Meredith College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 172 of the 1911 volume:

CARLYLE CAMPBELL LIBRARY A M5W 576.8 1911 ACCESSION 3519 MEREDITH COLLEGE RALEIGH, N. C. CARLYLE CA Meredith College Raleigh, NC 27607-5298 ■iWfimwmi.li I iiifM MiMiili - • ' :. 1- .-•vui-.. . ■-,, 0AK t Vol. 8 nsJ MCMXI f= : Meredith College Library Raleigh, North Carolina wti wH 9t.v,. _ Uebicatiox Officers of Instruction and Administration- Editorial School of Arts. Philosophy, and Science Senior Class - Pictures : - Class History Class Poem Parting Hymn Junior Class Picture Class Poem ... Sophomore Class Picture Class Poem Dead Fresh MAN Class Group The Bird and the Girl — Poem School of Music Senior Class Pictures Junior Class Sophomore Music Class The College Choir School of Elocution Senior Picture Dramatic Club School of Art Senior Pictures Life. Sketch and Design Classes K. K. K 3-S Y. W. C. A Officers The Cabinet — Pictures Report Student Association Report Literary Societies Philaretian 4 )-8 9 11 12 •21 ■23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 ii 34 35 36 i7 38 •41 42 43 44 45 4(1 47 49 SO 51 S2 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 fAGE Pictures 61 Group 62 Pliilaretian Quartette 63 ASTRUTKKTON _ f)4 Pictures - - 65 Group - 66 Soros IS 67 Group 68 Commencement Marshals 69 The Acorn : 70 The Acorn Staff : 71 Little White Cloud — Poem 72 Athletics 73 Pictures - - 74 Senior Basket-Bail Team - - 75 Junior Basket-Bail Team 7 ' ) Sophomore Basket-Ball Team _ - 77 Freshman Basket-Bail Team 78 Tennis Club — Group 79 Senior Tennis Team 80 The Search for the Worth Whiles — A Story 81-84 Our Library 85 Clues _ _ _ 87 The Merry-Go-Round 88 American Girls .... ' 88j ' 2 The Mystic Five h9 The Senior Club ., 90 The Ladies of the Decoration 91 Scotch Clan 92 Si.x Hearts That Beat As One 93 Down on the Lumbee 94 The Long and the Short of It 95 The Pleiades 95-97 The Four Leaf Clover 93 Kurlv Kinks 99 Little— Oh— Dear 100 Echoes : 101-102 Sonny-Boy — Poem 103 The Summer Experiences of the Seniors (According to Dan Cupid) 104-107 Sunday .A. M. and Monday P. M 108 As Told in Her Diary— j ' orv .109-112 The Seniors Go to Wake Forest Baraca Banquet 113-114 Ye Old-Time F ' aculty Meeting as Compared With the New 115-116 The Hoblins 117 Meredith, Pro and Con 118-121 Song of the Night W.atchman — Poem 122 Dissertation on Chapel Lectures 123-124 Snickers 125-127 And By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them . ' 128-129 Scenes from Hamlet 130 The Ins .and Outs of Faircloth 131 Her Maiden Effort — Poem 132 An Old-Fash ioned Garden 133 If Thou Wert a Beggar — Poem 134 Mona Lisa 135 Editorial 136 And They All Lived Happily 137 Register 138-141 3 S ' =f To William Carey Tyree stern, strong foe of the wrong, staunch, unfailing defender of the right, preacher of righteousness ivith the spirit of the ancient prophets, gentle lover of his race and faithful servant of his Lord, we dedicate this volume as a token of love and esteem Dr. W. C. TYREE + Officers of In ruction and Admini ration RICHARD TILMAN VANX, A. B., D. D.. Wake Forest College, A. B. : Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Furnian University, 1). O. PRESIDENT. ROSA CATHERIXE PASCHAL. A. B., Meredith College, A. B. : Student University of Chicago. L.APV PRINCIP. L. LARKIX DOUGLASS WATSOX. Jk., . . B.. University of Georgia. . . B. ; Student Harvard University. DE. X — PROFESSOR OF MATHEM.ATICS. SUSAN ELIZABETH YOUXG. A. M., Brownsville Female College. A. M. : Student at Leipzig and Berlin, PROFESSOR OF MODERN L. NGUAGES. J. GREGORY BOOMHOUR, A. E.. A. M.. Colgate University : University of Chicago. PROFESSOR OF N. TUK. L SCIENCE. ALICE WHITTIER MESERVE. . . V... Vassar College. A. B. ; Student University of Chicago. PROFESSOR OF L. TIN. ELIZABETH AVERY COLTOX. B. S.. A. M., Student Mount Holyoke College; Columbia I ' niversity. -A. M. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH. MARY SHAXXOX SMITH. . . B.. Student RadclilTe College: Leland Stanford Junior L ' niversity, . . B. : Student Coluinliin University. PROFESSOR OF HISTORV AND EDfCATION. LEMUEL ELMER McMILLAX FREEMAX, A. B.. A. M.. B. D., Th. D.. Furnian University: Harvard University; Xewton Theological Institution: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Student at University of Chicago. PROFESSOR OF EIBLE -WD PHILOSOPHY. REBECCA LOCKE MIXXER. A. B.. Mount Holyoke College. INSTRl- ' CTOR IN ENGLISH. fThis includes only those members of. the faculty offering work toward the - . B, degree. Arranged in order of rank and appointment. 6 ELIZAP,ETH DELIA l)IX() CARROLL. M. D., Woman ' s Medical College of the New York Infirmary. PROrES.SOR OF PHYSIOLOGY — COLLEGE PHYSICIAN. IDA ISABELLA POTEAT. New ' llrk School of Ml; Cooper L-nion Art School, New York: School of Applied Design. Philadelphia; Pupil of Mounier; Chase Class. London, PROFESSOR OF ART ART HISTORY. WADE BROWN. r aker L ' nixersity : Artist ' s and Teacher ' s Diploma. New England Conservatory of Music; A. K. ' irgil, New York; Sternchen Conservatorium. Berlin; Pupil Dr. Ernest Jedliczka. Berlin ; R. Huntington Woodman. IlEAN OF SCHOOL OF .MUSIC — HISTORY OF MUSIC AND ANALYSIS. CAROLINE BERRY PHELPS, O. M.. A. M.. Student Boston University. Emerson College of Oratory. O M. ; . drian College. A. M. ; Student Cornell LTniversity. PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION. ♦KATHARINE LOUISE FORD. A. B., Graduate of the .School of .Art. Meredith College; Student of the School of Decorative and . pi)licd . rt. New York; Meredith College. A. 11. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART — ART HISTORY. GUSTAV HAGEDORN. Pupil of .Adolf Halm and Leopold Lichtenberg; late member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (live years); pupil of Issay Barmas and Edgar Stillman Kelley. Berlin. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF VIOLIN HARMONY. COUNTERPOI . T. GERTRUDE SOUSLEY, Artist ' s and Teacher ' s Diploma, New England Conservatory of Music; pupil oi 1. Philipp. Paris. I. STRl ' CTOR IN HISTORY MUSIC AND A.N ' ALYSIS. WILLIAM JASPER FERRELL. A. 1 ' ,.. Wake Forest College, A. B. ; Student Cornell University. BURSAR. GERTRUDE ROY.STER. Graduate of St. Mary ' s School; State Normal College; Special Student of Physical Training at Trinity College. Columbia and Yale. DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL EnUCATION. Giving one or more courses toward the . . B. degree. 7 EMMA MOORE JONES, Olivia Raney Library. LIBRARIAN. MRS. LELIA DICKSON HOPE. HOUSEKEEPER. MRS. JESSIE EARNSH.WV. HOUSEKEEPER FOR llnARniNT. CLUD. wixi ' RED conn Wallace. MATROX. MRS, OCTAVIA SCARBOROUGH XORWOOP, NURSE. ANNIE JUDSON THOMPSON, STUDENT ASSISTANT IN ELOCUTION. MINNIE CLAIRE MIDDLETON. STUDENT ASSISTANT I .V PHVSIC. L ElUTATlnN. Editorial KS, we know what we ' ve got to do. Tlie toil-worn, honor- crowned Staff, who have just hung up the fidd le and the l)ow, ha -e alread ' gentlv confided that lite for us is no longer a fliiwery hed of ease, nor yet shall it he thus e erniore. until the diiiiiiiiy. our fond, young hope, heir of our wisdom and wit. hedewed with our tears, and sealed with oui ' l)lessing. g(ies away. onl - returning to redound to our glory. or to hear witness to our everlasting disgrace. Oh. T,ord of Hosts. l)e with us yet. be with us vet ! JUNIOR EDITOR CARROLL, A5TR0. SOPHOMORE EDITOR JOHNSON, ASTRO. HORN.PML JUNIOR EDITOR. 50PHOnORE EDITOR ' tibi al Aft5. i . t Clc oenior v iass Motto; Wijinaiilincss. Worth ami Wisilmii I ' LOWEK : Sweet Pea Colors : LJlue ami White Officers LILA KEITH Pkesidext HARRIET BENXETT Vice-President LILA STONE Secretary EMMA BYRUM Treasurer ESSIE HUXTER Historian MIXXIE MIDDLETOX Prophet FAY MEMORY Poet Members .ALLEX. LILI.AX M. Y BOYD. EMILY CORXELIA ARTHUR. LUCILE ELLIXGTOX BYRUM, EMMA CASEY BEXXETT, HARRIETT COXXIE COPPLE. BEULAH ELAIXE GOODWIX, ROSE EVAXS LAXE. BESSIE EVAXS HOWARD, VIOLA PEARL KEITH. LILA MARY HUXTER, ESSIE DALE HUXTLEY. EMILY TOY MEMORY, FAY RACHEL STOXE, LILA MAY MIDDLETOX, ADA MAIE WEATHERS, WTLLA LOUISE MIDDLETOX. MIXXIE CLAIRE WILLIAMS, LILL1. X D. X1EL 12 All inirfcct-fniishod tu tlic linmjr nail. o( - AA cLA i- JylZiLoc . W ' avnesville, N. C. Hang sorrow ! Care will kill a cat. And, therefore, let ' s be merry. ilOKEHEAU CiTV, X. C. 13 Clinton. N. C. so blessed a disposition. She has a mind Uee]) and immortal, and it wonkl not feei ' on pageantry. (_ y -t- ' Z ' CL (J m- ' Ji - ! ' i ' --v,M. Charlotte, N. C. 14 l Vi-v-.- — - ' ' ' EuENTON, N. C. Her stature tall — I hate a iluiiipy wunian. Ul me vdu ma write in the blackest I ink 1 sav what I mean and 1 kniiw what 1 think diu cj. Uu Clfj JU. Mu.NKUE, X. C. 15 lfAc; £ yV - IxOSEBOUO. N. C. Not careless in deeds. Nor confused in words. Nor rambling in thought. She has a natural, wise sincerity, A simple truthfulness. Holly Springs, N. C. 16 Wauesboro, X. C. Manage? She ' il manage the head off you. The very pink of courtesy. WiLMIXCTOX. X. C. 17 Qo -o-A- j a- G cx - ' Vo ' i ' — - Lliu. b. L. A damsel of high hneaye ami a limw May blossom And lightly was her slender nose Tip-tilted like the petal of a flower. Little, liiit nh, my! (R. ct q 7lUUxx.«nrv] hite iu.e. N. C. 18 Alius a-reaching out, Jim was. and a-liclp- ing some Pore fellow on to his feet. He ' d never a-keered how hungry he was his se ' f Sii ' s the feller got snmiiin ' to cat. CLdU 7n yyx-i dLcLLtii W.NU. ' i.UV. X. C. I am Sir Oracle. When I ope my lips, let no dog bark. W. i!. ' i. w. X. C. 19 JUu. TY - . ' ifcov Apex. N. C. I laugh; for hope hath happy place With me. Loval fore ' er and aye. -CdlHo, A - ti e J - Apex. N. C. 20 pRANKLrN. Va. As chaste as unsunned snow. 21 Senior Class Hi ory Ul ' ! AT periods in any histoiy cannot be distinctl} ' marked — no 1 mc day can he claimed as the exact starting point of any move- ment. So it is in writing the history of the class of nineteen hundred and ele en. We cammt find the exact starting point. To do this we would ha -e to know just when the aspiration to graduate at Meredith College came into each member ' s life, for with this dream came the itleals which ha e helped to nmuld wx)men from the brave little hreshmen who passed thmugh idealizing Sophomorit -. and reser -ed Juniorit} ' to actual Seniorit ' . It was just four years agn that ele en girls. ha ing dared and passed the classification boaril, side b_ - side, joined hearts and hands, and organized, all undisturbed, a Freshman class. The small number made possible close companionship and united effort. It was these Freshmen who, for the first time on record, silently found and kept the mysterious crook, to be sure not all the ' ear, but quite long enough to make the Seniors look grave and serious, and yawn in chapel, if by chance they were present. Although the h ' reshnian days bring no unpleasant thoughts, the glory of Sophormoritv rises clamourously abo -e, asserting that there is decidedly- more fun in Ijeing wise and doing things than in looking innocentl} ' at (ithers as thev play the important role. The spirit of the class was fully manifest on Hallow ' een. when a ghost parade passed through the halls, initiating the new girls into college life, and winning respect from all concerned. In truth the class was one for which the College might cheer — twent_ -fi -e aspiring Sophomores, reading Livy and working Trigxmometr} ' with as much enthus- iasm and vigor as the ' exercised on the basket-ball court. Much study, how- e -er, C(juld nut i)re ent a full attendance at the regular Saturday class meet- ings when the ' arious committees made their reports, and the important busi- ness was attended to. The enthusiasm of the Junior year, though threatened hard by Psychology and Ethics, ebbed nut a whit, and found full expression in social meetings, in class songs, and cnllege calls. A class meeting meant recreation and a 22 pleasant hour to e ery Junior. Often To the class of our dear old nineteen- eleven greeted the ears of those who chanced tn pass our place of meeting. And now, we are in the midst of what we saw during the three x-ears respectively: first as glory, second as the realization of a dream, and last as the attainment of a well-earned title — Seniority. And what d(ies it actually hring? Is it joy alone, nr is it merel - work? The answer is neither, for we ha -e now, as in other )-ears, joy and work intermingled. Sometimes the work is hard, hut hard tasks are soon forgotten in such delightful exjieriences as a fairv-like trip to the Wake Forest Baraca Reception, or a pleasant e ening at A. M. The forward look, so characteristic of the college girl from the time she enters college, grows on us now as the Senior year draws to its close, and we wonder liow it will actually seem to be out in the world. Even as we w under, a feeling of greater iov comes to us, for we realize that witli the change comes the chance to live a more acti ' e and useful life which alone can cruwn our happy college days. 23 CI oenior L lass roem flrd to the caz ' c of an ancient seer, Through tJic fog and rain, zeiirrc figlit All the hosts of Dark; and a llunnpiiuj fear Had gripped niv heart, for aroiuid and near JJ ' ere snarling the beasts of night. I er()iiehed nie loie at the feet of the sage; On iii broie lie laid liis hand. While his lips moved soft i ith the love of age — rcnicmhcrcd no more the hnngry rage Of goblins in all that land. Then, silent, he lead me to ca ' ern door. And pointed a way to the right. When, lo! in the sky. all dark before. There glittered a brightness. Said he Nevermore Snarl ' round you the beasts of night! So I kissed his hand and I said. Ailieu. O sage of the heart of youth. But he called nie back as he said To fe-n. ' I zvhisper my name that I tell to you — The Seer of the Crescent of Truth. Azeay o-eer hills and dales I sped To follow the glowing gleam. Far off in the forest, among the dead. The goblins devour the dying, ' tis said. Who sleep iji the dark)icss and dream. Shine ever. rounding crescent, shine, Illumine the zvay of youth. I journey no longer by other sign. I pour out my iiwense before tJiy sliriih 0. Seer of the Crescent of Truth! 24 PARTING HYMN. Dedicated to tlie Class of 1911. S. E. Da 1. F;i - tiler, we ' ve re:iclic(l the 2. Our God, we bow belbie -m- -2=4= L-fc4=t: jiart - in f of the ways, thy feet, con - less - ing It; - =-- ;tz: iife -J -4S 1 — 1 — -1 w c -• -In For Teach 7 Thou hast - er and -C ■ « V ■ — a-T— n ■ led taught, r ' ■ 1 our we  — r : =! • ■ gra - eious Al - nia crave a - like Thy s 4? ? - ■-] - 1 fi. 1 Ma - ter, bless • ing, i V-b— 1 — t ;! Lp. —  — - r JL. 1 1 1 ._; 1 ;=!=;= mmm .12- As On she led un - tried 3«(; -5 ■ US I laths To Thee the iiraise al - way. we still will trust in Thee. -tt - __ , Itl s - A - men. I — ff  — I — =5 1 r-c — Junior Class Motto: After it, tollow it, I ' cillnw the .slcam Cni.nns : Red and White I ' loweu : Crimsnn Raiiililer Officers EDXA ERVrX Presiiient LLLA DITMORE Sf.ckf.takv KATE WATSOX .Vick-Pkesii.e.vt M. RVEL CARTER Tke. si ' keu X ' IkClXIA WII.KIXSOX -PiiET Members Hass, Ei.iZAnETii Cakter. M i;vel DlTMOUE, Lri.A Edmundson, Ei;n ' ice EdMI-MISON, MlLDREn Ervin, EnN ' A Holland, Alma Johnson-, iMiAxcES Johnson, Rniv Jones. Sallie Olive, Liiia W . Tso , Kate Wilkinson, ' iT;r.iNlA 2() Star Followers Follow, follow, follow the gleam ! Our spirits heard, as in a dream. As with cheerful hearts and gay Fared we forth one autumn day To fight and win, on life ' s highway. The sea of life lay calm and clear. As tho ' no storm clouds lingered near. To wreck our fragile little bark That knew no guide except the spark Of flame, that glimmered thro ' the dark. But shadows fell across the path, - nd storms b eat down in angry wrath — But now and then we caught the gleam, A far-off glow that fain would seem .- light from out the mists of dream. The waves took up the mystic theme Of Follow, follow, follow the gleam ! We followed on, our hearts aglow With hope — and eager still to know The meaning of this life below. What is thy light, oh, wondrous star, . nd where the goal that seemed so fair? .