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

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TENNIS CLUB C. JENNINGS. M. NEWMAN. C. BAILEY. M. I. RICIIESON. DR. MOORMAN. W. TRIPPLETT. ELOISE CARPENTER. MISS WOOD. I. EVANS. N. JESSEE. PROF. DARGAN. E. HOLLADAY. M. M. JENNINGS. MISS S. EUBANK. MRS. JONES. MISS ANDERSON B. EVANS. L. I-IOLLADAY. MISS KNIGHT. MISS DAVIS. M. I . RICI-IESON. I OFFICERS I'nESlnl+:N'1', FANNIE B. KENDALL. BUSINESS INIANAGER, NANNIIC BINFORD Snclu-rum' AND Tlzmslrlclfzxe, -- MEMBERS E. FINN. J. WILLIS. N. TWYMAN. M. MOTLEY. E. TRIPPLETT. E CARPENTER MASTER TRIBBIJE

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FENCING CLUB MEMBERS ELOISE CARPENTER EI T I B C XRPJ NTI R MABLE MOTLEY Q0

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A MID IGHT ESCAPADE BOARDING school, not far away, was once the scene ot t wely unusmg event One mfrht lftel tht ten oclock . . . . A . i g . , i , i bell had rung, which meant for us to go quietly to our little beds and put all the lights ont, my room-lnatc and I were aroused by a tap on the door, and a Ghostly Figure appeared 011 the threshold, and in a whisper invited us across the hall to l1er room to feast. Now as feasts do not come on every day of the week, we accepted her invitation with alacrity. NVhen we reached the Banquet ,llall we found several more Ghostly Figures. The light was turned on and the fun began in earnest. I suppose in our enjoyment of the good things, we fhrgot to be ve1'y quiet, anyway after a time we heard footsteps approaching. C0l1fllSl0l1 reigned! The light was put out, the door was locked, and then such a rush under the bed, table, chairs, into the ward- robe, anywhere at all I When the footsteps reached the door not a sound was heard except a stray giggle from under the far corner ofthe bed. After trying in vain to wake the occupants of the room, the footsteps slowly receded down the hall. And when all was quiet once more we crawled out of our hiding places and tiptoed to our rooms. , ' ' NVe had scarcely gotten to our rooms and gotten quiet when we heard stealthy footsteps on the tin roof outside our window. Very soon three or four of the Ghostly Figures came rushing witl1 white scared faces, exclaiming, There,s a man on the rooflv One Ghostly Figure, braver than the rest, went to the window to make sure it was fastened. .lust then the mann stepped right by the window. Every Ghostly Figure rushed out in the hall and screamed at the top of her voice. In a very few minutes the hall was full of seantily clothed Figures, even more ghostly looking than ourselves, with hair done up in curl papers, and tipping softly about lest they might accidently strike a naughty taek. Every one was talking at once, no one knew what was wrong. One lady, thinking the house was on fire, thought she would save her dearest possession, which was a switch for her hair. Some one suggested, it' it was a real sure enough man, to catch him and preserve him in alcohol as a specimen. One Ghostly Figure peeped through the shutters, and saw, not a man but a mf, having gotten out on the roof, was perambulating around looking for a place to sleep. The Figure immediately reported that a cat was on the root, but our worthy matron, being slightly deaf, thought she said calf, and her orders were instantly issnred It is nothing but a calf on the roof' fro to 2 2 s your 1'ooms at once. It was with eased minds all the Figures trooped to their rooms, and quiet once more reigned supreme. It is still the joke of the season, and whenever we hear any- thing unusnal we always say, 'f It is nothing but a calf ' J. C. S.