughter. Roines Ssalc — After us the deluge! 167 Aralc Lhats — I am Sir Oracle, when I ope my lips let no dog bark. Ylime Sirrah — Eimam Tseb — Two souls with but a single thought. Two hearts that beat as one. Eus Ttebroc — I had as lief the town-crier spoke my words. Lehte Selah — I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time. Anon Xospmoht — I never quarrel with my bread and butter. Nyleve Reklaw — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber. Lehte Reldnahc — It is not good that man should be alone. Ecarg Yof — Grumblers deserve to be treated on surgically; their trouble is usually chronic. Harobed Dorrehs — Ailuj Oyam — All we ask is to be let alone. Atelf Munyb — Much study is a weariness of the flesh. Einna Nosredna — She hath a lean and hungry look. Haras Trawets — It ain ' t no use to grumble and complain. It ' s just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain. Why, rain ' s my choice. Ennairam Iftims — And when you stick on conversation ' s burrs, Don ' t strew your pathway with those dreadful ' urs. ' Eisseb Nosrac — I am not in the roll of common men ! Yram Semaj — Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care and a fig for woe. Nelle Liahp ' m — I am a great eater of ' beef. ' and I believe that does harm to my wit. I.rli. ' un Suave — Hark! from the tombs a mournful sound. Yram Emoorb — Killas Emoorb — ' Phe short and the long of it. 168 Adi Kcamow — Do not saw the air too much with your hands. Eisoj Notluf — I value science — none can prize it more. Einna Yeldoow ' — Oh! would 1 were dead now. Or up in bed now, To cover my head n w And have a good cry! Einnelg Notrevley — When I was at home I was in a better place. But travellers must he content. Esiuol Llah — How sweet and sacred idleness is! Inmates of 319 — Born merely for the purpose of digestion. Noitacav — There ' s a gude time coming! Ecarg Giarc — I feel myself becoming a personification of algebra, a living trigonometrical canon, a walking table of logarithms. Ytlucaf Gniteem — A sealed book at whose contents we tremble. Arod Xamffihcs — Splitting the air with noise-. Nemhserf — Fools rush in where angels fear to tread! Ailed Notion — ( In with the dance! Neleh Regraps — Devil at home, -.aim abroad. Esiuol Yarf — Only one of nature ' s agreeable blunders. Eromohpos S--alc — ' Much ado about nothing. 169 - Av, ... S-W J HI if p«S.V.jJ. ■_;. M fi M If i 1 ) ' 1 iw ADVERTISEMENTS THE COLLEGE GIRLS ' STORE THERE ' S NO FUNCTION SO FORMAL GATHERING SO BRILLIANT That it ' s enjoyment is not enhanced by wearing Callahan-Dobson Oxfords and Slippers NO We feel safe in saying we sell to more College Girls than any store in town. ASK THE GIRLS. CALLAHAN-DOBSON SHOE CO. ROBT. A. SILLS, Manager, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA The CHAS. M. STIEFF PIANOS Is a surprise even to those who know its well earned reputation. This is because we are producing an instrument which in every point of piano excellence, surpasses even the best of our former achievements. We court investigation, criticism and com- parison with the world ' s leading pianos. Sold direct from the factory by the manufactu GREENSBORO OFFICE OF Chas. M. Stieff P. M. ASBURY, Salesman 106 W. Washington St. Telephone 874 go to Chas. H. Dorsett ' s THE LADIES OUTFITTER For everything in Ladies Wearing Apparel, Dry Goods, Notions and Trunks. Agency for Centemeri Kid Gloves and American Lady Corsets. Mail Old. 230 S E. S. WILLS BOOKSELLER and STATIONER 1 1 8 South Elm Street GREENSBORO, N. C. ADVERTISEMENTS -c £SV3- •— s Sv - • 9V )- SK D— t jjvxa-  — i £jV3  -s «JVt Greensboro Female Greensboro, College CHARTERED 1838 - North Carolina FALL TERM OPENS SEPTEMBER 9. igo8 Greensboro Female College, one