Shorter College - Argo Yearbook (Rome, GA)

Text from Pages 1 - 154 of the 1899 volume:

..«..♦-««•«••••-■•••• • •■••••• • CLASS NO 378 . Of? ACCESSION NO. 29.QlL ±- Jibrarg of Cp. leader College JRome, (Scoria THE GIFT OF ... ..•..♦-•..•-•..•.•♦ •••••••-•■••-•■ ' • • ••••■•• • •••• • i H Mm. few :■ -Lanfxctm Cx O cms WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN vJlr e OrVj Qocas Qooa ress s MILLINERY CAPES SUITS CORSETS GLOVES HOSE SHOES NOTIONS • AGENTS FOR McCALL PATTERNS, R. G. CORSETS, P. AND P. AND FOSTER GLOVES THE FINEST MILLINERY DEPARTMENT IN THE SOUTH PRICES THE LOWEST Mh WE HAVE THEM FROM J5 cts. PER YARD UP TO THE VERY FINEST MADE 314 to 326 S ftn Give, an! 245 %roa Street J on e, Qeorcjia aniM Price, SI. 75, postage 25c. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BUSINESS MANAGE jl6 FIFTH H ENUE, ROW E i PRESS I A. L. su ill .v i O. i i .[.ii i.i pi nin i roNs I HII JJ,+U. -1 -If -JLt-JL JUt M, Uf JJLJf, M,JJ.JJ .+U. Sf. To 1 Rev. R. B. Headden as a fofcen of our ' L love2and esteem ' Jhis volume of the Iris is dedicated by the editors •Trrr ' rr ' rr ' rr ' rr ' rr-Tr ' wr ' rr-Tr ' rrTrfr ' mrry Rev. R. B. Beadden, LL. D. Idftf PREFACE wt i + UR predecessors, in editing the first vol- ume of the Iris, had as their motive the upbuilding; of the college and the preservation of some of its sweetest memories. We, in sending- out the second volume, have the same object in view, and we hope that our gentle readers will be mindful, in their criticism, of the fact that we are merely amateurs along this line; but we have no apologies to offer. We have endeavored to put into print some jokes and col- lege happenings which may, in days to come, bring back the sweet memories of our alma mater. We desire to thank all who have aided us in our under- taking, the faculty, the business firms and the pupils of Shorter College, and now we launch our frail barque upon the tide of criticism. B. B. S. Miss Ella Moore West, Editor-in-Chief. Hssoctate editors Miss Elizabeth Simpson Miss Mary Lou Ware Miss Una Foster Hssistant Business Managers Miss A. Hattie Byed Miss Ada Hardy Miss Berta Simmons Miss Katherine Comer, Business Manager. Wvw fojnq Associate LditoI S orf tLL-A MoOf{E M fJ ' - ODlJoF[ IN HIE.F 6ditor-in-Cbief and Hssociatcs ( BEBTA SIMMONS Business Manager and Hsststants I i K W. F AY E R JAi B Sullivan. Linton A. Dean. ' 4 • i AW LCDBtEjren. C A HjAPCK Crushes ' 3 Faculty T. J. Simmons, A. M., President. J. H. Simmons, A. M., Associate. Literary Department T. J. Simmons, A. M., Psychology and Ethics. J. H. Simmons, A. M., English Language and Literature. J. L. Kesler, A. M., Natural Science and Higher Mathematics. R. B. Headden, D. D., Bible History and Literature. Miss Elizabeth F. Waddell, History and Political Economy. Mrs. Kate Hayes Kesler, A. M., Latin. Miss Sallie Nash Waddell, Mathematics. Miss Susie M. Bailey, Miss Ella A. Johnson, French and German. Miss Susie T. Austin, Elocution and Physical Culture. Miss Madeline Wyly, Preparatory Department. Miss Belle Comer, Assistant. Iusic Department Mrs. T. J. Simmons, Director of Music, Piano and Voice. Miss Virginia I. Pell, Piano, Pipe Organ, Theory and Harmony. Miss Susie M. Bailey, Piano. Miss Janie McNae, Piano. Miss Anne C. Worrill, Voice Culture. Alexandre De Czeke, Violin. Hrt Department Miss Celeste Ayer, Drawing, Painting, Modeling, Etc. Miss Mattie E. Rowell, Art Embroidery. 7 I Class of ' 99 Notto— ICH DIENE Officers Miss Ella Moore West President. Miss Ada Montgomery Hardy Vice-President. Miss Bertha Christina Patterson, . Recording Secretary. Miss Minnie Lorena Ezzelle, Treasurer. Miss KaTherine Comer, . . . Corresponding Secretary. Miss Una Lenora Foster, Historian. Miss A. Hattie Byrd • . . Prophet. Class Roll Miss A. Hattie Byrd, B. L. Miss Katherine Comer, B. L. Miss Minnie Lorena Ezzelle, B.A. Miss Harrietts Lou Fleetwood, B. A. Miss Una Lenora Foster, B. S. Miss Ada Montgomery Hardy, B. A. Miss Flora Mae Keller, B. L. Miss Bertha Christina Patterson, B. A. Miss Elizabeth Arline Simpson, B. L. Miss Nettie Leona Sharps, B. L. Miss Berta Bond Simmons, B. A. Miss Mary Lou Ware, B. L. Miss Ella Moore West, B. A. poet Colors Oliver Wendall Holmes WHITE AND BLUE flower White Carnation 23 History of Class of ' 99 n TLTHOUGH we number thirteen, which by some is considered quite an ill-omen, we think ourselves quite fortunate, despite the fact that the curriculum was raised and some were compelled to take more work than had been their intention. However diverse our origin, only one com- ing from the Freshman, four from the Sopho- more, three from the Junior, two with the new faculty and three new girls, having four states represented, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, we are closely bound by the traditional schoolgirl ties, which are known to last forever. Our class has one member of remarkable faithfulness, in that she has spent the last five years in school and has not been absent a day. The intention of last year ' s Junior class was to beautify the Study Hall; for which they purchased a number of neatly framed portraits of our best writ- ers; among this number we are glad to find one of our class poet, Holmes. If I were to tell you why we chose Holmes, would you laugh? Well, perhaps, you will not; and you must not even think that it casts a reflection on the graduat- ing class of Shorter College. When our president called for a suggestion for a class poet, one of the girls proposed Holmes. Another said, Yes, let ' s have him, because he is a young man. Another, Oh, he is married ! Well, if he is, his wife got burned to death. So this is why we chose him. (You must not let the young lady know that it was explained to you, but she meant that he is a late poet.) Any way, we have selected 24 him, and sincerely trust that all our pleasures and successes will not sud- denly crumble away like his ' ' One-Horse Shay. ' ' We may not know all about poets, yet we are glad to say that we know still less of ill-kept rooms. On one occasion, in discussing in the botany class the origin of mold, one of the girls said that it was those strands and knots of web- bing which may be seen suspended from the ceil- ing and across the corners of untidy rooms. In this we agreed with her. But when we have bid adieu to these college ' walls, we hope that our teachers may justly ' r say that we kept our motto, Ich Diene. And may they ever find us serving what is right, thereby executing the principle taught us at our never to be forgotten Alma Mater. H. L. F., ' 99. ifR £ t t The Senior Class Thirteen lassies bright are we, Always smiling and full of glee. Two Hatties, a Minnie and a Kate, A careless Mary Lou, who is always late, A beautiful Elizabeth, so graceful and tall. We hope that her pride will not have a fall; A bashful Bertha and a sweet Mary, An Annie, a Berta and a Nettie, A very bright Una, with hair so light, Petite Flora Keller, with teeth so white, An Ada, who ' s tall and very slender, With chestnut locks and gray eyes tender. We have sweet teachers, and we are sweet, too, Except the bad ones, who number a few, And to end my rhyme, and to give jou a rest, I ' ll append my own name, yours, Ella Moore West. 25 ON On CO  ■ ■ o , H 3 ' n u K IN- CH u 1 : f be oj c u a n CJ CO a p 5-- en 3 C - ■— c 3 ' 5. o a co CO o a CO 3 i-i CO 41 o 3 ; be bo 53 F CJ ' 3d be 41 e a a OS a u u CO P •3 CO aj t 3 a 3 O a n CO ' 3 be 5 T3 a O 3 cO £2 -c CO (V en o w ? g g 3 o CO j ■a o-s .a JC ° 3 i 41 ; co 5 J3 c 5 ■5 CO o a a; 0 (A O s a j a o rv. a U 41 bo 3 O a 41 41 £ co CD TT o ffl o a W 01 W CJ i o G K 1-1 to S3 o a ' re 5 2 co co a o - y a a 2 m t-i j 7 W -r t _0 o t-i 0 d «4H C 3 en p o u o ►4 «: p to P CO CD 3 a be a CO ! b co 41 ca M s co en (-J O h- Ml a ' S O cd ' 5 O bo P Ph 3 O bO a t-i O bo _o re CO u H 8 re S be 3 cO re M re •f. : cj o be ° -S g ' g S £ 3 i u d ffl to H H -I Z CO 3 O a •5 3 J3_ CO s a « Sh 5 4 1 bi CO X) ca a o s u ci CO C re )H ■a 2 m cu C ' Si 0) JO i- CJ 1 t •— 1 E « 5 re si •a! c Ml s T3 U P s s o O S3 W C C It c. pt o Ph 0! 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Z HI s Hi H A Q I . a! t s « • Z Q a w 6 r i- f b 1 S 3 4 t3 •I Ph Ph ? p: 1 p. ? h - : ■- o c o - - 2 - I- - p c z x : - - „ B ■ H r : ■ r r -; - ! - o 8 2 o ST j tp - m ■z t: 3Bg = :::  N 2 r 5 ■ n j [ Class of 1900 Officers Cleo Williamson, President Iza Hartley Vice President CLEO Archer Recording Secretary Mary Taylor Treasurer May Reynolds, Corresponding Secretary «£ «£ Class Roll Cleo Archer Iza Hartley Alice Myers Beatrice Brett fSTELLA Hirsch Edna Nicholson Julia Cleghorn Kate Kittles Effemai Pearce El-nice Daniel Prances Lewis fMAY Reynolds Clara Dodd Mildred Lewis Octavia Smith Maggie Du Pree Claude Lowrey Mary Taylor Allie Gloyer Leila Mooney Cleo Williamson Foy Murphy Vera Mosteller Sara Yancey fANNiE E. Haddock JVEotto Too low the) ' build who build beneath the stars. Yell Shorter! Shorter! Here we are ! We ' re the class to be the star ! When we ' re Seniors, Ha ! ha ! ha ! Razzle, dazzle, sis, boom, bah ! ! ! Razzle, dazzle, rah, rah, rah ! ! ! Hi ! ra ! ro ! ! ! Blue and gold ! 1900! ! Shorter ! ! poet— Tennyson. Colors— BLUE AND GOLD Irregular. tEnglish Literature. 