St Genevieves Academy - Le Flambeau Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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,Z R L CTM, --fxf , X W ff, 7'xf,f 7 1 7.-- Q i ITEM VI.-To Peggy Dickerman, Anne Williams leaves her nonchalant air, however, not nonchalant in the sense of unnecessary, as it was once de- fined to me. Marion King also leaves to Peggy her ability to say whatever she l-kes in foreign tongues, but with the caution that she be very careful as to what she may like. ITEM VII.-Georgie Sweeney leaves to Amy Tipping her steady concentra- tion on work, and her knowledge of French, and Elizabeth Merrimon leaves her noble effort with Physics and the best of wishes for success. ITEM VIII.-Elizabeth Chapman leaves her talent for bluffing to Eliza- beth Rollins, with best wishes for its successful use, but warns her not to try too often in English class. Our Presi- dent also leaves her charge of clock golf and her enthusiasm for basket ball to Margaret Mitchell. ITEM IX.-Last, but not least, we relinquish our favorite haunts in duty Yi, and pleasure, and consign each girl in the Junior Class to our Teachers, with the fervent wish that each and every one of them may enjoy her classes as we have, and may treat them with the loyalty and honor which we have striven to employ and which they rightfully demand. ' We trust that the Class of 1918 may be all that could be wished, and that any influence which we of 1917 have exerted may be practiced and improved upon by coming graduates, so that as the years roll by each class may be more worthy, each girl may be more proud, and each deed may be more heartfelt for this, our Alma Mater. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the SENIOR CLASS OF ST. GENE- VIEVE'S ACADEMY have hereunto, to this our LAST WILL AND TESTA- MENT, set our hands and seals, this the 29th day of May, A. D. 1917. n THE SENIOR CLASS OF ST. GENEVIEVE'S ACADEMY. N g K x fffxg s lyw il SJ H