Shorter College - Argo Yearbook (Rome, GA)

Text from Pages 1 - 214 of the 1913 volume:

- jfioinp tafi jfi trartf • l OCl i } +j[i V (i Lgfr-e t, Lv fe , t4y? ARGO The Year Book for 1912-1913 Published by the Senior Class of Shorter College at Rome, Georgia Co Jofm $aul Cooper, tobo, as a member of tfte $£narb of trus- tees! of Shorter College. baS in behalf of our 91ma jWater renbereb serbices ttjat claim for liun tbe abibing trust anb gratitube of all mfjo look to tlic reali- sation of )tr promiseb grototb anb use- fulness, anb tfjat gibe bim in our esteem tfje bonoreb place of frienb, toe, tlje Senior Class of fourteen Sntnbrrc anb QEtoelbe anb Jlineteen Jjunbreb anb Hi)ix- teen, bebicate tins, tbe tfnrb bolume of our §9ear-$5ook. John Paul Cooper Emily Harrison Teacher of Literature, September, 1912 — February, 1913 She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone, or despise: For naught that sets one heart at ease. And giveth happiness or peace Is low esteemed in her eyes. HONG and weary was the voyage which lay before them, and beset with many trials and difficulties. Far away beyond the classic seas of Fact and Fancy, in the realm of the Golden Fleece, lay the priceless treasure, the object of their quest. But, fired with the ardor of youth to conquer and achieve, they pressed on, these sturdy Argonauts; and never a thought was there among them of retunring until the prize was won. After many a well-borne trial they came at last to the end of their voyage. And then from the realm of the Golden Fleece they returned in triumph to the land of Everyday, returned to their own people to bless them with the fruits of their quest. And in the after years, whenever in fancy they embarked again in that good ship, ARGO, and sailed again those classic seas, only priceless memories lingered of their quest for the Golden Fleece. Contends- Frontispiece — Engraving of Alfred Shorter 2 ™e Page 3 Illustration by Esther Dobbs Dedication — Mr. J. Paul Cooper 4-5 Picture of Miss Harrison 7 Editorial Staff 9 The Shorter Girls ' Creed 10 Illustration by Addie Wright Foreword II Illustrated by Addie Wright Picture of Shorter College ' ' Photograph of Dr. Van Hoose 16 Board of Trustees ' ' Alumnae Notes J? Faculty of Shorter College 19- 3 Frontispiece by Esther Dobbs Faculty of Shorter Academy 26-27 A View of Rome from Shorter Hill 28 Drawing by Esther Dobbs Senior Class Section 29-30 With Illustrations by Addie Wright and Esther Dobbs Junior Class Section 51 -55 Illustrations by Esther Dobbs and Anne Goetchius Sophomore Section 3 -OI Illustrations by Addie Wright The Tanglewood near Maplehurst ■ ™ Freshman Section 63 ' 67 Illustrations by Esther Dobbs The Path to the Little Store — Poem by L. Drewry 68 Drawing by Addie Wright Academy Section by- Illustrations by Nell Akin View of Creek below Shorter Hill 78 Y. W. A 79-82 Illustrations by K. Laramore Students ' Association ° Illustration by Esther Dobbs O, Silent Hills — Prize Poem, by Eloise Lidden 84 Illustrated by Addie Wright Literary Societies vl-yj Illustrations by Addie Wright The Chimes of Shorter • JJJ Pages from a Little Gray Book — Prize Story, by E. W. Bass 95-99 Illustrated by Addie Wright Spring-time — Poem bv Ruth Bale A View of the Coosa River 100 Art Department 101-106 Illustrations by Esther Dobbs Music Department 107-115 Illustrations by A. Wright and A. Harbour Expression Department 11 -1 22 Illustrations by Esther Dobbs German Folk Song 123-125 Illustrations by E. Dobbs Parisian Streets 126-128 Illustrations by E. Dobbs Domestic Science and Art 129-136 Illustrations by E. Dobbs Athlet.cs • 37-141 Frontispiece by Nell Akin Class in Oral Hygiene • ™ Dial of the Days 143-154 Illustrations by E. Dobbs and E. Smith Clubs 155-168 Illustrations by Esther Dobbs Jest and Jollity 169-179 Illustrations by Esther Dobbs L ' E nvoi 180 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS J. L. Bass President Harper Hamilton Vice-President J. P. Cooper Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS J. L. Bass, Rome T. P. Bell, Atlanta W. W. Brooks, Rome C. W. DURDEN, Waynesboro J. P. Cooper, Rome L. A. Dean, Rome C. L. Parker, McRae F. I. ETHERIDGE, Jackson Harper Hamilton, Rome J. B. Sullivan, Rome B. E. WlLLINGHAM, Macon T. W. Lipscomb, Rome C. C. Harper, Rome W. T. Johnson, Washington L. G. HARDMAN, Commerce ALUMNAE NOTES, 1912-1913 OFFICERS Miss Cordelia Veal President Mrs. Geo. Pollock Vice-President Miss Elizabeth Harris Recording Secretary Miss Joy Harper Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Frank Merriam Treasurer Commencement of 1912 closed the first year of Greater Snorter ' s ex- istence, and also the most brilliant year in the history of her Alumnae Association. Most appropriately, too, was it brought to a close; on Monday morning, June 1 Oth, a large and enthusiastic business meeting was held in the College parlors, Later the Annual Alumnae reunion took place in the College auditorium when the reader for the day, Mrs. Ethel Hillyer Harris of the Class of ' 76, in her own delightful way gave a charming sketch of College girl life at Shorter in her day, The Beautiful Land of Used-to-Be. On the evening of Tuesday, June 1 1th, Dr. and Mrs. Van Hoose gave to the Alumnae and graduating class a banquet which proved the most delightful occasion of the year. A spirit of enthusiasm prevailed ; the ties of love and loyalty which bound Alumna to Alumna and all to the Alma Mater were felt as never before. The initial fall meeting of the Association was held in October. It was an enthusiastic business meeting, many plans for the future were discussed. It was followed by a delightful tea. In November the Alumnae were hostesses at a beautiful reception given at the home of Mr. George Pollock to Dr. and Mrs. Van Hoose and the faculty. The Association numbers among the members many of Rome ' s most tal- ented women and brings together Shorter ' s daughters of many different years, but all bound together by a common interest and love. During its existence much work has been done by the Association along many lines. Each year it is the endeavor of the members to add something to the treasury. At present this fund, although growing, is idle; it is the wish of many of the members to erect on the College grounds a building, an Alumnae Hall, a work which may require years for its accomplishment, but which for many years to come will stand for the love and loyalty of Shorter ' s Alumnae. g TC. FACULTY A. W. Van HOOSE, LL.D., President Professor of Constitutional History JOHN WILLIAMS GAINES, A.M., Dean Professor of Mathematics LUTHER RICE HOGAN, A.M. Professor of Classical Languages ELIZABETH LINDSEY Lady Principal MYRTIS JARRELL, B.A. Professor of English Literature ANNIE W. STEVENS, B.A. Professor of English ANNE WASHINGTON RAYNOR Professor of Modern Languages OAKLEY MAURICE BISHOP, M.S. Professor of Natural Science ALEX MATHEWS ARNETT, A.M. Professor of History and Psychology BERTHA DALRYMPLE BURGER, M.D. L ecturer in Physiology and Hygiene A. F. DANIEL, D.D.S. Oral Hygiene AMELIA DODDRIDGE Department of Domestic Arts E. BLANCHE VAIL Physical Culture ffijfl FACULTY — Continued WALTER PECK STANLEY Direclor of the Department of Music Professor of Piano GRACE CRONKHITE Professor of Piano and Instructor in Harmony and Musical History ELIZABETH SCHUSTER Professor of Organ, Piano and Theory EDITH HALL Instructor in Piano ANNIE DENMARK Instructor in Piano IRENE WILLIAMS Professor of Piano MADAME GRACE ALMY Professor of Voice Culture and the Art of Singing CHARLOTTE HARRIS Instructor in Voice ALEXANDER VON SKIBINSKY Professor of Violin ALINE WINBURN Accompanist IMOGENE COULTER Director of the School of Art EUGENIA AUNSPAUGH Director of the School of Expression FACULTY — Continued Assistants in Administration Z. J. EDGE Financial Secretary MISS N. M. KENNEDY Bursar BERTHA DALRYMPLE BURGER, M.D. Resident Physician MRS. CLOPTON MITCHELL House-Mother OPAL HALL Librarian NORA HUSS Secretary to the President HETTIE BARTON Superintendent of Practice MAGGIE JACOBS Trained Nurse ETHEL GRAMMAR Matron MRS. NEOMIA KING Postmaster FACULTY — Continued Shorter Academy MINA LOU BLOUNT, Principal English LONA EMILY HOOKER, AB. Modern Languages VERA JAMESON, AB. Latin MACON BARNES History E. BLANCHE VAIL Physical Director AMELIA DODDRIDGE Domestic Science IMOGENE COULTER Drawing : -- - , fJM i . L Mill II l I 1 ' i- ' -i Do you feel thankful, aye or no, For this fair town ' s face, yonder river ' s line, The mountain round it and the sky above, Much more the figures of man, woman, child, These are the frame to? SENIOR Hi [f - ■4 SENIOR CLASS Class Colors: Creen and While Class Flower: While Carnalion OFFICERS Eunice Ragsdale President Louise Bennett Vice-President Sallie Geicer Secretary Ellie Jacobs Treasurer GRADUATES IN THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS Orion A rnold Hampton, Georgia Annabel Brock Jefferson, Georgia Sallie Geiger Monticello, Florida Marcaret McKnicht Senoia, Georgia Esther Meyerhardt Rome, Georgia Annie Pitts Union Springs, Alabama Eunice Ragsdale Cairo, Georgia GRADUATES IN THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC Louise Bennett Quitman, Georgia Rebecca Meyerhardt Rome, Georgia Mary Mobley Monroe, Georgia Ruth Stovall Augusta, Georgia GRADUATES IN THE SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION Ruth Bale Rome, Georgia Ellie Jacobs Nashville, Tennessee Alma Harbour Rome. Georgia Louise Laramore Rome, Georgia Kathleen Laramore Rome, Georgia Addie Wright Rome, Georgia 1 tyjMLu AMfWf ' - - FOREWORD TO SENIOR SECTION Seventeen little Seniors sought the witch ' s cupboard To have their characters told. And when they came there, the oracle rare Did many great secrets unfold. She brought forth parchment and bottles of ink, For character in writing is revealed, she did think. Each w rote thereon in individual style: She interpreted their characters, both bold and mild. — She found all these Seniors so possessed of good traits She knew them especially blessed by the fates. • What the writing revealed, we herein disclose, The excellence to be marvelled at, by both friends and foes. A o pretense about her. Matter-of-fact. Controlled by her admirations. Has de- cided viervs, but does not attempt to thrust them upon others. Inclined to loofy char- itably upon the short-comings of others, but to be exacting of herself. The foster- ing instinct strong for one so young. She mafycs those about her feel comfortable. Will not be a doer of things, but never- theless she Tvill never be a negative quan- tity. Always loyal and devoted to her friends. ORION ARNOLD. B.A. -£t_ uJM y, J II 6 hCf?- s- Even tempered. She would sacrifice her opinions and give up desires for the saf e of peace and concord. Shows un- selfish interest in the welfare of others. Purposeful for one of her years. Origi ' nal. Possesses independence and indi- viduality. Things more deeply than her best friends fynow. Not eager for a large circle of acquaintances. Will be a law unto herself in household manners. Shows good judgment and insight, and is thoroughly reliable. ANNABEL BROCK %s hl £ iL - Uf it U%- t £ tfLu jfeiV (2:w t iTtles EjoUsc SALLY GEIGER Ji w srS (vwA. 77)is mait i es better to do things than to pore over Latin lexicons and ancient lore. Yet even this will she do faithfully to prepare for life. She will never give up until her end has been accomplished. Of decided business qualities is she pos- sessed. She attends promptly to duty and can be relied on. She is earnest, sturdy and purposeful. If ever left upon her otvn resources, she will manage ad- mirably. f fc Uvu - MARGARET McKNIGHT C , t_Q-Va Ct - Happy-go-luc y. Easy going. Fond of pretty clothes and a good time. n- clined to be a little moody. Musical in temperament. Keen sense of humor. Marked histrionic ability. Writing 1W1- cates a hidden talent, perhaps that of a cartoonist or caricaturist. £W- j SM S ESTHER MEYERHARDT Fond of mathematics, understands angles better than circles. Plenty of self- assurance. Patient and sympathetic. She aspires to teach. Most lively ivill become a bachelor maid. She ivill rain her mas- ters degree at a university. Hats and clothes tvhich delight the hearts of most women have no very large place in her thought. Much thinking has made her lean. If 1_L tSUbv «b ANNIE PITTS 0-6 f - - Pretty. Dainty. Amiable. Tactful. Will entertain with grace. Will even keep men puzzled, for she is an uncertain quantity. She will ma e an attractive home and beautiful handwork n ' 1 ' engage her attention. The chance acquaintance does not recognize her strength and depth. Unusual decision. Worlds most just be- fore time ' s up. She has decided views, especially on the place and privileges of woman. She likes to have people feel that she is about. Able to give full ex- pression to her knowledge. G H Sm p - j M r . ' W . ' A leader born. Quid? of perception. Cifted in speech. Ambitious. Coura- geous. Out-spoken. Shows decision and determination. Should learn that usage does not prescribe the use of punctuation marfys in u alf( and laughter. Desirous of making rules and regulations for herself that she may have no difficulty in peep- ing them. She is inclined to indulge in metaphysical speculations. Not domestic in tastes. A career lies before her. She rvill probably become a writer. EUNICE RAGSDALE $LX, 3f LOUISE BENNET vjoiiJb ifi JL V LA ' 6 ' JLJl vu - Affectionate. Demonstrative. Amia- bility is united with executive ability so that it is difficult to say tvhich predomi- nates. There is perhaps an effort to ap- pear what people think ner ' ° e. This maid deserves commendation for the way she has held herself to aorl( despite her inclination to indulge her desire for a good time. A musician she is, with the possi- bility of becoming an artist. REBECCA MEYERHARDT Nervous. Cifted. Has foresight and insight. Rather dream)). She will never mal e mischief by meddling. In a quiet, unobtrusive Way she will ma} e herself felt. A good buyer. She has an end in view and worl(s constantly towards it. If- health sustains her in the worl( she has begun, she will become a brilliant per- former. !tr iju. fiCUs. MARY MOBLEY ftUw., f)u ' X h um t Impulsive. Somewhat wilful. Rather capricious. Must be dealt with cautiously. Worl(s spasmodically. Reserved. Affec- tionate, but not demonstrative. Does not care for many persons. Capable of loyal, unselfish devotion. Selects friends with discrimination. Musical in temperament. Possesses more genius than talent. Good to lool? a ' - Graceful and easy in manners. Fond of pretty clothes and social life. She is not lively to become a boofy-xoorm, lifeless paper and printer ' s inf( rvill not he satisfying to her. Ro- mance in life interests her far more than romance in fiction. She is fond of music hut not lively to become a brilliant performer, because practicing easily be- comes monotonous. Hers is the woman ' s nature, unhappy lest she be loving and loved. Plenty of individuality, elusive, indefinable. Such a maiden as men ad- mire. RUTH STOVALL £ o U- RUTH BALE if JU, U yj ls ju . A A Enthusiastic. Fond of public ap- plause. Not lacking in self-esteem. Somewhat of swagger in her movements. Cood at repartee. Conversation wilt never lag when she is about. Swayed by her emotions. She has a keen sense of humor. Money slips easily through her fingers. She keeps herself informed as to fashions and wears unusual clothes. Will ever have a good time. When she has a home of her own, she will entertain lav- ishly. Works hard to accomplish her ends. F. .VU - ELLIE JACOBS Sfc-y. Fond of pointing out eccentricities of others. No hero worshipper she. Prac- tical. Knows how to spend money judi- ciously. Good common sense. Well balanced. Will not suffer herself to he imposed upon. Things too much of her body to burn the mid-night oil. Resolute. Shows continuity of purpose. She will never fail at anything she undertakes, nor will she set the world on fire by her bril- liant success. Loyalty and gratitude, two of her best traits. ALMA HARBOUR She is gentle, patient, and persevering. There is no sham about her, but trans- parent sincerity. She is painstaking, per- sistent and full of purpose. Is loyal to her convictions of right, but has a thought- ful consideration for those about her. She is self-reliant, but not possessed of an undue self-esteem. Has a sensitive con- science. Success is before her, for she has the qualities that ma e for success, and is not afraid of n or£. She is full of the buoyancy of youth. -VOsA . S a 2W f KATHLEEN LARAMORE Generous. Unselfish. Considerate of others. She possesses dash and is quick and decisive in action. Independent. Possesses individuality. Easily approach- able. She has many friends. Inclined to be reckless. Unusual talent for art. Capable of appreciating the beauty of fine arts. ...