■ lthough we cannot see the way. We know ahead, the brightening ray Will lead us to eternal day. We feel thy presence ever near. Inspiring hope, dispelling fear. Pointing ever to that goal. Whose magic portals ever hold A welcome for the pure of soul. With loyal hearts and courage strong. We ' ll follow, the ' the way be long, ' Till in nineteen twelve, the light appear- The shining goal we dreamed afar — And thine, the praise, our guiding star. 29 Sophomore Class l ' ' i.(i M:i; : Miiidcn I lair l ' ni tiiiM : I ' iiicrali Cui.uk: I ' crii lir Officers GERTRUDE HOKX Puesiuext HALLIE HESTER Vice-Pkesident MAY STEELE Secretary LI X 1) A XEWTOX _ Theasuueu II ATT IE HERRLXG Historian l;l-:kXlCE KELLY ■- Poet CAMP. SALLIE CARMEX. BESSIE CARROLL. BEK THA GRIXDSTAFE. LUCY HERRING, HATTIE HESTER. HALLIE Members IIIGHSMITH. AX ' XIE HORX. GERTKCDE JOSEY. SALLIE KELLY, BERXICE MEMORY, MAUD XEWTOX, LIXDA NORWOOD. LOU STEELE, MAY 30 Ji ' ' ' r - 1 : H ' - 4 S SOPHOMORE CLASS Soph( CI omore lass roem Bright old Sopliomores, merry Sophomores, gay old Sophomores we : Learned in Livy, learned in Trig, and learned in poetry. We have heard our college call. We the brightest class of all. Competent whate ' er befall. Able Sophomores we. Oft in pleasure, sometimes fun. and oft in duty too. Oft together we have met. we the tried and true. Oft has sparkled merry jest. At the Freshman ' s sad unrest. At the way they did tlicir best. Poor young creatures blue Generous Sophomores, heliiful Sophomores, sympathizing, kind. As we listened to some story, troubling Freshman ' s mind, Xe ' er so busy but we ' d hear Eagerly the Freshman ' s fear With our sympathetic ear. Ah, ye Freshmen blind ! Nor all for fun, nor all for joy, have we passed the year. But in drinking deeper knowledge from the fountain clear. This has been our steady aim. Not for honor, nor for fame. But to win a loyal name To our college dear. And now goodby, thou Sophomore year, year of all the best ; Much thou hast meant, much thou hast taught, deeper than mere jest. Year of Junior calm is nigh. And our Sophomore joys must die, With regret we say good-by, Happy year so blest. 32 =rk ' i come to therefore going over will be, around to to then money in more a can ' t go. to many come back to going after who of it at coming in of any writing on coming into many to it into the DEAD The remains uf little Freshman, in- fant daughter of Mrs. Meredith, were laid to rest in Oakwood cemeterj ' . Sep- tember 17. 1910. The funeral services, which vvere short and extremely pathetic, were conducted at the grave by the terror-stricken nurse and guard- ian, the Junior family — an unusual pro- cedure. Details of the death and funeral will not be given here as all parties concerned endeavored to keep it a secret, not wishing to expose to the public their deep emotions. The re- porter arrived upon the scene just in time to see the funeral train depart in swift and sorrowful procession from the cemetery. Rev. J. C. McGlohon passed away September 20th. Many friends and and to that was every one and to many to come in to will be there come and w-hat are going to kind of and to be coming singing in and that Bell Co.. printing up-to-date Lynchburg, hustling firm i5 Freshman Class CoLc.KS : ' ellow and Black Flowek : 151ack-eyed Susan Officers LOUISE FUTRELL President LILIAN ' WILKIXSO.V Vice-President SALLIE MARTIX Secretary MATTIE GRIFFIX Treasurer MARY MOORE Historian BELLE McXEILL Poet Members LILLIAN MABEL BALLEXTIXE MLVXIE STAMPS GOSXEV MARY SWAXXAVOA BAUCOM MATTIE VIVTAX GRIFFIX EUNICE GERTRUDE BEXTOX ROE BERTHA JOHXSOX KATIE VICTORIA BULLARD FOREST MARGARET LAXCASTER SALLIE LEONA BULLARD JAXIE OLIVIA LYON INDA GRAY COLLINS LELIA BELLE MARKHAM WILLIE OLA ELAM SALLIE EMMA MARTIN MYRTHA FRANCES FLEMING MARY NELSON MOORE MARTHA LOUISE FUTRELL iSABELLE McNeill CALLIE DOROTHY PERRY JENNIE MAE SENTELLE ALMA IRENE STONE CORA LEIGH TYNER EUPHEMIA LIVINGSTON WATSON FANNIE LOUINE WATSON LILIAN AGNES WILKINSON ANNE McKAUGHAN 34 The Bird and the Girl A LITTLE BIRD FLEW ' MID THE FLOWERS AND GRASS, NOR DREAMED THAT SHE WAS FAIR: WHILE A LITTLE GIRL STOOD BY A LOOKING-GLASS AND CAREFULLY DRESSED HER 11 AIR. IN THE SUNLIGHT SANG A GAY, SWF.ET SONG, THE LITTLE BIRD UNAFRAID. BUT THE GIRL, IN A CORNER ALL DAY LONG, PROTECTED HER SKIN BY THE SHADE. THE LITTLE BIRD ATE OF THE SIMPLEST FOOD WHILE THE GIRL ON DAINTIES FED, AND THE LITTLE BIRD SANG THAT LIFE W. S GOOD, BUT THE POOR LITTLE GIRL W. S DEAD. B. L. C, ' 13. 36 Ulttstc i ' Q) L )enior CI ass BLALOCK Diploma in Piaxo FAUCETTE Diploma in Voice GOODWIX Diploma in Voice LINCOLN - Certificate in Voice LOVING Diploma in Piano MAGETTE Diploma in Piano NEWCOMBE Diploma in Voice There ' s nothing ill can dwell in snch a temple. SdLTH Hill, ' a. 38 Thy voice is heard through roll- ing drums. V - - Raleigh, N. C, Her voice was like the voice the star Had. when thev sang together. v is- iJ _J M Elizabeth City. N. C. 39 Steel true and blade straight. yiJiL IH ' l -- - Greensboro. N. C. An arch coquette. Blithe, merry and gay. Qi cu oA Kai.eigh. X. C. 40 Her story, ' tis an easy thing to know, Heaven made her fair and true and sweet. And as was meet. Earth kept her so. - Fayetteville, N. C. Her hand unstained, her uncorrupted heart. Her comprehensive head. Jfia tdlc Thc c 41 Wilson. N. C. coov Vhe JUNIOR MUSIC CLASS Sophomore Music Class D) PVO MN- a €% 3 IJOUNE, Ol1 ' E Laktek. Ouace p tf Lo Butler. Ossie Xeal. Hallie Elliott, Mar ' u 43 o o v i , c w %. f fll) lEIofWtion. C=l a — V rC V Kapps Mill, X. C. Whose heart is like a mountain spring. Whose thoughts like merry rivers sing. 46 Dramatic Club Motto : Naturalness — To thine own self be true Officers MISS PHELPS Supervisor MRS. BLALOCK Presidext JESSIE WOODALL ; Vice-President ELIZABETH LOVILL Secretary-Treasurer ANNIE THOMPSON Dramatic Critic Plays Presented In 1905 _ _ s You Like It In 1907 Twelfth Night In 1908 A Winter ' s Tale In 1909 The Merchant of Venice In 1910 Hamlet In 1911 The Merry Wives of Windsor In 1911 - The Servant in the House 47 lYI li 1 1 H JVft. A ■ ( h N [ ' - ■ ' i T Hear ye iiiit The hum of mighty workings? OLj-Jri, Raleigh. X. C. There ' s a woiiKin like the dewdrop. She ' s so purer tliaii tlie purest. Sax CloUMJ - - Raleigh. X. C. SO Life Class Leonita Denmark Alice Shucart Ruth Ivev Elizabeth Ray Fannie Webii Lucy Sanders Fay Memory A bcaiitijiil body perishes, hut n -u ' orl; of art dies not. ' Da J ' iiici. Sketch Class Ruth Ivey Lucy Sanders Leoxita Denmark Elizabeth Ray Lucy Middleton Eulie Watson Alice Shugart Fannie Webb Bessie Burbeson Robbie Sams ' atiire paints In-r shadows in pale purple. — Raskin. r V Design Class ■ ' Se.w.i v, Anna Pridgen Mary Carter Ruth Williams Sallie Camp Virginia Haynes Jessie Woodall .ind so however fall oar philosophy or lofty our imagi- aation. Kr shall still eare for zcaslilnij brushes— for the Scveepia i of the house. — l. i Parge. 51 Meredith Collcse Library RaJeigh, North Carolina K.. fv. K.. It is pretty, but is it Art? — Kij ling. Kaptains of the Klan I. ISABELLA— The man with the red tie. K. LOUISE— Kraftsman. P. HESLOPE— Ex-Officio. Komrades LEO. D.— Paint-Putter and Art Ed. L. CINDY S.— ' Our Steady. A. ELIZABETH R.— The Senator from Madison. F. ANNIS W.— Will-o ' -the-Wisp. R. CLAIRE I.— A Dreamer of Dreams. A. S. — The Pheasant Hen. R. FAY M.— The Winged Victory. JANIE C— Arch Enigma. L. M.— The Bkie Bird. ANNA P.— A Bit of Dresden. RUTH W.— The Blessed Damosel. K. VIRGINIA H -From The City Beautiful. Komrade by Kurtesy L. MARY K.— The Suffragette. Kalendar February 17 — The Post — Impressionists. March 31 — Japanese Art of To-day. March 3 — Winslow Homer, his Art. April 14 — Industrial Art of To-day. March 17 — La Farge ' s Influence. . pril 28 — Miniature Painting. May 12 — Social Meeting. Konsolation Konsistency is the hobgnlilin of little minds. 52 ( -y r-. Y. W. C A., 1910-11 Motto; Xot In- niiglit nor liy iiower, Imt liy My Spirit saith the Lord of Iiosts Officers ADA MIDDLETOX ...... President MAR ' EL CARTER Vice-President MIXXIE MIDDLETOX Secretary lU ' TH COOK ..TRE. srRRR F.4 -HUJ ' THE CABINET Y. W. C A. 1910-1911 HE Association year ..f 1910-1911 has been a year of growth and (le -elopment in our college association work. And it has but sh.iwn m its accomplishment tiiat our young women are coming to realize more and more what the Association means in the college lite. Thus we find tiiat the membership has grown to include ])ractically e ery girl in college, and the work has gone forward. Tliere have been man - things during the year to bring our college association in contact with tlie work elsewhere, and thus get a broader vision of tlie whole. In April nineteen and ten. Miss Burner, of the territorial committee, came to us, bringing ideas from the work and plans of other college branches of the Association. . nd in the same month Mrs. St. John, a returned missionary from Cliina, was with us. Her messaoe was one of even broader interest than mere association work; it was of the world ' s work, and our relation to it. Then the reports of the great work of the Woman ' s Missionary Union at Oxford were brought to us bv our delegates. Witl: the resuming of tlie work in September, the college delegates to the Conference at Ashexille reported to the Association the -arious features of that work. Then in the next month the Students ' ' olunteer Secretary, Miss Helen B. Crane, was with the Association. She emphasized largelv the mis- sionary work and the relation of the college work to it. And later in November the Association heard Miss Edith Crane ' s report of the World ' s Missionary Conference at Edinburgh. Aside, however, from these things which have come, in a way, from other sources, and even from otiier lands, the College Association in its routine work has accomplished more than in previous years. It has been felt not only in the increase in number but in the increase in Bilile studv classes and mission classes. It is but the fulfillment of a promise of previous vears. Through the year, the force of the great world-cry has been felt and echoed, The evangeHzation of the world in this generation. Mrs. St. jolm brought it before us, as she came with her message from the heart of the great Chinese kingdom. The increased mission jiledges of tlie girls ha -e sliown its place in their hearts and minds. The Student ' olunteer Band has spoken of it by its increased numlier. The spirit of world usefulness is coming among us. And the question has become more insistent, ' lio knoweth whetlier thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? 56 Student Association MINNIE MIDDLETON, President EDNA ERVIN, Vice-President ESSE HUNTER, Secketarv ALMA HOLLAND, Treasurer Executive Committee CARTER, MARVEL ERVIX. EDNA HOLLAND, ALMA PAGE, MINNIE HUNTER, ESSE JOHNSON, RUBY LINCOLN, MAY 57 The Student Government Association {[ ' . development that results in lastins ' g ' xnl in any organization is necessarily somewhat slow. The oak does not grow to twice its ori inal size in twelve months or even longer. 1)Ut year by year a new ring is added to the heart of the tree. In much the same manner the Student Gox ' ernment .Association has been steadily increasing in our college, basing its strength in the well-planned system of its hrst constitution Changes there have been, of course, nianv of them, but each one was the resuh of a new need or condition. One sign which is more encouraging than any other is the spirit of loyahy and appreciation which has been manifested by almo.st the entire student body whenex ' er any measure was j roposed by the Executive Com- mittee. It is proof of great possibilities in any girl, when she liears uncom- plainingly a deserved reproof, when she sees clearly that any punishment suggested bv those in charge of the Association, requires moral courage and airt nthusiastic belief in the final good to all the students. But even now the loyalty is not what it sh.iuld be. has not yet reached the standard to which it will attain in the next few years. Those things which ha -e seemed hardest acquire a certain air of joy and triumph when we remember that not 1910-11 .-done will be influenced by the overcoming of difficulties, but that these are merely the beginnings, the digging dow to a firm ledge of truth on which to build the Student Government . ' ssociation. an organization of which every Meredith girl may well be proud, to which she should be loyal. Such an association will send .ut from our college weh-rounded. broad-minded young women with a keen sense of aiipreciation for the vision of nobler things, gained in the cxiKriences and heli)ful dift culties of self-government. 5S I — - I 3 ' 5 . . Hit rarij nmtt s Philaretian Literary Society Motto: Plain liviiit; and high thinking Colors ; ' iolot and White Flower : Violet Officers ANNIE THOMPSON President LUCILE ARTHUR A-ice-President ELIZABETH LOVILL Secretary WILLA WEATHERS Treasurer 60 61 z H U 5 a. • PHILARETIAN QUARTETTE 63 A rotekton Literary Society Motto: Too low he Iniilds who Iniilds licncath the stars Colors : Gold and White Flovveu : Xarcissus Officers LILLIAX Al.LKX _ Fkesii.ext PEARL HOWARD ' aE-PKESiDE. -T LILIAN WILLIAMS Secretary VIRGINIA WILKINSON Treasurer 64 ■ 65 Sorosis Officers MISS PHELPS Supervisor LUCILE ARTHUR President BESSIE LANE Vice-President ELIZABETH LOVILL Secretary-Treasurer Members Lillian Allen Lucile Arthur Myrtle Ashcraft Elizabeth Ande rson Emily Boyd Harriet Bennett Emma Byrum Beulah Coi-ple Marvel Carter Lula Ditmore Edna Ervin Pearl Howard Gertrude Horn Alma Holland Emily Huntley Ruth Ivey Ruby Johnson Lila Keith Bessie Lane Elizabeth Lovill Fay Memory Maude Memory Ada Middleton Minnie Middleton LiDA Olive Lila Stone Ax.nme Thompson W ' illa Weathers Kate Watson Lillian Williams The Sorosis of lereditl: College was organized February, nineteen hun- dred and six, for the purpose of ]5romoting original research work for the study of parliamentary usages, and for advancing platform work in general. The meml ership is limited to thirt - girls, who are eligible to a college class. For the past four years, there have Ijeen no vacancies in the membership and the work and influence of this organization ha -e steadily increased. The fall term of the school year nineteen hundred and ten and nineteen hundred and eleven, marks an epoch in the histor_ - of the Sorosis, for with the opening of this term, an entirely new pliase of work was taken up, the programs for the entire year being taken from the library of the American School of Home Economics. Each memljer has I)een enthusiastic over this new work which has, doubtless, been the most interesting and beneficial of any yet accomplished by the Sorosis. Much credit is due our Supervisor, who made it possible for us to secure the library necessary for the study of home economics. 67 o OS o L c ' f COMMENCEMENT MARSHALS THE ACORN h STAFF ' ( Nxe Oj ' no9 ACORN STAFF Little White Cloud ( )li. litlle white clniul, Ikiw liglit thou (l ist rest. On the lieart if th - l(i e. the sky! Tliou canst feel his heart-tlirohs and his tender caress, Thoii art nidxed In- his gentlest sigh. Oh, h ' ttle wliite clnud, hke tliee T would rest ( )n the great, true lieart of ni - lo -e, T would still his heart-throhs and return his caress, And he h:i])])y as tlmu art aliove. J. L., -ll. 72 1 II 1 I I I I I I — I A T H L E T I C s l«.  EHi , Athletic Association Officers LILA STONE ,. President KATE WATSOX Vice-President S ALLIE JOSEY _ .Secretary MARGARET GULLEY .-.. Treasurer 74 Senior Basket-Bali Team Officers EMILY HUXTLEY Captain EMILY HUXTL1•: ' Centek BEULAH COPPLE Right FoRWARn LILA STONE. .._ Kight Gitakd EMMA BYRUM Left Forward PEARL HOWARD Left Guard ? 75 ■■ ■■ WPM ■ HH K ' H ■ T ■ r H M ' M P ' ' l r s fc riS f£ r 1 1 R m Eh T i d Junior Basket-Ball Team Officers LIDA OLIVE Captain- L!DA C)LI ' E ELIZABETH LO ' ILL ..Lkft Fi.kwaki. KATE WATSON Right Eukwaru Centek EDXA ERMX... Right Guard ALICE SMUGART _ Left Guard 76 Sophomore Basket-Bail Team Officers SALLIE JOSEV Captain SALLIE JOSEY... Center BERNICE KELLY Right Forward BERTHA CARROLL .