Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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For me thou changest nature ' s laws; Sometimes the sun leads in the night. And, tvhen from heaven he withdraws. Oft brealis the morning light. Be thou but near me, it is day. How dark soe ' er the shadows are; And it is night, be thou awa})- — And night without a star. ' Henry Jerome Stockard.

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Reid s turn came next. It ' s needless to remind you what my heart ' s desire has always been, she said. You all remember how I used to amuse myself in class .■sketching different girls. When I left here, I took a two-years ' course in the Chase Art School, New York, and since then, I ' ve been trying to be an illustra- tor — here some one interrupted with, You needn ' t say ' trying, ' Reid. as if we didn ' t all know about your success. Of course, we saw that newspaper article the other day which spoke of you as the leading illustrator of the day. To think that I once had the honor of sitting by you in Math, and watching you sketch Miss B. — in the act of expounding Trig. Speaking of Math., said Reid, who was too modest to want her praises sung further, behold the star mathematician of our Class, Miss Pattie Lee, whose recent discovery of the hitherto unknown art of trisecting an angle, will place her in the ranks with Plato, Pythagoras and Donna Maria Agnesi. Then there was a chorus of congratulations and How on earth did you ever think of it, Pattie? Why, she said, I always liked Math, better than anything else, and I ' ve been making a special study of it for the last seven years. I wanted to distinguish myself some way even if I couldn ' t be a great artist or poet. This last with a meaning look at Elsie. There ' s no doubt but that our Class Poet is distinguishing herself, some one remarked. You see her poems in nearly every magazine you pick up these days. I ' m on the lookout now to see them published in book form. Well, don ' t put your eyes out looking for it, replied Elsie, laughing. It may be some time yet before you ' ll see my masterpiece. When it does appear, may I give some readings from it? asked Mary. Z)fe-lighted, answered Elsie, for if such a noted ' Yellocuter ' as you were to present my efforts to the public, I ' m sure they would immediately become famous. Then I had to give an account of myself and tell all about my wanderings in furrin ' parts, and my years of study under Leschetitzky. When I said that at last I had learned to render the Valse Chromatique according to the most ear- splitting method, the girls, remembering former experiences with the aforesaid musical composition, passed a look of relief from one to another at the thought that there was no piano near enough for me to demonstrate my skill. And then we began to talk over old times, until, before we knew it, twilight had crept upon us. With a deeper regret than we had felt even at the end of our Class Day seven years ago, we parted, each cherishing the hope of another and speedy reunion. Pkophet.

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Class of 1909 MOTTO Ne cede malis FLOWER COLORS Violet Lavender and Gold OFFICERS Hilda Way President Mary M. Sloan Vice-President Marshal Cole Historian AuBLiA T. Stockard Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Celbstia Penny Grace Jennings Kate Walker Pattib Moring Ruth Chapman 26