■_ u LOUISE LARAMORE ■tL uL i •4y a JL vy. An interesting personality, because not of the copy-hoofy type. She is always amiable and friendly. She has an appre- ciation of symmetry, proportion and har- mony. She can be safely trusted with a secret. True to her friends. She has an ease and naturalness that put to flight all feeling of restraint on the part of strangers in her presence. Disregardful of public opinion. ADDIE WRIGHT Amiable, gentle, lovable. Possesses originality, decision, directness. She is religious by nature and is not inclined to worry. Has strong intuitive powers, and is quic in physical movements. Is noted for her simplicity of manner and neat- ness. She is self-reliant, self -w illed, yet willing to yield for the safyc of peace. 3 % cJ L SENIOR HISTORY NCE upon a time in the wonderful land of Youth, there dwelled seventeen charming maidens. Now you must know that for many years these maidens lived in undisturbed happiness in the quiet valley of Childhood, with no foreboding of the great and awful change that lay before them. Then rumors, vague hints, significant remarks came to them. They heard of College, and of some unimaginable place called Shorter. They were told of the long journey they needs must make through the land of College. A feel- ing of terror was awakened in their innocent minds ; protest followed, but it availed nothing. The fates were inexorable. Thus it was that in the due course of time, chafing dishes and sofa pillows were packed, and the damsels sallied forth into the vast unknown, on their long search for knowledge in the land yclept Shorter. At first the great journey through Shorter semed fraught on all sides with terrors. The uncontrollable beast, homesickness, was always present ready to seize its victims. The innocents were stricken dumb before the ogres called the Classification Committee. Formidable creatures known as German, Latin, Chemistry, even Harmony, lurked in waiting for them. It was a woeful time. Soon, however, these especial maids discovered more pleasant paths. They advanced rapidly in the way of Worldly Wisdom. They early found ease in the fine art of bluffing, of appearing wise in the face of the most unintelligible questions. They adapted themselves with remarkable celerity to the customs of the country, such as dressing for the morning repast in ten minutes. Gradually the understanding of all mysteries was given over to them. So these lasses progressed in the ways of Wisdom, and prospered in paths of Knowledge. At last they attained the goal of their dreams — Seniordom. With digni- led mien and carriage the maids gathered at their Round Table. Now you must know that these damsels had been given names in their extreme youth, with- out even having been able to volunteer a suggestion. Thus it is not to be won- dered that in their newly-gained superior wisdom, they could find names more appropriate for themselves. So a re-christening was held before they entered into the land of Seniors. One Mary, who had borne this empty title many days, was henceforth no longer Mary, but Red — a term brilliant in its significance. Orion, a name ■ : always hard for people to understand, was done away for the simple Baby Child. The most obviously significant change was from Eunice to Rags. There were Cherries and Tragedies, Macks and Mikes, one Billy, an Eli, and one Block. So fortified with sensible names, they advanced on their way. But their troubles were not yet over. They had advanced but a little dis- tance when they encountered the most appalling beast of all their wanderings — the Argo. This monster, whose name is synonymous with Work, demanded energy, time, thought, endless patience. It haunted their leisure hours and de- manded a diet of midnight oil and ink. But at the end of the journey, like the ugly duckling, it was metamorphosed, and evolved into a beautiful bird of happi- ness. Now in the land of Shorter, all the paths became paths of pleasantness. The joys of Attainment, of Superior Wisdom, of Friends, of Senior Privileges and Senior Jokes became theirs, and the days sped swiftly by. Thus it was with mingled joy and regret that the maidens receiving their diplomas finished their journey for Wisdom in the land of Shorter and passed into the wide world, through the big open gates of Commencement. gl jiTl Jr? ■ MW I w JUNIORS Colors : Red and While Flower: Re d Carnation Emblem: Horse Shoe OFFICERS Eva Phillips President Ruby Baynes Vice-President Rosa Hunt Lewis Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Hettie Barton Ruby Baynes Marguerite Brewer Anna Warren Clarke Anna Carrere Gussie DuPree Cobbie Mae Dean Grace Davis Moselle Eubanks Anne Goetchius Edith Harvey Eunice Walker Rosa Hunt Lewis Mildred Lide Lillie Maddox Louise Moultrie Lilly Nunnally Elizabeth Phillip: Eva Phillips Mary Peacock Kathryn Rutledce Maude Pickett Susie Warlick HONORARY MEMBERS Miss Amelia Doddridge Miss Grace L. Cronkhite REMINISCENCES OF THE CLASS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF HE rain outside was coming down in torrents in contrast to the coziness of the room within, where I sat reading Hiawatha. Although it had grown quite dark and the embers in the fireplace were slowly dying, I scarcely noticed these things, so absorbed was I in the book before me. And although my eyes apparently rested on the gaudy pictures and the verse, these merely served to carry my thoughts back to Shorter, the night the Juniors interpreted scenes from Hiawatha. As I became more and more interested in the book, in my imagination, the characters of paint and paper became real living things. In the garb of paint and feathers and garments peculiar to Indians, I beheld the faces of classmates, each of whom appeared to me in panoramic succession. For as I read At the door on summer evenings Sat the little Hiawatha, it was not the strange little Indian that suddenly stood before me, but Gussie DuPree, in her bright and gaudy attire. It was she who represented Hiawatha in his childhood; but, when next I saw him, changed to a strong young warrior, I beheld the slender form and laughing face of Eva Phillips, who in the charac- ter of Hiawatha wandered to the Dakotahs, where I watched her in her wooing of the lovely Indian maiden. At the doorway of the wigwam Sat the ancient arrow-maker. Still again I watched the Indian, this time as Eunice Walker, who made a living picture of the stalwart form of the aged arrow-maker; from memory ' s ship I watched her making arrows at the doorway of the wigwam; while by his side sat Minnehaha, Sat his daughter, Laughing Water. So skillfully was the scene portrayed that it will always linger in my mem- ory and I will often recall it for the sake of Auld Lang Syne. In among the swarms of Indians around that very hut, here a group in the garb of war, all bedecked in feathers — there, another group, smoking the pipe of peace, I ever followed the jolly Juniors, and Margaret Brewer, who was Nacomis, Showed the pathway of the ghosts and shadows. Even these were not all; still others — Rosa Hunt Lewis and Ruby Baynes suddenly appeared on the stage to startle the audience with the ghostly drapery. So wierd and ghost-like did they appear, that even now I feel an awful thrill come over me when I see them in my mind ' s eye. Perhaps it was these very shadows which suddenly recalled me to con- sciousness, for I awoke from my world of fancy just as the embers had com- pletely died; and with the deepening twilight, the familiar objects in the room seemed to assume strange shapes in the gloom about me. A. C. SOPHOMORE SOPHOMORES Colors: Creen and Cold Emblem: Wish-bone Mascot: Frances Marion Caines ■ Flower: Daisy Motto: Cerium pete finem OFFICERS Janey Galt President Evelyn Lewis Vice-President Louise Drewry Secretary Martha Ellis Treasurer MEMBERS Amason, Alice Barrett, Eleanor Bennett, Juanita Burdette, Mary Bush, Marjorie Chandler, Kathleen Chason, Maude Clarke, Rebecca Crawford, Mindel Davis, Ophelia Dobbs, Esther Drewry, Louise Ellis, Martha Florence, Loree Floyd, Lottie Galt, Frances Galt, Janey Hall, Eva Hawes, Marie Hicht, Ruby Hocan, Georcia Hocan, Ruth Johnson, Leila . Jones, Monnie Wilkes, Ruth - Lee, Louise Lee, Rosemary Lewis, Evelyn McArthur, Louise McWhorter, Julia Melton, Jessie Mosely, Eloise Pace, Margaret Peacock, Mary Phillips, Esther Phillips, May Pierce, Juanita Polhill, Margaret Ranew, Leola Richardson, Elizabeth Scandrett, Janette Shipp, Carolyn Spears, Annice Spears, Lula Mercer Tucker, Ethel Urquhart, Marguerite Walter, Elizabeth Warde, Thelma Wilkes, Eloise HONORARY MEMBERS Miss Emily Hooker Miss Edith Hall Mr. A. M. Arnett Mr. O. M. Bishop SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY ROM the beginning, the Sophomore Class has prospered. The membership at first was about thirty-five, but, after the Classifica- tion Committee finished their examination of the rolls, the member- ship was increased to forty-two. Everything that our Class has attempted has been carried on with a vim and vigor that speaks well for the interest and ability of each member. Our workers are many and famous for their achievements. We have striven to attain to our ideal of a representative College Class. One of the most attractive features of our organization is our basket-ball team. Having had but little practice heretofore, the girls deserve praise for a record of games that have been fair and square. In the match games between the Freshmen and the Academy students, the whole series has been good and has shown the ability of every member of the team. And so we feel that, although we have been defeated in two instances, our team is really worthy of comment. During the Freshman-Sophomore class-rush no one will dispute the fact that the Sophomores overcame the ninety-and-nine with a very small number, as compared with their green sisters. Early in the morning, as early as five o ' clock, the whole Sophomore Class was out on parade with buckets of paint for the Freshmen, and of a color that seemed most fitting. How quietly they stole into each silent boudoir and washed or rather mopped, a streak of green on the forehead of each sleeping Freshman. Such fun we had ! That was a red- letter day for the Sophomores. At the bazaar, which is given annually at Shorter, the Sophomores accepted the challenge to make the most money towards the purchasing of the lovely fountain, to be erected at an early date, in the main court of Shorter College. How busy we were with our preparations and writing for things to show for our aim in Class. But we were rewarded, for on the night of the great occasion when everyone was trying to plan everything in great splendor, the Sophomore corner was the most attractive. The Class colors waving profusely above our wares attracted every one to them, if only to admire and comment upon the beautiful arrangement. The whole affair was great and the receipts showed that the work of no Class had been in vain. But along with the things worth while, there was a longing among one of our Classes for something lively and gay, something that they could appreciate and truly understand. So to this end the Sophomore Class decided upon a MEMBERS Edna Lewis Aderholdt Valeria Allen Alva Appleby Josephine Bacley Clara Binns Barrett Elise Williams Bass Nanine Bassett Elizabeth Betts Lucy Bernice Blitch Helen Blomeyer Rosalie Brown Letha Kate Burke Eloise Marcaret Chapman Julia Elizabeth Chason Lillie Chason Aline Nora Cobb Catherine Alice Cody Vera Coleman Connie Robert DeVane Sarah Marie Diffie Margaret Susie Donnelson M ' Lisse Edwards Nell Vail Eubanks Armenta Long Flournoy Eugenia Moffet Flournoy Martha Caroline Galt Mary Elizabeth Goetchius Jeddie Graham Anna Witt Green Rosa Hammond Susie Hammond Wilda Hardman Nell Erline Hathcock Herberta Annie Hathcock Mary Sallie Henderson Elizabeth Hite Louise Holleman Alma Hill Jameson Martha Anne Kendrick Martha Cordelia Kelly Vera Cornelia Kelley Eloise Liddon Jimsie Word Little Vircinia Manninc McDuffie Annie Undine Maynard Miriam Rowena Mayes Mary Dell McAfee Nina Ozella Morris Tommie Moore Julia Bell Nichols Christie Annie Oliff Vera Phillips Jessie Maude Ranew Bernice Sarah Rhodes Lillie Frances Robinson Rebecca Rogers Ethel Martin Sanford Ina Shepherd Zettie Shepherd Annie Lois Smith Addie Marsh Sparks Pearl Stephens Mary Wynne Sutton Edith Glenn Tigner Alice Ruth Timmerman LUCILE ToLLESON Carrie Briggs Whiteside Bessie Pauline Wricht Lucy Burum Wright i P% I If ■ ' •? ' O THE ORE In these beautiful woods around Shorter Hill There are paths and paths galore ; But there ' s one we love more than all the rest — The path to the little store. You may talk about your lovers ' lanes And such sylvan by-roads to bliss; But, in the minds of the Shorter girls, Not one can equal this. Just to stroll along the little path. With the pine-needles under one s feet — The soft, brown carpet that Nature has made — Is strangely refreshing and sweet. Just to hear the whispers of the pines. And the sweet songs of the birds Thrills one ' s heart with love and joy; Those beautiful songs without words. And, so we girls go tripping along, Gladden ' d by the beautiful sight; But we, also, have visions of pickles and cakes And a delicious spread that night. L. D. ACADEMY CLASS ROLL OFFICERS (Catherine Graves President Mary Saunders Vice-President Elizabeth Neal Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Nell Akin Sarah Joyce King Ruth Arnold Lorene Lacey Janie Ballincer Francine Hardman Bertha Bassett Margaret Harley Mary Bell Nannette Hartman Amy Blasingame Carter Harvey Frances Brown Ruby Hayes Frances McHenry Browne Cathryn Henderson Cecil Camp Gladys Hon Gladys Carter Thelma Jameson Hannah Lou Christian Agnes Jameson Adele Coleman Georgia King Marie Coleman Ellen Law Esther Collins Marjorie Lister Rose Edge Minnie Moore Lollar Mary Elder Leo Loworn Dee Ginn Mildred Loworn Katharine Graves Lillian Loworn Glennis Hancock Lois McLain Thelma Harber Helen McLain Phoebe McVay Mary Medlock Eloise Metcalf Eva Moore Cleo Murphy Mildred Nash Elizabeth Neal Myrtice Pace Jeanette Palin Edith Phillips Mary Plant Lou Dell Price Edna Root Mary Saunders Elsie Smith Ellen Turner Frances Turpin Merryl