__ Right Guard HATTIE HERRING Left Forward GERTRUDE HORN Left Guard 77 Freshman Basket-Bail Team EUNICE BEXTOX Captain WILLIE ELAM Right F(ik ard EUNICE BEXTOX Left Forward IX DA COLLINS Center SALLIE MARTIN Right Guard LOUINE WATSON Lei t Guard 78 u Z 2 u i- Senior Tennis Team MIXXIE MIDDLETOX EMILY BOYD BEULAH COPPLE LILA STOXE 80 The Search for the Worth Whiles RGARET RAYAIOXDI ' : came in fnnii a drive witli Ricliard Clement, threw herself across her bed, and burst into tears which she had restrained with difficulty for a good part of her drive. When she grew — for her own benefit — calmer, she began formu- lating her injuries aloud. He was cruel, that ' s what he was! .And to think I used [_| to have such gorgeous dreams of what our college days in the same town would be. I wish we were back in the grammar school when he used to bring me such ros ' apples, and share his sandwiches, and called me ' Meg, ' and then the time he fought John Parker for calling me a tattler when it was John ' s own sister who told on him. Margaret had become so absorbed in her reminiscences that she forgot all about his present cruelt ' , and was sitting up drying her tears, but suddenly remembering, she lay down and sobbed again. And he doesn ' t think of a thing but half-backs, and home runs, and love sets, and captains and quarter-backs, and deuce games, and umpires, she enumerated breathlessly, with tennis, football and baseball terms muddled together in her head. Then she came to the chief grie -ance of the drive. He almost said it was old-fashioned nowadays not to know tennis and those things, and he knows I don ' t know any of them. I think reading is ever so much nicer than those rough, brutal games, then trailing off to the Meg of the grammar school — and I — I don ' t want him to play them for he might get hurt! Margaret wept a little longer, and then bathed her face, and carefully powdered her nose before going downstairs, for it would ne -er do to appear with signs of tears after a drive with Richard. It was as she had said. The)- had been sweethearts all their lives, and everyone took it as a matter of course that Richard should take her drixing and to parties, and be an ideal x ' illage beau. They had always planned their lives together, and their mothers had looked on approvingly when, as tots of six and eight, they had played house with Margaret as mistress, just as they would when they were grown up. 81 Indeed exer} ' one was pleased with tlie arrangement, until Richard returned from A. M. after his Fresliman year. That summer they seemed to differ in their opinicnis, and both felt a vague uneasiness and a desire to shun argument. But during his SuplKmiore year, Richard played on the base-ball team, and took a vast interest in everything athletic, and that summer their ideals seemed to diverge more than ever. The luorning after the outbreak on account of his critclty. they were driving again and Margaret spoke of books. Dick, have you read The Lover ' s Fate: ' It ' s just out. Richard admitted that he had not. That meadow o -er there reminds me nf the underlxing theme of that bonk. The soft grass waving in the morning Ijreeze does not suggest the jjoisonous serpent which may lurk near its er - roots, and those glowing wild roses and the .star-like nettles have nothing to warn one of the thorn and the sting an - luore than does the life, outwardly calm, reflect its secret bitterness. At first Richard was amused at her sentimentality. ' T could ])ut that meadow to a practical u.se if it were mine, he said. I ' d change it to a baseball park as soon as I could get the rose bushes hewn off. Margaret ' s lips curled a bit scornfully as he again brought up the hateful athletics. But to the book, Meg, he continued. The girl ' s heart flushed warm at the old title but grew- cold as he went on. I wish you wouldn ' t read books like that. They are never true to life. Why don ' t you read something worth while ? I am so anxious for you to meet the sisters of some of my friends again this ' ear. They go in for athletics themseU ' es, and you just ought to hear them cheer at an . . ?kl. liaseball game. They get so much out of life in every way. Richard had been nervously whipping at the bushes along the road while he delivered this rebuke to Margaret, but suddenly looking at her he was sur]irised at the angry flush on her face. Little else was said during the dri e, which was the last they took together that siuumer, for Margaret steadily refused to see him for the three weeks which remained before Meredith opened, and Richard returned to . . M. One day after Margaret had been at Meredith about a month, her Sophomore roommate, Rachel Curtis, came rushing in from class and found her curled u ) on the window-seat reading. 82 Come play tennis, JMargaret, she invited, tngging at her hr)ot-lace preparatory to changing her slioes. The girl next door will lend ymi her racket. Oh. I dmi ' t know how, retnrned Margaret, and hesides I want to hni,sh my book. What is it? inc|uired Rachel. Cecil Cluiiiiiiiii ' s Bride. answered Alargaret, and Lady Gwendoline Mortimer is the sweetest character I ever read of. Rachel scjuinted at the back of the book. It seems to me vour l ook has a slightly yellow tinge. You had better come work some of that no -el out of } ' our system. Miy don t you read something that is worth while? Alargaret wondered if something worth while was essentialh ' a col- lege phrase and what it was meant to include. Perhaps playing tennis was doing something worth while. She decided to try it and see. During the next hour Margaret was initiated into the mysteries of lo -e games and lo e sets. Why (k.in ' t we e ' er have a deuce game? she asked, remembering Richard. I thought }-ou had that in tennis. You do when you ' ' e learned to play, hinted Rachel. At her first serve she had sent both balls against the wire at the back line, high above Rachel ' s head. Next time she reformed and tapped them so lightly that they barely reached the net. An.d thus she alternated from one extreme to the other. When it came RacheFs serve, she would wait until the ball had bounced, then plunge awkwardly across the court after it, striking it sometimes with the handle of the racket, often not at all. But she grew interested. She admired the ease with which the other girls swung their rackets, and en ' ied them their manipulation of the balls. Just before she fell asleep that night, she whispered to herself, I believe it is one of the ' wi: rth whiles, and I ' m going to learn it. The next day she finished Cecil Chanuing ' s Bride and asked Rachel what she would suggest for her to read next. I ' m trying to find what 3 ' ou people mean b} ' ' something worth while, ' she said. Rachel suggested Dickens, and Margaret resolutely began one of the thick, brown volumes. At first she found him rather mild, and apt to linger too long over his descriptions, but soon she fell more into the quaint style, and more and more seldom did she take down the gayly-colored paper-bound books from the shehes, to turn their lea -es slowly and fondly. S3 She gradually worked her way from Dickens to other great writers just as she soon added hasket-ball to her athletic accomplishments. Richard Clement spent the next summer in the West with some other college boys, and Margaret was free to play tennis with her neighbors with- out being observed by him. Indeed, she would not let him know anything of her changed attitude towards athletics, when at the beginning of her Sophomore year she was elected captain of the class basket-ball team. In December there was an inter-class game between the Sophomores and Juniors, . fter the game sexeral lo_ -al classmates marched Margaret off in triumph, while a knot of Sophomores gathered on the court and excitedly reviewed the game. Margaret made six of the eight points and She kept her nerve better than any I know — and if she had gotten shaky little ; Iary French would have too, and she did well. Indeed she would, and all the others would too. E ery one of that team would follow Margaret through a hery fur Wasn ' t that last thmw simply gorgeous! Magnificent, antl it Ijmke the tie. too! She was standing right here, too, and the speaker rushed o -er and planted herself in the -ery corner of the court, as firmly as if slie intendetl to stand witness forever to that last wonderful goal. In fact all the school remarked on .Margaret ' s good playing, not e eu the defeated Juniors excepted. That verv dav A. M. won a big football game, and tliat night came over in full force to serenade Meredith. Richard Clement, now a Senior, stood in an automobile just at the front entrance and led the boys in the yells and songs, issuing orders through a long trumpet. Margaret leaned o -er the Ijalustrade just aIjo e him, tired l)ut happy, for she felt that at last she had something in common with that surging mass of enthusiastic college men. Just before they left the - ga e nine Rahs, followed In- the name of that day ' s special hero. After a moment ' s deliljeration the girls gave the same call followed by Raymonde, clear and distinct. Richard looked up and saw her, and guessed at the change which had lieen elifected. He snatched his white cap from his head and lifted it to her on the end of his long trumpet — a flag of truce with enough blood of conflict still upon it to trace the letters A. M. Alargaret receix ' ed it, and waved it as tlie lioys left the campus, A. M. and Meredith joining in .- ; ,( ; ( Sync. H. TTiE Herring. ' 13. 84 OUR LIBRARY (Hinbs The Merry-go-Round Laugh, you varlct. laugh away! Life is 1 ut a holiday! Athletic Girl — Alleixe Minor ' But screw your courage to the sticking place. And ' twill not fail. — Sliakesfvare. Horseback Girl— Hallie Hester Sing, riding ' s a joy— for me, I ride.— BrowiiiiiO- Mountain Girl — Wallace Tucker But on and up, where Nature ' s heart Beats strong amid the hills. — Lord Houghion. AuTOMoniLE Girl — Sallie Camp In her bright car she bade him ride. With one fair form to grace his side. —Scott. Society Girl — Lila Keith What shall be the maiden ' s fate? Who shall he the maiden ' s mate? -Scott. Rainv-Dav Girl— Lou NoRWOon Be thou the rainbow to the storms of Hfe, The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, hnd tints to-morrow with prophetic ray. — Byron. Summer Girl — Lillian Williams Thou hast no sorrow in thy song. No winter in thy year, — Logan. Winter Girl— Ruth Williams Thee, with the welcome snowdrop, I compare. That child of winter. — H ' ordsworth. The Merry-go-R ■Laugh, ycui varlct, laugli - Life is Init a hcilidav ! THE MYSTIC FIVE 89 ' m S CV HI S ' ' ' - 9 f ' 4 - THE SENIOR CLUB The Ladies of the Decoration KATHARIXE GRAY HANCOCK LINA MELKE GOUGH MARY LUCILLE MAGETTE MILDRED McLEAX McIXTYRE MARY HELEX CARTER MARGARET CALDWELL XOKMAX JULIA ELLA PRIVETTE 91 Scotch Clan (CAMPliELL ) Slogan : Gie me ae spark o ' Xatiire ' s fire. That ' s a ' the learnin ' I desire. — Burns. FOV ELIZ.XBETH JOHXSOX FR.WCES LIVIXGSTOX JOHXSOX MARY LVXCH JOHXSOX K.ATE C. MPBELL JOHXSOX M. L U MacDOX.VLD MEMORY K. TE MacARX WATSOX R.VCHEL EUPHEMIA MEMORY EUPHEMI. LI lX(;STOX WATSOX ISABEL MacXEILL The Campbells are cousins, O ho ! O ho ! The Campbells are cousins. O ho! 92 Down on the Lumbee Place; Uuwn on the Liinibec river Where the eddies ripple cool. And sometiines dreamed our lisping songs Of humanhood Might voice his silent harmony Of waste and wood. And he. beholding his and ours. Might find it good. -John Cliaiics McXcill. DOVIE PREVATT President ETHEL WILLIAMS ' ice-President AXXIE BELLE HUMPHREY Secret.vkv EDXA TVXER Tre.vsukeu Members LEON BEARD AXXIE RUTH CALDWELL WREXXIE FLOYD LIXA GOUGH ANNIE BELLE HUMPHREY BERTHA JOHNSON ELMA JOHNSON FOREST LANCASTER 94 MILDRED McIXTYRE CATHERIXE MARLEY EDXA PREVATT BEULAH PREVATT DOVIE PREVATT CORA TYNER EDNA TYNER ETHEL WILLIAMS The Long and the Short of It Motto: Love me little, love me long Yell: Three longs am! three shorts for Meredith! MARGARET GULLEV MARY HARRIS FAY MEMORY LIL WILLIAMS MAUD MEMORY MILDRED EDWARDS 95 r r Four Leaf Clover Club Meeting Place; Tlie clover patch MoTTd : Let us strive through faith and hope, hut mainly through luck to gain that greatest of possessions — love Members MAMIE BRADSHER LORAINE WIXSTEAD SALLIE LOYILL GERTRUDE HORN roem One leaf is for faith and one is for hope And one is for love, you know ; And God put another one in for luck ; If you search vou will lind where they grow. CO — — ■: ! P « dj H Little— Oh— Dear And up at the top of that lavender-tree A silver-bird singeth as only can she; For, ever and only, she singeth the song, I love you, I love you! the happy day long: Then the echo — the echo that smiteth me here ! I love you, I love you ! my Little-Oh-Dear ! 100 Ech oes A wild sliriek, and a dash diiwn the C()rrid _)rs Which way are they CDining, r aircloth or Main lUiilchng? Oh, look out there, Bettie! Don ' t knock nie over. Clattering, crowding, the whole three hundred were soon bunched excitedly on the front eranda, clinging to pillars and balustrades, struggling to catch glimpses of familiar faces among the torch-lit mob down below. Fay, don ' t push me over the railing into the top of that bass horn. Gee, girls, isn ' t this perfectly elamagorgeous? Look at that darling boy carr_ ' ing that torch. If he doesn ' t look out he will get all his hair burnt off. Say, Pete, see that little girl standing b - the post? She is my friend. Jolly good sort, too. Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Mer-e-dith ! ! A. M.! ! Oh, cliil ' ren, listen! Let ' s do something. Think, somebody, quick ! Gracious ali ' e! What shall we do? Let ' s gi ' e ' First she ga ' e me honey. ' All right, here goes. Now, for goodness sakes, don ' t lose your cour- age, and let it die out like a funeral dirge. Come on, Pauline, old sport, you ' ll have to lead, excitedly whispered one. A little dark, wiry girl hopped upon the top step, dramatically got her breath, and began in a high soprano. Hand me down my bonnet, timidly other voices volunteered, from the different parts of the veranda, and nobly helped to push the little song up the hill of high C, whence the leader had started it. But it proved too great a strain upon the majority, so the little tune trailed pitifully off, while the girls looked sheepish and shame-faced. The white-shirted, bare-headed boys covered the embarrassment of the moment with a shout of anuised laughter, then began their blood-stirring Old A. M. at the top of their i)ices, whistling the chorus, high and clear. 10] Oil. girls. I am so glad I ' m li ing I ' m ' most tlcad. Did you e -er see such a crowd at nnc liuie? Isn ' t that song inspiring? Oh, the ' re going. Please let ' s show our appreciation somehow. ' ell. for gracious sakes. Ma)-, stup si|ueezing. I won ' t be as hig as a polka dot. I can ' t hel]i it! lMer -l)o(l - else is pushing. I ' m ' most green-eyed myself ! Now the girls began rather a eringly, Adieu, kind friends, adieu, but the tune grew fairl_ - strong and respectable after a while. Wait a minute, liovs: let ' em finish; bless their hearts! came a shoiu from below. Get off n v toes. Jim Spruiit ! Ihal girl you are l .)oking holes through ain ' t studyin ' you. . s . . i! : M. faced about, the girls on the eranda turned eager faces after them, gazing longingly. The crazw hajip} ' Farmers with smoky torches held high, dashed ofT the camjjus as fast as they could for slejiping all o cr each other, singing Aiild Laiuj Synr while the drum beat tum-tuni, tuni. tum. tuni. Reluctaiith ' the girls sauntered in with backward glance and ear strained for the last echo from this throng of college men, doing lunior to their triunii)hant football scjuad. Girl ' s, it ' s a shame. Aren ' t we ever going to learn to sing decently? I think we must be bewitched. We do perfectly grand vlieii we prac- tice, then get out on the ' eraiida, and it sounds like a half dozen mosquitoes. Oh, wh)- can ' t they stay longer? W ell, sillw they ' re coming again after the Thanksgi ' ing game. Gracious knows. I hope we will learn something by then. I feel like a two-cent jjiece when about three of us get to wailing out. There is a Tavern In tlie T ' oti. ' ;;. ' e ' e sure got to begin ha ' iiig practices. Miss Carter ' ll help. You bet. But don ' t slam the door down. Girls surely are keei)ing |ip a lot of racket for study hour. 1 Come on, Polly, don ' t stand there at the front window all night. Then a little fair-haireil girl in an . . M. varsity sweater, bedecked with two stars, dragged herself awav and gurgled, I adore Du — I mean A. J .. ' Then all blushing and confused, she darted around the corner, followed by a friendly, understanding laugh. 