Littleton College - Chatterbox Yearbook (Littleton, NC)

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THE CHATTERBOX. Oh! our Martian home is jolly Where our balmy days are spent And 'tis here that Annie Laurie Is now our President, Is now our President, ' And ever more shall be. And for bonnie Annie Laurie We'd lay us down and dee. Oh! our earthly days were happy And dear old college times, And these we would be singing In joyous, rambling rhymes, In joyous, rambling' rhymes, And loyal ever be To our bonnie Annie Laurie And Nadght Eight of L. F. C.!

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268 THE CHATTERBOX. ing. CWild applausej And, girls, I shall return to Earth with him. Three years from to-day we shall be married. And so- and so- I resign the Presidency to-- UN ever l yelled the girls in one voice. HNEVERI You'll do nothing of the kind. We'll not allow it. You cannot go. He shall not have you. Oh dear I cried Annie helplessly. What shall I do with them 2 'Tong and desperate was the ensuing battle of words. The Suitor felt himself decidedly unpopular, and Jessie's lamb was bleating piteously. The Spratts set up a lusty wailing. For the Hrst time there was discord in the Colony. And all because hitherto there has .never been a man in the house, declared Annie. Wl1y, girls, you who make the most disturbance are the very ones that have asked to be allowed to return to Earth for your own weddings Ii' But you are our President, and none can take your place. They were immovable. ' And then, in the nick of time, some brilliant soul suggested the parson at the Mission on the other side of the planet. Bravo I cried the girls. We'll go in a body-and have the ceremony performed on the spot-and not let you out of our sight-and, yes, we'll even let him live in the Colony if youill give up the Earth trip and make Mars your home 1 And Prince Charming, by no means a weakling, was over- come by the power of these loyal classmates, and submitted to their plan with a decidedly relieved and thankful heart. May, taking time by the fore-lock, made ready the great air-ship, and the entire throng piled in. f'Now, double speed, May. Band, strike up the music. And once more the mighty bird of passage sped thru the air, its wonderful, human voice singing joyously, to the tune of Annie Laurie, this hastily improvised song: .r S Q

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Class COLLEGE DIRECTORY. 1908 Annie Crews .................. President Ghertrude Stanfield .... Vice-President Mabel West .... ......... ...... S e cretary Winnie Evans ................ Treasurer Clara Hearne ............ Poet-Historian Class 1909 Bessie Boone .......... .- ...... President Blanch Holt ............. Vice-President Sallie Jordan ........ ........ S ecretary Mollie Steglhenson .... ...... T reasurer Elizabeth arris ...... . ....... Historian Ruth Lanham ...................... Poet. Class 1910 Boyd Thorn ................... President Emma McCullen-- ------Vice President Mattie Moore ........... ........ S ecretay Alberta Aiken .... ............ T reasurer Class 1911 Willietta Evans .... .......... P resident, Mary Ferguson .......... Vice-President Ethel Spivey .... Louise Bigezs ..... -- ------Secretary --------Treasurer Brownie Giles ........... Poet-Historian Science Club Mary Mayo ........... ......... P resident Helen Earnhardt ....... Vice-President Bessie Boone ........ ........ S ecretary Eunomian Literary Society Vela Walker .................. President Margaret Lamb ...... lst Vice-President Minnie Lee Hart .... 2nd Vice-President Sallie Jordan ...... Recording Secretary Julia Bailey ........ Corresponding Sec. Luola Gay ..................... Treasurer Hyperion Literary Society Annie Crews .................. President Elizabeth Harris ..... lst Vice-President Virginia Pittman---Znd Vice-President Edith Simmons---Recording Secretary Maye Spence ....... Corresponding Sec. Lottie Lee ............ ......... T reasurer Athletic Association Kate Maynard ................ President Vela. Walker ......... lst Vice-President Elizabeth Harris--- Mary Watkins .-- -2nd Vice-President 3rd Vice-President Annie Norwood ..-- .---.--.--- S ecretary Emma Taylor --- - -.---------- Treasurer Y. W. C. A. Edith Simmons- .----- -----.-- P resident Mary Lowder .--- -- ---- Vice-President, Mollie Mitchell .----- -.-- Q -Secretary Boyd Thorne .----- -...-- T reasurer Virginia Pittman ----- ---. T reasurer CHATTERBOX STAFF. MARY MAYO, '08, . . Editor-in-Chief. CLARA HEARNE, '08, Business Manager g EgFE1?I?J?I3lx0g' .09 EAssistant Business Managers. Associate Editors: BLANCH HoL'r, '09.l, Lit I 1, EDITH SIMMONS, . . . . . Abroad. Bizssua BOONE, '09. ' ' ' e a Y' PAULINE HERRING, '08, . Among Us. MOLLIE STEPHENSON, '09. . Y.W. C. A. HELEN EARNHARDT, '08, . Exchange. BERNICE HORNADAY, '08.