Maryville College - Chilhowean Yearbook (Maryville, TN)

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ovir us lure, - arc all uiukr (nie ilag. even the Hag of the (Grange and Garnet. ' And the men of nineteen-seven fled, lest he should lay hold on iheni : but he wist not to this day who hoisted the flag. . nd the other tribes would fain have taken this flag down, but they knew not what hour the men of nineteen-seven might come down n])on them; so they ventured not out. and it was well. CMAPTKR in. Xow, likewise it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Samuel that the men of nineteen-six waged war on this self-same tribe whom they had jjreviously driven out. and again the tribe of nineteen-six fled before them, and the tribe of nineteen-seven went in and passed the Junior land, and Queen Nell reigned in the place of Post, who was rejoiced by all. Therefore, in the very first part of the year there was handed to these many large books liy the Faculty, and the - were very attentive thereto, and turned from their evil way. and gained much knowledge and wisdom therefrom. And the Faculty looked on them and saw that they were a jealous people, and they remembered those evils against them no more, and the tribe of nine- teen-seven took knowledge of this, and did strive more earnestly to please the Faculty : and they found favor with the Faculty. At this time there entered the court one who greatly pleased the men of nineteen-seven, Phoebus, surnamed Pobus. The tribe, therefore, looked up to him. for he was a man of good understanding. Now, therefore, the end of the year was nigh at hantl. and the Faculty looked u])on the reign of Queen Nell, and it was a good one. CHAPTER TV. .So. in the last year of the sojourn of the tribe of nineteen-seven in the land of Maryville they again went up against the tribe of nineteen-six, and drove them from the land, and they went in and possessed, and they ruled over the other tribes whom the - had left behind. Xow, therefore. Queen Nell would rule no longer, because her people were a hard nation. I ' ig Sam, therefore, fell heir to the throne, and he did rule with equity in the sight of all men. So, also, Mac was chosen scribe to keep (24)

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from i1k ' li-ilif df Jolin. and l ' ust(.T. trdin IIk ' tril)c of llciijamin, and others, which linu ' wmild fail to speak of. And llu ' sr uKMi sojounuMl not alonr, for tlicv Kft not their maidens l)chind, and Alargarot. and Kathcrine, and Xcll, and i.ida. and I ' carl, and Cora, ami Grace abode in llu ' camp, and kept watcli whik- ihrse men went out and sul)(hie(l tlie oilier tribes. So, when peace and (|niet reitfncd a,s; ' ain in the house, even tlic Sacred House, Sanuiel rose up and spoke to them after his usual manner: and liis s])eech was tilled with uinch wisilom and learnint;-. and he admonished them greatly, but thev barkened not to his voice, and they went their way. Furthermore, when Sanuiel liad left off speaking;, one of tlie sons of the jirophets rose n]i, whose name was Dean, but lii name was Waller at the first. Now. Uean was a tjreal man and a big man. and the Freshmen were amazed and feared exceedingly at his words, for he did also exiioinid the law and ])lead much with these people to keep the law of the scliool. 1jut they were as deaf men, and they went their way. Notwithstanding. Fretleriek the I ' roijhet led his tribe through divers scenes, and tlie were greatlv chastened and corrected by those who were set over them for their w ronsr-doing. but the l ' ' aenlt - east them not off. for the ' lo -ed them. CH.VPTER II. And it came ti. pass also, in the fourth year of the reign of Samuel. that the tribe of nineteen-seven crossed over into the land of the Sophs and drove llieui out. and occu])ied their land, and Post reigned in the stead of Prophet. . n(l Post walked not after the manner of I ' roffet. but trusted his own wisdom, wliicli accordingly lie led his people into much wrong and caused them to annoy the Faculty greatly. Now, some of the tribe of niiu ' tet-n-sexc-ii bad departed from us, while men of the other tribes cast their lot wi th us. Tlierefore, Post called the men of his tribe together and commaiuled them to prepare a large shot with a large ' 07 on it. and about the twelfth watch of the niglit to put it on the Hag-jrole on tlie cujjola, then to lock tlie door and plug the kev-liole. and also get some paint and iiaint all those posts and sidewalks around here, which was done accordingly. Now. when the night was gone, ' Samuel saw this flag, and knew not what it meant. ,so he drew nigh, and saw that it was the flag of ' q-. and it pleased him not. and lie went up and hurled it down, saying: Let no class tlag tloat (23)

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the rcct)i (ls of his tril)i ' , wliicli ri-curds remain till llie iiresriil day, and Sahin was chosen liliic niaskT. and iir taxed (. ' very one se erely, insoinneii that llie whole tril)e mnriiuired and said. ( inr tinu- is ennsnmed in rii tc ns iivinj, ' , and the [ ' acuity said, ' ea. verily. It came tn pass in the last ear nf tlie snjiiurn (il llie trihe ol nineteen-seven that certain of her st)ns and dau,u; ' hters turned their backs on their own tribe and took them wives from other tribes. Urii; ' sought him a companitju among the W ' illobiies. and V ' r Sam amons;- the .Armlikitcs. ' Now. Nell also joined the Kaulstites, and Cora the Donites, but the others remained true. It was rumored also of this tribe that they would be greatly missed, for since the day they took up their abode in the land of JMaryville they had fur- nished men for the common army to fight against the heathen nations that came in to crush our teams. They have kept out any foe that might do us hurt even to this day. And Sam did call his tribe together often, and did counsel them, and did icveal to them many secrets, and they i i ndere(l over these things, but they told no man. It happened also in this same ear that Margaret became disobedient and unruly, and it grieved her tribe greatly. Furthermore, the Dean was greatly grieved and vexed, and accordingly he assignetl her to the front seat, which she occupies even till now. The days of this tribe were far spent, and the Faculty, seeing that they were .soon to separate and take their journey into different lands, chose two out of the entire tribe, Stanley, to be the spokesman, and Lida, the wise, to stand by his side, they being more free of speech than the rest. It came to pass, therefore, in the last days of their sojourn that the Faculty took counsel together, saying, They are all worthy ; let us give, therefore, unto each of them his mil. which they did accordingly, and every one received it gladlv. . ik1 the Faculty said unto them. We have added unto you yearly such as were fit to go forth with your tribe. . nd may you s o out into the world to be great ligiits ; and ma ' peace and hap])iness dwell in your midst, and may the tribe of nineteen-seven pros])er from generation to generation. Even so — the words of Foster, son of Jack, are ended. (2.S)