102 There lives a dear lady — Voii cannot but know. For her glory comforts you Wherever you go — With numberless cliildren, Not even so few As those of the woman Who lived in a shoe. Sonny-Boy There are lean ones and lank ones And little ones too, And long ones and low ones And fat not a few ; There are black eyes and blue eyes. And green eyes and yellow, Some sober, some sad, some Would squint at a fellow. And all, our dear lady Broods over with love. Keeps watch at her window And calls from above. If the grass is too wet. Or the air is too chill Then in you must go and Perhaps take a pill. Oh, you troulilesome children. What gave you such colds? Who blames the dear lady . mite if she scolds? She cures headaches and heartaches And toothaches and blues, nd uproots the corns that Are caused by new shoes. ith powders and pellets And plasters and teas. She eases all pains Even rheumatic knees. • h, she comforts and cures All the ills of creation. This lady with children Enough for a nation. % The Summer Experiences of the Seniors According to Dan Cupid ' X was nine o ' clnck on Siinda} ' ni. ht and six girls, comfortable in gaily-colored kimonas, and with hair done up snug and tight, regardless of style and rats, lounged in Minnie Middleton ' s room, h ach was nibbling at the remains of a Thanksgiving box, entirely at peace with the world on the strength of the good things just devoured. Looks to me like, remarked Lila Stone, gouging at the last oli -e, floating tantalizingl - about in the Ijottle, that you ' d be a bigger girl than you are, Minnie iMiddleton, if you ' re used to the likes o ' this. Perhaps Minnie could ha e explained the incongruity referred t(.), but before she had time B. Lane took that tasl ujion herself, emphasizing every other word with a caressing little pat of her tresses, held in durance vile. ' Sense me, Lila, but you can ' t judge size liy what you have to eat. Look at me, for instance. If I didn ' t get any more than I look like I get, I fear I ' d be somewhat on the scale of the little Russian Prince. Vou saw him at the Fair, didn ' t you ? What you eat doesn ' t ha e anything to do witli it. Vou just look at me — and my ap])etite is very poor. This from Chilly raised such a howl that Minnie, who is President of the Students ' Association, waved her arms and demanded quiet in a siu-iek that had about as much effect as pouring water on a duck ' s back. I wish somebody would find out what ' s the matter with Emma. She sure is grouchy to-night, mX in Emil ' . The person under discussion rolled slowly over on the window seat, stared up at the wall, and deigned no reply. Well, I think she has either eaten too much, or she didn ' t get a letter from Chapel Hill The sentence was left unfinislied, because the offend- ing mouth was effectually sto] ])ed by a well-aimed ])illow from the hands of scandalized Emma. And then followed a most startling suggestion — startling, issuing whence it did. ' Sense me, girls, but I have the grandest idea. Let ' s have an experience meeting and tell about — er — w ell, let ' s get confidential and — um — tell about the impressions we made on the sterner sex last summer. 104 For a wliole minute not a word or sound was heard, I)ut tlie expressions on the girls ' faces were eloquent. B. Lane to say anything like that! Matter- of-fact, prim, hardworking old B. Lane! Then such a chorus of exclama- tions burst forth, that poor B. Lane was soon l)hishing clear up into her hair at her audacity. r .ut matters really reached a climax, when Lila, the red-headed, the blustering, the sworn man-hater, rose up and declared herself B. Lane ' s ' defender, and that the experience meeting was in order. Although I can ' t stand the pressure with the light burning, she added by way of conclusion. Thereupon, out went the light, and in came the moonbeams, transforming a hunch of nois}-, chattering magpies of girls into a sulxlued group, snuggled diiwn against each other on the pillows and window seat, waiting for some- body to begin the revelation. Lila, having assumed the position of mistress of ceremonies, in the most peremi)tor_ - manner called upon Lila Stone to hold forth, which she did in her best st_ de. AH right, Lila, only 1 think I co M make it a little more interesting if } ' ou left my head on my shoulders. Forgive me, my dear, the strain is something awful. Well, girls, he is a Senior at the University of Maryland, and we had such a blissful time last summer. He is awfully bashful, but he says I have a way of drawing him out, ami making him forget how uncomfortable be is. We used to have some of the loveliest walks, when it got cool and dusky, and it was just grand being confidential and getting peejDs into each others souls, and chil ' ren, you ' d be surprised to know how -ery alike we are in our likes and dislikes. Things were just getting to a climax when we both had to go back to school. The last e ening he came, I wore my pink satin, you know the one I had made for commencement last spring, and of course it ' s not good taste to say so, Ijut be sure looked at me sou! fully. Fact is, he was so absorbed in looking at me that he forgot to talk — and that was our last chance. But the long silences meant so much more than silly chattering, and I had a post card this week telling me to sa e the pink dress, so I am expecting further developments later. Perhaps I will tell yon more then. There was a pause and e erybody drew a deep breath after this recital. Then Fmma remarked disgustedly, Why, Lila, that ' s the most ornery affair yet. Xot a bit romantic. Oh, yes, biu ' st out Cilly, Emma can tell you a tale that beats that all hollow — something classy, about drives in the rain, moonlit summer houses, 105 quarrels and tears and Chapel 1)ut before this breathless jumble could be finished, Emma descended like a small-sized whirlwind ii nm poor, unsus- pecting Cilly. Xow, look here, Miss Cilly, chase yourself, or you ' ll get }-ourself in a fix. Say one more word, and I ' ll see if I can ' t tell a few interesting Well, just be calm, Emma, and I ' ll stop. Goodness knows I don ' t want an ' of my poor, little, half-finished affairs dragged out nf the closet. There would ha e been an uncomfortable ])ause here, but Ruth sa -ed the day. She aliantly marched into the ga]). You know, my dears, it has all come about in m - case through m_ - scientific bent r)f mind. Of course I ' m specially di])p_ - on the subject of Phwsics. Well, one da last lune mu doorbell got out of whack, and I decided to mend it. And vou know Air. P oomhour wasn ' t here when I wanted to ask questions, so I had to betake myself to the State Library, and. there in that grand old reading room with its historic atmtisphere. I met my soul ' s affinity, a i)erfectl ' grand Princeton junior, working on his senior thesis. Ruth got no farther. This was trulv interesting. A dozen questions were tired at her at once, liut Ruth woiddn ' t talk an - more, so the girls began casting about for another victim, who chanced to be Lil. Everybody knew Lil had an afi ' air, but that was all. iAerything seemed enveloped in m}ster_ ' . But her roommates had testified to letters and post cards with an e er-changing post mark. When she was called upon to re eal the meaning of these proceedings. Fay. who sat next her. casually remarked. Wonder what makes your cheeks so hot. Susie, and ( ) stop s(|uirming. Honest. finally stammered Lil. there isn ' t anything. then in a sudden ecstasy of enthusiasm. Did you know I am ha ing m ' oice trained? I honestly think, to be able to sing with feeling, to sway vast audiences, is the grandest calling in the world. This was sureh ' an astonishing outburst, and man_ - were in the dark literall} ' and figurati el_ -, l)ut one or twd wise little ducks were able to put two and two together. Letters from the same person with the never-the-same post mark and Lil ' s new ambition meant but one thing. Then P . Lane, as originator of this grand and mighty scheme, was ruthlessly dragged from her small corner, where she hatl purposeh ' gotten, all her courage having oozed away. B. Lane. } ' ou ' e got to do it. so just begin. was the burden of everybody ' s cr} ' . so she began almost in tears, but wa.xing eloipient as she warmed to her subject. ' Sense me. girls, but I can ' t talk on this subject. I am ])eculiarlv reticent al)out it. Rut, since it is -ou, I sui)i)osc 1 shall ha e to xield. ' on know niotlier and father got an idea that I needed a change last summer. Said 1 looked fagged out, so they sent me to s])end vacation on my uncle ' s Texas ranch. Of course 1 was ery much wrought up over it, because I wanted to study. l)ut they Ijundled me off. I ' ll ne -er forget that wear - journe - and m_ ' first week on the ranch. I felt that death would be a relief from m_ ' wretchedness. But suddenlv the looks of things changed. Alv uncle ' s oN ' erseer came home from a Ijusiness trip, and from the moment we looked into each other ' s eyes, and his big brown hand closed over my little one, I knew it was a lost cause with me. O, my dears, he is so strong and master- ful and kind. I tried to be prim and independent at first, but in spite of m ' self, I adored him. He taught me to ride and shoot, and positi -ely, girls, I got plump and good-looking, but of course the hea ' y responsibility of Phvsii; log ' and such close association with the skeleton have already made me thin again. But and here her voice rose to a triumphant shriek, it ' s the ranch for mine after commencement! If the other tales of true lo ' e were astonishing, this one left e -erybody completely flabbergasted. Surelv nothing in the history of the class could touch it. Even Fay ' s experience did not show up (luite so gorgeously b_ - contrast with B. Lane ' s, which she began with a jo} ' ful gurgle. Oh, Susie, he is the grandest, nol)lest man Ijeneath the hea -ens ! So tall and splendid, and eyes so soulful! You should lia e lieard him sing My Rosary to me, so thrillingl}- tender, that I was ' most choked with tears. And he has got the grandest machine. I ha -e some i)erfect memories of long stretches of white roads beneath a full mocin, and he and I spinning on together. So dreamv and iiiifTrssioiiistic. don ' t -ou know Just here while e -er -])ody was perfectly quiet, drinking in everv word of Fay ' s rhapsody, which was gradually getting into treble clef, there came a sharp, peremptory rap on the door, and Girl-s-s-s, the light bell ha-s-s-s rung-g in a well-known voice, snatched a smothered shriek out of Minnie, and produced such a scurrying homeward, as has ne -er been witnessed before, consitlering so many knees weak with fright. 107 .JUL III ' iiii ' !■ ' SUNDAY A. M MONDAY P. M. 108 As Told in Her Diary UNE 10. — This is such a gorgeous old workl, and I am always so idiotically happy! Nothing ever happens, but if I can live here with Mother and leather always in this dear old house, I know I sha ' n ' t want anything else. This morning as I came up the street, 1 longed wildl) ' to get the whole thing, magnolias, stately white- pillared house, all in my arms and just love it like ou can love a thing that you ' ve got close up to you. And Mother, little, white Mother! She makes me feel like a big bear of a girl, unworthy of her. But when she loves me out of her eyes and then smiles at Father in that heavenly, mysterious way, Fatlier strokes my rough head and tells me Tm a girl after his own heart. After that I ' m crazy with j(jy for the rest of the day. Oh, I know lots of girls would call this a tame sort of life, but, Diary mine, wlici cares? They don ' t understand. June 15. — If there ' s one thing in the world which delights my soul, it ' s seeing Mother with very old folk. This afternoon as I sat in the library wrestling with the stocking bag and the darning gourd, little Miss White came over. She ' s the quaint little maiden ladv who lives down the street in the old-fashioned white cottage with the dormer windows and yellow jessamine vines. Mother met her half down the garden path and brought her into the porch. Then she brought the easiest chair for her, and sat down beside her, holding her hand. Mother knew exactly what to talk about and Miss White fairly bubbled over with the news she ' d come to tell. She just idolizes her nephew, who is a Virginian, and he is coming to spend two months. Then Mother was so delighted ; Brother will be home at the same time, and so it went. Mother talking always in that tender, kindly little voice of hers that makes you want to catch her and hold her tight up against you. And when Miss White was gone, that ' s what I did. Will I ever be sweet like Mother? June 20. — I think I told you, Diary, a few da} ' s ago that nothing ever happens. But things are getting a little exciting. Listen here — Brother is home. He is more like F ather than ever. Mother and I see it so much more every time he comes. Somehow the big responsibility which he has shouldered, having all those men in the lumber camp look straight to him for e -erything, has steadied him. But he still teases and tells me I ' m prettier in the dark than 109 anywhere else and lie wonders Mother isn ' t afraiil of me. 1 dijn ' t in the least mind being ugly so long as I ' m sound, but the other, about Mother being afraid, hurts sometimes, and when Mother sees it she makes him stop. And now, ( () listen. I got myself in an awful scrape this afternoon. Feather and I sailed in the skiff o -er to the shoals for a swim — bv the way, Father admitted to-da_ - that I ' m a better swimmer than he — and had gut home late. He had to hurr - to the office and left me to tie the sails and put up the skiff. When e -erything was trig and tight, and the boat house locked, I started hiime, up mu ' (|uiet street. The sun was getting low and all along the side wall where the big trees are it was i)erfectlv conl and shadw but the ri er — }-ou know our street is right on the ri -er — was still sunlit and sparkly, and the children were bathing out in front of the Lawrences. I just got to feeling so gay and giddy that I puckered up my moutii and began whistling. I was swinging along, my wet mane down my back, and whistling gaily when, liy an evil dispensation of fate, I chanced to look up. There in Miss White ' s front yard, propped up against the tree at the gate, was a big fellow lazily smoking a pijie and regarding me in an astonished and altogether amused manner out of his cool, gray eyes. I don ' t see how I saw the color of his eyes, because I was so confused, and mad clear through. Who e -er heard of such im- pudence ! June 26. — I do wish nobodx ' would e ' er come to this town wlio doesn ' t belong here, and half of those who do would mo ' e away. . .nd Xellie Bower is such an old stujjid ! Wh}- did I ever think to get her to walk with me on oiu wharf? But it was such a perfect night and we were ha ing such a good time with our feet swinging off o -er the water. Seems that since Nelle has married we don ' t see each other much now-a-days. But this night seemed like old times. Then that big man had to come sauntering down the wharf right i)ast us. As he came back, he and Xelle recognized each other. Horror of horrors, it was Miss White ' s nephew ! Xelle introduced him and he sat down with his feet swinging off, just like oin-s, on the other side of Xelle. I sat up perfectly stiff ' and straight and dumlj, while he and Xelle talked of when they were children and gi-)ing to school together before I came to li -e here. Then he came on with us, and more miser)- still, when we got to Xelle ' s gate she calmly stepped in and left that man to walk Imme with me. I was in an agony of embarrassment and didn ' t e en try to talk. He didn ' t talk much, but what he said was in the deepest, dearest voice I ' d ever heard. 