LaGrange College - Quadrangle Yearbook (Lagrange, GA)

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rmar Mill Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, LaGrange College. We, the Seniors for year VH4 of the said college, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make this our last will and testament. Item [. To Professor Rufus Wright Smith, our honored President, we do hereby give, bequeath and devise our utmost respect and gratitude for his kindness and long suffering; also one peck basket of love letters, daily, bounded for Mercer, Georgia, Emory and Tech. Item II. To Professor and Mrs. E. J- Robeson, we bequeath three of the most charming, the most dove-like, and the most fashionable damsels of LaGrange College for future daughters-in-law. Item III. We will to Professor E. D. Hale one small step-ladder, with the aid of which he may more comfortably trace upon his wall maps of St. Paul ' s three Missionary journeys. Item IV. To Miss Maidee Smith we bequeath one roly-poly doll, and request that she twist the said doll between her fingers when she makes announcements and re- fuses permissions. Item V. To Miss Dana de Forest Tatum and Miss Anna Grace Montague we will the use of the parlors every Wednesday and Saturday evenings, unless the Sen- iors have need of them at that time. Item VI. To Miss Carrie Belle Vaughan and Miss Estelle Lois Jones we will the privilege of caring for their little sisters. Seeing that they wear their coats and get to meals on time, being included in the said duties. Item VII . To Miss Ruth VValker, Professor of Science, we be- queath a gas chamber, and request that all gases with etheral odors be generated therein. Item VIII. To Miss Eva McGee we will two muffin tins, three spatulas, one rolling-] tin and a lemon-squeezer. Item IX. To Miss Eula Bradford we will and bequeath one-half interest in the Dunson Cotton Mills. Item X. To Mrs. E. D. Hale we will and bequeath one pair of roller skates, by the use of which she mav more comfortably keep pace with Mr. Hale when they take their afternoon walks. Item XI. To Miss Ernestine May Dempsey we will and be- queath all our old love letters, in the original. Item XTT. To Mr. and Mrs. Alwyn Means Smith we will a sea- son ticket to all Glee Club performances, also an annual serenade by the said club. 25

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Before leaving New York I purchased a newspaper, and in glar- ing headlines I read the words, Great Speech Delivered by member of President ' s Cabinet. It read as follows: Secretary of Treasury, Mrs. John Bryan, delivered last evening a speech which will be re- membered in years to come. Curiously enough I wondered who This woman was, and at the close of the speech were the words, Mrs Bryan was before her marriage to the Rev. John Bryan, Miss Freder- ica Westmoreland, a LaGrange College graduate. Astonishment is too mild a word to express my feeling. To think one of my class mates had attained such an honorable position in the political world, What seemed queer about tins was the fact that she married a Baptist minister, and then I recalled what she said to me one day when she was studying Methodism. I said that I would like to study Methodism, and she replied, I had much rather study about the Baptists, for I am going to marry a Baptist. The little fairy conducting me, I soon reached Washington and Mrs. Bryan ' s office. It is needless to say that I felt very much embarrassed, but when I was led into her office it all quickly passed away. There stood our same Freddie with welcom- ing smiles. She told me all about herself and that one of her teachers at L. C, Mr. Hale, had been instrumental in securing her this office, as he was a special friend of the President. The little fairy whispered to me that we must be on our way and bidding Freddie good-bye, we started to see the last of my class mates, Sue Green. We flew on and on over the great city and T wondered if we should ever reach a destination. Yes, we alighted in front of a beauti- ful suburban home back in a grove of green trees. I walked to the door and rang the bell. She, herself, appeared at the door. Being tired, I told my little fairy I wished to stay there all day. So Sue and T had long talks over by-gone days. Her home was beautiful in every respect. Her favorite color seems to have been green. All the walls, rugs and curtains were green, and she told me she liked green so well that she decided to let her name remain Green and not change it. Since her college days she had taught school and had become very rich, so that she bought this lovely home, and brought her aged father and mother to live with her there. As the sun began to sink behind the bank of evergreens, it re- minded me that I should be going back to my dear old home in Georgia. I bade Sue Good-bye and after a few days I was back in the home lcved so dearly. Ah! my little fairy left me. Where did she go? My eyes opened wide and wider still. What? Did some one call me? £ ' Mary? There I sat in the old rose garden and behold! It was a dream. Mary Hunter. 24

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Item XII f. To Miss Ada Mildred Cane we will an extra hour ' s practice on the organ. Item XIV. To Miss Rosa Mueller we will the privilege of having a new picture made for the 1915 annual. Item XV. To Mrs. Princess Nelson we bequeath one small radiator by the aid of which we hope she may keep warm. Item XVI. To the artist. Miss Hallie Claire Smith, we will fair skies, perfect shadows, and enchanted back grounds. Item XV] [. To Mrs. Laura Haygood Watts we bequeath a bunch of sweetwilliams and Mary ' s little lamb, and request that the said pets be pastured in the L. C. turnip field. Item XVIII. To Mrs. Minnie Moss we will ourselves as living ex- examples of the practical value of Smith ' s Tonic and L. C. cough medicine. Item XIX. To Miss Addie Lee Frazier we respectfully and reverently will all the happenings of Mutt and Jeff, and Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed, and request that she watch the growth of Snookums, and take note of the teething of same. Item XX. To the Juniors we will all our undesired privileges and request that they conduct themselves with such dis- cretion as to be granted the desired ones. Also we reverently bequeath to said class our burden of dig- nity and good looks. Item XXI. To the Sophomores we will and bequeath the consola- tion of knowing there is a better day just ahead. Item XXIT. To the Freshman Class, the freshest of the green, we will and bequeath a jar of Stillman ' s freckle cream and a volume of Bunyan ' s Pilgrim Progress. Item XXIII. To the Sub-Freshman Class we will and bequeath our class colors, the green and white, and our flower, the La France Rose. Item XXIV. We hereby constitute and appoint Mrs. C. J. Howell executrix of this our last will and testament. This the 26th day of March, 1014. Rubie Moss Freddie Sylvester Westmoreland Susie May Green Mary Buforcl Hunter Signed, declared and published by the Senior Class as their last will and testament in the presence of us, the subscribers who subscribe our names below, in the presence of said testators at their instance and request, and of each other, they signing in our presence, and we signing in theirs. W. L. Cleaveland — C. S. O. H. T. Woodyard— Ordinary W. A. Campbell— J. P. 26