of the oldest and best known colleges in the South for young women, is delight- fully located m a beautiful campus of forty acres, at an elevation of Soo feet above sea-level. The building is large and commodious; heated by steam, lighted by electricity, and connected with the city water system. The college is well equipped with physical and chem- ical laboratories, a well selected library of the best standard literature and reference books, and the best facilities in art and music. Advanced Courses in Literary, Music, Art. Elocution, and Business Departments, in charge of a competent faculty, consisting of specialists in their several departments. Board (including room, light and fuel) and tuition in full English Course, with one Ancient and one Modern Language, only 200 per year. For Catalogue Apply I ' , LUCY H. ROBERTSON, President i i 1 i 1 i -Qy - s -Cs|Svs-s -C ' Sg -i -C - ' J5  - _ — -«jj£j| ADVERTISEMENTS ODELL HARDWARE COMPANY HARDWARE AND MILL SUPPLIES Special At tention Given to Mantles, Tiles and Grates and Builders Hardware WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES ODELL HARDWARE COMPANY ■ii at I lit .mil nn m litin.Muiii- i.mii mii,.i fc n. n H|r ipiiiiipiiiiipi«lipi ' ■- - 7= IF W M — in ?r-™ r - -■- - - - -v r- The MASON and HAMLIN PIANOS We have equipped the ] Greensboro Female Col- ' lege, Ihe best musical in- T stitulion in the State, with our high grade Pianos. | A. P. FRAZIER, Manager, THE CABLE COMPANY Write l« Catalogue, and Prices. 317 SOUTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO. N. C. -« •  a mil mil m m a an A m mi, a. ,, a an an „an an t I I ■ j j t fci ADVERTISEMENTS STOUT BROTHERS Succeuori to J. M. REECE CO. 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SCHIRMER 33 UNION SQUARE o o NEW YORK Publishers and Importers Music |0 00 s OO-s s C : 0©0 = 000«= OOOOt The Security Life and Annuity Co. I OF GREENSBORO § NORTH CAROLINA mutual, Cegal Reserve 1 Guarantee Capital « « $100,000 v Publishers of the Celebrated Schirtner ' s Library of Musical Classics An American Edition of the great Master ic, carefully edi ted and finger misprints, engraved, printe :i tbe best mann.-r Near] l.ouo volun es so far issued. Constan additions % List and descriptive catalogue free % on application - I I FOR SALE BY ALL MUSIC DEALERS V •09 00 = 00 r= 5-o do = « o 9 o rr= - o r 00 o huntle ystock-ton-hillI COMPANY 5 togethe vherc or rear] about t of better ones No about it. no use talking it ovei see th you ' ll get sleepy looking at thej wake j ' mi up — hi Justpu fixed. han j on thought possible, all Pell Mattress on the lied :n NUFF SBD HUNTLEY- STOCKTON -MU. COMPANY SS The Company is doing business in North Carolina, South Carolina , Virginia and Georgia All policies are registered and the full legal reserve V deposited with the Insurance Commissioner of g North Carolina, invested as required by law. o J. VAN L1NDLEY, President I) QEO. A. URIMSLEY, Secretary V lOOOCX OOO-: s-OffO- T OOO s =s- lo 0 j YOUR BANKING No Matter How Small No Matter How Large The Commercial National Bank Will Give It Careful Attention I THIS MESSA GE A PPLIES TO THE MLS AND THE WOMEN ALIKE OFFICERS President Vice-Ptesident F. B. RICKS E. J. STAFFORD Cashier Assistant Cashier F. C. BOYLES I. F. PEEBLES ADVERTISEMENTS :: school girls j;| Deposit your money in a Hank where it will ' ; be safe, and learn business by experience. You can draw your money as you need it. JH We pav 4 per cent interest compounded quar- Z terly. ' Call on us for information. :: Service Satisfaction R You get SERVICE in almost any drugstore you enter — £ood, bad or in- different, according to the methods of the establishment, seldom as good as it should be. If you happen to be of