North Georgia College - Cyclops Yearbook (Dahlonega, GA)

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Though he disappointed us in his line nf work, the sueeess which characterized him during his younger days lias foUowed him all the way. Only recently he closed a successful campaign for the United States Senate in California. Though the otlier two members of our class were not with its at our graduation, each of them received a diploma, June. 1!)2(), and I feel that they should be considered members of our famous class. James Steed continued in lianking for a few years, and, having amassed a considerable fortune, retired from active business. lie now spends half of his time on his farm near Topeka, Kan. The other half he spends in travel, sight.seeing, and collecting material for his art museum. Of our former class president, Miss Fannie McGee, I have learned but very little since her marriage, before we completed our course. At present she and her husband live in Memphis, Tenn., where he is engaged in shipping cotton. I had much rather leave my name unmentioned, but since you request it, I ' ll give you something of myself. School affairs worried me no little, and as soon as I received my ' Dip ' I determined to do something that would give me more freedom than books. I have tried many things, liut am now traveling through the West with the Star Stock Company, presenting ' The Last Hope. ' In memory of our school days. Maet Lou Quillian. Thus ended the letter, dated December 14, 1936, giving the known facts of our famous class. Since 1914 many grand classes have graduated and passed out into the fight of life. The motto, ' ' To Be Rather Than to Seem, of our grand old class of 1914 has been the ideal of great numbers of student of the old North Georgia Agricultural College. Many of them have met with success, no doubt. May we all hope that no class will have a single failure, and that happiness and peace will come to all. 23

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Soon the following letter came as a result of my iniiuiry : Dear Wiley: To think of all our class mates makes me sad. and it is with difficulty that I collected and am giving the information j-ou asked. As you remember, Flossie was the stenographer of the class, and con- tinued at this work for a number of years after finishing school. Finally, she became interested in the promotion of schools in China, and at present is private secretary to the Superintendent of Schools of the Chinese Republic. The field of educational work appealed to more than one of our class- mates. Chamlee, after futile attempts to perfect a process for the separation of gold from the ore without the tedious process of assaying, finally gained Head and is now Professor of Mathematics in Oglethorpe University. Alice McGee, for a number of years, did educational work throughout the States of Georgia and Alabama. Great was her success, and praise of her methods came from all the leading educators. But she was not to do such work always. The sweet and amiable disposition which characterized her during her college days became sweeter as she grew older. This was true to such an extent that she won the hearts of many, and finally she yielded to the pleadings of one and is now leading a happy, quiet home life with her hus- band, who is Dean of the University of Tennessee. King and Peyton, after finishing school, went West and entered into the mining of silver in the United States and Mexico. For some time they met with many difficulties in Mexico, on account of the revolution there, and had many narrow escapes with their lives. At last peace reigned, and the firm of Pe.vton and King prospered. They soon came to the head of the silver mining industry, and at present we find them living ipiietly and happily in Denver, Colorado, having retired from active mining. Rogers finally decided after graduation to study medicine. He has done great work along this line. In fact, he is not only one of the- best physicians in Atlanta, but his work is among the poorer and need.v classes, who have not the advantages of medical attention. ] Iany rays have come into his life to sweeten it and make life happy and worth living, but these (most of them) were temporary. However, one Rae, liright and joyful, came into his life, and is permanent. Little is known of Nicholson. This we know, however, that he enlisted in the United States army for service in jMexico, and l y his daring and careful attention to duty soon rose to rank of ]Major. He is now located at Fort ] rc- Pherson with the Eighteenth Infantry, and takes great interest in the Arm.v ' s Ball. Cox. known as Jnbal Andei-son Early, was forced to yield to the inclina- tions of his yoiuiger days and enter the ministry. Those who knew him well during his college days will remember his pleadings to the school ))oys. Even thus, but with increased ability, does he plead with the Indians of South America, whither he was sent as a missionary. Keith to whom we had looked for such great things from the stage as a lecturer, wandered from the purpose of his college days, and entered politics. 22

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Senior Clagg i tovy Our class has arrived at the period which marks the eonsiimmation of hopes entertained through long years. We have at last reached the pinnacle, the attainment of which has required our steady and continuous efforts since the beginning of our course. Of course, it is natui-al for us to be happy to kno ' that we have come to the close of our labors. We have completed our preparation for life ' s work, yet, with that we have our joy tinctured with sad- nesss. The time is almost at hand when we must break up the pleasant asso- ciations that have been formed during our stay at Dahlongea ; we must say farewell to dear friends and familiar scenes; and we are made to feel sad at having to part with the peculiarly free and happy life which lias grown to be a part of us, and to enter into a new life, whose conditions are entirely unknown to us. In the future, when we step out into the broad highway of life, we will cast our thoughts back to the years spent in and aroiuid Dahlonega and con- sider them the happiest years of our lives. The members who compose our class have entered college at various times since the year 1908. In fact, we have a very uni que class ; one without parallel, because, no three members entered the same year. The ma.iority of us have seen Hiauy classes come in ; we have seen many go out of these halls, never to return. During past years there have been more of us than are here now; many have dropped out for different causes, until to-day we doubtless represent the survival of the most tenacious. It will })e impossible to arrange our history without an individual summing up of the mem])ei ' s. giving sueli things of each as suggest themselves most read- ily. We are unusually fortunate in having three young ladies in our class. Their presence has always been an inspiration to us. and we have gladly relied upon their judgnunit in matters of great moment. Our class president. Miss Mary Lou ( uillian. through extra efforts on her part, joined the class in September. She is the youngest member of the cla.ss. but her keen intellect and charming personality soon won first place in the hearts of all the members, and the class has enjoyed a successful year under her guidance. Next comes Miss Alice McGee, and we all attribute a great deal to Miss Alice, because we have such profound confidence in her. Her presence has ever been an incentive to higher things. Miss McGee was a nuMuber of the 1912 class. but she decided that the honor of one graduation wasn ' t sufficient for her. so she joined our class at the beginning of the year and has now captured another degree. Miss Flossie Jackson entered college in 1909, and has proven her nervy qualities liy showing herself willing to endure the trials of the business depart- ment. Perry King is the veteran of the class. He came to Dahlonega in the fall of 1908. l)ut had to drop out the next year. However, the fall of 1910 saw Perry 24