Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Cyclopedia Facultania. ABERNATHY, ANNIE., a successful teach- er of the three R ' s (reading, riting and rithnietie). Bom in Wake Fores . Sh? shows great strength of both body and mind by her wise management of her unruly charges. ANDERSON, EMMA V., violinist. Bom in an old Dutch settlement in Pennsyl- varia, January 23, 17 — . Her musical talents were early noticed, for at the age of three she san perfectly the Erl King in the original. When she was but a child, she went abroad to study. While in Genoa, Italy, entered a vioho contest with Paganini and came off victorious. By the soft strains of her violin she touched the heart of man and made him feel that heaven would be less heavenly should there be no fid- dles there. BRA WLEY, JAMES P., a famous American musician. Born April i, 18 — . In early childhood showed great talent for paint- ing and music, but later devoted his entire life to the latter. He, like his companions, Leschetizky and Pade- rewsky. has immortalized himself. Dur- ing his last yea rs he suffered much from la grippe, but, with the help of hi ; little- gas-stove, bore it with heroic patience and little grumbling. BUTLER, EDITH KINCAID, bom north of the Mason and Dixon line. Aplaywright, palmist and expressionist. Proved her- self a great heroine by conquering Alex- ander the Great ; she ascended the throne February 15, 1905. DAVIS, NANNIE, one of the greatest pian- ists the world has ever produced, Was bom in Virginia, February 14, 18 — . A remarkably precocious child; when only eight years old she wrote a sonata which, it is said, was so difficult that no one could play it. At seventeen she began her career by playing The Spin- ning Song (Flying Dutchman) before a vast audience in New York. From this time on her fame was secure. She has composed little of real merit; it is as a pianist that she is chiefly known. DINWIDDIE, JAMES, bom in Virginia, 1800. Philosopher, mathematician, and patriot. In early manhood he joined the Confederate army, won distinction and rapid promotion. Killed 10,000 Yankees, remembers every name and recognizes each one of them when b ? meets them on the street. On January 13, 1820, swam across the Chesapeake Bay when it was frozen over. His one vain effort was to discover some com- pound to rioduce low. soft voices. In his later life, as president of a girls ' school, he zealously guarded, by the aid of his gold-headed cane, the reputation of those entrusted to his care. DINWIDDIE, NANNIE CARRINGTON, bom and reared in the Vatican. Her en ' ' ironment and intercourse with the hfst artists developed her into a well- known connoisseur. From early child- hood she was filled with an intense de- sire to see the world. After traveling over Europe, Asia, and Africa, she came to iVm rica with the ba id of Pilgrims on the Mayflower. In this country she d ;livered to vast audiences her famous lectures on Greece and Grecian art. JACKSON, FRANCES, bom in Maryland; the exact date of her birth i : not known. One of the greatest mathematicians of her day; could recite the table of loga- rithms from memory. The only woman from her State who was able to stand the Bryn Mawr matriculation examination. A noted teacher of EngUsh History. She has proven hot sea-water and cold bread the best diet for mathematicians.