Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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Man in a Hurry start down stairs. John Henry, seeing not the foot, saw How to Know the Starry Heavens on his way down, while the boy saw A Weird Picture. The foot of the stairs became The Storm Centre when the victim arrived there ; and after tenderly caressing The Little Hills, which had suddenly appeared on his head, he proceeded to make the scene of the disaster The Staircase of Surprise to the Heart of a Boy who came to feel, with Contrite Heart, that to Who- soever Shall Offend there generally comes The Reck- oning. The fact that A Texas Matchmaker had started A Matrimonial Bureau (which Mrs. Essington called The Box of Matches ) occasioned considerable amuse- ment, especially as The Rambling Rector was consid- ered An Accomplice in the scheme; but to furnish competition, Two of the Guests and The Servant of the Public established The Celebates ' Club. They were soon named The Visionaries, however, for not another soul could be persuaded to enroll, though it was rumored that The International Spy was A Candi- date for that honor. Suffice to say, that no one wore A Knot of Blue, which was offered as A Prize to the Hardy who would seek membership. It may have been due to The Matrimonial Bureau that The Clansman and A Daughter of the South decided to trot In Double Harness, and the Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary may perhaps be accounted for by the attentions of Deacon Lysander, whose philandering The Orchard Princess called The Courtship of a Careful Man, the consum- mation of which would be ' An Irrational Knot, ' declared ' Constance Trescot. ' The week was noted far and away above The Hap- py Average by The Common Lot, and at the last dinner hearty was the response when The Maquerader gave the final toast to The House of Mirth.

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work to enjoy thoroughly the various forms of entertain- ment provided by The Promoters throughout the week ; Riding and Driving, Boxing, Fishing, Lawn Tennis, Foil and Sabre Fencing, etc.; in fact, every- thing for which The Seeker of pleasure could wish. In the evenings The Lodestar of those who did not dance was The Wood-Fire in No. 3, behind The Lit- tle Green Door, where The Smoke Eaters amused themselves by telling Stories of Little Fishes, of Cab- bages and Kings, and by singing Songs o ' Cheer ' ' ; and verily, no member of that coterie was fitted to write The Log of the Water-Wagon if the stories of the Slan- derers were to be believed. The very mishaps which were met with resolved themselves into entertainments (for those not immediately concerned ). While we were sitting at dinner one evening regaling ourselves with The Food of the Gods, there came a sound as of rushing waters; The Deluge! shouted Ben Blair. Guess we ' ll have ' The Story of Noah ' s Ark ' all over again, remarked ' Squire Phin, dryly, while The Two Captains, The Probationer, The Private Tutor and our hostess rushed In Search of the Unknown, leaving the company in a state of great excite- ment. Presently Miss Bellard, a typical My Lady Laughter, returned to allay our fears. Only ' A Divorce ' in one of the water pipes, she explained; but I fear The Interloper came as an unpleasant surprise to the chef and Georgiana, the pastry cook, who were spooning — Thereby rather dampening ' The Loves of Great Com- pos ers, ' added the tutor, appearing at this juncture, and I have now to report to ' The Beautiful Lady ' the ' Flight of Georgiana, ' who, fearing that the blame would be laid at her door, thought to depart ' Before the Crisis. ' Wanted — A cook, murmured The Lady Noggs, Peeress, to her neighbor, The Missourian. The next morning, Mr. Pennycock ' s Boy, radiant with the Charm of Youth, and remembering An Ancient Grudge which he held against John Henry Smith, posted himself at the head of the steps and non- chalantly put forth his foot when he saw The Young

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GRADUATES UNIVERSITY Maky Huston Turk, Virginia. Josephine Underwood Woods, China. Agnes McClung West, Virginia. May Weatherly, Virginia. ACADEMIC Josephine Baxter Timberlake, Virginia. Fay Green, Texas. Winifred Morris, Delaware. Nancy Griffith, Kentucky. Louise Leckey, Virginia. ELOCUTION Josephine Baxter Timberlake, Virginia. MUSIC Rosa Lee Dulany, West Virginia. Marie Hammond, Virginia. ART Florence Pealer, Minnesota. Emily Vance Pancake, Virginia.