State Normal School - Crystal / Levana Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. l Every boy who stays in the State, Normal School dormitory belongs to the Y. M. C. A. This is as itshould be. Important as is a. literary education, that for which the Y. M. C. A. stands is as important as any education could possibly be. VV. G. Acree, who was our representative at t-he Asheville Conference last summer, has given us some pleasant and profitable accounts of his trip to that meeting in the beautiful mountain country of North Carolina. We contribute to the support of the Association of which we are a part. Our meetings are held in the Library at twilight on Sunday evenings. Wfe shall carry with us from school beautiful mental pictures of these Sunday afternoons. The campus, the buildings, the friendly faces, the pleasant room, -these will ever be fresh in our minds. Daily, just at dusk, the boys meet in the hall for a twilight prayer-service. These services are interesting, instructive, and well attended. On Sunday nights there are Bible-study classes. These,'l at present, are conducted by E. P. Clark and OL C. Baskin, who faithfully discharge their duties. The Association has a small but well selectedand helpful library. At the prayer-meetings, the Bible-study meetings, and the Y. M. C. A., all the boys are free to speak, hence we get much valuable information from one another, as well as learn how to express our own thoughts properly. Some of the teachers of the Normal School and of the University have given us many interesting and helpful talks. It is in the Y. M. C. A. meetings that we get nearest one another's hearts, and it is in connection with these meetings that we shall have our pleasantest memories. The times when we spoke of mother, home, duty, love, honor, and heaven, when we thought of being and doing all that we could for humanity and Christ,-these are the times when we shall remember with the .greatest pleasure. Then it was that we felt that all men are brothers, forgot our nar- row, selfish aims, and lived on lovelier, happier, better, broader planes. We .pray that these memories may linger with and profit us until we shall, at last, clasp the hands of those with whom we have associated and with whom we have parted, and shall be forever reunited in a Christian Asso- ciation that will forever endure. W ' J. W. COLE.

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SOCIETIES AT THE NORMAL An impression seems to prevail in some minds that the young men at this school cause less trouble than the young women The reasons for this idea are not far to seek. In the first place the young men are fewer by verv many and in the next they are so hedged about by policemen that they have to behave properly One of their societies which they call their Self-Gow ernment Club' is made up of just such policemen in plain clothes all keeping an eye on each man It must be very effective for I am told by one of them that our Normal bchool men are fthe very best ever known in one body ' In addition to this they have means of encouragement and influences of inspiration to right doing in two fiourishing' debating societies namely The Jeffersonian and lhe Freshmanq In these two societies they take up all the questions under the sun, moon, and seven stars g and they debate them until they get the Uwhatls what , or the what's not whatl' settled. Furthermore, they have The Earnest Boys' Societyl' to take them in charge when the others need rest, to teach them to mind their p's, q's, shoes, neckties, handkerchiefs, etc. Do you wonder they are as gold doubly-nay, quadruply-refined? A i VVell, that is not all the taleg they have a Y. M. C. A. by which they are further protected and disciplined and glorified XX e girls are sharers in all the benefits and blessings derived from the quadruple armor plating of these masculine vessels for we have our minds instructed our sense of humor appealed to and our hearts touched by the labors of their societies lVe girls are ielieved of all responsibilitx as to behax 1or bg rules and a postscript pertaining to sweethearting NVe are watched over by inatrons a nurse and detectives concealed in all the teachers so that we may devote our time to literature art and a good time During all the year the Millie Rutherford Qociety has exhibited loyalty and patriotism The name Mildred Rutherford Cp1'EO1111Z6S all that IS sweet and dear and fine and admirable in Southern womanhooc They haxe rep resented faithfully and attractively various well known and beloved characters and incidents of New England literature with a notable presentation of Ga briel Tolllver The Altloria Qociety has Given new sometimes beautiful sometimes Q i ' . A Q ! 9 ,, r - 1 7 ! ' nn ' J U 5 J - , C l , 1 an J! . 3 ' . 7 n 1 Q 7 7 va ..f1 1, . . sta1tl1ng SOINCUIHCS absurd but always enteitaming representatix es of Dickenss people Qcotts personages and George Eliots characters Qften the players fitted the parts as if they were the originals ln other instances the characters were lost on account of the laughter of the representatives I either case we owe dear AltlOfl3S and dear Millies manv thanks and faithful allegiance for many merry and refreshing evenings The Y YN C A doeth good to all the sick the troubled the lonely Happy are those who see and know and do its ministries Our other society is an all inclusive one The Round Table big bounti ful significant of all that IS good EClL13lltV good fellowship and all things delightful as well as strengthening are represented here J it - X, . . Q . . Q H . . ' . Q 2 1 J . X . A . . . . I 7. Y .1 I 7 - - - 1 as ' aa ', K 1 , 1 - y , J 2 ' U . c , ' l R 7 - 1 J ' , - - - ' - cr -1 A. , - - - sr Rf 13 5 N Y 5 A , , A . . . X y 3 3 t . , 5 - 9 7 ' 5 ' 1 . I 1 . . , .' . 11 ' a 1 in ' F . 1 '. . - - 3 3 . . - , ', gy - . . ' ' ' ' , c ,M - ,J ' ' J -1 . .