Rawlings Institute - Hits and Bits Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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IHSS v IIQUGII l'm not inspired like Milton, Now l bring to you' these verses. Do not slight my etl'ort feeble, Look thou ll01'0ll1!0ll with mercies. l am of a elass of ten, Finding hard the task to render Into verse my thoughts expressing All my feelings t1'ue and tender. Many are the pleasant hours NVQ have spent upon this mound, Strolling here and there together With the many friends we' ve found. Now our hearts just swell with joy, For we've laid our hooks aside 3 We have studied long and well- May the truth with us abide. Ilboem. Though we' ve often much displeased them, Still we love our teachers dear, Who have been so kind and patient Through the trials of the year. lVe gaze long into the future, As we leave our tasks hehind, See the clouds about us gather, And the sun upon us shine. But the time has almost reached us- Time when we must say farewell lVith our teachers and our school-mates May our memory always dwell. May we scatter seeds of kindness In our homes, where'er we go, Making bright, hearts sad and weary, Leaving here, we trust, no foe. 2-1 7 C. B. Flmgncn

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election of the other otiiccrs was a minor affair, and there being no more business on hand, we adjourned. VVe feel that we have a class that excels any that has ever graduated from this venerable institution. Now, as you must know, we have girls in our class who are exceedingly bright, and, in fact, literally sparkleg on the other hand, there are some who literally blaze when rubbed the wrong way. Just when and where each of our seniors was born we have not ascertained, since we deem, it satisfactory in this case only to pre- sent evidenee that they were born somewhere at some time gp but we do know that they were born some time since the war between the States. Soon another meeting was called to decide upon our motto, select the colors and choose a flower. After many suggestions we decided upon tt Labor Conquers for the motto, and gold and garnet for the colors. Each of us had her favorite flower, but the simple red rose, an emblem of true love and its ever essential attribute, jealousy, won the day. Though we have few privileges, yet we are very much envied by the Juniors. They should remember that the time will soon come when they will be dignilied 'tSeniors, and then they will have the pleasure of going down the street alone if they will promise not to be frightened at the sight of a boy or smile at him unless he smiles first. I do hope that if they go into the post- otfice they will be careful and not get caught, for if they do, we know by experience that so hard will be their downfall they would sink even in the Dead Sea. The privileges that we have most enjoyed are the receptions which we have been allowed to have occasionally. I will attempt to tell you about the last one we had. iVe dressed in our beauti- ful evening dresses, and you all can imagine how beautiful we looked--not thinking of our looks at present. lVe were allowed to invite our friends, which added a great deal to our pleasure. The refreshments were of the most refreshing kind, served by pretty little waitresses in dainty caps and aprons. It was alto- gether a very swell affair, and we sincerely hope our successors will continue to give these delightful receptions. The gloomiest time of a school-girlis life, and especially that of a senior, is the days of the horrid examination. IVe enter the room with pale lips and the brightness of yesterday has faded from our faces, but, as the old saying is Every cloud has its silver liningf' even the examination day is not altogether gloomy, for when the results have been posted and we see our names among the list, the clouds disappear from our faces and the brightness bursts fbrth like the rays of sunshine. Though we sometimes spoke of our classes as bores and of the delightful day NVll0l1 we would have our bonfire and burn our books, yet it makes us feel very sad since the day has at last come and we know we have spent our last days at old Rawlings. In my first joy of freedom I feel that I could talk on forever, but I must resign 1ny place to our prophet, who has consulted the oracles and stands ready to gladden us with pictures of happier days. ALLEN Wrrnsnlsn.