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55 THE PIERIAN 05 The club was originally suggested by Miss Tallant. The students debate on current topics. Perhaps those who named the year book received their inspiration from the quotation from Alexander Pope: A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. The Pierian is a spring at the foot of Mt. Olympus in ancient Greece and the reputed birthplace of the nine Muses. It is a symbol of learning, particularly literature. The nine Muses each presided over a distinct realm: history, lyric poetry, religious poetry, astronomy, and epic poetry. The following are a few stanzas from a poem written by Marguerite Rush, a member of the 1909 class, which refers to this ancient spring: OUR PIERIAN From heights undreamed of In rapture bound, A fountain flowed With gurgling sound. Unknown, yet thought of Through ages past. The source was found In the ' 09 class. The staff which made the first Pierian possible follows : Editor-in-chief Hubert L. Wann, ' 09 Assistant Editor Mildred Kuhn, ' 10 Associate Editors Agnes Kelly, ' 09; Carlos Haas, ' 10; Edward Cox, ' 10; Elmira Kempton, ' 10; Marguerite Rush, ' 09; Abbie Shaefer, ' 09; Willard Kemper, ' 10; Clifford Plummer, ' 10; Mary Fisher, ' 09; Howard Hunt, ' 09; Blair Converse, ' 10; Vera Fleming, ' 10; Ruth Peltz, ' 09; Bernhardt Knollen- berg, ' 09. Business Manager Stonehill Keafes, ' 10 Assistant Business Managers Lucille Townsend, ' 09; Robert Thornburgh, ' 09; Margaret Ferguson , ' 11; Grace Woodyard, ' 10; Benjamin Johnson, ' 12. Although the early books had more pages than the last few editions, they had advertisements in them. We can no longer help finance our book with ads, because the Merchants ' Association has voted against advertising in any year book. This year there will be more than six times as many graduating seniors ' pictures as there were in the first book. With the cooperation of the student body and the faculty, the Pierian has been a great success in past years. May it long be a book which the members of every class will hold dear because of cherished memories.
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