Woodard Mary Woodruff Caroline Worthy Margaret Wright ACADEMY We ' re young, we ' re happy, and always true To yellow and white — lo black and red too. We ' ll yet be the wisest of all by far, Could you possibly guess who we girls are? The Academy. Our greatest ambition — lo grow and get big, And enter the College to dig and dig As all the College girls have to do; Though we work hard on our lessons too In the Academy. But since right here we are forced tc remain For awhile at least, we ' re going to gain All the knowledge our heads can hold; Well be awful smart when we get old And leave the Academy. And when we enter the Freshman Class Perhaps we ' ll sigh for nights of the past. That dear old Study Hall; and too Well sigh for things we used to do In the Academy. But Academy dear we ' ll leave some day. And some sad hour good-bye well say; So here ' s to the girls of the red and black. May they wisdom and courage never lack. Here ' s to the Academy. Nell Akin. f - e i fr f 1 tf  f $ f f f % f 1 p CHARACTERIZATIONS Nell Akin is the first we see Ever striving for an Art degree. I must have my coffee, does Bidder cry, Without it I think I shall surely die. Janie Ballinger I think has won Not only in height, but duty well done. Of Mary Bell a notable characteristic Is to be decidedly pessimistic. Amy Blasingame, so full of fun, The vote for Cutest Girl has won. I haven ' t looked at this lesson, exclaims Frances Brown, But she knows she ' ll be ready when her time comes round. Little Frances Browne, tho ' extremely small. Is loved and admired by teachers and all. For basket-ball playing Cecil Camp stands out. On guard, oh, ye Freshmen, when she ' s about. Gladys Carters trouble is lack of animation; If she doesn ' t wake up she ' ll ne ' er reach her destination. Hannah Lou Christian domestic science does take. Perhaps pretty soon a good housewife she ' ll make. Adele Coleman, our rag-time singer. Is always ready whenever they bring her. Marie Coleman, though very young, Like all her sex can use her tongue. When we look at Esther Collins we get the notion That there ' s really such a thing as perpetual motion. Rose Edge thinks that from Latin she ' s free But her father says such a thing can ' t be. Mary Elder is as quiet as a mouse You would hardly know she is in the house. Most of her time is spent by Dee Ginn In a useless effort to try to grow thin. The thing we most often hear Kathenne Graves say, My course is so heavy, I ' m not prepared to-day. Her sweet generosity is Glennis best trait. The death of a miser will ne ' er be her fate. That ' s just like our auto, Thelma H. cries, Won t Sister and ' Buddie come get me, she sighs. Francine Hardman with a heart of gold Always does what she is told. Margaret Harley ' s cheeks are so pink Of a dainty rose she makes us think. Nannetle Hartman is the only one who knows. How in New Orleans, they have such deep snows. Carter Harvey does continually sigh For that letter from Fritz sure to come bye and bye. To be so fat is Ruby Hayes ' pet horror, To her dying day it will be a sorrow. To see Cathryn Henderson dance is a treat For it really is a remarkable feat. Gladys Hon is quiet and steady But when called upon, she s generally ready. An actress Thelma Jameson would be Perhaps on the stage yet, Mooney well see. Agnes Jameson hasn ' t been with us long. But notwithstanding she ' s a star in our throng. Georgia King is the most popular one Because she tells when the mail has come. Totsy Lacy ' s forced to slay in ranks Because she will indulge in pranks. Marjorie Lister might be called our rover, Because she ' s traveled the United States over. At present our Minnie Moore Lollar Is using Ophelia ' s arm as a collar. The Lovvorns two are so very bright They make for us a shining light Lois McLain is our quietest one, She stays by herself when her work is done. So languid Helen does appear A continuous sigh from her we hear. The ambition of little Phoebe McVay Is to wear a solitaire some sweet day. Mary Medlock is so prim and proper She ' ll be an old maid if we don ' t stop her. I like better to work than to play, says she; Eva Moore ' s the girl you may guess it to be. Cleo Murphy is gentle and true, No wrong was she ever known to do. Evermore in our minds Mildred Nash will live As Mademoiselle, the name Miss Hooker did give. Betty and Myrtice must be put together, The Kalzenjammer Kids be with us ever. Knowledge is not in proportion to size For little Jeanelle takes off the prize. Edith and Ellen such a case have started I think it unlikely they ' ll e ' er be parted. Some of these rhymes are by Mary Plant To write real poems she simply can t. Lou Dell Price is a very sweet cirl Who doesn t care much for the social whirl. Edna Root as an author has grown. Through her, our page in the Chimes is known. Mary Saunders ever falls down Not in lessons, but on the ground. 1 m afraid Elsie Smith will arrive too late To be admitted through Heaven ' s gate. To sing like a bird is the highest ambition Of Frances Turpin, who thinks this her mission. Merry! Woodard stays so much at home We fear she has no love for Rome. Caroline Worthy is ne ' er in haste. She approves the saying, Haste makes waste. Margaret Wright is the last we see, Jolly and sweet as she can be. Young Woman ' s Auxiliary lie poor; Yta, she re« her hands to the needy. yiBilixuA ? ri£moW §nuo She stretched out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. Ulartlta purler Shorter College has the honor to perpetuate, in all that relates to those higher interests and activities that center in the spiritual growth of her students the name of Mrs. Alfred Shorter. It was in commemoration of her beautiful char- acter and influence that the religious organization of the College received its name. And it continues throughout the generations to identify her with those influences in the College life that serve as an inspiration to noble striving for the things most worth while in that richer, fuller life made possible by the benefac- tions of her noble husband. Y. W. A. Motto: Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts. OFFICERS Esther Dobbs President Eva Phillips VTce-President Ruby Hight Secretary Lillie Maddox Treasurer CABINET Opal Hall Rebekah Clark Hettie Barton Mildred Lide Eva Phillips Ruby Hicht Louise Drewry Lillie Maddox Y. W. A. In its early history the religious activities of the College centered in the Martha Shorter Missionary Society, organized by Mrs. Hicks of the College faculty and named to commemorate the beautiful character and charitable deeds of the wife of Colonel Alfred Shorter. To the re-organization of the College in 1910, this Society continued the center of student religious life. At that time it was decided to broaden the scope of this organization by merg ing it into the Baptist Young Women ' s Auxiliary. Accordingly, the Martha Shorter Missionary Society became the Martha Shorter Chapter of the Y. W. A. The present organization in its enlarged capacity provides for all student religious meetings, conducting a daily vesper service, and bringing to the College yearly some noted speaker to conduct for a week or ten days a series of meetings for Bible study and for the deepening of spiritual life. It organizes, moreover, mission study classes on Japan, China, South America and on Home Missions, and offers courses in Sunday-school Normal Training, and Christian Doctrine, enrolling in these classes about one hundred young women. By means of systematic giving the Y. W. A. contributes liberally to the various causes of the Baptist church: such as, Home, State and Foreign Missions, and was instrumental in part in securing the instruments for the Shorter band in Mr. Stephens ' Boys ' School in Pington, China. Its members, too, are giving generously of their time to various forms of city mission work. Twenty young women teach in mission Sunday-schools in Rome. Another group tells Bible stories every Sunday afternoon to the children of West Rome, and has succeeded in organizing there classes in domestic science and home economics conducted during the week by members of the College. Next year the Y. W. A. hopes to build in some city mission district a chapel and settlement house that will enable it to continue more effectively the mission and settlement work already begun. So the Martha Shorter Chapter of the Young Women ' s Auxiliary strives to develop and train its Christian young womanhood for lives of Christian service. OFFICERS OF EXECUTIVE BOARD Lillie Maddox President Eva Phillips .... Vice-President Ruby Baynes Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Elise Bass Hettie Barton Ruby Hight Wilda Hardman Louise Bennett Lula Mercer Spears SILENT HILLS (Prize Poem) O, silent hills against the evening sky, How many millions years have pass ' d away Since the great Sculptor took the formless clay And moulded you, majestically high! What mighty storms have swept about your crest! All the fierce wrath of nature can not mar Your noble peace, nor leave a lasting scar Upon the rugged beauty of your breast. O, ancient hills, beneath the shining stars, Teach me the lessons of your quiet strength Teach me, when shadows lay their dreary length Upon my soul, to lift my head and smile. Silent, as you have stood this long, long while, O, steadfast hills, beneath the high, cold stars. Eloise Liddcn, ■■■■■■ Literary Societies 89freiDo£ YtfrtstL! O, SILENT HILLS lent hills against the even How many millions years ha ' • the great Scul| ' ■ d you, m mighty storms have t he fierce wrath ol peace, nor leave a U.- Upon the rugged beauty of v O, ancient hills, beneath th Teach me the lessons of yoi ' Teach me, when shadows la iry length Upon my soul, to lift my h Silent, as you have stood th ie, O, steadfast hills, btnealh .Id stars. Eloise Liddpn. ' 16. THE LITERARY SOCIETIES EADLY rivals — and yet, staunch friends ! A strange but true state of affairs that exists on Shorter Hill. In early fall, while rushing season lasts the Eunomian and Polymnian Literary So- cieties are truly set against each other, each wanting the best girls. But after a week or so of wild excitement they decide that the girls are all best, and settle down to the peaceful pursuit of things literary. The Eunomians spent their efforts during 1912 and 1913 in the study of the drama, and there truly found their Blue Bird. Meanwhile the Polym- nians explored the realms of mythology and made the acquaintance of the Gods and Heroes of Old. Together the Societies gave a reception and other entertainments, always the best of friends. Always? Not quite, for lo! on the peaceful calm a challenge for debate rang out, and sent the members flying to their own colors. Blood boiled high for a time, but when it was over a handshake of congratulation from the losers re-established the bonds of friendship and helpfulness that ever exists between the sister Societies. POLYMNIAN LITERARY SOCIETY Colors: Red. Green and White Jewels: Pearls and Opals Flower: Red Carnation Paper: Chimes of Shorter OFFICERS Symbol: Shield Louise Bennett President Eva Phillips Vice-President Mildred Lide Secretary Margaret McKnicht Treasurer Katharine Rutledce Censor GREEK MYTHS N our staunch bark, the Earnest Endeavor, We set sail in the month of September For the land of the Gods and great Heroes Of brave deeds and wondrous fair women. We sailed for the purpose of learning From the lives of these heroes of Old Times How we too could live and grow stronger And make true examples for others. For months, through the fair lands of Hellas Over Parnassus and the green fields of Elysium Making friends with Apollo, the Sun God, Who slew, all alone the great dragon, And with Jason who sailed in the Argo To rescue the long-told-of fleece — With Venus and the powerful boy Cupid Whose arrows were more deadly than Apollo ' s. We wandered — at leisure — but seeeking Always and ever to gain profit. And then as a change we went Northward And visited the Northumbrian Asgard, Conversed with Thor — God of Thunder — And Woden — the Father of all things. And there in the Northland we met too, The lovers, Tristan and fair Isolde And also the all-conquering Siegfried And the great war maiden — Brunhilde. So thro ' the world of mythology We sought for new friends and new lessons, That we might learn to ever grow stronger And prove true examples for others. POLYMNIAN LITERARY SOCIETY MEMBERS Edna Aderhcld Valerie Allen Nell Akin Clara Barrett Ruby Baynes Juanita Bennett Marguerite Brewer Mary Burdette Mabel Burdette Cecil Camp Eloise Chapman Maude Chason Kathleen Chandler Alice Cody Rebekah Clark Ophelia Davis Marie Diffee Esther Dobbs Margaret Donelson Gussie Dupree Martha Ellis Georgia Fort Eugenia Flournoy Glennis Hancock Wilda Hardman Francine Hardman Ruby Hayes Elizabeth Hite Ruby Hight Mary Sallie Henderson Louise Holleman Thelma Jameson Leila Johnson Martha Kelly Ellen Law Lorene Lacy Marjorie Lister Rosa Hunt Lewis Minnie Moore Lollar Louise MacArthur Mary Dell McAfee Virginia McDuffie Mary Mobley Tommie Moore Julia McWhorter Mildred Nash Lily Nunnally Opal Payne Margaret Page Mary Peacock May Phillips Mary Saunders Janett Scandrett Elsie Smith Ruth Stovall Pearl Stephens Caroline Shipp Mary Sutton Alice Ruth Timmerman Madeline Trotter Frances Turpin Ethel Tucker Eunice Walker Idel Woodall Ruth Wilkes Carrie Whiteside Lucy Wricht tf  ' EUNOMIAN LITERARY SOCIETY COLORS: Crimson and Cold Flower: American Beaut)) Publication: Chimes of Shorter Orion Arnold President Janie Galt Vice-President Lillie Maddox Secretary Lulu Mercer Spears Treasurer HONORARY MEMBERS Miss Harrison Miss Lindsev Madame Almv Miss Hall Miss Blount Miss Stevens Miss Jarrell INTERPRETATION OF MAETER- LINCK ' S BLUE BIRD Given in recital by Miss Aunspaugh in compliment to the Eunomian Society. A N Monday evening, December the second, a most artistic and delightful reading of Maeterlinck ' s Blue Bird was given by Miss Eugenia Aunspaugh, head of the De- partment of Expression, in compliment to the Eunomian Literary Society. Miss Aunspaugh has been endowed by nature with many advantages most coveted by the successful public reader: an attractive personal appearance; in which dig- nity, graciousness and poise are effectively combined, a clear, flexible voice, and simplicity of manner and gesture. These natural gifts are admirably seconded by her culture and sensitive literary appreciation. Miss Aunspaugh ' s interpretation of the Blue Bird was most illuminating throughout, but perhaps her sympathetic comprehension of Maeterlinck ' s thought was nowhere more clearly evidenced than in the Hall of the Luxuries and the Greater Joys, and the Hall of the Future. In this last she showed a won- derful ability in her differentiation of the voices of the little children. The reading was an interesting illustration of the ability of an artist to de- lightfully entertain an audience, and, at the same time, to be true to that far greater obligation of a reader, the obligation of presenting great truths and lessons of literature. Miss Aunspaugh not only entertained her audience, but brought out in exquisite relief the tender, sane philosophy of the dramatist. Orion Arnold Ruth Bale Annabel Brock Amy Blasincame Hettie Barton Elise Bass Rosalie Brown Frances Brown Esther Collins Vera Coleman Marie Coleman Lillie Coan Cobbie May Dean Louise Drewry Grace Davis Connie DeVane MoZELLE EUBANKS M ' Lisse Edwards Lottie Floyd Loree Florence MEMBERS Sallie Geicer Anne Goetchius Jeddie Graham Martha Galt Frances Galt