29 Class of 1900 ID you hear some one say that there would be no Seniors of 1900? Perhaps so, but who was the originator of this uncalled for statement? Cruelty, thy name is woman. We thank our dear president who has corrected this error, for by doing so he has lightened many hearts, and we are now proud to say that our toil will not be in vain. During our year ' s work we have become well acquainted with grasshoppers, and every Junior will tell you that they sing by scraping their hind legs with their wings. We have seen the bond of the ' ' Merchant of Venice annulled, and have rejoiced at Antonio ' s escape from the clutches of the cruel Jew. We have pitied poor Ophelia in being so un- fortunate as to fall in love, and have taken in the deep thoughts con- tained in Bacon ' s Essays. There is no doubt but what some of us have undergone as many hardships in crossing the Alps with Hannibal as did his own soldiers ; yet our rewards, though great, have been of a somewhat different nature from those received by them. 3° We, as a class, are very fond of John fga Mathics, but do not like his brother Mathe( w) f Matics, and no one was unwilling to part with him when we knew him as Trigonometry. Girls have been known to converse on stars before now, but we have made them a special study, aud although we may not all be stars of the first magnitude, yet we have the consolation of knowing what they are. I feel sure that our parents would prefer our studying and understanding political economy (with accent on the latter word); surely there is need of some sort of economy since the Spanish-American War has left our pocket books so flat. Since we have organized our French table one would wonder why so many once talkative persons are now silent. But there is comfort in the thought that silence is golden. Some one continually asks for the silver plait ($ ' vous plait), and occasionally some one says ' Johnnie, said pa, (Je tie sais pas). It has happened, a few times, that on asking a person to partake of a dish we have been embarrased by receiving the cruel reply no mercy {non merci). Much more could be written about this wonderful class, and next year we feel sure that our historian will be able to write volumes on the many interesting things accomplished while at Shorter. A. C. L., ' oo. y u 31 - I - - - ; - i ■J! rg z : b « a z „ [fl In M B z z - - o§22 H; Z H r ? B « -  a K M m r OB C PS ■ „ ? 3 3 o a a s r £ a o H z u z Z ; = ci gsPI IS? Ei; Class of ' 01 jviotto Bear a lily in thy hand;  Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. — Longfellow. Officers Lucile Golden, President Carrie Eakes Vice President Annie Will Carver, Secretary Ethrl FORTENBERY Treasurer Class Roll Louie May Weems Mary Adamson Gussie Henderson Zula Adkins Annie Lee Kennedy Annie Will Carver Ethel Maitland Bessie Covington Phoebe Moss Edna Covington Miss Mattie Lou Morton Carrie Eakes Kathleen O ' Rear Ethel Fortenbery Cecilia Paul May Fortenbery Annie Selman Gussie Griffeth Lucile Golden Ida Wagner Celeste Waddell Poet— John Greenleaf Whittier. f lower- Colors— PURPLE AND LAVENDER. -Violet. Yell Rip ! rah ! rah ! sis boom bah ! Purple and Lavender ! Yah ! ki ! yah ! Boomalaka ! hi ! ho ! Zip ! rah ! bun ! S. C G. A.! 1901!!! 35 Class of 1901 1 HOUGH we Sophs appear young in years we are really very old in experience, for our work has carried us to the farthest shores of time. We have followed Aeneas through deep waters to fair Italy ' s shore and heard Cicero from the Forum, hurl his thunders at Cati- line. Fresh in our memory is a march with Caesar across the Alps, when we waded through gore into Gaul. Had these esteemed Romans learned in their youth to conjugate amo as diligently as we Romans of to-day are compelled to do, possibly there would have been less of battle and murder, and more of brotherly love breathed through their classic lines. We have not only learned a little Latin, but some of us can parler and sprechen to the confusion of our friends, and though we hardly expeot to become so accomplished as the Vassar girl who could chew gum in four languages, we hope at least to disprove that old saying that one tongue is too many for a woman, by the wise use of several at the same time. We learned in the laboratory not only to earn our salt, but to make it, and are past masters in the art of concocting such rare perfumes as sulphuretted hydro- gen. We have also manu- factured some articles which have won for us the title of Amateur Moon- shiners, though a con- noisseur might object to the strong flavor of preserved grasshoppers, which characterized one compound. 36 reach the placid plains of dum. Our deep research in mathematics has made even solid geometry seem plane, and we have learned that life here at least is governed by the triangle rather than square. We have entered the broad fields of American literature and culled many flowers with the poets. Have been Snowbound with Whittier, and heard him Telling the Bees, How The Robin Came. We have chatted with Holmes Over The Teacups, and listened to Poe ' s ravings, wandered hopelessly with poor Evangeline, and accepting Emerson ' s advice Hitch Your Wagon to a Star are now climbing to infinite meadows of English Literature. In history we have walked down the corridors of Time and knocked at the doors of the nations. We have climbed the Pyramids, viewed the Hanging Gardens, fought at Marathon, and sat with Marius, amid the ruins of Car- thage. In short there seems but few words left for us to conquer when we tv ' ' Juniordom, or the dizzy heights of Senior- C. W. W. ' 01. 37 Iusic Graduates 39 The College Library HE College Library was established soon after the founding of the College, but for some years its growth was very slow. The real usefulness of the Library may be said to date from 1892, when a special effort was made to enlarge and improve this important de- partment of the Institution. In October, 1898, the libraries belonging to the literary societies were turned over to the College authorities, and became a part of the General Library, which was then moved to the new quarters on the second floor of the main building. The wisdom of the societies in giving up their independent libraries has been abundantly justified, for since the transfer was made the students have enjoyed far better library facilities than ever before. The Library now has about five thousand thoroughly classified vol- umes. It contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, standard works in the various departments, and the leading literary and scientific magazines and reviews of America. It is furnished, too, with many valuable works of technical and exhaustive character, so that any subject taught in the College may readily be pursued beyond the limits of text-book or mono- graphic treatment. During term-time the Library is kept open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. , and from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m., every day, with the exception of Sundays and holidays. Students are allowed to draw books under the usual re- strictions, and a Library attendant is always present to see to their wants. Additions to the Library are made regularly by the Faculty. The funds available for this purpose are derived from library fees which students must pay at the beginning of each semester. These funds are expended under the direction of the Curator in such a way as to do justice to each department of the Library. It is earnestly requested that the alumnae and friends of the College will bear in mind the needs of the Library, and that they will make contributions to it from time to time. The College returns thanks to the following persons who during the past session have made valuable gifts to the Library: Professor J. L Kesler, Hon. John W. Maddox, President T. J. Simmons, Senior Class of 189S, Mrs. T. J, Simmons, Senior Class of 1899. 41 Class Presidents 1892 JWss f ranees Biggins, Selma, HIa. 1893 Niss Ruth Love joy (J lrs. Barwell), La Grange, 6a. 1894 Miss Iyra Rill, tlniontown, HIa. 1895 Miss Katie Johnson, Mansfield, La. 1896 Miss Brnma Belle Zellars, Grantvtlle, 6a. 1897 Miss Josephine Bennett, Hnniston, HIa. 1898 Miss f lorida Bayard Seay, Rome, 6a. 1899 Miss 61la Ioore HIest, Rome, 6a. 42 A College Man ' s Revenge Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Yale ! Yale ! Yale! HEY had been cheering for some time and she was not ready yet. He had timed her and it had been twenty minutes that he had waited on the . steps while she was primping. O, gee, will girls ever learn to be ready on time? I would like to make a girl, have her to be ready on time once, then put her in a dime museum with the sign ' Only girl on record that was ready when her escort called. ' My ! My ! I believe I could make my fortune. Suppose I could make enough to support Mignonette then. Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Yale ! Yale ! Yale ! Mignonette, dear little girl, he sighs, for goodness ' sake come on. People will be so interested with the game they won ' t notice whether you have a curl there, a curl here, or whether your hat is on straight or not. If you don ' t come on-I-amal- most-tempted-to, shall I —he is standing erect— tempted-to leave-you. He sits again. No, I shall sit right here, and if we don ' t get there until the game is over I don ' t give a darn; heigho. From a distance he hears Rah ! Kah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Yale ! Yale ! Yale ! and it inspires him. But to drown these cheers he whistles Hot Times. Fifteen minutes latei Mignonette walks out of the front door, looking very striking in a tailor-made suit with a little Paris made hat, in which she looks quite stylish. The fragrance of the mignonette that she wears is delightful. By Jove ! Don ' t she look stunning, and he forgets how long he has waited. Say, Mignonette, what made you come so soon? You used to come at ten o ' clock, but now you come at noon. Now, see here, Dave, I shall not have any foolishness from you. You know that you met me yourself this morning with that pitcher of water, and, of course, I had to curl mv hair all over. Then I ' ve had all sorts of bad luck; so don ' t fuss, please. Well, Beauty, you look so pretty, I won ' t say another word. They reach the ball grounds and find the game half over. Mignonette ' s heart sinks when she sees how late they are. It is useless to describe Dave ' s looks