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

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failing in this, she shall be content to ' bide at home, ' and too, she shall be content with the same name iorever ! The lady frowned a little when she opened the next acorn. I am not sure that this is befitting the Presbyterian College she said. Cornie Fore shall become a famous lecturer, known all over the world and her subject shall be ' Higher Education for Women. ' Again: Ethel Patrick shall go on and advance the art she studied at school, strangely for she sha become an architect. She shall become most famous, so that to all other styles of architecture shall be added the ' Patrick, ' and people shall vie with each other in trying to own the most perfect Patrick house. . A soft, sweet sort of a smile came over the lady ' s face when she opened the next acorn, and she read- Janie Knox shall reach the height of her ambition as a trained nurse; but after a while she shall decide that being a trained nurse is not the height of her ambition, but to become a doctor is, so she shall become a doctor ' s wife, which is all the same the two being one! Again: Ethel Todd and Esther Shannonhouse shall go together to the North Pole to teach the Eskimos music. Many of the Eskimos shall be frozen from holding their mouths open so long in wonder at the sound of soul inspiring music coming from the depths of those snow huts. The next time she read: Made McGinn shall be one of these new and stylish creations called i5achelor Maids. ' The place of the proverbial cat shall be taken by a Teddy bear ! Zaraida Bailes ' great love for Philosophy shall increase as the years go by and she shall have the chair of Philosophy in some college. The philosophical theories of ' Bailes shall go down the aees like those of Aristotle and Kant. Agnes Martin, being much interested in the poor and their temptations, shall make it her aim in nte to alleviate their sufferings and here ' s to her success! The Lady ' s face was very sad when she opened the next acorn, and when she showed me the picture 01 a monument on the paper I knew the reasen why. 0, my heart!

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The fire burned low. There was no Hght in the room save the soft warm glow of twilight and I was dreaming, dreaming. It was the faces of the Seniors, my classmates, that I saw in the coals that night ; because the reali- zation that I must part from them soon was upon me, and I was longing for a glimpse into the future of us all; and hoping that our lives might not be like Ships that Pass in the Night. But, suddenly, my dreams were interrupted, for the door swung open softly, and (she whom the girls call The-Lady-on-Top-the-College ) the tall white lady from on top the college glided in. I know that thou art in a dreaming mood to-night, and thy heart being young, it has no fear, so I shall give thee a glimpse into the future of thy class, 0, little daughter of mine, because I see that ' it is for that that thou art longing. See ' st thou that bunch of acorns, perfect acorns made out of coals? And if thou wilt get them, I will read the future of thy class for thee; for in each acorn there is the prophecy of some member of thy class. But thou must get them with thy fingers. 1 looked at her wonderingly. She was beautiful standing there in the twilight. She was beautiful, and her beauty fascinated me. Without knowing, without caring, I dived into the coals with my fingers and, lo, they were not burned! This was indeed a most wonderful night! I broke off an acorn and handed it to her. She opened it and read : Maude Wilkins, from her exquisite sense of humor, shall marry a humorist, made after the style of Ralph Bingham, and shall traverse the country with him, growing fat from laughing at his jokes. Opening another acorn she read: Lillie Rozzelle, after leaving college, shall go to New York to visit her brother for a while. A New Yorker shall become infatuated with this sweet-voiced, soft-eyed Southern maid and— well, Lillie shall decide to stay in New York! Again, she read: Louise Davis, the Bird, shall earnestly endeavor to fiy away as a missionary, but,

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I will read you what is written on this monument, the Lady said: TO THE MEMORY OF MAPY OWEN Died June the Twenty-ninth Nineteen hundred and eight AGED TWENTY YEARS ' Tis sad to think that one so young must die; Yet die one must if one be broken-hearted. We mourn her loss, but we knew that so ' twould be When from Miss Tyler she must needs be parted. A silence in which I mourned— and then — Lucy Harris shall go as a missionary to Korea. She shall be a most successful missionary and shall be deeply, wonderfully loved by— everybody. The next time she read: Flossie Jones shall decide that to complete her education she must study dentistry; and after a while there shall be two little offices opening into each other, and one sign hung out reading. Dr. and Mrs. Dr. Dentists. Mary Gordon Greenlee shall go to Boston to study Physical Culture, and shall become so very expert that she shall be employed by the president of the United States for awhile. After a time, she shall stop teaching gymnastics, though she shall never change her name. The next time the Lady just showed me a flaring poster on which was written in gorgeous letters: Coming Soon! Famous Prima Donna Cranford! She comes direct from Paris where she has just finished an unusually brilliant season. She is held in high esteem by the royalty of both England and France. You know what that means said the Lady, and I did. Melva Carr shall always be practical, with good strong sense. She shall marry a country minister and shall mend his clothes and help him along like a good little frau during the week and make use of her music by playing the organ for him on Sunday, Then the Lady unfolded a picture and showed it to me. I saw a woman with a most beautiful and 30