Janie Galt Eva Hall Susie Hammond Katherine Henderson Herberta Hathcock Nell Hathcock Georgia Hocan Ruth Hocan Sarah Joyce King Evelyn Lewis Eloise Liddon Louise Lee Rosemary Lee Jessie Melton Cleo Murphy Lillie Maddox Julia Maddox Nina Morris Miriam Mays Elizabeth Neal Annie Pitts Juanita Pierce Esther Phillips Edith Phillips Ludelle Price Eunice Racsdale Lillie Robinson Edna Root Lulu Mercer Spears Annice Spears Ellen Turner LUCILE ToLLESON Merryl Woodard Carolyn Worthy Thelma Ward Bessie Wricht Vol. 29. THE CHIMES Published Quarterly by The Eunomian and Polymnian Literary Societies of Shorter College EDITOR Ruby Baynes ASSOCIATE EDITORS Evelyn Lewis Louise Drewry BUSINESS MANAGER Eva Phillips ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Anne Goetchius Gussie DuPree Rome, Georcia, June, 1913. No. 4. FROM THE PAGES OF A LITTLE GRAY BOOK (Prize Story) EAR little gray book, may I talk with you awhile? I am so lonely, and no one is near. Dr. Watters has gone all the way to Capertown to get me some magazines. I must be an awful bother. Even if I am rather down-hearted to-day, I fairly adore being out here, away from all the hurry, flurry of busy old New York. Auntie thinks I have lost all my sense leaving just the gayest season, but I ' m tired of it all. It is so beautiful here. How thankful I am that father went to school to dear old Dr. Watters! If he hadn ' t, I should never have had the chance to come to this place of beauty and rest. My little gray companion, I am going to tell you just how it all looks. I ' m up on the topest hill near here, and as far as I can see there are other green hills and wide valleys. Down at the bottom of this one is the most beautiful lake I ever saw, with the very dearest little island in the center, and on this island is one small cottage. That is where I live now. I have just about time to get back to the mossy bank on my island shore, before the sun goes down, and I expect to tell you all about it, for you, too, love pretty things, don ' t you? Heigho! Here I am again, and completely out of breath. I ran down that hill so fast, and had such a dreadful row across the lake. The water looks just as blue, and the tiny white caps are tumbled and tossed until they break and drift away as clear ripples on the top of the large waves. I sit right here every afternoon and watch the changes that come over the water, as the king of the west sends his rays across it. A bright glow illuminates the Heavens, the water and all the land. Then quickly the white of the clouds changes to a deep yel- low, mingled with pale blue. The next change takes place slowly, the waters fairly glisten as if they were on fire, and a brilliant red takes the place of the lighter colors. Then the big ball of light seems nearly to touch the horizon. Almost imperceptibly the sun goes lower and lower; the red fades into dim lines of pink tinged with the same delicate blue, while on the water the colors grow fainter and softer. Now only a tiny portion of the fiery globe is visible above the blue of the waters, and this is slowly, slowly sinking out of sight. The very last rays of fire have slipped entirely from view. The clouds are becoming grayer and grayer, and the lights are growing fainter and fainter. Darkness begins to creep upon the earth. I must just run, to get home before the night catches me, or good old Mrs. Watters will think I ' m drowned and worry about her runaway child, as she calls me. Good-night, dear little gray book. Well, good-morning! How glorious it is to get up and see the sun rise. This is the very first time I ever have. It is almost as beautiful as the sunsets I see each evening. I think Stephenson spoke truthfully when he said, I awoke before the morning, I was happy all the day. Do you know, little silent friend, that people are missing more of the beauty of this world by sleep than in any other way? I shall do no more of this mid-day awakening. I have made up my mind to that. I had the most wonderful time yesterday. I rowed away cross the lake in my canoe. Of course you don ' t know it, but I have an unusual amount of curiosity. Well, I saw a little house on a hill that didn ' t seem very far away, so I decided to go over and see who lived there, and away I went. I walked and walked, and the more I walked the farther off the house looked. How- ever after many weary steps I finally reached it. I heard a little voice singing before I could see anyone at all. Soon I saw the cunningest little fellow, swing- ing on the gate, and yelling at the top of his voice, Uncle John ' s coming. Uncle John ' s coming. Just as soon as he saw me, he ran straight to me, caught my hand and danced all around, singing the same joyous tune. I was delighted that he was not afraid of me, so I put my arm around him, and asked his name, also who was Uncle John. This is what he said to me, all in one breath. My name ' s Bobby, and Uncle John is my uncle, everybody loves him, and he loves everybody, he ' ll love you too, what ' s your name? I told him I was visiting Dr. Watters, just across the lake. Oh, I know him, my uncle took me over there once, and I ate all the ginger cakes I could hold, and I put two in my pocket for Dick — Dick ' s my dog — but he didn ' t like them, so I ate ' em. He told me so many things I can not tell them all to you, but I just know he is the dearest little person I ever saw. I asked him if he ' d kiss me good-bye, and he did, promising to come and see me. I left him swinging on the gate, and singing his happy song. You know, little book, I wonder what kind of a person Uncle John is; I guess he ' s just an old, kind-hearted candy man. Children always love that sort. When I got home I was one tired soul, and for the first time since my school days I was truly hungry, hungry enough to eat bread and jam. Dr. Watters thinks my father would be ashamed of me were he to know that I have never read Pilgrim ' s Progress, so he is assuming the task of reading it to me. I don ' t like it one bit, but you must never tell, because I ought to, you know. Well, I did the worst thing last night, when he was reading. I curled up in a big chair and went sound asleep, while there he sat, reading on. My courteous manners have a way of leaving me whenever I get sleepy. Good old Mrs. Watters is going to teach me to make cookies, so I must go. Good-bye. Heigho! Please try and feel strange as I do, you ' ll better understand. Yesterday afternoon I went down as usual to the lake shore. The prettiest spot I know in all the world. The blue, rippling water, with its drowsy whis- pers, which only the white water-lilies can understand. The bank, too, is beau- tiful, covered with moss, grasses, ferns and violets. Not far from where I sat on the bank is a large tree, whose leaves, blown by the breeze, fall in the stream and float idly away. I had only been there a few moments, when from around p bend in the lake, I saw a little brown boat silently glide, right near where I sat, nibbling the end of my pen. It came ashore. Two people were in the boat, one a great big man, the other a tiny boy. Can you guess who they were? Or must I tell you that they were Bobby and his Uncle John? When Bobby saw me he clapped his hands and said, Oh, there she is, to him, and to me, I ' ve brought Uncle John to see you. Just one of Uncle John ' s smiles was enough to make my embarrassment vanish. His easy, charming manner made me feel as if I had known him for years. We talked about a great many things, and had scads of fun. I guess I shouldn ' t say so, but I did wish the sun had moved more slowly in its downward path. I never saw a person that I liked any better than I do Bobby ' s uncle. I feel just so peculiar. I don ' t know what sort of a feeling 1$ have, unless it is one of attraction. I hope that he won ' t forget that he said he was coming again. I must go right now and tell Dr. Watters all about him. I couldn ' t last night, because that Progress of the Pilgrims had to come first. Be calm and have a little patience, then I ' ll tell you how it comes out. I had almost forgotten to tell you that his name is John Warner. I knew you ' d want to know. ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ Dear little book. I suppose you think I ' ve neglected you. While I was sick I could not talk or write you, but I thought of you often, and now I have so much to say to you that I don ' t know where to begin. When I first had the fever, I thought I ' d get well straight off, but instead I became worse. I ' ll tell you what, I ' ve been one sick girl. Now I am almost well, and I must go back to the world and leave my little dream island, with the flowers and birds tthat have come to be my friends. I have the hugest secret to tell you. Each day when life seemed almost hopeless, a basket of purple wood-violets came as a reminder of that happy hour spent on the mossy shore, and served as a link in the chain of memory, which drew me back to life. The very first day that I sat up, this restorer of Jife came to me, and so on each day. Yesterday he asked me a question that needed a direct answer; I wanted to appear as if I were unde- cided as to what my decision would be, but I was too weak to discuss matters, so I had to say yes. You understand how I felt, don ' t you? So dear little gray friend, I ' m going back to New York. How shall I tell you good-bye? The very thought of parting is sad, but I can not make it otherwise, so I ' ll just not say good-bye, but on some brighter day, as Mrs. John Curtis Warner, I ' ll bid you good-morrow. Elise W. Bass. SPRING TIME All the world is full of beauty Blossoms, blossoms everywhere — Every heart is full of gladness There is not a note of sadness, Anywhere, not anywhere. All the world is full of music Merry, merry roundelays — Every heart with joy is thrilling. Strains o ' er fragrant fields come trilling. Prophecies of happy days. R. G. B., 13. U i M i ■ , - - - TRAILING ARBUTUS Sequestered flower of April days, Thy covert bloom in forest warp A spell about me weaves; Thy frosted petals faint pink glow, Crystal pure like urns of snow That all with incense overflow, Half hid beneath the leaves. Thy ear lies close upon the ground, Far off it hears the thrilling sound Of spring ' s oncomjng feet; Nor lingering snow, nor chilling day, Can long the genial hours delay That fill thy chalice sweet. Thy brittle leaves so harsh and hard, So torn by winds, by winter marred, Enhance thy tender face; But he whose days are ever green, Though storms may come and frosts be keen, Is sharer in thy grace. — John Burroughs. ART STUDENTS w Nei.le Akin Alice Cody Esther Dobbs Nellie Vail Eubanks Anne Goetch Frances Galt Ludie Harvey Edith Harvey Alma Hah ' : ARAMORE KjThllen Laramore • !oi LTRIE Esther Mary Plant Mary Ri i Smith Mar TRAILING ARBUTUS uestered Bower of April days, bloom in forest warp pell about me weaves; Thy frosted petals faint pink glow, Crystal pure like urn Thai all with incense overflow, Half hid beneath the leaves. Thy ear lies close upon the grow Far off it hears tht und Of spring ' s oncomjng feet; Nor illing day. Can long the genial hours delay v chalice sweet. Thy brittle So torn by Enhance But he wh Though sto ' Is sharer eaves so harsh and hard. nds, by winter marred, tender face; ys are ever green, ay come and frosts be hy grace. mkpy- er In lh) keen, ART STUDENTS Nelle Akin Alice Codyj Esther Dobbs Nellie Vail Eubanks Anne Goetchius Frances Galt Ludie Harvey Edith Harvey Alma Harbour Helen Hamilton Thelma Harber Vera Kelly Martha Kelly Louise Laramore Kathleen Laramore Louise Moultrie Esther Phillips Edyth Phillips May Phillips Mary Plant Mary Reese Elsie Florence Smith Mary Sutton Ellen Turner Frances Turpin Addie Wright THE ART LOVERS ' CLUB If it be true that any beauteous thing Raises the pure and just desires of man From earth to God, the Eternal fount of all. Such I believe my art, for as in her So fair, in whom I all beside forget, I view the gentle works of her Creator, I have no care for any other thing; For who adores his Maker, must needs love His work. ((f OFFICERS Ludie Bass Harvey President May Phillips Vice-President Anne Goetchius Secretary Alma Harbour Treasurer Motto: Through Nature up to Nature ' s Cod Emblem: The Lily Colors: Silver and Cold The Art Lovers reorganized promptly after the opening of school, elected officers and planned a course of study for the year. In the early fall we held our meetings in the open with only the boughs of the odorous pines between us and the blue dome, while the velvety carpet of moss and pine needles was our foot- stool. In, connection with our out-of-doors work we made an especial study of the lives of the master painters of landscape among which were Corot and Millet. As winter came with its frost and snow our work was done mostly in-doors, with a few exceptions, one of which was an all-day tramp to Mt. Alto. From this trip we returned with our best sketches on our memory rather than on canvas, and these we always find as helpful, if not more, than those only on paper. Spring again invited us to meet beneath the blue sky, but where we left the dead leaves in the fall, this time we found the many wild flowers to welcome us, while the tiny birds sang merry tunes to brighten our hearts as we worked. With all the natural beauty of our mountains, valleys, and the encircling streams, the end comes much too soon when we are reluctant to leave our Club for our many other duties until another year. M. PHILLIPS. ■Ham I  ■ z U z en 0. « u Id Z i u  5 ' 2 -1 u Id U 5 a. O to 2 U 2 s Prcfesscr Alexander von Skibinsky THE VIOLINIST Across the sleeping magic of four strings The slender bow he swept; Lo, haunting beauty of forgotten springs Full into memory leapt With all the fleeting, lost, and lovely things For which our souls have wept! Swift as he played the present fell away, The winter ' s biting cold; We lived at last within a rarer day Unseen yet sung of old, — The earthly paradise for which we pray, But only bards behold. Across the lavender of distant hills Ineffably at dawn There glows a transient loveliness that thrills The heart strings and is gone. Fairer than fluttering April daffodils, Type of some distant morn! Across the salt sea marsh at eventide There broods a magic spell, — Those solitary sunlit plain o ' er wide, Their secret keep full well. Would we might read the prophecies they hide Of joy too deep to tell ! But as he played all hints of lovelier lands Than any we may know; Of temples fashioned by no earthly hands, Fairer than earth can show, Like Camelots that Merlins skill commands, Took form and dxuelt below! Across the sleeping magic of four strings The slender bow he swept; Lo, haunting beauty of forgotten springs Full into memory leapt With all the steadfast, fair, foreshadowed things For which our souls have wept! HE ARTISTS ' COURSE Among the most delightful educative and culturizing of processes is that of listening to great literature as interpreted by a worthy critic, or to great music as interpreted by a really great artist. Too frequently the location of a college debars its students these advantages. At Shorter, however, during the past winter, the judgment, tact, and good management of Professor Stanley, the director of music, has succeeded in securing for the Artists ' Course, lectures and recitals of the highest merit. The first number of the Course, the song recital of Miss Christine Miller, contralto, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on November