or feelings. It was his last year at Yale, and this was to be the University ' s last game. It was against Harvard, too. For six years Yale had been victor but once. He sighed, but his heart fluttered when he looked at his companion ' s dark blue eyes, looking so sad. Mignonette ' s down-cast expression only lasted for a second, though. Say, Dave, I don ' t care. We can ' t stay but about ten minutes, so let ' sgofora walk. Hurrah for you, Mignonette ! He tried to look happy, for he almost felt that way when he thought of being with her for another hour. But then other things flashed through his mind. I ' ll have my revenge yet. She caused me to miss seeing the two best operas that have been to town this year. She caused me to miss the car and we had to walk 43 three miles to Efferton one day. She caused me to miss the game with Princeton, and now, to cap the climax, she has caused me to miss what I have longed for for weeks — the game with Harvard. I will have my revenge ! II. It was leap year. He had just received this note : Will Mr. David Harriden allow Miss Mignonette Rankin. to have the pleasure of accompanying him to the ' Leap Year Hop, ' Friday, 14th, 189- ? He answered immediately : Nothing would please Mr. Harriden more than to be with Miss Rankin Friday night. III. At last the night has come. The door bell rings. The footman announces: Miss Rankin is awaiting Mr. Harriden ' s pleasure. Yes, and by Jove! she will wait, too. Say, Sid, go over there to the front win- dow and raise the shades as high as you can get them. The shades are up and the room is lighted brightly. Dave stands at the bay win- dow facing the street Slowly he pulls on his right glove. He carefully presses on each finger, then just as deliberately he puts on the left glove. He walks to his mirror, arranges his tie and strokes his hair. Finally he reaches the other side of the room, wliTe he leisurely puts on his overcoat. Then to the hall, where he finds his hat and cane. Thirty minutes after Miss Mignonette ' s presence was announced he reaches the carriage. ' • I hope I haven ' t kept Miss Rankin in the cold very long? Oh, no! Pray be seated, Mr. Harriden. Sobs choked her as she put her head out of the carriage window and in a stifled voice gave orders. Drive as fast as possible to the grand ball room. Mignonette, I have been a perfect old brute. Darling, forgive me. I was so stupid. And a golden head rests on his shoulder and a little hand steals into his big one. She weeps silently on his shoulder. The sweet perfume of crushed mignonettes fills the air. May Reynolds. A Boston Nursery Rhyme ONCE upon a time a subconstitutionalist Mysteriously met a proantitransubstantiationist. There was a considerable disproportionableness, Which causes an unspeakable transubstantiationableness To the forever bright spirit of philoprogenitiveness. For this reason the honorificabilitudinity, Who by no unsingular chance is an anthropophoganarian, In some odd way known for his incomprehensibility, And is also known as velocipedestrianistical. Translation if desired. Remit stamped envelope to Miss Minnie FzzellE, Vans Valley, Ga. 44 The Luck Stone UCILE, a bnght little maiden of five summers, quietly slipped away from Mammy and her little brother a nd went down by the brook to pick the wild flowers, which grew so luxuriantly in the cool shade. She was gathering the beautiful little forget-me-nots along the bank when she saw something shining out in the water. She first thought it was a diamond, but, after fishing for it with a stick a long whi ' e, and almost losing her balance several times, she pulled it to the edge of the water and found it to be only a bright little pebble. But, as it was a very pretty one, she decided she would keep it, so dropped it into the pocket of her pina- fore, which was none the whiter for her scramble after the pebble. After awhile it began to grow dark and Star, for that was her pet name, was tired and sleepy and wished she were at home. It was not long, however, until she heard Mammy calling her. She answered, and Mammy came for her, and soon she was tucked.away in her snug little bed. The next morning, when she was being dressed, the little pebble fell out of her pocket. As soon as the old negress saw it she exclaimed, A, Lawd, honey chile, whar you dun foun ' dat pebble? Wy, chile, fur sho ' dat ' s Mammy ' s lu ' k stun, whut she been los ' ayurdiscomin ' Fofer July. Mammy paused for breath, and Star, anxious to know all about the queer pebble, asked, Mammy, did you say it was your ' lu ' k stun ' ? Yes, chile, 45 dat ' s whut ' tis, an ' ' case I los ' it is whut dun brung sich a turr ' ble z- ' mount er ' fliction an ' ' versity on dis yur fam- J || bly. Fo ' ole Unker Si, afore he breave his las ' breaf, say ter me, ' Hyar, L,indy, I guine er gib ye de fambly lu ' k stun, ' case ye has mos ' gener ' ly been er pow ' rful keerful nig- ger. It ' s de fambly he ' ditary lu ' k stun, an ' is ' scended plum down frum Marse Adum. Now, be sho ' ter keep hit lak ye would ye lu ' k. ' An ' , chile, ef I hadn ' er los ' hit, dem ole Yanks ' ould er ' haved deyselves, an ' Marse Floyd ' ould er been er enjoyin ' life ter-day, an ' dere wouldn ' er been no fightin ' ' tall. An ' now, ' case dis is foun ' , de fightin ' guine ter obcease. The next day news came to the ole plan- tation that the Confederates were victorious in a great battle, and Mammy declared it was because the lu ' k stun was found. She said until the last that the fortune of the war would change, but when the dreadful end came, she told Star that Hit must er broke de charm w ' en I los ' dat lu ' k stun. A. H. B., ' 99. {% % (1 en i 3 o 3 °l J C o My Music Teacher Le Voix de Detresse (♦ .■•fe ; d ' une Eleve Have you seen my little teacher, The sweetest in Shorter ' s hall ? Do you think that you would know her When I tell you she ' s not very tall ? You will love her, too, when you know her, For she is brightness in the dark ; In her eyes are diamond lights, In her voice the song of a lark. Pretty, wee hands, for music made, Seem more dimpled, dainty and white, When playing a scale, mine go wrong, And her ' s so kindly set me right. Ah ! can you never, never guess ? Well, listen, and you shall see ; But I know, if you think real hard. You will surely say, Miss V. P. F. L. Je suis une poor eleve Et je make le professeur rave Si je try si hard de lire Avec accent very queer L ' expressiou, Je me l£ve. Et je ne sais pas que do Ouand il me dit, lavez-vous ' Je wish je n ' etais here Ouand il me faut ecrire Ees mots, Je suis debout Et comme un bust je fais Si earnestly je pray, For le temps d ' etre here Quand avec undiabolique leer II me dit, C ' est assez. Les verbs je beaucoup fear Et je now await le pire Car l ' examens ' approche I will wreck upon cette roche II n ' y a plus pour moi-dire. 49 it Then You ' ll Remember Me. L |ES, the very first time he had seen her with the college girls at church, the first Sunday in September, 189 — , he had loved her. I should have said he was attracted by her at first, then he liked her and wished to meet her ; but, alas, how well we know cruel Fate deals with col- lege girls and town young men, and it was many a long day , before Ralph met this pretty college girl from Southern Georgia. Yes, Marie was a Senior, and one of those queenly, lovable girls who somehow unconsciously find a place in everybody ' s heart. She was tall, a brunette, and in those soft, brown eyes the innocence, purity, humor and gentle- ness of her very soul was pictured. It was a glance from those -er3 ' eyes which had attracted Ralph, but it was her own sweet self that afterward held him captive. Ralph, who was twenty-five, acted like a foolish college boy. He never missed church or his class on Sunday ; that was all well and good. But when he never studied his lesson nor heard a word of the sermon; that was not right, but somehow he argued that if Providence meant him to listen to the sermon, that pretty girl should not have been thrown in his way. Then, when he ' d see a group of college girls up town he ' d walk a block or two just t o see if Marie was among them, and then walk by the college. Well, rain or shine, he ' d always have to meet a man up on Shorter Hill ; and as no man ever met him, he busied him- self with scanning with eager eyes the terrace and gazing at a certain window on the second floor. Yes, he was just as big an idiot as any college boy. Wasn ' t it funny he never had an opportunity of meeting her at any of the Senior receptions, but at each time he had been bored to death by some uninteresting girls, and Marie — he just knew — was worn out trying to entertain that stupid fellow Davenport, whom he heartily detested. He felt that Marie would like to meet him, for he ' d often caught her looking over t at him. He wondered if some little bird could have told her ' his secret, and if any had, he ' d like to wring its neck, too ! Things began to grow serious, so he thought he ' d find a way to obtain an introduction by letter if he couldn ' t do it in any other way. He was quite friendly with one of the day pupils in the Senior class, and she wrote a letter of introduc- tion and gave it to Marie. Then, of course, Marie wrote a sweet little note to him, thanking him for the interest he took in her, etc. In time letters were exchanged, Fraternity pin for Class pin, and before Commencement, lo and behold, heart had been given in exchange for heart ! Not long after college was out, he visited her and found her in her home surrounded by every luxury, an only daughter of wealthy parents, who l m. idolized her and gratified every wish and desire. At first, they did not like the idea of Marie ' s marrying, but as Ralph was twenty-five, wealthy, fine family, and in fact, everything to make him a