Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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m w 5 z i © LAURA MAY BORING, GRADUATE IN EXPRESSION President Sophomore Class, 1915-16; Win- ner O. M. Fair Oratorical Contest 1916; Ossolian Literary Society; Roof-garden club. Little-un is one of those precious jewels which proverbially come in small packages. On microscopic examination, this little package is found to contain all those qualities which go to make up a womanly little woman, a mischievous lit- tle girl, and altogether a lovable piece of humanity. This small more ways than one, where she shines best, of beautiful scenery. jewel shines in but expression is She is very fond and often takes Peeps about over the beautiful campus. She is pretty to walk with, Witty to talk with And pleasant, too, to think on.

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m IF 5 Ha {m WILLIAM PIERCE BLACKWELL, PH. B. West Graham. Va. Salutatorian, Class 1917; Ministerial Degree. 1916; Business Manager Buffalo, 1917; President L P. A., 1916-17; President Kershner Literary Society, 1916-17; Secre- tary Ministerial Association, 1917; Mem- ber of Kershner Quartette, 1915-16, 1917; Virginia Club. William Pierce Blackwell is the em- bodiment of W. P. B. — worth, pluck, and lousiness. He makes a brilliant speech on the spur of the moment on a subject he knows nothing about, and if talking against his convictions he reveals the fact by unusual emphasis and a twinkle of the left e3 ' e (using the right eye for sincerity). It must have been a wink of that left eye that hoodwinked the Faculty into giving him a chance among the few to scatter oratory at Commencement. As a lawyer he would excel in perplex- ing the jury, and as a Christian Science advocate he would hypnotically cure you; but as he is a preacher of true instinct and of much promise, he curbs all centrifugal tendencies. Mr. Blackwell has remarkable versatil- ity. He thinks in Greek, sings in Chinese, smiles in Irish, laughs in Dutch, talks mostly in United States and snores only after midnight. He is twice graduated with first ranks as to the intellect, but is only this year a sub-freshman in the school of the heart. Very rapid progress in the latter is indi- cated, however, since the mating season of the birds of passage has arrived, and Pe- gassus has signally come to his aid in giv- ing vent to the long pent-up emotions. Here is a specimen, one of his very latest; From Milligan I ' m going forth, It may be south, it may be north ; Whichever way my coy bird flies. And lighting place, this watcher spies. First in the council hall to steer the state And ever foremost in a tongue debate.

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Isi lUJ {a} CARSIE MAE BOWERS, B. S. Elizabethton, Tenn. Vice-President Senior Class ; President Ossolian Literary Society 1916; I. P. A.; Racket Raisers ' Tennis Club. Down in Happy Valley, on the banks of the Watauga, stands a monument erect- ed in honor of the King ' s Mountain Boys. This beautiful valley widens up past Syc- amore Shoals, then the old Taylor farm, into a fine farming section. It is from the • very heart of this section that Miss Bow- ers comes to us. To be sure any one coming from such a beautiful country could not help but be a fond lover of na- ture, and it is this love of nature that one first notices wlien in company with Miss Bowers. She not only finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, and ser- mons in stones, but she revels in the ar- rangement of all nature, her hair and her home. Her interest always goes to the top, and thus we often find her in com- pany with the Garrett. Miss Bowers has dark brown hair and ej ' es to match, with the proper expression to make one willing to fight for his country, his home and the one he loves. Her voice wus soft, gentle and loir. An excellent thing in H ' Oiiuni.