the twenty- second, set a standard of charm and excellence that pervaded the whole Course. Miss Miller ' s winning personality and gracious manners de- lighted her audience no less than did her exquisite voice. Following Miss Miller, on December the tenth, came the brilliant piano recital of gifted pupil of the celebrated Leschetisky, Miss Ethel Newcomb, of Vienna. On the evenings of January the eleventh and twelfth, the third and fourth numbers of the Course were presented by Dr. Alphonso Smith, of the University of Virginia. Dr. Smith ' s experience as Roose- velt Exchange Professor in Literature at the University of Berlin, fitted him pre-eminently to speak on the topic of the first evening, ' American Literature in Foreign Lands. It was interesting indeed to learn how Europeans appreciate Cooper ' s Indians and Poe ' s short stories, Ameri- can humor and American idealism. Dr. Smith ' s second lecture, The Mission of Poetry, was a literary gem in its simplicity of style and [ [ ' J loftiness of tone. The last number of the Course was the violin recital of Mr. Arthur Hartman, accompanied by Mr. William Reddick, on the evening of March the sixth. Mr. Hartman, who has played in almost every European country, has been received with favor even by Parisian audiences, and is well known among music lovers all over the United States. Altogether the Artists ' Course of 1912-1913 has been most satisfactory. SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION Expression Oral English Story-Tellers ' League The artist ' s market is the heart of man The artist ' s price some little good of man The end of means is art that works by love. ' This has been a busy session for both teacher and student. In a single bound the requirements of this Department leaped from two half-hour private lessons a week to daily class-work plus weekly private lessons. A spirit of increasing effort and interest has been a marked characteristic of the students this session and has resulted in a series of excellent student recitals. Several programs, selected from the best of present-day short-story writers, have been given; especially pleasing was the recital of Kipling ' s Just So Stories. The comedy of Barbara by Jerome K. Jerome was given on March 1 3. Barbara is a good comedy, well written and worthy the study. We are to give As You Like It in the Forest of Shorter just before Com- mencement. The beautiful hills and forests surrounding Shorter seem the ideal realization of enchanted Arden, that serenest of forests; its emerald leafage flecked with sunshine, with here and there a gleam of white, and flutter of bright garments. Its sounds are the softest — murmuring brooks, blowing leaves, sigh- ing in a shadow, playing at courtship, song and girlish laughter. And in merry rehearsals under the greenwood tree we fleet the time carelessly as they did in the golden world. ORAL ENGLISH Behold us in the sunshine, down among the pines! Out-of-door class? Fresh-air school? No — Yes. It is just a little trick of ours to fly through the windows in a flash of the eye any day — chairs, teachers and all, away to the mountains or the woods, or the skies, or the big world. On one of these fly- away trips we lighted for a moment on the hillside and the camera man snapped us — as you see! Who are we? We are the Pure-Speech Girls, who should never say y ' all, sump ' n, his ' try, sef, hep, gim ' me, or any such et ceteras and et ceteras ad infinitum ; but who should speak the speech trippingly on the tongue with pure, open vowels, definite consonants, and rhythmic quantity. We are the Reporters! Miss A : Your practice? We : Hour! We are the Thoughigivers! Get before you give. Silent reading: to get thought. Oral reading: to give thought. Give freely. We are the Thinners! Think in sequence. Individualize the ideas. Realize the thought. Speak in thought-phrases. Hold the thought — pause, don ' t stop! We are, many of us, green little Freshies, and some of us were Sophs; but none of us read or talk too well. Our Oral English Course this year has been interesting and helpful. We have studied narrative and lyric poetry, told short stories and spoke speeches, and read one of Shakespeare ' s plays. We find the daily exercise of reading classic literature aloud is cultivating our taste and improving our speech. We value the year ' s work. STORY-TELLERS ' LEAGUE Ellie Jacobs President Martha Ellis Associate President Annice Spears Secretary Martha Kendrick Treasurer One evening early in the opening session, the Expression Class delightfully entertained the Oral English Classes with recitations and fun and frolic and regfreshments. The occasion was of more than social significance, because it was at this time that the organization of a Story-Tellers ' League was suggested and approved, and the following week the League was formally organized. s LlI We can never forget the charm of those perfect evenings last fall when we gathered in the twilight, under the stars, to tell stories, sing songs, and watch the rising of the great, golden moon. As the season advanced and the nights grew dark and chill, so reluctant were we to go indoors that we bundled into warm wraps, and with sofa pillows and lanterns we snuggled together on the por- tico of the Conservatory for our story telling. Across the river the lights of Rome shone clear and beautiful as stars. These evenings of story and song were dreams of beauty. But winter drove us indoors at last, and we found the cozy sitting-room gatherings very enjoyable. Especially memorable was the Peter Pan evening. On that occasion several of the girls, who had just been to Atlanta to see Maude Adams in the play, told us the story of Peter Pan ; and we celebrated by serving refreshments. Our year ' s program calls for the study of the story-interest of Childhood, of Early Adolescence, and of Later Adolescence. During the spring term our interest and energies have been largely devoted to real story-telling to real live children. We found two hundred and one children enrolled in the crowded rural school of West Rome, located just below Shorter Hill, and we have in a way adopted these children. That is we go down once a week (whenever pos- sible) and tell stories, and on Sunday afternoons we tell Bible stories to the chil- dren in the little West Rome church. These children are our nearest neighbors, and we love to look into their bright eyes. We are planning for a grand finale later in the spring, when the birds and blossoming woods woo us away from tiresome books. Then on a perfect afternoon we will have a Big Story-Telling Bee and a Grand Picnic out in the beautiful forest, where we will enjoy the bursting gladness of earth ' s springtime. GERMAN FOLK-SONG HE common people or the peasantry of all lands have at some time or other been moved to express their feelings according to certain influences which have been brought to bear upon their lives. This expression has been through various mediums, each as speech- song, the playing of instruments and the dance. It is difficult to trace the birth of the German song, but until the time of the Minnesingers the song had not acquired form, either in the metre or melody ; so this must be our starting point. The Minnesingers were the German counterparts of the Troubadours, but of rather later date, and the tunes of their compositions were somewhat different. Their love themes differed from those of the Troubadours in that the Germans gave them a loftier tone by mingling them with the Madonna sentiment. The earliest songs of the Minnesingers were founded on Folk-Song melodies and were very simple. They were helpful in uniting noble and peasant, in that these wandering minstrels sang the folk-songs at the Courts and the Court song among the people. But with the downfall of Feudalism came the decline of the Minnesingers, and the transition of poetry and music from the nobility to the people. Those into whose immediate guardianship the song life of the nation was intrusted, were a small band, chiefly artisans, although some of their num- ber were of the lesser nobility and gentlemen of leisure, organized into Guilds and recognized generally under the designation of Mastersingers. The subject of their verse was as a rule religious, and the music was characterized by a monotonous melody. Their chief value as poets and musicians is that they popularized the art of song and made it a lasting method of promulgating Ger- man hopes, loves, and ideals throughout all the German provinces. The best known of the Mastersingers was Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet. The subjects of the earliest Folk-Songs were historical. But by the end of the sixteenth century, almost every sentiment of the human heart and every occu- pation of life had its own song. There were serious and comic songs; songs relating to the home, sea and forest; songs of nature, drinking, parting and many others. But the best are the love songs, for their feeling is strongest. In char- acter they are cheerful and gay without impetuosity or excitability. Generally the form of the Folk-Song is concise, but sometimes you meet with looser forms, due probably to the influence of the church. The songs as a whole were loved for their beauty, symmetry of melody and firmness of rhythm. Dur- ing the time of the French rule over the Germans, the patriots of the country turned to the Folk-Song as the best form of appeal to the people. Clemens Brentano and Achen von Arnin made a collection of Folk-Songs and scattered it by means of pamphlets among the people. The service rendered by these poets in this act is, that it drew the attention of the people to the hopes, fears, ambi- tions and joys which they had in common. It awakened a sense of unity in that people who, politically, were so disunited. The poems of Arndt, Horner and Schenkendorf were set to music and in form and spirit so appealed to the people that they became incorporate in the Folk-Song literature, and so awakened the national feeling and so inspired faith in the God of Battles and the cause of freedom that when Frederick William sent out his Call to My People, they arose as one man and never laid down their arms until their faith and patriotism were vindicated in the glorious victory of Leipzig. There are, however, but few collections of Folk-Songs. They lived on the lips and in the hearts of the people, and have thus been handed down to us through the centuries. The Folk-Songs played a very important part in the church, the tunes being used by great polyphonic masters as themes for their masses, motets and other sacred subjects. In no country was this done on a higher plane than in Ger- many. Among the first to adopt the Folk-Songs for the church was Luther, believing that it would make the service more impressive to allow the congrega- tion to join in the songs, as was the custom in the early days of Christianity. The simplest and most beautiful melodies ever created are the melodies of the chorales which were originally Folk-Songs. Though some critics may hold that the German Folk-Song is dead, we can not but believe that these songs, so simple and yet so powerful in their ex- pression of human emotions will continue to live ; and that love of man, love of home, and love of the father-land will continue to find its truest outlet through the medium of the Folk-Song. Janette Scandrett. PARISIAN STREETS ERHAPS no other modern city has offered so many topics for dis- cussion, so many subjects for books, inspired so many enthusiasts for her cause, or enjoyed such undisputed popularity as the French capital. She has been, as it were, the mecca of all good Ameri- cans and Europeans. One may well ask, what is her secret? There is the same background of bricks and mortar, the same great boulevards, the same large squares with their fountains and monuments, even the same interesting little side streets to be found in other cities, yet Paris more than all others possesses a subtle, sympathetic charm which is irresistible. This is due almost entirely to the life of her streets, which expresses more eloquently than all the books that could be written the character and temperament of the race, its social instincts, the joyous, careful abandon characteristic of it as a nation — in fact, the very soul of the French people. The streets of Paris may be compared to a stage of immense proportions, and every indivdual to an actor in gay or farcical roles; or to a great ball-room ablaze with light, with its belles dames in costly gowns and priceless jewels and with a never-ending round of pleasure ; for even in her tragedies there is a hint of the farce. The most pessimistic can not resist the impulse to forget his woes and give himself over to the pleasure of the hour offered in countless ways on the streets. s, In the summer the Avenue de Nevilly, a suburban prolongation of the Champs Elysees, becomes a Gallic Midway. There one can find every conceiv- able amusement. For almost two miles there is a continuous line of side-shows, fortune tellers ' booths, small circuses, long counters where are sold all kinds of merchandise as well as food and drink. The head is apt to grow dizzy watch- ing the roller coasters, merry-go-rounds and ferris wheels, and at every turn the appetite is tempted by some dainty for sale. In the city itself, theatres, open- air vaudevilles and Cafe ' s Charmants seem to have been scattered broadcast; taverns and restaurants as numerous, invite the passerby to stop and indulge his desires. In a few, one experiences a gloomy gaiety, as in the Tavern of Death ; but in all others is that delightful atmosphere of life and hope and joy which the Frenchman creates ; laughter, music, glancing repartee and sparkling wine. But in the very heart of Paris, along the quay overlooking the Seine, whose clear, swiftly-flowing waters are crowded with craft of every description, and itself one of Paris ' most joyous highways — along these quays stretch long rows of books — a public library, and from the gay throng pressing ever to and fro its two miles of length from the Chamber of Deputies to Notre Dame, many a one drops out to peruse its volumes, for here the most varied tastes may be satisfied — of young and old, of gay and grave, of student and loiterer — verily here is an education to be had for the taking. Not the least busy or thronged are the street markets. Clustered about the classic Madeline or the picturesque Tour de 1 ' Horloge, as in many other parts of Paris, the flowers send out their fragrant appeal, and in and out press the crowd, peasants, little children, young men and old — conventional mammas and their young daughters — some to buy, but many more to enjoy the beauty — the care- less, happy abandon and free-masonry of the scene. And yet one may not linger; for Paris beckons ever onward. Merrymakers are all around. Watch the omnibuses, how from their tops — especially on Sundays — parties of students, shop girls, whole families, look down upon the streets as they roll past on their quests for the parks and pleasure grounds of Suburban Paris. But if the city is alive and beautiful by day, she is infinitely more in the evening. It is then that she becomes the Empress of the Night, and dresses herself, as it were, in light. Paris is the best lighted city in the world, and as soon as the sun has set she grows more and more a blaze of enchantment. Like a belle wearing her finest jewels at a ball, she is most brilliant on the fete days. and