desirable son-in-law, the engagement was agreed upon, but no date set. The afternoon of the second day of his visit, he received a telegram calling him away, and con- sequently he went out to her home and spent the whole afternoon, and while on one of the rustic benches, under the tree near the fountain, they sang together, he playing the guitar, Then You ' ll Remember Me. Sweet and low, and in perfect harmony did her rich soprano mingle with the grandeur of his baritone, until the little birds above stopped theirlullabies to the nestlings and listened to the song, its music seeming almost divine in its sweetness and pathos. The sun had sunk behind the distant mountain, and the sky was colored with rosy and amber hues, and before long the twilight shadows would begin to gather and then he must leave her, but not alone, for as the last sweet words of the song ended, she felt that there was an unchanging assurance of his love which would always be with her and help to make their separa- tion feel less long, and their meeting far more sweet. One last embrace, and as the stars peeped out, one by one lighting up the great blue dome of heaven, he left her, till the fall, when he would return and claim her as his own. Two years have passed, but now a different scene. Yes, the summer has returned, the flowers, the trees, the same rustic seat by the playing fountain was there, but. ah, on that rustic bench can only one be seen. He sits and sadly gazes at the sinking sun, and watches the stars come out one by one, listens to the gurgling of the fountain and the twitter of the songsters just above him. He is thinking— ah, who but those that have also felt the sorrow and loneliness of a broken heart understand what thoughts were his, but in the depth of his grief, he can almost feel the presence of his sweet companion again beside him, and can almost persuade himself that he hears her clear soprano again mingled with the soulfulness of his own sad voice. When he moves in his reverie he feels that his sadness is real, and as he lingers long after the clear June moon has shed her silver rays and bathed the whole earth in her glory, he tries again to hum the song to himself. At first only sup- pressed sobs of broken heart can be heard, but as the gentle breezes of the cloudless night stir the leaves above him, he thinks he can hear her voice, clear and sweet as of old, singing Then You ' ll Remember Me — With a start, he awakens from his horrible dream to hear Marie calling, Ralph, please come and help me bring in tea — and laughingly to Marie he says, Sweet, when you need me, ' then you ' ll remember me, ' eh? F. B. S. ' 98. 51 Snow-Bound at Shorter HAT a pity that the weather man manufactured such a disagreeable evening, when Mrs. Simmons had arranged such a lovely program for the St. Cecilia concert . The afternoon before the concert, sleet rattled rapidly on the tin roof, and, before night, had changed to large flakes of snow. The St. Ceciliansi would not be discouraged, and when eight o ' clock came, were all seated on the stage. The audience was small, but appreciative, for each number on the pro- gram was applauded with enthusiasm. As the weather was so disagreeable, several of the town girls remained for the night. The next morning, Sunday, we found every- thing covered with a pure white mantle. How calm and beautiful everything was, the stillness only broken by the breakfast-bell. With exclamations of delight, we assembled in the dining-room, shivering with cold , for the thermometer read ' ' six below zero. It would never do to say we felt the nipping air, for each one thought how delightful a frolic would be. In this we were ' not disappointed ; after breakfast we were allowed to have a snow battle. How thoroughly exhilarating it was ! And what a beautiful picture was witnessed from the windows. The girls, their cheeks aglow with exercise, hats and cloaks covered with snow. Flora, our college photographer, caught some snap- shots of the girls in various attitudes. Mr. Pickett, for instance, was very effective, posing as an ardent lover. 52 A visitor at the Cottage got the worst of a snowball fight, for he was taken unawares, poor fellow ! They pelted him unmercifully, and screamed Coward when he ran to the nearest refuge. The girls at Shorter are strangely (?) fond of snow and sugar. Thinking perhaps that you would like to make some next winter, we give you the recipe: First. Slip down, unobserved, to the kitchen, and beg some sugar from the housekeeper. Next, raise your window noiselessly and scrape the snow from the windowsill. Have ready a medicine glass, which you have cleansed from all thoughts of castor oil and paregoric. Also your toothbrush mug, and those of your roommates. Next pour in the sugar, stir with a straw extracted from the hearthbroom. If you have no spoon convenient, substitute the scissors. This proves entirely satisfactory. A little remembrance of rubifoam improves the taste. K- C. ' 99. 53 St. Cecilia Society (rff B Ur ) Officers Miss Stella Foy Miss Maydie Thweatt . Miss Edith Hardy Miss Bertha Patterson Miss Katherine Comer President First Vice-President Second Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Members Miss Cleo Archer Miss Meta Baldwin Miss Dorothy Boyette Miss Beatrice Brett Miss Annie Will Carver Miss Eva Cochran Miss Belle Comer Miss Katherine Comer Miss Lula Curry Miss Clara Dodd Miss Ruth Dean Miss Stella Foy Miss Lucile Golden Miss Lena Orr Miss Annie L. Haddock Miss Edith Hardy Miss Stella Hirsch Miss Mildred Jones Miss Annie L. Kennedy Miss Frances Lewis Miss Will Nell Lavender Miss Mildred Lewis Miss Claude Lowrey Miss Amma McRae Miss Vera Mosteller Miss Foy Murphy Miss Bertha Pattterson Miss Cecile Paul Mrs. T. J. Simmons Miss Effie May Pearce Miss Virginia Pell Miss May Pickett Miss May Reynolds Miss Alberta Spencer Miss Maydie Thweatt Miss Ida Wagner Miss Ada Lee Timberlake Miss Mamie Turner Miss Effie Melton Miss Celeste Waddell Miss Mary Lou Ware Miss Ella Moore West Miss Maida Williams Miss Annie Worrill Miss Mary Worrill 54 St. Cecilia Society Critic ' s Report of St. Cecilia Society S NEARLY as I can ascertain, the general opinion of our society is that the program of January 30th was the best we have ever had. Consequently, very little adverse criticism is necessary this time; however, in behalf of our critics of the past and future, let me exhort St. Cecilians to receive criticism gracefully, and not hold it against the critic if she criticizes according to her convictions. The organization is not a Mutual Admiration Society, by which we might not and could not profit, but one for mutual musical aid and development; and how may this end be accomplished but by honest criticism? Therefore let us all take it in good part, and refrain from any unkind remarks as to the critic ' s apparent partiality to one or unnecessarily harsh remarks about another. After the society business our president read an interesting sketch of Liszt as a Pianist. Her manner was very graceful, her reading not too fast, and best of all, her enunciation so distinct that I doubt if anyone in the room lost a single word. I would recommend that we all make Miss Foy our pattern in this respect. In the Gondoliera, Miss Jones evidenced a marked improvement since she played it before the society on one of its early programs. Her rendition of the Rhapsodie No. 11 was interesting in the extreme, and her technique showed much concentrated practice. Miss Jones is gaining more confidence in herself lately and we always enjoy her performances. The paper on ' ' Liszt as a Composer ' was well written, and Miss Hardy was. very easy in her manner, but we would suggest that hereafter, on similar occa- sions, she occupy a more central position 57 in the room, say under the chandelier, and read more clearly and in less haste. Though Miss Worrill, on the time-worn , , excuse out of practice , thought seriously at (I 1 one time of adding ten cents to the society treasury instead of appearing on the program, ff played the Liebestraum No. 3 very sweetly and with her usual clear touch, though we noticed that she followed the notes more strictly than is generally her custom. She would do well to resume her piano practice. Perhaps two of the most interesting and instructive numbers on the Liszt program were Mrs. Simmons ' extempore sketch of Liszt as a pedagogue, and of a visit to his home at Weimar. We are always delighted to find Mrs. Simmons ' name on our program, but having two numbers from her on our last was indeed an unexpected pleasure. As Miss Pell took her seat at the piano, her audience seemed to feel intuitively, if not from past experience, that it was about to listen to one who was fully prepared to fill the place assigned her by the program committee. Our expectations were not only completely realized, but surpassed. Her ease, grace and self confidence were ecpualed by no one who has ever played for us before, and her interpretation of the beautiful Somg to the Evening Star was so realistic that we could almost hear the voice of some concealed singer sustaining the melody. Miss Patterson always plays admirably, but in the Rhapsodie No. 12 she eclipsed herself, adding new laurels to those she has already won. Our critic ' s report was very well written and pleasingly delivered except for a little indistinctness in enunciation. She criticized very fairly except in the case of Miss Reynolds , whom most of us thought deserved more favorable remarks, as her r t? Miss Reynolds was herself the critic. 