Presbyterian College - Pac Sac Yearbook (Clinton, SC)

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4 THE COLLEGIAN acted all our troubles and it is with sorrow that we leave our college and are separated from those with whom we have been associated. During the 4 years at P. C. we have given our time, energies and talents to the advancement and good of our college. And now as we are about to bid it farewell forever, we can make our lives such that our Alma Mater will never be ashamed to acknowledge us as her's. Historian. Q Q Q Zin 1920 Ever since I graduated in 1912, I have been teaching school --I have read Caesar till I no longer have to prepare each les- son with a Uteacheris edition . As everybody knows, there is nothing either interesting or exciting in the life of an old maid school teacher-the same things happen every day, only they are more so some days. Anyhow this is not going to be a history of my life-I'm just going to tell you the only exciting thing that has happened in eight long years. It was about a week ago. and I had had an unusually hard day. I was completely worn out and decided to take the short cut through the fields home. That morning I had gotten an invitation to the wedding of Will Fewell, one of my classmates. and a girl well known in Clinton society. This had turned my thoughts backwards and I wondered what had become of the other boys. Of course I had kept up with the girls. Liza had taught with me the first year and had been married the following summer. She had married a farmer, but I have never been able to imagine Liza cooking dinner for all the hands, and then exactly on the stroke of twelve, ringing the big farm hell for them to come in. Marjorie had been a stenographer for two years and then had married her employer, who had made love to her by dic- tation. While these thoughts were passing through my mind, and

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II I Pol. X Clinton, S. C., May 1912 No. 4 literary epartmmt -Ol. G. A. NICKLES and E. A. FULLER, Editors -,.i-... Qenior Qlllass ifaistnrp The history of our class, unlike Gaul, is divided into four parts, each part being a discourse on one of the years that we have served here. Four of our members can boast of having entered the Junior Prep Class and two of having entered the Senior Prep. There were 22 of us who entered P. C. as Freshmen in 1908. No, really we have not always been Seniors, as so many think!! Our first year was spent in rubbing oii' our greenness and in preparing ourselves for the work that was to follow. We all got through and there were 14 to return in 1909. Having become accustomed to the ways of the college we could look with joy and not dread to the Rat Reception. During this year we were represented in base ball and in the college glee club and orchestra. Our class has been decreasing and there were only 13 of us tn return in 1910. In April 1911 our hearts were saddened by the sudden death of one of our former class mates, T. Cleveland Thompson. We still respect his memory and mourn his loss. After the commencement exercises, we returned to our homes wondering if this really was our last vacation. This, our last year has been a successful one from many standpoints. Only our class can know our trials and tribula- tions, which have been manyg but our pleasures have counter-

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THE COLLEGIAN 5 I was wondering what had become of the boys, I was roused from my reverie by a queer noise. I turned just in time to see an aeroplane sink gracefully to the ground and a tall man step out. He looked a little familiar, but I could not place him until he spoke- Hello, Lise , he said. Come for a Hy l That settled it-it couldn't be anybody but Dan! I gladly accepted his invitation and away we sailed. How glad I was it was Dan! Here was my chance to learn all that had happened since 1912, for I knew that unless Dan had changed inconceivably, he could tell me all I wanted to know. Before I could speak he said, Have you heard the news? Vfill is to be married! Yes, I replied, I had an invita- tion. But tell me about yourself and the rest of the boys. Of course I know all about Liza and Marjorie, but you 're the Hrst boy I've seen or heard of since June 1912 Dan drew a long breath and I settled myself for a spiel. 4'Since I lost my love for girls, I have invented several aeroplanes. This one is the most successful, it is modeled not like a bird but like a Merry Widow hat. I have just estab- lished a factory, and expect to be rich soon. You remember how Will and Paul used to talk about their prep school? Well, they really have one and are doing now. At first they could not agree as to who should be pres, ident. Finally, Will gave in, on condition that they put in a course in Oratory and let him have the chair. The course has not been very popular, as Will insists that every man shall learn his speech on the Initiative and Referendum the first thing. Ever since he graduated, Paul has been making a special study of astronomy, in eight volumes, and it is thought that Prof. Graham will use it in the Senior Class as soon as it is finiahcd. John is a very successful doctor, due largely to the efforts of his wife. The Rock Hill people have never gotten entirely over the influence of John 's imposing manner when he took the P. C. ball team there to the contest, so they have organized