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THE HERMIAD ershlp a knowledge of the true meamng of cooperatmon, new and trlendshlps and an understandlng of many of the finer thmgs of life 1JlI'1t of lts pledge lt educates mmd heart hands and body for the of the club, the COl'lIlIll1l l1t5 and the n'1t1on Our 4 H Club glrl wlll cl 6l1Sh the many nappy memorles of her club experlences and wlll lasting In th service alwav always Margaret Gray, 1940 Remlnlscence of F londa F course Id heard of Flouda, but I never dared hope Id ever Vl It the place much less make lt my home for over half a year But thl actually d1d happen when an aunt unexpectedly lnvlted me to be her compamon durmg her annual sojourn there It certalnly was one thr1lled young lady who, one brlght mornlng IH earlv October began the long automoblle trlp of some fourteen hundred mlles wlth Florlda as her destlnatlon The Journey was more wonderful than can be descrlbed It would take xolumes to relate every adventure, but one of the most outstandlng happened ln Washmgton D C We were slghtseelng, d1 lVlI'lg down Pennsylvanla Avenue, when we notlce-d the pl esldentlal car approachlng us The top was down and President Roosevelt was seated ln back I stood up and waved eagerly and he looked dlrectlv at me and smlledl I won t forget that rlght away We spent two days ln Washlngton and we trled not to mlss a slngle object of mterest I saw my Hrst cotton field ln North Carolma We had notlced the grad ual change ID temperature 1n Vuglma where we shed our heavler wraps In avsmn 1h, Georgla I beheld my first palm and bamboo trees It wasn t untn we were ln Jacksonvllle Plorlda that I saw an orange tree It really IS am'1z mg how dlfferent an orange tastes that has been tree rlpened At last we reached the suburbs of W1Ht6F Park the c1ty of homes Our temporalv resldence was a lovely house w1th an orange grove ln back of It Wlnter Park IS Indeed a c1ty oi homes where, even 1n the down town dlstrlct the houses have spaclous lawns and avenues of tall stately trees I'hen began the pleasant task of p1ck1ng up new threads of everyda, l1v1ng I n ade mans acquamtflnces Qouthern hospltallty 1S no myth, although lt IS true that Southerners are a lxttle wary of a Yank But I was soon af cepted as one of them I entered W1nte1 Park H1gh School Here I became qulte actlve ln a group ot student choral slngers We sang 1n many d1fl'erent places and t certalnly w as fun We recelved an 1nv1tat1on to perform 1n Tampa, wh1ch IS qulte a dl tance from Wlnter Park, and lt was necessary to spend a day ol two thele before 1etu1mng, Nothmg daunted, we stayed at the Hotel Blscayne whele a chum and I had .1 prn ate telephone wlth whlch we heckled the bell 12 llllllllllllllllllulltlllwlHlllllllllllllllllllllllsllllllvl1lllllHHHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHHHIKKIIIHIII'.IIIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlllH'II4lllllllllllllllllIINHlHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllIIIHIINHHHIIM .1 . , 7 . . . .1 f ' ' , - , ' . ' ' ' ' C ' . - ' ' ' s A ' if ' ' ' ' I ' Y' in strive to make the best better in all of her future club work. wk we ak . . . , i. , .v. s - , ' . 's . Y . . I A , . . . , . . A 7 , u , Y - - . . v , . cr. . .' . v . . . , . . Q 7 . , . , 1 . M 7 ' . t - v ' G6 ' YY . e . , , . . . K . . U . . y, . - . . y y ' I K . . 7 V ' l , I b' I c , . . L, I I l f 1 . 1 ' 7 li Y, I N, . . . 7 5 . -S I A l ' K ' Y Y 1 . ' . - ' r. ' ' ' , . . 1 4 4 ' Y 7. I ' -
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THL HLRMIAD boys wlth unnecessary orders and complamts all ln fun of coulse They dldn t seem to mind Between slngmg performances I enjoyed swlmmmg IH the Gulf of MQXICO and dlfllllg 1n authentlc Spanlsh restaurants ln Ybor Clty the Spamsh d1str1ct Durmg my seven months stay I managed to x1s1t most places of 1nte1e t The gorgeous cypress gardens, the Clystdl cleal Sllver Sprlngs the famous Slnglng Tower, and the extraordlnarx oceanarxum IH Marmeland are but 1 1ew of them I also V1Slt9d Daytona Beach but I dl-.int see any screen cele brltles, although Sonya Henle and Shlrley Temple w ere there at the tlme I could contlnue on and on but space doesnt permlt recountlng even cxperlence Nevertheless you have my word that the state of Flor1da IS mo beautlful and wonderful than can be Imagmed or descrlbefl It was the out standmg experlence of my l1fe so far and there s l1ttle doubt, It w1ll be the outstandlng experlence of my ent11e l1fe for Ill probably age even though I dld drlnk of the Fountaln of Youth m St Augustxne The old saymg there no place llke home , how ever holds true, even when the substltute IS Floudi Idamae Frlnk 1941 Publlc Speakmg RIDAY' What a day' All the JUHIOFS look gloomy and scared Very KlLll6tlX we pass to Lnglxsh class Sllently we take our seats and t tke out our papers Invervone slnks down ln hls ch ur as tu as possxble hoplns. that the teacher w1ll not notlce hlm All are mumbllng somethlng to themselves and numerous groans are heard flom tlme to tllYl6 when memoly falls The teacher enters She takes her record book and proceeds to the rear of the class Now we wlll start she says I hope you are all ready Now I must thmk fast Hlven t I a sllght cold' Or maybe I lost my speech yestel oay and haven t had a chance to recopy lt yet No these excuses are too old I must have an alrtlght allbl But what ' She calls on several people A few haye been consclentlous and ire ready Others g1Ve excuses my excuses What am I to do Suddenly I hea my name called Very humbly I proceed to the flont of the cl Iss In a small XOICC I begln My VOICE ls verv shaky I roll my handkelchlef so hxrd that lt beglns to tear I put my finger m the hole 1nd flmsh t9dIll'lg' It My knee are wlldly knocklng togethel Mv tongue IS all tm ted My tace IS vely led and very warm But I contmue Yes anythmg, to get m A on my report card Soon the bell rings and I breathe a sigh of lelxef md lush out to get a drlnk and reuve myself Thls, my frlends, happens ey ery Frlday Ilhls ls Publlc Speakmg Gllberte Harton, 1040 ' 13 M , .- , . . l . . I , .Y K . . L . . - . Su . . ,W . . ' ' 1 . . , . M V . Y . . . I 5 . v. . v I .I , V Y - ' l . , . . 1 Y 7 L . D Y 1 I . . . y P ' . v V '- l l . . . . . . H ,Q . . , c . ,, V v . . , V. I T . 1 ! Pk PF ff . . ' y V . ,' . ' . . v . ' Y 1 . . - V- f . 1 , . . , f . . . I . ' .' 1 ' ' . . ' . 1 '. . . . .' ' ,. . , . . . . . I , .. , l . , li ' Y! .1 1 A6 ' , , Y! . . , , . . . I 4 7 V ' f ' . . v ,Q , 4 1 n - K 1 ' ', , 7 ' . . g. 1 . . , . . . . . , ' . z J ' ' . , -s ' . . Q, ' f f z I .1
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