5S rendition of Because I Love You, Dear, was thoroughly delightful. Miss Williams deserves special commendation for her reading of the Musical News, for, despite the fact that she has never studied German, her pro- nunciation of the many words from that language was very good. For some reason this number was omitted from the program, whether through fault of the program committee or of the printer we do not know, but we will give them the benefit of the doubt and add this to the already long list of mistakes on the part of President Simmons ' stenographer. In case this was her fault, she hereby makes due apology to the program committee in particular and St. Cecilians in general. Those of us who witnessed the last program were, I am sure, forcibly impressed with the fact that the St. Cecilia Society of Shorter College numbers among its members many who can undoubtedly interpret the masters upon the key-board. R. E. D. 59 Shorter College St. Cecilia Concert Saturday evening, f ebruary 11, 1899 Eight © ' ctocfi %£ ( % program 1. Song, ' ' Serenade (in unison) ...... St. Cecilians. 2. Piano Solo, Hungarian Rhapsody No. n . Miss Mildred Jones. 3. Song, To Sevilla (in unison) ...... Misses Mary Worrill and Beatrice Brett. 4. Piano Solo, Pastorale ........ Miss Susie Bass. 5. Contralto Solo. It Was Not So To Be .... Miss Will Nell Lavender. 6. Piano Solo, Sonata Pathetique ...... Miss Meta Baldwin. 7. Soprano Solo, The Angelus ...... Miss Stella Fov. 8. Chorus, Peggy .... .... St. Cecilians. 9. Piano Solo, Prelude in D flat ...... Miss Edith Hardy. 10. Song, Good Night. Sweet Dreams ..... Misses May Pickett and Katherine Comer. 11. Mezzo-Soprano Solo, Because I Love You Miss May Reynolds. 12. Tenor Solo, The Ring ' 13- 14. 15- Mr. William Mc Williams. Piano Solo, Revolutionary Etude Miss Bertha Patterson Soprano Solo, Polonaise from Mignon Miss Annie Worrili. Chorus, Happy Day Schubert Liszt Dessauer Warren Nesler Beethoven Operti Neidlinger Chopin Bischoff Hawley Hawley Chopin Thomas Goetze St. Cecilians. 60 Alumnae Association of Shorter College The Alumnae Association of Shorter College was officially organized September, 1897. The following officers were elected: Miss Berta Maddox President Miss BETTIE Ledbetter First Vice-President Miss Lula West Second Vice-President Miss Clara Rhodes Recording Secretary Mrs. A. B. h. Mosley Corresponding Secretary Miss Rosa Montgomery Treasurer rTT J HE work of the association during the first year was social and busi- ness meetings, that the members might become well acquainted 1 % and the association thoroughly organized for substantial work in the future. Having accomplished our objects, besides having placed a small amount in the treasury a year later, we decided to take upon ourselves, as the work of the association, the maintenance of a beneficiary at Shorter College. Several persons were suggested- but we very soon unanimously selected the young lady who is now enjoying the great benefits of our Alma Mater. This young lady was graduated with very high honors from the High School of this city, but owing to reduced finan- cial circumstances was unable to continue her education. It gives me pleasure to say that her teachers tell me her records in all of her lessons are very high. One of her class is reported to have said that she herself had hoped to lead her class this year, but had found this impossible on account of the standard of our beneficiary. It gives me pleasure to say also that President Simmons having very kindly made a reduc- tion in the tuition for our beneficiary, every cent of the tuition for the entire year was paid before the end of February and a small amount is still in the treasury. Besides the strong efforts of the local Alumnae, much was deposited in our treasury by Alum- nae living in other places. Though distance separate us, now that we have a common object, we are more than ever united. One of the pleasantest features of our association is Alumnae Day at Shorter Commencement. Since the official organization of our Alumnae Association we have had, at Commencement, an orator from some other city and a short program consisting of vocal and instrumental music and a few recitations. Immediately afterward the Alumnae are tendered a reception by President and Mrs. T. J. Simmons, to which are invited all the local and visiting Alumnae and friends of Shorter College. During each Commencement the Alumnae come from other places and so keep alive interest in our association and the spirit of love and unity among ourselves. Long live and prosper the Alumnae Association of Shorter College. One of its Members. 61 Polymnian Literary Society Miss Belle Comer Miss A. HaTTIe Byrd Miss Beatrice Brett Miss Berta Simmons Miss Cleo Williamson (• ■ fe Offiicers President First ' Vice-President Second Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Colors WHITE AND GREEN ]Vamcs Miss Florence Brett Miss A. Hattie Byrd Miss Cordelia Veal Miss Louise May Weems Miss Naomi Bale Miss Nellie Barrett Miss Katherine Comer Miss Edna Coyington Miss Julia Clegh orn Miss Clara Dodd Miss Minnie Ezzelle Miss Una Foster Miss Annie Griffin Miss Mildred Jones Miss Annie Lee Kennedy ' Miss Phoebe Moss Miss Plassie McClain Miss Bertha Patterson Miss Frankie Ross Miss Nettie Sharpe Miss Belle Comer Miss Annie Clement Miss Allie Chambers Miss Maggie DuPree Miss Miss Clara Eak.es Cledie Miss Gussie Griffith Williamson Miss Gussie Henderson Miss Dottie King Miss Rosa Montgomery- Miss Leila Mooney Miss Effie Melton Miss Varner REECE Miss Berta Simmons Miss Lizzie Sanders 62 Eunomian Literary Society Object Mutual improvement and mental discipline. It was designed to afford an oppor- tunity for the exercise and display of such literary talent as may have been bestowed upon its members. Colors VIOLET AND PINK flower Parma Violet Notto Paulo Majora Officers Miss Elizabeth Simpson, President Miss May Reynolds, Vice-President Miss Ella West, Recording Secretary Miss Claude Lowrey, Corresponding Secretary Miss Dorothy BoyeTTE, Treasurer Miss Stella Foy, Librarian Miss Amma McRae, Stewardess Miss Mary Lou Ware, Doorkeeper Critic appointed at each meeting 63 Eunomian Literary Society— Continued « r Members Miss Maida Williams Miss Katie O ' Rear Miss Zula Adkins Miss Vera Mosteller Miss Maidie Thweatt Miss Mildred Lewis Miss Mattie Lou Morton Miss Ida Wagner Miss Lucile Golden Miss Mary Worrill Miss Fov Murphy Miss Iza Hartley Miss Celeste Waddell Miss Flora Keller Miss Cecile Paul Miss Lollie Cordle Miss Annie Will Carver Miss Fannie Lewis Miss Claude Lowrey Miss May Fortenbery Miss Alberta Spencer Miss Hattie Fleetwood Miss Ethel Fortenbury Miss Octavia Smith Miss Ada Lee Timberlake Miss May Pickett Miss Stella Hirsch Miss Laura Nicholson Miss Edna Nicholson Miss Mary Ta -lor Miss Alice Meyers Miss Mary Wright Miss Lula Curry ' Miss Allie Glover Miss Ruth Dean Miss Annie Worrill Miss Stella Foy Miss Meta Baldwin Miss Amma McRae Miss Bessie Covington Miss Efkie May Pearce Miss Lena Orr Miss Sara Yancey 7 Miss Mary Lou Ware Miss May Reynolds Miss Ella West Miss Ada Hardy Miss Eva Cochran Miss Dorothy ' Boyette Miss Elizabeth Simpson Miss Florence Brunner Miss Cleo Archer 64 Y. W. C. A. (• ♦ jfe Miss Minnie Ezzelle President Miss Lena Orr Vice-President Miss Maydie Ione Thweatt Treasurer Miss Flora May Keller Secretary Miss Bertha Patterson . . Chairman of Devotional Committee Miss Effie May Pearce . . Chairman of Missionary Committee Miss Mary- Lou Ware . . Chairman of Reception Committee Miss Annie Will Carver . . Chairman of Membership Committee J J Members Miss Cleo Archer Miss Fannie Lewis Miss Florence Brunner Miss Mildred Lewis Miss Bessie Covington Miss Vera Mosteller Miss Edna Covington Miss Alice Myers Miss Lollie Cordle Miss Mattie Lou Morton Miss Clara Dodd Miss Edna Nicholson Miss Mae Fortenbery Miss Laura Nichocson Miss Ethel Fortenbery Miss Celeste Waddell Miss Lucile Golden Miss Maida Williams Miss Annie L. Haddock Miss Effie Melton Miss Dorothy Boy ' ette 65 R. 0. K. Officers Susie Bass President Mabel Smith ........ Vice-President Maud Harris Secretary Ruby Reynolds ..... Corresponding Secretary Lizzie Reece ........ Treasurer Names Gertrude Nichols Agnes Smith Annie M. Cothran Lilie Gammon Aimee Battey Mabel Smith Ruby Reynolds Florence Brunner Bessie Kay Mary Howell Mary Lou Yancy Susie Bass Maud Harris Lizzie Reece Shetcb of R. O. K. Members of R. O. K. are working to establish a library for use of the Preparatory department. They have bought, since November, about one hundred volumes. They hold their meetings fortnightly. Their program is of current events, recita- tions, readings, etc. Sometimes they devote their meeting to discussions of some favorite author ' s works and life. 66 The Day ♦ ■fe THE half-awaking light from the drowsy dreams of night, Sleepy, slumb ' rous dreams of night ; This is dawning, radiant dawning. The latest morning star hidden safe in the sky ' s boudoir. Blue boudoir, fair boudoir, where the angels ' secrets are ; This is morning, dewy morning. The sunlight on the leaves, how wond ' rously it weaves, How strangely, how wond ' rously it weaves ! This is growing, strangely growing. Blaze and glow and then expire, the blossoms of strange hues and fire, Living fire, tempting fire, elemental plant desire For the fruiting, perfect fruiting. 