Montreat Anderson College - Agape / Sundial Yearbook (Montreat, NC)

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2 THE SI N DIAL At the time the picture of the faculty was made it was impossible for Dr. Anderson, Miss Tripp, Mr. and Mrs. Adams to be present. Else- where in the paper we have a picture of Mrs. Adams but regret that we were unable to secure pictures of the others. During the nine months of the session the following girls have made an average of 90 per cent and above in all their studies: Stella Ledford. Emilie Miller. Elizabeth Worrall. The two girls who have kept the cleanest, neatest room throughout the whole school year arc: Virginia and Ruth Castleman. DEPORTMENT HONOR ROLL The following grils deserve un- usual mentoin for having kept all rules and regulations of the school satisfactorily and making only A in deportment: Sara Harper Aber lathy Ruby Burton Oris Blackburn Marion Cole Facu lty Ruby Carter Virginia Castleman Margaret Dellinger Ruth Kaires Mary Griffith Ruby Griffith Lillie Mae Gilstrap Fannie Gilreath Mary Hughes Elizabeth Hamilton Eliza Hills Ernestine Hollingsworth Kathleen Hollingsworth Elizabeth Hollingsworth Jessie Jones Jessie Johnson Mattie Johnson Mae Kent Stella Ledford Mary Ella Milner Ruhv McCord Mary McCall Carolyn McElvcen Pnncie Maphet Annie Bell MacDonald Corinnc MacDonald Julia McEIrcy Ida Lut'rell Ruby Carter Emilie Miller Virginia Richardson Mary Rhodes Catherine Ruel Myrticc Smith Mary Vance Kathleen Wallace Ia' Faung Wang (Order of Service for Sunday Evening) Prelude—Grand Choeur in A Hat ................. Fnulkes Chorus—Evening........... Gower Normal Choir Prayer Response—Thou, whose deep ways are in the sea...........Rogers Normal Choir Hymn Announcements Chorus—The Radiant Morn hath passed away. . . . ■ . . Woodward Normal Choir Evening Meditation. . .Dr. Anderson Hymn Benediction Negro Caller at Hospital—“I come to see how mah fren' Joe Brown was gettin’ long. Nurse—“Why lie’s getting along fine; he’s convalescing now. Caller— Well. I'll just set down and wait till he’s through.

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THK SUN DI AI 11 could not understand what we were to clean but nevertheless we asked Miss Setser what we were to do. Just then a yell, “Seniors. Seniors. rang out front a distant room and rushing in we found our beloved Juniors. This explained why the house was so clean, but why was Miss McGirt there? We began to ramble around and in the kitchen we saw lots of cats. This aroused our curiosity, stands even yet. Our sponsors served and we are not sure that she under- versation by her hows” and “whys Jessie Jones interrupted every con- a delightful lunch. During this time many jokes were told about why the Juniors did our work and gave us the money. Greek” McCall said that we were lazy and poor so they took pity on us. We do not know that we arc exactly lazy, but we did appreciate not having to work. From Jessie Jones’ questions we found that the supposed Junior Hiking Club was a cleaning club. Let’s give three cheers for the Junior Normal Class, the best class in school. THE RAINBOW. When earth's trials sore beset us. And the load seems hard to bear. And our friends seem not to love us. And the world seems not to care. And our lives seem O. so useless. And our tasks seem all in vain; We forget the promise glorious Of the rainbow through the rain. Often we arc tired and lonely. And the world seems dark and drear; And we long for one friend only How we wish that He were near. We forget that He has promised. And His promises are true. Through the rainbow He is speaking Now to me and now to you. Let us run our race with patience. Fight the fight that knows no loss; LIvCt us prize the things of pure gold. Let us care not for the dross. Ix t us live our lives of service In a world where need is plain Thinking always of God's promise— In the rainbow through the rain. Elizabeth Hamilton. THANKSGIVING DAY Of all the days during the school year that the Montreat girls look forward to with happy anticipation, it is Thanksgiving Day, when every- body has been hard at school work for two months and they are begin- ning to feel the need of a little diver- sion. Our annual Thanksgiving hol- iday last fall will long Ik remem- bered. After the thanksgiving servi- ces which were held that morning, the big dinner bell rang out its sum- mons for us to gather in the dining room, where we found tables pro- fusely decorated and heavily laden with flowers and food suitable and suggestive for the Thanksgiving sea- son. During the meal. Elizabeth Hamilton, as toastmistress, called for toasts given by different girls. These girls gave very appropriate tributes to the school, to the faculty, to Dr. and pnases of s chool work. In determin- Woodwards. to the guests, and to Miss Miller, who had charge of pre- paring the tempting dinner. A Toast to The Taeulty Our Faculty, so good and kind. We love you every one; You always help us with our tasks. You enter in our fun. 'Tis true you sometimes scold us. But that must be in school; 'Tis true you sometimes tells us To read the eleventh rule. You chase us everyone to bed And say. Put out your litrht. And when we don't quite make it You give us such a fright. Hut we forgive you every one; To you we'll all lx true. And now we pledge with all our hearts Our loyalty to you. A Toast to Mr. ami Mrs. If oodtvard lasien. my children, and you shall hc r A toast to two whom we hold dear To Mrs. Woodward, our dearest friend Our regards have no measure, our love no end. To Mr. Woodward our gratitude flowf A papa he’s been, as everyone knows. Our dearest friends, so kind and true The Woodwards a toast to you! Toast to I)r. an A Mrs. Anderson There’s a place In our hearts That no other «'.an hold. There's a love in our hearts That can never grow cold; And we keep that love For the dearest ones. Always and only For the Anderson Toast to Miss Miller Here’s to the one whom all of us love. Here's to the one who is true. Now. let's drink a toast with all our hearts— Miss Miller, here's to you! Toast to Dr. Lord Here is to one whom we need each day. Whether we work or whether we play. Whether we swim or whether we skate. Something will happen as sure as fate; Then to our dear Dr. l»ord we go. And of course at once we forget our woe. And now all together, and loud, my dears. For Dr. Lord let's give three cheers! WHAT WOULD HAPPEN If : Mr. Woodward got in a hurry and failed to say. ‘ I'll sec about it? Miss 1 ripp failed to wear her red coat? Mary Griffith got boisterous? Blandina lost her appetite? Elizabeth Hamilton WAS NOT working on the Sun-Dial? Miss Sctsers’ Pilling Station gave out of oil? Ruth Castleman forgot to giggle? The second sopranos failed to meet immediately after mail call ? Ruth Dillingham ran out of ex- cuses ? Sara Noland should get energetic? Mrs. Miller failed to say, Go. run it down in the Lexicon? Dorothy Murray failed to go swimming? Mrs. Woodward wasn't a friend to all the girls? Mean-—A certain town had bought a new fire-engine, and the superin- tendent, after gathering all his men together, suggested that an appro- priate motto should he placed over the station. The thing was debated at some length and several suggestions were made. Finally one man rose and said: I move the following motto: ‘May this fire-engine be like all the old maids in our village—always ready, hut never called for.' — Tit-Bits. i. Many a true word has been spoken through false teeth.

