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

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on 'Nd CRYST L Q2 Georgia 'IDQQ It is the year 1935. We find ourselves engaged in the tremendous task of liv- ing, but let us rest from our cares for a moment not for a glimpse into the crystal of the future, but for a retrospect of the past. Among the fanciful memories of our joyous school days we find that of the last Georgia Day happily spent at S. N. S. The cry was uttered--Down with the uniform! The effect was marvelous, for almost within the twinkling of an eye came trooping forth the gayest of girls-in spirit and attire. The familiar old dining hall was now transformed into a theater as well, with its decorations in the most beloved of colors, the red and white. Upon entering we found spread for us a feast fit for kings, to which one may be sure justice was done. The dinner was followed by tableaux. The first was an Indian scene represent- ing the beginning of Georgia, then followed a school sceneg the last was a very realistic one of Georgia negroes eating uwatermillioni' to the accompaniment of songs. The toastmaster, Mr. Pound, now introduced some of the guests who spoke in glowing terms of the ideals and accomplishments of our school. Among these were Judge Andrew Cobb, Dean Snelling, and Mr. Mell, all of Athens. The evening was made complete for everyone by dancing in the gym. Finally, with hesitant steps we homeward took our way, but not before singing with all our hearts' our songs. And no doubt if today you should return to the campus you would hear the walls of Alma Mater re-echoing our praises to her that night.

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CRYSTAL 'A M S' If EVELYN LINCH . Dow BURK . . P. F. BROWN . RUTH HAWKES . ANNOLYN FELDER ETTA FITZPATRICK VARINA SMITH . CLAIRE EMERSON HELEN ABBOTT . MARY HARRIS . fflormal 'iight Staff . . . . . . - - . . . . - . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . - . . ASSOCIATE EDITORS . . . . . . . . . . Editor-in-Chief Business Manager . Faculty Advisor . . Exchange . . . Jokes . . Y. W. C. A. . . Literary . . Society . . . Athletic . Current Events

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vfx CRYSTAL M Ebe 'iegeno of the Cherokee Kose Once upon a time a proud young chieftain of the Seminoles was taken prisoner by his -enemies, the Cherokees, and doomed to death by torture, but he fell so seriously ill that it became necessary to wait for his restoration to health before committing him to the flames. . As he was lying, prostrated by disease in the cabin of a Cherokee warrior, the daughter of the latter, a dark-eyed maiden, became his nurse. She rivalled in grace the bounding fawn, and the young warriors of her tribe said of her that the smile of the Great Spirit was not more beautiful. Is it any wonder then though death stared the young Seminole in the face, he should be happy in her presence? Was it any wonder that each should love the other? Stern hatred of the Seminoles had stifled every kindly feeling in the hearts of the Cherokees, and they grimly awaited the time when their enemy must die. Asithe color slowly returned to the cheeks of her lover and strength to his limbs, the dark-eyed maiden eagerly urged him to make his escape. How could she see him die? But he would not agree to seek safety in flight unless she would go with him, he could better endure death by torture than life without her. She yielded to his pleading. At the midnight hour silently they escaped into the dim forest guided by the pale light of the silvery stars. Yet before they had gone far, impelled by soft regret at leaving her home forever, she asked her lover's permission to return for an instant that she might bear away some memento. So retracing her footsteps, she broke a sprig from the glossy-leafed vine which climbed upon her fatheris cabin, and preserving it at her breast during her flight through the wilderness, planted it at the door of' her home in the land of the Seminoles. Here its milk-white blossoms, with golden centers, often recalled her childhood days in the far-away mountains of Georgiag and from that time this beautiful flower has always been the emblem of Georgia. 'Ne