3 The thoughts ' strange deeps and heights in their shadowy sunward flights, Richly radiant starland flights : This is praying, sweetly praying. Songs and prayers and dreams and strange deep life with glooms and gleams, Soft, sweet dreams, thrilling dreams, whence immortal empire streams, This is loving, deeply loving 4 The half-resurgent seas from these dreamy isles of ease, Dream}-, lotus isles of ease ; This is hoping, happy hoping. The last shy doubt is cast deep and dim to the sunbrowned past, Hoary past, outgrown past, where all half-truths end at last ; This is living, endless living. The elemental storm and strife in prayer and love and hope and life, Happy life, strenuous life ; This is serving, lowly serving. The sweets of helping cease, and on the threshold of that peace, Perfect peace, restful peace, the twilight ' s mellow bloom of peace, Night is falling, gentlv falling. J. L. K. To L. S. S. I sent my lady a rose — A rose herself is she ; I sent my lady a rose For the love she gaveth me. The rose hath speech ; none have I. Within its deep petaled soul All pure, sweet and fair things be, And she shall them unfold. So I sent my lady a rose, With a kiss therein to find. Perchance she will — oh! who knows? And then will she — will she be kind ? Let the floweret for me prav ; I myself am dumb of speech ; It will breathe all I would say — Listen, lady, I beseech! E. H. H. 68 Social Xifc at Shorter 6q Sigma Hlpha GpsUon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sorority Establish flDarcb 15, 1898 =3« , «r Sorores in Collegio CLASS 99 Elizabeth Simpson. CLASS 1902 Juliett Howell. Mary Worrill. Rosa Gammon. t SPECIALS Annie Worrill. Stella Foy. Meta Baldwin. Edith Hardy. charter members Florida Seay. Aya Printup. Hazel Adkins. Edith Hardy. Marie Goetchius. Katherine Battle. Sara Matlock. Annabelle Rhodes. Marybeth Sullivan. Elizabeth Simpson. honorary members LrciLE Gammon. Mary Berry. Jessie Towers. 73 History of Alpha Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sorority URING the Christmas holidays of ' 97, there were several members of the Phi Phi Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sorority of Agnes Scott Institute, visiting friends in Rome, and at the same time there were members of the Beta Chap- ter of the Fraternity also in the city. These sisters and brothers seemed to have the mutual interest and friend- ship possessed by no other young people — the same tie of love which excludes all jealousy, hatred and self love— and loyalty to the Fraternity, and bound them to each other. Each seemed to know that a responsive chord of confidence could always be found in the heart of the other. No wonder the words Fratres and Sorores are cherished by those who know and feel the true meaning of the terms, and to whom they appeal with so much force. As there were many loyal Sigma Alpha Epsilon girls in Rome, many of whom were Shorter students, and as they perceived the advantage and pleasure to be derived from having an organized body of Sigma Alpha Epsilon sisters, about a half dozen girls began to talk about organizing a Sorority in Shorter. Their talk soon began to interest other Sigma Alpha Epsilon students. They re- ceived a letter from Mr. Andrews referring them to Phi Phi Chapter. Then much writing, discussing and planning was car- ried on, until at last the band of Sigma Alpha Epsilon girls was organized, and after t he signature of our vouchers (Mr. W. S. Cothran, Jr., U. of Ga., ' 97; Mr. Langdon Gammon, Auburn, ' 95 ; Mr. R. N. Towers, Tech., ' 95 ; Mr. C B. Seay, Auburn, ' 97) and the permission of the Phi 74 Phi Chapter, on March Sth, 1898, the Alpha Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sorority was at last a full fledged, enthusiastic, loyal organization. The trustees freely gave money to the fitting up of the Sorority room, which was a commodious chamber on the third floor in the principal tower, and commanding a most picturesque view of the city. The room was elegantly fur- nished in white, the walls were yellow, with the purple bordering, the matting and rugs also in that color, and white dotted Swiss curtains added the finishing touch to this dainty room. The charter members of the Chapter are Misses Ava Printup, Florida Seay, Sara Matlock, Hazel Adkins, ' 98 ; Edith Hardy, Annabelle Rhodes, Elizabeth Simpson, Kath- erine Battle, ' 99 ; Marie Goetchius and May Beth Sulli- van, ' 00. To say that the young ladies worked energetically in preparing the room is expressing it mildly. It was no easy undertaking when difficult lessons had to be mastered and examinations not far off. But after school nearly every day you could see some of them with sleeves rolled up hanging pictures, curtains and bric-a-brac, until the last thing was finished, and the Alpha Sorority room was without a doubt the most attractive room in the College. The years ' 9S- ' g9 found several of the members graduated, two transferred to Phi Phi, but more were soon elected, and now the mem- bers are Misses Seay, Printup, Adkins, Hardy, Rhodes, Simpson, Bald- win, Foy and Annie and Mary Worrill, with Misses Lucile Gammon, Jessie Towers and Mary Berry as honorary members. Lately a conspicuous room on the first floor has been offered to the Sorority. It will be accepted and fitted up as the old one is, and during Commencement the members will give a reception. As the organization now stands, it is an enthusiastic body of girls who are members of the finest families in the south, and whose social and moral standing in the College is above reproach. So Alpha Sorority goes on doing good and receiving good — an honor to its loyal members, to the College, and I to the Fraternity, under whose banner of royal purple and old gold its members are joined in love and help- fulness. 75 C. 0. Y. Club Colore CERISE AND TURQUOISE BLUE flower Pink Carnation Members ' Jack, Maida Wiluams Coon, Maydie Thweatt Peggy, Annie Will Carver Doc, Amma McRae Gyp, Meta Valentine Baldwin Pete, Lena Orr Luella, Stella Foy Flossy, Mary Lou Ware ' •«?■ „- - i r - 76 p o o c £5 r O Sr Sketch of C. 0, Y. HAT a club to describe ! What a crowd of girls to write up ! Ah ! my dear girls, you have given me a Day ' s Work, I fear. But if I could make my little sketch half so interest- ing as that famous work, I would feel perfectly happy. What a vain dream ! I could begin this history of the C. O. Y. Club by saying complimentary things of each of the members, but not being given to such, I must tell the readers of The Iris simply facts that are known of them. Everywhere in The Iris these girls are mentioned they are praised, but alas ! not here. There is Coon. Since she has been made the presiaing teacher she has become very dignified. She will p tyi lf r r ' Zw : ' • scare you with her dignity, but a barking dog never bites. Pete thinks because she is the only Juliet of the crowd that has not fallen a victim to seme Romeo ' s smile she deigns to be a very Cyrano. So, naturally, she holds her head high and treats all men like pieces of furui- ture that she doesn ' t care to stumble over. Now Doc thinks she will hang out her shingle soon. Don ' t misapprehend my mean- ing, please. I expect to see her a great deal this summer and guess I ' d better not tell what her profession is to be. But put your thinking cap on and you can ' t help but know. Flossy, dear little girl! Her name is simply picture of her. Every one will tell you that you would think to look at her that she was really very bright, but don ' t be so easily fooled. Peggy ! ! ! Peggie ' s face is very fair. ' ' 79 Jack, I ' m sure I don ' t know what to say about her, but when you see her just say Hodges to her. Leila has one of the strongest Wills I ever came in contact with. That is why she sings so well in public, because she has such a strong ' ' Will ' ' to uphold her. Every Club, Society or Class she joins she wants the flower to be Sweet Williams. Gyp is a caution! Where she found that name is a mystery. Is it an abbreviation of the word Gypsy, or is it from the tenth, ninth and thirteenth letters of the alphabet ? The last two are true to their sex. Grandmother Eve set her daughters an example a thousand years ago and more, and these fair specimens of their sex have followed it truly. However, they had no Adam to coax them into sharing the forbidden fruit, con- sequently they ate the apple and suffered banishment alone. So 2 y. w St a. B B On Mount Olympus HE goddesses were holding high carnival on Mount Olympus, but you will understand that these were not the beloved duties of the Greeks, but of the Americans instead. Queen Juno was displaying her royal authority as she gave her imperious commands to her ladies-in-waiting. She was preparing for an elegant reception, to which only our set was to be asked. Listen as she gives directions to her subjects. The Three Graces are to be simply dressed and posed in graceful positions, for they are ' three little maids from school, ' but they must not breathe a word of Ctesar ' s march over the Alps, pursued by sulphuretted hydrogen and chlorine. The hypotenuse must stand equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, without any help from the dear little maids. The Fates must be denied admittance, for they are angry already, and will predict all sorts of dreadful ills. The Fates were highly indignant when they heard of the decree, and immediately went to Vesta for help. They had felt so sure of an invitation, and prepared a lovely prophecy to read, and now, when the news came that they were not to enjoy the festivities on Mount Olympus, they carried their grievances to Yesta, feeling sure that there they would receive consolation and aid. We were all prepared, they cried in vexation, and if you will help us we will go, and we will heap confusion on Her Majesty ' s head, while others shall have the very best we know, and your future the most brilliant of all. ' ' Vesta agreed, and together they concocted a plan never to be revealed. Lights were blazing, fans fluttering, while the orchestra discoursed sweet music. Ss The revelry was at its zenith, when all at once a lull came, and three old women appeared on the scene. The Fates, everyone exclaimed, while Her Majesty turned pale with fear and amaze. They advanced to the center of the group, and in one voice began : Ah ! fair ones of Mount Olympus, we come unbidden to the feast, but we have much to unfold. Come with us five years hence. It is the year 1904. Should you like to come with me to Venus ? She has blossomed from a bud into a glorious ' American beauty. ' She