Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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§ 10 the wide-eyed freshman, every clanging of the hell means a new strange phase of the first few days. The six o ' cloc hell awa es her hriefly, and before sleep descends again, the hreal fast hell sends her flying madly for her clothes to ma e the wild dash to the dining room. Class hells put a little speed into the search for classroom 22, and hy the time lunch hell rings, she is very confused. The hell at fivcthirty is a mystery, and the supper one a relief. The ten o ' cloc hell spells a half hour of do-as-yowplease hefore a clang says off to bed. Bells, to her, separate the day into distinct, very important por- tions. To the sophomores the six a. m. hell is a nonentity except in rare cases for use in last mi7iute studying for exayns or tests. In the haven of Annex, the value of the alarm cloc is realized as coiiscientious early birds begin to dwindle in number. The six o ' cloc hell at night is the all ' important one, implying that they must desert the pursuits of Shan- non ' s or the show and return for supper and the usual well ' supplied mail box. The juniors, with a short hil{e between them and hrea jast or an eight o ' cloc class

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become more strongly dependent on the alaryn cloc}{ for that last few wm]{s before the forty yard dash. Telephone hells assume an exaggerated air of importance. The ten ' thirty hell no longer means stop washing and put lights out. ' ' It is only a slight interruption in the bridge game or hidl session. Seniors change the spelling from bells t() belles. The effects of the alarm clocl{s and class hells are lessened. The clanging of the train bell is li e Pied Piper ' s music. V edding hells hold a mystic dreamy fascination. The ten o ' cloc hell brings forth the nightly pih grimage to Shannon ' s, and only the library clocl{s marking the wee hours spells bedtime.