an inoffensive disposition, you endure the indignity, but silently vow within your- self to go there no more. Come here. We are always busy, but never too busy to practice ourpolicy of SERVICE AND SATISFACTION-the two factors to which we attribute Home Savings Bank | g Farris-Klutz Drug Co. 1 SITE C1TV HALL GREENSBORO. N. C. ■■  ... OPPOSITE C1TV HALL GREENSBORO. N. C ... •j C. A. BRAY, Pr«.. TYRE GLENN, Cashier THE STORE THAT APPRECIATES YOUR BUSINESS - ;; j. w. scott co. I Exclusively Wholesale :: Dry Goods and Notions Zl Plaids and Sheeting in Bale Lots. ill i j Ball Thtead and Knitting Cotton in Case Lots. • ■ WE SELL TO MERCHANTS ONLY ' . ' . See Catalogue. Correspondence Solicited. J. W. Scott Company 1 1 3- 1 15 W. Washington St., GREENSBORO, N. C. H. J. HEINZ COMPANY 57 VARIETIES ADVERTISEMENTS r o „ j I L. Francis Hanes j i PHOTOGRAPHER I ADAMS HUNT I • Plumbing and Heating ; I ! | FOK1RA11S IN k j OIL, WATER COLOR j and PASTEL I i ! j Let Me Quote You Prices j I Pictures Made From Your { j Photographs j { GREENSBORO, N. CAROLINA j There is always a Best in everything that is made, and when anyone tells vou that they can do as good work as we do.it i s only another proof that we are consid- ered the Best or else thev would never refer to us. We offer you the lull benefit of our many years of practical experience in I ' lumbingund Heating. Wekiiow howto give you good sanitation as well as proper ventilation, this means good healthy occu- pancy for the tenants and others who use the buildings where our PLUMBING is in- stalled and a Warm Home Welcome to those where our H BATING PLANTS are in operation whether their home be a cot- tage or mansion. T[We have passed the problematic experimental stage, our work lias been thoroughly tested and found tobe furnished for plumbing or heating jobs be t i i I i j ! GREENSBORO. N. C. 8 ♦ ADAMS - - HUNT ♦ thev la. nd Show Room. 1 14 West Washington Sheet Gardner Clark WHOLESALE Fruits and Vegetables Greensboro, N. C. High Point, N. C. Danville, Va. Salisbury, N. C. NORTH STATE COFFEE CO., Inc. WHOLESALE COFFEE ROASTERS CHARLOTTE, N. CAROLINA Special Atlel the Institution Trade ADVERTISEMENTS HARRY-BELK BROS. COMPANY [ BIG DEPARTMENT STORE Where you can find what you want — all in our Rig Store. Dress Goods, Coat Suits, Millinery, Jackets, Furs, Shoes, Hosiery, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, Cor- sets, Gloves, Stationery, Notions, Etc., Etc. Lots of Room, Lots of Goods at Lowest Prices. School girls and their friends are asked to make our store Headquarters. Mail orders receive special attention. i The Students Favorite Shopping Headquarters 240-242 South Elm St. GREENSBORO, IN. CAROLINA ruTJin nrLTurriruTTiruTj sc Everything in Artists ' Material fcfc 99 WRITE FOR CATALOGUE F. W. Devoe C. T. Raynolds - - Company - - COLLEGIANS HAVE GENERALLY FOUND OUT THAT MANY OF THEIR NEEDS CAN BE MOST SATISFACTOR- ILY SUPPLIED AT THIS STORE. COATSUITS, SKIRTS, MUSLIN UN- DERWEAR, COLLARS, FANCY NECKWEAR, RIBBONS, BELTS, BAGS, GLOYES, HOSE, ETC., ETC. Ellis, Stone Company GREENSBORO, N. C. UTJiJU UTTLnjirLruTJuajiJ riTLTlJlJTriJTJTJTJTri ALDERMAN EUTSLER ADVERTISEMENTS This Book is a Sample of the Everyday Printing and Binding of jjjrmtprg DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA When in Need of PRINTING. BLANK BOOKS, OR LOOSE LEAF FORMS, will you not kindly remember us? All we ask is an opportunity to quote prices. We can please you HENRY E. S E E M A N £f PROPRIETOR ft ft ft THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK High Point, North Carolina Capital - - $ 150.000.00 Surplus and Profits 85,000.00 Total Assets - 1 ,200,000,00 The Oldest and Only NATIONAL BANK in the City United States Depository