is still very 3 ' oung, but has been winning laurels several years. Her lovely voice, cultivated by the best masters, has developed in power and sweetness, and also in expression, which is never so charming as when she delights her hearers ' In Fair Sevilla. ' Diana has grown to be quite an expert Archer, and with Cupid ' s bows and arrows has pierced numberless hearts; but she, like Diana of old, did not make a vow to live and die an old maid, so you see she will not be our Diana always. ' ' The Three Graces still go hand in hand. They are traveling in Europe, but we expect them home before May. Our beloved Vesta , as we have promised, is enjoying the richest endowment of all — per- petual beauty. She is goddess now of her own fireside, as pure and sweet as woman ever was. 3 86 ' ' Minerva has been given a different path- way to tread, but so far there have been few thorns under her feet. In her school she is ably assisted by Hebe, who proves a successful teacher of history. The pupils have the rare advantage of studying voice culture with a teacher of pure method, no other than the accomplished sister of Venus, our nightingale. ' ' On the shores of our southern land you will see a little cottage, scrupulously neat, and occupied by Her Majesty, Queen Juno, with her menagerie of cats and canary birds. She is a very retired lady now, and never intends to leave her cottage by the sea. Snap ! the thread is broken, and the Fates have stopped spinning. The tale is told ; the sand has run out of the hour glass, and the moon has robed herself in a cloud. Farewell to Mount Olympus ! We enjoyed our sojourn there- The time has passed so quickly. Ah ! goddesses so fair ! K. C, ' 99. 87 s O w tn s sl§ P I Z 2 a r KB H H o rrog DO 01 H k ' ' nOri r r O w -S ™ - W XT. Z « z a gP3 C Sen? t go 5 = 5 S. P. C. Club Colors CRIMSON AND WHITE favorite Dish Ambrosia favorite Drinh Nectar flower Four-Leaf Clover Officers Miss May Pickett President Miss Cleo Archer Vice-President Miss Cecelia Paul Treasurer Miss Foy Murphy Secretary Members Cbree Graces Miss Mae Fortenbery Miss Ethel Fortenbery Miss Bessie Covington Miss May Pickett, Juno Miss Cleo Archer, Diana Miss Claude Lowry, Hebe Miss Katherine Comer, Minerva Miss Mary 7 Worrill, Venus Miss Cecelia Paul, Vesta Cbree fates Miss Foy Murphy Miss Laura Nicholson Miss Bessie Covington 9i The River (•• ■•fct ) n There are Others I If you lose the boy you ' re after, There are others ; If you ' re getting tears for laughter, There are others ; If you are met by liars rare, Do not fall into despair, Nor your undergarment tear, There are others. 2 If your friends desert and mock you, There are others ; If your best boy flirts and shocks you, There are others ; You are not the only girl Who ' s been treated like a , And you can say with a whirl, There are others. 92 Just a gleaming glance of river And a sigh for rest, To forget life ' s woes forever, But God knows the best. Oh, the cool green of the waves, Where the willows droop and sigh, Along the banks the waters lave Where the grasses grow so high. And the sunset on the river ! How it makes the waters gleam, While the wavelets murmur ever The echoing sadness of a dream. The ways of life are sometimes weary, The murm ' ring waters calmly flow; The pathway of my life is dreary, But no one need ever know. Some day, perchance, shall find me lying Underneath the rippling stream, While the waves and willows sighing Lull my soul to endless dreams. Just a gleaming glance of river And a sigh for rest, But God ' s mercy faileth never, And He alwavs knows the best. J. M. G. M. H. D. ' s— The Mysterious Trio W7)Ji i ft HE mysteries of this society have never been revealed. Everything is a dead secret. The writer of this article is at a very great disadvantage, for she is an outsider and has never had the honor of being made a confidante by any of the members. But she will tattle to you, gentle reader, all she knows. There are but three members, and I am sworn to se- crecy not to breathe their names. I will tell you their nicknames, or rather their club names. There ' s the Nightingale, so dignified and charming, A stately blonde, with an air And a voice that reminds all of springtime, With its qualities rich and so rare. And Did3 ' Dumps, always smiling, You see she ' s a petite brunette, With a face like sweet Ea France roses, But I fear she is quite a coquette. 93 Then comes Where, divine, with her fascinating way so charming, And an air that ' s so majestic but sweet, And all the boys, before they quite know it, Are worshiping down at her feet. Just when the iron tongue of midnight is tolling twelve, three ghostly-look- ing figures clothed in spotless white wend their way along spiral stairs to the college tower. There, safe from in- terruption, are the members of the M. H. D. In this secluded spot are three little stools and a tabourette. Here a feast has been prepared by unknown(?) hands several hours before. The trio en- joy it immensely (it has been a week since the last one). Having fin- ished their repast, they tell everything they know just because it ' s dark. But before they realize it the old clock on the hill strikes two. They then steal to the roof overlooking the city; there mysterious words are uttered fast and in the same tone of voice. If heard twice they would certainly prove fatal. This, their creed, has been never interpreted. Then they bid a farewell to the night and quietly retrace their steps through the silent tower. Silence reigns supreme; no one(?) knows of their adventure. No other doings of this The Mysterious Trio will ever be known. This is the limit of my knowledge. Can you guess what M. H. D. means? 9 Maydie Thweatt 4. Lena Orr 2. Mary Lou Ware 5. Meta Baldwin 3. Amma McRae 6. Stella Foy (• ■•fer ) Caldron Club First Witch . . . Lena Orr Second Witch, Mary Lou Ware Third Witch, Meta Baldwin Chief Monkey of Ceremonies, . . . STELLA Foy f Lade McRae Attendant Imps, [ Maty Thweatt Colors CHOCOLATE AND CREAM YELLOW Motto Always in the stew, Stew, stew, Chocolate glue, Six are we, And we have to stew. 95 Htbletic Clubs 97 93 r - E s X v 2 — O 5 o I - 7 ' -■ 2   - P. c. c. +n.u-u Object To gain beauty (?). Jtj favorite Game Blind Man ' s Buff. favorite Occupation Grabbing at the air. flower Touch-me-not. Color TURKEY RED. A. Hattie Byrd Katherine Comer Mary Taylor Ella West Cleo Williamson Hctivc Members Graceful (?) runner. Principal one in Cakewalk. Queen of grabbers. Chief dodger. Chief club swinger. 5 e H Semi-Hctive Member Florence Brett Out of breath. Inactive Members Eunice Daniel Elizabeth Simpson Lady of Leisure. Dignified Lad} ' . A Basket Ball Team-Champions Colors LEMON AND GARNET Yell Preckety rus ! preckety rus ! What in the mischief is the matter with us? Nothing at all, nothing at ail ! We are the girls who play basket ball ! Manager Captain Maida Williams Meta Baldwin Celeste Waddell Goal Thrower Amma McRae, .... Left Goal Thrower Frances Lewis, .... Right Goal Thrower Maida Williams, Center Annie Will Carver, Left Center Maydie ThweaTT, Right Center STELLA Foy Goal Defender Lena Orr Left Goal Defender Meta Baldwin, . . . Right Goal Defender Mary Lou Ware Substitutes Mary Worrili. Lucile Golden 102 2r P5 H S 5S W CI 1  5 : M 5 5r 3 - r- T  -i H r o S «3 Alice Meyers 2. Vera Mosteller Annie Lee KENNEDY 4. Laura Nickolson 5. Una Foster 6. Mattie Lou Morton 7. Foy Murphy 8. Mildred Lewis 13. Flora Keller ' B BashetBall Ceam 9. Cleo Archer 10. Bessie Covington 11. Ada Lee Timbulake 12. Claude Lowry B Basket Ball Team Manager Captain Mattie Lou Morton Una Foster Vira MosTELLER— Goal Thrower Flora Keller — Left Goal Thrower Cleo Archer — Right Goal Thrower Mattie Lou Morton — Center Koy Murphy— Right Center Una Foster — Left Center Laura Nicholson — Goal Defender Ada Hardy— Left Goal Defender Claude Lowrey — Right Goal Defender Substitutes Annie Lee Kennedy Bessie Covington Mildred Lewis 107 Tennis Club Notto Enjoy Yourselves. flower Forget-Me-Not. Colors BLACK AND BLUE. Miss Cleo Archer, Miss May Pickett, Officers President Vice-President Miss Foy Murphy - , Man ager Members Miss Alice Myers Miss Ethel Fortexbery Miss Fannie Lewis Miss Alberta Spencer Miss Stella Hirsch Miss Flora Keller ioS Kodak Club Officers Cecile Paul . . President Flora Keller .... Vice-President Ruth Dean Secretary Cleo Archer Treasurer JHembers Cleo Archer Stella Foy Cecile Paul Ruth Dean Flora Keller Ella West Bicycle Club flower Dogwood Colors BLACK AND RED. Officers Lena Orr First Captain Amma McRaE, Second Captain. CLEO Archer, Manager Members Celeste Waddell Meta Valentine Balhwin Stella Foy Mary Lou Ware May Pickett Eva Florida Cochrane Maida Williams Effie May Pearce Annie Will Carver Una Foster lollie cordle Florence Brunner Foy Murphy Alice Myers Stella Hirsch i 12  n o c o x ' r 5 S ?7 = 2 B r- ??; - 3 r - . c H 2 g „ £2°n I ' S i ' 7 SAMPLE PAGE OF Shorter College Pocket Lexicon Single Copies 25c Hat — a thing that swings from steam pipes, with a 2-foot 6-inch tail ; chews up hemstitched ruffles. Reception — Something that everybody except a Senior has to leave early and retire to her room for sleep, but instead to the second floor veranda for a chat with those not invited. Revenge — A feeling that a girl has when she sees you talking to Billie. Siege— A racket that might attract girls to the window, and does cause lights to go out at seven o ' clock. Shaving Gup— An article intended for a certain Roman who belonged to a cute Shorter brunette, but found its abode in a trunk bound for Louisiana. Street Car — A concern that resembles a boy, in that it is afraid of Shorter. Shoe — A something whose impression is likely to betray a girl Slip— A thing that C. O. Y. ' s are likely to make in going to their meetings. Shovel — A chafing dish. JvIllStc — White fingers, rings, two