Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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We rise on stepping stones of our dead selves to higher things. But, in the meantime here are a few Methods of Manaj iiiji the Faculty When the duly teaelier opens the d ■ Ici rrpriniand you and your cheerful guests for noise and may catch you enjoying a quiet game of bridge, have the presence of mind to meet her with a beautiful smile and a box of chocolates, leaving your guests to dispose of the cards under cover of -our back. When caught skipping after light bi ll, clap yoin- hand to your cheek, dig you handkerchief into your eyes and uilli tears in . ()ur voice beg for something to ease the worst toothache I ever had. When sleepy next day after midnight spi-ead and you have gone to your room for just .1 half hour nap and incidentally missed lesson period by oversleeping, go at once, before questioned, to the infirmary with a blind- ing headache. When a mendier of tlie Faculty is in the Library during study hall and seems restless or aliout to finish her story and discover that you have a magazine concealed in your notebook, take time by the forelock, busy your- self to find her fresh and absorbing amusement, whether Life or an inter- esting story. In any case, she will like the attention and, if you have luck in the selection, you will be able to continue your own story undetected. When yo i don ' t feci like waiting until three o ' clock to read the day ' s home news in llie Xcirs and Observer remind the Librarian that you are studying civics and have lieen directed to keep up with tlie doings in the Legislature, in Congress, the Mexican and Balkan Wars. However late you retire, do not forget the five minute bell in the morning and be sure to put your boudoir cap, iniddx ' , bedroom slippers and a thick dark skirt within easy reach of your downy cciuch. If you can form the habit of sleeping in your stockings it will be a great help. If you sec till ' I ady Principal looking at your bedroom sliiijjers at Iireakfast do not go near her, but begin to limp and make for the back dining room door and infirmary staircase; the L. P. will not follow, and you will be able to escape by the front infirmary door. When you have gone to the infirmary just for a rest and loathsome, unneeded medicines seem unavoidable, it sometimes works to start a new

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ami juicy piece of gossip in confidence to your Nemesis. If you choose an interesting tale the fatal hour for administering may pass, and tlien you can swear that ' 0U have already liad yoiu ' dose. While studying in C ' haiiel, if you want any favors, remi ' nilicr that we are all sisters in femininity, therefore hasten to the one in charge and wliisjier to her some comphment from a gentleman. Return to your seat — wait five minutes in order to let the compliment soak in — then go forward and make your request; it will probably be granted. If you have managed, without detection, to spend all your study hour time writing the daily to your suitor, you suddenly remember an exam posted for next day that ' ou just have got to cram for, jirovide yourself with a candle, remove enough clothes from the closet to make mom for yourself, and after light hell betake j ' ourself there and pull down the cur- tain — you will be able to study until morning, if you wish, undisturbed by anything but rats. Wlien crossing Capitol Square Suntlay morning after a basketball game (best game of the season) and you know your best out of town suitor is waiting to see you march through the Square, get right behind the L. P., stick out your hand sideways and he will be able to shake it as -ou pass by. If, when serenaders come, you have been forbidden to clap (jr make a sound of applause, open your shutters and stand in the bright moonlight, or if there is no moonlight, arclight, and wave your hands vigorously back and forth in the motion of clajiping. This will be almost as effective as the real thing. When caught laughing too loud after light bell and you hear the duty teacher approaching on tiptoe, jump quickly out of bed, kneel, and apply yourself to your devotions. Apologies will be made in a whisper and you will be left undisturbed. In chorus class, when the director accuses you of not looking directly at her, plead that when nervous you get cross eyed. When you ' re about to be caught laughing aloud Sunday night, snatch for your Bilile and tell the duty teacher, when she appears, that you are laughing to think how .Jonah must have looked when the whale got through with him.