Lenoir Rhyne College - Hacawa Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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BARBARA JANE RUDISILL, Music Hildebran, N. C. Entered as music and literary student 1904; member Philalethian Literary Society, Oakview Missionary Guild; President Crescendo Music Club, and Secretary of Orchestra 1909-10; expects to continue study of music.

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RUFUS ISENHOUR, A. B. Salisbury, N. C. According to the natural law. Graduated Business Department 1906. Entered Freshman 1906; mem- ber Euronian Literary Society and Bible Society; won Euronian medal 1905- 06; member Student Committee, Lenoirian Staff, and President of class 190S- 09; Editor-in-chief Hacawa 1909-10. Very broad-minded; exceeds the whole class; will enter journalism.

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Senior Class Prophecy I sat beneath a shady tree, awaiting an inspiration to write this prophecy. The evening sun was sinking behind a bank of gilt edged cloud, and as the feeble rays crept back over the scene around me, everything seemed to blend into revelation. My classmates began to gather around the tree. Were we having a class meeting? Yes, it was a reunion —a great class reunion ten years after our graduation at Lenoir College, and the tree, around which we gathered, was our little Hemlock, grown tall. Our noble President, Clarence Rhodes, so dignified and consecrated looking in his clerical suit, presided over the meeting, A program, consisting of the experiences of each member, was rendered. Verley Fulmer, a poet, preacher, and peddler, gave us bits of his various talents. He was still asking questions about electricity. H. C. Miller, a noted professor, had only a few words to say. He had tried law and failed, but after all his misfor- tunes he had succeeded in marrying Stella Rhyne. They were so happy, and we were so glad they were married. The most comical number on the programme was the love experiences of F. L. Lineberger. They had not ended at Lenoir College, although he had married one of those fascin- ating creatures who always kept him on the v.-alk between Highland and Oakview. He was now a great evangelist, and also a master of his violin, which he used to call his congre- gation together. The most interesting story was that of W. B. Rudisill. He had been shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific, and had saved his life by teaching the savages how to play base ball. For this, they had elected him chieftain, and now he was beginning to christianize them. Callie Rhodes had married the same boy to whom she was so true all through her college life, and now they were missionaries to China. Will Plonk had wasted much time in flirting, but at