Queens University of Charlotte - Coronet / Edelweiss Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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SHALL WOMEN VOTE? BY THE FAMOUS LECTURER MISS MARY OWEN MAY 20, 1912 ACADEMY OF MUSIC CHARLOTTE, N. C. At this moment 1 felt snmethiii; ; restinj on mv Ivind, — and what was my astonishment when I fonnd and read the above card. I conld hardly believe my eyes! That Alary ( )wen should have forgotten her motto Silence is golden, and been led by her man-hatred into lecturing on Women ' s Rights seems almost in- conceivable ! I fully made up my mind to attend the lecture that very night and discover for myself, if ]iossible, wdiat had brought about this change. Alary Pressley, — alias Miss Cordon ' s delight, alias Socrates, — took her mar- vellous brain and her knowledge of Latin, and became the Latin teacher in the public school. All day she deals in ' complimentary ' infinitives, ablative absolute, and indirect discourse; but at night the overwraughl brain has its revenge. If one listens outside her door — at any hour of the night, one can hear the ceaseless mur- mur — Amo — Amas — Amat ' — ' Ego amo te! E. RANKIN, M. D. Office Hours: 9-11; 1-3 CHARLOTTE, N. C. Although showing no decided preferance at College for physiology, Eloise finally chose the medical profession as her mission in life, became Dr. Annie ' s as- sistant, and is known and loved by all the P. C. girls, to whom, when the poor things are suffering with acute attacl s of Latin headache or Mathematical indiges- 31

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Suddenly the brook, the willow and the llowcrs fade and become dim, — a mist rises before my eyes, — and when this too clears away, I find the scene (|uite chani; ' - cd. I am on the side of a steep mountain — amid great rocks and boulders — the ground is covered with snow, and below me dashes a foaming river bearing ice- cakes to the sea. In front of me there is erected a tent and in its opening I see a girl dressed in a short brown skirt, tan leggings, and a wide crush hat ; in her hand is a case of surveyor ' s instruments. As I gaze she walks out of the tent and down towards the river bank with a very business-like air. Her face seems familiar to me — but I can not decide who she is until the Muse speaks, Dorcas Lott, after finishing ' her course under Miss Kibbe, took four years in civil engineering at a . i)rthern College, — and is now ])ersuing her life-work. ' ' Standing by the side of one of the tall iron beds of a Hospital is a girl with golden hair and laughing blue eyes, to whom the nurse ' s uniform with its snowy apron and cap is extremely becoming. Her merry laugh and cheery voice brings relaxation to many overstrained nerves, and rest to weary, suffering bodies, as Gertrude Melchor, the favorite nurse, makes her daily rounds. Margaret Morris, better known as ' 1 inn, ' Still hap]jily lives with ' Alex ' and ' Fun, ' In Alexander ' s College Music she teaches. And never once technic or theorv preaches, r I ' ut teaches her ])U])ils the ' ragtimes ' to play, And never makes them practice more Than ten minutes a day! Tlie Muse, who after thus falling into poetry has been silent for so long- that I almost fancied her gone, here begins again. Margaret Nair, whom perhaps you knew best as Toady, became a music teacher. Among her pupils was a little girl of about eight, — and the child advanced so rapidly in her studies that her father, a widower, became interested in his daughter ' s teacher. This interest de- veloped almost as rapidly as the child ' s knowledge of music, and before long Margaret was persuaded that though a ' Miss is as good as a mile ' a Mrs. is much better. If you should chance to visit one of our largest Southern cities, and attend the swellest of the society functions, you would at once notice a girl whose dainty loveliness and exquisite taste in dress distinguished her from all the rest. Dn looking close you would, I am sure, recognize Caroline Xurnberger, whose attrac- tiveness has made her the belle of Augusta. 20

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I tion, she l)i-ing-s at every visit Frencli novels and Huyler ' s candy to cheer them on their beds of snffering. Kate Hope Robinson, — always, as you remember, the star scholar in the Bible classes from Sub-Fresh to Senior, — after teaching- a few years in the Char- lotte Graded School, came back to P. C, where she became Miss Watkins ' assist- ?nt, and dug such obscure and unthought of meanings out of the simplest verses that even Miss Watkins looked in astonishment at the work of her own hands! Marie Sloan, after a few years at another college, came back to Davidson to spend a few months at home before taking up her work as teacher. But during her visit her plans were changed — she met a very charming professor who soon persuaded her that teaching was not the only thing a woman could do; — and after an extended tour on the other side, Marie came to Davidson, where her house is always open to P. C. girls, who come up for Field Day, Junior Speaking, and other occasions. Mabel Stokes, encouraged l)y her success as an athlete in the amateur circus, at College, decided that her calling in life lay in that direction ; and now, among the most conspicuous of flaming posters which herald the ai:)proach of the largest circirs in tlic L ' nited States, is a gorgeous red one which disphiN ' s the attractions of Mademoiselle Jabelle de Sto(|ues, the noted e(|uesterienne and trapeze per- former. Annie Witherspoon, although l)ecoming one of the most noted pianists of the age, still retains the modesty and unassertiveness which characterized her school days. And as for Bleeker Reid, she neglected so many opportunities while at the Presbyterian College, that the Fates condemned her to study English and Plistory the rest of her life! Startled at such apalling news I jumped up to protest: l:)ut the flower cups bowed as before and around me drooped the same old willow, and I realized that once at least I had been caught najiping-. My only consolation was that the brook murmured reassuringly, Dreams — Dreams Bleeker E. Reiu, 07. 22