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

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TliKliK is a story in Scandinavian mytlioloi y of Igdrasyi, tiic tree of life. Its roots arc in ITela, tlie realm of death; and its branches extend throughout the universe. Watering its roots from the sacred well are three Fates — the Past, tlie Present and the Future. 1 Its boughs are histories of nations; its leaves are biographies of lives. It was of this tree that I dreamed one night. I thought I sat under its spreading branches and listened to the rustling of the leaves as they were swayed by gentle breezes. Suddenly a great blast shook the tree to its very roots, and the leaves began to fall around me. One brown, withered leaf dropped upon a i ook wliich I was holding, and out of curiosity I idly turned it over. At length my attention was attracted ])y a mark so indistinct that I could not decipher it. Tiiinking that jK ' rhaps the lines would be clearer on a fresh green leaf, T picked up one and found that on it were traced a name and a few words, telling something of the future of the person mentioned. Straightway 1 thought of my classmates, and, after a long and tedious search, found seventeen green leaves containing their names. On the first were the woi ' ds Margaret Wharton, Greensboro, Society, and 0]jhe]ia. For a time I sat bewildered, but tbe truth gradually dawned up(m me. Margaret, after a few seasons as (Jreensboro ' s society belle, is to play the role of Ophelia in Shakespeare ' s great tragedy, Hamlet. And indeed a perfect Ophelia she shall be, with her lovely golden locks and sweet, melodious voice. I was so much interested in this that I carefully and lab oriously examined the other sixteen leaves, and after much arduous thought I reached the following conclusions as to their meaning: Helen Rrackett at present expects to live with her i arents at ( ' lems(m College (for several years at least). 1)ut so the Fates have not decreed. Very soon she is to go to Arizona to visit relatives. There she shall live tbe care-free life of the Western girls. Finally she shall fall in love with a cowboy; tlie wedding day shall be set and all things shall be ready. Hut here again the Fates are against her. In an attempt to rescue a c!)ild, her lover shall be killed. Helen can never recover from this blow, and the rest of her life shall be spent in a convent. Cora Jordan ' s plans for the future shall be materialized, for, although she may not express her desires, we know that it is the dieam of her life to marry and live happy ever after. 26

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Z ' JH.f ' ' ' T™ ' ' l t said left ear reallv does exist although it hath ne er been seen by any responsible witness Twdfth : The worthy dignity of our class, represented in the sole person of H Brackett, we do store away with our caps and gowns, to be sold in connection diase at onS ' l ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ° Pi ng Juniors will please pur- Thirteenk: The subdued tones issuing forth form Miss Patterson ' s class- loom at various and sundry times between d A. M. and 3 P. M. we do bequeath W tr laS WeT: ' ' ' ' ™ Fourteenth: The infantile voice of M. J. IJeid we do give and bequeatli unto Idella Mayes, who was ])ereaved of her own rather earlv in life ueatJi unto F ' vnllll ' o ' VTw J some of our members we do leave and bequeath fi!-maiy aliments. ' ' . ' ,S% emi7,; Unto the fathers who have heretofore calked up their daughters and have been unwise enough to gne the Medical College telep] .me number we do eave and bequeath all the ' phone permissions of the year, with tl e iniuncii n tha? the} use said permissions with more happy results next year Seventeenth: The sarcastic expressions attributed to L. Blakeney we do leave and bequeatli unto he taculty to add to their already worthv collection. Eighteenth: The scholarly gleam of M. McKinnon ' s ' expansive foreiiead we do ],equeath and devise unto Miss Gordon as a worthv addition to t r iow of greatness already adorning the aforesaid Miss Gordon ' Nineteenth: The Senior gown of L. J. Harris we do bequeath and devise unto M Miller, upon condition that said gown have five two-inch tucks taken al ove MilleT Tl T-l ° ' ' ' ' ' stature of aforesai l M JVliller shall make it necessary. r .enhVtt; The unusual ear for metre lately discovered in Sue McKeown ' s ist of accomphshments wedogive and bequeath unto Pena Harrell, who 1 id fii, to rival Milton, if conscious greatness be one of the marks of genius unto Oicha Howai I, wlio seems m need of such recreation occasionallv I wmty-second: Samples of the natural coloring of M. AVharton ' w.- do -ive bequeath and devise unto Miss Lily W. Lon r to be handed nuf tn nV,, i V adornment by said Deari at the firi chapel ' Si . S i SSlbv pS any unexpected discarding of powder and paint P ' ' iig Two: ' ' ' ' ' of the LOUISE BLAKENEY. 25

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Louise Lutterloli has been preparing for her life-work since slie entei ' ecl college, and for years to come she shall make an efficient music teacher. Our graduate in yoice shall star in one of the leading grand opera companies of America, and the theatres in all parts of tlie country shall be crowded when posters announce that Mademoiselle Torrence is to sing. In 1015 Sue McKcown shall go to South America and take up her work in a mission school. Sue shall liave many strange adventures in her new home, and in a tew years she shall publish a very entertaining novel, .4 Brazilian Maid Tliis being a true story of a part of the writer ' s life, shall tell of the fortunes, or rather tJie mistortnnes, of a South American man who woos a girl from the Ignited States Florence Jamison shall, as the years roll by, endear herself to the vonth of Uiarlotte. Her name shall become the proverl)ial standard of excellence for the modern teacher. Anna Meta Buchanan shall enter a Philadelphia hospital and become a very capable trained nurse. As she moves in and out among the sick, her gentle touch and kindly word shall soothe pains and revive sinking spirits. In a few years, when posters and handbills are estensivelv advertisiu - nieetinoN to discuss the question Shall Women Vote? the most sought after speaker shall be the d.stmguislied L. J . Harris, renowned for her eloquence and effectiveness Ida Moore Alexander shall return to P. C. and accept a position as teacher of music. She shall take the place of Miss Stevens, wlio is to open an Ideal I raining School for Dignified Young Ladies. Martha and Louise Flournoy shall in the future, as in the past, follow parallel paths and contmually vie with each other in the pursuit of learning Their o-reed for knowledge shall neither wax nor wane, and when they reach middle life hev shall gne to the ]nil)lic a valuable l ook entitled Sniires and IIow to Wrilr Them It seems that Cupid has been at work among the members of our class Bu( although May Julia Peid ' s heart has been pierced bv his darts several times duriiK her school days, it was never fatally wounded, and she shall continue to live in single blessedness. After reading this unexpected prediction, T was lost for a few moments in thoughts of the future. Presently I turned to the leaves in my hand. The next one. was ha Heiinett ' s, and on it were the W(u-ds: I ' luler tlic lilossoiiiiiifv olienv trees, In the fiir ofl ' isle of Sun-Kise Land, Tlie little black-eyed Japanese Cliiif? tn the skirts and caress tlie hand Of a winsome maid of old P. C. ' s, W ho heeded the words of liei- Iving ' s eomnianil. In the years to c.mie Louise Parks shall entertain her suitors (and they shall be many) with entran -ing music. At length one youth ' s heart shall be captivated 27