110 nu know e (. ' ii llic ilc- il must ha L ' wliat ' s due him. I ' dr hik ' thing, he told me I neechi ' t feel had ahimt the whisthni;, tliat I could outwhistle even liim. When we got home, Mother was waiting on the steps, hke the angel she is. Of course I had to introduce the man, and Mother was charmed when she learned he was Miss White ' s nejjhew. Standing on the steps, they talked on for a few minutes, and in that short while. Mother was so entranced that she made him promise to come over for the evening soon. Goodness knows I tried to keep Mother out of it. I was standing with my back to one of the porch pillars, just like a stone, holding one of her hands, Init how could she know I wasn ' t loving her when I ga ' e her hand a squeeze each time she said something rash ? July 2. — It seems, dear Diary, that 1 can ' t find time to tell you things these days. Brother tries to make me belie -e he doesn ' t appro -e of me, but just the same he surely likes to have me do things with him. Honest, he has gotten to the point where he makes me sit beside him when be smokes. And what do you suppose? He told Mother the other da - that if I were not his sister he ' d marry me, whether I would or not. That was a very amazing thing for Brother to say. Mr. Courtney came over last night, as he ' d promised Mother be would, lotber and Father and he and I sat on the porch. It is so dear on our porch when the moon shines. The porch floor and the lawn are all checkered in shadows and pale patches of light, which fall through the magnolias. And the moonbeams on the river seem to be dancing away in throngs to a great gathering of their kindred out beyiMid the bar. But let me get back to our guest. Diary, my own, be has been everv- where, and he can tell about it after a fashion that makes you half-way belie e that you yourself are buying grapes in the little Italian towns or seeing the Flower Festival in Japan. I was very content sitting on the steps with my head against Mother ' s knee. But finally Brother came in and sat down beside me, and with that my peace of mind was ended. Brother ' s verv presence can tease sometimes. I just told Mother and Father good-night, and went in. July 15. — Nothing of importance to tell. Diary. Just the same beautiful, quiet summer-time. Brother and Paul Courtney and I were over on the shoals to-day. Had a grand swim. We began at the west marsh and came out at the east abreast! Brother hugged me and said, Pluckv little sis! Paul Courtney looked exactly like he did the time he caught me whistling, 111 only he didn ' t smile. I know he must ha ' e the strongest opinion of me, ever. But I don ' t care! Mother and Father and Brother and the neighbors ' chil- dren love me. August 1. — What a long time since I ti ld you anything! But prick up your ears, to hear something wonderful, glorious, which happened yesterday. Nelle and Corinne and Bent, Brother, m} ' self, and a few of the others, went over t(i the surf for a dip and for supper afterwards. You know I never am unhappy, but I was yesterday, oh, so Cjueerly unhappy! Even the sun- shine looketl sad and wistful and I wanted to weep all day, only I couldn ' t. The only comfort I got was wlien Mother kissed me on the eye-lids. I think it must all be because the Fall is Cdming. and kather is going away for a two- weeks stay to-morrow, and Brother, who has gotten to be so dear, goes back to the camp up in Michigan the day after Father goes away. Just Mother and I for those two long weeks. But let me tell the thing I started with and stop being foolish any longer. When it began to get dusky and nearl_ - all of tiie color was out of the sky, I ran away and began walking fast up the beach. The ocean was very calm. -eile(l in mist and just ptu ring softlv, and just where tlie faintest rose ])ink was dyeing the west, the evening star winked as merrily as if I wasn ' t feeling as forlorn and wretched as a girl could. I heard some one walking on the sand l)chind nie. and turned around. Paul Courtney was coming. I waited until he came up and then we walked on side l)v side, not saying a woril. It was getting to be miserably tmcom- fortable. Suddenly Paul reached for my hand and stopped short. I was scared, he was so fierce, and he held my hand so tight that I wanted to scream. But I managed to look at his eyes, and then I stopped being afraid. P(5lly, Fm going to-morrow. Are you sorry? he asked, his voice deep and low Somehow I got courage to say Yes, and then — Oh, Diary, you stupid old dear, don ' t you understand? ] ' oii and are going to li -e in Virginia in the autumn! 112 The Seniors Go to the Wake Fore Baraca Banquet ) OUAR ' ri ]R of six, on the afternoon of November the nineteeiitli, brought with the usual darkness and clanging of tlie first dinner- bell an unusual scurrying about of girls on the halls, excited shrieks, and lasth ' the honk, honk. of four big machines launching up on the campus, causing the hearts of twenty girls to thump with joy. Tiie Senior gives a last fluff of powder to excitement-crimsoned cheeks, tucks rebellious locks under a deli- cate scarf and says, standing off fnim her Sophomore roommate. Do I look nice? Then she Hies down the hall, and joins the crowd at the front of main building, and with them lustily raises the yell, Ray! Ray! Bully for B ' Racas, Ray ! Other yells — then into the cars, Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Broughton in their midst. The machines were cranked up, the chug-chug-chugging began, and each girl tucked luxuriously in furs, blankets and pillows, sighed with con- tentment in her soul of souls and buried her chin into her big, soft muf¥ as one after another the cars pulled ofT. The big, clear white headlights de -oured ever faster and faster the The lights glinting from the windows broad dark stretches of Blount street of the big, old houses by which they whirred seemed dull, dead, to the Senior whose heart sang to the si:)ft whirring of the car. Her eyes, far-gazing into the distance, pictured glorious college fellows, clear cut and muscular — 113 and Idts of tlieni — big entliusiastic clumps ol tliem. Vnst she sees them gix ' iniij ringing college veils as the girls come in; then she sees herself with the grandest one. talking somewhere, and — liis — eyes . ' Into the el -ety blue night the brilliant double lights of four winged cars chase each other swiftly, evenly, happily. Xow and then there is a soft, musical chord, lnw -pulsing from the leading car answered by the Inud. mel- low hunk, honk. nf the ime in the rear. 114 Ye Old-Time Faculty Meeting as Compared With the New HI ' Z old shall pass away and give place to the new. It is true of more things tlian one, Facult}- meetings not excepted. Of course Udne of us know, sa ' e through circumstantial evidence, what takes place at these meetings nf the wise and the just, but we do surely kn(.)w that mighty uphea als and suljsef|uent re ()luti()ns lia -e been in order for st ne few vears. W ' e judge that of old, the Faculty met serenely at an ai)p iinte l time each month, and consulted with each other upon such problems as Jane Smith ' s abilit} ' to keep up in Freshman mathematics, or whether or not Ann Jones should be allowed to change from the literary- course to music. Or possibly, on rare occasions, the}- got to the exciting point of discussing the advisability of entertaining the trustees and tj-ie Senior Class. However, nothing of transcendent, soul-stirring interest ever toc;k place. Order, precision and smooth sailing were the ear-marks of the Faculty meet- ing of yesterda)-. But as tin-ie changes all things, even so it has changed the uninterrupted course of Facult - n-ieeting to an event, nieteoric in its brilliancv and in the uncertaint}- of its results. Ve wist not on what n-iorning ye shall be kept standing outside the door of history recitation room, shifting from one foot to the other, yet daring not to w-ithdra -. On such an occasion as this, one might well eniplo}- her time b - lending her ears to the voices floating over the trans(.im. Every subject which comes up for discussion is based in one way or another, upon its relation to the Carnegie unit or the next Meredith catalogue. Miss Smith is enthusiastically urging that science requirements be made larger. One almost sees her eyes and her gestures and the force which the - g-i -e to her argument. Dr. ' ann is a little doubtful. He fears lest the number of units required w-ill exceed the capacity of the Xorth Carolina high schools, an objection which Miss Smith o -ercon-ies quickl}- enough — surely high school standards will be raised only w-hen the college makes it necessary. It is finally settled that one unit of physics shall be required, and that biology shall be a first year subject rather than a second _ -ear. In our mind ' s eye, we already see the droopii-ig feathers antl wrinkled foreheads of ne.xt vcar ' s Freshman Class. lis Then after a pause, English bubbles over. The seventh annual meeting of the Association of Southern Colleges and Preparatory Schools convenes in a few davs at Athens, Georgia. The great achantage to be gained by having a representative from Meredith College is urged upon the Faculty. This matter is skillfully presented, we have no doubt, since soon we hear it moved and carried that Miss Colton shall go, in behalf of Meredith, to impress upon all educational institutiims that we exist, and Ijy dint (_)f much gnashing of teeth and hard work, .shall attain their glorious heights ere long.. Then we liear Miss Paschal ' s voice adx ' ancing a new idea. After grave thought and nuicli weighing of argument, she thinks it wise to give zeroes for all classes cut before and after holidays ; that by this rather severe measure alone, the regular attendance of college students is assured. Gentle-hearted, conservative Mr. Boomhour is not so sure of this, thinks this matter worthy of longer and more serious consideratinn. But his opinion is overborne and Miss Paschal comes out with flying colors, when Miss Meserve and Miss Colton in a breath declare this the existing rule at ' assar and Wellesley. Just here Miss Ford happens to rememl)er that Sue Blank, who already has eighteen hours of work, has petitioned Un two more. But e er l)ody suddenly remembers waiting classes and Miss Smith suggests that this can be discussed aiteriviird. Each, assuming that inimitable, awe-inspiring classroom air files out and we file in. sorely alive to the fact that we are in the clutches of those whose decrees are the unchanging and inexitable result of the wt)rkings of great minds. Yet, half joyful we be that we are ilragged bv main strength and awkwardness, whether we will or not, into the ever- lasting gli- ' ry of standard colleges and endowed institutions. 116 Hobl ms Little helpless Mary Ann Has sure gone ofif to stay. For since the hohlin got ' er She cannot run away. The dishes are neglected, . ' Kn ' the floors are all unswept. or in the hoblin ' s clutches Poor Mary cannot step. An ' when shadows of the grippin ' things Come a-dancin ' on the wall. An ' the direful, hitchin ' hoblin, The awfulest of ' em all. If you ain ' t mighty keerful To stay around about. The hoblin ' ll git you Ef you Don ' t Watch Out! There was onc ' t a little gal A-dressin ' way up-stairs. An ' when they went to call her. She wasn ' t anywheres. But beside her dressin ' mirror Stood a hoblin — slim and tall. With head of huge dimensions. And with feet extremely small. Whose figure was like nothin ' Which ere graced the sight of man. A mockery of the person Of their precious Mary Ann. An ' as the family entered. It seized them one by one. An ' tied their feet together ' Till its fearful work was done. An ' then it strode two inches. With a fierce, shrill, conquerin ' shout. An ' the hoblin ' ll git you. Ef you Don ' t Watch Out! 117 Meredith, Pro and Con 1 RIMES ' BEACH sciidnllinuse had nexer been so crowded as it was on the evening of June the tenth, nineteen hundred and ten. Tile women and cliildren sat on straight-bactced benclies, and the men who could not find seats in the windows, or n tlie ti ge of tiie platform, stood up around the walls. Four or five lanterns, sus- pended in different ])arts of the room, furnished light for the occasion, and scarcely rendered visible the rough, retl faces of the honest fishermen. The sea breeze was almost e.xclucled from the room on account of the forms of the men in the windows, but the intense heat was scarcely noticed, for this was an occasion of great excitement. Nat Grimes, the most highly esteemed fisherman in the little settlement, had returned not long since from a -isit to Meredith College, and was going to deliver an address which promised to be a literary triumph. Every eye was directed towards the platform as Tom Pa ' ne rose to introduce the speaker. I guess _ e all know this is Nat Grimes, said Payne, an ' I reckon ye know, too, that he ' s goin ' to tell ye something here to-night that ' ll do ye good all yer lives. I am powerful glad you brought the chillun, cause its for them the speech ' ll do nios ' good. Gentlemen, this is Nat Grimes. Hearty applause filled the room as Payne took his seat, and Grimes came to the front. His sharp little eyes sparkled in the light of the lantern nearest him, and his round, fat face was redder than it had ever been before. With a few twists of his fingers, and a pinch or two at the bottom edge of his new home-made coat, he began : Gentlemun, and feller sisters, I ain ' t braggin ' , but }e all know that I got ' bout the best edication of anybody on Grimes ' s Beach. Reckon ye have, ves sir-ee! came from different parts of the room. An ' I was thinkin ' ' bout how I ' d like to do sometliin ' fer ni - feller friends, so I ' m goin ' to tell ve ' bout what a collcijc is. Ye know I got a darter named Charity. Well, I just made up my mind to send Charity to a college, ' cause she ' s learnt all she can ' roun ' here : but I didn ' t ' low to send her to none of ' em ' tliout I found out fer myself how ' she ' d get along, ' cause in my travels I have come acrost folks that say their gals had more sense before they lef home than they had when they come frcjni one of these colleges. I heard considerable about a ])lace named 118 Meredith College, and so I jist thought I ' d go see ahout it ; so I did. After I done some in(|uirin ' I got there, and it was ahout three weeks hefore the breakin ' -up time, so I stayed nios ' till school stopped — ' cause after all, fellers, a college is a school. It ' s a school where they have the ones that are goin ' to li e and eat and sleep there. I went up to that Mereditli College and the bossman, the President, said I could do all the lookin ' roun ' I wanted to. It was about dinner-time, and I went in the dinin ' -room with the President. U-m, folks, it ' s the biggest dinin ' -n_)om ye ever saw, and the most fine lookin ' young ladies was at them tables. We walked right down the middle of the room, all ' tween them tables, till we come to the last one where the President sat. While I was walkin ' ' long by them gals, they was gigglin ' and snickerin ' and I heard one of ' em say I had a pretty, rosy complexion. I liked to a-told her it looked a sight better ' n if it was chalky like hern. Well, ye know, ginerall} ' . when I git to where I ' m goin , I set down, so when I got to my eatin ' -place. I set myself down, and pulled up my cheer to the table. Then I looked ' roun ' an ' every single soul in the dinin-room ' cep ' me was standin ' up back of their cheers and snickerin ' like they didn ' t have no raisin ' . Purty soon a bell tapped and they got still, and then the President, he asked the blessing and in a minute tliey shuffled their cheers roun ' and set down and you never did hear such a fuss. I didn ' t keer much if I didn ' t do just ' zactly like the rest. I couldn ' t help noticin ' how many kinds of gals was there, and how many kinds of ways they had their heads fixed. There was fat ones and lean ones and you never did see such a sight o heads in your life. Some of ' em had their ' n twisted all up ' roun ' an ' ' ro ' -n ' all oxer their heads, and would you believe it? Some had their ' n fixed with all sorts of curls and things till it looked ' bout like pictures I ' ve seen of old jMiss Martha Washin ' ton. Some of em had bows on their heads big as I don ' t know what; look