discords, one concord and — a crash ! Boy ' s ReartS— India rubber balls filled with air; an impression made on one side will eradicate one on the other; that is, punch will cure a punch. Two interpre- • talions. IiS m I. Before Exam. II. Dkad Easy III. That Don ' t Look Right IV. Five Minutes More. Girls - }j - r V. Scared Green J   • ' I. Dreadftl, imv So Scenes from psychology examination 119 A Scene in a Girl ' s Parlor jFTER a music lesson one day, I chanced to go into the girl ' s parlor of a certain boarding school, and in a cir- cle round the fire I found three pretty heads drawn close together; at the piano, with her hands folded however, and a dreamy look in her eyes, was one of | Madame ' s most gifted pupils — then, on the sofa were two girls with guitars; and in a window was one fair girl trying to puzzle out some lines from Horace, but from the look in her face and a letter in the window beside her, I saw that lines from another Horace, better known to these Romans, claimed more of her interest. In the group round the fire was a pretty combination. A black- eyed girl, with hair black as coal ; a golden-haired girl with eyes that remind one of violets; the other girl was a maiden with cheeks that might have given the color to the rose. Hair of burnished gold formed the frame for this face, and her eyes were of a deep, deep brown. I heard a laugh from some one of those pretty heads, and a whisper that said, She ' s found it out at last. It sounded interesting and I dropped at their feet, as the brown-eyed girl said, What is it, tell me about it- ' ' The story was short, one that I can impart to you. One unsuspecting maiden that believed all womankind, and boys, too, as honest as her trusting sincere self, fell, a few days before our yule- tide, a victim to the deep brown eyes of a certain youth of our citv who spends most of his time bouncing freight and the rest of it, in using those self same eyes. She told her secret to those she thought her closest friends. But alas, it was a dreary day for her, for they conspired together to wound this simple maiden ' s heart. Some notes were written, sup- posedly from the pair of deep brown eyes, and bearing tender mes- sages that cupkl loves to send. The answers came promptly and were filled with vows of eternal devotion devoted to this pair of deep brown eyes. These eyes 1, as usual, the next Sunday in front of the church, but as the sweet maiden passed, they failed to smile, and the heart in her trusting breast received its first blow. The rest of the day was spent in weeping, and she confided in these closest friends that Jim didn ' t know her. Her tears were doubled when on the next day a note did not appear, and gradually it dawned upon her already wounded heart that not Jim but those closest friends had received the vows of constancy. This tale has a sad, sad ending. The girl has since left school, to find in the solitude of her home, balm and consolation for her ill-used affections. The brown eyes never saw the beautiful shaving cup that was to have been his on Christmas morning. It has gone with her, to be kept, I suppose, as a memento, filled with tender notes. Silence reigned when the story was finished, and there came shrieks of laughter, and I found that these closest friends were another brunette and a blonde — inseparable day pupils, living in the direction of East Rome Hill. Sketches of Exams, at Shorter It may be stated that the time allowed for these examinations was 2 hours, 00 minutes. Three teachers and a clock kept time in the examination room. 6nglisb January. Is the use of shall proper in this sen- tence : He shall be mine in a week ? The meaning implied being that he does not change his mind, and despite the fact that I see him under difficulties, he will make me his wife in a week. Geology Discuss Geology. psychology (a) Tell all you know of the science of the phenomena of the mind. (b) What is mind? No matter. ( -) What is matter? Nevermind. (d) What is thought? Immaterial. x ' 23 P3 x Among the announcements : Every Senior must write a thesis of no less than ten thousand words. E- to E.: I don ' t take up with that. Little Girl (to Editor) — Who are you going to ded- icate The Iris to? I bet it will be Mrs Simmons. Oh ! but it has to be somebody what ' s dead. Miss S. (entering room)— Girls, Miss Bessie said to keep studying until she comes in on your Political Economy. Science Teacher — Miss A., what can you tell me of nitrogen ? Miss A. (rising) — Well— er— it ' s— er— colorless— er — and invisible — and you can ' t see it. When the young lady next her said, Take your seat, be seated and sit down, there was a general smile. Miss C. — Did you all know that Ida Wagner was related to Richard Wagner? MissM.— Oh, sure enough ! Where does he live? Miss E.— Who is Richard Wagner? What study do you like the best ? Psychology, because it tells about ' Wills. ' zoology, too, because it tells about ' Byrds. ' I like ' Why doesn ' t Stella Foy like roses ? Because she prefers ' sweet Williams. ' Diningroom.— Bright girl walking in and seeing the biscuits were running short, she casually remarked : The biscuits are running petite. 124 Elizabeth (quoting) — ' Life is real, life is earnest, And the grave is not its goal. Dust thou art, to dust returneth Is not spoken of the soul. ' Mary L. — We ought to make Elizabeth our poet, but she didn ' t compose that ; she ' s not smart enough. Our Willie died to-day, We ' ll see his face no more ; For what he thought was H2 O Proved H 2 S O4 — . It doesn ' t make any difference which one of the C. O. Y. ' s M. G. rushes, for the candy is divided. Science T. — An atom is a small particle. Bright Girl (turning to neighbor) — Will you kindly take that atom off ot me? At the Photographer ' s. — Elizabeth — How much longer do we have to wait ? Eleanor — Just about twenty seconds. Elizabeth — How many minutes in a second ? Miss B. Waddell, Feb. 22 — Kate, what can you tell me 1 ' J of the character of George Washington ? Miss Kittles (very seriously) — I don ' t know anything, except about the cherry tree. One Sunday night a certain blonde, becoming aware that the college was being stormed, went to the window. Who is there ? she cried. Having received as a reply that it was Bill Mac, and recognizing the number in the crowd, she said : I didn ' t know he was so man} ' . A happens to be an initial of a name of a Senior. After persisting in having that before her name, one day she was asked what it stood for. She replied : ' ' Noth- ing ; just A. Hattie. She is now called The Hattie or An Hattie. Miss Waddell, says one of the Political Economy students, one of my descendants built the first tobacco house in Virginia. Why does Miss Dean look to the ' East ' now ? Because she has looked at ' West ' long enough. K. C. — My thesis subject is ' A Group of Shakespeare ' s Women. ' M. L. — What is the name of that woman in ' Portia ' ? ' 25 Miss Johnson— Celeste, will you please tell me the difference between ■ l.i souris ' and ' le souris? ' Miss C. Waddell — I don ' t remember exactly, but they mean almost the same thing. One means ' the mouse ' and the other is something like ' the mouse. ' Miss Johnson ( laughing ] — Yes, they are very much alike, indeed. One means ' the mouse ' and the other means ' the smile ' — very much alike. Scene, steps. Crowd of boys and girls. One of the handsomest ones was talking to a girl he wished to impress. In a deep voice he began: Bliss is ignorance. A merry peal of laughter greeted him. He now says that was his first and only attempt at quoting. Discussing the subjects that were suitable to write a thesis on, some one suggested Ants. One bright girl said : You can write on Uncles and I will write on Aunts. I guess you all think that a child of two would know the difference between a blonde and a brunette. I am very sorry to say that one of our dignified ( ? ) Seniors persists in saying that a girl with brown hair and brown eyes is not a brunette. Be- ing asked the question what she was, answered : Oh, just an American. Smart Girl— Mamma, we don ' t want Miss Johnson any longer. Mamma— Why? Smart Girl— Because she is long enough. Che Cry of the Seniors In English we go on and on From sunset till the break of morn. Geology grows on and on. The first is unknown (Anglo-Saxon). Work of Zoology is on and on ; We never go to sleep till dawn. Botany goes on and on ; The old names are oh ! so long. The planets, they go on and on. We for the burden of our song Can think of naught but on and on. a Bits from Blotters (• ■ y v V N 7„ 3 y Jikyj jju sv-urt £© e fa Co be Read with the Hid of a Band Mirror 127 A True Story Our heads have throbbed and our hearts have ached; Long, long nights we have lain awake; We have striven hard all girls to please, And make our chair a place of ease. Our labors are ended, And soon we shall rest In that blessed country Where no Annuals molest. Farewell, dear friends, And enemies too; We shall always have Kind thoughts for you. 12S 129 We don ' t want to buy your dry goods, We don ' t like you any more. You ' ll be sorry when you see us Going in some other store. You can ' t sell us any shirtwaists, Four-in-hands or other fads, We don ' t want to buy your dry goods you won ' t give us your ads, — Exchange. m?h this Department i$ « ««« Respectfully Dedicated to ,; 0 ur Hon Advertisers Shorter College Rome, Ga., April i, 1899. Ikarest Papa: You should see the beautiful piano which the trustees have just placed in the College. The}- purchased the Conover, and they are simply grand. I want one because the action is fault- less, the tone sweet and lasting; the case is beautiful and rich. They are sold by the strongest piano house in the South. Gable Piano Go. Capital, $2,000,000 H. B. 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