the least excuse for a fete is taken advantage of. Then the great boulevards are given over to the people. Even the vehicles and omnibuses are turned aside and the streets are thronged not only with promenaders but with dancers as well, while overhead fireworks and lanterns add their light to the false day already created by electricity. The whole Parisian world has surrendered itself for the time to the god of Pleasure, and what wonder? The call of the streets can not be resisted, and all yield to it, making those who know and love Paris exclaim with Du Maurier, Paris! Paris! Paris! The very name has been one to conjure with, whether we think of it as a mere sound on the lips and in the ear, or as a magical written or printed word for the eye. Mildred Lide. P n DMEST I C ' DOMESTIC SCIENCE We think our Domestic Science Department at Shorter is the very finest of the fine things here. Why do we think so? Because this is an age in which women are playing a decidedly prominent part in the world ' s affairs. To be able to meet the demands of this woman of to-day, a girl must be trained an all-round woman. We would not have her only a domestic being, abso- lutely ignorant of all the great world around her, moving only in her small home circles, her eyes seeing only from the table to the kitchen and back again. We would have her abreast with the times and interested in all things pertaining to the physical, mental, and moral uplift of the community. Then we would have her capable of managing her household with all the grace, dignity and poise that befits her as the head of the home. For this is a woman ' s first place. When a man starts into a big business affair of which he is to be the head, he does not begin at the top, but learns his business step by step. Then he is capable of knowing when it is well done by others. So it is with the successful housekeeper. She must know the fundamentals before she can manage or per- haps perform these duties herself. Some mothers say, Oh, well, my daughter can learn to cook at home, I can teach her. Yes, but because mothers can read and write, do they keep their daughters at home to teach these things? No, that is not necessary, neither is there need of cooking lessons at home. Here at Shorter, we are taught to plan, cook and serve meals that are attractive, nutritious and economical. We learn the chemical composition of foods and their relative values. We spend much time in preparing dishes, because it takes practice to make perfect. All this, I repeat, goes to make women of to-day, and as we girls whom Shorter College sends forth intend to be leaders in all things useful and good, we make the most of our advantages in this department, which we regard, as I said in the beginning, the best opportunity offered in our College Course. Here ' s to the finest department at Shorter Domestic Science appeals to each daughter. We learn how to cook and also to measure, We learn how to serve, and oh! it ' s such pleasure. We keep all our things in very best order This is the plan we ' ve adopted at Shorter. Cake-pans, spoons and forks all to themselves Separate, apart is each up on the shelves. If you should visit the place of our work Amazed you would stand, your heart give a jerk, For every last one of us in aprons so cunning Makes a fine picture that really is stunning. And so, if toward Shorter a youth you see wandering Just send him this way and stop all his pondering About those ideal girls he has met with in books He ' ll quickly decide, he prefers one that cooks. C. M. D. DOMESTIC ART A DOMESTIC ARTS GIRL TO THE RESCUE n -RjR f28Sl LICE and Jane, her newly arrived guest, were sitting on the i illAs$M veranda talking over the intervening years since they were school I w iSS fy girls at Shorter, when Alice eagerly turned the conversation to the l f Na j future. She was to be married to Jack in a few months, and they were going abroad on their bridal tour. There was so much to tell Jane of all their plans. In the midst of this absorbing theme, however, she was interrupted by a telephone call — a long-distance message. She rushed into the house, fear- ing some misfortune had befallen Jack. To be sure it was he who had called her, but she was at once relieved, as he assured her that he was well — even hap- pier than ever — and was only taking that means of finding out without delay, whether she would not fix an earlier date for their marriage. Unforeseen cir- cumstances made it necessary that he sail in two weeks ' time. Matters must be arranged huniedly, so that the wedding could take place in two weeks. Could she do it? Distracted, yet secretly happy, Alice finally promised to be ready. After breaking the news to Jane she began immediately to plan how she could best finish all the sewing that was begun. Jane soon relieved all anxieties as to that stupendous task, for she had taken the course in Domestic Art at Shorter. Did she not know all the stitches from even basting to the feather- stitch? Could she not do them deftly, too? She was ready and willing to assume the responsibility of completing the trousseau. So, after some hours of planning, two weary but happy girls went to their rooms to fall asleep and to dreams of laces and ribbons, and needles and thread. The home of Alice was the scene of much excitement during the next two weeks, yet much actual work was accomplished. Jane took charge in such a systematic way, planning so much for each day and even for each half-day, that at night they found a great deal had been done. Jane knew how to suggest the best ways to make hems, to sew on lace, and to finish plackets without puckers at the corners. Furthermore, one day when they were making the waist to be worn with the traveling suit, they discovered that there was not enough cloth for one cuff. As it was late in the afternoon, and all the shops were closed, they were at a loss to know the way out of this difficulty. Jane came to the rescue; for, spying a piece of cloth that had been thrown into the waste-basket, she put into practice what she had learned in the sewing class about the wisdom of saving scraps, and the skill with which one can accomplish much with little. And lo, in a short time, she had managed by piecing to produce a full-sized cuff. The garment, therefore, was completed as mapped out for that day ' s work. Needless to say, with such a guiding spirit at hand, the second week was as successful as the first. And it was a happy Jane who threw rice after the departing couple on the eventful day of the quiet home wedding. She was happy because of her chum ' s happiness and because, in her small way, she had helped to make the seemingly impossible not only a reality but a pleasant and enjoyable task. : ®ial of % Saga THE DIAL On the tip-top of Shorter Hill, where the sun shines brighter than in any other spot in all the world, the Shorter Sun Dial marks the hours that shine in our College life. The year of 1912-1913 has been made up almost wholly of glad- some moments and the Dial has recorded them all, though only a few may be recounted here. However, the Dial itself has a story. Inscribed on its marble base is The Students, 1910- ' ! 1, 1911- ' 12. The inscription brings before us the picture of the Christmas bazaars, the gaily decorated booths, the tempting array of available Christmas gifts, and, above all, the laughing, happy girls, as they moved busily about. For it was through the bazaars that we secured the Sun Dial. In the bazaars, held just before Christmas every year, Shorter girls have brought about the rare combination of social pleasure and business; and so they have come to have a distinctive place in our College life that nothing else can fill. On the afternoon of January the thirtieth the entire College assembled in the court to witness the commemoration of the Sun Dial. After the College song, Louise Bennett and Wilda Hardman, in effective speeches, presented the Dial to the College in the name of the students of 1910- ' 12. Dr. Van Hoose graciously accepted the gift in behalf of the College, and Lillie Maddox, our president, in behalf of the student body. Hence our Sun Dial stands to-day, faithfully marking the shining hours. OLD MAID ' S CONVENTION In this, the day of the bachelor girl and the suffragette, even the mere fact of the existence of an old maid is hailed with great interest — the interest always evinced in a rapidly-passing specimen of humanity, while a convention of these ladies of uncertain age is the worthy cause of great excitement. This particular Convention was held by the members of the Senior Class in the College Auditorium on the twenty-sixth of October, and eager listeners gathered to hear the deliberations of these representatives of single blessedness. The shiboleth of the Convention was a husband for myself, and then husbands for these my sisters. The sisters were marvelously and fearfully arrayed. There were hoop- skirts of incredible dimensions, sweeping plumes on microscopically small hats, and a seemingly limitless quantity of corkscrew curls. They all carried band- boxes and parasols, to say nothing of bird cages and kittens. Dress reform was discussed, but the unfortunate Charity Longface who pleaded for hobble skirts and psyche knots, was quelled by the unanimous vote in favor of the fashions of their youth. It was something of a shock to many that the Seniors, whose fame for youth (though precocious youth it must be granted) has gone abroad at Shorter, could in one night change into sedate, uncompromising spinsters. In one night Margaret McKnight, as Calamity Jane Higgins, became distressingly deaf. Annie Pitts became the nerve-shattered, love-lorn Betsy Bobbett, and even the Class infant, Mary Mobley, was wonderfully successful as a red-headed old maid. The Convention was an event long to be cherished in the memory of all who were present. HE Seniors were hostesses at the first of the gala occasions of the year — the Hallowe ' en party. The invitations called it a Jubilee of the ghosts and witches, and so indeed it was. A dark, tor- turous way, lighted at unexpected intervals by leering jack o ' lan- terns, led to the meeting place. After groping blindly up three flights of stairs in utter darkness, in the hope of finding light and cheer awaiting them at the top, the guests, themselves all in ghostly array, found only a wet, clammy hand extended in greeting, while a long, bony finger pointed inexorably the way into a fearful chamber, from which issued the muffled sounds of the clanking of chains, the rattle of bones, and suppressed screams. There was no turning backward; the commanding finger, the memory of the dark stairway, even the fear of their own ghostly companions drove them forward into the dread unknown. The mysterious horrors that befell them therein must only be imagined. Then suddenly they found themselves in the most delightful spot in all Witchland. Here was found the wealth of the harvest-time. The yellow corn stalks banked the walls, strings of the red and yellow ears were gaily festooned, ruddy apples were suspended tantalizingly, while the mellow light of the whole room came from the now cheerfully grinning pumpkin faces of the jack o ' Ian- terns. A witch, wise in her craft, tended the cauldron that boiled and bubbled, and read the fate of the curious ones from its depths. A gypsy fortune teller unrolled the future to her eager listeners. Apples were bobbed for in great glee, peanuts could be had by spearing them with hat-pins. The jubilee ended with the grand march — big ghosts and little ghosts marching gaily, a wierd pro- cession. Then the masks fell, and grim, blank countenances of the ghosts were re- placed by laughing girlish faces, while the witches, very gay after such fun, sailed away on their broomsticks. The bats fluttered their wings almost merrily in flight, and the black cats simply grinned themselves away after the manner of their famous Cheshire ancestor — all of which is proof positive of our delightful Hallowe ' en. HIAWATHA T was with especial fitness that in November the Juniors presented Hiawatha to a Shorter Col- lege audience, for is not Shorter situated in the heart of the old Indian lands, almost on the very bank of the Coosa, the stream still called in their tongue. The play took the form of a pantomine. Miss Mildred Lide read impressively the beau- tiful story of love in that forest primaeval, while the characters of the story moved before us, in- terpreting it throughout the action. We saw the wigwam of the old Nakomis in its forest setting, and the boy Hiawatha as he listened to Nakomis ' stories by the camp-fire. We watched the lovely Minnehaha as she sat beside her father, the arrow-maker, in the land of the Dakotas. The wooing of the maiden and her betrothal to Hiawatha thrilled us. But most of all did we delight in the meeting of t he chiefs of the tribes, where they smoked in silence the pipes of peace, later breaking into wild songs and wierd dances. The acting was cleverly done and it was almost with real sorrow that we saw the coming of the white man in the person of the priest, for it not only brought the play to a close, but symbolized the passing of this picturesque nation from our midst. THE CHRISTMAS DINNER m It was the eighteenth of December. An atmosphere of mystery pervaded all Shorter. Teachers smiling mysteriously hurried back and forth with strange looking bundles and made significant tantalizing remarks. When the girls teased, begged and plotted to make them reveal their secret, they only smiled more broadly and were as silent as the Sphinx. There were rumors of moving pictures, of a faculty stunt, there was every sort of surmise, but not until the gong for dinner sounded did we have the solution of our riddle. The whole dining-room was aglow with the Christmas lights which shone from out the dark green of the pines banked on all sides. On every table stood a miniature Christmas tree, glori- ously bedecked with tinsel and lighted tapers. But in the center of the dining- room stood the big tree, the cynosure of all eyes. Between the courses of the dinner members of the faculty proposed toasts to the President of the Student Body and the Y. W. A. Then we toasted the different classes — even the girls in ranks and the Executive Board. At last Santa Claus, with a well-filled sack on his shoulders, entered and was greeted with enthusiastic applause. At a sign from him the girls of the German Classes gathered around the big tree and sang, O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum. The distribution of the presents by the generous Santa came next. There were dolls, marbles, A. B. C. books, toys galore. The most popular gifts were the horns and drums, which in some measure gave expression to the joy and pleas- ure of the evening and of the happy Christmas days to come. • -ViiWMlI. THE SENIOR WEDDING Colonel and Mrs. Class, Sr. Request the pleasure of your presence At the marriage of their daughter Beauty Major C. Appegcio The Wedding to take place in the College Auditorium Saturday Evening, February the Sixteenth The above invitation was of wide-spread in- terest throughout the College community, for need- less to say, a wedding is an unusual occurrence at Shorter. On the appointed evening the auditorium was filled with wedding guests, while a thrill of expect- ancy went through the crowd as the notes of the Lohengrin wedding march sounded. The brides maids came down the center aisle, while the ushers advanced from the side aisles; they clossed and ascended the steps to the altar. The maid-of- honor, Miss Vail, entered alone, the flower girls followed, and then the bride Beauty, sometimes known as Miss Ruth Stovall, entered on the arm of her father, Mr. L. Laramore. At the altar she was met by the groom, Major C. Appeggio, alias Mr. L. Bennett, and his best man, Mr. E. Jacobs. Mr. E. Ragsdale officiated, the ceremony being an unusually impressive one. A portion of it is quoted: Wilt thou. Major C. Appeggio, take her. Beauty, as thy true room-mate? Wilt thou meekly leave in silence when her love-cases call and refrain from all teasing remarks? Wilt thou laugh mightily when she telleth a joke or maketh a daffydil? I will. Wilt thou, Beauty, take Major C. Appeggio as thy husband? Wilt thou allow him to carry the post-once key and complain not if he loseth thy g treasured letters? Wilt thou make his home pleasant for him, yea even by dust- ing the door panels? Wilt thou forsake thy love-cases and have a date to meet him at the Sun Dial every Sunday evening? I will. Major, speak these words after me: ' With all my worldly goods I thee endow, with my hairpins, my red middy tie, yea even with my Azurea. ' ' On Sunday morning at eight o ' clock breakfast was served in the College dining-room to the bridal party. The bride was charming in white linen, and wore a red middy tie, the gift of the groom. