University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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the rain seemed to come in torrents. When they reached Twenty-fifth street, the car was com- jjelled to stop, for the water was so high they coiihl go no further. ' I ' lie girls waited for sometime, but finally determined to try to walk home. They both started to cross to the sidewalk: when half-way across, a telephone pole, carried down the street with terrible force, struck liss E., throwing her violently to the ground. This so frightened her friend that from sheer nervousness she fainted dead away. The girls were rescued immediately, but both were unconscious and almost beyond hope before the ambulance arrived. They were taken home immediately and Dr. S was summoned. Miss 1 ' . had her leg broken in several places. Later comi)lications developed blood poisoning, and death seemed certain. Miss S , after regain- ing consciousness, appeared about as well as usual, and was able to be in school the next few days. lUit one day in pedagogy, it was noticed Miss S had rather a vacant, preoccupied look, while Prof. S ex])lained that the necessary steps to a proper f kiii were frr. and called on liss S to name them. Miss S rejilied, Marshmallows, olives, chicken, vanilla ice and electric lights. Consternation was written on every face. ' T will repeat my question, said the professor, steridy, looking at Miss S , who sat all unconscious of anything unusual. But the repetition brought the same answer. Then our genial professor said, looking sternly at Miss S , The fact of the matter is, Miss S has not been giving close attention, and such care- lessness will not be permitted. Xevertheless, he was troubled. The faculty believe in correlation in all sub- jects, so we were not surprised to see Professors D and S in earnest consultation during the short recess. But when the biology lesson was called, and Prof. D asked Miss S to name the five steps she would use in presenting a biology les- son, and when the same answer was given as in the pedagogy class, we began to feel cold shivers chasing each other up and down our spina! col- unms. We knew something was wrong, and discussed it in groups at noon. Some said Miss S must surely be insane ; others, that she must have fallen in love or been disappointed. That evening Mr. X , the accepted suitor of Miss S called to see her. He also noticed a growing strangeness in his betrothed. It seemed to him she was very cool and unconcerned. When he told of his plans for their happy future. He left earlv, and .Miss S started to retire. Sud- (lenl - the family were startled by a iiiercing shriek, and rushing to Miss S ' s room, they found her raving and tearing her hair in deli- rium. Or. S was called, and after an ex- nmin.Ttion. he pronounced her hupclesslv insane; caused, he said, from the terrible shock to her

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A Psychological, Pedagogical, Physiological, Biological Phenomenon MRS. DE GRACE One of the strangest incidents that ever came under my knowledge happened this year in tlie Normal School. Miss E. and Miss S., two of the well-known and ]io])uIar young ladies of one of the higher classes, were the principal actors in the tragedy. Miss E. is of fair comjilexion. bright eves of the deepest blue, and lips that are always smil- ing. She dresses in perfect taste, and is a great ELLSWORTH favorite both with the faculty and students. Miss S. is Miss E. ' s intimate friend ; she has a dark olive complexion, large dreamy brown eyes, and brown hair that waves naturall}- over a high lorehcad. She is equally attractive to her friends, but is not so strong a student in her class work. lloth girls left the school for home, at the usual hour, on Wednesday. It was the day of the heaviest rainfall this vear. and as thev started

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nerves on the Iav of the stonn She imagined she was her friend, Miss E . and called out piteously, Oh. save me. save me, S ! Xothing would quiet her till they moved her to the home and room of her dying friend. Then, when the mad girl began her raving, it was heart rending to see the faithful friend soothe her with a touch from her almost nerveless hand. . consultation of five eminent professors, Dr. S . Profs. E and D . Mmes. E and M , was held, and it was agreed by all of them that nothing but an operation would ever help Miss S . They felt that the operation was onl}- a faint, but a last hope. Those con- suliing, felt sure that if the brain of the dying girl could be removed and placed in Miss S ' s head, that she would regain her right mind. Mis.s E was told of the decision, and knowing that her own death was so certain, she was only too glad to consent to the operation, if she could in this way, be the means of saving her friend from hopeless madness. The next day. after bidding farewell to her heart-broken father and mother. Miss E said she was ready. The operation was perfonued, and to the joy of the parents and the surprise of the operators, both girls lived and began to im- prove. Blood poisoning was checked, and her parents were overjoyed. She had been miracu- lously snatched from death. This operation was performed during the Thanksgiving vacation. After si.x weeks, both girls were able to be in school again, and both seemd to have lost all memory of the terrible ordeal, through which they had so recently passed. Although Miss S still thought she was IMiss E and iliss E since the operation, imagined herself Miss S . Poor } lr. X ! Before the accident. Miss E found nothing in him to admire. She said, in fact, ho is inclined to slowness, and while he is all right in his way, well! Mr. X re- ciprocated this feeling for Miss E , not a dislike, but rather a negative appreciation. Even S s championship of her friend could not change his opinion. Though he owned to him- self that E was a very attractive girl, if she i ouldn ' t talk quite so much, and hadn ' t quite such an afifection for tennis, and a few other things. After Miss S s recovery, he went again to call on his betrothed, hoping that she w ould re- ceive him as usual. He found Miss E call- ing, and was covered with confusion, and filled with grief to hear the cold replies of ]Miss S and the loving words of Miss E . Poor fel- low, he is almost distracted. But Mr. X is not the only troubled one. for the end of the term is drawing near; and now Miss E does not make the brilliant recitations as in the old days, and Miss S astonishes all with her easy mastery of the grave, abstruse questions of psychology, biology, phys- ics and chemistry.