Lebanon College for Young Ladies - Cedars Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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Senior Class Poem To us these college walls have grown so dear, That as the time for parting now is near, A sense of sadness over us does steal, And a deep regret we cannot help but feel. But yet our hopes are bright, our hearts are light, We'll not lookout for foes so hard to Fight, But that the arms and armor girded on By teachers, shall proclaim a battle won. The friendships of these dear old college days Shall not be wholly lost 'mid life's afifrays, E'en though we part these we'll remember still, And in our hearts a place they yet will till. 2 I7 The many joys that come with college life, XYc'll lay aside to mix with toil and strife ' As older people are so apt to say, Go on to harder problems every day. Our efforts here are not in vain we know, In alter years we'll reap what now we sow 3 Each lesson learned, each task accomplished well ln all our future thoughts and deeds will tell. Our friends and teachers may our Father bless, And may our Alma Mater have success! Though sad the word, yet now it needs must come Farewell I Farewell, to friends and college home.

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Senior Class History Qin e':idl-QE3 S TO our Senior Class of IQOS it is indeed difhcult to find words which can express our great W Qu achievements and victories of the past years. XVe expect also to bestow great honor upon our Alma Mater when we leave these dear old college walls. For how could it be-otherwise :gk 1, since we,w1thout a doubt, have been most studiousg most courageous, most patient: most dignified: and most brilliant Senior Class that has ever gone from the L. C. Y. L.? How we have torn hair and burned the midnight oil and have risen early in the morning to prove theorems of Geometry and solve problems of Trigonometry, but of course with such marvelous mental powers we have come out more than conquerors. XVe have studied so diligently the Perspective Chiaroscuro, Foreshorteningu and various other things in Art which we now think so simple that we doubt not that some of us will be numbered among the master painters. We now understand perfectly the necessary forms of thought and of course never go astray in our thinking. NVQ are fully acquainted with all the Sciences, have delved deep into the regions of Metaphysics but, sad to say, from our study of Philosophy we hardly know whether or not we exist. XVe have become so proficient in our Literature that we are now able to criticize the greatest authors. NVe have also had the very best teachers in Greek, Latin and the Modern Languages, consequently we are none ofthe ordinary students ofthe same. The music pupils also have had rare advantages and those who are not already Paderewskis, Rosenthals, Pattis and Nordicas are happily anticipating the time not far off when they, too, will be numbered among the great musicians. XVe can not restrain from writing a word concerning' our conduct which has been the very best-with all truth it could be compared with that of the Angels. Now we challenge the Seniors of IQO4 or any other Senior Class to ever make such a perfect record as we have made. 16

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Senior Class Prophesy at Xia' AM sitting in my favorite south window to-night, trying to count the numberless stars, as they if , ' 0 twinkle and peep and seem to laugh at me away up there in the sky. I-low peaceful, still and Q happy everything seems, but my mind is busy, the thoughts come and go like lightning. - The term is drawing to a close, soon, oh all to soon. will we all be separated. How happy we ' N ' - shall be of course, to be at home with mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and perhaps sweet- hearts. But how sad the parting will be. I wonder what will be the fate of each dear girl in my class? Come forth Oh Imagination dear and help me to picture them in their future vocations. Oh! here is Lillie, always jolly and a kind word for all, she is doomed to be an author: and Mattie Mai, let us see, Oh yes, married to the Governor of Old Kentucky. NVhose sweet face is this that comes before my mind, black hair, brown eyes, and a nurse's snow white cap? 'Tis none other than Pearl Carterg and yes we have another Pearl, she will be a star in some renowned old college, as one of its instructors. Virginia will reign the supreme and royal Duchess in the heart of some University Professor. And what will be our little KIarie's fate? Nothing too good can befall her-a State 9enator's wife. Ah yes, Roberta will be a London society belle. But what is this I seem to see? A change in the teachers of the dear old L. C. Y. L. four present teachers will be where?i and in their places reigning supremely dignified I think will be our Ora, Tera, Mary and 'losiewwhat a bright future for them. Then there is Lizzie, a lawyer's wife: and Nelle. well let me think, the wife of a professor of athletics. And Sue. our song bird, a noted singer in the choir of Eldenburg Church, Chicago, Yes we have another songster, Mary, but she will give up her brilliant career for the sake of him. Then there is Lena, her fate is that of a foreign missionary. Xaomie and Robbie wedded to rich wholesale merchants, both of them. And Ida. she will be a sweet and loving kindergarten teacher. a favorite with all the children: and there is only one left, that's me, well I declare by all that's good that I'll never marry, I'll be an old maid, but only for this reason: I'll never get a chance to be anything else. 18