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

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T191 ll. J l NI Y S 0 L 1 'I' ll Il E The sun sinks lower hehind the hill. The sky is gaily hued--V The dusk descends on a world so still, And hrings me solitude. The shadows lengthen, hreezes hlow, And in this interlude The daylight tades with the rosy glow And leaves me solitude. All thru' the busy, hurried day I only stop for Iood. I put my heart and soul away Until my solitude. Kaleiodseopic pictures play Each trying to pass the other To hring up memories ol' t'hildhood's day Ol' home, of friends, of mother. I seem detathed from all the earth As I sit on a hill. I estimate the whole world's worth lly one I love, and still--M I try so very hard to think Oi' things that are my own, Somehow each thought gets on a hrinlt That shouts just you alone. My solitude may cause depression. It satisfies me too. For it takes up my love expression And wings it safe to you. Swiftly now the twilight liades. The silver moon rides high. The last hird call in the woody glades Says: Peaee and God on high! The stars peep thru the velvet hlue And end this interlude. So ends my lovely dream of youre- So ends my solitude. L. D. XY

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TALENT'S DEBUT AUTUMN FIRE NSOLITUDE AND PRAYER', Autumn sets my heart on fire with her brightness- Bronze of foliage, scarlet of sunset, silver of moonlight All merge into a flame that burns within me Like a roaring leaping bonfire-not calmly, As spring twilight or winter lamplight, But ruthlessly, and I am scorched by her beauty. Autumn sets my mind on tire with her courage- A last fling of color against the sky Before death comes to all her paintings. Boldly she signs her name on every tree, Garden, and lawn. I feel her blood in my being Singing, and I am burned by her spirit. MAY LEBBY SMITH. I GRAY DAY I stood at my casement window And looked at the dreary sky, The morning rather depressed me, The people hurried by: The day seemed a forewarning Of something yet to comeg I stood at my casement window And silently wished for the sun. The sky seemed, oh, so sullen! The nearby trees, so black! I had a tight close feeling As though something were sadly alack. And then, the sky seemed to open, And the sun came shining down, And the whole world bathed in splendor, And God had withdrawn His frown. SUE MAXWELL MAULDIN. In the silence of the night I awoke, Nowhere could I see a lightg Then God Spoke In the pealing of a bell Floating to me 'cross the dell, And in gentle tones did tell Of His love. In that quiet solitude I learned to pray. Before God my soul stood nude. A new day Dawned for me because of Him, A candle which had burned dim, A faith which had grown slim, Was renewed. SUE MAXWELL MAULDIN. I PICTURES A silent world and shadows- A pale moon making beautiful A small part Of all the darkness. A world of changes and doubts- A tall youth facing life and men Challenged And challenging. u 18

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She is now living at 923 Ca l aa ii l X y y ALUMNAE j Ulf? il ibm Miss AsHis Bi3NN1a'r'1' Suciss, '34, succeeds Mrs. H. B. Smith, '32, as president of the Monroe Queens- Chicora Alumnae Chapter. Monroe has a very active alumnae chapter, and we ' e have a successful year , Bennetts leadership. MRS. Dr , , 1 , y rbmia Ragan, was married in the First Presbyterian Church in Gastonia on October 19th. Virginia took a JNALD SNYUIQR CARl'l7N'l'l'R formerl Vi fr' ' business course at Dueens after her ffraduation from Duke Universit in I935. rw Y ro ina Avenue in Winston-Salem. r- l EW Mus. RALPH MAXWJELL, '31, was Ethel Mae Ban e before her marriage at the First Baptist Church in Mullins South Carolina, last june 27th. She is now living at th S' l e mg etary Apart ment in Florence. f20l