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON PARTY Had time for once turned back a hundred and fifty years? Whence came these stately damsels with their powdered hair and voluminous skirts? Could such gallant, be-rigged gentlemen, so ornamented with buckles and frills, belong to the twentieth century? Just for the memorable night of February the twenty-second. The Freshmen were hostesses at a George Washington party. However they were very unlike the proverbial Freshmen, as they received their guests with such grace it seemed as if they had assumed the dignity and stateliness as well as the dress and fashions of their great-grandmothers. The gymnasium was gay in the red, white and blue. Bunting and flags were everywhere. The Virginia reel and the old-fashioned minuet were danced, the slow, graceful movements suiting the picturesque figures so well. Then the whole company joined in the grand march, keeping step to Yankee Doodle, but break- ing into applause when the notes of Dixie sounded. Tiny hatchets were given as souvenirs, to be treasured in memory books as a reminder of that evening ' s pleasure. THE SOPHOMORE CARNIVAL Right this way ladies to the big Sophomore Carnival! Here ' re your ice cream cones! Strawberry, chocolate and pineapple! See the famous swimming match, only five cents! Such were a few of the cries heard at the Carnival given by the Sophomores on Saturday evening, March the fifteenth. It was a typical scene. Showers of confetti greeted one on all sides. Even the most peacefully inclined, munch- ing their sandwiches as they contentedly strolled about, were assailed, having their sandwiches sandwiched with handfuls of the provoking stinging bits of vari- colored paper. Confetti proved an excellent way of satisfactorily paying off old scores. Laughing, chattering groups thronged up and down, pausing to inspect signs or to listen to the cry of the clown spielers in front of the various shows. Inside the fast-closed doors were wonderful sights. There was a Hall of Fame, whose occupants bore a suspicious resemblance to the Discipline Com- mittee. The Old Plantation revealed old darky mammies, who between plantation melodies and executions of the pigeon wing, discussed Shorter affairs in a very comprehensive way. The Fortune teller was popular, as she revealed the meaning of the lines in palms and gave advice in love affairs. In addition there was the Art Gallery, The Great Swimming Match, The Bridal Scene, and other attractions. On the whole the Carnival was literally a howling success, much en- joyed by all who attended. _ THE FRESHMAN CIRCUS The Freshman Circus! There is no adjective that can justly describe it. Several days before the great event took place posters appeared, announcing to the Shorter students the coming of the Freshling Sisters ' Big Shows. These told the girls there were to be Nine Stupendous Stunts Stunning Spectators into Satisfied Stupefaction, Seraphine, the Snake Charmer, who makes the reptiles appear as tame as a Freshman before the Discipline Committee, The Cries of the Wilderness, Terrific Tintinnabulation of Tempestuous Terrors, and other equally mysterious attractions. The day of the circus arrived at last, and immediately after dinner everyone hurried to the gynasium. The Old Curiosity Shop held rare and quaint relics, such as a pencil used by Miss Lindsey at Tennesee College, and a plaid Windsor tie that had graced the youth- ful form of A. W. Van Hoose. Seraphine, the Snake Charmer, with her wierd songs and her squirming snakes made one ' s flesh fairly creep. The Moving Pictures showed scenes familiar to every Shorter student. The cries of the Wil- derness, which terrified everyone and suggested man-eating lions and hungry panthers, proved to be four perfectly tame and harmless College girls showing off their vocal powers. Then there was Madame Bagliacci, the famous palm reader, who was eagerly sought after by the students. Sharp at eight-fifteen the big doors of the gym were unlocked and a big voice behind a megaphone an- nounced that five minutes would be given for the inspection of the menagerie before the big show would start. It was a strange menagerie, composed of ani- mals from the cotton and sawdust kingdoms. When the big show started, how- ever, with a grand parade, live animals were presented to the public. The attrac- tions were those of the usual circus. There was the tight-rope walker, Madam Hoo Dag Umpty Poof, the animal trainer, and Madam Fandang. In addition to this there were Startling Statues exposing the scandals of Shorter. SHORTER C L U B Sarah Joyce King Manager Ellen B. Law Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Elizabeth Richardson Louise Bennett Katharine Rutledce Aline Winburn Anna Warren Clark Zilla Johnson Ruby Hayes Tommie Moore Lorene Lacy Rebecca Clark SISTERS ' CLUB OFFICERS Miss Jacobs Chaperon Leola Ranew President Anne Goetchius Vice-Presidenl Rosemary Lee Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Bertha Bassett Ruth Hocan Nanine Bassett Georgia Hocan Maude Chason Julia Chason Vesta Head Lilla Chason I. V. Head Anna Warren Clark Margaret Jacobs Rebecca Clark Ellie Jacobs Vera Coleman Leo Lovvorn Marie Coleman Mildred Loworn Eugenia Flournoy Rosemary Lee Armenta Flournoy Louise Lee Frances Galt Esther Phillips Martha Galt Edith Phillips Anne Goetchius Leola Ranew Mary Goetchius Jessie Ranew Herberta Hathcock Annice Spears Nelle Hathcock Lula Mercer Spears Zeddie Shepherd Ina Shepherd T. L. CLUB Place of Meetinc: ?????? Time of Meeting: Twelve P. M. Motto: Eat, dr ' mfy, and be merry, for lo-morrom lue may be in ranfys Nell Akin Marcaret Donelson Juanita Bennett Janey Galt Cobbie Mae Dean . Elizabeth Hite . . MEMBERS Toad Wilda Hardman Billie Peggy Carrie Whiteside . . . Aunl Betty Big Ben Mary Mobley Red Jane Katharine Rutledge .... Rut ' Chubbie May Phillips Flips Buster Alice Ruth Timmerman Tiny Tim DIAMOND SEEKERS ' CLUB Motto: Diamonds lead; now trump with a heart Flower: Violet Color: Purple and Cold MEMBERS Maud Chason Anna Warren Clark Cobbie Mae Dean Sally Geicer Louise McArthur Juanita Pierce Eunice Walker Eloise Wilkes Eight maidens are hunting a fortune, Not consisting of silver or gold. But of something even more precious, Of diamonds, I am told. But they want not only the jewels; Cupid must have a part In the quest ; for when diamonds lead. Some one ' s sure to trump with a heart- e 7) J W « KID CLUB Song: Youre my baby; you ' re a wonderful child. Colors: Baby Blue and Pink Flower: Daisy Motto: Put your hair up on your head and wear long dresses MEMBERS Mary Saunders Amy Blasincame Katherine Henderson Minnie Moore Lollar . . . Bill Mary Plant Kitty . Chick Carter Harvey Fritz Kils Nell Akin Nelikin 1V1INN1E IVIOORE LOLLAR .... Fatty PEARL STEPHENS Tubbie Ruby Hays Bet Vera Phillips Vee Elizabeth Hite Buster Mary Goetchius Piggie ft « f £ % f 1 MAIDENS ALL FORLORN Motto: ( is ie( er to have loved and lost than never to have loved at jilt Colors: Turquoise Blue and Silver Cray Flower: Forget-Me-Not Watchword: Love MEMBERS Margaret Donelson M ' Lisse Edwards Louise Lee Rosemary Lee Juanita Pierce Louise Robinson Rebecca Rocers Margaret Wright e THE SEVEN ROMAN GEESE. Motto: Honl{, Honl{ Color: Reman Cold Place of Meeting: On Rome ' s Seventh Hill Pass Word: Get in the svtim First Goose Sarah Joyce King Second Goose Lilly Nunnally Third Goose Bessie Wright Fourth Goose Mary Goetchius Fifth Goose Cobbie May Dean Sixth Goose Glennis Hancock Seventh Goose Anne Goetchius Honorar y Gander Mr. L. R. Hocan MARY CLUB Flower: Marygold Home: Maryland Mascot: Lamb Soncs: Mary ' s a Crand Old Name and 7 Love ihe Name of Mary MEMBERS R. M ry Lee Cutest Mary Mary L. Tolleson Most studious Mary Mary Peacock Sweetest Mary Mary Elder . Tallest Mary Mary E. Phillips Prettiest Mary Mary H. BlomeYER Jolliest Mary Mary Goetchius Most attractive Mary Mary S. Henderson Best natured Mary Mary Sutton Most artistic Mary Mary F. Brown . Most timid Mary Mary Plant Littlest Mary Mary Bell . . Truest Mary Mary D. McAfee Most popular Mary Mary BuRDETTE . Most Industrious Mary Mary Saunders Most stylish Mary Mary O. Hall . Faculty Mary Mary Mobley Most indifferent Mary Mary E. RucKER Dearest Mary 7 THE TIME-KILLERS Motto : Never do to-day what you can put off ' til to-morrow — tomorrow never comes Place of Meeting: Where there ' s the least to Jo Colors: P ' m and Red Flower: Dead Thyme Aim: To spend as much time as n e can doin absolutely nothin. MEMBERS Chief High Executors Official Title Vera Kelly Kel Virginia McDuffie Popper Assistants Louise Bennett Exec Marguerite Brewer Fally Ophelia Davis M ' ophelia Margaret Polhill Polly Mary Saunders Bill Ruth Stovall Rufus WHEN IT HAPPENED SEPT. 1 6. — The Faculty, Annie Pitts, Louise Bennett, Eunice Ragsdale and Uncle Nathan arrive for fall cleaning. Sept. 1 7. — College opens. The new organ refuses to pipe. Sept. 20. — Great moans from College settlement. Classification begins. Mary Mobley and Ruth Stovall join Senior Class. SEPT. 25. — Annie Pitts mistaken for Orion Arnold. OCT. 3. — Conn ' s store re-opens in new quarters, with bountiful supply of Hershey ' s and yellow sacks. OCT. 9. — Annabel Brock forgets to get up. Oct. 20. — Lillie Maddox goes before Discipline Committee. Oct. 3 1 . — Mr. Cy-arwell holds the cy-ar. Nov. 5. — Rolls posted. Kelly in ranks. Nov. 1 1. — Petition to abolish distinguished gravel walks granted (?) Nov. 15. — Orion Arnold tells a joke. Nov. 23. — Thanksgiving. Toasts and Turkey. Nov. 24. — Infirmary overflowing with victims. Nov. 30. — Sallie Geiger is very conspicuous in Literature Class, by her absence. DEC. 4. — Miss Vail begins her purchasing of Christmas presents. Dec. 7. — Danger of complications in laundry. Third floor confused. Dec. 10. — Esther Collins has a thought. Dec. 1 3. — Old Maid ' s advertisement appears on bulletin board. Ex- citement and consternation on behalf of certain members of faculty. Dec. 1 7. — Old Maids convene in chapel. Dec. 1 8. — Shorter Special hails toward Atlanta. Jan. 2. — Students return with abundant supply of white veils, fruit cake and lavalliers. Jan. 1 0. — Amy taken suddenly ill. Pleads mournfully for -Eleanor to hold her head. Jan. 15. — Edith Tigner gives the third installment of her interesting His- tory of Cats. Jan. 1 7. — Rolls posted. Kelly still in ranks. JAN. 26. — Stunt day Enthusiasm reigns supreme. Feb. 3. — Mid-year exams begin. Marvelous decrease in Soph Class and increase in study hall. I wonder if you ' d like to know What would happen up at Shorter Feb. 5. — Senior Round Table inaugurated. Feb. 10-11-12. — Five registered packages arrive. Profuse blushing. Feb. 20. — Freshman and Sophomore secrets revealed. Feb. 22. — Blue Monday Club orders (?) costumes. Feb. 24. — Rolls posted. Kelly gets ranks. Sophs and Freshmen seen on campus in mourning state of mind. Feb. 28. — Eleanor and Elizabeth hold midnight chapel services. MARCH 1 . — University of Alabama Glee Club creates commotion. Mad rush for front seats. March 9. — Polhill goes to an unusual dinner party. She appeared awful put out. March 10. — Annie Pitts hears in a material way (?) from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. March 1 7. — Annual editors adjourn to the Infirmary. March 18. — Annual goes to press. I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN I wonder if you ' d like to know What would happen at Shorter If Mrs. Mitchell would forget to say Please read the board when you pass that way? Every girl would flock to town Forget all about the dry-cleaned gown, And spend the money, saved so long. To pay for the gown that costs not a song. If Miss Lindsey wouldn ' t wait outside, Seems so like she hadn ' t oughter. For sometimes breakfast comes awful soon, And I know its way fore time, Just couldn ' t get my hair fixed right To get into the line. But she ' s outside with watch in hand And sees just who is tardy, Then if your late so awful much She invites you to a ranks party. THE NEWEST Madame Fashion, Madame Fashion, What will you give us next? Your styles from seasons vary so, You keep us women vexed! Madame Fashion, Madame Fashion, You try so hard to please; But you only make men laugh al us And keep fair women teased. But this time, you ' re kind In making us women dress With a question mark upon our hats To make the men-folks guess! 