Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Reading such instructive and elevating books gives one such a comprehensive survey of life. Now, I can appreciate the literary productions of all the philos- ophers and profound thinkers of the past and enjoy them more than the frivolities indulged in by the lower classmen. What a pleasure it is to discuss the ' Immortality of the Soul, ' with Mr. Stockard, and the ' Hypostasizing of Abstract Ideas ' with Miss Edith Royster. Our views on these topics are somewhat heterogeneous on account of their in- transmutable idiosyncrasies. Had my scholastic duties been less multitudinous I should have prepared material for an erudite dissertation on ' Anthropomorphi- tonianismicaliation, ' to be handed down to posterity, thus demonstrating to my whilom instructors my preeminent intellect. However, I feel sure that the afore- said instructors have already forecast for me a brilliant career in the intellectual realm, where I am to win fresh laurels to add to those precedently won for Peace. Cora G. Carter, Historian.

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BOUGHT OF DOBBIN, FERRAL CO. Oct. 12 3 Hats 45 00 I Coat Suit Nov. 2 I Feather Boa Nov. 23 I Net Waist 5 75 6 Collars Dec I I Voile Skirt 2 Belts Dec. 20 I Pair long Kid Gloves 3 so I Tan Coat Total 00 $..9 25 Oh, pshaw ! how ridiculous this hairdresser ' s bill does sound ! TO MRS. DAVIS, DR. Oct. 2 6 Puffs I Switch Oct. 24 3 Curls Nov. 4 I Sterilized Rat 50 50 6 Magic Curlers Nov. 29 I Bottle Hair Tonic J Dec 2 I Pair Marcel Wavers Total 2.5 $ .0 75 And here is still another proof of my vanity. Fifteen dollars to Wharton Tyree for photographs which I gave my friends for Christmas presents. Of course they were appreciated immensely. I admit that I have been foolish, but at last I have put away childish things. Tust look at this last book bill from Alfred WilHams : March i March 2 April 10 April 20 April 27 April 30 May 2 May 12 May 15 Hudson ' s Law of Psychic Phenomena Descent of Man Podmore ' s Phantasms of the Living Religio Medici Bacon ' s Essay on the Advancement of Learning Dante ' s Divine Comedy Novum Organum Darwin on The Origin of Species The Nibelungenlied Spencer ' s Data of Ethics Locke ' s Essay on the Human Understanding Total ? .7

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Extracts from Diary of an Old Peace Girl ALEIGH, N. C, May 20th, 1915. — Well, here I am in Raleigh again, and I felt as if Time really had turned backward today ; for it was Alumnae Day at Peace, and we held our long-looked- for Class reunion. This afternoon when we gathered on the old campus around our ivy, at almost the same hour as when we planted it, seven years seemed to slip away, and it almost seemed as if we were living over again that memorable Class Day of 1908. But the ivy has grown, and so have we — in wisdom and experience — since then. Marie spoke up, in her old impulsive way: Doesn ' t it seem good to be together again, girls? Let ' s make a ring around the ivy and tell everything that has hap- pened to us since we ' ve been separated. If Cora were only here, our circle of ' Naughty Eight ' would be complete. But listen to this cablegram which has just come: ' Ponta Grossa, Brazil, May 20th, 1915. To the Class of ' 08: Would love to be there today, but am with you in spirit. Wishing you a happy reunion, Cora. Whoever thought that one of us would land so far away ! But then I wasn ' t much surprised when Cora decided last summer to go to South America and ' live happily ever afterwards ' there, because she used to spend most of her time think- ing about him, when she was here. He has a splendid government position down there, and she seems radiantly happy ; for, of course, he is the only man on earth ! Well, Marie, some one said, Speak for yourself now. Have you found ' the only man ' yet? (. t this a general giggle ran round the circle, for we remember how, whenever anything went wrong, Marie would always exclaim, Oh, I do wish I was married! ) She wouldn ' t be teased, however, but began : You know at one time I thought seriously of coming back to Raleigh and taking an ' . . B., ' but I changed my mind and decided that, since I had gained such valuable experience when on the Annual staff, I could make my fortune editing a ' Funny Paper. ' Have encountered many difficulties in my journalistic career, but am hoping to ' Wade ' through them all. At present, however, I ' m still a spinster, lonely and good. But it ' s not my fault, I have ' Dunn ' what I could. Frances — I beg your pardon — Dr. F. S. Sharp — was next in line, and when we remembered the ministering angel of Peace, we were not surprised at her choice of vocation. You remember, she said, how I always loved to spend my time in the Infirmary helping dose the girls. Do you still use such unique medi- cine? asked one of us. I remember how you once gave me pickle as a cure for hysterics. I suppose, however, you give ' Patton ' medicine now.