like they wuz gittin ' ready to fly any minute. I guess by now ye all want to hear what we had to eat. Well, that day we had soup an ' crackers an ' roasted potatoes. That soup was good, and I thought Charity could thrive toler ' ble well on it. Sometimes they had other kinds of things, mostly beef, and I didn ' t see no trouble ' bout that, ' cause I knew Charity had good teeth. After we got done eatin ' . the President took me and my little bundle, that Charity and Sue had fixed for me, and we went over to his house, and I found out where I was going to stay — and then I told the President to make home-folks of me, and let me jist prowl ' mun ' to suit myself — so he did. 119 I would like to tell ye everything I looked at, cause I reckon I saw everything there was to see, but gentlemun, I ' m jist goin ' to tell ye a few of them things as they come to me. One of em was what they call the practice hall. ' y, fellers, you couldn ' t hear your own ears when you went in there, and it was worse on your senses than a dog and cat fight. There was little rooms about as big as pigeon-holes, and the doors of them rooms had little holes in em. I peeped through some of them and there was gals settin ' down there, playin ' on planers, throwin ' their hands first up and then down ; some of ' em was standin ' up with their mouths wide open and pullin down their chins, callin ' it singin . There was soiue up-stairs rooms, too, and in one of ' em was a nigger settin down turnin a crank, and a gal set up there playin a organ with her hands and feet both. In another little cubby hole was a gal standin plavin a fiddle, and whether _ -e believe me or not, gentlemun, tliat was all goin on at one time. Nobody didn ' t stop fer nobody else. They didn ' t care whether they kept time or m t. I don ' t think that ' s no way to learn gals how to play and sing music. They ' ve got a meetin ' house up there built all in the college, and in it they ' ve got the biggest organ ye ever seed, with three sets of playin ' -keys. Thev have meetin ' in there every mornin ' , and the singin ' young ladies come in walkin ' two by two and goes up on that platform where the organ is, and sets there till meetin ' s o -er, then coiues back out. I guess I ' ll l.)e up there again some time and see Charity comin ' in with the singin ' folks. But, folks, I guess the most powerful-strange thing they ' ve got up there is them bulletin boards. I learnt a new word while I was at that college that was iist the -erv word that tells what them bulletin boards is. They is jist (•;( ( ' . Thev lias all sorts of papers pinned up on em. I tell ye the truth — I don ' t care what ye want, if ye jist write it on a piece of paper, and pin it on one of them bulletin boards, ye ll get it shore as ye live. Make s no difference what it is. Yes, sir-ee, that s a powerful contraption. I used to go about to the teachin rooms, too, but I never did understand much they was doin in them. Well, when I don ' t know much about things I usually tries to believe they ' s what they ought to be; so I guess them teachers is doing what they ought to do and Charity ll fare all right ' bout that. But them teachers ! Land, they is a curious lookin set — some one way and some another. One of em walked like a Pekin drake and another car- ried roun with her what they called a dog. It was a long, fiop-eared, slick, black thing, with legs no longer than your finger, and weren ' t good for nothin ' but to bark and run. Now zvercn ' t that a fine thing for a teacher to be carryin along with her? 120 One day the President ti )k me to one of them sciuilc- meetings, where all tlie teachers set up there big as kings and tried to lioss each other. But the President managed to hold his end of the barg ' in. I couldn ' t get no sense out of the meetin ' , so while a man was makin ' a sjjeech ' bout some kind er units or other, I jist took a nap. Speakin ' about takin ' naps, Jo Daniels, ain ' t you ' sleep while Pm speakin ' for the uplift of this place? You needn ' t think you got a ' sense for goin ' to sleep here, jist cause I went to sleep there, ' cause they was talkin ' ' bout somethin ' I couldn ' t see into, and am speakin ' pure, plain English. wSomebody punched Daniels. He instantly opened his eyes and looked about him in a shame-faced manner, then the speaker continued : Jist a few more words, gentlemun and sisters. They had a kind of party up there one time, and I jist wished yon could a-seen how them gals acted. They was all dressed up in their tinery, and they stood up there in the hall and peeped and giggled and waited till their fellers come. Then they jist went clear wild, and acted like they had never seen a man before. Pd like to give Charity worse than a piece of my mind if she acted like that. Well, on the last Sunday mornin ' before breakin ' -np time, the whole shootin ' -match turned out and went to church two by two. Long as I weren ' t a part of the college, I walked along on the other side of the street and looked on. Purty close up in front there was marchin ' a crowd of them young ladies with long, black dresses on and little square caps on their heads. They told me they was the ones that got the diplomers. A diplomer is a big piece of paper that tells the one that gets it has been to that college and has learnt all they could teach her. I thought they ought to wear red or yaller dresses, and look a little bit happier than they did with them long black gowns; but it was all mighty nice, and the other gals in their white dresses looked purty enough to make up for it. Well, next day I ' cided I had stayed ' bout long enough to know if I liked that Meredith College, so I ' cided to leave. I believe they kinder hated to see me go, Pd been ' roun ' there so long, but I jist had to come back and help git Charity off up there — and the President told me zvith his ozi ' u moitth that she could git one of them diplomers in about eight or nine years. What I want ye all to do is send your darters to Meredith College, too. Yes, Charity ' s goin ' next year. I reckon everybody there ' ll know Charity Grimes, ' cause they ' ll be sure to ricollect her Paw. Rose Goodwin, ' 11. 121 Song of the Night Watchman ' I ' lie iDiig niyht through I watch for you : Till morning hreak. And you awake. I igil kee]). Sleep, sleep. Forget the day. Away. away. Where toil is not. And woe forgot. Nor any weep. Sleep, sleep. 1 f harm Ijefall, I hear your call. And ready stand. With shepherd hand. To guard my sheep. Sleep, sleep. In dreamland fair, Without a care. Till night is gone I slumber on In silence deep. Sleep, sleep. E. M. C. 07. 122 Dissertation on Chapel Lecflures X ' l-LRY Mereditli girl usually has some definite reaction of feeling for tlie different activities in which she may be interested during her ciillege life. For instance, gymnasium, s()ciet ' hall, practice hall, mean only one thing, but when the mind comes to dwell .on the meaning of chapel, there is such a confusion of sentiment, as only those much given to introspection can in any manner tlefine. Of course, outsiders would say that one naturally thinks of chapel in connection with the religious and literary side of college life, but in their ignorance they err. as those who ha -e been called thither at the most unexpected and inopportune time could easily prove. Surely the chapel is a place of many interests, but chiefest of all, lectures, lectures on such varied topics, that even though a girl do nothing else, she deserves a seat with the justly rewarded, if she be cle -er and le -el-hea led enough to keej) up with them all and be in her appointed place at the proper time. We ha ' e said that these lectures are of many varieties, and eril ' . we mean what we say. All of us are familiar with Air. Ferrell ' s rising up during chapel exercises and announcing that the tickets for the next lecture will be on sale at a given hour. This is followed immediately by a -erv audible sigh, and later by two hours ' patient tolerance of some droning lecturer on Goethe ' s Faust, or some other equalh ' interesting suljject. while we think w ith despair of the unlearned recitations iur to-morrow. Unless, perchance, he who persecutes is a certain scholarly Mr. Wilkinson — then the cares and the responsibilities of the future are cast into oblivion, while, spell-bound, we sit forward to catch e ' er}- Britishly-prouDunced word, and charming intimation, as he shifts from side to side, arms akimbo, and black gown floating in the air. Then, what one of us is there who has not had the experience of descending to breakfast on i Ionda ' morning to be faced at the door bv a notice in a familiar handwriting. JMiss Paschal wishes to see all the girls in the chapel at nine-thirty o ' clock. Please take regular seats. Could there possibly be such a shatterer of plans? It means good-bye to the room all cleaned and laundr}- ])ut out liy ten o ' clock, and a calm resignation to the inevitable, which is a rehearsal of Don ' ts. and Be sure to get on the campus by five-thirty o ' clock, and to wear a wrap in passing from one build- 123 ing to anotlier. unci to read the hand-book — all of which is emphasized by slow repetition, ennmeration on the finger ti )s. and a gentle rising on the toes at ever}- new point. The lady principal is followed b_ ' the librarian, who rises with a chann- ing little smile and a gentle, deprecatory air, and informs us that we are not to eat peanuts in the library, that we should not walk across the floor like shod animals, that above all else laughing aloud is strictly forbidden: all of w hich instructions are about as easy to abide by as to remember to put laundry money in on time. But the most exhilarating and alive, yet witlial the most blood-curdling and hair-raising at times, are those over which the college physician presides. Everv statement which she sees fit to make is driven home to tlie brain of an utterlv amazed audience, which In- the way is assembled chiefly through threats, curiosity, and a latent sense of hero-, or, more correctly, heroine- worship — e -erv statement, we say, is driven home with a force and emphasis which brooks no denial. Every young lady in this institution is expected to wear a sleeve and not a lace curtain on her arm. and if I find on the first day of November one single girl in low shoes, nothing under high 1-ieaven shall pre -ent her from being sent home immediately! Let it I e understood that e -erv voung lady in this institution goes away from the chapel suffi- ciently impressed. Last, Miss Rovster posts a notice to the effect that she wishes to meet the student botly in the chapel at a stated hour, h very girl adores the physical director, and in spite of a little swearing under the breath, we go and listen while she holds forth. She announces that it has been decreed we shall wear a certain amount of clothing this year, and that a failure to abide by this new resolution means a calamity, the nature of which will lie stated when neces- sary; that phvsical exercise until this year has been considered a joke, but that time has passed and it is at last a stern realit - : that gym suits shall be the order of the day and not one girl shall escape, no not one. Despondent and grouch V, yet loyal just the same, we troop out, and the chapel has seen us again the -ictims of the powers that be. These instances are only a few of the many, enough to demonstrate the fact that lectures figure extensively in the life :)f l- ' resh. Soph, Junior and Senior, and that if chapel walls could break tlieir wise silence, wonderful revelations the - could make to tli(.ise who know- not. 124 Lila Keith (looking at a picture of Shakespeare, his birthplace and his church, all in one frame, but noticing only his birthplace) — Where have I seen this house? Oh, I know, in Biltniore! Lucile Arthur, having been called up before Miss P., thought that she would make a good impression by confessing all and so liegan explaining about some rule she had broken. Miss P. (having called her up for an entirely different matter) said: My dear, I fear you have more sins than 1 know of. Xo wonder she plays for Jim ! L. A. and L. ' }A. were in a room just above the gym while classes were going on one p. m. Hearing the music L. A. asked: Who is that I)laying? L. M. replied : Oh. it ' s M. X. playing for gym ! V. ' . : In getting the reaction of lead and air, we find it to be Pb+ O = Pbo. There is only one part o.xygen, because there is only one oxygen in the air. Mr. B. ; I take it we would all suffer if there was only one part and you used that. BONEY F. W. : Julia, you ought to like this meat. J. P.: Why? ' F. : ' liecause it ' s so bonv. L. W., while walking one day chanced to pass by a telephone pole just as the man who was working on the wires was phoning to headquarters. Hello, said the man. Loraine, thinking he was yelling at her, exclaimed to her companioii, crazy Ike! US When Mr. B. corrected the biology note books on the twenty-ninth day of September for the tirst time this year and added the date in his usual manner — 9-29 M. B., who had heard that he used a peculiar system of marking, was very anxious to know how much she really got. as he had only given her nine twenty-ninths. Two girls were discussing how to spell rutabaga. G. H. : Who was that, a musician? Some time last year, the folU)wing notice was on the bulletin board: When the girls have company at night, will they please turn off the lights when they leave the parlors, if they are on? G. H. (at dress parade, as the band passed by) : Oh. I know a boy in the choir! M. ' ., after working on a reaction for some time, finally went to Mr. B. with this remark: Mr. B., I just can ' t make this come out right. I don ' t know what to do with this C. P. Mr. B. : ' ' You will just leave that ciut. will you? It only means chemically t iire. Xewish (looking at statue of Venus de Milo): Did ' enus lose her arms before she died? M. B. (playing flinch with M. H.) : Let ' s play best two out of three. M. H.: How is it played? W ' e never played it. L. K. (looking through a stack of books at the State Library in search of something on the War of 1812) to Emily Huntley: Emily. I can ' t even find out when the blooming thing happened. Mrs. B. : Josiah. please go to Dobbin-Ferrall ' s and get me some grosgrain ribbon for shoe laces. Mr. B. (to Mr. M. in Dobbin-Ferrall ' s) : My wife wants some blue-green ribbon for shoe laces. Miss C. (on English Literature I) : Some authors criticise Shakespeare for being too fond of talking. That, however, is characteristic of the Elizabethan age. Student (aside): We ' ll all agree that fondness for talking is decidedly Elizabethan. A. H. : Miss D. just stands on a chair and peers down into your voice. L. K. was talking to Miss J. one day about a certain taxidermist. Miss J.: Isn ' t Mr. .A. a taxidermist? L. K. : No. he ' s one of those men who stuff birds and animals. A Rollins girl and a Meredith girl was on a hayride together this past summer. Hollins girl: Gertrude, start up a song. You ' re a bella donna! Meredith girl: Thank you! I ' m so glad I do your eyes good! 126 •psaq sill uodn puBjs ll!j uosjad snouna B u o joj ' pU3J I133f[ 3AEq S3J)Of JnO MOUJJ 3y •p34SE.U JOU SEA 3111IJ JIIO 3ans 3J.3jW (•Sek -y ' S n i ' l § iJJ3j3 j) „ilEq4 si 3Ey jei[m ' na v,, : ' O ' jm , -Seh 3 -jrtj -y aip S3UJE3 aq ' OjSj,, : iSr h ..iCV ' S ' 11) By J«m -Slii.Oje.