Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Senior IP ropbcc ) THE station at Raleigh was unusually crowded with school girls and boys going home for the holidays. All of them were so happy and joyous that the very air seemed full of excitement. Such exclamations as: Oh! Jusl thinly, in six hours I will be home! or I don ' t believe my tram will ever come! could be heard on every side. Lucile and I had just come in time for our train to New York, and as we hurried to catch it, we tried to see if we could find some of the old Peace girls. But how many new faces there were ! We did not recognize more than half a dozen. On our way we naturally talked of old times at Peace, and of what we had done smce our Senior days. Lucile had always longed to study art, and after school she had been studying under different art teachers. These had encouraged and praised her work so much that she had decided to go to New ork and pursue her course there. My career had not been so interesting. For two years I had taught a little country school. Instead of waiting for the proverbial ship to come in I had to swim out to meet mine. When our train reached New York we were met by friends and taken to their home. Before I should sail, I was to spend several days at places near New ork. Hilda, having been abroad all spring on her bridal tour, was expected on the day before I should take my departure. Lucile and I had planned to meet her, so we went that afternoon to see the steamer come in. At first there was such a throng that we almost gave up hope, but finally we found her, and at the same time she caught sight of us, saying: Well! what arc you all doing in New York? Oh, people can come to New York except on bridal trips, Lucile replied. But Hilda demanded the real reason for our presence in New York, so I ex- plained: Well, since you are so anxious to know, I will tell you. Lucile is here to study art, and I am going to Europe tomorrow. Tell me about l;our trip. Oh! It was simply grand, that ' s all there is to it. about it now. Tell me about the other girls of our Class. Of coune you ' ve heard the latest. said Lucile. 29 I couldn ' t begin to tell you .Amy IS to be married in V, P

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took the pen. and in our excitement signed, we knew not what. We only knew that this meant the obtaining of those long-talked-of privileges. That was what we wanted and that was what we got. But how great was the disappointment we suffered, days afterward, when upon beholding the situation from a calmer point of view, we real- ized that there were no more midnight feasts for us, no more pleasant visits during study-hour, when the duty teacher ' s back was turned, no more friendly chats on the recitation halls. All these we had given up, merely for the sake of being allowed to go down town without a teacher! Momentous was the occasion of our initiation into the societies. And never to be forgotten was the reception given at the Agricultural and Mechanical College in our Sophomore year, which the few who had escaped the previous tests were privileged to attend: and the banquet at Giersch ' s, given by the Juniors to the Class of 1908. We thoroughly enjoyed this, but we are looking forward with still greater pleasure to the one soon to be given to the Class of 1 909. As Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors, we have met with many difficulties in our work, and as Seniors we find the trials only more difficult to overcome. How- ever we have succeeded thus far, and are now nearing the close of this career. Soon this six will part. Though we have longed for the day when final rewards will be given, a feehng of sadness comes to us at the thought of leaving dear old Peace forevermore, and we can all join in saying, Though we journey on to the boundaries the world our hearts will evermore with her remain. As we go out into the world, finding our vocations and avocations in life, may we never forget each other, and may we ever be faithful to our Alma Mater and to our motto, which has so encouraged us for three years. Ne cede malis. Class Historian. f

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August to the professor of math at Cornell. You know she graduated there with many honors last year. Do you remember her explanations in the pedagogy class of how to teach the ' multiplication table experimentally? ' I guess she can assist him in teaching math. Just think, Lucile, of Amy ' s marrying a professor! But she always could assume a lot of dignity when the occasion demanded, Hilda said. While you are up here, Hilda, you ought to go see Celestia. She is siilt studymg, and I suppose always will be. I never could see why those Pennys weren ' t called Cents (sense) anyway. I agree with you there. But I am afraid I shall never reach that Celestia (1) state, — aren ' t you? No, indeed, I said, I have given up all hope, but there is one of our class who is aiming for it, and that is Mary Sloan. I wish you could have been with us, the other night at Emerson College to hear the debators. Mary was simply great! Oh, I knew Mary could debate. She was famous for it at Peace! replied Hilda. Her subject was ' The Disqualifications of Old Age at Seventeen, ' and although the judges did not agree with her opinion her arguments were so strong that she won the medal, I said. Isn ' t it great to think how much these girls are doing. Peace ought to become famous sure enough, some of these days, with such Alumnae. By the way, what do you think of the $100,000 endowment that has been left to Peace! But here comes somebody who I know will say that there never was a school that produced such girls as Peace. I won ' t wait to hear him say so, but will let him have the pleas- ure of telling it to you, with reference to one in particular, of the noble Class of ' 09. Prophet.