Moravian College - Benigna Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Returning to the ship late at night, one of the women discovered that during her absence a pearl necklace had dis- appeared from her room. Luckily there was a woman detective on board by the name of Medary. She soon solved the mystery as was expected, for Miss Medary is well known for her murder novels and mystery stories. She had also solved several baffling crimes. One rainy afternoon I spent my time in the ship's library. Here I picked up a book of poems by Phyllis Creedy. It was an excellent bit of work, and I liked it so much that the cap- tain presented it to me. Gene Quigley and I spent most of our mornings in the pool. One young married woman, a Mrs. English, whose maiden name was Betty Schlottman, was there every day to entertain us with fancy diving and swimming. A few days before we reached home, I was unfortunate enough to get a cinder in my eye and you can imagine my surprise and pleasure, when I discovered the head nurse in the infirmary to be a girl I had known at school, Bertha Alder. WWe naturally spent hours talking over our school days at Moravian. When I had finally said good-bye to everyone on the boat and had successfully maneuvered myself to my own apartment, I felt exhausted. Sitting by the window I began to read an old newspaper that had been delivered during my absence. The head lines caught my eyes nvan Vorst defeats Kitson in Junior League Elections. Van Vbrst made Presidentn -- 'Why I knew those girls years ago, and I never dreamedn -- but here my thoughts were rudely shattered Through the open window came a voice with a very English accent. It said, uThat is why, my friends, the United States has recog- nized the Russian government. I looked out the window and in the apartment next door stood K. Danneberger, that fiery orator and debator from England who was causing a sensation on her American lecture tour. This was too much. Could I never get away from celeb- rites? 'Were there no people that weren't famous? Slamming the window I began to upaok fast and furiously. M. H. Sterrett -lO-