Livingstone College - Livingstonian Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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1928 The Maple Leaf 1928 The J ast Will and Testament We, the undersigned, known under the corporate name of the Chiss of ' 28, being of healthy body, of full age, of average intelligence, of sound and stable judgement, realizing that the time for our departure from this field of scholastic endeavor is near, do hereby make this our last will and testament. Through this will we dispose of all our valuable property and experience and do give and bequeath the following ar- ticles, to wit: 1. To the Junior class we leave our dignity, our campus poise, our Senior privileges and the other of those qualities that earned for us the respect, dread and fear on the part of every 2. Samuel F. Daly grants to H. T. Henry and Cecil Coleman, his ministerial ability and his charges with the hope that both together will be able to handle them success- fully. 3. To Marie Ingram and Girlever Harrison, Grace Morrow and Helen Buckley grant their collegiate personality. 4. Lindsay Eason and Jake Lewis divide equally between ' Norsie Meeks and Dancy Lee their singing ability with the hope that they will profit thereby. 5. Joseph Daniels and T. D. McDonald bequeath to William Thomas their athletic ability and hope that these with his own will enable him to achieve world fame. 6. Nettie Ingram gives and bequeaths her tendency to talk to Emma Foreman and Carmen Malone, hoping that the recipients will be more able to control this tendency than she. 7. Isaiah McClain grants to William Davis his laboratory coat and drawer. 8. William Powe leaves his oratorical ability to Emanuel Jones. 9. Joseph S. Jackson gives and bequeaths to David Bradley his desk, waste basket, a bottle of red ink, and his office coat. 10. Edward Ellis divides his poetical powers between Corinne Austin and Anna B. Patton. H. Wallace Lewis and William Douglas leave their scientific knowledge to Leroy Borden and Booker T. Medford. 12. Eric Mckoy grants and bequeaths his seniority to his sister, Olive. 13. Howard Moreland and W. Mance Gilliam bequeath their radicalism to William Walker and Dancy Lee. 14. To the Class of ' 30, which to itself seems so all sufficient, sophisticated, and all- wise that it would hardly appreciate any meagre gift that we might have to offer, we give nothing, except one good wish that some day it will be all that it thinks it is. 15. To the freshmen class we give all our college experience with the hope that they will be able to survive in this new collegiate climate. Our reason for not giving more is that they are so far down that we are honestly afraid that one of our gifts might slip through their fingers and be broken on the blockheads below. 16. To the Teacher Training Department we hereby bequeath Price Kindergarten and Ballard Elementary schools in order that they may further augment their knowledge of teaching. 17. To t he athletically inclined we donate a modern, fully equipped gymnasium with the hope that they will spend many pleasurable moments therein. 18. To all our friends and enemies, we leave our good will and best wishes for success and happiness in their struggle with life and things. In witness hereunto, we, the class of ' 2 8 set our seal and signature this 6th day of June, 1928. (seal) THE CLASS OF TWENTY EIGHT. Wm. Douglas, for the class) Page 29

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1928 The Maple Leaf 1928 new trial. The appeal was granted attorney W. H. D. S. Moreland, of California, rep- resenting the defendants. The closing words of his argument were: If all men were given justice, the grave yard would have to give up some of their dead. After this powerful plea, the judge sprang to his feet and said: Gentlemen, we will have to throw this case out; Gilliam and McDonald go free. Attorney Moreland is looked up- on as the greatest lawyer since the time of Clarence Darrow. I had a few words with the boys, and I nosed the Albatross towards New York. One hour and six minutes, I landed safelv at Mitchel field. I was not in the city very long before I ran across my old friend E. W. McCoy who was heading the department of English at Columbia University. He was also Vice President of the Erie Railroad Co. I was informed by Professor McCoy that Bishop Daly had just left the city; he is the only bishop on the bench, and is doing the work that it took twelve bishops to do. After spending several hours in the beautiful home of Prof. McCoy, I took the air again. While passing the Catskill mountains, I ventured to fly low enough to get a view of the Summer residence of Miss Nettie Ingram. She held the distinction of be- ing one of the leading Morticians of New York. A few hours later, I landed in Han- over New Hampshire. Among the thousands who awaited my landing, was my long looked for friend Lindsay Eason. He informed me that he was director of music at the Conservatory of Hanover. In a Hanovian journal, I was delighted to hear of the achievements, both abroad, and at home, of William Powe in Oratory. After visiting several places of interest with Eason, I bade him adieu and in a very few minutes the Albatross was again behind the clouds. About four o ' clock, I was flying over the big ship Cabo Espartd which had on board Ambassador John H. Lewis to London, and Helen Buckley and Grace Morrow, missionaries to Africa. Pa e 28

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1928 The Maple Leaf 1928 Class oem THE SEA OF LIFE Be still ye restless wind that blow Behold the rosy dawn appear, And calm this anxious heart; allay This anguish and this fear Winds why not love a sailor still, Tossed on the bosom of the deep; Bid us sail on and gently rock The rolling waves to sleep? From out the unknown boundless deep, As passing moments swiftly roll Into the bustle of the world. Is born a human soul ' Twas early in the sunlight morn, The sky was blue and fair, We launched upon the sea of life; But launched to anchor where? For four brief years of joy and pain, Of tears and smiles and laughter gay, This senior class of twenty eight Has toiled here day by da) ' . Beneath the maples and the oaks. Upon the campus dear, 7e ve roamed through each successive term, Improving year by year. Alas, (and can we bear to say; Does not the knowledge bring a sigh?) That after many happy days We come to say goodby. Ah, classmates dear, we ' ve come to part, Our work we ' ve finished here Though seemingly just begun, we must Before the world appear. We ' ll launch, launch out into the deep, The shoreline valiant hearts lets go; The pendulum of time swings on With measured beat and slow. And who ot us that will not dare To dear 6ld Livingstone be true? And in our lives for ' er exalt The modest black and blue? hcn all the trials of life are o ' er, Out wheie the skys are forever fair, The haven of eternal joy. We all may anchor there. E. Gilbert Ellis— ' 28. Page .3 0