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THE SI N DIAL •3 PHI KAPPA LITERARY SOCIETY. The Phi Kappa Literary Society was organized in October, 1925. The charter members were selected from the Senior and Junior High School classes. Mcmpcrship in the society is conferred as an honor on those who have shown special literary ability. The English novel has been the course of study adopted for this year. During the year the society has taken a bird’s eye view of the evolution of the English novel by reading a few novels and indicating the steps of de- velopment. Most important of all. the Society strives to learn to appre- ciate good literature and to distin- guish it from bad or rather cheap literature. Interesting and instructive pro- grams are given every Monday eve- ning. A critic assists in improving and developing the programs which consist of lectures, readings, debates, character sketches and reports on books. A touch of humor is occa- sionally added to give variety to the general tone of the program. The officers are: Sarah Jenkins, president: Ruth Reynolds, treasurer: Martha Patton, secretary. Other charter members are: Oris Black- burn. Eva Phillips. Lamar Wood ward and Dorothy Murray. Those who have entered by presenting papers are: Elizabeth Wilson. Eliza- beth Hamilton. Irene Beck. Sara No land and Ida Belle Loven. Campus THE INITIATION PARTY. The old students of the .Montreat Normal School welcomed the new students and teachers on the evening of September the twelfth, by an initiation party. At eight o'clock all the students and teachers assembled in the lobby of the dormitory, ready for an evening of fun. The lobby was most attractively decorated with asters, goldenrods, and the school colors. Upon looking around the room, one could easily distinguish the new girls by the expressions of doubtful anticipation on their faces, as they stood by. waiting to receive orders from those who reveled in the feats which they were to witness. To the delight of the old and the terror of the new,” each new student had been assigned an old student as an escort. After reaching the lobby, where quite a crowd had gathered for amusement at the expense of the new girls thos - cruel “old students forced their partners to adopt the habits of lower animals in rooting nuts across the lobbv lloor with their noses, whether short or Roman. Then after all their strenuous efforts and hard struggles to do this, the nut was cruelly snatched away from them and eaten by their partners. Blindfolded. led upstairs and through halls, the new pupils were pushed into seats and commanded to remove their slippers. All except a few rebellious ones, submissively obeyed only to set their feet in a basin of cold water. Some showed awe and fear in their faces, while others gave vent to the sudden sur- prise by a loud, shrill scream. Then back to the lobby trooped the merry makers and slips of paper were passed to the new girls. On these slips were explicit instructions for tasks to be done the following week. After several games, recita- tions. solos and other impromptu con- tributions. a delightful ice course was served. At the eleventh hour another bell rang to call many tired and weary bodies to their rooms. But not to sleep, until all the bed clothes could be taken from under the mattresses, and the knots in various articles of apparel were untied. A good reason for that mischievous twinkle, seen in many an old” student's eye at the call of the bell. But sleep came at last to their weary souls, and pleasant dreams or the initiation party of '26 at which thev would be the hostesses! A FACULTY MEETING It was a warm spring evening and I sat by my open window, a book in hand, trying to make myself believe 1 was studying, while in reality I was only dremaing of the coming vacation. I was aroused from my dreams, however, by the sound of voices in the room next to mine. At first, the voices were an incongruous babble, unrecognizable. But suddenly every thing grew quiet, and I heard the