Irving College - Irvingiana Yearbook (Mechanicsburg, PA)

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ind that this wonderful woman was Mary Virginia Krauth Smith, my class-mate at college. She looked like the same girl, only was older and had grown more womanly. Her eyes filled with tears when I told her only a month ago I had been traveling in her beloved State, Virginia. She said she still loved her State and College, hut she liked India also. She then very modestly talked of her work and its achievements, adding that her love for it was only excelled by that which she bore toward her husband. In answer to my question how she ever changed from a ' man-hater to a man-lover, she blush'- ingly replied, Love worketh many changes. Clllara ID3tlI6l'5Ol1 56Q6lbHLll1l CLARA is our little spoiled darling, with eyes that stir you to the very soul when once they are directed your way. She is rather small, well built, has dark hair, blue eyes and carries herself exceedingly well. Her chief occupations are giggling, joke-cracking-in both of which she excells-and reading. Of course her favorites are history, Latin and German books. This very bright and attractive young lady has a corre- spondingly brilliant future before her. Having read so much she is naturally quite a dreamer, and her one great dream is to go abroad. The year following her graduation she will realize this, her most cherished dream. She will be chaperoned by a very meek old maiden aunt, a well meaning person though not an observing one. Clara, however, notices everything, even to men. , There happens to be on board the vessel a certain young m-an for whom Clara would not give a Kopp -er, but who would give a diamond for her. Clara cruelly leads him on until he proposes to her, but without a pang of conscience she flatly refuses him. His heart is broken but he still has the faintest hope that he may yet win her love, perhaps by some brave deed if the convenient storm arrives. ,qvery bright as well as attractive. She entered Irving as a 107 Alas, unfortunately for him, there is another man on board whom Clara has cast longing eyes for some timeg however it seems that for once those eyes have lost their wonderful power. But only seemingly, for he had fallen a victim to Clara's charms the very first day, and being one of those conceited individuals, he is too proud to show it. He is a handsome, well dressed man, tall and dark, has clean cut features and the most solemn gray eyes. Is it strange that it is a case of love at first sight? L All goes well for a day or two, when at last comes the in- evitable quarrel and they part at their destination, solemnly vowing never to meet again. Clara and her aunt, who all this while has been blissfully enjoying the trip, visit the various places of interest and Hnally settle down in Italy while Clara studies art. But, somehow, Clara very soon becomes discontented and they start for home. They arrive, safely in New York where she leaves her aunt and goes on to her own home. The family carriage is waiting for her at the station and who should be in it but-the man witl1 the gray eyes ..... and they live happily ever afterwards. Ebitb 1Rebecca nmimma THERE lives in the town of Mechanicsburg a very win- some lass by the name of Edith Rebecca Mumma. She is Freshman in the Classical course in IQO3, and has since caused every one to wonder how one head could hold so much Latin and Greek. We all predict a very happy and promising future for her. After graduating here with honors she will obtain the principalship in one of our large high schools, during which time she will meet a young man who is preparing for the min- istry and with whom she will be very much impressed. After teaching for a couple of years she will resume her studying at

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, . . . I voices: U Why, that s Alina Witmerf' Girls, you are rig it. And she would no more think of cuttingw history than of not being present at the February reception. Another reason for Alma's prominence is her un- equaled record as a heart-smasher. She has informed us that she is still fancy-free, but when a girl says When I hear the name of a certain young man a thrill runs through my inmost being, it is getting pretty serious, isn't it? After Alma has taught school for a year or two she will marry one of her numerous admirers and live happily ever after. flDElbCl lOlll66 Zullinger MABEL Louisa ZULLINGER, one of the most dignified and studious members of our illustrious class, was born in the year-well, perhaps we had better not tell the date 3 it might embarrass her, you know. But this much may be said, the stork that did the deed is dead long since. Little is known of her early life, but it is most generally under- stood that she was very fond of soothing syrup. During her first few months at Irving she was one of the silent members of the class, who always spokein stage whispers, but her real worth as a talker soon became ap- parent, and she proved to us that the tongue is mightier than the sword. She is not too perfect for perfectionf' but is L' painfully regular , in all her habits. She never does anything that is not dictated by the inner Zullinger, and hopes to lecture to the Y. M. C. A. in the future. Mabel is one of the few who toil and spin and get A's and wrinkles for her pains, but we like her because her face is round and her smile is always sunny. 106 4' E93 Q:Htl36I'll16 5t6ll1ll1Q6l' i H Not free from faults nor yet too vain to mend. -Pope. is the keynote to the character of our President, Eva Cath- erine Steininger. Eva is pretty, charming and vivacious, full of fun, and yet 'K albeit of such dignity. She is accom- plished , if once you hear her play you'll remember it to your last day. And her singing-what would the Chapel choir do Without her? With such a personality what a brilliant future will hers be! f After finishing at Irving she will return to her native city QFD and prepare to bid farewell to all her girlhood, friends, for has not her fate been long decided? I-Iasn't she told us all year she is going to live in Washington? But then last year she thought she'd be a preacher's wife, but then that dream was so Kurtz, to use her favorite language. Well, she will live in Washington, and be a happy, useful wife, and Bill will say she is A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command. KIDHPQ lDit'giI1iEl lktautb Smith IN the year IQ26 I started to India with a missionary. On the journey he talked much about the minister and his wife, who labored in the field we were going to visit. He said that the rnissionaryls wife was the sweetest woman he had ever met, and that her work among the people had been unparalleled in its success. Kindness was her chief charm, and many a poor man told how she had fed and clothed him when he was in great distress. I was naturally very anxious to see this woman, and was overjoyed to learn she was to meet us at the wharf. We ar- rived there in due course of time, and much was my disap- pointment when we found she had not yet arrived. But after a few minutes they came, and I was very much surprised to

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Bryn Mawr, taking the required course in a year less than the ordinary student, although her' previous intentions after grad- uating were to teach, after again meeting the one whom we have before mentioned, and who has completed his course, she will decide after thoughtful consideration to become his helpmate in ministering to the people. 11361611 '3l011Q500I'f HELEN is a light-haired, unassuming maiden who hails from a small village in the heart of the beautiful Cumberland Valley. Of her past I havevery little to tell, She entered Irving in 1902, after spending several years in the Centerville High School. But now to her future : After graduating at Irving she will go to a medical college from which she will graduate with honors, therefore reaching her long cherished hope. The next time Helen appears before us it will be as a very success- ful physician in one of our large cities. But alas ! This will not last many years for a certain man will meet her in a very mysterious manner, and finally make her see that it is useless for her to work so hard when he is about. So after a few years you can picture Helen living in one of the largest cities 108 of the State happy in her new duties as a physicianis wife, for that certain young man was also a successful physician. 6601016 10136116 1El111b6I't011 THERE is occasionally seen fiitting over the campus and through the halls a demure young lady who possesses this most imposing name, Georgia Lorene Lamberton. She cast her lot with the class of 1907, in 1905, and ably filled the Presidential chair that year. She is not only working for the degree of M. E. L., but is also an asiduous art student, and it is probable that she will attend some good art school for a while after graduating from Irving. Such a prepossessing young person could not fail to receive much attention from the masculine element of her environment. She has a brother at Kiskij' and this no doubt accounts for her great interest in that institution. She really is not averse to the opposite sex for this is one of her favorite sentiments L'amour, c'est magninque I That she has good intentions may be seen from her own words, I mak' mariee wan day, wit ine gen- ti'1nan,,' and we feel certain that this ambition will be realized and she will live happily ever after.