1 13L- v l . Some cf Our Ambitious Girls WHAT THEY KNOW LlLLIE AND HETTIE — ' Most everything. EllIE JACOBS — How to hold weekly meetings for the benefit of the in- firmary patients. JANIE AND HELEN — Just what to do for the Sophs and Freshmen. Texas — The true significance of the grape vine. Rut — How to become the Prima Donna. EUNICE — How to economize on hair pins. Myrtice and Betty — How to be most everybody. M. POLHILL — What it takes to keep a live flower garden (?) Sallie Geiger — How to collect money for Annual subscriptions. Lee Twins — How to look alike. RUTH WlLKES — Just how to keep from being caught. Fatty — The gift of original (?) harmony. Elise— All about candy. Martha Galt — How to instruct in the art of casing. Amy — ! — Self-Governed Students — The joys of the drug store. Ranks — That even the door panels must be dusted. SOPHS AND FRESHS. — Just how it is to drop a roll. HOO ' S HOO AT SHORTER Ophelia Davis Sweetest Ruth Stovall Prettiest Amy Blasincame Cutest Maude Chason Neatest Eunice Racsdale Smartest Virginia McDuffie Most Original Jessie Melton Most Athletic Margaret Donelson Most Attractive Marjorie Bush Best Musician Esther Dobbs Best Artist Mildred Lide Faculty Pet Mary Mobley Most Indifferent Louise Bennett Best All-around Elizabeth Richardson Biggest Case Elise Bass and Ophelia Davis Most Popular Sallie Geiger Best Worker LlLLIE Maddox ... Most Democratic Margaret Donelson Best Dressed Annie Pitts Most Politic Hettie Barton Most Reliable Eunice Racsdale ... ... Most Enthusiastic SEE OUR ADS. For Sale — Several unused Bottles of Herpicide and Danderine. E. Ragsdale. Wanted — To sell my black Middy blouse. For terms see Ophelia Davis. M. Wright. WANTED — Storage place for our oranges and strawberries. Plant City. Wanted — To know why M. Polhill gazes so intently at the West in all its glow and Tommie selects the cold (?) Grey Wall. •t £ T t I Lost — Position on Rolls. Was last seen by a member of the faculty. Freshmen and Sophomores. Lost — Self-respect. Lost somewhere in the neighborhood of a good time and a Sunday dinner. A. Pitts. WANTED — To know where light goes when it goes out. Psych Class. Dot suggests it ' s too dark to see. WANTED — More lady friends with automobiles. Senior Class. An abundant supply of clever young animals may be found in my closet. Will trade for a thorough course in Harmony. T. Moore. v V ■ • •$• P WANTED — The privilege of feasting at any hour. Student Body. Will exchange one high chair for the power to play a melodic scale at a hundred and sixty. M. MoBLEY. •K-MttAW - tr 7 i t ,y , i, s£- jjZ . A £ YtI f KaZ - -5_ Some of Our Ambitious Girls Another Episode of the Midnight Feast s £ ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE NIGHT FEAST MID i When the alarm clock started its ringing, I felt all the time great trouble ' twas bringing; But I just cant wake up at a wee mid-night hour, Can ' t sleep on intentions, must have a real power. ii Noiselessly I hurried ihro ' the dark hall. My, oh! so silent! you ' d have heard a pin fall; And just as I passed by the door I most dread. What should I see but an executive boards head! in Dropping my clock, it again began ringing, Hopes for the feast to the winds fairly flinging, Feign did I run, for with ex b - - - V I dont ' meddle, Then I met Mr. Gaines, anouncmg soft pedal. IV Truly I knew then, the feast had long faded, And into deep trouble fast I had waded; For 1 knew of such revels Miss Lindsey had treated, And in subsequent talks the theme had repeated- Out to the sun dial then we went trailing, My! but ' twas cold— the wind was just wailing; Mr. Discipline Com. pointed the lime, shook his head, ' Saying, After ten o ' clock, you are not to rise from bed. ' VI Quickly, so quickly to ranks did I fall Little Store, Company, fell with it all; Thus ends the tale and oh! it ' s so sad, But I haven ' t half told you of the time that I had. Elizabeth Richardson, ' 15. L ' ENVOI It ' s dreadfully hard to say good-bye To those one loves; howsoeer composed we try To be, the tears will come. That ' s just the way: We cheerfully dream of our parting day, But when the day is here, we are so sad. We hate lo yield the joys we ' ve had. We ' ve played, we ' ve sung and — studied too, Indeed, our achievements are not few. Bui of all our successes, our sorrows, our laughter and glee We have, now, only the loved memory. H See Our List of Advertisers Go and ee them Shorter College A High-Grade Institution for Young Women Special Courses in all Branches of LITERA- TURE, SCIENCE, MUSIC, ART and EX- PRESSION. A Faculty of trained Specialists. Rome is located among the mountains of North Georgia, and is especially noted for its beautiful scenery, splendid climate and fine citizenship. There has never been a death among the student body of the college since the organization of the institution, nearly forty years ago. For catalog with full information, address A. W. VAN HOOSE, Pres. Rome, Georgia IT PAYS TO TRADE AT LANH AIM ' S ROME ' S GREATEST STORE BUTTERICX FASHIONS SUMMER ,p m r 1913 Every- thing to Wear For Men, Wo- men, Misses and Children. PRICE 25 CEMTS Lll i FUtt. .u CUfll L. I IW Style, Quality and Satisfaction We Guarantee Compare our prices with other stores. Come to our store and see the wonderful values we offer. Ready! Butterick Fashions Summer ' s Newest Styles Draperies? Yes, lots and lots of them. Wonderful, smart designs in hun- dreds. Everything complete for the season. Dainty summery dresses for all occasions. _ Any Butterick Pattern FREE with every copy 25 cents (10c extra by mail) Bay a copy at the pattern counter to-day Mail Orders Filled We will gladly welcome you as one of our Mail Order cus- tomers and will do everything in our power to please you. Quality Insurance Meadow Gold Butter (In Sealed Cartons Only) Wm. F. Donovan, Distributor 61 E. Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. Pictures in this Annual were made by LENNEY ATLANTA, GA. Maker of Quality Portraits. Estimates on School work gladly furnished. Sittings made in school buildings. USE HID DAINTEST preparation ever produced to enhance the toilet of refined men and wom- en. H id ia one of the most wonderful achievements of chemistry, a pure, dainty cream, which has the power to destroy all odor of the body emanating from perspira- tion or other cause, and without interfering with the functions of the pores. MID ia simply a deodorant, very pure, very dainty, and it can not harm you. Re- fined men and women USE HID. It keeps the body sweet, as fresh and free from un- pleasant odor as when you step from the morning ' s bath. In porcelain jars, 25c. Jacobs ' Pharmacy 10 Stores in Atlanta T. E. CLEMENT 13 THIRD AVENUE Book and Job Printing Builders ol BUSINESS SYSTEMS Loose Leal Binders. Sheets. Holders, and Aecessorirs lor QUALITY PRINTING Phones 186-4 Rome. Ga. RUBBER STAMPS .STENCILS. AND SUPPLIES MISSES HAWKINS AND KING French Designers Fine Millinery, Novelties and Art Where Styles Predominates Are You Getting the Full Benefit of Our Mail Order Service? If you ' ve yet to profit by this system, you will be delighted with the results it brings. To be able to get just the right thing, whether for personal use or the furnishing of the home. To secure it promptly— even quicker than you could come and make the selection yourself, saving trouble and expense. This is our idea of a really great Mail Order Service— one that experience and careful study has taught; using every effort to do more and make a better serv- ice than has been known before. If your order comes here you may be assured of satisfaction in every detail. Davison -Paxon- Stokes Go. Dry Goods, Carpets, Notions, Shoes, etc. ATLANTA, GEORGIA THERE IS A REASON Why our business is growing by leaps and bounds. We never let an opportunity pass to show our patrons that we appreciate their business. OUR LABEL ON A BOTTLE MEANS THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS Grahams Frozen Products are famous all over North Geor- gia. It takes quality to establish a reputation as much sought after as ours. Ours is the house of quality. GRAHAM PHARMACY Nunnally ' s Quality Candies Ices and Flowers Surely there is None Like Nunnally ' s Exclusive Agents in Rome Curry-Arrington Co. Mc Williams Go. Phones 101-102 When you are in the City visit our store and get a pound of Chase j Sanborn Tea and Coffee We are agents for the famous W. N. Clark can goods. We will appreciate your orders and will do our best to please you. McWilliams Go. BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY STORE HIGH GRADE PIANO PARLOR Young-Hamilton Jewelry Co. At the Sign of the Clock We invite you inspection. 246 BROAD STREET Phone 778 Shorter Girls ' Feast Store All things obtained here that make a visit to the little store a joyful occasion. BUSBY BROS. West Rome Rome Transfer Company We are bonded agents of all railways entering Rome. We check your baggage from college to your home city. Our agents meet all trains. Your business will have prompt attention. Girls! Don ' t Forget The quality and service store (next door to Norton ' s). We have so many things that appeal to those that desire the finest, that it is impossible to name them here. So instead, welnvite you, one and all to visit us often. We can supply your wants. CAMP TAYLOR FINE GROCERIES Phone 347 128 Broad St. McDonald Furniture Company Furnished Greater Shorter and they are ever ready to furnish your home, whether you reside in Rome or elsewhere Rome, : : Georgia 1 Nixon-Smith Hard- ware Co. Sporting Goods Rome, : : Georgia Athletic Goods You will find our stock of ath- letic goods complete, including Tennis Shoes, Sweaters, Jerseys, Etc. We are Agents for Wright Ditson ' s TENNIS SHOES Griffin Hardware C ompany 211-213 215-215 Broad Street ROME, GA. NORTON ' S The Druggists ROME, GEORGIA i t Lester Book Graves -Harper { Stationery Co. Company Commercial Stationers and Printers STEAM AND 60 Peachtree and 59 North DOMESTIC COAL Broad Streets ATLANTA, GA. We write Fire Insurance All the latest popular Novels as soon as published. Office: 304 Broad Street J. Regenstein E. S.NIXON Dealer in Company Lyon Healy Pianos Millinery Edison Phonographs and Records Ready-to-Wear Victor Talking Machines All kinds of Musical Instruments 40 Whitehall Street and Sheet Music ATLANTA, - GEORGIA 313 Broad Street ROME, - GEORGIA THE COLUMBIA MILITARY ACADEMY Academic A 1 1 instructors experienced teachers. A thorough High Grade Prepar- atory School. Prepares for all Colleges. Four Courses of Study offered. UNITED STATES Government property converted to Military purposes. Sec- retary of War prescribes and enforces curriculum. U. S. Army officer on active list detailed here. Sixty-seven acres of beautifully laid out lawns and drives. The handsomest stone buildings heated with steam. The most complete and magnifi- cent School plant in the South. Modern plumbing and sewerage throughout. En- tire Campus lighted with our own electric light plant. Situated in the heart of the most beautiful part of the blue grass section of Tennessee. Healthfulness unsurpassed. For further information and catalogue, address JOHN L. CRAIG, Headmaster COLUMBIA. TENN. Athletics Largest and best Athletic Field in the South. Gymnasium with modern equipment. Football, Base- ball, Basket-ball, Track, Tennis, Bowling Alley, Shooting Gallery, Swimming Pool. Phillips Crew Company ATLANTA SAVANNAH MACON Exclusive Agents for Steinway Pianos Knabe Pianos Hardman Pianos Fischer Pianos Haniss Bros. Pianos A Iso Steinway, Weber, Stuyvesant and Stroud PIANOLAS Vif tor Send for Catalogue Vidirolas ATLANTA, GEORGIA Curry-Arrington Company DRUGGISTS 200 Broad Street ROME, - GEORGIA Bookhammer Hair Dressing Parlors DR. S. A. BOOKHAMMER Surgeon-Chiropodist 69 1-2 Whitehall Street Atlanta, Ga. Hair goods of all description from strictly first qualit y cut hair 69 1-2 Whitehall over High ' s Annex Professor Oral Hygiene, Shorter College A. F. DANIEL DENTIST 305 1-2 Broad Street ROME, - - GEORGIA (Over Johnston Hardware) SCHOOL DAYS AT ROME We always welcome the Shorter Girl to the home of fashion and ready-to-wear apparel. Be it Coat Suit, Wrap, Hat or Dress, just board a car to our store and we will do the rest. F. J. KANE Rome ' s only exclusive Ladies ' Ready-to- Wear Shop Oh, So Good! Best Styles in WOMEN ' S SHOES — at— Famous Ice Cream Sodas BRO WN ALLEN RELIABLE DRUGGISTS Atlanta- Georgia j  M-U-S-E-S The women of Georgia have come to recognize MUSE ' S as the true authority on women ' s shoe fashions and to find here the best shoe quality. Geo. Muse Clothing = Company Atlanta, Georgia WE HAVE THE BEST EQUIPPED Printing Press in North Georgia. The installation of our Linotype Machine and our Autopress put us in a position where we can handle anything in the Printing line. Printing, Ruling and Binding Loose Leaf Work a Specialty -Commercial Printing Company - ROME, GEORGIA Bosworth Building :-: Telephone 353 CHEROKEE HOTEL. ROME, GA H North Georgia ' s Leading Hotel A. B. MONTGOMERY, Prop. Rome, Georgia You ' ll find it at the Shropshire Book Store The Gollege Shop IF IT ' S- Stationery Picture Pennant Poster Banner Kodak or anything in the book store line Kodak Work and Picture Framing Corner of Broad Street and 3rd Ave. ROME GEORGIA The Rome home of Wooltex Suits, Coats and Skirts. Suits, Street Dresses, Evening Gowns, Afternoon Frocks, Graduating Dresses, — that are noted for their perfect lines, distinctive styles and painstaking tailoring , distinctiveness, originality and value. The striking features, McCallum ' s Silk hosiery, Onyx ' hosiery, Centemere Kid and Silk gloves. Our dress goods and silk department is stocked with the latest novelties in Foreign and Domestic fabrics. Kabo, Nemo, R G and Thompson ' s Glove-Fitting Corsets. Special Discount to Students J. Kuttner Company Rome, Georgia 1 HE INSTITUTION depicted above is, in our opin- ion, no small factor in making this publication a credit to the Alma Mater of those to whom its issue is a work of love. Relatively, as much careful thought has been devoted here to the material development of the literary and artistic ideals of its editors and contributors as she has lovingly bestowed upon their mental and moral training. We believe we have done our work well, but the printed page has a tongue of its own, and speaks no uncertain language to the seeing eye. What does if say to you ? Foote Davies Company SPECIALISTS IN EDUCATIONAL PRINTING A|1 Qf1 | Q f cn -rrrio AND THE PRACTICE OF GRAPHIC ARTS vLldllLd., VjtiUr la WEDDING BOUQUETS GRADUATING BOUQUETS For Quality For Quality ATLANTA ' S LEADING FLORIST. CUT FLOWERS FUNERAL DESIGNS Eugene V. Haynes Company Fi ine Jewelry Diamonds and Watches 37 Whitehall Street Atlanta, Georgia Standard Sewer Pipe Company Manufacturers of Sewer Pipe, Drain Tile and Flue Linings Ro me, Geo rgia The Gollege Girls ' Shoe Store THERE is always that dainty at- tractiveness in McWILLIAMS Shoes that marks the girl of refine- ment; they fit so much better than others, yet cost no more. McWilliams Shoe Go. Better Shoes Shorter Girls 7 Store J. J. Gonn j Son t Arrived at by a beautiful path through the woods. Every- thing for feasts obtained here. West Rome, Georgia Ike Atlanta Journal Has an important place on all library and study tables. It deals daily with current events from all over the world in a practical, matter-of-fact way. It is not only stimu- lating and inspiring, but will help the student in attaining higher efficiency. The ATLANTA JOURNAL makes a feature of college and educational news each Sunday. r- i • r iv i i inn (DAILY . . 55,168 Circulation tor March, I y I d SUNDAY 65,553 THE JOURNAL C OVERS DIXIE LIKE THE DEW Commencement Day Every young lady at Shorter can rest assured that, if she got her Shoes from us, she got the most striking and effective styles of the season. It is our aim to keep all of the new and worthy creations. The habit of buying here begins with the first purchase H. C. JOHNSON, The Shoe Man ROME, GEORGIA W. T. SHERARD PRINTER ENGRAVED CARDS, INVITATIONS. PROGRAMS PHONE 333 Rome, Georgia FROHSIN ' S The Home of Fashion A careful service that knows no limitations as to time or expert interest in your welfare. Atlanta, Georgia For Livery Phone 3 BEST STABLE Organised 19 8 Pyle French Dry Cleaning Co. Gloves Cleaned Free Works: 214 Branham Ave., Rome, Georgia Cheatham Brothers 8 Luckie Street ATLANTA Atlanta Real Estate Central and Semi-Central Atlanta Property The Foundation of all great Southern Fortunes Patrons, Friends and the Faculty of Shorter are invited to make our office headquarters when in Atlanta. June Weddings Engraved in the very latest styles 1 by the most skilled engravers. The imprint of this house is the mark of highest quality and style in engraved goods and stationery. Monogram Stationery ! A specialty — finest work and best service at right prices. 1 Write for new samples or call and let us show you. Trade in Birmingham. Loveman, Joseph Loeb BIRMINGHAM ' S BIG STORE Worth the Trip Roberts Son | The Big Alabama House Robert W. Ewing. Pres. ENGRAVERS. EMBOSSERS. STATIONERS. LITHOGRAPHERS and PRINTERS 1812 3d Ave., Bet. 18th and 19th OLIVER ELECTRIC | CO. 1 1 1 1 Birmingham, j Alabama t ! FOOTE 1 DAV1ES CO., ATLANTA, GA. H I 3S=§ - r—-35 5 - - , « g t-T '