Meredith College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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HAVE U HEARD Prettiest . Wittiest Most Brilliant Best Student . Handsomest . Must Versatile Most Popular Best All •Round Beulah Joyner French Haynes Mary Claire Peterson Mary Claire Peterson i sa belle poteat Madeleine Higgs . Ella Johnson . Celia Herring

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GRACE LILLIAN STAFFORD North Wjlkesboro, X. C. Let the world slip, let the world go, A fig for care, and a fig far iroe. Lillian has never let study interfere with her college course. Yet we will be willing to bet that few of the bookworms have gotten any more out of college life than Lillian has. By combining the campus course with that of sewing and cooking, she has kept a fair mixture of work and pleasure, and she has also seen to it that those Senior privileges were not given in vain. When others grumble and complain, turn to Lillian, who with her sunny disposition and jolly laugh, will prove a friend worth while INEZ CATHERINE WATKINS GoLDSBORO, N. C. The first great work, a task per- formed by few, Is that yourself may to yourself be true. One would have to go far to find a truer and better friend than Inez. Being of a reserved nature, her circle of friends may not be as large as some, but they are deep and lasting. Those who know her best, love her for her sweetness of disposition and loveliness of character, and count it a privilege to be numbered with her friends. Inez is a good student and a loyal worker in whatever pertains to college life.

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1919 In September of 1915 — girls from all parts of North Carolina and other States assembled at Meredith C ollege and perfected an organization that has lasted for four years and is now known as the Senior Class of Meredith College. Upon our arrival in college we received a hearty greeting from the faculty and members of other classes. Yet we were made by the latter to feel that a certain invisible, intangible barrier existed between them and us. That barrier was supposed to be our greenness, which we would have to overcome before we could associate with them in full fellowship (or ladyship if the discriminating prefer that word). Just to show them that this barrier existed only in their imagination we decided to prove our ability. First, we entertained the Junior Class in gypsy fashion. We had auto-trucks to take us about six miles in the country where we had erected a big tent in front of which a crackling fire roared. There we played games, sang songs, ate, and had a good time until a late hour. What really established the Freshman Class as a respective member of the college community, and proved the final blow to the Sophs was the fact that we won the basketball championship. Our colors proudly waving high above those of the vanquished Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors made a glorious ending to the year. In the Fall of 1916 we returned to college as Sophomores. Not all of our members came back, but those of us who did came with the same exalted opinion of self that the Sophomores of the previous year had entertained. We received the Freshman Class of that year and enjoyed the usual fun afforded by animals of that species. The event of that year that lingers freshest in our memory is the celebration of Sophomore Night. We went down town to the movies, stopped at the drug store for drinks, and ended the evening with a big feast in the society halls. In order to prove beyond a doubt that the Athletic victory of the preceding year was not an accident but the result of real ability, we again won the champion- ship in basketball and also in tennis. As Juniors we returned to college with our numbers considerably lessened. With a certain dignity and poise attained by two years of association with the