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

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January 5.-I have just returned from my visit home. I spent a very enjoyable Christmas. Of' course Santa Cialis came to see me. I went to two Christmas trees, also attended a New Year's party. February 20.-I have been so busy preparing for my examina- tions I haveu't had time to write in my diary. I had six exami- nations, and failed on two, Rhetoric and Literature. It certainly did hurt me, as it was the first time I had ever failed. April 2.-NVC had lots of' fun yefterday. YVe got up at three o'cloek and went down in thc dining-room. The first thing we did was to tie all the teachers' chairs to the tableg we then put' molasses in the vinegar eruet and mixed salt with the sugar. Then we went to the pantry, ate nearly all the preserves and pickle, cooked the chickens they had saved for Sundayls dinner, and tried some cotton-batting batter-eakes for Doctor soon as it was day we all went to Durphy's woods and spent a very enjoyable day. May 25.--Dr. Johnson has two large strawberry beds in his garden, and it makes us so hungry for thc berries to see the pick- ers in there all day and know we can only get a few on Sundays. But last YVednesday night we all had a plenty. When the ten o'elock bell rang, every girlis light was immediately extinguished. At twelve, twenty girls assembled in 1lCnnna's roomg from there we went into the garden, across the cabbage patch, to the straw- berry bed. Atter eating as many as we wanted, we came out, purposely leaving the gate open. The next morning we heard Dr. Johnson say that the cows had gotten in his garden the night before and damaged his cabbage patch and strawberry beds very badly. June li.-I am so glad Commencement is over. I had to recite - 1 d .'i ls in '1 1 '-r 'i ' n b - Johnson's breakfast. lVe then went back ' , lil S ng IIISO' ' MMU' :idol y ?lOT?c? . - - - 5-'v 5 mr: -inc was ver'muci I'lY'l ni . .- up-stalrs, tied all the teachers ID their rooms, I. im ls' il . 1 I gn . . i' ti gli. Us - - 1.5t1- act t nr' wi wri 1 ni ' ' - tp and wrapped the big bell so it conldn't I' L ll L ti m 3 fm-Y' is . -' . . . am can ' rome tm-ln rrov. sound when the janitor tried to ring. As H' 3 1 0 l I E'l'I-Ilfll. M. BALNVYN. L ,. mx like ,, s- - ' f-'- 4..' f 51-v .s5.'gll1 fifi .3- 1'zf,?'7i Q -I 'ITL elf - ilffgi - by K, , . i1lf-:Ai T: '1--- V I

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RESULT OF ZEUS' DINNER. O BIC NOTICICD at all by Zeus was quite an honor, but i to be invited to dine with him and with his family at- their magnificent home on Mount Olympus was some- thing almost unheard of. So no wonder all the gods and goddesses were in a high state of excitement 011 receiving invita- tions to a grand dinner to be given by Zeus himself on the evening of the fifteenth of January. But there was one god who felt especially elated, as Zeus had shown him additional honor by choosing him Master of Toasts for his dinner. This tbrtunate one was Prometheus, the son of Iapetus and Clymera. He was a very handsome and witty youth, and accordingly had been made much of till he had come to think himself quite a lion. Zeus' home on the evening of the fifteenth presented a strong contrast to its surroundings. On the outside, all was cold, bleak and dreary-the mountains being covered with snow and no signs of life being visible. On the interior all was warm, bright and beautiful, Zeus' home being furnished in the most magnificent style, and the handsome gods and beautiful goddesses moving along in a graceful procession to the throne on which Zeus was reclining, and there, on bended knee, receiving from him a word of welcome, formed a grander picture than ever artist could portray. Though Zeus was very eold and hard hearted, and was much feared by his subjects, he had a passionate love for his daughter Hebe, who was considered the loveliest goddess in all Greece. He became intensely jealous at the thought of her caring more for any one else than for him. Now, strange to say, this was the first time Prometheus had ever seen Hehe, and naturally he did the very thing he should not have done-fell in love with her at onee, and took not the least pains to conceal the fact. Hebe, too, was charmed with Prometheus' chivalrous manners and gallant bearing, and for the first time in her life she tbrgot her father. Zeus, upon noticing the turn affairs were taking, called Prometheus to him and reproved him severely for so tar forgetting himself as to think he was Hebe's equal, and for treating her as such. Prometheus apparently received this rebuke in the most gracious manner, but when the time came to give toasts he said the most satirical and cutting things, which, though said in an indirect way, were un- doubtedly aimed at the great god himself Zeus, with a patience unusual for him, waited quietly till the last guest but Prometheus had departed 3 then he poured the vials of his wrath sevenfold on Prometheus' unfortunate head. This offered a good excuse for getting Prometheus out of his way, so Zeus at once ordered him to be punished in a way that would