Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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of America, urginsj tliu women of our land to lireak the ] on(lase in which they were hekl, and revel in the holy cause of freedom. Next comes our cjueenly Lois. She had indeed fulfiled the promises of her girlhood, and her dazzling beauty made men worship at her shrine. All hearts paid homage to this Queen of Society, and at last she became the idolized wife of a millionaire. Neither of our fair sisters, Ina and Addie. lias as yet any prospects of entering into the marriage state, for the simple reason that no one has yet asked them — flirting and proposing being very different things ; and it is possible, after all, that their maiden names may eventually be inscribed on their tombstones. Elizabeth McArthur is still toiling at her favorite work, translating Latin. Labor conquers, was always her motto, and with such deter- mination you may be sure her highest ambition will be realized. Now blithe and bonny Harriett engages our attention. She had become a famous chemist, and among the scientists of modern times her name ranks with the first. Lender orient skies. Minnie Morton, the fairest of our number, labored with the artist ' s brush to reach the pinnacle of fame to which so many aspire, and so few reach. But the tyrant Love thwarts many ambitious hopes, and Minnie returned to the land of her fathers with the chosen one of her ri[)er years, content for her short-lived career to die in its bloom, woiuidetl by the arrows of Cupid. Hattie Marks, the least of all the twenty-three, continued the favorite occupation of her girlhood days — lace-making. With her, the old maxim Practice makes perfect had proved true, and she was unrivaled in her art. Etta I- ' eace pursued ambition, and her untiring efforts in the struggle for celebrit - were rewarded with the fame for which she so ardently labored. Her career as a novelist was one of great renown, and showed traits of a great genius. The future alone will reveal the height to which her genius may attain, and the rank her name will be given in literature. Now comes our bonny, sweet-voiced Jennie, whose fate it was to win hearts, only to break them. Among the society belles, Jennie was queen, and many were the youths infatuated with this fair, fickle queen of fashion. But even her love of coquetry was satisfied, and she at last married a promis- ing young lawyer, with whom she dwells somewhere in the red hills of upper Carolina. Mary Belle Sneed fulfiled life ' s mission nobly to the end. Foremost among the workers of the Red Cross Society may be seen the sylph-like form of Afary Belle, moving among the dying and the dead, with that gentle grace which characterized her lif '

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And yv ivsdusti, shifting .sands! Oh. ye midnig-ht skies! and heaving- deep. Impelled by unseen hands. In my heart, a restlessness like yours. In my soul a vague outcry. And my soul yearns o ' er the deep for help. She had become a great poet, and the future lay sinilinrr Iicfi)rc her. Tier tame was fast being recognized in America, and slie was destined In become one of the .greatest of modern poets. Next conies . gnes, merriest of the tln-ong. ' ■ Old Father Time bad dealt kindly with her, and left her unchanged — except in name. Amiing the self-sacrificing women of .- merica, the names nf Helen F,asle and Kate Hill may be fnund. They gave their young lives, in all their freslmess, to the noble work of nn ' ssions; and their liistory may be fouml written on tlie hearts of llie peo])le, for— ••. ..nr klH.w tlleiu l.llt f(, love tlliMU: ■olle n:ii 1 them l„it I,, praise. In a secluded spot, in the coimtry of her native city, rests the boilv of our beloved Fanny, who ever cheered u with lier bright, sunnv lace. How seldom are life ' s early jjromises fnlliled ! ( )ur h ' annv, the .gayest of ihe tuent -three, sank into an early grave, — the victim of a broken heart. . nnie Green became an actress. Xo doid)t her fame would have been unparalleled in nioilern times, had not her tickle fancy caused her t.j turn from the stage in the ain amiiition of adorning her lovely brow with die coronet (jf a countess. lUit alas! her count proved to lie an im] ostor. and in a foreign land, away from lionie and friends, she wandered forlorn and forsaken ! In Italy reside two of our most cherished friends— . nnie Salzm;ui and .Agnes Jones. The names they won for themselves in that ' ■ Land of .Music make our hearts throb with joy. lint the public, with deepest regret, had soon to bid farewell to these glorious (Jueens of .Song. Their music was reserved for the happy knights wdio bore ofif these much-coveted treasures. So end eared to the recollection of our comrades. Minnie Kelly and Myrtle Surratt.was each spot at Dear Old Peace. that th ' ey remained where they had passed Life ' s flowery Spring, ably serving in the capacity of teachers, as much beloved by their pupils as they had formerly been by their schoolmates. To fair Irene now I turn. Her destiny had indeed been an uncommon one. In the annals of literature her name appeared as the advocate of ■■ Woman ' s Ri.ghts. Her eloquent appeals were heard in all the broad land

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Class of 1904. Motto : Nihil Desperandum. Colors : Gold and White. Flower : Marechal Niel Rose. Yell. Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rip ! Rah ! Roar ! Sophomore ! Sophomore ! Xineteen four ! Officers. Annie Land President Madeline Wh.te Vice-President Elisabeth Houston Treasurer Will Easley Secretary Lucy Haywood Class Prophet Matilda Stienmetz Historian Maidie Allen Whit Bond Rachel Borden Katie Bannerman Alice Covington Bessie Covington Irnia Cobb Will Easley May Fulford Lillian Ferrall Elisabeth Houston Lucy Haywood Members. Violet Keith Annie Land Imogen Masters Myra Moore Susie Morton Lila McLean Mary Mercer Estelle O ' Berry Nora Pugh Bertha Patrick Grace Perrow Ruth Pilson Mollie Ruffin Myrtle Royal Kathleen Smith Mary Sherrill Matilda Steinmetz Roberta Thaxton Stella Williams Madeline White Bessie Woolen Ethel Young