-) t j luqj S]„ ; OpRjEd ssaap 3 j - ji;) w q .. lAI -S V - - ' 3 siq) 3a3A 3,v moujj l.upip j ' nayVV-. : (30UE;sip sqi ui AJEiju3)iii3d aq; Siipss iniE ' siq-Siaj UE[i{og uo jno 3ui {1BM) ' j ' j , Sui ioo[ dojg., : q •J3q miA aAi)| III [[Ej iij j-[ ssij }E 3ui iooi dojs 4_uop 1 j[„ ; piES ' iioiidaoaa UEi;3JE[iqj sqj JE ' -j 03S uj aiiiED oqA ' jCoq ' 3 ' j ' y uy ■papEjjxa qjooj e pEq a ' [}u333j pEq aqs se ' qjnoui a3q iii 3J)E} p]noA S_J3q piEJJK A |qiJJ31 SEA ' 5113 qS3JJ E UI 3 1E} [1IA U011EUI33EA }Eq; pjE3q SuiAEq ' i q jSuipinoui SI Suiqj aqi 3A3q3q j ' sjEiDsp op j ' |13. ,. : psiuiEpxs p3SS3J}sip a ' j3a 3UIU10D3C| pUE ' p|3iqs U0IIEUID3EA JSq JSpiIIl JUq JO UOUE[nUU133E HE niiiAassqu ' J ■ ] , U3}}0 P3JEIII33EA 3(| OJ 3AEq J UOA nOA ' 3dOq J ' SJEl[0p 1131 SI 33J U0IJEU133EA JllOA J J,, : (X[d3J UI) jaqjoj , 33J UOi;EUp3EA Kill JoJ SJEllOp U3) 3111 piI3S 3SE31J,, : ( 33J U01}E|U3U}Elll J3q JOJ J3q}OllI J3q OJ 3lII}UA ) Q J NOIXVNDDVA And by Their Works Ye Shall Know Them ' POX the face of matters, , ■il ls are vevy niucli alike, but if }i u stup ti) reHect a moment, ' oii will tind that it is easier to contrast them than to compare them. .Vnd how many different kinds of girls are nccessar}- to col- lege life, with all its ' ariecl interest, and its indixidualit) ' I Of course girls can be classified into the studious, the athletic, the loafers, and the mischief-makers. ' ou find that sort of classifi- cation among e erv tribe, clan, family, or organization. But at Meredith College, what is it about a .group that makes it stand out? With what essential thing do _ ou alwa s associate that group? Mi_ -, naturally, their section of the State. It is the Jninch fmm the mountains, with their rosy faces and barrels of fine old apples: the coast girls, suu-liurned and breezy, with their clyster stews and tales of fish-frys; and the girls from the middle section, many of them unused to a bodx ' of water larger than a pond, or a mountain larger than a hill, ' et strong and staunch and loyal, who com- bined, give life and vigor to any school. Of course, sometimes, when indi- viduals from these dijTerent groups get together there may be differences of a jwlitical nature, but usually, since none are especially well u]) on politics, and are Democrats or Republicans siniph- because father or brother is. such a small difficulty is smoothed over without any damage and each falls to listening with the greatest avidity to this girl ' s tale of wonderful moonlight picnics on the sound or lieach, of ioll - dances in the ])a -ilion, of that mountain girl ' s camping ex|jerience, or a blood-curdling shooting attair when the sherift tried to catch a mountaineer moonshiner, back there where the whole family of fifteen live in one room, and there aren ' t an} ' railroads, but plenty of dogs, and guns, and revenue officers. The middle girl, although she usually has no marvellous )-arns to spin, has the ad ' antage in being able to listen to all the rest with a keenness of interest equallv flattering to mountain and coast. And this middle girl is a great old girl, broad and liberal-minded in e ' er ' [jhase of college life with which she is associated. . nd she is alwavs dispensing good things from boxes which mother has packed, with a thought for evervthing that appeals to a schoolgirl ' s appetite, 128 Then the girls whu Cdiiic fnmi nther states are subjeets nf a peculiar interest, and fortunate in their misfortune, fur because of their unattached character, and their distance from hunie, and a fancied idea im the part of the others that they are lonel)- and eep - each is ri aling the other to see who can do the more for the little aliens. W ' e ha -e a notion that they have about the happiest time of the lot. And, b)- va ' of cimclusion. who dares to say that college life with its fine opportunity of growth, through contact with other girls and their ideas, and their outlook on life, is not the best part (jf a girl ' s life, no matter what has gone before, or what shall come after? 129 SCENES FROM HAMLET THE INS AND OUTS OF FAIRCLOTH Her Maiden Effort -TiTTVA Lf Tk tta :M — tiL-J }sA.- ' ' i 1 t v. .p fft.0 nr s¥, 132 An Old-Fashioned Garden NE would never guess that an old-fashioned garden lay hidden Ijehind tlie weather-beaten liigh board fence. It was onh ' the near and dear, or tlie fortunate outsider with a third-sturv window whi) knew al)nut this garden spot, as far removed from the hurry and cares of a busy town as though in S(jme far-awa)-, (h ' eamed-of, l)ut never realized countrv. Virginia creeper and jessamine -ines clambered over the old gray fence in the wildest of fashions. The wide path, which began at the gate opening off the kitchen garden, rambled aimlessly about and finally ended at the old summer house, set down carelessly somewhere near the center with the lattice work showing only in places where the honevsuckle, whose breath reached me clear to my window, allow ed it to get a peep at the daylight. Nearest me a bed of jonquils, dazzling in the morning sunshine, looked against the dark earth as though they had Ijeen plucked and placed in an immense brown bowl. Against the left side of the fence, rose trees crowded flaunting their blooms in the faces of the dainty jessamine. Beyond the sum- mer house, bright-hued crocuses did their best to put to shame the yellows and reds of the tall canna-lilies 1)anke(l up just behind them. But that which I loved l)est was the bed of violets and lilies-of-the- ' allev, almost lost in the gaiety and gorgeousness of the other flowers. The ' kept closely together in a distant corner, seemingly afraid of their big, showy neighI)ors, but white and sweet and daintx in tlie distance. L. A., ' 11. 133 If Thou Wert a Beggar oil. if tlioii -u ' crt a brt ( ar, lo-rc. A 7 ' ild rose would I be. A-hlooiuing by a louc road. IVIicrr only lluni iniijht .wc. And if f ' crch iiihi ' tluiu ' d.s-t ' ( .vx (( i. ' tiy And turn and look on uic. Then I thy heart would (jladdru. lo7 ' i , ; ( ' ( I ' liioui iiu fi r tlhw Or. if thou 7 ' crt a kiiuj. my lo: ' r. A jcwrt thru I ' d b, ]] ' hich thou d ill ' s! trrasurr so. uiy lo7 ' r. That 110 one else would see. .Ind in the quiet hours thou ' dst eojue Aud fondly ( a. ' :e on me. Then I -ieould sj arkle britjhter still. For thee aud only thee. I.., ' ll. 134 M ona JLisa Li X sUi(l in M ina Lisa. l)ackgr(iun(l and cnstunie mean nnthing only as the}- ser -e tn tlimw into relief the face and bands, nnfatlioniahle in their meaning and in the nn-ster ' which ' eils them. One is nut strnck In- Mona Lisa ' s heaut}-. There are nian - faces in art more ])eautifnl. but not one which revea ls more, yet Ijafiles even in the revelatiim. What does Mona Lisa ' s smile mean? There is a veritable little de -il nf mischief lurkine about the lips and in the shadows about the eyes, eyes which lo ing. would lo e infinitelv. Mona Lisa ' s is a mischie -ons face, yet looked at in another light the smile all fades and in its jilace there comes a touching jjatbos suggesting a heart-breaking secret, carried with a resignation and simple dignit - liefitting a rpieen. The hands, so closely following the face in e erv (jualit ' of expres- sion, help to deepen this impression. Mona Lisa might ha e been a cocpiette or perhaps she was something worse, dragging men into li -es of recklessness and sin hv the witcher - of her smile and of her deep e}-es. One scarcely likes to think of her thus, but it is ill ;lie face. e -en as sorrow and (hgnit ' are there. What Mona Lisa was we dare not say; charming , mischief-loving girl, woman of sorrow, or coquette. She was at least a woman of intellect whatever were the qualities with which she combined it. We can well imagine her brilliant and sp.nrkling with the ga -est of tlie ga -. or gra ' e and level-headed, holding her own with the philosophers and men of letters of her day. And when all is saiil. that unlcnow n something still haunts one. gleaming through the little smile, tantalizing, perplexing .and ilefx ' ing all inter])retalion. L. A., ' 11 i.is Editorial F.LL, Senidrs. and cullege f(.)lk all, lifrc ' s the annual. Is it what vou expected, more ' than ycm expected, or less. ' Tell ns (|iiick while we wait lireathless. clutching our hearts, and ready to succunil) to this horrible suspense. (iood or bad. we. your staff, are glad that it is finished, and that we shall be able to sleep at night without isions of belated girls scurrying uj) to T -ree ' s. of elusi -e poets, of stubborn busi- ness men. promising ad ertisements for ur.vt year, all chasing themselves in a hideous, never-ending procession tiirough the semi-conscious- ness of our long suft ' ering and much-harassed brains. Of course, we aren ' t implying that we haven ' t had a good time, h ' unny happenings ] o]) up at the most unheard-of times. .And the moments, few and far between, when you feel that the annual is great and All ' s well with the world. are like oases in the desert, sufficient in themselves to make up for the times when the blue devils insist upon dragging you off by main strength and awkwardness. Truly, it can be said of each editor She hath done what she could. What more can the angels in high heaven do? Remember, girls, if you like your annual, think it the best ever, then it is due to your enthusiasm and material help that it is so. On the other hand, if you don ' t like it. it is bad. perhaps, liecause xmi didn ' t do what you might ha e done. It is your annual. See? And. now listen to a gentle reminder. We ' ve got to have an annua! always, have we not? The Acorn is all right and perfectly proper in its jjlace. but we need the Oak Leaves, too. Then with a long pull and a strong i)uH all together, we ' ll keep it. Otherwise, in our spinsterhood we shall have only a pleasant, fieeting memory of the joys of college life, and not a youth- renewing record in black and white, between two precious old brown leather covers, stamped with the Meredith seal. 136 ' m . ' ■■■ ' i Register COL ' .NTN Adaiiis. Lola C aniiL-n Muiirnc Aiken, Annie May - Wake Allliriglit, Mrs. C. V Wake Allen. Mary Levena ; Allen, Ruth Cledora Anson .Mien, Lillian May - Haywood Allen, Virginia -- - Wake Alderman. Minnie Viola Cliow an Anderson, Lncile Wake Anderson, Meda Elizabeth Madison .Angell, Annie Lee Wake Arthur. Lucile Ellington Carteret Ashcraft, Florence Myrtle -Xnson Ashvvorth, Lillie Belle Davidson Baker. Louise Wake Ballentine. Lillian Mabel AX ' ake Bass. Elizabeth .Vnne ..Wake Barbour. Lily Ethel .Johnson Marshall. Barber ...Wake Barnes. Wilkes Booth ake Bauconi. Swannonoa Wake Beard. Claudia Leon Robeson Beasley. Xora Lee Cumberland Bennett. Agnes Louise ..:. Vance Bennett. Harriet Connie Sampson Benton. Eunice Gertrude Union Best. Annalee Duplin Betts, Vivian Gray Wake Blalock. Sarah Lambert Virginia Blackwell. Dovie Ann Transylvania Blackman. Lettie Margaret Wayne Boone. Nina Guilford Boone, Olive Wharton Haywood Boushall. Francis Wake Boyd, Emily C Mecklenbur.g Boyd, Claude Wake Boyd, Leafy Wake Bradley, May Hilda Wake Bradsher, Mamie Eglantine ..Person Briggs, James Wake Brooks, Minnie Stallings Nash Broughton, Mildred Wake Brown, Julia Ethel Buncombe COUNTV llullard, Katie ' ict(.iria Cumlierland Bullard, Sallie Leona Cumljcrland Butler, Ossie Lynn Sampson Burleson, Bessie ...Buncombe Byrum, Emma Casey... Chowan Caldwell, Annie Ruth Robeson Caiupbell, Silas F Wake Camp. Sallie Shepherd.. Virginia Carroll, Bertha Lucretia. Pitt Carmen. Bessie Craven Carlton. Janie Duplin Carter. Marvel Inez Wake Carter. Grace May ..Wake Carter. Mary Helen Johnson C: tcs. ' e;-:ia Lee Alamance Cate. Elizabeth Julia Orange Chestnut. Katie Lee Pender Clarke, Marjory Wake Coggin. Moss Stanley Collins. Inda Gray Wake Cook. Ruth Berney ' irginia Cooper, Annie W ake Cooper, Louise Wake Cooper, Carrie Wake Cooper. Xina Wake Copple. Beulah Elaine Union Cross, Elizabeth Murr.iy Wake Curtice. Sanger Wake DeLoatche, Mary Elise. llcrtfi.ird Denmark. Leonita Wake Dewar. Gladys ...Wake Ditmore. Lula.. Swain Dixon. Lala Lucie Chatam Dobson. Margaret Frances Duplin Dockery. Claudius Wake Dunn. Wallace Stanhope Wake Durham, Walters Wake Durham. Ellen M Wake Eaton, Phoebe Talmage Davie Ednuuidson, Lois Mildred .....Wayne Edmundson, Eunice Lee Wayne Edwards, Lena Lee Wake Edwards, Mildred Harrington Halifax 13S COUNTY Elam, Ola Willie Virginia Eliot, Mary Alma Washington Ellington. Josephine Wake Elmore, Mattie Swain Ervin, Margaret Edna Catawba Erving, Annie Laurie Wake Farrior, Hettie Wake Farrior, Mary Wake Farrior, Minnie Bryan Wake Faucette. Margaret Wake Ferrell, Mary Lois Wake Ferrell. Ethel Lois Wake Ferrell, Ina Lula Wake Fields, Vella Verregin Alleghany Fleming, F ' rances Wake Flod, Wrennie Rhoda Robeson Fox, Sallie Rossie Randolph Fox, Cozie Adelaide Randolph I ' ussell, Sallie Elizabeth Duplin Futrell, Louise Halifax Galloway, Margaret Cartwell Surry Catling, Sarah Louise Wake Gold, Margaret Wake Goodno, Rachel Colby Wake Goodwin, Rose Evans Pasquotank Gosney, Minnie Stamps Wake Gosney, Hilda Wake Gough, Caroline Elke Robeson Griffin, Pauline Helen Wake Griffin, Mattie Vivian Chatam Gowan, Olivia Wake Grimer, Mae Frances Virginia Grindstaff, Lucy Evelyn Jackson Gulley, Margaret - Wake Habel, Margaret Royster Wake Hall, Maud Estelle Cumberland Hancock, Katherine Gray Halifax Harris. Mary Frances Warren Harris, Lela Glenn Halifax Hayes, Mabel Claire Gates Haynes, Katherine Virginia Rutherford Hayes, Frances Cook Pender Haynes, Minnie Ruth Surry Herring, Hattie Laura Lenoir Hicks, Mamie Lee Wake Hester, Hallie Elizabeth Buncombe Highan, John V Wake COUNTY High smith, . nnie Cumberland Highsmith, Mamie Cumberland Hinton, I vie Wake Hobbs, May Louise Guilford Holland, Alma Cumberland Holloway, Miriam Wake Holloway, Kenneth Wake Hope, Mrs. Lelia D Virginia Horn, Gertrude Cecelia Forsyth Horton, Lillian Wake Horton, Savon , Wake Horton, Exum Wake Howard, Viola Pearl Sampson Howard, Valeria Johnson Sampson Howard, Lilie Williams Sampson Howard, Lula Estelle Sampson Hudson, Mary Pearl Johnson Huffham, Bertha Annie Columbus Humphrey, Annie Belle Robeson Hunter, Rufus Wake Hunter, Margaret Wake Hunter, Lillie Belle Wake Hunter, Essie Dale Wake Hunter, Elizabeth Wake Hunter, Mrs. Kate Skinner Wake Huntley, Emily Toy Anson Ivey, Ruth Claire Wake Jackson, Gertrude Emilie Dunn Jeffrey, Isabelle Margaret Wake Jenkins, Mildred McKee Wake Jenkins, Mrs. Charles L Wake Johnson, Agnes Frances Stokes Johnson, Charlotte Wake Johnson, Arthur Wake Johnson, James W ake Johnson, Frances Livingston Wake Johnson, Mary Lynch Wake Johnson, Roebertha Robeson Johnson, Elma Fuller Robeson Johnson, Katherine Campbell Davidson Johnson, Ruby Catherine Sampson Jones, Emma Moore Wake Jones, Nina Lillian Gates Jones, Penelope Wake Jordon, Susie Spurgeon Transylvania Jordon, Mary Alice Wake Josey. Sallie May Halifax 139 COUNTY Keith, Lila May Hanover Kelly. Bernice Christiana Johnson King. Vera Margaret Wake King, Liell Wake King, Olive Calvin Wake Kitchin, Elizabeth Wake Knight, Mrs. W. L Wake Knowles. Catherine Parker Wayne Lambert. Alice Irving Virginia Lancaster, Margaret Forest Robeson Lane, Eva Maud South Carolina Lane, Bessie Evans South Carolina Ledbetter. Ida Belle McDowell Lincoln. Xellie May Guilford Lineberry. l uth__ Wake Lindley, Lillian Wake Loving, Juliette Cumberland Lovell, Mary Elizabeth Surry Lovell, Sallie Matilda Surry Lunn, Sarah Isabelle South Carolina Lyon, Janie Olivia Bertie Magette, Lucile Mary Wilson Mainor, Oliver Mary Kentucky Markham. Lelia Belle Durham Marley, Katherine Hill Robeson Martin, Joseph ake Marshall, Lulie Baldwin Wake Martin, Sallie Emma Surry Massey, Haywood Wake Maxwell. Hazel Wake Maxwell, Gertrude Elizabeth Robeson Medlin, Mary Wake Memory, Maud Columbus Memory, Rachel Fay Columbus Memory, Annie Cameron Columbus McKaughan. Annie Virginia McNeil. Isabelle Scotland Mclntyre, Mildred Robeson McGinnis, Rosa Wake Middleton. Minnie Claire Duplin Middleton. Lucy Duplin Middleton. Ada Maie Duplin Minor. Alleine Richards Granville Morgan. Elizabeth Judson Buncombe Moore, Lucy Catherine Wake Moore, Mary Nelson Shelby Moslev, Meredith Wake COUNTV Mosley. Bedford... Wake Montford. Elizabeth Virginia Myatt, Mildred Wake Xash. Minnie Pasquotank Newsome, Nannie Stanwood Hertford Neil, Hallie May Union Newcomb, Alice Bayrd Wake Newton. Margaret Olinda Sampson Norman, Margaret Caldwell.