Hillman College - Pioneer Yearbook (Clinton, MS)

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M. P. L. Berry i . e roight have ranked high in financial circles, his usine ss judgment is keen. He might have been a grea: I • 1 cn g lr ieer, which field he once considered entering, — -ought s intense and practical. His ability to handle t() (n ma e him a great executive in any profession U 1C he might turn. He can say funnier things in L CWer v or ds than any man in the State. His heart is l gger than his brain. But led by the single idea of doing good, he is at Present guardian of “Mr. Hillman’s chillun.” p . oiodest, intelligent service makes a man great, M. Berr y possesses that attribute to a remakable degree. Mrs. M. P. L. Berry Of unusually attractive appearance, of unusual social presence, and unusually talented as a soprano, Mrs. M. P. L. Berry is justly a queen in any circle in which she moves. However, her chief joy is to look after “Son” — that’s her husband. We have said that he was a great man, — behold the incentive! Before he got her he did his best that he might get her. Now that he has her, he does his best because he succeeded. “M iss Marie” is one of the best women, one of the most human women, and one of the most loved women you will meet in a life time. Miss Averilla Buckley us Untle ' most of the girls call her, has been w T ith „ I ' one year, but now we do not know how we ever girls 1 i° n w hout her. She is so kind and sweet that the aK - ° V J to t0 the hospital just to be near her. She oil , ays . J cnows just what to do and administers “castor i u ir 1 as g°od grace as she tells us we may have butter Vlne gar for our candy. 15

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Miss Annie Watson Barnard Who will listen to your secrets, hear your burdens, and share with you all your jovs and sorrows? Why, M iss Barnard, of course. She comes to us from the Delta which she loves so much, and where she says she always expects to live, but she seems more admirably fitted to re- main in a Lowrey and Berry school. She has been asso- ciated with their work either as a student or teacher, since she entered Blue Mountain College at the age of twelve. This is her first year as teacher of Expression in Hillman College, but her large and enthusiastic class show that she is a capable instructor, and her great popularity with the students and residents prove that she is a favorite in the social life of Clinton. Miss Emily Marie Atkinson M iss Atkinson is finishing her first session with us as Director of the Art Department. She comes to us from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and possesses remarkable artistic skill and creative powers. Never be- ing satisfied with herself, she longs, as Vasari says, “to heap excellence on excellence and perfection on perfec- tion.” Combining the qualities of quiet determination an 1 calm persistance with this ideal of an artist, she succeeds in making this department ore of the most attractive i 1 Hillman College. Miss Mary White Hillman claims this beautiful brunette as one of her own products, and proud she is of the production. Miss White has been with us two years and right regally has she won supreme success in her department as assistant Latin teacher. But Latin is not the only language known to her. She interprets well of the compositions of great musicians, and charmingly does she give us the music that Hath charms to soothe the savage breast , To soften rocks and bend the knotted oaks Ambition in this direction is great, reaching even be- yond the seas, but Hillman hopes to keep her for many years, unless she is persuaded to join the faculty of another college rot far away. 14

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E. I3 I07N[E,:E,IQj7 1013 2 . Miss Mamie Elizabeth Kethley Miss Kethley has always lived near Crystal Springs and Crystal Springs may well be proud of her. She has been with us only a few’ months, but during this short time she has won the hearts of all the girls by her charm- ing manners and sweet disposition. Under her able management the Industrial Home has become a home in- deed. Her fort is not alone in management of household affairs, but she has developed her talent for fashioning dainty dresses for the girls. Already she has made herself felt in so many ways that Hillman could hardly do with- out her. Industrial Home. 16