Oklahoma Presbyterian College - Ithanna Yearbook (Durant, OK)

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JANUARY Students return. The grinding begins. Y. W. C. A. of S. E. N. visited the Y. W. C. A. of the college. Dele egates to Student Volunteer Convention at Kansas City give report. Juniors breakfast in the woods. Pictures made for Annual. Good crops expected all over the coun- try. Pictures used as scare-crows and other useful ornaments. Vera Tolbert and Winnie Lewis sick! Can you imagine? . Maggie Lemon breaks camera-Mr. Baldwin gets indignant! Mr. Jones arrives. 'Nother recital. Everybody here. UO. P. C. recital club held regular meeting. Mission Study classes meet. Nothing special. Nothing doing-'cept school. Spend month end at home. FEBRUARY Cold! ' Hotchkin Hall girls study in the furnace room. I Pipes frozen. No water! ! Alas! C. O. P.'s meet. Clifton Mackey visits O. P. C. S. E. N. Seniors entertain O. P. C. Seniors. Mrs. Kimsev's recital. The C. P. C. all-star company renders program in Colbert. Elopement of Ellen given by the Sophomores for the benefit of the Annual. Mr. Geo. Washington's birthday. Ice cream and cherries for dinner. Cold as-everything! Q Day before Exams. Exams. Repeat yesterday's program. More repetition. Flunkers' club organized. Everyone goes home and tells papa about Exams. Papa Comfoftsm ! 105

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HER INSPIRATION H li long cool halls of the art gallery were almost deserted, only a few l enthusiasts lingered in the fading light. The front door swung slowly open and a slight young girl entered. She could not have been more than twenty, yet her steps lacked the elasticity and her fine grey eyes the sparkle that should always accompany youth. That year she had begun her first teaching-with the brightest hopes and highest aspirations. Life had seemed worth while, and she felt that perhaps in a small way, she was accomplishing her mission in life. But as the weeks lengthened into months, many things had come to try her faith in herself. Une by one it seemed her hopes were blighted and killed. Some of her students, on whom she had lavished time and pains, proved utterly unworthy and sad disappointments. The thought that she was a failure -for young people are easily discouraged-became more insistent, until this day, that had seen her fondest plans frustrated, she had almost come to accept it as a fact. Ileretofore, when the discouraging days had come she had found the art gallery an unfailing source of inspiration, from some picture she had always been able to draw either a feeling of peace or some uplifting moral, but this evening none of them brought comfort or quiet to her. She had turned to leave when in an out-of-the-way corner she saw a picture of Sir Galahad, the maiden knight. Not having seen it before she stopped to observe and study the technical perfection of the painting. The noble face of the knight impressed her, and she called to mind how he said: My strength is the strength of ten Because my heart is pure. And how perfect must have been his self-control and concentration to enable him to say: So I keep fair thru' faith and prayer a virgin heart in work and will. i I As she recalled this story with all its significance, her face brightened visibly: her whole figure took a new poise, her lips met in a determined line and in her eyes shone a glad light of renewed hope and courage for the future. Rosa WALLACE, '15. 102

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2 5 8 10 12. 13. 14. 19 21 24 26 27 28 29 30 4 15 16 19 20 U o NOVEMBER Went to church again. Miss Nisbet returns from home. All's quiet along the Potomac. Anna Shannon lost her voice and couldn't come to school. First number of Lyceum. Fair Day. Saw the aeroplane and heard the band play! More Fair Day. HO. P. C. very much in evidence. Educational day at the Fair. O. P. C. well represented at' the Ham- burger stand! Students and Faculty entertained at Mrs. J. R. McKinney's. Expression recital. S. E. N. Football boys present. Second number of Lyceum. Day before Thanksgiving and Exams.! Thanksgiving Day. Take Bible Exams. Attend Ada-Durant Foot- ball game. Glorious! ! ! Exams.! Exams.! Still exams. and yet more exams. Sunday. All students who survived exams. spend month end at home. DECEMBER Mrs. Mrs. Morrison entertained ladies of church and Faculty and Seniors assist. Miss Maggie Lemon was taken for a Prep and called 'little girl . Much protest from Seniors. Camilla McKinney entertained Juniors. Miss Irma Beck's recital. Great consternation. Prominent mem- ber of the HO. P. C. Recital-Club late. Christmas Tree! Jolly old Santy Claus. Depart for home. 104