Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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1917

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m w ir Ho© ru MISS ANNIE LEE LUCAS AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION OF HER KINDLY INTEREST IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL, AND OF HER INVALUABLE AID IN ITS ENTERPRISES, WE, THE STUDENT BODY, AFFECTION- ATELY DEDICATE THIS PAGE

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WWWWMMM . nf Jlgnnranir? to tly SlanJi of Wsltom AMBITION spake unto the Seniors who were dwelling in the land of Ignorance, saying: I will bring you ou t from under the burdens of ignorance and I will rid you of its bondage. Follow me and I will lead you unto the land of Wisdom, a land flowing with Greek and Latin. And it came to pass the self-same day they started on the Journej ' across the Wilderness which separated these lands one from the other. And they were four years in the wilderness. And they took their Journey from home and ail the congregation of Seniors came unto Milligan College in Tennessee. Joy was in the hearts of all when Mt. Buffalo appeared. But it came to pass that there were many giants in the land. These giants were Ancient Language, IMath, Science, Modern Language and many others. Harry, the son of Garrett, a mighty man of valour, was chosen head to lead against the enemy — German, one of the most mighty giants in all the land, was slain by Nell, daughter of Campbell. Math was put to death bjf Martha, daughter of Spencer, and Keith, daughter of Forde. Some began to murmur and to say : Why. I beseech i ' ou, must we meet such mighty foes, and what is this land to which we are going? Let us send spies before us into the land to see if it be good. Pierce, son of Blackwell; Annie, Daughter of Lucas ; and Margaret, daughter of Godbey, went before them into the land of Wis- dom. And behold! when they returned, they brought with them such bunches of knowledge that all cried with a loud voice ; Let us hasten, I pray, into this land. But as they journeyed, one Senior said : Let me return, I beseech you, to the land of Texas and extract the lactiferous fluid from my bovine. There was heard great lamentation in the camp. Now, Josephus, their leader and guide, went up into Mt. Buffalo to receive inspir- ation. The eve of that same day when he came back into their midst, Lo, the women of the congregation had turned aside from the path of righteousness, and were out on the campus worshipping calves. And it came to pass, that on the morrovi ' , Jose- phus called all the congregation together in one place, and said unto them : Lo, ye shall not steal postage stamps, neither shall ye swipe electric light globes. In all