— Mecklenburg Norwood, Rush Wake Norwood, Mary Elizabeth Wake Norwood, Lou Wilkins Wayne Olive, Lida May Wake Oldham. Sallie Pickett New Hanover O ' Quinn, Willie Wake Osborne. Katherine Elura Haywood Osborne. Mattie Wood Haywood Page, Minnie Evangeline Wake Page, ' Lida Howell Wake Parham. Sallie Wake Parker. Josephine Wake Parker. Ella Montgomery Parker. Janie Baldwin Montgomery Pierson, Iva Lanier Harnett Perry, Goldie ' irginia Chowan Perry, Mary Gertrude Pasquotank Perry, Callie Dorothy Pasquitank Petty, Kathlenn Louise Piedmont Philips, Robert - Wake Poole, Karen Ann Ellington Johnson Pool, Francis Bleel Johnson Poole, Veola Gray Johnson Prevatt, Dovie Robeson Prevatt, Edna Robeson Prevatte, Beulah Robeson Pridgen, Anna Hardee Lenoir Pritchett, Wade Wake Privette, Julia Ella--- Wilson Ray, Lena Wake Ray, Clarice W.nke Ray, ' Catherine Wake Ray, Willa Wake Ray, Mary S Wake Ray, Bessie Wake Ray, Ruth Brickwell Wake Ray, Jane Wake Rav, -Anna Elizabeth Madison 140 COUNTY Reyiiiilds. Lulie Snow Virginia Rhodes, Martha Shine Pender Riddick, Xarcissa Daniel Wake Rohertson. Maliel Clarke Wake Robertson. Elizabeth Prince Wake Rogers. Annie Wake Rouse, Bessie E Wake Royster. Margaret Wake Rudy. Mrs. Ray Wake Sams. Robbie Madison Sanders. Lucy Elizabeth Johnson Sanderford. Everett Wake Sanderford, Willie Wake Sanderford, Dewey Wake Sawyer, Florence Belle Camden Sears. Francis Wake Sears, Evie Wake Sentelle, Jennie May Haywood Shearin. Ada Nash Sheets. Rush Litchford Wake Shugart, Alice Surry Smithurst, Mattie Wake Smith. Sarah Margaret Wake Smith. Katherine Wake Smith, Daisy Wake Spivey, Josey Windsor Spruill. Corydon Wake Steele. Mary Susie Scot land Stephens, Catherine Wake Stephenson, Lyon Wake Stilwell, Laleah Pratt Georgia Stone, Lossie Wake Stone, Thelma Wake Stone, Lila May Wake Stone, Alma Irene Orange Tillotson, Vallie Claudius Granville Timberlake, Agnes C Wake Towler, Barber Wake Tucker. Wallace Buncombe Turnley. Louise .—Davidson COUMTV Tyner. Cora Leigh Robeson Tyner, Edna Tryphena Robeson L ' nderwood, Roosie Ely Sampson Cpchurch, Maude Wake Ctley. Bessie Helen Wake Vann. Elizabeth Rogers Wake V ' ann. Dorothy McDowell Wake Waring, Lawrence Wake Watkins, Sarah Kirby Stanley Watson, Euphenia Livingston Scotland Watson, Kate McArn Scotland Watson, Fannie Louine Cumberland Weathers, Willa Louise Wake Webb, P ' annie . nnis Granville White. Mary Havens Sampson Wiggins. Hattie Abi South Carolina Wiggs. Estelle Wake Wiggs. Bertha Wake Willett. Ethel Craven Williams. Lillian Daniel Virginia Williams. Frances Wake Williams. Ruth Cleveland Virginia Williams. Ethel Robeson Williams. Clyde Orma Duplin Williams. Pauline Jeanette Georgia Williams, Jane Hodges Davidson Williams, Xannie Bett Virginia Williamson, Gladys Wake Wilkinson, Katherine Wake Wilkinson. Thomas Wake Wilkinson. Virginia Mary Wake Wilkinson, Lillian Agnes Beaufort Williford. Lula Dorcas Harnett Wilson. Morna Judson Rockingham Wolfe. Carrie Alice South Carolina Womble. Alberta Wake Yelvington. Jessamine Johnson Young. William Wake Young. Lillian Russell Wake 141 4• • ;M 4• . .M{M;. . «  X •M• 4■ ' M • X I I t i T I s 1: t J. L. O ' Quinn Co. LEADING r WRISTS All Flowers in Season. Roses and Carnations a Specialty Mail, Phone and Telegraph Orders Promptly Executed PHONE 149 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA King-Crowell Drug Company CORNER FAYETTEVILLE AND HARGETT STS. RALEIGH, N. C. WE CARRY EVERYTHING IN THE DRUG LINE Agents for HUYLERS FINE CANDIES OUR SODA FOUNTAIN DRINKS ARE THE BEST IN TOWN JOS. C. ELLINGTON No. 112 FAYETTEVILLE STREET Fine Pictures. Frames. Artists ' Materials BRIC-A-BRAC. WASH SILKS, BRAIDS. WOOLS AND ZEPHYRS WALL PAPERS, WINDOW SHADES, CURTAIN POLES AND FIXTURES MIRRORS AND MIRROR PLATES j.4   -{ : 5 M- W '  - ' K - -K- - DOBBIN-FERRALL CO (successors to dobbin FERRALL) North Carolina ' s Leading Dry Goods Store 123-125 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carohna Merchandise bought at this store stands for style and quality, bears inspection, and offered at prices that invite comparison OUR MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT We prepay, to any point in North Carolina, freight, express or postage on all cash mail orders amounting to $5.00 or more. The scope and facilities of our Mai, ' Order Depart went are unexcelled. Patrons unable to visit the establishment are assured expeditious service and the same careful attention as is given to purchases made in person. WE GIVE DOBBIN FERRALLS GOLD TRADING STAMPS WITH EVERY CASH PURCHASE- 1 STAMP WITH EVERY 10c We ' ll Make It New Again Quite likely there is somewhere among your belongings a piece of jewelry— a bent ring, a tongueless pin. or maybe a battered brooch — that you intended to have mended, but perhaps have forgotten. In our REPAIR DEPART- MENT there ' s a man who is expert in repair- ing such things, and who will, at very small cost, mend, clean and polish— make a new ring, pin or brooch of it. We have other men who are equally expert in cleaning and repair- ing watches and clocks. We don ' t hesitate to say that there isn ' t a better equipped watch and jewelry repair shop in the State H. MAHLER ' S SONS JEWELERS Raleigh, North Carolina ,3. tC . From the Manufacturer to The Consumer R. B.Horn Company Manufacturing Confectioners WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. i«,j,4,,5. . H- - - « :- ' t ' - - ' ' M- :- !..M• M•♦♦ ■ ♦♦ ♦ - ♦•M ♦♦ •♦• • ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ H- ♦♦ - ♦ I X f t i I I T ! i IT ' S Worth the Difference ?B8a{)arton 65 Cgree STUDIO Workers in Artistic photography t T Y T Cijomas % Brisgs 6s ons HARDWARE Scissors and Knives. Majestic Steel RANGES. Household Paints. Wax and Waxene for Floors. Household Supplies mmmmmmm@mm Raleigh, North Carolina Cijomas S. Martin Company ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW Ladies ' Furnishings and Novelties TAILORED Suits, Coats, Skirts, Wai s, Muslin Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Ribbons, Embroideries, Laces, Novelty Combs, Barettes, Metal Sash Pins and WaiS Sets, Collars, Handker- chiefs, Belts. Belting, Parasols, Umbrellas. Etc. Materials in White for Commencement Costumes. We Appreciate Favors from Faculty and Students of Our Schools = Thomas A. Partin Company 131 Fayetteville Street [maIonic te mpIe] Raleigh, North Carolina J!4.4. ,{. .H- - ♦♦ ♦ X♦ ♦• ♦• K•♦♦x M • THIS ANNUAL WAS PRINTED AND BOUND ll IN OUR ESTABLISHMENT ANDTHE EN- GRAVINGS WFRE FURNISHED BY US. THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ALSO A PRODUCT OF OUR ART AND ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT See what we say on the other side Your Printing Should show in every detail the same advanced standaixls of excellence that your Institution stands for FOR the proper handling of College Annuals, Catalogues, View Booklets, Magazines, etc., it is essential that the printer has a true conception of the purpose of this char- acter of printing and an organization of specialists to plan and supervise the execution of the work, as well as the proper t(|uipment to produce it in a suitable manner. K ROM the time a contract of this nature is placed with us Jn until delivery is made all details of the work are handled by men who have gained from close study and long ex- perience an accurate knowledge of the requirements of College Printing, and who have at hand all the necessary materials with which to work. We close within sixty days after schools open all the contracts that we can handle for the ensuing year, which is the result of our having the proper facilities and the public ' s confidence in our ability to take care of their work. WE handle all parts of the work— the IllHstrating, Design- ing, Engraving, Printing and Binding of the above mentioned lines and solicit your consideration of our quality before placing your contract. J. P. Bell Company, Incorporated Lynchburg, Virginia [• l  il t Hil;Hi iHi J WHEN I WANT BOOKS OF ANY KIND ? i Stationery, Office Supplies, Engraving Kodaks and Supplies OR ANYTHING TO BE FOUND IN AN UP-TO-DATE BOOK STORE I V§° Alfred Williams Co. ' s Book Store | RALEIGH, N. C. THERE I FIND IT AT THE CORRECT PRICE THE FASHION RALEIGH, N. C. MOST COMPLETE LINE OF READY-TO-WEAR GOODS IN TOWN Special Prices to School Girls FAYETTEVILLE STREET Woollcotts Opposite Postoffice The One Place in Raleigh that You Will Find Everything Up-to-Date Dry Goods and Millinery Hunter Bros. Brewer Co. A Select Line of irij dlno H Anb Notinus We pay special attention to our line of Shoes and Oxfords for the School Girls L 210 FAYETTEVILLE ST. 210 Royall Borden Furniture Co. RALEIGH, N. C. FURNITURE AND HOUSE-FURNISHINGS We respectfully request the patronage of the Meredith Students, Teachers and readers of the Annual. If you do not reside in the city, write us for cuts and prices. We have anything in FUR- NITURE. Refer to President of Board of Meredith Col- lege. ! Y •f I .M. . . x« ' - - H :- -: M HK ' ' «« ' K- « LEARN TO SAVE THE 4f ON YOUR SAVINGS Mechanics Savings Bank Chas. E. Johnson. President Walters Durham. Cashier C. B. Edwards. Vice-President Chas. E. Johnson. Jr.. Asst. Cashier W. N. Jones. Attorney RALEIGH, N. C. Pay You 4 ' FA ETTEV ' I LLE ST. compounded quarterly The Double Store Misses REESE CO. MILLINERY E. F. PESCUD Books and Stationery I 109 Fayetteville St. I RALEIGH, N. C. Call Phone No. 28 FOR Groceries of Quality H. J. JOHNSON (Successor to D. T. Johnson Son) 16 East Hargett Street RALEIGH, N. C. I Cook with Gas % Best Results Use Gas Lights Least Cost I Standard Gas and Electric Co. f 124 Fayetteville Street. RALEK H. N. C- t I T. W. BLAKE I JEWELER I Fine Watches, Jewelry and Cut Glass Fountain and Pearl Pens Repairing Solicited THE SWELLEST LINE OF Oxfords AT Heller Bros. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA Merchants National Bank OF RALEIGH. N. C. Progressive yet Conservative 4 Compounded Quarterly in vings Department Capital Deposits . E. C. DUNCAN. President M 00.000.00 135,000.00 W. H. DRAKE. Cashier .!. Fayetteville St., RALEIGH. N. C. [ ' i i ! i ' i i i i i ' ! i ; START A BANK ACCOUNT WITH THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK, Raleigh, N. C. when you enter MEREDITH, and add to it every month. This is the very best way to keep up with your allowance and it teaches you to be business-hke. Write to us for instructions how to bank by mail, so that you can art your account at any time. We pay 4 ' r INTEREST in the SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, compounded quarterly. CAPITAL STOCK, $300,000 00 B. S. JERMAN, President E. B. CROW, Cashier I For the best Insurance 2 AT THE LOWEST NET COST GET A POLICY IN THE ? UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. ASSETS OVER $81,000,000 Apply to Carey J. Hunter ; Bro. Slate Agents. RALEIGH, N. C. Porter Candy Co. i WHOLESALE ? Confectioners RALEIGH, N. C. Everything Good in Candy Southern Educational Bureau Eighteen Years ' Successful Experience PATRONIZED by the leading schools and colleges in the Southwe , and by the best teachers in America. Confidential correspondence invited with Teachers and School Officers. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA Mrs. Frank Redford MILLINERY 10 ' ' discount to teachers and boarding students ;; PHONE 632 13 West Hargetl Si. Stephen Lane Folger 180 BROADWAY Eslabiished 1892 NEW YORK MANUFACTURING JEWELER Club and College Pins and Rings Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals Goodyear Shoes Style — Qualify - Comfort Rosenthal ' TTAe Shoe Filler ' 129FayetteviIleSt. RALEIGH, N. C. •Mririr4- ' ' ' HrM- - ' ' ' ' iri--Hr A.iJ.  i x :- . I. - -H x■ Yarborough House Raleigh, North Carolina Giersch ' s Hotel European Plan Raleigh, North Carolina -I BOYLAN-PEARCE COMPANY | COMPLETE LADIES ' FURNISHINGS Ready-to-Wear Clothes and Novelties White Goods for Commencement. Millinery 4. Fayetteville Street, RALEIGH, N. C. I Johnson Johnson Company Coal, Wood, Ice and Brick i west HARGETT ST., NEXT DOOR TO FAYETTEVILLE ST. I RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA Richmond Meat Market CITY MARKET, RALEIGH. N. C. J. SCHWARTZ Dealer in Choice Meats y p. O. Bo.x 342 Sausage a Specialty Roses, Carnations | Violets and Other Choice Ci(t Flowers CHOWER and Plain Bouquets for Wed- ' dings. Floral Designs and Flowers tor all occasions. Decorating of Churches and Residences. Palms. Ferns, Bulbs and all kinds of Pot and Out-of-Door Bed- ding Plants. H. STEINMETZ, Florist Raleigh, N. C.  «. • ' ' • '  ' ' ' • •■ • 4 A . -X«  « M tH2 « « « « T « T «2  2 '  2 J: t T T T T T t I !- t The Raleigh Savings and Trust Co. offer you all the facilities of a Srong, modern Banking House. We pay 4 per cent. interest on savings deposits. Careful attention paid to the smallest accounts SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT DON ' T FORGET 1 1 1 Fayellcville Si. California Fruit Store NUTS CANDIES CIGARS ETC. Dealers in and Jobbers of For- eign and Domestic Fruits Mak Ts of Pure Ice Cream Bananas b ; Carload VURNAKES CO.. Prop ' s 111 Fayelteville $L Conformers lo the Pure Food Law COOPERS Of Raleigh, N. C. MONUMENTS Catalog on Request M. Rosenthal Co. GROCERS M. ROSENTHAL MILES B. BIRDSONG D- ELIAS CORNER HARGETT AND WILMINGTON STS A. DUGHI Raleigh, N. C Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Fruits ICE CREAM Fancu Ice Cream a Speciultij Ice Cream Frozen by lectricitu Barnes Grocery Company Cor. Bloodworth and Lane Sts. RALEIGH, N. C. Better KnovMi to Meredith Girls as LITTLE GREEN STORE HICKS ' DRUG STORES FOR ALL DRUG STORE GOODS • ' i i i ' i ' MrHri ' ri ' rHriri ' ' ri ' rir ' i I Wak CountP 4% j„,, ,,, atjings 33anl compounded - Quarterly, on Your Deposits t T. B. Crouder. Pres. •J- •)• W. B. Grimes, V.-Pres. W. W. Vass, Cashier W. T. Wrenn, Teller .5. I i X X r- r X Sycamore Stables Livery Sale Feed High-Class Turnouts Saddle Horses llf! E. Davie Street Phone 229 French Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Co. We invite the patronage of college indents Corner of Blount and Morgan Sts. RALEIGH, N C. Raleigh Motor Car and Machine Co. RALEIGH, N. C. Automobiles to Hire By the Day, Hour or Trip The Equitable Life Assurance Society OF THE UNITED STATES J. D. BOUSHALL General Agent Telephone 367 109 E Morgan Street Tucker Building RALEIGH, N. C. J. C. BRANTLEY Drug Store All Drug Supplies Toilet Articles Cold Drinks IN THE MASONIC TEMPLE Fayetteville St. RALEIGH, N. C. H. J. BROWN CO. (INCORPORATED! Fnneral Directors and Embed mers • «J 42 { $ J V S • • ' i i. V V •i J ' ' ' 4 i i I v j Established 1836 RaLEIGH, N. C. f •• ••M ! ! ! ! ! ! .j. .; .Jm5.j Art materials EVERYTHING T j4RT LINE Qreen Watson If Ml Hargill Sirret RoUigh M A R TIN HOSIER Y MILL C . 3. Merlin Ernest Martin l-J ' Uhv Hosiery RALEIGH. N. C. Mfr, of 84-176 and 200 Needle Hosiery Samples Sr Prices on Applica- tion The socks 1 tlurii for thee, dear heart, Mean quite a pile of work t i me ; I count them over, every one aparl, Thy hosiery, thy hosiery. Each sock a mate, two mates a pair, To clothe thy feet in storm and cold- I count each sock unto the end, and find I ' ve skipped a hole. Ob, carelessness, this thy reproof, See how it looms across my sole. I grind my teeth, and then in very truth I darn that h ile, sweetheart, I darn that hole.— Puck Wholesale Groceries Farm Implements and Supplies . . Hay, Oats, Plows, Planters, Har- vesters, Etc. : : : : W. A. MY ATT 132-134 East Martin Street Phone 83 s UNCE the standard at Meredith College has been so raised that brain jood is a great necessity, and. since Fish and Oysters are recognized as brain Jood. RESOLVED, [I] That we tDill eat more FISH and OYSTERS; [2]Thal THE PLACE TO BUY THEM IS C. D. ARTHUR ' S, G i; Market 4.4. ..{ 4. . .M M . . • •♦ ♦♦ ♦♦4- ♦• ♦♦ ♦ ♦ T One of the few colleges for women in the St)uth that confers an A. B. degree representing four years of genuine college work according to the standard of colleges belonging to the Association of Colleges of the Southern States. Diplomas are awarded those who complete tiie course in the Schools of Elocution, Art, and Music. Li])rar - facilities excellent. S stematic training in Phx ' sical Education. Courts for tennis and basket-ball. Boarding club where ).)}■ about half an hour of dail}- domestic service, students save from $50.00 to $55.00 a year. MEREDITH ACADEMY Students not offering the necessary units for entrance may ])repare in Meredith Academ - which is rated in the . class of the accredited schools of the State University. Both the College and the Academy are located in the center of Raleigh near the Capitol and leading churches, so that students ha e many oppor- tunities for culture in addition to their regular work. For Catalogue, Ouarterlv Bulletins, or fuller information, address RICHARD TILMAN VANN, President RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA