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

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MARGARET ELLA McCOMB, B. L. 2 O II N, n A Hickory, N. C. “A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command.” Critic Pierian Society ’ 10-’ll. Secretary and Treasurer Class TO-’ll, Annual Staff lO’-ll, Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’10-’U, Delegate to Asheville Conference ’10. One of the girls that P. C. is proud to claim, came within her walls as a timid little maid in September ’07. This timidity was not long seen, for soon we hear her gentle soft voice ringing through the halls, and see her de¬ termined and set face popping up on any disturbance, always ready to take a hand, or rather a fist in any fight to be had. Marguerite has devel¬ oped many noble traits since she has been with us for these four years— one is a love for the other sex, how interested she is to know about the latest and most exciting love-case. This “dear,” as all the “angels” call her, is also very fond of children, and declares that she is to be a Kinder¬ garten teacher, but if such a misfortune does befall this young race, they have our deepest and most sincere sympathy, for when she is good, she is very, very good, but when she is mean, she is awful. 22

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JENNIE MIRIAM LONG. A. B. e 4 , 2 o n n, n a. Charlotte, N. C. ‘‘None knew thee but to love thee, nor named thee but to praise”. President Student body ’10-’ll, President Class ’08-’09, ’09-M0, Chief Marshal Pierian Society, ’lO-’ll; Captain Varsity Basket Ball Team ' 09-’10, ’10 ’ll; PresidentAthletic Asso- ciatio’09-10;Vice-President Class’lO-’ll; Chair- Student Council ’10-’ll; Secretary Pierian Society ’09-’10, ’10-11; Captain Class Basket Ball Team, ' 07-’08, ’08-’09, ’ 9-’l0, ’10-’ll; Cap¬ tain Class Track Team ’09-’10, ’19-’ll, Annual Staff ’09-’10, ’10-’U; Marshall Pierian Society 0S-’09, Varsity Basket Ball Team ’08-’09; Secretary Athletic Association, ’08-’09; His¬ torian Class ' 07- ' 08; ‘‘S’’ ’ll. In the fall of 1907 a large number of new girls were assembled in the Freshman study hall. Every one watched them with interest for did they not represent all the possible greatness of the future? Soon, however, one little curly haired girl named Miriam, seemed to rise above all the others. From the first she proved herself to be as the old expression goes: A nat¬ ural born leader.” We would not have you believe her an “angel” for she was far from it as many of the poor long-suffering faculty might prove by bringing to mind the usual string of heartrending scrapes and escapes. Soon others besides her classmates recognized her talents and she was made leader on the athletic field and captain of our loved and famous varsity. We fear, however, that here she found the attractions of the coaches almost as great as those of the basket ball. Even in this, her last year, she so sprained her eyes winking at the little boy next door that many times she did not appear in the chapel and then we all knew that the doctor had prescribed a day’s sleep for Miriam. 21

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MILDRED STEVENSON McCUBBINS, B. S. 2 9 . II X, II A. Salisbury, N. C. “Of softest manner, unaffected mind, lover of peace, and friend of all man¬ kind.” Secretary and Treasurer Class ’08-’09, ’09-’10; Treasurer Student Body ’08-’09; Supervisor Pierian Society ’10-’ll; Stu¬ dents’ Council ’10-’ll; Annual Staff ’10-’ll; Vice-President Y. W. C. A. ’10-’ll; Class Historian ’10-’ll. Mildred, the demure; Mildred, the quiet; Mildred, the sweet; but alas, Mildred, the pretender. For does she not pretend that she is a confirmed man hater? And do we all not know that, in spite of her bold pretenses, there is a soft spot in her heart for the little boy at —— College? And does she not, in spite of the feeble protests of her room-mates, persist in staying up half the night, so that she may have beautiful curls the next day? But those who know her are only too willing to overlook these little failings, if only they may be called her friends. For is she not the truest friend a girl ever had? We all think so and take great pride in her music, her beaux, and her curls. 23