Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Mrs. P owle ' r TV TKS. Mnry (inodwiii F(nvlci- was Ih.i-ii scvciity-fmj years a i. on a raiiililiii.u ' ' ol.l fanii ill Clinwaii .■cuiity. Xmtli Caniliiia. As Mary (i Iwii, slir livi ' .l happily llicn- for fifteen years, aii.l flien, in INTO, inoveil witli lier family to Kaleigh, wliere she met ami iiTariie.j Mr. Kiehar l Fowler. Of her four ehihlren, three now survive. Mr. Fowler ,lle,l while tin- ehihlren wire small, aii.l ilrs. Fo«hr, In her enm]ielent eniitrol of the sitiKitioii, anil in her iintirim; i tVorls, that ma.le possihie tl .Inealion of her eliil.lreii. .lisplay.-.l nohillly of .-liarai-ler thai ,-,,iiinian.ls our a.liiii rat ion. Dnriiii; this perio.l she was niatron al the Oxfoi l . lasonle Orphaiia-e, al lalll.lon C.lhi;. ' . ami al ( Jreeiish.n-o ( ' ..lie-,. f..r W ii. Ol.l frl.-n.ls, ..I.I lies, an. I ..1.1 ass.,.-lal i..iis aiv .■onslanlly r. f.rn-.l I.. I.y li.-r; ran Iv ,|.„.s sh.. h ' av.. til,, .■anipiis llial sli. i- 11..I .i..y..iisly ,-.,nfr..iit.M hy ,s..iii.. ..n. whom shi. has l .4 ' riei„l.,l in .■arliei- y. irs. Mrs. Fowlei ' eaiiie to I ' ea.M in lilH. .. Sli. ' Iia.l .■.miph.te supervision over tin ' iniiniKiry and the grounds, ami was malroii of tli. ' s.-hool. p. ' rforniiii;;- sinu ' ly ami with eharaeterhstic vigor and ili.ir..iii;lim ' ss, .|nii,.s wlii.di wonl.l liav. ' k. ' pl tlir.M- ordinarily eii.lowe.l im. rials l.iisy. Sli. .nt.Mi-.l I ' l ae. during thi- Dinwi.l.lii- ad- ministration ami has s. ' rve.l through tli. ' a.lniinistrati.ms of Dr. Stoekanl, l»r. Eanisey, Miss Graham, ami Dr. I ' ressly. The.se twenty-two years of her life she has devoted unsparingly, and her iiiter. ' st in the school is, accordingly, a strong and vital thing. It is in.spiring to mite tin- .h-vntion ar. ' or.h ' .l Mrs. Fowh-r I.y the s.-rvants of the plae.-. The niajoiily of tli.-in lia . ' worki ' .l nn.ler h. r snpervisi.ni for a nnmhi ' r of years ami in a gr.-at im-asnii- thi ' ir fiil. ' lity may Iw attrihnt.-d to her ivniarkahh ' inriueiiee. Their a. I. . rati. m tor .Ma Fowh-r is a .•.immingling ..f L.yally I grafituile. .She- is thi ' ir fri. iid. Mrs. F .wler is perhaps lli, ' niosl I.eL.v. ' .l mli. ' r of tin- I ' ea. ' e family, and nii- .l.iiihteilly thi ' ni..st .■iili ' rlaiiiing. .Sh. is primarily a niolh. ' r, with an insight into lininan iiatun- that is as ran- as it is lieaulifnl. Tim. ' , with its tnrhnlent riilhless- nes.s, has not succeeded in elfa.-ing ih. ' eti ' rnal y.mth ..f Ii.m-; l.nt it has given to her a wisdom as pungent as th. ' hom. ' ly lull enrati i- pr.seriptions on her n. ' al white shelf. Tier r..inf.irting arms ar. ' tin- ..n. ' s t.. eiifohl th. ' honii ' siek, .h ' spon.l. ' i.t little new girls ; she it is wh.nii tlu- old gills up.iii their reliirn eestalii-ally embrace. Twenty-five

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Mits. Marv Goodwin Fowler

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Ilcr sfventy-two yc ' iii ' s bare nut tom-liril tho aniaziiig vitality of spirit that is the lircduiiiiiiaiit iiuti ' of licr pcrsoiialitv. She is a liaiidsoim- «oiiiaii, whose beauty of iMi-son lias l.iTii cnri. ' hiMl hy llir stamp upon it of a lifo fircly ami deeply lived. A droll wit and a raustir toiii;iic. wliosi ' fi-aiik li sly is trin| or(Ml liy tlir miscdiie- ' ons H inl lc ill liri- Npai-liiiiii; Mark i-yos, an litter lark of pretension, and a linnn.i ' ons gruniblinj:; wlioso fninndahUaiess dissolves on ae(jnaintanee, are lait a few n{ her eudearinn ' idiaraeii risties. Slie is as didinilr a pari of I ' eari. as its massive while columns or its familiar, as vouug a llie onlli ui-i;iin; within its walls. lAVE Med. KAN. ' H.