Maryland College for Women - Marylander Yearbook (Lutherville, MD)

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Aw me MARYLANDER On Valentine Day the Faculty entertained us at tea in their parlor. It was B an afternoon of pleasure which will long be remembered. Q April IQ is a red-letter day on our calendar, for it was then that we were so royally entertained by President and Mrs. Rouse with a dance at the Villa. This Q evening holds a prominent place among our pleasant memories of Senior year, Our sister class, the Sophomores, graciously entertained us on the lawn with a japanese fete, proving themselves clever hostesses and a sister class of which 5 we could well be proud. H The time of commencement is at handy the four years of Nineteen's career in Maryland are.overg our frolics, our faults, our joys, our sorrows, our ambi- H tions, our achievements have lost their reality and are now but remembranees and E ' printed statements on the pages of our annual. Though we will not be classmates again, our feelings of true friendship and sympathy will never cease. Wherever we may go, whatever may be our life-calling, we will always carry with us the H spirit and the ideals we have built during the last four years. . Qi :Si E, E Fl F3 gi E3 X qgq s .PDX 5 ' 'W' Q 5 19EiSpxmRQr,Q la as gi rr li B V 5 li TN? I L C ?,4 C- up aff' 1 1 9 Im -A .fm fig Eighty-One 1 xg

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. H 9 YVIY ll X 'm 'W 'l fl-he MARYLANDER me? Senior Class History LONG while ago, so long that it seems almost as far away as thc Middle Ages, the illustrious Class of 1919 made its debut in Mary- land College at that perfectly proper time for entrance-the Fresh-- ' rlvf l t 1 man year. Our first days at college were spent as if in a dream. But El 5 E E E' 5 F 9 L . soon the glamour of the first few weeks had worn off we plunged into our studies with a zeal which has always been a marked characteristic of our class. ' ' Although we only numbered six, we showed our strength and spirit by win- ning the Poster Rush from the Sophomore Class. In the spring our sister class, the Juniors, took us down the bay and entertained us that night at the Maryland. Later in the year we entertained the Juniors at a feed in the gym. In the fall many others joined the original six, and our Sophomore Class boasted 40 members. This year we lost the Poster Rush to the Freshman Class, but we were good losers, and showed renewed spirit when in the Thanksgiving basketball game we defeated the Freshman Class. On the Ilth day of May we entertained our sister class, the Seniors, at a theater party to see Tiger Rose. With the opening of college in October, 1917, the majority of our class re- turned happy in the knowledge of being upper classmen, and immediately pro- ceeded to enjoy the privileges and honors that were befitting to our position, under the guidance of Hazel 'I-Ianch. During the fall semester we entertanied the Seniors at Ford's Theater. The hand of fate seemed against us, and after a very hard and well-fought battle we lost the Thanksgiving basketball game to the Seniors. On Junior Day we entertained our sister class, the Freshmen, by an all-day picnic, having Mr. and Mrs. Rouse as guests. The next day Mr. Rouse entertained our class at the Villa in honor of Mr. Rouse's birthday. Every one knows the value of getting together and learning to know one's classmates. So, to accomplish this, we had a tent, the meeting place of our most secret gatherings and the place of all our parties and good times. Last October the time came when we should enter the gates of Maryland with a feeling of added responsibility, for now we were Seniors, and as such it behooved us to uphold the standard which the name implies and to win the respect of underclassmen by our dignified conduct. Our number is not as large as last yearg still we are a band of I6 loyal spirits, led and guided by one who has proven herself by her valient leadership, Hazel Hanch. , As a proof of their good feeling, the juniors entertained us at junior Fol- lies, which were very much enjoyed by all. Our highest ambition was realized when we donned our caps and gowns, the outer semblance of our newly acquired dignity. That evening of dignity, pride, nervousness-and stiff collars-shall we ever forget? rm'-'- 'l1919lm- 'mm Eighty 'bb'

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Milli-1TlTll me MARYLANDER mm- Y iff. H .S 4 , Rl K ff H 5 H r F1 3 as fi it fi e QA Prophecy 533 able. Imagine the worst feelings you have ever had imagine that to be a hundredfold worse then you cannot picture me or my feelings .f' ,. , . ffilffw as I sat there alone. A person brave and strong enough to undertake RATED in a Y. W. C. A. hut in France, I was lonely, blue and miser- ,X if C 6 . . y. . 7 f , , , , this kind of work in a foreign country is, as a rule, too strong to bend to the pangs,of homesickness. But. dear friends, let a reminder or 'the dearest days one has ever experienced, far dearcr than one ever hopes to have, come 3000 miles from home, and I warrant anyone would be greatly tried. My despair was the result of having received a Maryland College Commencement announcement, calling me back to the celebration of the Sixty-seventh Anniver- sary and Conferring Degrees, June 6, 1921. I thought of my own Class of 1919, wondered where they all were, and longed to see them once again. But this was no place for idle dreams, and the chances of seeing them was as far from possible as I was from home. Reconstruction in France was rapidly progressing, but not near enough com- pletion to allow the return of our soldiers. So ours was the work of helping to make the recreation hours of these boys pleasant and helpful. Since this is an age of advancement, our Government had organized what was known as the Edu- cational Corps, of which I was an enlisted member in the mathematical depart- ment, teaching anything from elementary arithmetic for the uneducated lads to higher mathematics for boys who desire to enter college. This particular morning I was at my regular desk preparing for my evening classes. when a great stir was caused by the entrance of an apparent stranger. I did not look up until I heard this person talking to several of my co-workers. Where had I heard that voice before? Approaching the group, whom do you suppose I recognized our guest to be? Yes, it was Peg Stewart. This compe- tent member of our class of I9I9 had aspired to the position of Supervisor of the Educational Department of the U. S. Army-in France, and was here to visit our classes. Between the time she arrived and the assembling of our classes at seven, we certainly did talk over old friends and schoolmates. Peg had just gotten a letter from Fay, who was being paid a large salary giving illustrated lectures under the auspices of the Better 1-Iealth Association, showing thousands of people all over the country how, upon having dislocated any bones of their body, espe- cially the knee, to replace said bone carefully, painlessly and gracefully. Fay said if she had only had some good information on this subject while at school she was sure she would have been saved much pain and trouble. With the suf- fering and comfort of others in mind, she had worked hard to accomplish this. her laudable goal. Fa 's letter imparted glad tidings of Octavia, whose recent recital had taken New ork by storm, and after which she had offers to sign up with several of the greatest opera companiesof the world. Peg went on to sav, Of course you heard about Snyder? She had her passports and everything ready to come to France to see 'Si' when he arrived in America. They were married ,M an mfl1919l1-1 m- em- -fn Mk Eig h ly-Two